berlin wall. once, it divided east from west. now, on its way to becoming an artifact of history. this is the cbs evening news, dan rather reporting tonight from in front of the brandenburg gate in berlin, germany. good evening. these are the sights and sounds of the continuing celebration of germans about the symbolic, not the literal, at least not yet, but the symbolic tearing down of the berlin wall." germany would formally reunite a year later. but for a country afflicted by decades of turmoil figuring out where to go would be a cautious process but one that germany finally had the freedomto make. if there's one obsessionmost cultures throughout the decades have shared, it's the fantasy of the super- human and few names have embodied that fantasy quite like spider-man. the center-piece of what's become an empire, thanks to the obsession of many that all began in august of 1962. by the early 1960s, there was already a gluttony of comic book superheroes but a lot of them lacked an important trait - relatability. so when marvel comics' head writer, stan lee, was coming up with ide

during one of his visits to east berlin, he married his old girlfriend gerlinde and they had a son.d that complicate matters? >> barsky: initially, it wasn't complicated at all. it got complicated later. >> kroft: because? >> barsky: because i got married in the united states to somebody else. ( laughter ) >> kroft: did she know about your other wife in germany? >> barsky: no. >> kroft: did your wife in germany know about the... >> barsky: not at all. >> kroft: so you had two wives. >> barsky: i did. i'm... i was officially a bigamist. that's... that's the one thing i am so totally not proud of... >> kroft: being a spy was all right... ( laughter ) being a bigamist... >> barsky: in hindsight, you know, i was a spy for the wrong people. but... but i... this one hurt, because i had promised my german wife that, you know, we would be together forever. and i broke that promise. and the one way i can explain it to myself is i had separated the german, the dittrich, from the barsky to the point where the two just didn't know about each other. >> kroft: not only did he have two different i

artists from around the word and they have the wall there, part of the wall is left up in an area in east berlin, it is artist area. and the artists are coming around the world and creating the murals on the wall. it is bringing fresh new culture to it. rosanna: let's see you guys in action. a>> we are going. >> oh, yeah. like germany's awed bonn there are no limits. fuelled by defiant and creative spirit. i'm excited to see the modern berlin. it has been a free thinker and outlived the world war, a cold war and broke through the wall that once cut a city in two. history in front of your face. we have 36 hours to discover what makes the city resilient and daring. greg: all right, you are world travellers how do you break in and meet the locals? >> that is the most part of the show. there is a loyal base of followers and we are bringing it to life, the characters, the locals along the way that tell us why they are connected to the city and why they have been there. greg: how do you do that? >> if you go to other cities you sit down and prop up to the bar and olympic yourself up to conversations a

do we really want to live in east berlin? do we want the united states to be a walled community?l take the statue of liberty down then, shouldn't we? >> according to the latest con-roc poll, it says voters trust trump on key issues more than his competitors. but here's the thing. almost 6 and 10 people say that the gop has a better chance with someone else on the ticket. how do you read that? >> i'm not sure. because, like i said. i've taken on both parties twice. i've beaten them twice as an independent. i couldn't be happier, don, to see the turmoil in both of these political parties. they need a wake-up call, we need a revolution. when i say revolution, it doesn't have to be violent. it could be at the ballot box. >> i'm picking up what you're putting down. >>> he's gotten into hot waterer on his remarks. >> wait a minute. wait a minute. wait a minute. wait, wait, wait. megan kelly? she used a quote, as i understand it, from donald trump's television show. and she calls that journalism? that's like you using a quote\from when i did a pro-wrestling interview. come on. you're en

i was with a group of other writers and journalists and when we varsa, budapest, and east berlin. and the people i met there, this was just when the wall was coming down, when you could say that ronald reagan's prophecy had been fulfilled. and the people on the other side of the curtain. i was over there with many of them said his words were more than words and this couldn't happen without him. and thank you very much. and my great great great great grandfather thing. [ applause ]. >> thank you, doctor, and thank you to the university. it's an honor and privilege to be here. i'm proud to be on the panel with k.t. speaking of this time of day reminds me of what ronald reagan once said about the collision of time and day and age. and when you speak. he quipped that the definition of middle aim is when we are faced with temptations and you choose the one that will get you home in bed by 9:30. as a side note, i'm glad to tell you i just this week turned in the man script for "last act," which is the third book i have written on ronald reagan about his post-presidency. and contrary to

i was with a group of other writers and journalists and when we varsa, budapest, and east berlin. and the people i met there, this was just when the wall was coming down, when you could say that ronald reagan's prophecy had been fulfilled. and the people on the other side of the curtain. i was over there with many of them said his words were more than words and this couldn't happen without him. and thank you very much. and my great great great great grandfather thing. [ applause ]. >> thank you, doctor, and thank you to the university. it's an honor and privilege to be here. i'm proud to be on the panel with k.t. speaking of this time of day reminds me of what ronald reagan once said about the collision of time and day and age. and when you speak. he quipped that the definition of middle aim is when we are faced with temptations and you choose the one that will get you home in bed by 9:30. as a side note, i'm glad to tell you i just this week turned in the man script for "last act," which is the third book i have written on ronald reagan about his post-presidency. and contrary to

writer, i was with a grup of other writeres and journalists and we went to warsaw and budapest and east berlin. and the people i met there. which was just when the wall was coming down and you could say that ronald reagan's prophesy had been fulfilled. but the people on the other side of the iron curtain, the people who speak freely, i was over there and met many of them who said his words were more than words and this couldn't have happened without it. thank you very much. and my great, great, great, great, great grandfather thanks you. >> thank you, mr. morrison and thank you regent university. speaking at this time of day reminds me of what ronald reagan said about the collision of time and day and age and when you see, the definition of middle age is when you face temptationes and choose the one who will get you home in bed by 9:30. as a side note, i'm delighted to tell you this week i've turned in the manuscript for the last act which is the third book i've written by ronald reagan about his -- contrary to popular belief. he announced he said he had alzheimer's and passed away. there was

i was with a group of other writers and journalists and when we varsa, budapest, and east berlin. and the people i met there, this was just when the wall was coming down, when you could say that ronald reagan's prophecy had been fulfilled. and the people on the other side of the curtain. i was over there with many of them said his words were more than words and this couldn't happen without him. and thank you very much. and my great great great great grandfather thing. [ applause ]. >> thank you, doctor, and thank you to the university. it's an honor and privilege to be here. i'm proud to be on the panel with k.t. speaking of this time of day reminds me of what ronald reagan once said about the collision of time and day and age. and when you speak. he quipped that the definition of middle aim is when we are faced with temptations and you choose the one that will get you home in bed by 9:30. as a side note, i'm glad to tell you i just this week turned in the man script for "last act," which is the third book i have written on ronald reagan about his post-presidency. and contrary to

likelihood the decision by stalin to halt his forces at the 13th or 14th of february, halt them east of berlin and send them to vienna instead probably was a reflection of that policy to make significant gains in the baltics. as you investigate the planning of soviet operations, and you watch the evolution of force structure, you will see these same considerations in place. far earlier than i had ever anticipated, and to a greater degree than i had ever anticipated. these new revelations continue right up to the final few points of my slide. hokkaido and my comment about the 87th rifle corps. there are things about it that made it uniquely suited to conduct the operations on hokkaido i mentioned in my book. i want to spend a few minutes talking about two periods. there is a conventional wisdom about operations in the far east. the soviet union was too preoccupied with war in europe, certainly in 1941 and 42, to worry about the far east. they drew their forces down, bringing many to the west. to counter operation barbarossa. therefore, the force structure in the far east was too weak to do anyt

and yet some east germans risked their lives to continue trying to cross the border. an estimated 5,000 managed to get past the berlin0 were captured trying and nearly 200 others killed. for 28 years the wall stood as most visible symbol of the cold war synonymous with the divide between east and west, american-style capitalism and communism. finally on a historic night it came down as east german guards opened the borders allowing east and west berliners to roam their city freely but walls as a means of separating and isolating people and cultures are still a thing including in the united states as evidenced by donald trump's plan for the u.s.-mexico border. >> i said we need to build a wall and it has to be built quickly. and i don't mind having a big, beautiful door in that wall so that people can come into this country legally. but we need jeb to build a wall. we need to keep illegals out. >> but history has taught us building a wall whether to keep people out or to lock them in can have far reaching and sometimes devastating consequences. just like that wall bi-secretarying berlin which the government of east ge

east are struggling to cope. hungary has seen 50,000 new arrivals in the last month. speaking in berlin, the german chancellor urged other nations to accept more migrants. >> if we are unable to agree on a distribution of refugees within europe, then some people will question us and we don't want that. reporter: germany takes in more refugees than any other e.u. country. 300,000 have crossed into europe this year alone. anchor: i'm joined by a correspondent in buddha pest. we saw the first train loads of people moving out of hungary, what is the situation now? a lot of pent-up refugees have been camping at a station this week and four trains that left for munich via vienna. when i was at the station, the scene was quite confused. the police presence was sporadic and many didn't have passports or identification documents did board those trains. the authorities say nothing has changed, but they still will insist upon these passport controls that have been in operation for weeks now. but, in fact, we now know already that they have begun arriving in vienna despite delays and holdups. and t

damien: i can remember when the berlin wall came down 25 years ago, and we all thought that was the end of the iron curtain that separated east and west. well now another barrier is being built in eastern europe- -- this time in hungary, and its purpose is to keep refugees out of europe. most are fleeing war and persecution in places like syria. if they manage to survive crossing the mediterranean, they make it to greece, they then have to walk hundreds of miles through the balkans to hungary, because, if they make it across the hungarian border, it can then be easier to reach western europe, the final aim. but it's a perilous journey as our reporter found out. ((when -- out. reporter: it's a risky endeavor. ahmad shehabi is trying to reach germany. a syrian of palestinian descent, he's already made it to greece. he came on a rubber boat to the island of samos, where he then landed in jail. >> they don't take gave us any cover or any sleeping bag. we sleep like this, on our back, like this, without anything. and it was cold, very cold. we have children, we have families. reporter: every day, hundreds set out from thessaloniki

east in north africa, more than 4 million. about the same number of people who live in berlin. iraq despite its troubles has 250,000 refugees from syria, more than 620,000 syrians are in camps in jordan. the people living in lebanon are now syrian refugees, nearly 1.2 million people. nearly 2 million syrians have fled turkey, the equivalent of the population of brussels. >> many syrians who make it to turkey see the greek island of lesbos as a stepping stone to western europe. with local authorities still waiting assistance from brussels, there's little to welcome new arrivals there. we have a report on an island struggling to cope. >> this is the letter to the greek prime minister, mr. alexis tsipras, asking, saying that we are dealing with a major humanitarian crisis. >> in the mayor's office, the chief of staff explains that lesbos island is sinking under the weight of refugees. >> they've promised help. how much help have you actually received? >> actually, to be honest, we haven't received yet a single euro. >> with what appeared to be the best of intentions, the ministry

it did take 40 years but east germans did tear down the berlin wall. stuart: good one.say it again next time. james lacey, everyone. thank you very much, sir. appreciate it. last night the moderators went right after donald trump right out of the get go. >> raise your hand now if you won't make that pledge tonight. mr. trump. . stuart: okay. that wasn't right up front. it was about a few minutes into the debate but that was fairly contention and look who is here. charlie gasparino. now, he's going to give us the conspiracy theory -- >> no. does . stuart: wait. donald trump was planted by hillary clinton to disrupt the debate -- disrupt the republican party. >> i just want you to know that i came up with that theory well before him adding more fuel to the fire of the theory. let's go back and just realize this. donald trump is always taken many liberal stances in the past. he's -- for single payer; right? he was for higher taxes, you go right down the line, he's been very much -- he said the democrats are better for the economy. and all he's doing inside the republican p

but there are ten times that number in the middle east and north africa, more than 4 million, about the same number of people who live in berlinas 250,000 refugees from syria. more than 620,000 syrians are in camps in jordan. a quarter of the people living in lebanon are now syrian refugees. nearly 1.2 million people. and nearly 2 million syrians have fled to turkey. that's the equivalent of the population of brussels. >>> let's hear from bernard smith who is in a turkish city where there is a huge population of syrian refugees. >> reporter: this is typical of those that run along turkey's border with syria. the syrian refugee crisis has changed the very demographics of this area. there is a turkish population of 1.8 million people, but there are now 450,000 syrians also living here. that puts enormous strains on health services, education services, and on social services. among the biggest frustrations of syrian refugees living here is being essentially caught in a limbo situation. those in camps have no homes to go to, those living amongst the community find it very difficult to find enough work. there simply aren't enough j

there have been people in western germany that have said the people in the east were asylum seekers and refugees when the berlin people but this is a large number. 800,000. that's the largest in europe. that's the largest that europe has received. so that is going to be the question, what to do with this many but there are shelters for these people to go to. germany says they will devote the resources to make sure they are assimilated and they do have a house and a place to stay. but it is -- it is a growing concern for a number of people in germany. >> indeed. many thanks to our ian lee reporting from london on the situation in eastern germany. appreciate it. >>> many of those fleeing violence in their own countries are passing through the serbian capital, belgrade. >> it's a city that knows war all too well. arwa damon has been to a park there to hear some of their stories. >> reporter: he strums an old kurdish song. his wife sits with their 3-month-old in a park in belgrade. it was his voice that she first fell in love with. we wanted to settle in turkey. i was working weddings there. but tensions have start

. >>> on this day in history, the berlin wall was to be built to isolate themselves from the west. over the next 12 years, east germany saw three million citizens go to west germany. >>> a major pen company inks an apology after an ad campaign. bic honored women in south africa with a facebook post many found sexist. it said look like a girl, act like a lady, think like a man, work like a boss. bic south africa executives are sorry for offending anyone. >>> more than 170 elvis artifacts are on auction at graceland. it's to commemorate his death in august 1977. among the auction items, no blue suede shoes. a suit he wore in a movie. estimated price around $20,000. or for $30,000 to $50,000 you can get his viva las vegas jacket and if you have $100,000 to spend, you can own his personal handgun. elvis is engraved on the barrel and one side of the wooden grip has the emblem tcb, taking care of business and a lightning bolt. >>> sesame street is on the move. you will soon be able to catch big bird and the gang on hbo. [ music ] how to get to sesame street >> the television show that premiered in 1969 announced tod

] so i didn't think i would base daddy there when the berlin came down but it came down the second day we're there, almost by accident. in fact east german officials who made the announcement turns out it was a mistake the way he made the announcement, i am now rushing over to the wall, we have satellite capacity and i'm thinking as a journalist well my god there's no bigger story in the war, this is the symbolic end of the cold war. and i'm looking around bbc doesn't have any they're not even german television had the live capacity, we were the only one. i'm a big outdoorsman so i had kind of a ratty coat so i don't want to offend anyone it was a ratty l.l. bean coat. i had it for a long time and it really looked pretty awful, i was up there getting ready and i looked out on the monitor and i said to myself this videotape is going to be around forever and i looked off to my right and one of my colleagues had just came from london who just bought himself a beautiful blue cashmere top coat and i said give me a coat right now, and he did and i gave them my coat so i looked to splendid at the berlin wall let me tell you. [laughter] h

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