where gorbachev was planning to go. through here and put some new diet is out we had met him. after he became general secretary and he seemed to be he was obviously younger more competent than his predecessors but he was a communist we hope because he was and we understood that and. my attitude was let's test him and we have put forward before he came. into office a program for cooperation and we called it four different areas we had said this is our agenda and when we put that together reagan said several things we're not going to seek superiority. we. we're not looking for military superiority we want parity we want to get the weapons as low as possible but we're also interested in things like human rights and. activities abroad by the military so. and yet everything we can at that point was we must cooperate to achieve an end now. now at that point. the soviet leadership gave very little attention to this i've been told by people who were in the central committee then they did not even give them a copy of that speech gromyko was in foreign ministry decided there's not a cha

gorbachev, tear down this wall. .eers] >> lance armstrong drops his fight defense doping charges and they stripped him of titles, including the seven tour de france wins, he says he's not admitting guilt, just tired of fighting the accusations. and is he a liar a cheat or a fraud, what do you say. >> me, personally, i'm the not sure. officially he will be, i remember chris cotter and i got into this a couple of years ago and he said, listen even if he's for doping, and a yellow bracelet and he should get a pass and asterisk, that's wh we are, we love the guy and no, and we know that it's rampant particularly in that sport-- >> and passing harsh judgment. i mean, come on, this guy is using performance enhancing drugs it's obvious, many people in that sport do, let's see who is the best not just the person with the best doctor. >> ten people came forward and said they will be prepared to testify in court that he was cheating. charles: oh, yeah, everyone has turned against him. no doubt about that and you make the point,

it reminds me of one time when i was playing the fairmont hotel, gorbachev from russia with here andl throughout the whole united states and in front of the company could tell, i was listening to him speak about san francisco. he said, "i traveled to every city in the united states, and i was disappointed with what i saw. there was not one city that i liked, but as far as i'm concerned, san francisco is so beautiful that i would like to design 15 cities in russia that look like san francisco." [laughter] and he was right. [applause] my wonderful wife, my family is here. i'm thrilled. thank you very much. i must say -- excuse me, i have to mention one thing. i have never seen anything in my life as beautiful as these young people. [applause] you stand so beautiful. [applause] -- you sang so beautiful. [applause] >> it is tony bennett day in san francisco. [applause] just fantastic. now, before we leave here today, just one more time, let's hear that special song one more time, now performed by the talented san francisco gay men's chorus, who will be joined by -- yes -- who will be joi

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gorbachev was a visionary who came to power. he saw he needed to change the country. he used his powers to do that. he withdrew from afghanistan. he called for nuclear abolition. he worked with ronald reagan. he understood you need political solutions, not military solutions. when the soviet troops were ready to come out of the barracks so the berlin wall would not come down, he told them to stay in the barracks, the empire is going. we cannot be a country that will be one of glasnost and perestroika if we live the way we have. it is the 20th anniversary of the soviet union, the end of the soviet union. many people in russia blame him for the economic conditions in which they live. they blame him for the end of the country that many felt was the cradle to grave welfare state instead of a totalitarian system. i have great respect for him. you can also see people's weaknesses. you talked about all salvador. what about the priests and nuns? to me, that is the people power in that situation. flm was a revolutionary force seeking power. the people power were trying to alle

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gorbachev tear down this wall, and they did after 4 or 5 years, i say, unless you set a dramatic marker i agree. the way to get off that, you have to use natural gas for transportation, which you do shift that, the electric car never took off but if nat-gas fills that void. void,. neil: isn't that what he says today, if we explode everything we have -- exploit everything we have from here natural gas to drilling, we could in rapid order get it from here. >> absolutely. neil: can you do it in that short of time, you think he is 10 years too je generous. >> natural gas has to be the manhattan project of next 8 years, that is possible. as far as getting off complete lee off foreign oil that is tough, i don't think there is a reason to replace oil we get from canada and mexico, being our neighbors and friends, we want to create jobs here for us as well, they are refined in our oil refineries, but it is possible with natural gas plan it is possible to create millions of jobs, there is no job creation even on the horizon except for an energy plan, we are only country in world that does not ha

gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> ted cruz, the rising star of the republican party. >> there you saw the two bookends of the republican party in modern america, martin luther king and ronald reagan. interestingly, as you know, republicans have invoked cain of a lot in the last few decades, in large part, to try to get rid of affirmative action programs by saying essentially martin luther king wanted people to be judged by the content of their character, not by the color of their skin, which is true. that is what he said. a very effective line by republicans. cruz, remember, is not a mexican-american in texas. they have had difficulty winning races in texas. hecuban-american. that was known by texas. that was recognized as a more hispanic latino leader. >> let's go to a clip of him talking about his father. >> is the story of my father, imprisoned and tortured in cuba, beaten nearly to death. he fled to texas in 1957, not speaking english, with $100 sewn into his underwear. he washed dishes making 50 cents an hour to pay his way through college and to start a small business in the oil

gorbachev, reagan, tear down that wall. listen to this portion of the speech. adam: think we've got, i think we're having trouble with that. let me tell you it was the portion where he describes the president, look you promised to lower sea levels, you promised to stop global warm. i problem to help your family. ford,s that has to be a winner, right. >> absolutely. these are serious times and we need serious solutions. i will deliver on the jobs and energy security. adam: chris? >> it was a good sinker. i think the problem romney has he doesn't really connect. the reality when you're talked about undecided voters i'm not sure they saw anything that will move him. the speech hurt him but i don't think it will move anyone on the fence. >> it was not targeted left or right. it was targeted to independent voters. >> if that is the case it won't work. adam: chris, why do you say it doesn't work? seemed to be a neutral speech reaching out to women when he talked about his mother who ran for senate in michigan? seemed like a warm inviting speech. >> the beginning of t

a man who has been at the table with gorbachev and yeltsin. a man whose performance as commander in chief of the bravest and most effective fighting force in history left the world in awe and the people of kuwait free of foreign tyranny. [applause] a man who has devoted more than half of his life to serving his country. a man of decency, integrity and honor. and tonight i come to tell you that i, warmly, genuinely, wholeheartedly support the re- election of george bush as president of the united states. [applause] all right. ok. we know president bush. by his own admission, he is a quiet man, not a showman. he is a trustworthy and levelheaded leader who is respected around the world. his is a steady hand on the tiller through the choppy waters of the 90's, which is exactly what we need. we need george bush. [applause] yes, we need bush. we also need another fighter, a man who happens to be with us this evening, someone who has repeatedly stood up for his deepest convictions. we need our vice president, dan quayle. [applause] now it's true. a l

tax reform, which is major, and then the whole cold war and the way that he and scholz dealt with gorbachev and the soviets seemed like a major accomplishment. the second question about reagan, in this media age, haven't we learned that we did not know a lot about how badly off he was after he got shot? and the potential for manipulation on presidential health is about as bad now as it was when we were wilson was president. >> are you saying that his first term is better than his second term? >> i think it was substantial. plus the other criterion of getting george h. w. bush elected in his wake. >> weight. >> i think he made very good points. i am very hung on reagan, and i think he will be included in the leaders of destiny. he is headed in that direction. and i believe that he is very consequential as a president. the two greatest presidents of the century were franklin roosevelt and ronald reagan. and one was probably the most liberal president of the century and the other was the most conservative president of the century. on the question of secrecy of his health, you know, that is a v

gorbachev, tear down this wall. [ cheers ] >> dedicated to the dream of freedom he placed in the human. >> waving their passports they rushed forward. >> we have to leave it there. i worked in the reagan white house in the first term. i was associate director of omb. i met my wife of 25 years in the reagan white house. he's one of the greatest presidents in the history of the united states. ari, thank you for helping us. phil musser, thank you. coming up, a little bit about culture wars in the election. welfare, women, white middle class males? will the gop resort to pandering to special interest groups? conservative columnist extraordinaire with us ann coulter. we'll be right back. >> whatever else history may say about me when i'm gone, i hope it will record that i appealed to your best hopes, not your worst fears, to your confidence, rather than your doubts. in this springtime of hope, some lights seem eternal. america's is. thank you, god bless you. god bless america. [ cheers and applause ] the designated hitter's the best thing to happen to baseball! but it's not the same game! [

gorbachev, tear down this wall![ cheers and applause ] >> dedicated to this freedom. >> raising their new passports, they rushed forward, screaming across the border. >> called upon now to pass that dream of freedom on to a waiting and a hopeful world. >> mr. speaker, the president of the united states. >> mr. reagan will speak in his first public appearance since the shooting. [ applause ] >> i have a letter with me. letter came from peter sweeney. he's in the second grade in the riverside school in rockville center. and he said, i hope you get well quick or you might have to make a speech in your pajamas. [ laughter ] whatever else history my say about me when i'm gone, i hope it will record that i appealed to your best hopes, not your worst fears, to your confidence rather than your doubts. in this springtime of hope, some lights seem eternal. america's is. thank you, god bless you and god bless america. [ cheers and applause ] >> please welcome former speaker newt gingrich of georgia and his wife, calista gingri

i mean, who would have thought that in 2004 that reagan would turn towards diplomacy with gorbachev. i think they would like to think that they're going to get into a process with iran, but we'll find out pretty soon on it. >> thanks. >> thanks. [applause] >> you're watching booktv on c-span2, 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend. >> as you can see, there are large crowds here at the annual book publishers' convention in new york city at the javits center, and booktv on c-span2 is on location trying to learn some of the new, upcoming titles, and we're joined by will weisser who is the associate publisher of sentinel imprint which is part of the penguin group, correct? >> that's right. we are the conservative political imprint of penguin group and have some very exciting stuff coming up starting with senator march cow rubio -- marco rubio of florida. it's a memoir called "an american son," and i think everybody certainly knows he's one of the most interesting and talked-about politicians in america right now. a lot of speculation about his future, but what's really a

gorbachev is something they heard from their parents, and they have no experience of that.l, conservative, whenever they are, it is a search for what does it mean to be russian in a post-soviet world, where the markers are gone, they're not coming back, and you cannot keep referring to the past. >> one important thing. >> ok. >> i want to try to put together a couple of important perspectives that we have heard that begins with a comment in the introduction about it was couldn't see the reaction in this country and elsewhere to the handling of the pussy riot. it was a sign of western hostility. what i am hearing is this small event is really catalyzing the fusion of church and state and it relates to this issue. what i am trying to get you to tell me is what does this mean for russia's relations with the west, where elements of the society are muslim, where much of the nearby abroad that russia has to deal with, is muslim, and it is not just a resurgence of muslim identity, but also these conflicts within the moslem world, shiiasim, soviet, etc. will the turmoil in the russ

gorbachev, tear down this wall. it is the story of my mom. irish and italian working- class, the first in her family ever to go to college. she became a pioneering computer programmer in the 1950's. it is the story of my father, imprisoned and tortured in cuba, beaten nearly to death. he fled to texas in 1957, not speaking english, with $100 sewn into his underwear. he washed dishes making 50 cents an hour to pay its way through college and to start a small business in the oil and gas industry. my father is here today. when he came to america, [speaking spanish] he had nothing, but he had heard. a hard for freedom. thank you, dad. -- a heart for freedom. it is the story of each and everyone of you. where are the sons and daughters that risk everything for freedom and each of us has the duty to pass that seem liberty on to the next generation. and yet today, many in washington seem content to settle for crushing debt and a limited future. we're going broke. i'm here today with a word of encouragement. millions of americans are standing up sayi

gorbachev, tear down this wall.s the story of my mom, irish and italian working class, the first in her family ever to go to college, she became a pioneering computer programmer in the 1950s. it's the story of my father, imprisoned and tortured in cuba, beaten nearly to death. he fled to texas in 1957, not speaking english with $100 sewn into his underwear. he washed dishes making 50 cents an hour to pay his way through college and to start a small business in the oil and gas industry. my father is here today. when he came to america, nada. [speaking spanish] he had nothing, but he had heart, a heart for freedom. thank you, dad. [applause] it's the story of each and every one of you. we are all the sons and daughters of those who risked evything for freedom, and each of us has a duty to pass that same liberty on to the next generation. and yet today many in washington seem content to saddle our children with a crushing debt and a limited future. we're going broke. , but i'm here today with a word of encouragemen mil

reagan was -- his meeting with gorbachev. his empire was imploding and he wanted us to make these concessions and reagan walked away from what the entire washington establishment said was a great deal. they love the idea of the deal. reagan walked out and took all the criticisms for having walked away. ryan blew up the simpson bowles phony deal. a massive tax increase little or no spending cuts. that is before it gets to the democrats in the senate. ryan is old enough to have lived through the 1982 budget deal where reagan was promised $3 of spending cuts for every dollar of tax increase. the tax increases were real, permanent. we are still paying them. spending went up after the reagan budget deal. then you had the 1990 deal with george bush who was in the bush reagan administration and watched reagan get taken on the 3 to 1 deal walked into the room and said we have a deal for you. we will give you $2 of imaginary spending cuts for every dollar of tax increases. i think that is a bit insulting to the democrats. as long as y

gorbachev tear down this wall. >> dedicated the dream of freedoms placed in the human heart. >> they rush forward -- >> called upon now to pass that dream of freedom on to a waiting and a hopeful world. >> mr. speaker, the president of the united states. >> mr. reagan will speak in his first public appearance. >> thank you very much. >> i have a letter with me, letter came from peter sweeny in the second grade in riverside school in rockville center. he said, i hope you get well quick or you might have to make a speech in your pajamas. whatever else history may say about me when i'm gone, i hope it will record that i appeal to your best hopes, not your worst fears, to your confidence rather than your doubts. in this springtime of hope, some lights seem eternal, america's is. thank you god bless you, god bless america. [ applause ] >> woodruff: if there is magical name of the republican party it is that of ronald reagan. now coming to the podium, former house speaker, newt gingrich and his wife, callista. >> thank you. thank you for that warm welcome. what a wonderful tribute to presi

gorbachev tear down this wall. [ cheers and applause ] >> it's the story of my mom irish and italianworking class, the first in her family ever to go to college she became a pioneering computer programmer in the 1950's. it's the story of my father, imprisoned and tortured in cuba, beaten nearly to death. he fled to texas in 1957, not speaking english with $100 sewn into his underwear. he washed dishes to pay his way through college and to start a small business in the oil and gas industry. my father is here today. when he came to america,. [ speaking spanish ] >> we've listened to ted cruz, the tea party voice. he is good, you are going to hear him. he is an amazing speaker. people who listen to him fall in love with him. when we come back, you will listen to ted cruz. we'll be right back. cover the convention. but only current coverage will put you at the collision of tv and social media. we'll provide unsurpassed insight into the most buzz worthy tweets, posts and pontifications, from the entire social stratosphere including you. join in, tweet us, and you could be a part of our on

reagan was -- his meeting with gorbachev. his empire was imploding and he wanted us to make these concessions and reagan walked away from what the entire washington establishment said was a great deal. they love the idea of the deal. reagan walked out and took all the criticisms for having walked away. ryan blew up the simpson bowles phony deal. a massive tax increase little or no spending cuts. that is before it gets to the democrats in the senate. ryan is old enough to have lived through the 1982 budget deal where reagan was promised $3 of spending cuts for every dollar of tax increase. the tax increases were real, permanent. we are still paying them. spending went up after the reagan budget deal. then you had the 1990 deal with george bush who was in the bush reagan administration and watched reagan get taken on the 3 to 1 deal walked into the room and said we have a deal for you. we will give you $2 of imaginary spending cuts for every dollar of tax increases. i think that is a bit insulting to the democrats. as long as y

gorbachev to tear down the wall. and i heard a lot of, what shall we say to put it politely?negative stuff from some of my academic colleagues about america. some people even depicted america as the bad guy and the aggressor in the cold war. but i noticed something. even though he was a young guy, i didn't know much, i noticed something all the traffic was going one way. people were not fighting to get into east germany when the soviet union. people wanted to come to the united states of america area if this is such a bad country, one people want to be here but millions and millions of people did want to be there. the transition of american ideals and principles to immigrants and indeed anyone of all peoples, including nativeborn americans, depends on where the ideals flourished. there is culture for the maintenance of ideals. it is very important to understand us. it is not just an accident. even our great constitution is not a machine that goes of itself. it likely depends on a culture that is supportive of it. and that culture is going to be constituted in very significant

gorbachev, tear down this wall. has placed in the human heart. they rushed forward, streaming, across the border. we call upon you to pass that dream of freedom and a hopeful world. >> mr. speaker, the president of the united states. >> thank you very much. i have a letter with me. it came from peter sweeney, he is in the second grade in the riverside school in at dr. -- rocco center. he said, i hope you did baca, or you might have to take a -- make a speech in your pajamas. [laughter] what ever else history may say about me when i am gone, i hope it will report that i appealed to your best hopes, not your worst fears. to your confidence rather than your doubts. in this springtime of hope, some sunlight -- america's is eternal. thank you, and god bless america. [cheers and applause] >> please welcome former speaker newt gingrich of georgia, and his wife, c allista gingrich. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. thank you for that warm welcome. what a wonderful tribute to president reagan and the spirit of the american

reagan was -- his meeting with gorbachev. his empire was imploding and he wanted us to make these concessions and reagan walked away from what the entire washington establishment said was a great deal. they love the idea of the deal. reagan walked out and took all the criticisms for having walked away. ryan blew up the simpson bowles phony deal. a massive tax increase little or no spending cuts. that is before it gets to the democrats in the senate. ryan is old enough to have lived through the 1982 budget deal where reagan was promised $3 of spending cuts for every dollar of tax increase. the tax increases were real, permanent. we are still paying them. spending went up after the reagan budget deal. then you had the 1990 deal with george bush who was in the bush reagan administration and watched reagan get taken on the 3 to 1 deal walked into the room and said we have a deal for you. we will give you $2 of imaginary spending cuts for every dollar of tax increases. i think that is a bit insulting to the democrats. as long as y