parts of eastern europe storms popping up and could cause travel delays. as we look at the satellite imagery you can see a good portion of europe down towards the south looking good as well as the western area. it's this area of low pressure right here that's going to be triggering storms and storm toward the west we'll get to that in a second. let's talk about for today anywhere you're seeing in red, talking for areas including the ukraine as well as romania, bulgaria dealing with storms and the frontal system and the area of low pressure moving toward the east, stormy conditions over parts of russia but at the same time wet weather is returning to parts of the uk and that includes parts of scotland and especially wednesday that rain is quite heavy. you've been dealing with problems with some flooding but here comes another round of heavy rainfall. as we go through today, eastern europe and by tomorrow parts of the uk could potentially be dealing with delays. as we look across parts of china, down towards the south a few more storms popping up, let's give

but for central, western and eastern europe, under the big high pressure system, it will stay dry for the most part, plenty of sunshine as well. the iberian peninsula starting off on a sunny note. by evening, we'll start to see the new system coming in from the west, the weather conditions quite wet for you. 32 degrees in madrid. 21 in paris. looking quite chilly in berlin, 17 degrees with cloudy skies. all right, here is your extended forecast. >>> that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us.

and for the most part of central and eastern europe covered by this high pressure system. we're looking at dry weather. good bouts of sunshine as well. as we head into the afternoon, we could see isolated thundershowers through italy into the west coast of the balkans. 28 in rome. 22 in vienna looking showery out here. and 18 degrees in london with cloudy skies. all right. here is your extended forecast now. >>> more than 200,000 visitors climb mt. fuji every year. that's the most beloved mountain in japan. this season 300 children are tackling the 3,776 meter peak. the kids came from siama city. 100 kilometers from the mountain. they started their first mt. fuji journey monday morning with a loud yell. on the way to the seventh station, they cheered each other. some pushed their friends on to keep going. >> the children stayed overnight at a lodge near the summit. they'll climb to the peak on tuesday. it's a really tough climb, that one. amazing. that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us.

now, for europe looking windy and thundery around eastern europe. we have this frontal system bringing stormy conditions to parts of the. balkans. intense rain can be felt around hungary as well. generally looking windy back behind this system across germany up towards southern norway as well containing with pretty strong winds. out towards the west, it will be fairly calm. the british isles expecting sunshine today. but heavy rain will arrive late tuesday. looking dry and calm for much of france as well as spain and portugal. 36 in lizban. all right. here is your extended forecast now. >>> stocks were sold across the board in new york on monday sending the dow jones industrial average down more than 600 points. sale orders surged on the stock exchange amid the concern of the slow down triggered by the u.s. credit rating downgrade at the end of last week. u.s. president barack obama delivered a speech on monday but it was perceived as lacking fresh content and stocks continued to fall. an earlier statement by the g7 finance administrators also faile

now, for europe looking windy and thundery around eastern europe. we have this frontal system bringing stormy conditions to parts of the. balkans. intense rain can be felt around hungary as well. generally looking windy back behind this system across germany up towards southern norway as well containing with pretty strong winds. out towards the west, it will be fairly calm. the british isles expecting sunshine today. but heavy rain will arrive late tuesday. looking dry and calm for much of france as well as spain and portugal. 36 in lizban. all right. here is your extended forecast now. >>> stocks were sold across the board in new york on monday sending the dow jones industrial average down more than 600 points. sale orders surged on the stock exchange amid the concern of the slow down triggered by the u.s. credit rating downgrade at the end of last week. u.s. president barack obama delivered a speech on monday but it was perceived as lacking fresh content and stocks continued to fall. an earlier statement by the g7 finance administrators also faile

in russia countries and in eastern europe we can produce. we'll cover. a long line russian. made some of the first strides in constructing the incandescent lamps in the seventy's using carbon filaments renowned american inventor thomas edison introduced improved filaments that extended relatively short life of electric bulbs forty then to over one thousand hours by the early twentieth century the tungsten filament light bulb still in use today were already emerging lamps appeared in the . at the end of the one nine hundred fifty s. and high pressure sodium street lighting in the sixty's compact fluorescents or c.f.l. were pioneered in the seventy's and are still a popular option as we move towards energy efficiency. diodes may be seen in the ninety's with improvements in technology since then showing incredible flexibility and efficiency quite possibly making the lighting of the future. future that brought out the big shots the octagon factory opening. clearly understood the positive impact of having the company on and she was joined by top level dignitaries and investors fr

then for central and eastern europe, it remains fairly settled. good spells of sunshine once again. just a couple of showers to watch out for. and we are starting to see that significant rain moving into the iberian peninsula. cooling down in lisbon, 21. 18 in london. and berlin at 19 with cloudy skies. here's your extended forecast now. >>> and that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks very much for joining us.

and for the most part of central and eastern europe covered by this high pressure system. we're looking at dry weather. good bouts of sunshine as well. as we head into the afternoon, we could see isolated thundershowers through italy into the west coast of the balkans. 28 in rome. 22 in vienna looking showery out here. and 18 degrees in london with cloudy skies. all right. here is your extended forecast now. >>> more than 200,000 visitors climb mt. fuji every year. that's the most beloved mountain in japan. this season 300 children are tackling the 3,776 meter peak. the kids came from siama city. 100 kilometers from the mountain. they started their first mt. fuji journey monday morning with a loud yell. on the way to the seventh station, they cheered each other. some pushed their friends on to keep going. >> the children stayed overnight at a lodge near the summit. they'll climb to the peak on tuesday. it's a really tough climb, that one. amazing. that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us.

ceral to eastern europe looking ry hot. vienna at 34. at's plus nine degrees ave the arage bupe36 s. foca. >>> once again, the top stories at this hour. resistant by forces loyal to libyan leader moammar el gadhafi has continued in some areas of the capital of tripoli after the virtual collapse of his dictatorial regime. anti-government forces seized control of gadhafi's compound in the capital on tuesday but the leader's whereabouts remain unknown and his troops have continued to fight on wednesday. meanwhile, a national transitional council which consists of opposition leaders is taking steps to launch a new government. the council plans to transfer its base from the northeastern city of benghazi and set up a provisional government in tripoli. a senior member of the council mammoub jabril has stressed the need to rebuild libya. the council will meet with the u.s. and european and arab nations in qatar on wednesday and ask them for financial assistance. it will also ask for cooperation in rebuilding the country from other nations at a c

by 1994, 13 new branches had opened in eastern europe. >> at the same time as the situation knows, a political idea of rose, that the goethe institute should be directly linked to human rights. >> the goethe institute continues to weigh up the balance between language, culture, and politics in its work, creating different understandings between different people in our globalize world as a challenge for the institute and an opportunity. >> the institute has always subscribe to the theory that cultural dialogue is especially important in a crisis areas. the organization recently opened its 150 of office in one of the most difficult areas in europe. not all offices are in such a controversial surrounding. in our next report, we take a look at what an average day looks like at the goethe institute. >> goethe concept has many faces, but its most important function is teaching the children language. the best place to learn it is in the heart of the country where it is spoken. the picturesque town is one of the most popular places in germany to learn german. more than 200 language students

alternative mode of transportation, tell you where coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> a mayor in eastern europebehind the wheel of a tank to fight illegal parking. apparently the people are listening. he drove his tank over this mercedes because it was parked in a bicycle lane. this is youtube video going as i recall after scoring a lot of air time -- going viral after scoring a lot of air time on tv stations around the world. he is a big supporter of bicycles and segways and whoever owns that mercedes might have to go buy one. the body shop in town is a big proponent. >> i'm just imagining if they did something like that here, how angry the car owners would be. >> i wouldn't mind using that downstairs sometimes. there are some times when i pull in the lot, what's that car doing there? >> i'll get you a tank for christmas. >> thank you very much! >> if you are going to the game, beautiful at the park. lots of sunshine. >> go giants. >> enjoy, folks. see you tomorrow morning. >> caption colorado, llc comments@captioncolorado.com honey...? [ mom ] yes. honey, i can't find my internet cord. oh, i'

suggested that engagement with russia would come at the expense of our allies in central and eastern europe. i wonder if you could speak to the czech republic view of the administration's reset efforts with russia. >> i think that the czech republic has come to understand and appreciate the spirit of the reset with russia and the benefits that that confers not just for the u.s.-russian relationship but in the region. of course the president has made praug the centerpiece of these issue -- has made prague the center priest of these issues, going to prague twice, i had the privilege to accompany him last year for the signing of the start treaty with president medvedev. i was very pleased, i think in a token of the -- and indeed more than a token, a recognition of the importance of these issues that my czech colleagues affirmatively embrace the so-called prague agenda. and took the bull by the horns and scheduled a conference, an international conference on the prague agenda. not long after i arrived in the czech republic to commemorate the one-year anniversary and the two-year anniversary of

. >> reporter: surrogates were paid up to $45,000 to travel to eastern europe, to the ukraine, to be implanted with embryos. jason forge -- >> if they carried the babies into a viable pregnancy, then the conspirators would sell them. >> reporter: she pleaded guilty tuesday to wire fraud and posted a comment on facebook promising another side of the case -- >> reporter: authorities said the prospective parents are not culpable and will keep the children. >> there's nothing we're going to do to upset their parent-child relationships. >> reporter: patrick healey for nbc bay area news. >>> in other news, a teenager who fell while hiking at yosemite national park last weekend has died. 17-year-old died last night after slipping on some rocks. he was airlifted to a hospital after the incident on saturday. a record 14 people have died at yosemite this year. >>> friends and family said a final goodbye to a navy s.e.a.l. and bay area native killed in last weekend's helicopter ambush in afghanistan. chief petty officer kevin houston lived as a child in san jose. dozens of motorcyclists carryin

somewhat cloudy and cool again and then for central and eastern europe it remains fairly settled. good spells of sunshine once again. just a couple showers to watch out for across italy, the west coast of the balkans, and we are starting to see that significant rain moving into the iberian peninsula so portugal, western spain looking very wet tonight and into your wednesday. looking at 29 degrees in madrid. cooling down considerably in lisbon as well. 29 for your daytime high. 18 in london and berlin coming in at 19 degrees with cloudy skies. all right. here is your extended forecast. >>> our lead stories this hour new japanese prime minister noda plans to inaugurate his cabinet as early as friday. noda was by the diet on tuesday. he then offered the influential post of dpj secretary general to koshiishi who is close to party heavywght ichiro ozawa and former prime minister yukio hatoyama. noda paid the former foreign minister seiji maehara as party chief. >> translator: i filled key positions in a way that unifies the party and to show my commitment to work for the japanese peopl

than the capital of a relatively small country, but the city remains the cultural capital of eastern europe, with a keenly developed knack for good living. you can enjoy that hungarian joy of life at the széchenyi baths. soak with the locals. of the city's two dozen or so traditional mineral baths, this is the most accessible and fun. budapest is hot, literally. it sits on a thin crust over thermal springs, which power all these baths. both the ancient romans and ottoman turks enjoyed these same mineral springs. they still say, "poke a hole in the ground anywhere in hungary, and you'll find hot water." magyars of all shapes and sizes squeeze themselves into tiny swimsuits and strut their stuff. babushkas float blissfully in the warm water. the speedo-clad old boys club gathers pensively around soggy chessboards. and the circle of rapids brings out the kid in people of all ages. after 2,000 years of experience and innovation, locals have honed the art of enjoying their thermal hot springs. budapest straddles the danube river. on the west side is hilly buda, dominated by castle hill. the roya

expect the same thing as you saw it happen in yugoslavia and in eastern europe there will be a massive privatization take place in the public economy that we could down the government built over forty years which included public subsidies for housing for education for health care all those things would be privatized the oil the oil fields would be handed whole group to private companies for private profit death squads will come in and clean out. those who might still have a commitment to a social wage or communal wage and this is what we have to look both through and that was the real intention it was to overthrow the government it wasn't any humanitarian concern it wasn't any concern for democracy or human rights. we can now cross to washington where our team is. standing there by is it now you have some reaction coming out of the white house on the developing situation in tripoli tell us a little bit about that. well shon washington has been a key player in the fight for tripoli that's for sure is part of nato and as we know at this point nato has done the heavy work actually most of

same thing as you saw happen in yugoslavia and in eastern europe there will be a massive privatization take place the public economy that could be government built over forty years which included public subsidies for housing education health care it all goes in to be privatized the oil the oil fields would be whole group to private companies private profit this will come in and clean out. those who might still have a commitment to a social wage work. and this is what we have to look forward to and that was the real intention was to overthrow the government it wasn't any humanitarian concern it wasn't any concern for democracy or human rights president sarkozy of france as well as the german government are gan calling on gadhafi to officially step down and the face of the rebel storming of tripoli there are fears of more bloodshed amid rumors france may use its military forces to try to capture or at the leading leader daniel bushell's in paris with the latest president sarkozy called on gadhafi to immediately give up what power he has left to order his forces to cease fire and to give

and redirect the country's economy expect the same thing as you saw happen in yugoslavia and in eastern europe there will be a massive privatization take place the public economy because the government has built over forty years which included public subsidies for kind of the education health care all those things will be privatized the oil the oil fields will be and the whole group of private companies will private profit that squad will come in and clean of. those who might still have a commitment to a social wage or communal wage and this is what we have to code too and that was the real intention it was to overthrow the government it wasn't and humanitarian concern it wasn't any concern for democracy or human rights president sarkozy of france as well as the german government there again calling on khadafi to officially step down in the face of the rebel storing of tripoli and there are fears of more bloodshed and rumors france may use its military forces to try to capture the leading leader at his dental bushnell's in paris was the latest. president sarkozy called on good enough and to gi

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expect the same thing as you saw it happen in yugoslavia and in eastern europe there will be a massive privatization take place the public economy that could daffy government built over forty years which included public subsidies for housing for education health care all those things will be privatized the oil the oil fields will be handed over to private companies for private profit death squads will come in to clean out. those who might still have a commitment to a social wage or communal wage and this is what we have to look forward to privatization deregulation. and the like. where the individual proves is that. where it intervenes and where it doesn't mean it intervenes and any country that tries to use the land the labor the natural resources and the markets of their own country for their own self development in their own communal development rather than throwing it open to law. yes and humanitarian intervention is not really humanitarian they demonstrate that if you give a power of nato three four. support system utilities system houses of oz bottles i mean who knows killing peo

concerned, you can maintain your position in east berlin, and you can maintain your position in eastern europe. we want to maintain our position in western europe, and we want to maintain our position in west berlin. khrushchev absolutely and totally rejected that. he said, you cannot prevent the people from acting as they want to act. then kennedy, basing on his briefings in washington, said to khrushchev, you know, we all have nuclear weapons now, we have to make sure that we avoid miscalculation that we avoid getting into a war as them a got into a war in world war i. khrushchev blew up. he jumped up, he said, i do not want to hear the word "miscalculation" again. what you are trying to do is to tell the soviet people to sit on their hands like schoolboys. we will not do that. kennedy retreated and made a quiet promise he would never use the word "miscalculation" again, but he had met the real khrushchev who was absolutely determined. he was a believer in the future of communism, he was not going to sit down and let anybody talk him out of it. khrushchev warned at the end of the first day d

human development list the top in africa and they beat many countries in eastern europe and so those in latin america as a dictator is going to affect that he's done in effect a double take care of something and you know i was certainly a thought or a carian dictator sometimes but maybe not in every aspect of life status of women very good but here's the thing. there was a there's obviously after forty years there's going to be a group of people who are not so happy that sort of swampy little has been given back to get daffy by the ferocity of the nato bombing because you imagine when somebody comes after i was challenged in the established order of the established international order to establish international order through nato went to that coalition to go and this sounds good i think he's the only government in africa that refused or one of the very few refused to be integrated into the us african command ok well that was we've got just a second left here a lot of people are hoping that obama is going to be held to account for this is there any way there's little attention is the

have to be a break in in the sovereign bond market and that's what you're starting to see in eastern europe and that's why why gold i'm such a big role in this downturn because people are looking for statements and you can stick their money in and protected. them sorry thing that they you're as i'm going to go going to go over the cliff first yeah i think that years and we were the first because it just there's a there's a concern about the structure of the monitor yourself not because the european economies are rest help the u.s. economy sastre but it's the monetary union that's in question in europe so i would think absolutely and it could be the first to go would be you know not the united states not not the japanese bond market i think it's the european sovereign market all right well that's why you're thin fairhope you know plunged too far to the ocean but i guess the u.s. where over here right out right there behind you that was radio hosts and economists thought going to take a famous. now still ahead here on r.t.e. ever heard of liberation technology well the u.s. is attempting to a

don't accept the premise that is he trying to model the american economic system after, say, eastern europemething like that. he is not trying to create. >> bill: western europe. >> i don't think he is trying to create any type of european model. trying to create a uniquely american model. one of the things that american has always done is protect the vulnerable. that's why it's so disturbing in the last week been willing to put social security and medicare and medicaid on the table for negotiation. the far left was willing to protect it. >> bill: i don't think it was ever in any danger. they want to modify those things to make them, you know, to salvage them. >> yes. modify, that's secret agent talk for changing. >> bill: did you see my talking points memo last night. >> i did. >> bill: it was brilliant. even you would have given me an a in your class at columbia university. i took a model out of obama care, giving american women free birth control, breast feeding, counseling, all this stuff free which is going to cost billions of dollars to the private insurance companies who are going to

things are fairly quiet as we see an area of low pressure move out of parts of eastern europe and intots of russia. today temperatures a little cooler for your business travelers. we're talking about the lower 20s, 30s down towards the south, including madrid, rome as well as athens. as we look across parts of china, look what's happening once again. we're dealing with storms. we eel continue to see this through thursday, as well as potentially through friday. a stationary front in place. let's go to a live view of hong kong harbor and a gray day across the region. we have one of our producers in town from hong kong. i think he's pretty happy to be enjoying better weather here in atlanta, it has been very hot and humid, but across southern parts of china, really quite dreary. we'll continue to see the heavy rain as i take you to our graphic. here is where you'll see the heaviest rainfall anywhere in rain. we could potentially see about 15 to 25 centimeters of rainfall, also talking about rain moving through parts of the korean peninsula as well. finally i leave with you with something

the real action is going to be popping up today through parts of eastern europe.te imagery, you can see that area of low pressure, that trailing cold front. that will be the fuel today for some severe storms as rosemary said. anywhere you see red, that includes parts of romania, bulgaria, you'll be dealing with this potential as we go through today as well as on wednesday. then behind that, we're also going to see some cooler air working into parts of central europe. also want to point out to you, over towards parts of the uk, through wednesday, we're going to see some heavy rainfall working in. that includes parts of scotland. you've been dealing with some problems with flooding there. it looks like wednesday could bring some very heavy rainfall amounts. keep that in mind. we'll talk more about that as we head into tomorrow. but nonetheless, an area that has not been picking up rain, we're talking about parts of the u.s. once again, we have been seeing this graphic for weeks. anywhere you're seeing in yellow, temperatures near heat advisory, you can see excessive

this was especially true for ethnic germans who were expelled from central and eastern europe, hundreds of thousands of them were in italy. they were hoping to get out from italy to south america and elsewhere. and the international refugee organization set up by the allies declared itself not responsible for ethnic germans. the international refugee organization was saying, well, we are responsible for the victims of the war, and the victims of the nazi regime but not for the ethnic germans. so the international red cross out of humanitarian need would kind of champion and be help out and issue ethnic germans travel documents from the international red cross. the problem was, there was a problem that the international red cross had not much previous experience with issuing these documents or passport authority kind of. they had no way of screening these people, in be double checking what the background really is, if this is the correct name, the date of birth, the citizenship, whatever. and this turned out to be a problem. um, forgot something. [laughter] happens. thanks for the slide.

>> i think what we've seen in the arab world mirrors what happens in eastern europe, latin america andica. going through the transition to a different kind of political system. it's only the beginning of the beginning. it's going to be a wild ride along the way with many moments when we're going to want to go in and say we know how to do this and we can help you. this is one time many of the people in the region want to decide for themselves. they don't want a repeat of iraq or afghanistan or of libya. they want to determine their political fate. >> in the book you write that the wider muslim world is increasingly rejecting extremism from al qaeda to the punitive shiites in iran have proven costly and unappealing. >> absolutely. this is playing out across the board. you find people that are protesters in egypt or the young rappers, the new play writes, comedians and take the term jihad and bring it back to its meaning, which is just the human struggle. the majority of muslims have taken a stand particularly over the last four or five years in criticizing bin laden, denouncing the tacti

so i'm looking for honestly the: i saw an awful lot of very good interpretations of ham threat eastern europe under soviet rule i think in many ways they understood it better. >> rose: very good point. >> during the '70s, 80s. i'm looking for in the title role someone playing it they have to be both steel and gossamer at the same time. steel in their resolution and gossamer in being one of the best bits of tracing paper for what it's like to be alive, you can imagine. the world priing itself on em. and through them you can identify with w the very appalling circumstances that they're in and make you brar when you face something like it. >> rose: what's the be "hamlet" you ever saw? >> i think the best "hamlet" i ever saw was... i only saw about one line of it. we did a beautiful, beautiful thing when we closed down the old r.s.t. we brought back about 50 of our fondest alums and ham was split. there were about six people playing hamlet and one of... it started with david warner who played it first in the '60s and it moved through lots of nderful, wonderful interpreters and one of whom was mar

you can witness the extreme weather that's unleashing across the eastern seaboard. europe spreading debt crisis is threatening to draw in france as the government announced new austerity measures earlier this week amid concerns it could lose its triple a credit rating the new taxes that reducing package will see some twelve billion euros worth of tax cuts plus a tax hike for the rich as ours is doing a bushel explains the move could be too little too late it's fear social unrest is just around the corner. france enjoys a triple a credit rating but now one of the noise ratio is among the world's top rated states believe has been told it to follow the u.s. and be downgraded just paying interest on it this year has overtaken education and the feds as the government's biggest. causes presided over the biggest jump and debt levels in our history books that carry too much water. or. france is going to tolerate it it probably does do as explained you rolled up spending cuts this week but the call of the spirit things. those cuts still nowhere near enough and you can compare it wi

suggested that engagement with russia would come at the expense of our allies in central and eastern europe. i wonder if you could speak to the czech republic's view of the administration's reset efforts with russia? >> i think that the czech republic has come to understand and appreciate the spirit of the reset of russia and the benefits that that confers not just for u.s.-russian relationship but in the region. of course, the president has made prague the centerpiece of these issues going to prague twice including -- i had the privilege to accompany him last year for the signing of the s.t.a.r.t. treaty with president medvedev. i was very pleased, i think, as a token and indeed more than a token a recognition of the importance of these issues that my czech colleagues affirmatively embraced the so-called prague agenda. and took the bull by the horns and scheduled an international conference on the prague agenda not long after i arrived in the czech republic to commemorate the one-year anniversary and the two-year anniversary of the president's speeches there. we had representatives from ru

he's pressuring eastern and central europe, using the oil he's pressuring eastern and central europe. he has actively intervened to frustrate american efforts to try and bring peace and security in the middle-east, russia has flown political air cover for iran and north korea's nuclear weapons program. and now president obama actually invited russia to try to mediate between the nato alliance and in libya. so all of these steps that i think that russia has taken show that they are not really interested in cooperating with us at all. they will pocket every concession that this administration makes. but in reciprocity, we got nothing. nothing. >> greta: the israeli defense minister will be on in a second, we'll play our interview with him. i'm curious, you mentioned russia with regard to iran. what is the what is the level of danger of iran vis-a-vis israel? the united states seems to5Ñ5Ñ>e downplaying the nuclear weapons capability of iran, and of course israel is gravely concerned about it. >> every indication we have from publicly available data, iran is enriching more and more urani

now the heat is turning up in eastern europe. the ball kins -- they're issuing heat warnings to people to stay indoored. the temperature in mon it they grow reached 104 degrees official heat. >>> a beetle could devastate the american grain industry if it became established here. it was identified by chicago's custom's agent in a 10-pound bag of rice. it was a young beetle in the larva stage. they said the number of interceptions are rising to about 100 times this year compared to 15 times from 2007 to 2009. this is a bug that's hard to kill. it destroys grain and can cause intestinal problems if it ends up in your fooded. >>> dick cheney is doing his best to promote his book. he said it would have, quoting here, heads exploding all over washington. it's titled "in my time" it. will cover 9/11 and hissens -- his opinions on former president george w. bush and condoleezza rice. >>> a state audit found that the commission in charge of leases on state lands has failed to collect millions of dollars in payments president the audit fou

the long-running movements in if eastern europe and in be the former soviet union against one party authoritariancontrol in that region, perhaps best represented by the solidarity movement and the nonviolet transition to democracy in poland. the people power revolution by filipinos in 1986, the so-called velvet revolution in czech slovakia, the leader was one of the century's greatest theorists in nonviolent struggles. the very notable and not well explored nonviolent transition from authoritarianism to democracy in mongolia in 19 89 and 1990. the african country of mali in 19 91. the attempted coup against gorbachev and yeltsin in 1991. the long-running struggle which was also successful about that time to publish, truly, a regime change in south africa led by the national congress and the democratic front in the 1980s, particularly n that country. then the so-called color revolutions in serbia, georgia, and ukraine each much different from the other but all of which ended up in a transition to a more democratic state than existed before. the so-called orange revolution in ukraine which was real

general secretary gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the soviet union and eastern europeif you seek liberalization, come here to this gate. mr. gorbachev, open this gate. [cheers and applause] mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. [cheers and applause] megyn: i mean, it really evokes such emotion just watching it now, but you say your own dad was at war with the state department when it came to those comments. >> june 2, 1987. memo: national security council to colin powell at the time saying, listen, we've read the speech. at best, it is mediocre. please see attached for changes. and the whole next page, that paragraph you just played on the air was crossed out and initialed by everybody at the nsc. there would be eight more memos between june 2nd and june 12th when my father gave that speech. ronald reagan stood up and did the right thing for the people of the world. he went against those in his own administration and said, listen, don't rock the boat here, don't make gorbachev upset. there was another time when he went into grenada, he brought seven of his people in -- i

with russia suggested engagement with russia would come at the expense of allies in central and eastern europe. i wonder if you could speak to the czech republic's view of the administration's reset efforts with russia. >> i think that the czech republic has come to understand and appreciate the spirit of the reset with russia and the benefits that that confers, not just for u.s.-russian relationship, but in the region. of course, the president has made prague a centerpiece of these issues going to prague twice including having the privilege to accompany him last year for the signing of the s.t.a.r.t. treaty with the president, and i was very pleased, i think, in a token of the, and indeed more than a token, a recognition of the importance of these issues that my czech colleagues affirmatively embrace the so-called prague agenda and took the bull by the horns and scheduled a conference, an international conference on the prague agenda, not long after i arrived in the czech republic to comeme rate the one year and two year anniversary of the president's speeches there. we had representatives fr

this is a level of intervention that never happened by the west in the revolutions of eastern europe. something we're seeing different now. it is important -- americans tend to be swept up in the enthusiasm of people breaking shackles of a tyrant, especially one who has been is devastating to his country as colonel gaddafi has been. this is a very consequential moment for the people of libya. institution-building in society -- barack has been devastated by heavy handed, authoritarian political rule. -- iraq has been devastated by heavy-handed authoritarian political world. egypt is having an unfinished transition. it is still ruled by the military that was ruling the country when hosni mubarak was in power. and this just reading about how they are arresting the same people as before and nothing has changed in egypt. i think a note of caution should be injected into the powerful and compelling images of celebration in the streets of libya today. host: this is from the associated press. this is the world urges gaddafi to surrender. it is time to look at the future of libya without the m

in a chalet which resulted in him having to step down as president, a long-running movement in eastern europe and the former soviet union against one-party authoritarian perhaps represented by the solidarity movement in poland, the people power revolution by filipinos to detach ferdinand marcos from power in 1986. the bell that revolution in czechoslovakia which should be mentioned if for no other reason that its leader was one of the century's greatest terrorist of the internal dynamic involved in success should -- successor -- successful nonviolent struggles. the notable and different and not well explored nonviolent transition for majoritarianism to democracy in mongolia. in 1989 and 1990. the non-gallon transition to democracy in the african country of mali in 1991. the non-violent resistance to the attempted coup against gorbachev and yeltsin in 1991. the long-running struggle which was also successful about that time to accomplish a regime change in south africa, the anti-apartheid struggle led by the african national congress and the national democratic front in that country. then, the