history. >> gorbachev is a revolution in himself. he's talking about a new soviet union allowing some freedom of speech, allowing a more open society. gorbachev had seen how the gap between how the soviet people lived and what the party said was growing wider and wider. but he is a child of the system. he did not want to destroy it. he had in his mind i have to save it. [ speaking foreign language ] >> i want him to fight for peace and for better life. >> i think that he will be a good leader and i like him. >> those first couple of years of the reagan first term, reagan didn't meet any soviet leaders. when asked about it, reagan said they keep dying on me. that was true, but he wasn't really making much of an effort, and there was a fear that if you don't reach out to the soviets, they are so afraid of us, they will do something stupid. >> president reagan had a change of heart. he is now much more eager to meet with the new leader of the soviet union and he has sent mikhail...