to go to moscow, explaining you go and get khrushchev to intervene. wow, russell goes. her chest communicates with over. oelrich says no. so then from communicates and says so what does he want to look good? khrushchev says he wants not to lose face. to lose face if you let them come back to west germany. from says that the. no problem. then of course the comeback to west berlin. the deal is pulled off. that's the kind of negotiator. i never knew this was possible. it's simply an oil of how this guy knew how to operate. one other operation that most of us didn't know initiative developed much more than the amnesty trout. amnesty in the first years is very concerned with europe and all over that area. so what sub to does is make contact with dissident intellectuals in poland, czechoslovakia, yugoslavia and so forth and they made them put the book out together on the program they come up with they called the third wave and that is they are not going to be part of the stalinist state yurok receipt. they're growing a third way and they call it democratic

soviet missiles were in cuba, and so president kennedy was communicating as directly with nikita khrushchev as he could. he didn't say, i'm not going to talk to him now, now that he's done something that bothers me. >> the soviet union and the united states were two great powers vying for global control. north korea is a small state that exists through extortion, by misbehaving and trying to extract resources from other nations in the world by threatening the rest of the nation and wanting to be nice to get resources. you can't reward that behavior too quickly. and i think barack obama's probably calling it right here by keeping some distance. >> brian, thank you very much for getting the story on how this all happened. thanks for joining us tonight. and steve clemens, thank you for joining us. >> thanks. >> thank you. >> cutting the deficit at any price. even the price is too high. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm michael smerconish in for chris matthews. leading off tonight, deficit chicken hawks. we begin this week to find that republicans have gotten what they wanted, indisc

ron khrushchev will come back later in the show. >>> we've got yet another solid sign of a stronger economy today. at least some good news. housing starts soared, and that's great news for home builders, like toll brothers. we're about to speak with the ceo, doug yearly, next up. and senate majority leader harry reed blames the budget cutting sequester for an accidental death of seven marines in a training exercise. and you know what? the marine corps rips reid by calling it, quote, pure political posturing on the backs of those dead marines. end quote. so i'll just say this. don't forget free market capitalism is the best path to prosperity. yes. but let's never forget the valiant loyalty and service of our marines and all our armed forces, no matter what two-bit politicians may see. i'm kudlow. "the kudlow report" will be right back. my mother made the best toffee in the world. it's delicious. so now we've turned her toffee into a business. my goal was to take an idea and make it happen. i'm janet long and i formed my toffee company through legalzoom. i never really thought i would make m

soviet missiles were in cuba, and so president kennedy was communicating as directly with nikita khrushchev as he could. he didn't say, i'm not going to talk to him now, now that he's done something that bothers me. >> the soviet union and the united states were two great powers vying for global control. north korea is a small state that exists through extortion, by misbehaving and trying to extract resources from other nations in the world by threatening the rest of the nation and wanting to be nice to get resources. you can't reward that behavior too quickly. i think barack obama is probably calling it right here by keeping some distance. >> brian stelter, thank you very much for getting the story on how this all happened. thanks for joining us tonight. steve clemmons, thank you for joining us. >> thanks. >> thank you. >>> the ed show is up next. >> good evening americans and welcome to the ed show from new york. republicans woke up this morning saying a new four letter word or an old four letter word. bush. this is the ed show. let's get to work. >> you will not definitively rule out a r

ladies and gentlemen, "collective action" is a phrase that khrushchev or castro would say in front of their poor, starving citizens. the obama campaign knew in 2008 they could get elected as a full-throated liberal, so they created a myth that obama could work to improve washington and drain the swamp. folks, over the last four years of the only thing barack obama drained is our national treasury. during our current fiscal battles, president obama has gone to great lengths to deceive and lie about the real consequences of sequestration. from teacher furloughs to longer airport lines to criminal its running free, the obama administration has lied to the american people. they have even closed the white house for public tours. remarkably, the many false claims from the white house had even prompted some in the mainstream media to push back. one of the reasons why the white house thought it could get away with it is because the media has always been in their back pocket. you just have to look at all the obama scandals, with the latest being the tragedy where four brave americans died -- w

even nikita khrushchev said, yeah, we couldn't have done it without the rosenbergs. so i think the fall of the soviet union has shown to all but the most radical on the left that, in fact, we had been deeply penetrated by soviet intelligent. >> host: next call, michael in westland, michigan. please go ahead. >> caller: yes, good afternoon, gentlemen. >> guest: hi. >> caller: mr. schweikart, you've referenced the general motors pailout twice -- bailout twice during this appearance, and you piqued my curiosity regarding the decision to loan general motors the money. also i would like your feelings towards that, and before you answer, can you take into considerations the enormous contributions general motors made during the world war ii effort and the spectacular success that is undeniable of saving well over one million american jobs -- many in ohio, as a matter of fact -- and the ability for general motors, a corporate icon in american history, to continue and thrive as it is? thank you. >> guest: well, i'll give a plug back to c-span. just before i came on, your prev

even nikita khrushchev said we couldn't have done it without rosenbergs and we have to take his word because he is the communist. the fall of the soviet union has shown to all but the most radical on the left that in fact we had been deeply penetrated by soviet intelligence. >> host: next call, michael and westland, michigan. >> good afternoon, gentlemen. mr schweikart, the general motors bailout twice during this appearance, you piqued my curiosity regarding the decision to below general motors the money, also i would like your feelings toward that. before you answer can you take into consideration the enormous contributions general motors made during the world war ii eckert and the spectacular success that is undeniable of saving over 1 million american jobs, many in the ohio, and the ability for general motors, corporate icon in american history, continue. >> guest: i will give a plug back to c-span. just before i came on your previous show at the current chairman, former chairman of general motors and he made an excellent case. here is the criteria i use, the criteria used in wha