this was ceausescu's master plan?de it because he was, let's say, scared by the russian invasion in czechoslovakia in 1968. he laughs he asked two armies, one from the north and one of the mountain. yeah, and they used, like, 6,500kg of dynamite ceausescu's original plan was to move troops across the carpathians via the highway in the event inaccessible because of romania's snowy winters. no wonder it got the nickname of "ceausescu's folly". you can feel the adrenaline of the car. yes! 0h—oh! bogdan, these roads, there are so many twists and turns. yeah. they laugh you don't want to eat a lot before you go to transfagarasan. there's challenges for the driver around every bend, but some of those challenges are a little hairier than others. 0h... 0oh. ithink... this could be a bear? yeah. ah, that is... hey, that was wild. yeah. first bear — in the wild. we have a large population of bears, and people tend to get close to them and give them treats, which is... which is...is that encouraged or not? ..to feed them. for su

john cochran: the new rulers of romania said tonight that the deposed despot nicolae ceausescu and his wife were executed after a military court found them guilty of genocide, stealing state funds, and trying to escape prosecution. from our point of view, there is simply no argument about the most remarkable story of the decade -- freedom. in some cases, freedom which had been unthinkable as the decade began. [ "ode to joy" concludes ] [ cheers and applause ] suse: any time he was off from school, this would be the place where you would find him. walking the beach fairly early, i see this tiny little speck out in the water, waving. and lo and behold, there's alexander out there already. there he is. there's my brother. his pride and joy, his surfboard. lucas: there's my mom. you know, always laughing. always upbeat. and uh... that all changed. that all changed. suse: absolutely nothing prepares you for such an event. it as horrific. just-just awful. lucas: i remember being told, "your brother, his plane crashed." and the fact that it was a bomb, to me, it was like the end of the world.

john cochran: the new rulers of romania said tonight that the deposed despot nicolae ceausescu and hise executed after a military court found them guilty of genocide, stealing state funds, and trying to escape prosecution. from our point of view, there is simply no argument about the most remarkable story of the decade -- freedom. in some cases, freedom which had been unthinkable as the decade began. [ "ode to joy" concludes ] [ cheers and applause ]

and they said, well, that's the balcony where the tyrant ceausescu.you had given his last speech, and it was a memorial to and president julius introduces me and a full rainbow appears. and it's a startling moment. and i stepped back to take in this rainbow and said god is smiling us. and the reason i did is because the rainbow ended exactly behind the balcony where the tyrant, given his last speech. thank you for coming. back. thank you. thank you. michael barone and president bush. what a great way to kick off the miami book fair. thank you all for coming. as we hope to see you throughout the week. and if you've pre-purchased a book, they will be available outside. i think there'll be a line or something. you get into and if you haven't pre-purchased there will be some for sale right outside as well. thank you all. we'll see you this week. see you. i.

next one we went to with my family, an 8-year-old, romania, the site where the revolution against ceausescukid, one kid. if we had two, obviously it would be off limits. >> jimmy: too many. [ laughter ] >> it's too depending. but it was amazing. i explained to my kid what happened. not violence. i explained there was a dictator here -- it was an amazing trip. the city is amazing and beautiful and everything. that's the only time i could go on vacation and not hate myself. >> jimmy: wow. are you transferring this to your child, do you feel? >> amongst so many other horrible things, yeah. [ laughter ] including, perhaps, tasax. >> jimmy: what? >> that's a jewish genetic disease disorder joke. [ laughter ] it's going to kill -- >> jimmy: i wondered why guillermo was cracking up over there. [ laughter ] >> guillermo and then your brooklyn -- >> jimmy: he knows his jewish genetic disorders like nobody else. >> it's a great joke, but -- it's specific. >> it is a great joke, now that i get it. >> all jewish couples have to get tested for tasax so they don't pass it on. that's why it's funny. >> ji