more than a quarter of a century later it remained in place encircling west berlin. it shows where the wall was cut off and sense reagan mentioned it in the speech you have to the brandenburg gate was 18th century monument that once served as a ceremonial entrance to berlin and then the berlin wall cuts it off. so that brings me to the speech itself the spring of 1987 i am a speechwriter in the reagan white house i'm told the president will speak in front of the berlin wall, he will have an audience between ten and 40000 people and he will speak for about half an hour and given the setting the subject will be foreign-policy. that is all the guidance i got. i flew to west berlin with the security people who work out security with the westerman's members of the oppressed office and check the camera angles and i went to gather materials. first stop is where the president would speak and it's very difficult to convey how momentous the place felt. just a few feet away is the water had damaging the second world war i climbed and observation platform to look over the wall in

a few years later, he left to study material science and technical university in west berlin. he then did a ph. d in science engineering, in belgium, before settling in the netherlands. but in may 1974, india surprised the world when it announced its 1st nuclear test. at turning point for hannah, and he became consumed with the idea that pakistan should also develop its own atomic bomb. as soon returned to his home country, he was instrumental in setting up pakistan's 1st nuclear in richmond, plant. a crucial step on the way to pakistan, becoming the world 7th nuclear power. ah, and hum became a national hero. even after the revelations that he shared secret information came to light pakistan was in shock, but willing to forgive had, who later withdrew his confessions with them and the extent of his involvement in the illicit nuclear trafficking will remain unclear. but for many in pakistan, abdul cather kind will be remembered as the man who restored the nation's pride. without the hamid al jazeera, an east in india, the government has succeeded in protecting salt water croco

. >> the iron curtain between east germany and west berlin has come tumbling down. >> good evening, i'machev and i both agree on the desirability of freer and more extensive personal contact between the peoples of the soviet union and the united states. >> we began to realize that the best way to get a message to a foreign leader was to have the president go in the rose garden and make a statement. because everybody was watching cnn. >> cnn was a breakthrough. it changed the whole world. >> it changed quickly. the network news business. that business that we weren't the only ones. and it was hard. you know, it's hard to be on the top little perch and have to come down off it. >> a special segment tonight, the network news. the first in a two-part series on the profound changes taking place in television news. changes being brought about by business, competition, and technology. >> there are a variety of reasons why people who worked at the broadcast networks were freaked out in 1980s. one of them was cnn and the rise of cable. another was being taken over by foreign entities in corporat

to me it is the front line of tyranny versus freedom similar to west berlin during the height of the union in the last century. so what we have in our country is a history of commitment and resolve with regard to taiwan. 25 years ago as a young infantry officer i deployed with the marines to the taiwan strait when they were threatening to invade the taiwanese on election -- eve of their presidential election. but what the president -- he is saying things that are important but what he is doing in terms of actions is actually weak. right now the president is submitting a defense budget that would cut defense, that would shrink the u.s. navy. to me the actions of what we're doing in terms of keeping a strong military are much more important than the words. that's what the chinese communist party look for, strength. >> dana: the other thing is the issue of strength the economy. we are oef in a little situation now with inflation, gas prices, supply chain problem. look at the gas prices. the question we asked on the fox news poll this week. do you think rising gas prices are a major prob

host: gail in west berlin, new jersey.ine for democrats, charlie in indiana on our independent line. caller: thanks for taking my call. you do have a lot of patience listening to her. those that claim to be educated a lot of times are not educated. by giving these programs and spending taxpayer money, they are taking away from other people, from taxpayers. when did our taxes become a personal piggy bank for those in d.c.? this is ridiculous. what was the revolutionary war fought over? taxation with reppert -- without representation, i believe. that is what will happen here. host: from connie in louisiana, republican line. hello. caller: yes, sir. without the spending obama wants to do, i would like to ask the state, especially louisiana, we pay taxes here on everything like a state tax and we already pay gas tax and road tax. what is this governor and other governors of louisiana doing with the money we have already paid for years? that was to rebuild our roads. host: what did you think specifically of president biden's ag

it was been transferred to berlin and russian officials have not found any evidence to support the west theory that he had been poisoned with a nerve agent. but to get more on that now we're going to go live to russia's representative to the p. c. w. alexander should get alexander children. thanks a lot for joining us on the program. let's start with what you said about the west . responds to the russian inquiry and spend of all the case. you said it's empty and devoid of content. can you break that down for us? the good afternoon, i am happy to be with you. it is a great honor for me to answer a question. here is what i can say to begin with in western countries have not answered all the questions that we have them named admitted to some of them and they did not respond to some of them at the same time. there were also questions that were actually answers. they did provide us some answers. in our opinion, the answers are devoid of any content. let me just give you examples. we asked them who was this mysterious person on the evacuation flight, who accompanied me on the flight from home

berlin, idea matter lucius. as from a man bergosa, this will be in for that is a quote with us at west virginia. my name is lisa. ah, i like that. then when i go back in a medium and i say funny santa beating beginning i, stella singing a story with a family plan is going on with the american flag of barney the minnesota. dennis white, that phone like that. i see all the initials the regular noise. yeah, no, no, no. i've look on it again. nice. me good. and the air list. yeah. i mean you got a worker that y'all most of them. okay. and it was a lot of when i'm with ally, kidding me. now and then i talked to the order it they said, yeah, i said i had a, me make go somewhere, lee, the down low enough and so on again us the lucky i left a message that i be on. okay. well on medicare, nothing. ab, daily holiday. yeah. okay. now if you get a get ah, ah, it is only a couple things they will bundle not united. when we get on that is he bought a new modem. mm hm. but when it was being, you're busy with the big thing. is it blowing? unless you're not that like what he says you, i mean you've got, you've g

also requisition any property they want in the west of the city where the americans and british are about this is where all the great industrialists burst berlin used to live, with their requisitioning forms, they turn up at the door and they take them with the houses in the story, it is absolutely fascinating story about the highlight lives by allies but also of the soviets and that contrasted. the stories -- the champagne, the caviar. it party time. the stories affect contrasting with berlin on minimum ration. a lot of people would say the germans deserve it, they lost the war, they treated their territories appallingly and americans and british felt like that but when you read some of the accounts of these women and children who have not had any part of the war in some working in the resistance, it's a difficult story to read. >> would you say the british command bringing his daughter, was not an outlier or how much of his family life was going on for these generals and leaders, is that a one off could you speak a little bit about that? >> by 46, 47, the americans were all bring in their wives, partly to cut down with the local berlin women

berlin. thank you. germany is marking 60 years since the landmark labor agreement which brought hundreds of thousands of turks into the westgerman workforce. most of them work in agricultural and manufacturing. the german president today praised their contribution to germany's postwar economic miracle here and he said it was a move that had a lasting impact , even though many turkish germans faced racism and prejudice. almost 3 million people with turkish heritage now live here in germany. >> [speaking foreign language] translator: your contribution to our country requires more than just a footnote. only when your stories are publicized, when we know your stories and we treat them as an integral part of the history of this republic, only then will we understand the history of all of us. you helped build germany. you enriched our country economically, but above all, as human beings. her hard work, your passion, and your humanity has made our country what it is today. i am deeply grateful to you who are with us today as representatives of the first generation. brent: germany emerged from the ruins of the second world war wit

in the west of the city where the americans and british are, this is where all the industrialists in berlind to live. the americans and brits arrive with their forms, they turn up and kick out anyone still living there and they take over these houses and the story, it is fascinating the story of the high life lived by western allies but also soviet and that's contrasted. the banquet, the stories -- >> they eat so well. >> the champagne, a caveat. it's party time. the stories about contrasting with berlin on minimal russians. a lot of people would say the germans deserve it, they treated their territories appallingly and a lot of the american and british felt like that but when you read accounts of these women and children what not had any part of the war and some working with resistance, it's a difficult story to read. >> would you say the british commander bringing his daughter, was not an outlier or how much family life was going on for these generals and leaders, was that a one off or did not happen a lot? could you talk about that, how much they brought their lives with them to berlin?

west germany from the cold war. i am wondering do you think the biden administration was trying to do a make-good after four years of frosty relations between washington and berlind to take those sanctions off as a measure of good faith in this country towards merkel and germany? >> i think certainly strong elements and recognizing, by the time it's pretty much finished and delayed of european countries finding excuses to hold it up. each one of these pipelines being built and contemporary pipelines show that we have limited impacts on these kinds of decisions. >> let me ask you one final question of the pipeline. obviously it's having an impact on us being able to get people into the state department, do you think the biden administration made a mistake? should they kept sanctions on the pipeline? >> again, this is part of a problem that we have in managing these and there is always collateral damage. we have to do everything in court and the nation. it's a difficult thing to manage. it's a destruction, the whole pipeline right now. we do need to have as many people in place as we possibly can to actually manage what's a difficult set of foreign relations at th