what is gorbachev going to do?ugh the heart of east berlin preached reform and offered a gorbachev proverb. those being late, he said, will be punished by life itself. >> gorbachev felt he could put a happy face on socialism, that he could modify it. but he got the g echl nie out of the bottle and couldn't get it back in. >> the time has run out for honecker. he resigned today. the official reason given was poor health. >> the people have their government on the run. today, in the bid to convince people that he's serious about reform, the east german leader, who has had the job for less than a month, managed to convince all of the members of the government he inherited they should resign. the question is this, what next? >> the pressure on the east german government was getting enormous. and as part of the kind of package to present themselves as human, there had been a resolution passed which is going to introduce new rules about immigration. he went to this press conference, he hadn't been at the meeting so didn'

gorbachev, tear down his will.n reagan left office the wall was standing and it wasn't until the end of 1989 that the wall metaphorically was breached. and it is worth noting -- this is where reagan's influence was at least as great as putting spending pressure on the russians. when people talk to the folks who brought down the wall this east germans, who put their lives on the line and demands the opening of the gate, asked about this afterwards, they've said they in some cases literally had heard but certainly metaphorically had heard reagan say, tear down this wall, and they knew that they had a sponsor on the other side of the wall. richard nixon didn't say that. jimmy carter didn't say that. so they knew they had moral support from the other side and that meant a whole lot to the folks in poland and the folks in east germany, and to the folks in the soviet union. one last thing. people associated with the george h.w. bush administration, they say we had a lot to do with this, too, and we don't get credit for i

gorbachev initiated the changes. the difference was gorbachev wanted to reform communism. and reagan wanted to destroy communism. he had a key insight based on an pliks of common sense to situation where's people didn't always use a lot of common sense. and, you know, he thought communism was ridiculous. he felt he had dealt with communists in hollywood, and he thought they were kind of stupid, and he thought they weren't that hard to defeat. and he thought nobody would choose to live under communism, that people in the soviet union merely needed to be exposed to the way people lived in the united states to want to reject it. so he had this idea that communism could collapse if d i think in a lot of ways he created pressures that made that more likely and made it happen sooner. and the biggest one was the big pivot between his first and second term. this is another place where i think there's a lot of conservative mythology in ron reagan. the second term wasn't the culmination of the first term in relation to the soviets. it was the row piewdation of. in the first term he

. >>> in november former soviet president mick highly gorbachev gorbachev weighed in. >> the stakes of this new cold war are about more than just territory and influence. they are also about money. here on the top of the world the battle is being fought over energy. the arctic is home to 13% of the world's undiscovered oil, and a third of its natural gas. eight nations lay claim to this fast melting landscape including russia, canada and the united states. they, alongside china, are all pursuing huge reserves of oil, gas and coal. >> reporter: russia's resurgence has been fueled by hydrocarbons that come from the subarctic and if they are to stay powerful they need more from the arctic. >>> russia staked its claim to billions in oil and gas deposits. planting a russian flag on the ocean floor under the north poll. canada and the u.s. scoffed, the move uerscores the growing importance of the region. to get a firsthand look i headed north, way north to the northern most town in the world on an island in the high arctic called spalvar. many facings including russia are eyeing this once sl

jacob: garbage of initiated -- gorbachev initiated the changes.wanted to reform communism while reagan wanted to destroy it. reagan had a key insight. basedf his insights were on an application of common sense to situations where people did not always use a lot of common sense. he saw -- he thought communism was ridiculous. he had dealt with communists in hollywood and thought they were stupid and not hard to defeat. he thought no one would choose to live under communism. people in the soviet union needed to be exposed to the way people lived in the united states to want to reject it. he had an idea that communism could collapse if things turn it to fall apart. in a lot of ways, i think he created pressures that made that more likely and made it happen sooner. the biggest one was the big hit between his first and second term. there is a lot of conservative myth -- mythology here. the second term was not the culmination of the first in relation to the soviets, but rather the repudiation. he had a huge military buildup and nuclear buildup in the fir

he gained great respect for mikhail gorbachev. mikhail gorbachev gained great respect for ronald ronald and they were able to work together to bring down the berlin wall. ronald reagan was someone who never used the word "i," as well you know. and he was someone who didn't worry about who got the credit. he just wanted to get the job done. i think that's a complete different way of doing things with donald trump. it's about i not we. >> this was donald trump talking about your father on "meet the press" back in january. >> take a look at ronald reagan. he was a somewhat liberal democrat. he was a liberal democrat and he became a fairly conservative, not overly, but fairly conservative republican. and as we grow older -- >> i'm struck by the fact that some people analogize donald trump as a reality tv star and businessman who is qualified to be president and they say, well, look at ronald reagan. he was a tv star. he was a two-term governor of california and spent years on the circuit writing his own speeches on a number of foreign

gorbachev, open this gate. mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> it was perfect.t on keeping it in the speech, and he did it. don't let anybody tell you it was a staffer or anybody else that did that. >> in the soviet union gorbachev decides to do something bold and he says let's separate sdi from reducing the nuclear stockpile. once he does this, it opens up the possibility for a third summit. >> relive the '80s tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern only on cnn. thank you for joining me today. i'm carol costello. "at this hour with berman and bolduan" starts now. >>> ted cruz is lucifer in the flesh, the most miserable son of rhymes with witch he has ever worked with. those insults not from donald trump but from john boehner emerging from the shadows to torch ted cruz before the race of his life. >> what does that mean for the never trump movement? why the republican establishment is warming up to the billionaire. >>> chilling new details about

gorbachev, open this gate. mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> it was perfect. it was beautiful.t on keeping it in the speech. >> hmm. so there's reagan. you know, on donald trump, make america great, that was ray again's. right? >> yes. >> that was reagan's. how would donald trump handle such a situation? >> well, i don't yet know. >> we don't. let's be tear. >> the thing of reagan and why the show is a great reminder of greatness in a president is that ronald reagan changed his mind. ronald reagan came to office with a certain understanding of the soviets. and by the end of the time in office, he said, that was another soviet union. gorbachev's soviet union is not the evil empire anymore. now, that showed that he was smart enough, flexible enough and savvy enough to get information and change some of his views and all of his tactics. so the story of the '80s and the cold war is that the both soviets and americans start by totally misunderstanding each other and completely fearing each other and by the end they're working together. and the reasons why i think have a lot to do wi

gorbachev, open this gate. mr.own this wall. >> announcer: "the eighties," two weeks from now at 9:00 on cnn. >>> you just saw the reagan revolution on "the eighties." before the revolution, ronald reagan and gerald ford took their battle all the way to the convention. sound familiar? i'm don lemon. the next battleground, new york, where ted cruz is doubling down on his criticism of new york values. >> they really want to see a general election between two new york liberals who agree on washington being the center of the universe. >> meanwhile the democrats' war words heats up ahead of our big debate in brooklyn one week from tonight. >> are you qualified to be president of the united states when you're raising

gorbachev, open this gate. mr.bachev, tear down this wall. >> announcer: "the eighties," april 21st at 9:00 on cnn. >>> it's a time of enormous turmoil. >> the '60s are over. >> here's michael on the foul line. >> we intend to cover all the news, all the time. we won't be signing off until the world ends. >> any tool for human expression will bring out both the best and worst in us. and television has been that. >> they don't pay me enough to deal with animals like this. >> people are no longer embarrasses to admit they watch television. >> we have seen the news, and it is us.

gorbachev, open this gate. mr.is wall. >> the '80s, >>> so you want to be the most powerful man in the world. how far are you prepared to go? will you turn friends into enemies? will you break your own rules? if you want to be the most powerful man in the world, do the ends ever justify the means? ♪

gorbachev to heed the words of president reagan, our great president, when he said, tear down this wall. [ applause ] history will not forget what he did. a very special, special man and president. unfortunately, after the cold war our foreign policy veered badly off course. we failed to develop a new vision for a new time. in fact, as time went on, our foreign policy began to make less and less sense. logic was replaced with foolishness and arrogance which led to one foreign policy disaster after another. they just kept coming and coming. we went from mistakes in iraq to egypt to libya to president obama's line in the sand in syria. each of these actions have helped to throw the region into chaos and gave isis the space it needs to grow and prosper. very bad. it all began with a dangerous idea that we could make western democracies and countries that had no experience or interests in becoming a western democracy. we tore up what institutions they had and then were surprised at what we unleashed. sichl civil war, religious fanaticism, thousands of americans and just killed be lives, liv

gorbachev to heed the words of president reagan, our great president, when he said care down this walltear down this wall. history will not forget what he did, very special, special man and president. >> what was he trying to do there by invoking the image and the history of ronald reagan? >> yeah, he would like to be the new ronald reagan. that's what conservatives like to hear in this country. that was the good old time, and he is promising everyone in america. i have been with mr. trump in many places in the south and the north and have listened to all his speeches, so he would like to be the new ronald reagan. >> briefly, we are running out of time, did he convince you? has he done his homework on foreign policy that a president needs to do? >> hello? >> it looks like we are having some technical problems there. i am afraid we are having technical problems. >> your back again. i can hear you. >> waiting for my producer to tell me -- i want to ask you very briefly, do you think that donald trump has done his homework when it comes to foreign policy? >> well, he will learn. it is not

. >> when he was giving away the store to gorbachev and when he --. >> raised taxes. >> raising taxes and all that. >> amnesty in '86, right? >> oh --. >> right, for illegals. but the fact is reagan is -- all that's forgiven at this point basically, right? >> yeah. and the same is true of roosevelt, of franklin roosevelt, of john kennedy, of lyndon johnson, of, perhaps prematurely of jimmy carter. >> but we'll have an obama resurgence, let's assume. because there's always a resurgence of interest in approval, but for now he has failed to meet the probably unrealistic expectations of people who saw in him whatever they wanted to see back then. >> yeah, and i don't fault him for that. >> you don't fault him at all for that? >> oh, i've got a few things i'd fault him for. >> name them. i want to hear it. let me see the bill of particulars. >> well, they began on the day of his inauguration. >> okay. >> i was -- his inaugural address was too rosy. what he needed to do was to say how terrible things were, just how bad they were. the speech was too much of a -- played that down too much and

gorbachev to heed the words of president reagan, our great president, when he said, tear "tear down this wall." [applause] mr. trump: history will not forget what he did. a very special, special man and president. unfortunately, after the cold war, our foreign policy veered badly off course. we failed to develop a new vision for a new time. in fact, as time went on, our foreign policy began to make less and less sense. logic was replaced with foolishness and arrogance, which led to one foreign policy disaster after another. they just kept coming and coming. we went from mistakes in iraq to egypt to libya, to president obama's line in the sand in syria. each of these actions have helped to throw the region into chaos, and gave isis the space it needs to grow and prosper. very bad. it all began with a dangerous idea that we could make western democracies out of countries that had no experience or interests in becoming a western democracy. we tore up what institutions they had, and then were surprised at what we unleashed. civil war, religious fanaticism, thousands of americans and just kil

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gorbachev to heed the words of president reagan, our great president, when he said, tear down this wallwe failed to develop a new vision for a new time. in fact, as time went on, our foreign policy began to make less and less sense. logic was replaced with foolishness and arrogance, which led to one foreign policy disaster after another. they just kept coming and coming. we went from mistakes in iraq to egypt to libya, to president obama's line in the sand in syria. each of these actions have helped to throw the region into chaos and gave isis the space it needs to grow and prosper. very bad. it all began with a dangerous idea that we could make western democracies out of countries that had no experience or interests in becoming a western democracy. we tore up what institutions they had and then were surprised at what we unleashed. civil war, religious fanaticism, thousands of americans and just killed be lives, lives, lives wasted. horribly wasted. many trillions of dollars were lost as a result. the vacuum was created that isis would fill. iran, too, would rush in and fill that void m

gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> the '80s, >>> so you want to be the most powerful man in the world. how far are you prepared to go? will you turn friends into enemies? will you break your own rules? if you want to be the most powerful man in the world, do the ends ever justify the means? ♪ ♪ >>> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. >> in the fall of 1986, the white house is mired in scandal. ronald reagan's administration is accused of secretly selling weapons to america's most dangerous enemy, iran. >> i have a few words here before i take your questions. >> with the profits diverted illegally to fund a right-wing guerilla group in nicaragua, the contras -- >> your credibility has been severely damaged. can you repair it? what does it mean for the rest of your presidency? >> well, i imagine i'm the only one around who wants to repair it, and i didn't have anything to do with damaging it. >> bad news for reagan, but worse for his loyal deputy george bush. iran-contra could kill his own presidential plans. >> news of the widening investigation comes as vice pres

gorbachev to heed the words of president reagan, our great president, when he said, "tear down this wallapplause] history will not forget what he did. a very special man and president. unfortunately, after the cold war, our foreign policy veered badly off course. we failed to develop a new vision for a new time. in fact, as time went on, our foreign policy began to make less and less sense. logic was replaced with foolishness and arrogance which led to one foreign policy disaster after another. they just kept coming and coming. we went from mistakes in iraq to egypt to libya to president obama's line in the sand in syria. each of these actions have helped to throw the region into chaos and gave isis the space it needs to grow and prosper. very bad. it all began with a dangerous idea that we could make western democracies out of countries that had no experience or interests in becoming a western democracy. we tore up what institutions they had and then were surprised at what we unleashed. civil war, religious fanaticism, thousands of americans and just killed lives, lives, lives wasted, h

gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> announcer: "the eighties," two weeks from now at 9:00 on cnn. >>> you just saw the reagan revolution on "the eighties." before the revolution, ronald reagan and gerald ford took their battle all the way to the convention. sound familiar? i'm don lemon. the next battleground, new york, where ted cruz is doubling down on his criticism of new york values. >> they really want to see a general election between two new york liberals who agree on washington being the center of the universe. >> meanwhile the democrats' war words heats up ahead of our big debate in brooklyn one week from tonight. >> are you qualified to be president of the united states when you're raising millions of dollars from wall street? >> well, it's kind of a silly thing to say but i'm going to trust the voters of new york who know me and have voted for me three times. >> plus bill clinton takes to the campaign trail and takes on black lives matter. >> they won't hush. when somebody won't hush and listen to you, that ain't democracy. they're afraid of the truth. don't you be afraid o

we have a more democratic leader like gorbachev was. we have a less democratic leader, country is less democratic. basically depends on who has a tv channel. that's what you're talking about? >> exactly. that's why i say the major theme that needs to be done is to change the country from ruled by personal -- [ inaudible ] no, no, no, that's not what i'm saying. from ruled by personality to ruled by law. that's why i'm talking about the elites getting together and making a new set of rules. changing the country. that's the major point. >> aren't you afraid that russians will elect somebody like lemonoff? >> i'm absolutely sure this will not happen. >> i think that ten years ago we talked on the program -- now all this channel changed a lot. so i don't remember the question. but he answered. it is not enough blood for existence of russian democracy. they punish it. >> absolutely. i was quoting yablinsky, a famous politics, saying, i mean, the three young men who died in august of 19th, 1991. yes, that's true. that's a fact. >> i think now

he was leading on this meeting with gorbachev, all because there was a view that a muscular approach to protecting america also involved trying to negotiate so that there were fewer countries and inn control of nukes, because that was good for america. when you talk about art of the deal, do you think it's similar to the question i asked chris matthews before we heard from the president. do you think donald trump understands and rejects that entire consensus, or does he not understand it? he thinks it's expensive to be involved with nato and when typically we've thought of it as us getting the good deal of the bargain, because we're the ultimate arbiters of nuclear force. >> i think both are probably true. he wants to reject the consensus. he is no fondness for the ronald reagan or george h.w. bush positions. they grew up knowing america and the soviets were on a knife edge, now and then, when it came to nuclear exchanges. they know what happened when india and pakistan came within an eyelash of bombing each other with nuclear -- they had a sense of consequence. donald trump doesn't.

gorbachev and i both agree on the desirability of freer and more extensive personal contact between the union and the united states. >> we began to realize that the best way to get a message to a foreign leader was to have the president go in the rose garden and make a statement. because everybody was watching cnn. >> cnn was a breakthrough. it changed the whole world. >> it changed quickly. the network news business. that business that we weren't the only ones. and it was hard. it's hard to be on the top little perch and have to come down off it. >> a special segment tonight, the network news. the first in a two-part series on the profound changes taking place in television news. changes being brought about by business, competition and technology. >> there were a variety of reasons why people who worked at the broadcast networks were freaked out in 1980s. one of them was cnn. and the rise of cable. another was being taken over by foreign entities in corporate america. >> new owners spend billions buying the networks recently, and all of them want their money's worth. >> people began to

as president he got face-to-face with gorbachev he walked out. and i still remember the look of displeasure on his face as they were parting. so i think donald trump has a similar sense of how to negotiate, how to deal and that is very important in diplomacy. >> david gergen, to you. let's look at history. similarities between what is happening now and the voter anger that another billionaire ross perot rode in '92? >> there is some similarity. ross perot was the last successful populist. he was ahead about six months before the election of 1992, he was actually ahead of bill clinton and aheads of the republicans. he finally went up with 19% of the vote. and but he didn't win a single state. that's important to remember. but i want to go back to this question of diplomacy. and ronald reagan. ronald reagan-he did learn a lot about negotiations as jeffrey said when he was in hollywood. but the important difference between reagan and trump among other things, reagan was a governor of the biggest state in the country for eight years before he came to

gorbachev, tear down this wall.

gorbachev, tear down this wall and willing to bet john kennedy didn't wake up in the morning and sayne, my fellow americans, ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country. i don't see anything news about this whatsoever. >> okay. but donald trump, i mean, so much of his appeal is his sort of bombastic, flamboyant personality. >> that's his public style. sure. just as campaign a public style or ronald reagan or barack obama has a public style. >> to his point, though, aren't politicians always trying to project a certain image? paul manafort said that exact quote. he's projecting an image. >> i'm not a proud democrat, a proud leftist. not a member of the democratic party. >> okay. thanks for clarifying. >> point taken. >> but, no. i do think very much so that everyone has a public and private persona. the examples jeffrey gives are a little unfair. it's not about his speaking style, whether or not he gives an, a sermonly speech in private. it's whether or not the ideas, the tone, the tenor, the ideology he expresses in public is actually who she in priv

gorbachev, tear down this wall. donald j. trump, charlie sykes is a lowlife loser. so again, kind of a badge of honor because you know, you make the list of the people that he's insulted and i'm kind of glad to be on that list now. >> joining us now, charlie sykes, radio host with wtmj a.m. in milwaukee and the editor in chief of "right wisconsin." he's endorsed ted cruz and is a leader of the stop trump movement. also with us katie packer, founder of our principles, an anti-trump pac. she was deputy campaign manager of the romney 2012 campaign. also with us, nbc news correspondent jacob rascon, who covers the donald trump campaign. charlie sykes, welcome to the donald trump enemies list. i've been on it for many years now. i was the very first person five years ago who he actually threatened to sue on twitter. i got the first, i should sue you tweet. so charlie, welcome aboard. >> congratulations. >> wisconsin seems to be behaving differently from other states that we've seen in the republican campaign so far for a variety of reasons. a lot of people are focused on

i think in our future talks with iran they should be like our talks with the ussr before gorbachev. in other words, keep our allies fully informed, recognize iran as not a nation state, rather a revolution cause devoted to mayhem, and also make certain that we don't end up with real high expectations from any talks with iran. just keep it a little modest there. the middle east, the future is going to be ghastly. it is not going to be pleasant for any of us, and we're going to have to return to a strategic view such as we had years ago because we know that vacuums left in the middle east seem to be filled by either terrorists or by iran or their surrogates or by russia. recognize that the violent terrorists, two different brands. the sunni is the al qaeda, okay. that's one that's clear and present. we've hit them from the fatah and afghanistan, pakistan to where the french are treating them roughly in mali. a lot of effort focused on them but so far to date the iranian branch have basically been left untouched by our counterterrorism effort. so in the future just recognize that in or

. >> in the soviet union gorbachev decides to do something bold and he says let's separate sdi from reducing the nuclear stockpile. once he does this, it opens up the possibility for a third summit. >> relive the '80s tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern only on cnn. thank you for joining me today. i'm carol costello. "at this hour with berman and bolduan" starts now. >>> ted cruz is lucifer in the flesh, the most miserable son of rhymes with witch he has ever worked with. those insults not from donald trump but from john boehner emerging from the shadows to torch ted cruz before the race of his life. >> what does that mean for the never trump movement? why the republican establishment is warming up to the billionaire. >>> chilling new details about prince's final hours. sources now tell cnn what was found on the music legend and how days before he was treated for a possible overdose. >>> hello there. i'm john berman. >> i'm kate bolduan. just moments from now ted cruz and his brand new running mate, carly fiorina, will be hitting the stage for their first full day of campaigning together. we're goi

gorbachev, eric jones. history will record with the greatest astonishment. the most to lose.riends is not that they are ignorant, it is that they know so much that is not so. >> ronald reagan. the most successful president of our lifetime. a new movie with leftist will ferrell. the alleged dementia. disrespectful and outrageous. that is my opinion. here with me is risk and reward post deirdre bolton. she has written an open letter to pharaoh. what did she say? a human being. memories. connections. memories of a lifetime. seer invaded. the voice trembling as he stood in the living room and said "i do not know where i am." perhaps you would like to explain how this is suitable. >> it was very heartfelt. if you think this is funny go to and alzheimer's care center and see how quickly you come out laughing because you won't. >> it will not be a block buster. stuart: let's hope. >> this movie will never get made. first and foremost. on the side of the reagan family. i hope that this never happens. you will see that everyone overwhelmingly supports it. e go newof t day ry gd toear

gorbachev to heed the words of president reagan, our great president, when he said, tear down this wall. history -- [applause] history will not forget what he did, very special, special man and president. unfortunately after the cold war our foreign policy veered badly off course. we failed to develop a new vision for a new time. in fact, as time went on, our foreign policy began to make less and less sense. logic was replaced with foolishness and arrogance which led to one foreign policy disaster after another. they just kept coming and coming. we went from mistakes in iraq to egypt, to libya, to president obama's line in the sand in syria. each of these actions have helped to throw the region into chaos and gave isis the space it needs to grow and prosper. very bad. it all began with a dangerous idea that we could make western democracies out of countries that had no experience or interest in becoming a western democracy. we tore up what institutions they had, and then, were surprised what we unleashed. civil war, religious fanaticism, thousands of americans and just killed, lives, li

foreign policy from the soviet union wlrks the united states could trust in mikhail gorbachev, where the strategy was sound. many historians look back on this as a really wise decision. one that helped calibrate the administration's priorities going forward. gave them great confidence to not involve themselves too much in the revolutions that squept across eastern europe in 1989 and let them really sort of understand and reflect on goals that they wanted to achieve. >> so all that is to say taking a break, pausing, reflecting can actually be effective in this political climate. i think there's real virtue to it. the second theme that emerges again and again. be really careful about what you say on the campaign trail. it may hem you in in the future. now at this point, this advice is no longer relevant to at least two front-runners on the republican side. but it really bears reflection as well. and so i think a really good example of this is john f. kennedy who lambasted richard nixon, eisenhower's vice president for being soft on communism in the third world and no more so than in cu

gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> reporter: ferrell is slated to produce and star in "reagan," in ahe blacklist." it was known as one of the most light but unproduced screenplays and offered this synopsis, "when ronald reagan falls into dementia at the start of his second term, an am bishop intern is task -- ambitious intern is tasked with convincing the action -- commander in chief that he is an actor in a movie." >> from everything we've seen, this is a comedic dramedy. not a typical comedy. it's a political comedy. wig ferrell is doing -- will for sell doing a reagan impression, but it's not a "saturday night live" impression. >> reporter: reagan's daughter wrote saying, "you intend to portray my father in the thrills of alzheimer's for a comedy. i watched as fear invaded my father's eyes. this man who was never afraid of anything. perhaps for your comedy, you would like to visit some dementia facility. i have. i didn't find anything comedic there. my hope would be that if you're a decent being, you wouldn't either." and son michael tweeted, #-alzheimer's is the people suffering.

gorbachev, tear down this will. >> he's starring in "reagan."ack list" the script was named one of the most liked but unproduced screen plays. it offered this synopsis. when ronald reagan falls into dementia at the start of the second term an ambitious in intern tasked with convincing commander in chief he's an actor playing the president in a movie. there was a well received reading of the screen play with john cho and james brolin as reagan. >> this movie from everything we've seen is a comedic dromedy, not a typical falldown will ferrell comedy. it's a little more elevated, a smarter political comedy. will ferrell is doing a reagan impression, but it's not a "saturday night live" impression. >>> reagan's daughter patty davis wrote an open letter to ferrell saying in part, "you intend to portray my father in the throes of alzheimer's for a comedy. i watched as fear invade my father's eyes. this man who was never afraid of anything. perhaps for your comedy you would like to visit some dementia facilities. i have. i didn't find anything comedic

gorbachev and i both agree on the desirability of freer and more extensive personal contact between thenited states. >> we began to realize that the best way to get a message to a foreign leader was to have the president go in the rose garden and make a statement. because everybody was watching cnn. >> cnn was a breakthrough. it changed the whole world. >> it changed quickly. the network news business. that business that we weren't the only ones. and it was hard. it's hard to be on the top little perch and have to come down off it. >> a special segment tonight, the network news. the first in a two-part series on the profound changes taking place in television news. changes being brought about by business, competition and technology. >> there were a variety of reasons why people who worked at the broadcast networks were freaked out in 1980s. one of them was cnn. and the rise of cable. another was being taken over by foreign entities in corporate america. >> new owners spend billions buying the networks recently, and all of them want their money's worth. >> people began to find out that n

gorbachev to heed the words of president reagan when he said, tear down this wall.l not forget what he did. special men and president. unfortunately, after the cold war are foreign-policy veered badly off course. a newled to develop vision for a new time. as time went on, our foreign policy began to make less and less sense. logic was replaced with whichhness and arrogance, led to one foreign-policy disaster after another. they just kept coming and coming. we went from mistakes in iraq to egypt to libya to president obama's line in the sand in syria. each of these actions have helped to throw the region into chaos and gave isis the space it needs to grow and prosper. very bad. a dangerous with idea that we could make western democracies out of countries that had no experience or interest in becoming a western democracy. we tour of what institutions they had and then we are surprised at what we unleashed. civil war, religious fanaticism, thousands of americans and just killed, lives wasted. many trillions of dollars were lost as a result. isisacuum was created that w