good morning. 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i m jose diaz-balart. just moments ago, you saw it here on msnbc, president biden delivering an address defending democracy and freedom at the pointe du hoc ranger monument in normandy, france. 80 years ago there at pointe du hoc, u.s. army rangers scaled the 100 foot cliffs overlooking omaha and utah beaches on d-day. it is about seven miles west of the normandy american cemetery, also where in 1984 then president ronald reagan delivered one of his moment memorable speeches. before the speech today, president biden met with ukrainian president zelenskyy, announcing a new $225 million military assistance package for ukraine. joining us now, richard haass, president emeritus of the council on foreign relations and elise labbott. wondering your thoughts on this speech the day it was delivered, what it means for the history of the world, what we witnessed there 80 years ago. well, jose, what happened 80 years ago, in no sm
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and straighten things out or we re not going to have a country any longer. vaughn hillyard joins us from scottsdale, arizona. good morning. so what was the atmosphere like there last night? reporter: good morning, jose. this was his first public campaign event since his guilty conviction in new york. and there was about 2,000 folks inside of this megachurch. it was sponsored by charlie kirk s organization, turning point usa that is a key ally of donald trump s political organization. and so for donald trump last night, of course, you heard him talk about the trial, his conviction, passing it off as a rigged trial, but then you also heard him tell the crowd very specifically that if there was no such thing as election fraud, that this election the general election would be all but over and he wouldn t need to do any campaigning. and so they need to get a win so big that it is going to protect them from any rigging that may take place. this is the type of messaging
he bought the gun. i don t think that s really in any question. the question really is whether he, in his mind, believed at the time he was filling out that form that he was, in fact, using illegal drugs and addicted to using illegal drugs. difficult to refute the facts of what happened here. the acts. but i think what is in someone s mind is difficult to prove. we can t read other people s minds. it is often the area that the defense tries to rebut in their defense case. amy, first lady as we heard from ken flew back from france to be in court today in a show of support. the president was asked on abc news about his son s trial. here s what he said. let me ask you, will you accept the jury s outcome, their verdict, no matter what it is? yes. and have you ruled out a pardon for your son? yes. there are so many embarrassing things that have been brought up in this trial. how does the president and his family handle that while