and the americans have to do it now too i think the obama administration has to recognize as mikhail gorbachev did in one thousand nine hundred five that this war is unwinnable it's just a long war of attrition americans won't get featured as such in a pitched battle but mobile the taliban so it's got to be looked at with as a stalemate and the only way out is through politics through negotiation through trying to create a government of national unity that will bring everybody in and fighting well it seems like president obama didn't get that memo when he came into office he talked about how this is the necessary war you pledged to escalate it you know we know that there's no less than one hundred maybe al qaeda members actually operating in fact so we're really fighting an insert we're fighting a surge of battle against taliban and we have to actually be negotiating with to get out of this war i mean it seems to be like a strategy as you said. that is that is completely unwinnable do you think that this is going to dawn. on the president and on policy may well i think there are some signs tha

particularly in wrestling and boxing butts traditional sports are also held in high regard as mikhail gorbachev reports from the festival in the southern mountains. aiming to become a tradition in itself the caucuses games offered quite a selection of traditional sports to cheer on for the second year running. hardly any of them stand a chance of global early pick recognition but that was never the idea. presented in the asian culture as well as bringing people together is what this competition is all about this is just the sort of i'm sure festival the caucuses games will become recognized among this country's big. in a men's it's events like these that promote respect and friendship between the peoples of the multi national country which is russia the presidential envoy to the region also sad that olympic sports will feature in the games next year well with or without them there was still playing to affection to keep their audiences and to taint the tug of war clearly the crowd favorite was. still tracing the old beat with a hint of cheating or the ever popular beltran sling was which is not

and the list of those invited on these big night is also very impressive among the guests are mikhail gorbachev we also saw vice president oprah zille here has of the last color theater the oprah covent garden we were lucky to catch up with a few of those celebrities invited to the opening night at the bolshoi theater among them telling actress money could be lucia and here's what she had to say when her first impression from her first visit to the bolshoi. so. the first hour here on. earth it's night night since i've. moved on let's. hear another story. and. the next thing that i love was the russian church at the same time that i've been here for russia and the makeup of the russian that some people the supposed. so a truly impressive read comp it's inventive for russian theatre lovers and it's no surprise that hundred of your is hundred of yes i was ready to watch the opening night gala concert in the cold which is broadcast live now in china television screens and stood outside of the renovated restored. you're very lucky to be in the let's go out so that i was the sort of. bolshoi theater

opposite numbers from afghanistan no less in a move of mutual goodwill here in the russian capital mikhail gorbachev has this report this magnificent seven have traveled all the way from kabul to moscow all to hell december skills you learned with these martial arts was created a friendly tournament the pinnacle of the state the fighting to compete was crafted to the soviet union is a mixture of the world's toughest styles around eighty countries across the globe practiced the sport now including afghanistan but there is still no better place than russia to learn and you treat or to. somebody is the same back in again his term as it's here in russia but unfortunately we don't have such good conditions at home if we had similar equipment we would produce results which are just as good. as is often the case with meetings like these competition was not the only goal well a bit of attention doesn't do any sport any harm but with all the cups and medals handed out bridging to cultural gap was the rather important message as the organizers revealed but i looked at it this was not only about sport but also

and the list of those invited on these big night is also very impressive among the guests are mikhail gorbachev we also saw vice president oprah zille here has all the less colored peters. the piano or covent garden we were lucky to catch up with a few of those celebrities invited to the opening night at the bolshoi theater among them telling actress money could illusion here's what she had to say when her first impression from her first visit to the bullshit. you. like to. see her. soon. and see. the rush to. see the time. the year. i think some. people this is. a truly impressive red carpet event for russian theatre lovers and it's no surprise that hundred of years hundred of guests about ready to watch the opening night gala concert in the cold which is broadcast live now in china television screens installed outside of the renovated restored bolshoi theater. culture which over inside the theater for us was go outside into the grand facades or to sara first among the crowds this chilly also night tell us what's happening out. millions of fear for lovers who didn't get a ticket to the show be

c-span: how close are you still to mikhail gorbachev? >> guest: i'd say fairly close. i don't see him regularly anymore, but if he walked in here, i'd--i'd feel i was greeting a friend, and i think he would feel that way. c-span: how close did you get to him? >> guest: pretty darned close. going back to your question about emotional, emotionally close, because he--i remember when--my last talk with him while he was in office. it was christmas, maybe christmas eve or new year's eve, and it was--it was very emotional as he said goodbye. and--and i--i--i'm close to gorbachev. c-span: how did he do it? >> guest: how did he... c-span: the whole thing. i mean, watching him up close, you knew him '89--of course, when was the first time you met him? >> guest: i met him when i was vice president. when--when he assumed office--the day he assumed office--i was the guy that, in those days, went to a lot of funerals over there. i was vice president. and i--i cabled back to ronald reagan, 'this man is different. here's a f--much more open, much more frank, much less inclined to turn

it includes former new york mayor rudy giuliani and former soviet leader mikhail gorbachev.anizers say the crime rate is down about 50% in the last six months but there still been nearly 9,000 drug violence killings in that city since 2008. >>> now a story about uncomfortable intersection of faith and government. some religious schools say they are caught in the middle. >> a group of catholic universities sign on to letter for the obama administration saying the schools are concerned about the agency regulation stemming from the healthcare law which could force university to cover the cost of contraceptive in health insurance plan in conflict with the catholic faith. >> the policies set by agency not elected by the people, force on institution that cannot as a matter of conscious provide it. >> the school says it could force them to drop insurance altogether. the president of the university of notre dame, reverend john jenkins sent his own letter where he acknowledged taking heat for allowing them to speak on campus in 2009 and hope to foster a discussion on issue of life. >

president reagan could negotiate with mikhail gorbachev and sign treaties for which each side could be held accountable. and what we cut the soviets cheating, we could bring the world's attention to their transgressions. today, our world is far more chaotic. we still face great threats, but they come not from one country or one group or one ideology. the world is unfortunately not so defined. what america and our allies are facing is a series of threatening force is, once that overlap and reinforce one another to defend america and to secure a peaceful and prosperous world, we need to clearly understand this emerging threat, grasp their complexity and formulate a strategy that deals with them before they explode into conflict. it's far too easy for a president to jump from crisis to crisis, dealing with one hot spot after another. but to do so as to be shaped by events, rather than to shape events, to avoid this paralyzing seduction of action rather than progress, a president must have a broad vision of the entire world coupled with clarity of purpose. when i look around the world, i s

and i quote mikhail gorbachev in the book on this, who says happy to hear all this talk in american circlesand elsewhere about nuclear abolition, but in less, says gorbachev, i'm paraphrasing, we fundamentally rethink the conventional, the overwhelming conventional military superiority of the united states, far beyond, says gorbachev, any reasonable security needs. will never convince any of the other countries of the world to go in a nuclear free direction. and then we'll end up with a world of 19 or 29 or 39 our nation's instead of nine. what then do you think the chances that america can avoid? it's like running out. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> you know, i, maybe has been mentioned that one of the gigs i've had in the past is that i worked for congressman dennis kucinich. i was the chief policy one in his first presidential campaign. one might think that dennis kucinich and paul are exact opposites but they're really not in a lot of ways. in fact, i quote ron paul. i know this is not exactly a question. mentioned in passing. but i quote from poverty and

he has interviewed several eminent personalities for the magazine, including jimmy carter, mikhail gorbachev and the dalai lama. and today, he will be discussing his recent book, "'islam' means peace: understanding the muslim principle of nonviolence today." so without further ado, amitabh pal. [applause] >> thanks, and i like to start off with something that happened just today. and this is something -- what we will be speaking about. marc anthony stroman was executed by the state of texas. how does that pertain to what i'll be talking about? he actually in the aftermath of september 11, he went around looking for arabs to kill. managed instead to kill somebody from india, somebody from pakistan, and greatly wounded another immigrant. he described it in your times what happened to him. there were 38 palace in my face. i couldn't open my eyes or talk. i couldn't even eat or drink anything. my face was swollen. my face was horrible. i couldn't believe it was happening. i prayed, please god, please give my face back. he was discharged the day after being treated he was told he did not have hea

the president could negotiate with mikhail gorbachev and sign treaties and when we caught the soviets cheating we could bring the world's attention to their transgressions. today our world is far more chaotic. we still face grave threats, but they count not from one country or one group or one ideology. the world is not so defined. what america and her allies are facing is a series of threatening forces. ones that overlap and reinforce one another. to defend america, and to secure a peaceful and prosperous world, we need to clearly understand these emerging threats, grasp their perplexity and form latt a strategy before they explode into conflict. it's far too easy for a president to jump from crisis to crisis dealing with one hot spot after another, but to do so is to be shaped by events rather than to shape events. to avoid this paralyzing seduction of action rather than progress, a president must have a broad vision of the entire world coupled with clarity of purpose. had i look around the world, i see a handful of major forces that vie with america and free nations to shape the wo