gorbachev was the key actor. there were moves made by the united states, and president ronald reagan. many close advisors, including the then director of the central intelligence and robert gates opposed efforts to reach out to gorbachev and were sceptical about what he was doing. regan was convinced he could work with gorbachev, that he could be a friend. regan was not the key actor, but he played an important role there's a hot of leaders that are -- host of leaders that are part of the story. >> absolutely. >> if i can pick up on this. the west was important in the model that it served. own apart from policy decisions, the model giving people something to shoot for was motivating. >> do you think it transformed societies. by the late 1980s, they were well educated. the political and economic system was a bat fit for society -- bad fit for society. they could look across the border and see people that looked and addressed like 'em people would say they want to the live in such a society. >> 25 years later. ther

mikhail gorbachev is feeling remorse for a variety of reasons. i don't think we should take it too seriously. the cold war was a global struggle between two systems. he has not ha global struggle between two systems. we have a lot of regional issues and conflicts. ukraine won. the islands off china. they are filled with conflict. these are not global conflict between two systems that are devoted to the subjugation of the other one. we should be happy we are not living in the cold car. i agree with all the respect i have. this is an overstatement. one way to put it is when i was in school i remember doing duck and cover drills to prepare us for the inevitable nuclear war that many expected to occur in the future. we don't have a sense of that. it is a serious problem. relations are bad. we agree on that. the crisis in ukraine is not the cuban missile crisis. >> we need to have prospectus here. >> thank you both and have you with us. >> coming up on al jazeera america feeding the homeless. cities are passing ordnances making serving public meals il

gorbachev to tear down the wall. let's bring in fred pleitgen live at the east side gallery and jim clancy is live at brandenburg gate. there you all are. jim clancy, let's start with you. what's going on where you are? >> reporter: two things missing the day, related definitely, the clouds and the beautiful sunshine that we were promised by the weather man. very chilly here today. as i look over the clouds, several hundred people have been gathered here. the bands have been doing some sound tests. people are waiting. i imagine these crowds will swell. perhaps the weather, the skies will clear up a little bit and we'll see more people out here. i already know some people have told me they're planning on watching it all from home. yes, germans know the importance of all of this. we may have seen a lot of people coming internationally to visit the city filling in the gaps today. back to you. >> let's go to fred pleitgen at the east side gallery. interestingly, fred, you are where the longest stretch of the wall still s

gorbachev talks about a common home. is it a step towards that? probably so. >> [indiscernible] >> there is no indication of that. >> what is the danger here of the state getting out of control? [indiscernible] is there a danger here that things are developing too quickly? >> this kind of development can -- i don't want to say this thing makes things move too quickly. we are encouraged by our strong support for the helsinki final act. i will not pontificate that anything goes too fast. but we are handling it, we are not trying to give anybody a hard time. we are saluting those who can move forward with democracy. we are encouraging the concepts of europe, whole and free. i don't like to go into a lot of hypotheses about too much change or to rapid change or what i would do, what our team would do if something went wrong. i think it is being handled by the west very well. certainly, you salute the people in east germany whose aspirations for freedom seem to be a little further down the road now. >> [indiscernible] >> no. no, i don't think anyone ca

most of all, we should honor gorbachev. conductced new norms of and reconceived the meaning of security for his country, and oferstood the priority reform, even if he did not know how to bring it about. knowledge the complex interactions between human agency, structural developments like globalization and the communications revolution, and contingent events like a spokesperson misstating the conclusions of the meeting. we historians need to strive for complexity as a precondition for extrapolating accurate lessons and appropriate meanings. as we reassess, we can also -- acknowledge that the leaders make mistakes, that not all of the promise of the wall coming down was realized. partly because of the conservative instincts of bush, and partly because of the incoherence and ambiguity of the vision. because in international affairs, challenges are too complex and competing pressures for statement to achieve perfection. the 25thll think on anniversary of the dismantling of the wall, there remains much to celebrate. the end of t

i urge president gorbachev to encourage them to do so. then, will wey know that their proposals of today have substance and meaning. mr. president, i yield the floor. >> we continue now on american history tv with a look back 25 years to the fall of the berlin wall on november 9, 1989. the following day, east german he reacted to the news. >> good evening. germannting the democratic republic of the -- to the united states of america. what a surprise. seems as though -- >> cannot hear, sir. >> so many distinguished journalists took the invitation with the german democratic ambassador. i welcome your interest in what is going on in the republic. to make some like , i willary remarks and be ready to take your questions. the german events in democratic republic represents a radical change with the past. is a revolutionary renewal of socialism. , even if manys have been surprised

gorbachev, open this gate. [applause] , tear down this wall. [applause] i understand the fear of war and division that inflicts this continent. i pledge my efforts to help overcome these burdens. must resist soviet expansion. we must maintain defenses of unassailable strength. yet we seek peace, so we must strive to reduce arms on both sides. the getting 10 years ago, the challenged the western alliance with a grave new threat. hundreds of new and more deadly nuclear missiles capable of striking every capital in europe . the western alliance responded by committing itself to a counter deployment. less the soviets agreed to --otiate a better solution namely, the elimination of these weapons on both sides. for many months, the soviets refused to bargain in earnest. prepared to gos forward with its counter deployment. there were difficult days, days of protests during my 1982 visit to this city. the soviets later walked away from the table. through it all, the alliance held firm. i invite those who protested and i invite those who . because we rem

i urge president gorbachev to encourage them to do so. only then, only then, will we know that their proposals of today have substance and meaning. mr. president, i yield the floor. >> we continue on american history television with a look back at the fall of the berlin wall on november 9, 1989. he reacted to the news. >> good evening. representing the german democratic republic of the united states -- to the united states of america. what a surprise. it seems as though -- >> cannot hear, sir. >> so many distinguished journalists took the invitation with the german democratic

gorbachev -- he sees it not only in eastern europe that the soviet union. i have said that we would be discussing a rapid change inside eastern europe and we have been talking about that today just before you ok then. -- you came in. we have been talking about the gorbachev meeting, and one of the things we have determined we will discuss is this change. >> [indiscernible] >> i don't see that they are related. >> [indiscernible] >> i don't know. i think it is way too early to speak. on thespoken out question of german reunification. what they have had to say about it. i don't know whether the development of today speeds up today or not. >> [indiscernible] discussing those and i know'm sure, they are interested. >> thank you. to himlike to talk soon. i talked to him quite recently. >> [indiscernible] not yet, no. >> [indiscernible] >> personally, i don't know. i talked to him very recently. >> thank you. >> the berlin wall had separated east and west since august 13, 1961. as the wall came down on november 9, 1989, senate minority leader bob dole, republican

the photo is of chancellor angela merkel looking at gorbachev, now 83. the architect of terminal reunification, more or less. she says, i thank you for that. i thank you for letting things happen. >> gorbachev's, and that the world is again on the brink of a new cold war -- it's getting a lot of attention, isn't it? >> a lot of analysis pieces are about this statement by gorbachev that there could be a new cold war. let's go to the u.k. pic of the day. -- u.k. pick iof the day. the paper concludes that it is not possible to justify taking control of the crimea and backing a non-rebellion in eastern ukraine. for more analysis of this question is there a cold war we can go to the guardian -- "the guardian." it says, yes, there is. there are no big ideas at stake. it's not left versus right or the state versus the individual. on both sides, we have the most rapacious and least honest approach. she says that, depressingly, it looks as if there is a new cold war emerging, both sides have their arguments and they will óÑ h the popularity of social media and ne

mikhail gorbachev, the man who oversaw the end of the soviet union. and lack fluensa, a strayed union, banned and moved into power. many of the great leaders, if you will, of the sweeping change have come here. there's a lot of tension with europe and russia as records the situation in ukraine. >> you were there among the millions in berlin. >> there were observances all across europe, marking 100 years since world war i. queen elizabeth and british leaders attended services. security around the dignitaries is the tightest it's been for a decade. human remains recently discovered from the wreckage of malaysia airlines flight 17 arrived this weekend. the cove jens taken to an army base. malaysia airlines flight 17 was shot in july over east ukraine with 298 people on board. >> pope francis has demoted a conservative american cardinal critical of his agenda. the pope removed cardinal raymond burke as head of the highest judicial authority, giving him a ceremonial commission. he was against commune union to divorced catholics and welcoming gays at last m

now, gorbachev, who i admire, was a guy who didn't give up on communism. that was the one flaw, that's why he -- you know, he lost a lot of his inner circle because he wanted to keep the system in place that he knew they would have to change. you couldn't have both. but he was the best guy to be dealing with at that time, and we had never dealt with anybody like that before. so i do think that reagan and the pope had a role in all of this, but there are a lot of players on the other side as well, who were doing smart a perfect example in poland, your dad and i were there when the president was there and there when the pope was there. >> i have pictures of you guys with beers which are at my mom's house, which is great. >> when the pope was there, there was a big movement on the left in poland about the church was hand in glove with the rulers. and in fact, the church was a pipeline. what the pope was doing was sending messages through the catholic hierarchy in poland to we're not going to have blood in the streets, and they were -- the church was very impo

mikhail gorbachev, 1989. east germans had the courage to take their life in their own hands. protests against the common -- the local elections can't be forgotten. the civil rights movement for more freedom and rights. there were refugees towards prague and hungary. there was more and more pressure for the leaders of the s.e.d. they tried to oppress and imprison but in june 1989 the pulit bureau of the authority was chinese behavior in tianamen square but even that couldn't damp down the people in g.d.r. 10,000, hundred thousands which would protest repression and bad economics. people were scared when they went to monday's demonstrations and they were told where they would have to go if they wouldn't come home, the parents. with new faces they tried to change the corner, but it didn't work. flowers and instead other things they wrote. it should be harassment and this should be finished. no more of this ahead. all if there is something wonderful about that time, there were so much creativity within the people

gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> mikhail gorbachev was the leader then of the soviet union and didn't seem possible when reagan said those words that it would happen or happen any time soon. yet the wall came down. the cold war ended. well, gorbachev now in his 80s was one of the elder statesmen at today's ceremonies in berlin, but he said this. listen. >> translator: the world is on the brink of a new cold war. some is even saying it's already again, and yet while the situation is so dramatic, we do not see the main international body, the u.n. security council, playing any role or taking concrete action. >> michael daley, special correspondent with the "zadaily beast." he joins me again now. what did you think of those comments. >> i immediately thought of mr. putin. he was in east germany when the wall came down. if he watched the fireworks today and beautiful balloons, he was remembering a humiliate, remembering from his point of view a betrayal. and i think that that's been compounded from his point of view of what's going on in ukraine. i mean, you know, crimea is part of the ru

he does not agree with gorbachev.e thinks both sides are still talking. >> we are not facing now a cold war 2. we are not there. cold war has got its own logic in terms of diplomacy, conversations between the two parties, and especially in the field of military. we are still talking to putin and to the rest of the world. and i am a strong believer in dialogue, in dialogue, and finding a compromise. >> reporter: former prime minister nimet thinks it's crucial at this time for mr. poroshenko in pe 87 and vladimir putin in moscow to get a grip on the extremists that are in eastern ukraine that represent both of their countries. in order to do that they're going to have to become more active politically. they're going to have to play a tougher hand against those extremist elements in order to prevent the situation there from getting any worse. in his words, already 4,000 people have died. already innocent civilians aboard a malaysia airlines jet have had their lives ruined, they have been lost. it is time for leaders, if

mikhail gorbachev, ronald reagan. they disagreed on many things. but they both were held accountable. they both knew they had to be responsib responsible. today groups like isil, this islamic state, and others, they're held accountable by no one. >> translator: the international so-called islamic state and many other radical forces that are in tune with them, i think that requires a common effort on our part. the possibilities and the resources are available. >> the fall of the wall 25 years on, we look at the situation now, and some say we are moving backwards, we are not moving forwards. but with ukraine, with other issues, sanctions now, it's made things -- people feel we're not making progress again. we're not taking advantage. >> translator: so a lot depends on america, europe, and russia. they have to work more actively and more decisively in protecting what was achieved by them. >> when you talk about the new walls that are up, what are the dangerous ones? is that one of them, the lack of talking to one another? >> translator: there is a kin

we had gorbachev, president bush 41 and helmut kohl. kohl got emotional and he turned to gorbachev and he said, you did not send the tanks. that gave us a chance to be a whole country. and he turned to president bush and he said, and you stood for unification and others, including margaret thatcher said, we have to keep them divided. it was one of those moments in history when you saw three men with courage and vision come together and they were so personal and their interaction. and it kind of gave me hope. we do not see a lot of that anymore. >> one amazing thing in that newscast, aside from you being the only broadcast anchor there, huge win for nbc news. is i was reading a breakdown by a.p. he goes you asked for 15 seconds at the end of the newscaster give an essay. why was that important for you to do? how did you come up with that in the commercial break? >> first of all, there were such chaos. i cannot hear myself. by the way, i was very well-dressed in part because i gone over there with one of my raggedy outdoor jackets. this i

we had gorbachev, president bush 41, and helmet cole. and helmet got up, big bear of got quite emotional, got tears in his eyes and he turned to gorbachev and said you did not send the tanks and that gave us a chance to be a whole country again. he turned to president bush, and he said you stood for unification when others, including margaret thatcher said we have to keep them divided. it was one of those moments in history when you saw three men with courage and vision come together and they were so personal in their interaction, and it kind of gave me hope. we don't see a lot of that anymore. >> one amazing thing in that newscast, aside from you being the only broadcast anchor there, a huge win for nbc news, if ever there was one, probably our biggest one in history, is i was reading sort of a breakdown by the e.p. at the time, bill wheatley, and he goes, you asked for about 15 to 20 seconds at the end of the newscast to give a little essay, put it in the context of history. why was that important for you to do at that time, and how di

isn't it possible that president bush and gorbachev will be deciding the future of germany? superpowers and small states. they have a right to live and decide on their destiny will bep it is not a matter to discussed by gorbachev and bush. it is a matter to be discussed on the basis of the right to self-determination and the people in the german democratic , again, i think this is a question that does not objective in central europe. we have to be very realistic. allow this event to get out of control by introducing things that are not ready for solutions. we should introduce things that are feasible. >> i know diplomats are not supposed to talk about their personal feelings. would you share your personal feelings? >> of course. i have always had my own feelings. 1968, having my apartment 100 yards from the border with mixed feelings. i would have wanted for the wall to never have been arrested. -- erected. i think the wall has maintained peace. of theter the erection gdr became more reasonable. of theter the erection wall, was a possible to have treaties that recognize the

to such amounts virtually bay bank crept the gorbachev regime then when yeltsin failed to define the communist goals they significantly handicapped the ability of the yeltsin regime but this was cp su moot mine dash many safeguarded by the kgb but when yeltsin outlawed the cp as you who did the money belonged to? who ever knew what the bank account was and this started the scramble for the offshore accounts they could not find the money it was a very interesting episode but the core of the book starts 1991 and i regard it as the most conservative analysis possible based upon extensive interviews of putin civil that with illicit activities in the '90s and efforts to suppress legal cases and the rise to power of the group around him i interviewed american journalist and activist and many government officials but i only use those documents that were publicly available and the reason i did this there is quite a number on putin that assure us of their sources. what i am trying to establish this is what we know about this episode is there in written source material we just need to do the w

we got to see a glimpse of mikhail gorbachev there. >> reporter: mikhail gorbachev will be there and angela merkel is the other major player. not too many foreign dignitary also come here. a very local sort of celebration but also a lot of stars coming. peter gabriel will play at the berlin wall. there will be a bunch of other celebrities playing at a big festival at the brandenburg gate which was one of the major areas where the wall divided east and west and is now the big symbol of german unity so that's going to be a large celebration there as well and as i said, a lot of this is going to be a little bit of dignitaries speaking, the president of the european parliament lu by and large this will be a festival of the people for the people so the main event is going to be a big public festival at the brandenburg gate and certainly a lot of people will be looking forward to that, as well, natalie. >> we can't wait. i just hope sophie there knows that you can't drive that car. we saw you try to do it the other day. >> reporter: i can drive it. not very well. i wouldn't take her for a

gorbachev around midnight in london time. that was never a good sign in the cold war, a message from a soviet head of state at midnight, usually it meant trouble of some sort. the immediate thought was not so much about what would follow but how do you contain and regulate and stabilize what is happening at that moment? >> brent, what did it look like from the white house because the stakes there must have been even higher. any miscalculation by the white house could have had catastrophic consequences. >> that's absolutely correct. when we came into office in 1989, there was a lot of ferment in eastern europe, and we decided we wanted to try to make it different from earlier cases where berlin in '53, hungary, and so on, to try to keep the violence down and to keep it at underneath the level at which the soviet union would feel compelled to respond. >> charles, mrs. thatcher had very famously said that she thought gorbachev was a man you could do business with. but that didn't mean, i assume that she thought that he was tryin

gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> reporter: gorbachev was mikhail gorbachev, the soviet leader who ultimatelyhis happen that night 25 years ago when a crowd of east germans surged through one of the wall's crossing points and the guards let them through. our peter jennings was there. >> the wall has suddenly become irrelevant. >> reporter: here's how much has changed. heading the celebrations, a leader who grew up in east germany, angela merkel. the fall of the wall shows that dreams can come true. not all dreams. with gorbachev himself in berlin describing the west's current tense relations with russia as a kind of new cold war. 25 years ago, it was still all dream come true when the wall, like this line of balloons, came apart in a stunning instant. john donvan, abc news, washington. >> one of those moments you don't forget. i remember watching this on television. people carrying chunks of the wall away to save forever and commemorate that moment in history. >> now parts of that wall are all over the world on display. we have a section of it here in new york at the u.n. gives you chills. ju

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she was accompanied by the former soviet leader mikhail gorbachev. it's interesting. she's been talking about a new cold war and he blames the west. >> he has been speaking about the world being on the verge of a new cold war. those words are weighty coming from the man, opening and restructuring the soviet union, the ideas that were really a breath of fresh air in the 1980s, if you recall that era, when we had to live in a world that was divided and had an absurd symbol of the berlin wall. because of tensions over ukraine and the middle east, and western triumphalism to use his words, we are on the verge of a new lord. he's coming out in support of vladimir putin, and his actions in ukraine, and has condemned sanctions against leading figures in the kremlin and people involved. surprising words to a certain extent for the man we associate with helping midwife, if you will, at the end of the cold war. speaking of a new one around the corner. >> okay. we'll leave you with those orchestra rehearsals going on behind you. it's sounding good. for the moment nick spicer in

. >>> from pretty strong words heading into another cold war that's warning right mickle gorbachev. he made those comments at an event marking the 25th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall which will be tomorrow. he said tension between the east and the west over the ukraine crisis threatening to push the world into a new cold war. 83 year old gorbachev says trust can be rebuilt between washington and russia if the us drops economic sanctions against russia. >>> now we have a good story. a man being honored for all the right reasons a pillar in our community. >> it was a dedication of a mural to dr. sean white at 20th and elsworth in point breeze. artwork honoring the south philly native as part of philadelphia's mural arts program. sean white spent 16 years work wig at risk communities helping to combat hiv and aids. tariq trotter of the roots fan was instrumental in getting this honor for his friend. white died last year from hypertension. >> a five year old is taken from her home in the middle of the night by a stranger. >> such a horrifying story. probably heard about it.

president ronald reagan called on gorbachev to tear down the berlin wall. how important was that rallying cry? >> it was an amazing moment. now everybody talks about it as ronald reagan's greatest speech. time, pundits and foreign-policy analysts thought it was inflammatory, it was just going to anger the soviet union. instead, reagan gets a lot of hard marks. as margaret thatcher famously said, you won the cold war without firing a single shot. there is a little hyperbole with that, but that speech being delivered in 1986, and in 1989 the wall coming down is often seen as cause and effect, reagan's great moment. bush was the. president when the wall actually came down. how did he respond to the end of the iron curtain? >> there is the unsung hero of it all. 41, as he is called now. he showed such grace and diplomacy, caution. remember, we did not know what was going to happen. it did not just come tumbling down. it was getting chipped away, bit by bit. it was a fear the soviet army might come in and stop the wall from being ripped down. what he did was han

we had gorbachev, president bush 41, and helmet cole. and helmet got up, big bear of got quite emotional, got tears in his eyes and he turned to gorbachev and said you did not send the tanks and that gave us a chance to be a whole country again. he turned to president bush, and he said you stood for unification when others, including margaret thatcher said we have to keep them divided. it was one of those moments in history when you saw three men with courage and vision come together and they were so personal in their interaction, and it kind of gave me hope. we don't see a lot of that anymore. >> one amazing thing in that newscast, aside from you being the only broadcast anchor there, a huge win for nbc news, if ever there was one, probably our biggest one in history, is i was reading sort of a breakdown by the e.p. at the time, bill wheatley, and he goes, you asked for about 15 to 20 seconds at the end of the newscast to give a little essay, put it in the context of history. why was that important for you to do at that time, and how di

he was criticized for not want to stick it to gorbachev and when asked to go to the berlin wall, he said >> he did. he understood that in public service it's not important to talk about yourself and promote yourself, it's important to achieve results and he knew that if he incited hard liners inside the old soviet, gorbachev would be -- would be making -- make it much harder for gorbachev to make the decisions for the democracy to peel off and for the wall to come down. >> what is the one thing after i read the book cover to cover, what do you want people to take away from this love story that you have for your dad who became a leader in -- at a moment in the history that i don't think we could duplicate? >> i want them to know that the nation was very fortunate to have a man of george bush's character as they leader. and i want them to know that those of us who know him are pretty fortunate to call him dad and friend. lost my sight in afg, lost my sight in afg, but it doesn't hold me back. i go through periods where it's hard to sleep at night, and stay awake during the day. non-24 is a

gorbachev is popular here. he's one of the most popular here.any in the east and the west know it was his policies and the fact that the soviet union troops, there were over 100,000 here, they didn't intervene back then and stop that peaceful revolution from happening. what's going on is one of the things you see behind me, the lights you see here. which is the light border that's set up across where the berlin wall used to be, at least across a stretch of it. they are illuminated in the night and released into the sky at precisely 7:20 p.m. local time tomorrow. which is exactly the moment that the announcement was made that the berlin wall would be open. there's a big fest cival at the brandenburg gate. the symbol of german unity. a festival and bands. and the mayor of berlin, possibly with angela merkel is going to start in motion the balloons being released. that's the big moment when germany celebrates 25 years since the fall of the berlin wall that led to german unity and where we are today. >> very exciting and emotional thinking about all

reagan threw down the challenge to leader mikael gorbachev. >> mr. goshrbachev, tear down this wall. >> reporter: it happened in two years and it wasn't by mr. gorbachev. there was an announcement made that immediately germans were allowed to visit the west. tens of thousands demanded the gates were to be opened. they began to do what would have cost them their lives the day before. they flooded the barricades crimed over the wall and finally took it down. mikhail gorbachev was in ber lain to pay tribute but to warn of dangers of a new cold war. the wall comes down tomorrow as the 8,000 d'agata in london. >> it is beautiful to look at. >>> it is time to show you some of this morning's headlines. "the new york times" says the supreme court will consider a new case challenging president obama's health care law. the justices say they will review a federal court ruling allowing tax insurance credits for millions of low and middle americans. opponents argue that most of the subsidies are illegal. >> the"the wall street journal" says the u.s. department of

gorbachev, open this gate [applause.] >> mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall [applause.] >> professor dettke, your reaction >> guest: there is no doubt that western firmness helped to bring down weapon containment, helped to bring down the soviet system, the soviet empire and had to bring down -- helped to bring down the empire of communism. if you look at the fall of the wall, it was certainly a combination of factors and we should not under estimate this forces from inside eastern europe, the democracy movement in poland was very, very helpful in bringing down the system. the movement to demand rights for people in eastern europe and finally, the eastern german movement, the people who were prep pressuring the regime to open up thing knew opening up would be the end of their regime and that, indeed, happened after 89. there was no way of reforming. there were some ideas, too, of reforming the east german system but that was certainly not successful it had to be replaced and people in east germany had, of course, a clear alterna

i'm not putting words in his mouth which is a different attitude that gorbachev had. each presidency you have got to deal with in different environment. there are some constants which is thinking about how the other person thinks is important to conducting good diplomacy. that's one of the reasons why george bush is the master of personal diplomacy. >> he wrote letters forever. >> he did. >> a lot of people have letters from him. >> you have got some. >> i got some. >> i put some of them in the book. is he a powerful letter writer. it seems to be a lost art these days because of the spell check and, you know, you just say to the computer write this, please, and it does. seems to want to do that. in his case he wrote thousands of letters, letters to people that he would meet in the iowa coffee shop. people that he worked with. the guy that helped with the bags at a hotel. i mean, he was unbelievable letter writer. >> but the thing that i have noted about him is that he makes everybody in the room feel important. when you to in to interview president bush 41. every sing

is a shared bying force -- general secretary gorp chef -- gorbachev. be that as it may. the nature and the subject is of enormous importance to the participants of this conference and will not be decided at this table. it has become a part of u.s. strategic partners, personally, i'm convinced to the contrary that sometime in the future, we will do everything in our power to remain so but never use it as a negotiating chip. , let me saymy words with strong emotion, i will repeat my comments to all levels of government in the hope that you would do the same. signed p.x. kelley. you got the gift of what i said. s.d.i. for the most people hop don't understand it, we had a huge threat of nuclear weapons to this country. nuclear weapons that could destroy how manity as we know it. and young people today don't understand it. we understand the big standoff when we thought the russians were moving nuclear weapons to cuba. one of the funny sidebars as i was involved in the intelligence and for those who might remember, we were going to put together an invasion force in cuba. i was

and he knew that if he incited hardliners inside the old soviet, gorbachev would be -- it would make it much harder for gorbachev to make the decisions for the young democracies to peel off and for the wall to come down. >> last question. what is the one thing -- i read the book cover-to-cover, what do you want people to take away from this love story that you have for your dad who became a leader at a moment in history that i don't know if we could ever duplicate in terms of things that happened? >> i want them to know that the nation was very fortunate to have a man of george bush's character as their leader. i want them to know that those of us who know him are very fortunate to call him dad and friend. you, my friend are a master of diversification. who would have thought three cheese lasagna would go with chocolate cake and ceviche? the same guy who thought that small caps and bond funds would go with a merging markets. it's a masterpiece. thanks. clearly you are type e. you made it phil. welcome home. now what's our strategy with the fondue? diversifying your portfolio? e*trade

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