former soviet leader, mikhail gorbachev has been hospitalized.ussian state-run media indicates the 83-year-old gorbachev is telling a radio station he has had an occurrence of an undisclosed disease. gorbachev reportedly told russia's news service he is wired up to a hospital monitor. state media reports he is suffering from a severe form of diabetes. gorbachev was the leader of the soviet union. he is known for instituting reforms during that time. that information just into cnn. mikhail gorbachev has been hospitalized. >>> pro-democracy protesters in hong kong are calling for new demonstrations this evening. this is after officials canceled talks scheduled for today. the question remains, does the movement have the energy to keep going, to get through the weekend? our senior correspondent, ivan watson, joins us from hong kong with the latest. as we move into this weekend, what can we expect from the crowds around you? how are they reacting to the government pulling out of correct talks? >> reporter: some of the protests, the student leaders jus

former soviet leader mikhail gorbachev has been hospitalized. the 83-year-old gorbachev was telling a russian radio station he had a reoccurrence of an undisclosed disease. gorbachev reportedly told russian news service that he's currently wired up to a hospital monitor. he is suffering from a severe form of diabetes. gorbachev was the leader of the soviet union from 1985 until 1991, when the ussr was disbanded. >> good information on gorbachev's health. >>> what about kim jong-un's health? >> where is he? >> the mystery surrounding the north korean leader is de deepening. >> kim jong-un failed to appear at an annual event. he hasn't been seen in public for more than a month, fueling international speculation about his health. >> paula hancock joins us live from south korea, where we've been watching all of this. paula, i know it's difficult to know for sure what's happening in north korea. but what do we know about what took place at today's commemoration event? >> this was a ceremony that was held at the palace of the sun. this is where the tw

why did they establish a cooperative using the gorbachev cooperative laws? because, in my opinion, they were able to establish a cooperative bank account number. and according to the gorbachev laws, all for one and one for all under the cooperative arrangements. so bank account number, you said i couldn't -- we didn't know the number. here it is. 180461008. it was established, it's let'sed in the documents -- it's listed in the documents, and all those people whose names we know as being close to putin from the very beginning had access according to the law, it's very important under putin, to a joint bank account from 1996 onward. so you would have thought that smirnoff would settle down. i mean, he's in with the big guys. you would have thought putin would settle down too. but they went on to be on the board, and in smirnoff's case to direct spag, the st. petersburg real estate holding company. and spag was also, also on the spag board was the head of -- [inaudible] spag was investigated by the bnd for laundering cali cartel money and, of course, russian m

. >> on this day in 1989, the soviet leader mikhail gorbachev was in celebrations marking his 40th birthday>> nodded his while the streams, or anyone else for that matter, could have known -- not in his wildest dreams or anyone else for that matter, could they have known that the country would not exist a year later. >> here is this on his final birthday bash. ♪ >> 25 years ago, bandleader andre face one of the biggest decisions of his life, he battles over whether he and his orchestra should perform at the east german event. >> if i declined, what would i have achieved? i would have achieved nothing. i would simply have refused and not have been there. instead, i was tempted by the chance to say a few words. critical words. >> communist east germany's 40th birthday included a parade posted by -- hosted by a leader with mikael gorbachev at his side. the country was drifting ever closer to financial ruin, but leaders put up a faÇade of business as usual. dissidents had begun holding regular demonstrations in east berlin's central square, alexanderplatz. in 1989, andre joined their ranks for

. >> russia state news agency reports former soviet president mikhail gorbachev is hospitalized. eighty-three year old says he's being monday towards for recurrence of undisclosed illness. russian media says gorbachev has previously received treatment for a severe form of diabetes. >>> and potential presidential contender, they stump for the candidates in the race for pennsylvania governor. governor tom corbett was joined by new jersey governor chris christie at rally in delaware county friday afternoon. christy told the crowd tom wolf will, quote, lie in order to obtain power. the republicans campaigned at the valley forge military academy in wayne on thursday. meantime, former secretary of state, hillary clinton, campaigned for democratic challenger tom wolf in philadelphia. the so-called women for wolf rally was held at the national constitution center last night. the latest polls give wolf a double digit lead so far over governor corbett. election day is coming closely, less than four weeks away. >>> meanwhile, president obama is waking up in california this morning, followin

now in cole's view, gorbachev does not deserve the historical legacy he has been credited with. he saved some particularly sharp words with former german president, a colleague that walked away from coal. he is a monumental traitor and a loser to boot. he has nothing but bad luck. the candid interviews being published is adding depth for the for medical postwar politician. already causing a real storm. already some on statement like congress. >> these comments come from a book of excerpts of interviews that he gave back in 2001 and 2002 to a journalist. it was 600 hours of interviews and he talked about all the events that he witnessed and all of the politicians that he'd had to do with them. he didn't mince his words. criticized most notably, angela merkel that effectively slept him aside. they were given in confidence to a trustee journalist. he is engaged in a legal dispute about control of these remarks. andy has a book out this week. >> it contains some very blunt statements but will it affect the chancellor's legacy? >> i don't think in the end it will. as he dominated ger

they took all the money for gorbachev and for elliotsen. they completely bankrupted the country.instead of the cpu coming back, the cpu was banned. when they tried a coup againstelle din, all that money was gone and the only people that had the knowledge was the kgb. they emerged as the ones with all the knowledge. >> and putin became the deputy mayor of asperger st. petersburg, and with be lost the job, how did that happen? >> he lost the job although the '90s were parked with his efforts to avoid prosecution. there were at least two contractual cases he was named in. he needed to keep going up the food chain to control the gathering storm against him and others. not only him. but against him for sure. he took one job after the other, by the summer of 1999, he had become the head of the fsb. remember, this is someone who, when he retired from the fsb he was only a colonel. and there were hundreds, literally hundreds of people more qualified to take that position than himself. and i think that one of the conclusions of the book is that there were those who made the coup against g

they basically took all the money from gorbachev and the money for yeltsin, bankrupting the country. instead cpsu coming back, they were banned when it tried a coup against yeltsin. the money was abroad and the only people that had the numbers in the accounts were kgb. they emerged as the holders of knowledge about where the money is, how deep it's bury. lots of offshore accounts. >> the cps union and the communist party. >> absolutely. >> vladimir putin became the mayor of st. petersburg. >> he losses the job and becomes president in less than four years. how did that happen? he lost the job. the '90s was marked with his efforts to escape prosecution. there were criminal cases, two, that he was named in. he needed to keep going up the food chain to control the gathering storm against him. and others. not only him. but against him for sure. he took one job after the other. by the summer of 1999, he had become the head of the f.s.b. remember, this is someone who when he retoird from the f.s.b. -- retired from the f.s.b. was only a colonel, and there were hundreds of people more qualif

. >>> former soviet leader miguel gorbachev was back at work hours after he went to the hospital. the 38 year-old was check out by doctors after feeling unwell. he suffers there a severe form of diabetes. he was president of the soviet union from 1985 until helps wrist evenings in 1991. gorbachev was awarded noble peace prize in 1990 for helping even the cold war. >>> former saturday night live mean yan jan hooks passed away. she died last night after a long battle with an unspecified illness. the the actress was a member of snl from 1986 to 1991 when she joined the the cast of tea signing women. the most recently she was nominated for a emmy for her work on 30 rock. jan hooks was 57 years old. >>> worldwide effort to help ebola victims in west africa. inan, tabernacle church, service day in, germantown on saturday. volunteers there will collect supplies and money. organizers say that medical gloves, cleaning products, and, and, overseas to liberia. >>> and then, also, people over in west africa, can have have some hope, and that my brothers and sisters in the u.s.a. and other pla

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the last principle is the principle of transparency and i show mikhail gorbachev because transparency serves arbitration and serves access is not just a western value. glasnost was the policy of gorbachev who instituted this for the benefit of his own because they lost the cold war. this has become a transnational value. have you noticed the swiss have recently trouble because of non-transparency in banking? who ever thought we would see a swiss bank in vault? this is truly an international value. of new toolspread for human organization and self-organization explains the american values without coercion. theit doesn't explain why united states got involved, why withnited states jumped, both feet, in 1947, into the today. continue to have and i think that the answer is not just an answer which naturally enough historians will say, world war ii and then the cold war and the soviet union the verge of being western europe, everybody else wouldvastated, who else take this up, and this is true. all that is true. british were on war-time rations until 1955. until 1955, the british were on r

serious health concerns for former soviet leader mikhail gorbachev.oming up next, the latest on his condition, after he's admitted to the hospital. >> and also, ahead, more unrest in missouri. protesters spilled to the streets for second night in saint you lies. >> ♪ >> we're introducing to you a little boy getting help from law epp fors. near and far. taking on serious health issues. shane's heroes, that's coming up. like to make it through the cold and flu season without getting sick? every day this week america's top health experts reveal the best ways to get your immune system in tip-top shape. how much sleep is enough? can your diet make you a target for disease? how do you decrease stress? which supplements are best? and which exercise gives the most benefit? protect your health >> former soviet leader in the hospital, in the past severe form of die bee east. report the 84 year old gorbachev told him his health is deteriorating and determined to fight for his life. >> more unrest in miss your think morning, protesters get violent after another p

in 1987 is the white house prepared a detailed horoscope for gorbachev. apparently he's a pices. >> the white house fired back at regan. a spokesman denounced his book as a breech of confidence seeking to exploit the first family for personal self interest. mrs. reagan had said it's come clear to me that don reidman doesn't really like me. but for all the attacks, the first lady will continue consulting an astrologer about the president's schedule. regan charges that almost every major decision made during his two years as chief of staff was first cleared with the astrologier. he even did a horoscope an the soviet leader. he also charges the first lady kept the president from making almost any public appearances for three months after theu ran contra scandal was revealed. >> this was a big story in 1988. those are two clips from the nightly news. they were a week apart. the story was still percolating at that sort of a level. this was kind of a big story of this part of the reagan presidency. and it was all first made public by don regan. he had been chai

the 83-year-old noble peace prize laureate was recognized for his role in ending the gold war gorbachev. >> the man accused of kidnapping a woman still missing, matthew was last seen why missing uva student hannah graham he's also been linked by dna to morgan harrington murdered in 2009 after metallic can concerts. that vehicle was ceased by police. as for hanna graham there's no sign of the 18-year-old. the sophomore has been missing since september 13. >> this story is new on "action news" a fighter surrendered after live tweeting about standoff with police. this was the seen in southern california yesterday as swat teams surrounded home of jason miller. soon a crowd of spectators showed up because mma posted to twitter about it. authorities talked about the new role social media can play during negotiations. >> i don't know they were helpful other than to know he was inside the house and the fact that he did know be were out there. it was important for us to know he knew we wanted him to come out. >> deputies are are trying to serve miller with arrest warrant for talk stalking and do

to press the president to soften his stance toward the soviet union after reading soviet leader gorbachev's horoscope. joan quigley was 87 years old. >>> now to something you rarely hear, gas prices are dropping fast. good news, cnbc's sharon epperson tells us what's behind the fall. >> gas prices are dropping fast and could be below $3 a gallon for the national average. in the next few weeks. that's according to to aaa. we're already seeing drivers able to purchase gas below $3 a gallon at at least one station in every state except for hawaii, alaska and montana. this slide coincides with the slide that we're seeing in oil prices. we have a price war going on between international oil producers. we have robust supplies of oil here in the u.s. and slower demand for fuel here and around the globe. all of that is contributing to lower oil and gasoline prices. americans are paying about $5 to $15 less to fill up their tanks than they did around the fourth of july, and that is great news going into the holiday season. but we could see some of that savings offset by higher food and other expense

. >>> new this morning, former nobel peace prize winner gorbachev is in the hospital. russian news agencies report the 83 year old golf chef told him his heat is de teething and determined to fight for his life. >>> well, three is on your side with a scam alert this morning, the very latest, the way thieves are targeting victims in several states, including right here in our area. >> plus, a tense confrontation between a biker and police officer. she says the officer crossed the line and s she is telling her side of the story only to "eyewitness news". >>> also, some new clues linking this man to the disappearance of a second college student in virginia. what police say he was doing the night the first victim disappeared. >>> and get ready for wet and cool start to your weekend, katie, lets you know if the whole weekend a wash out when we do traffic and weather together on the 3's. we'll be right back. >> protesters in st. louis, 18 year old black man and a police officer. we're told police in delaware country searching foremen, they say, are targeting the elderly in a

. >>> russian state runnymede ya is reporting that former soviet union president mikhail gorbachev isd with an unspecified illness. he served as the eighth and final leader of the soviet union. he won the nobel peace prize in 1990 his role in ending the cold war. >>> the country's largest flight attendants union is saying not so fast. the union plans to argue in court today that expanding the use of devices during takeoff is dangerous. they say the electronics can distract passengers from safety information. the case goes through a d.c. court this morning. >>> teachers across the state of maryland are expecting a big announcement later today. we're talking about the teacher of the year. the 24th annual maryland teacher of the year gala takes place this evening. seven teachers, including some from our area are finalists. one will be named teacher of the year. howard? >> we've got some rain around. you're seeing the showers. they are to the south on doppler 9000. generally south of town for another couple of hours but a better chance this afternoon that we're going to get into some wide

glasnost was the policy of gorbachev who instituted this for the benefit of his own country, not because they lost the cold war. this has become a transnational value. have you noticed the swiss have come into trouble recently because of non-transparency in banking? who ever thought we would see glass windows in a swiss bank vault? this is truly an international value. the outward spread of new tools for human organization and self-organization explains the spread of american values without coercion. but it doesn't explain why the united states got involved, why the united states jumped, with both feet, in 1947, into the role we continue to have today. and i think that the answer is not just an answer which naturally enough historians will say, world war ii and then the cold war and the soviet union seemed on the verge of being western europe, everybody else was devastated, who else would take this up, and this is true. all that is true. the british were on war-time rations until 1955. until 1955, the british were on rations for butter and cheese and meat and other basic foods. in any ca

i'll never forget the day gorbachev looked at me across the table and he was angry with me. he'd been arguing and shouting at me. i was getting a little annoyed. he c5u78ed down and his face softened and his eyes blinked and sparkled a bit. he leaned forward and said to e, ha ha ha, general, general, you'll have to find a new enemy. and i immediately thought to myself, i don't want to! we got a good deal going here, man. just because you're having a bad year, why do i have to change? but the whole world changed for me that moment. i went back to the pentagon a year or so later and told my admirals, it's over, it's over. warsaw pact is going to join nato. what? >> it happened. but what also happens is the pressurer cooker that kept the world pretty stable, the red side of the map and the green side of the map and we compete for the third world. when that came off, all kinds of things came popping out that nobody expected. technology ex pa dieded it all. we're in a wonderful world now where everybody can see what everybody else is doing. with cellular telephony has changed the

they come to a conclusion that it is possible to use nuclear weapons which is how they propose to gorbachev supporting the deal with nuclear-weapons and if it was impossible to use nuclear weapons in that period, in this time, it is also impossible. here and elsewhere that nuclear-weapons could be used. i don't see any possibility because nobody wants to be killed and if you use nuclear weapons you will receive a waiver. or consequence. >> let's turn towards progress toward nuclear disarmament. the imf treaty up for the session indicates it would appear that that is part of the relationship that stall as well. >> it is one of the important strategic interests of both countries, need to install the dialogue on reduction of nuclear strategic weapons because if we really want stability and if we want to guarantee nonproliferation in the world, in countries, we need to work to -- we don't have a dialogue, we have less possibility, not only to develop the nuclear project but it is important for both countries, and stability. during the cold war, the issues aren't strategic weapons where one of t

mikhail khodorkovsky opening one of the country's first privately owned banks during gorbachev's era. business instincts that protected him well when he brought an oil firm snapping it up for a mere $300 million. he built it into an international business, modernizing its production, refining and accounting facilities. by 2003 he topped russia's rich list with an estimated fortune. money he used to fund a political party opposed to vladimir putin. in october of 2003 khodorkovsky was arrested on tax evasion and fraud charges. found guilty he was sentenced to prison. he was slapped with a tax bill and fell into financial ruin before being auctioned off in pieces. in 2010 his fortune largely gone khodorkovsky's sentence was extended when found guilty of embezzlement. in 2011 amnesty international declared him a prisoner of conscience. by december 2013 with the eyes of the world training on russia ahead of the sochi olympics, president putin freed khodorkovsky bringing an end to a decade behind bars. he now lives in switzerland where he's working to galvanize reform-minded russians. he wa

mikhail gorbachev has been hospitalized. russian media are reporting, the former soviet president is being treated for the recurrence of an illness. not clear what. we know he's a diabetic... but it's not clear whether it' the eason for his current problem few questions were answered at a news conference about the hospitalization of karen lewis, except that her condition is serious enough ... the vice president of the chicago teachers union is stepping u >> we have to respectfully implore people there is a limit about what i can share about her health. >>jesse sharkey says lewis underwent surgery and remains in the hospital, recovering fm a "serious illness". he says he was asked not to say more than that. sharkey is taking over her union duties, for now. many are still wondering what this means for her potential mayoral run. we don't make citizens for her. decisions. >> her campaign was just getting momentum. the exploratory committee process was working for her. this is clearly a setback. >>lewis wasn't expected to announc

gorbachev says his health has been failing. >>> san francisco fire chief joann hayes white is not gettingh support from the department's rank and file in the fight o keep her job. yesterday several city firefighter groups have met for a crisis of confidence in their chief. >> we are allowed to speak freely and many of us did. meeting came one day after an incident that raising concerns of possible slow ambulance response times in san francisco. an elderly man died after firefighters responded to a carbon monoxide alarm in the city's park side neighborhood. the ambulance arrived in 18 minutes after it was dispatched. that is eight minutes later than the department's target goal. >>> three men have been arrested in the death of a young san jose father killed by a stray bullet. they were arrested for a drive by shooting on september 27th that killed 24-year-old richard watkins. police say watkins was shot in front of his home while he waited for a relative to park. it's not clear why that person was not hurt. the suspects are being held at the santa clara county jail on murder carjacks. >>>

gorbachev has been discharged.s hospitalized thursday for what's being called a disease recurrence. he suffers from a severe form diabetes and has admitted his health is getting worse. the new prime minister is yemen quit his post saturday in reaction to a call from mass protests this week. abarak was appointed on tuesday. ppointed on tuesday. two days later >> they attracted global scorn when they kidnapped 200 nigerian girls in april. no word on that their fate. next on "al jazeera america," forced from their homes, a number of syrian refugees girls is being married to older women is on the rise. later. >> new york, environmental groups are fight to go keep a natural gas pipeline from being built under this beach. >>> welcome back to "al jazeera america." here is a look at your top stories. the ebola death toll continues to rise. the disease has claimed are more than 4 lives. today, new york's kennedy airport began traveling screeners for ebola symptoms. several hundred people are rallying in st. louis in suburbs

the leaders split as they did in indonesia and south korea and in the soviet union under mickael gorbachev. that kind of split between a reformist wing and a hard line wing has not happened this china. there's another analogy to the soviet case. the pressure for reform in russia in the 1980s was real but limited. it was pervasive in poland and czechoslovakia which were the most economically developed countries under soviet influence. and that put pressure on the whole soviet system and on moscow itself. hong kong is like eastern europe, a rich but unfree outpost of the empire. pei cautions the events in hong kong are unlikely to spill over into the mainland. he says, quote, the system of control, patronage and surveillance on the mainland is too strong, unquote. i would add there is also considerable support in china for the status quo. it's quadrupled the average person's income. but pei argues the hong kong protests could produce rifts in the communist party as it has to deal with issues of dissent and repreparation now and in the future. the solution for china is obvious, political refo

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president reagan in meeting m k mikel gorbachev and obama in his practicing speech connected these two things the caller mentioned, the united states's moral responsibility as president obama called it because of the use of nuclear weapons to lead the way to a world without nuclear weapons. so there is a tension between wanting the elimination of nuclear weapons as something that the whole world should do and what the united states does with its own nuclear weapons. i think that's a question that should be the center of a debate in the united states about why is there this tension between these contra diction between what we want for the whole world and what we are willing to do about our own nuclear weapons host: president john f kennedy's speech is part of c-span's video library e herb from hood river, oregon, good morning. caller: all of this change in 1979 would be iranian revolution. the islamic republic of iran nuclear drive, drive to obtain nuclear weapons and ballistic weapons to deliver them is a real danger. if you think that the muslim world is in turmoil today, imagine what

gorbachev, tear down this wall." >> nice one. >> another president, president obama will be in indiana today at a steel mill talking about jobs. he took that victory lap yesterday pointing to better data here. >> a data check right now. equities, bonds, currencies, commodities -- futures up 8. -- crude $90.90. it is a front page that is very fluid. >> tensions are flaring in hong kong. there was a scuffle between protesters and those in the district, across the harbor from the central district. we know civil employees could not get to work because they are still barricaded there. >> bigger barricades -- ian bremmer is out on twitter saying do not go into the government buildings. and the fluidity of the last 60 minutes is a little bit of protest. >> and you are seeing protests -- you are seeing live shots from the streets where there are protesters waiting to see how it plays out. we will check in with andrew davis, who joins us from our studio in hong kong. we see the tensions rising. there are scuffles between protesters and i believe middle asian elderly people. of someemblematic gr

and gorbachev did that, and yeltsin, and to some extent even medvedev.e are seeing russia becoming russia again. >> when did they miss their chance? >> i think russia missed its chance to diversify its economy, and secondly -- will is at the kennan institute. to break out of what he said, the basic mindset of russia as a paranoid empire. something else i found interesting is, watching how china plays this. relationship as tom and i were talking earlier, is something kissinger understood. somebody needs to be clever -- to getget china russia indebted to china. >> kissinger nails this, this relationship of ukraine to russia. which is, they have a point of view that is not in the media in the west, and not even being discussed within the nato centered west. >> as kissinger would point out, there is an in-store tie -- and with thetie to russia ukraine. i think russia has misplayed the hand at the end of the day. >> the foreign affairs article three months ago from the university of chicago professor -- i cannot remember his name, there isdea being that no di

that's why they proposed to gorbachev support the elimination of nuclear weapons. and i think that if it was impossible to use nuclear weapon at that period, in that time, i think that today it's also impossible. i think this is a speculation for different reasons here and elsewhere, that nuclear weapons can be used. i don't see any possibility, because nobody want to be killed. if you use nuclear weapon, it's clear that you will receive the answer immediately with all consequences. >> well, then let's turn it toward progress toward nuclear disarmament. i mean, the imf treaty, you know, up for discussion. it would appear that's part of the relationship that's stalled as well. >> i think that one of the main and very important strategic interests of both countries is to restore the dialogue on nuclear, on reduction of nuclear strategic weapons. because if we really want stability and if we really want to guarantee non-proliferation screams in other -- regimes in the world, in countries, we need to have -- [inaudible] because we don't have dialogue, we have less poss

and never forget the day gorbachev looked at me across the table he was mad at me he with shouting ande as reagan's national security adviser then he called down his face got soft in his eyes set. bit ages said general you don't have to do anything. i thought i don't want to. [laughter] we have a good deal going your. why do i have to change? the whole world changed for me then i told my generals and admirals it is over. fate will join nato. but what also happened that pressure cooker of containment kept the world pretty stable when that came off then all kinds of things came popping up and nobody expected. then technology expedited. we are in a wonderful world now with a cellular telephony, the internet has changed the world mostly for the better but there is some down sides as well. to the youngsters of the eye patch generation have to teach us how to use this icy what is coming next in silicon valley to show was so many steps i don't know why i care. [laughter] but i am watching that. and also keeping it from infecting our society and that is my charge to you. technology the best ev

gorbachev, taken as well. but we do is invest in building this huge wall between the united states and our neighbor to the south. in fact the latest bipartisan bill that passed the senate, some $45 billion allocated to building more walls between the united states and latin america. i have often pondered why it is even in the debates where i was, spent too much on the floor with senator ted kennedy and senator john mccain and our colleagues were working on the successful passage in 2006 of these senate bill on comprehensive immigration reform, why it was that people would insist on creating such a wall to the south. and yet to the north, to the north year 2000 miles between the u.s. and mexico, nearly 5000 miles between canada and the u.s. no wall to the north. in my view part of the immigration reality that we seek, and some of the rhetoric and some of the poison that we see has truth in some of that history. has truth in the history of the southwestern part of the united states was, in fact, a concord place,

gorbachev, ."ear down that wall you going to kid ourselves and think that somebody from south dakota will represent us in the united states senate and create a legislation reform that would make a border secure and would make jobs number one? twoact, we have seen administrations now in south dakota that have it ignored a legal immigrants in south dakota. illegal immigrants in south dakota. these illegal immigrants are obs, andouth dakota j one of them even took the life of a south dakota citizen. they really believe that would behave any differently if we send one of them to washington dc? i think not. ofneed a new style leadership in america, one that is not willing to compromise principle, the one that is willing to sit down and talk with everybody. not have the do border that is secure is because we lack the will. republicans and democrats simply have not had the spine to say "secure the border first." is your you sir, that time. now it is time to go into rebuttals. gentlemen, safety and securit

gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> but it's possible no speech he made was as important as the one thatfollowing prerecord political program is sponsored by tv for goldwater miller on behalf of barry goldwater. we take pride in presenting a thoughtful address by ronald reagan. >> this is the issue of this election. whether we believe in our capacity for self-government or whether we abandon the american revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far doesn't capitol can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves. >> the you'vism is he was between job, his acting career ended. he had not yet been identified as a political figure. reagan immediately catapulted into the alternative force in american politics challenging the precepts of great society liberalism. >> his time for choosing speech or just the speech as it's come to be known, launched ronald reagan into the political california governor seat and then on to the oval office. but the speech not only put ronald reagan on the american political map, it marked the beginning of a new conservative revo

gorbachev tear down this wall. >> president reagan spent most of his political life fighting communisms came to simi valley library a six-ton symbol of reagan's winning the cold war. >> we're always in danger of forgetting what the cold war was about, what the stakes were. we are here because ronald reagan lived and did what he did. >> the library created an exact replica of the white house oval office just as it looked when reagan ran the nation. ambassador tuttle served as his personnel chief, meeting with the president that he calls one of the kindest human beings he's ever met. >> i came into the oval office and he'd say bob i talked to your parents today. oh bob, it was their anniversary. of course, i was very upset 'cause i had neglected to call them. he spent the -- it seemed like ten minute, probably five, telling me with a a good son i had been and how proud they were of me. that was ronald reagan. he never neglected the personal and he always made you feel special. >> in good times andbad, ronald reagan inspired and consoled the american people. in november of 1994, he announ

president reagan's arms control director recounts the 1986 reagan/gorbachev icelandic summit. up next the weekly standard recommend sylvia morris's biography of congress woman clare boothe luce and finally marked bentsen emphasizes why football matters and steve allman presents his case against football. to see the full list visit weeklystandard.com/bookshelf. [inaudible conversations] >> we are back with more live coverage from austin, texas, location of the annual texas book festival. this next event features two authors, ambassador chase huntermeyer about the dawn of the reagan/bush administration and political writer about how lyndon johnson and ronald reagan changed american politics. .. [inaudible conversations] >> okay. well, good afternoon and welcome to the 19th annual texas book festival. as moderator, it is my job to remind you to a turn of self phones or anything else that might interrupt the proceedings. i will tell you now and try to remember to remind you at the end of the session that our to authors will be signing books and book signing tense one block north o

gorbachev take down this wall. what we do is invest between united states and our neighbors and in fact, that this bipartisan bill that was allocated to do more between united states and latin america even in the debate senator kennedy and john mccain were working to build that bill of comprehension immigration reform but that there 5,000 miles between the senate and the u.s. from the walk from the north. but into looking at some of that truth and that history of the southwestern part is vanilli for the rio grande and the colorado river. and yet we get the history of this country and then who has done so much two's serve this country there are historical and but it is all over to in my view, the news under -- the role that he should play? seven at november 2004 the first meeting with president bush vice president cheney. i said two's the president and one of the things he had to do was a foreign policy but three have forgotten the importance of the relationship. the president, president bush talks about efforts wit