welcome to the beat weekend, i m ari melber, let s get right into the headlines. tonight, political junkies are eyeing these key places of the presidential election will be decided, and states where either biden or trump could win with close margins. that s what is going to come down to pick if there is one thing, that both of these campaigns agree on is this a race will turn out what you see on those screens. those key states, even holding some rallies as you see there on the left in a state they lost by over 20 points last time. the race is going to be decided in texas where biden visited this year pick the state to highlight border security. for all the focus on what the candidates are doing on what is happening, out there as they campaign and make their arguments and talk about policy, what s actually going on in these states could matter more right now. and i will tell you what people are talking about their. basically anything except the campaign. check the front pages
for joining us. biden on the cliff is the focus of tonight s angle. it was a beautiful, somber setting in france to commemo commemorate 80th anniversary of d d-day today. the biden team hoped remarks would resonate with voters back home, showcasing him as a reagan-esque figure. the speech they wrote for him merely demonstrated how muddeled, unserious and unrea unrealistic he is. they think they can convince us that russia and ukraine pose the same existential threat to the west as germany did in 1944. pre-k we will not walk away. if we do, ukraine will be subgaited. ukraine s neighbors and all of europe will be threatened. in their hour of trial, allied forces of d-day did their duty. the question for us, in our hour of trial, will we do ours? laura: this is ridiculous, european nations are so unconcerned about the russian threat that to do this many of them are not meeting their own targets, decided in 2014 to spend 2% of gdp on defense. biden s speech comes across as irre
thanks for joining us. biden on the cliff. that s the focus of tonight s angle. it was a beautiful somber setting in france to commemorate the 80th anniversary of d-day today. the few remaining world war ii vets on their final mission. the biden team hoped that the president s remarks would resonate with voters back home, showcasing him as a reaganesque figure who would unite americans and the rest of the world behind his vision. but, the speech they wrote for him merely demonstrated how muddled, unserious, and unrealistic their thinking is. first, the biden folks seemed to think that they can convince us that russia and ukraine poses the same existential threat to the west as germany did in 1944. we will not walk away. if we do, ukraine will be subjugated and will not end there. ukraine s neighbors will be threatened. all of europe will be threatened. in their hour of trial the allied forces of d-day did their duty. now the question for us is in our hour of trial, will w
laura: this is our commander-in-chief. if in a biden second term, there is a realistic chance that american troops are going to be fighting russian troops, then president biden and the white house and the pentagon they need to be honest about this now. listen closely to today s speech. and to blinken s aggressive remarks lately, and you can hear the war drums beating in the background. biden was on the cliff today, but if he is going to push us over the cliff of war, we should all take that into account come election day. and that s the angle. joining us now is victor davis hanson be senior fellow at the hoover institution. reagan comparison, victor, i think we should devi delve moreo that. we in america have learned bitter lessons from two world wars. we have learned that isolationism never was and never
laura: this is our commander-in-chief. if in a biden second term, there is a realistic chance that american troops are going to be fighting russian troops, then president biden and the white house and the pentagon they need to be honest about this now. listen closely to today s speech. and to blinken s aggressive remarks lately, and you can hear the war drums beating in the background. biden was on the cliff today, but if he is going to push us over the cliff of war, we should all take that into account come election day. and that s the angle. joining us now is victor davis hanson be senior fellow at the hoover institution. reagan comparison, victor, i think we should de delve more io that. we in america have learned bitter lessons from two world wars. we have learned that isolationism never was and never will be an acceptable response