world war, we have an enemy and the enemies are terrorists who not believe in what we do. and we have to understand that this is a sustained effort. a new breeze is blowing and a world repressed by freedom seems rebourn. >> there is no place for lawless aggression in the new world order that we seek to create. >> unemployment will be growing again my lks day. >> i will not sell out to anybody but the american people. >> i believe with all my heart we can rekindle that american dream. the day of the dictator is over.

>> what more close to 1989 than a party after the berlin wall.

thousands of people kr gathered at the wall to chip away at a rem nan of a economist system that seemed to developed over night. >> the official ceremony attended by both east and western germany. >> president bush sent a signal, there will be no gloating from the white house over the developments in east germany. >> i was in the oval office as part of a pool when the wall came down. >> you don't seem elated. >> bush basically said in a fact, i'm not going to poke -- in the eye. >> president george and president bush came into his presidency in the shadow of ronald reagan. maybe we had elected the right man at the right time pause he was an internationalist. >> you had 50 years of the cold war, two vision of the world locked in combat and then

suddenly, a whole world of totalitarian rule began to fuel. bush was quite cautious, he was really aware that even subtle messages from the united states could indicate all sorts of things. >> when the wall fell in berlin, the questions were numerous. right away, what's going to become of this. >> bulgaria is in a uproar this morning. >> tens of thousands of ordinary citizens storm the headquarterings of the the police tonight. >> the scenes in this moment are incredibly dramatic. people in the street proclaiming freedom. some of that was liberation, some of it had a darker side. >> dictator nick lie, the last hard line leader in the war has been deposed. >> romania was the most

repressive and the most gri tesk. all of the european regimes, the only way to overthrow it turned out toby force. >> oh god is fighting the new people, all hell has broken loose. >> for many in television offered evidence today of the fate of the proposed leader. >> the leaders have been made to stand trial on christmas day. >> in the end he got the kind of justice he'd dealt out to many of his subject. >> at the end of this remarkable week, a week of bloodshed in romania and elsewhere becomes a reminder of wat struggle is all about. it's about freedom. >> germany was not the civil of the cold war it was the first great crises of the cold war. >> will germany be reunion tied. together they'll form an economic power. but will a giant state once

again dominate europe? the memories are very real. >> many europeans were together on uniting germany. >> when the european leadership saw the united states favoring the uniting of germany they were uneasy and resisting it. president bush and secretary baker thought this was essential and it was right. >> we have entered a new era in world affairs, a moment when the actions we take can take this new world for years to come. >> george bush's goal was to get germany to unify within nato. >> the white house were repeating that the basic principal of germany relationship of nato was not negotiate bl. and finding a formula. >> george bush understood he had a partner, and that partner was miguel, but miguel wanted to be

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>> i -- you all in the name of --. and i personally -- >> he becomes a moral beacon around the world because of the way he handled himself. so you had this world, this moment in the early '90s when the peace makers were in charge. the stars aligned. >> there has been a dangerous late breaking development in the persian gulf. u.s. intelligent sources confirmed within the past few hours, more than 100,000 iraq key troops have massed around the border. >> it's shocking in washington and other western capitals. >> sadaam has a 1 million man

army. the saudis would have not been able to resist. all was on the eastern side of the country right there on the border with iraq. >> iraq invaded and took over the tiny nation of kuwait today. hue same sane -- hussein claimed it went in and took over. many never accepted that story. >> many americans are concerned there may be a war. >> what is required of mr. bush to say to the americans that he

doesn't want war. >> if you had been in a room on this interview for an hour and 15 minutes and then spend another hour with him after the same interview. i think you would have reached the same conclusion. no doubt hussein was a cold war killer. if aggression was allowed to stand, nobody thought it would end there. >> president bush came of age throughout all those decades in which there were world wars in which there was the west against the silvias. he'll be an director, an ambassador. for what ever reason when iran invaded kuwait, hussein thought nobody was care and almost got away with it. >> the president's helicoptering back from camp david, i can't meet him you have to meet him.

you have to brief him on the situation, there's going to be a lot of press there, i got to go. the president's plans and i -- with my piece of paper and took the paper, goes over to the microphone and that's one he just said. >> this is not stand, this will not stand this aggression against kuwait. i have to go to work. >> it was an unusual sound from him but he was firm because he really meant it. bush had a moral code, i think he got it from his prep school, from his mother, and saddam hussein didn't do the honorable thing. he invaded another country. >> secretary's effort led the -- coalition. they had experts overseas going around from capital to capital looking for support.

>> united neighbors security counsel has authorized the force against iraq. >> 14 votes in pharr, none against, none substantial. >> getting that massive alliancing to truly goes down in history as one of the greatest accomplishments i think of any president to be able to get that many people on your side, believing in the same thing and ready to do the same thing. >> what george bush managed to do in iraq was begin to create the new beginnings of new world order. who would have imagined. standing up to one of their own. >> hundreds of non strarts gathered to protest the inevitably. all but one that is. >> whenever america goes to war there's going to be protest in the street, but you needed congressional support or you wouldn't have popular support. >> the world looks to the president. he can play an historic role to

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at 6:00, more than a million troops facing each other in the saudi desert preparing for war. >> saw dam hussein warned the united states today that the person troops would quote, swim in their own blood if they go to war with >> sadly hussein started the war. tonight the battle has been joined. >> 50 minutes ago, american aircraft suddenly descended on iraq and occupied kuwait, the war in the persian gulf has begun. >> you were credit with the military build-up which comes to a lot of criticism. we have to go to baghdad secretary. >> something is happening outside, the skies over baghdad has been illuminated.

we're seeing bright flashes going off all over the sky. we're getting star bursts in the black sky. >> the significance in journalism term it was the first time that you had intensive live coverage of the war. >> iraq was -- the ninth floor of the ra she'd hotel. we were one of the tallest buildings in baghdad, we knew whatever was going to happen we'd be able to see the drama. >> military offenses over night has been described as the longest attack in history. >> one comment, clearly i've never been there but --. saddam hussein and the people of the arab nation says the mother of all wars have started. we told you earlier in the week that information ministry has received its own satellite dish and the foreign ministry --

somebody knocking on the door, john and i are going to hide. >> we opened the door and there were several armed iraqui people, and several of them could speak broken english and said what are you doing here, you should be in the bonker. i fell to minis and said i won't don't, i don't care about the war. so i got up and we continued coverage for the next 12 hours. >> what is at stake is more than one small country, it is a big idea, a new world order where diverse nations are drawn together in common cause to achieve the universe sall aspirations of mankind, peace and security, freedom and the rule of love. >> george bush was one of the youngest pilots in the navy during his second war world war.

shot down survived. and that experience was so surreal for george bush. and so, there is a realization that if you can use overwhelming air power you're going to be able to trip not only iraqui military forces but you're beginning to be able to i vis race i rauk as a 20th century nation. >> you had 40 plus days of air war, and ultimately we began to run low on targets. >> president bush praises israel's continued restraint in the fast of last night's attack by i rauk with missiles landed on israel.

>> hussein tried his damnest to -- >> amazing tel-a-viv this morning missiles attacks. eight missiles rived in the hyper tell vooef vooef -- tel-a-viv area, there was no warning of them. >> it took all of the diplomatic where with all of the president to keep -- out of the war. >> the coalition will give hussein until noon saturday. if he doesn't move his coalition, we're on the verge of evading evading iraq. >> colin powell believed in exerting maximum power on the ground, so you wouldn't be fighting a prolonged war, this will be quick, decisive.

it became known as the pal low doctrine. >> the war started this morning as the americans and allies attacked with massive fire power that shook the earth. >> we're 15.5 hours in a grown war where all the reports we're receiving is going well. >> so far, progression with dramatic success. the troops are doing a great job but the war is not over yet. >> what is your impression of hussein as a military strategist? >> he is neither a strategist nor is he schooled in the arts nor is he program technician, a general or a soldier. other than that he's a great military man. >> big and burly and kftd, when he came in that briefing room your chest swelled.

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>> in a company accustomed to chorjs, people saying they never had it so bad. >> hard liners did not like the tone of reforms introduced. >> the reforms were meant to restore and refresh commonism and refresh the union and they had the opposite effect. >> it was a matter of time before the old establishism were going to try to get rid of him. >> the message calling for national unity has fallen on deaf ears. >> it's difficult for outsiders to capture the mal strom that-in. when i was traveling with president bush he was depleted by what he had to deal with on every level. >> it was intended to celebrate a united and successful soviet military machine. but this day comes as the army is losing its role abroad and

its prestige of hope. >> i had a call from the mayor of moscow and while we talked about local politics he wrote on a sheet of paper that a crew was being organized. and we had information that president bush wanted him to know. first he sort of laughed and said president bush has said we are friends now, he's proved it. but don't worry it's not going to happen. >> good efforts. in commissioner of the folks problem solve union presidents miguel, as the vice president united states he becomes president -- >> it was announced on television that miguel was ill and therefore a committee would

take charge until he recovered. >> reported to be heading towards the russian parliament in moscow where thousands of people are gathered in the new soviet government. >> miguel's whereabouts tonight are unknown, there are thoughts he's under house arrest. >> miguel every year, liked to holiday on the black sea and his aids showed up at his staturism they cut off communications and took away has nuclear codes. >> the military commander, the minister of interior and the prime minister joined forces to mount the cue. >> nothing threatens miguel, she is in a safe place, he needs some time to feel better. >> warned today the right wing would have tragic consequences. it is the beginning of civil war.

>> extraordinary drama here in moscow tonight. destruction, fire and even blood on the street. >> people have died, crushed by armoured vehicle. >> 50,000 people rushed at the russian parliament building. >> miguel wouldn't that popular tap but they had people were less popular than miguel. if they hod mowned a crew against him in 1989 or 1990 he would have fallen and the new soviet would be different. but there were already nulla gym figures that the russian people were supporting and expecting a lot from. around 50,000 supporters gathered to chant their support for the man whose now carrying the banner. >> yet son has been popularly lifted as president of the russian federation.

he was merging his alternative power to the common insist leaders. >> let me put on my glasses and read you a piece of wire copy that's just come across. russian president ordered all army and units involved in the overthrow of miguel to stand down. he was consuming control on the territory of russia. clearly there is a major confrontation shaping up in the russian republic. >> the presidents' day began with meetings and phone calls. connectic >> when the tanks came in, the soviet called youssef and said i'm suppose to attack you but i will not i will protect you. >> it is a criminal said yet

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respect the majesty of the democratic system. i just called governor clinton over in little rock and offered my congratulations. >> george bush took the loss to become very hard. bill clinton was his son's age. >> thank you so much. thank you. >> people are sure that george bush's presidency will be the overlooked moment between the charisma of ronald reagan and the ra kiss mau of become. as we look back on the george bush presidency, we see his stock going up. he managed the end of the cold war. he let the soviet union go off into the dust bin of history and america emerged as the great power of the 1990s. >> he won the world but he lost his own country, and the reason was in no small degree economics. in american politics most people in the end vote their pocketbooks. >> i believe that history will

deal extraordinarily kindly with president bush, the way he brought about germany's unification in nato, the way he dealt with iraqi aggression, but doing it in a way that brought the international community together. >> people often think that history is scripted, but there are moments in history when even the most powerful people don't really know what's going to come next. this was that time in world history. the world owes george bush such a debt of gratitude for leading us through this. >> if it's true that george bush prizes loyalty above all, then this must have been one of the most gratifying sights of his political life. devoted employees, party faithful, old friends and family all gathered in a sort of communal effort to put the bruising campaign and humiliating loss behind them. >> we will support the new president and give him every chance to lead this country into greater heights.

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