 it's morning edition from npr news i'm sasha pfeiffer and i'm steve inscape u.s allies have a reminder this week of how much their fate is tied to the u.s presidential election they're in washington for a nato summit and president biden spoke there about how the north atlantic alliance came to the defense of the u.s after the 9 11 attacks and is now working to support ukraine again and again we stood behind our shared vision of a peaceful and prosperous transatlantic community