i put out there, i read no dtente, no gorbachev. where else is he going to have the opportunity to travel the way he does? where else is he going to have the chance to spend time in canada, and then spend time in the united states. hate the united states, but see scandinavian social democracy as an alternative. those connections matter enormously. and matter for the american society as well. the quality of our study of the soviet union, and the quality of advice that people like reagan and others are getting is much improved in the 1980s because of the exchanges that arise in the 1970s. that said, those successes, i think, come with many failures. many failures that actually have to do less with individuals. the strength of nixon and kissinger as policimakers is their overwhelming energy, deep thought and ability to pursue risky but important initiatives. their weaknesses are all the same things. they do not know how to operate effectively in institutions, are not institution builders, i would all them at times institution disruptor

gorbachev could join us. cheers and applause] these are exciting times. they're exciting in washington. and i had really looked forward to coming here. i thought it would be fun. i never dreamt it would be this much fun. so thank you for that. [laughter] more than 10 years ago, when i was invited here to talk about our experiences in the people's republic of china, i was struck by both the natural beauty of your campus, and the spirit of this place. wellsly, you see, is not just a place, but an idea. an experiment in excellence in which diversity is not just tolerated, but central braced. the essence of this -- central braced. the he is pence of this -- is embraced. the essence of this was embodied by a speech given last year. she related this story about a young pastor finding himself in charge of some very energetic came upon the game of giants, wizards and dwarfs. you have to decide now, the pastor instructed the children, which you are. a giant, a wizard, or a dwarf. at that, a small girl tugging at his pants leg asked, but where do the mermaids stand

gorbachev, trustees, , and my newents best friend, christine. [applause] and the class of 1990. [applause] mrs. bush: i am thrilled to be here today and very excited as i gorbachevre that mrs. could join us. [applause] mrs. bush: these are exciting times and i look forward to coming to wellesley. i never tripped it would be this much fun. -- dreamed it would be this much fun. when i was invited here to talk about art -- our experiences in the people's republic of china, i was struck by the natural beauty of your campus and the spirit of this place. wellesley is not just a place but idea. an experiment and excellence in which diversity is not just tolerated but embraced. the essence of this spirit was captured in a moving speech about tolerance given last year by a student body president of one of your sister colleges. robertated the story by about a young pastor finding himself in charge of very energetic children. a game called giants, wizards, ,oors, you have to decide now he instructed the children, which you are, giant, wizard, or dra -- dwarf. a small girl asked him, what a

presidentertained gorbachev and many other leaders. john major. he had just come into office and he and norma came up to camp david and i remember him as saying to george, i am with you. that was very important. thereof times, we were up when noriega was caught. made our vacation because we had all the family for christmas up there. easter, george w did the same thing. too, i throw this in, remember remember hearing that one of the first ladies said it was so costly being the wife of the president. it is not cost the atoll, do not pay your telephone bills, -- it all, you do not pay your telephone bills, you do pay your food. we had guests all the time. you never could live as cheaply as you lived at the white house. 90 people taking care of you, you did pay for dry cleaning and we did have someone we took who lived with us, 91 now, still doing our ironing and washing. she lived there. we did take care of those things but it was great to entertain at the white house. and at camp david. it gave a chance for family. purport -- kenny bunkport is just

and the gorbachev is were coming. it was so cold that they came, they basically move everyone who is part of that welcoming ceremony endures into the reception, the diplomatic reception room. i mean, it was like this. you know that room. it's about as big as this stage there may be a smidgen bigger but it is tight. >> so nancy notices immediately as the gorbachev walk-in that raisa patios have basically collapsed, and she just quietly, and marlon noticed it and he watched this happen and he said nobody else saw this pic he said, she would over and took her by the arm and said come with me. she took a right around the corner to a ladies room and everything got fixed came back out and no one was the wiser. he said that he felt that nancy had done more for use soviet relations -- [laughing] anyone else ever could. still raisa was very committed communist, , marxist, and she tended to lecture. nancy didn't like to be lecture two, and that became, they didn't get along for a long time, and then at the end of president reag

the seeds of which had been planted by the soviet union's last premier, mikhail gorbachev. - [sachs] almost everybody was facing extreme uncertainty and alarm at a collapsed economy, empty shelves, high inflation and tremendous political turmoil. - then under the advice and guidance of western economists, western business leaders and western politicians russian started to implement what has been known as shock therapy reform. (mournful music) - [news reader] a chicken costs nearly two weeks' pay. only those with hard currency are assured of getting something. - [narrator] tens of thousands of state-owned enterprises had to be privatized, reshaping the entire russian economy. - [buchanan] it was seen as really something like the period of the 1870s, 80s and 90s in the united states with robber barons doing exceedingly well, and the people not doing well, and their standard of living falling. - [polyakova] each state enterprise was assigned a certain number of vouchers and then people can buy them up. those who had the connections, who had some money already, not your average russian c

gorbachev: [speaking russian] reagan: for the first time in history, the language of arms control was replaced by arms reduction. in this case, the complete elimination of an entire class of u.s. and soviet nuclear missiles. burroughs: israel almost certainly is a nuclear power. pakistan demonstrates a capacity to detonate a weapon in 1998. we've obviously seen the north korea case. woman: [speaking korean] perry: the danger of a nuclear catastrophe today is very high, and i think it's of paramount importance for people to understand the danger. the bulletin of the atomic scientists for years has provided the world with an excellent measure of how close we are to nuclear catastrophe. make no mistake, this has been a difficult year. most troubling has been two concerns that are adding to an already challenging global landscape. the first... the first has been the cavalier and reckless language used across the globe, especially in the united states during the presidential election and after, around nuclear weapons and nuclear threats. the board takes the unprecedented step, the first ti

gorbachev, open this gate. mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> sean: the wall came down.e will have more on president trump's significant diplomatic process throughout the show. we will show you how bribing dictators and kissing the rings of despots and murderers has failed all throughout history. let's turn to a brand-new explosive report from our own sara carter uncovering a new revelation about serious misconduct at some of the highest levels of ourr government. according to sara, multiple sources are saying fired fbi deputy director andrew mccabe issued a stand-down order during the initial phases of the fbi's investigation into hillary clinton's private email server. according to carter's sources, mccabe was overseas when he became aware of the investigation and sent electronic communications voicing his displeasure with agents doing their job. one fbi official tells sara carter, "mccabe tried to steer people off the private email investigation that appears to be obstruction and shoulde be investigated." this of course comes on the heels of the ig report on mccabe's

gorbachev makes it known, he's going to let the soviet union dissolve.e any reason that, like a gorbachev, he would be willing to walk away from his grandfather and father's history? >> i would be surprised if he walked away from 70 years of kim family occupancy leadership of north korea. >> a regime based on cruelty to its own people. >> whatever it's based on, it's been 70 years. the only thing that counts to him is the survival of that regime. and so i think it's good to talk rather than threaten bombing each other. i don't think there's a basis f -- they're not going to commit suicide, but talking is always useful. whether a summit or a lower level, i would let others decide that. i would start at a more modest level. but the director of central intelligence was a good way to get this started. >> appreciate your time. thank you for coming in. one more unforgettable moment with the former first lady barbara bush, involving her husband's distaste for a certain vegetable. >> i do not like broccoli! >> i'm going to tell you the honest truth, the presiden

guest: it is hard to see a parallel, mainly because vladimir putin is so different than gorbachev was theresa may is in a difficult position. she was minister of interior for many years, and that is when we had the first high-profile poisoning of a former russian agent, and nothing was done in response to that. so now she was forced to act as this was a much more brazen attack, meaning it affected british citizens, other citizens that were in the u.k. at the time some of with the release of a chemical weapon on british soil. we see her pushing the community to respond and pushing the united states to respond. a remains to be seen whether that kind of push will actually and a wayto the table that gorbachev came to the table for a conversation with reagan that led to the end of the cold war and these amazing transformations in the international order. i am skeptical because i do not think putin is as open to these kinds of dialogues with the west. host: a call from massachusetts, good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for entertaining the question. i would like to ask your guest

strategic nuclear weapons and reagan believed that gorbachev was right. he would modernize the country. i am not sure how after sanction upon sanction upon sanction in russia and its bombing of its closest allies syria how could the president have a good personal relationship? >> it is not conducive to this happening. nobody would trust them. because of the things that we unmentioned and they were russian investigation by mueller. trump said early on in his presidency the environment it made it impossible to have a relationship with russia. anyone would suspect friendliness was motivated by something else. i think as long as putin is there it's hard to see how the relationship changes. i think look back at the first couple years of the obama presidency. they looked at his as a failure. the truth is when there is a different russian leader medvedev was to long enough rope to do things differently. they thought very well of each other. they had interests. we saw what could have been like with a different leader. with putin and now i don't think we are going

it was there that he entertained president gorbachev. many other foreign leaders. john major. he had just come in to office, and he and norma came up to camp david. i remember him saying to george, well, i am with you. that was very important. just a lot of times. we were up there when noriega was caught. finally. that made our vacation. we had all of the family for christmas up there, and easter. george w. did the same thing. maybe i would throw this in, i remember hearing one of the first lady said, it is costly being the wife of the president. it is not costly at all. you do not pay a telephone bill. you do pay for your food. we had guests all of the time. t would say so-and-so, one egg $.18. you could never live as cheaply as you lived at the white house. 90 some people taking care of you. you did pay for your dry cleaning. we had someone who lived with us doing our ironing and washing. she did that there. and we did take care of those things. it was great to entertain at the white house and camp david. a chance for family. kennebunkport is the best. it gets blown down by

the country is entering a twilight zone between old and the new. of which mr gorbachev has repeatedlyer were $25 million. million, while our foreign debt was $118 billion. supplies were imported from abroad. across the road from my moscow home we had a large shop. to buy something to eat. sausages, no nothing. what were our options? the old communist price controls? yeltsin was ready to do it, so we did it. rocketed sky—high, this in turn fuelled more inflation. over the year it amounted to more than 2,000%. of course the transition was tough, but that's normal. these boys do a brisk trade as big mac fetchers. as much as their parents earned in a month. yes, indeed. people went out and started to trade. the market to develop. dealing in imported goods at exorbitant prices. all of that on their own initiative without central planning or command. but i did away with consumer shortages in this country. adrei nechaev in moscow. for the destitute and dying in the slums of kolkata. and to help the poorest of the poor. this woman was a volunteer as a young girl. it was known as one of the po

six months later, corporate gorbachev has caved.nald trump wants his deal but if he doesn't get his deal, he will simply increase the pressure. key example, we almost intercepted three tankers full of oil and the chinese begged us not to do it. so is quite capable of saying to him, you want me to simply cut of all economic trade with your country?that is your choice big boy. >>chris: while we were in paris, there were a number of developments and what we call for lack of a better word, the russia investigation. let's take a look at what happened just this week.the comey memos were released. rudy giuliani joined the presidents legal team. mr. trump tweeted, james comey illegally leaked documents to the press in order to generate a special counsel. therefore the special counsel was established based on an illegal act.really, does everybody know what that means? and deputy attorney general rosenstein reportedly told the president he is not a target of the investigation. congressman trey gowdy says that doesn't mean much. >> i don't thi

what comes next could easily be the chaos and anarchy of which mr gorbachev has repeatedly warned.e total foreign reserves of our once mighty power were $25 million. million, while our foreign debt was $118 billion. we had a real threat of hunger in large cities where most food supplies were imported from abroad. across the road from my moscow home we had a large shop. on the day of my ministerial appointment, i went in after work to buy something to eat. the shop was completely bare, no bread, no meat, no sausages, no nothing. what were our options? to wait until the economy grinds to a halt or to remove the old communist price controls. yeltsin was ready to do it, so we did it. the long haul towards a free—market economy began in january with the lifting of state controls on most prices which immediately rocketed sky—high, this in turn fuelled more inflation. over the year it amounted to more than 2,000%. of course the transition was tough, but that's normal. these boys do a brisk trade as big mac fetchers. for a small commission they will take your order and jump the line for yo

gorbachev supported the annexation of crimea. so what did cannon have to say about this, very wise again in 1998 age 94, we have signed up to protect a whole series of countries even though we have neither the resources or intention to do so in any serious way. coming back to the marshall plan to wrap up, i believe the historical lesson is this. we remember the marshall plan today because it was visionary and it stirred people's imagination, but it was also hardheaded and it succeeded because it was hardheaded. if we had defined success to include, for example, bringing czechoslovakian and poland and the marshall plan, we would have failed. why, because we would've had to go to war with the soviet union to do that. the american public would never have supported it and therefore, what we talked today about is the greatest success in american foreign policy and it probably would have been one of its greatest debacles. the great active statement ship like the marshall plan are grounded in realism and not just idealism. this is a les

. >> it's exactly what reagan and gorbachev did. reagan said we're going to do it.lked out of the meeting. we remember the second meeting with reagan and gorbachev. not the first. the second. if the first meeting goes well, it's the first of many. this isn't going to be we're going to have a meeting and have an end result. >> that's right. >> all right. we'll leave it there. democrats are reportedly facing a growing split over the party's message when it comes to the mid-term's election. could an anti trump agenda backfire? and more trouble for the democrats and hillary clinton's blame game tour over the 2016 election. what a new poll is revealing. details ahead. test test. your digestive system has billions of bacteria, but life can throw them off balance. try align, the #1 doctor recommended probiotic. with a unique strain that re-aligns your system. re-align yourself, with align. not having a good breakfast can make you feel like your day never started. get going with carnation breakfast essentials®. it has protein, plus 21 vitamins and minerals including calcium

gorbachev at a time when the president was trying to establish a personal relationship with mikhail gorbachev the smooth transition of the collapse of the soviet union. she also brought a style and gentility to the world of politics that i think a lot of people now try to emulate. i would hope there would be more people emulating that today. we have kind of drifted away from it. but she defined a classy way of doing politics that i think is important for people to remember. >> it should not be lost, but sure feels lost quite a lot. style, gentility, and class in politics these days. john sununu, thank you so much for coming in and sharing that. i appreciate that. >>> so we're going -- as we go to break, let's hear a little bit more from former first lady barbara bush. >> the one request i have is, that they stay loving siblings. and so far so good. and i'll be looking down, so behave yourself. ♪ with expedia you could book a flight, hotel, car and activity all in one place. ♪ so, my portfolio did pretthat's great.year. but the market was up nearly twice as much. that's a tough pill to swallow

was gorbachev good? how many like -- doesn't exist. a great candidate doesn't exist. what does exist? the human element and i evolution is such right trade for look ns are like -- let's throughout history. revolution 1917 and the world war ii. putin, tsin, and now the they are so sick and tired of change. and change is literally in their minds something negative so so in order to convince russians, my opinion, you have to tell them change or revolution. they're afraid of change. happy they can survive living.by and afford a you just can't be on example by by little on, examples like teach them the difference. that politics matters because how they translate in this and this into your personal life. and they feel it themselves, when they feel it, i believe out. they turn you cannot sell like simple, elections ric like are important to your duties as to vote. it doesn't work. they were like ruled. problems, take initiative. they have problems, going to their life. russian politics and participation comes down to dedication to teach them that to run. it's ok, yeah, somet

and if you go back and look at the letter to gorbachev in 87, the three-page letter which is filled with detail, policy analysis or go online and look at the speech to the university of virginia law school students who went down to charlottesville and gave a speech and interacted for a good hour and a half, there's no sign of alzheimer's or dementia. he was with dozens of aides, cabinet officials, reporters, nobody saw any evidence whatsoever. he was tired, no doubt about it from after the seven long years. so we had missiles pointed at each other. any mistake or misunderstanding could lead to. john foster dulles o were in sorry, harry truman wrongfully said south korea wasn't a part of our defense perimeter and within weeks, north korea invaded. carter said in 1979 afghanistan isn't a part of our defense perimeter and within months they sold it so even the little things o that the president isnt paying attention it can lead to big things. there is no evidence whatsoever. you look at the speeches and everything else and this was a fully engaged person. he was giving the interview towards

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media suggested then i would say this is in the same chain with gorbachev and with obama you know look what happened to that country that they blessed with a peaceful activities so that you get to the e.u. not so long ago and. that's what it really was it just seemed like a it was a sight but to try. doing. frightening you know when you started to through three things. you should. in the united states what could be done you're going to do you know you're right and i don't know because the that's what i said in my introduction i mean not long ago this would have been a flight into fancy because there is this inability to think in different ways we were talking about war just a few years ago you know but maybe maybe because i can't accept that trump is stupid and. i would like to imagine that you know. i don't think he's stupid i mean i've always said i'm more concerned with the company but he keeps ok i mean we have john bolton around that's a very dangerous character. i'm an analyst and policy maker that to my mind he's never gotten anything right ever in his entire career ok let me ge

now can now gorbachev and i know that you visited the soviet union during its reformist years of glasnostand perestroika reach as inspiring as they may be now in hindsight it ultimately led to the collapse of not only the system to the soviet system but also the collapse of the country do you think that's likely a likely scenario for cuba if the new president indeed pursues the reform agenda or if he doesn't so that was a question that i was asking myself and i was very very curious because of the half a century that i spent in cuba because of my love for the cuban people i wanted to observe this firsthand but i didn't want to observe it from the back of the pack and so i had. asked the cuban government to allow me to come inside as they were making their deliberations as they were passing the power in to observe this basically like a fly. i'm going to have children and. they don't answer me i have the choice the to be in cuba or be here in moscow for some very important thing this past week and i chose to come here to moscow instead of going to cuba well we are very happy it's to welcome

exception that he can make peace with the west you know he is simply making the same mistake that gorbachev i think it's really interesting i think the north koreans learned a lot from the iranians because the iranians never wanted to nuclear weapons so they started a program so they could give it away for sanctions relief is really smart by the way. for security but it seems to me the koreans are doing exactly the same thing they create they create a perceived threat and they say ok we'll take it off the table we want security guarantees but they did the real trick in all of this is going to be is how the north and south the. negotiate their terms and conditions for a peace because the two countries are still technically at war right now. kim joan was in beijing recently i think that he was telling the the chinese what they're going to do and the deal is going back to what the russians the chinese already proposed at the end of last year and this is going to try to. get on the treadmill i don't care i don't care. the mainstream media has to say if there can be a process it should be. appla

gorbachev russia, lose control of the process?intain control given these historic events? they have amazing control over the message in north korea. it is not like the fall of the soviet union in the late 1980's where there was so much information coming into the soviet union. they had the rising, sweeping oc and in the eastern bl walls were coming down. there is no such thing in north korea. the regime has a tight grip on the message and the people through intimidation and fear. different. if this is going to happen, it will come from the leadership. at least he is saying that he wants to have this kind of openness. the proof will have to be in the pudding in the road ahead. let me give you some translation of what kim jong-un said. he and moon jae-in will put in efforts of the agreement will not collapse as some agreements have done in the past. he is referring to the past. promises broken. he says that they will work to maintain and fulfill those promises. if you believe, and like many that we have spoke with today, that north