gorbachev and reagan. to that flew horror of their advisers, you can see images of this, to their absolute horror, they began to talk about eliminating all nuclear weapons. gorbachev didn't want to spend money on these weapons and break-in hated them because they could destroy the war. he had built more of them and he wanted to get rid of them. they negotiated the first limitation that actually destroyed weapons. all of the agreements of the early seventies, the so-called salt, strategic arms limitation talks, they had only put caps on the future building of weapons. now they were going to diminish weapons, now they were actually want to start destroying them. the nuclear arsenals are reduced during this period. the only new means for economical operation and they started to see each other escorting parties. we understand it was the were these were two rivals on the playground who have been punching each other for years. they started punching ever heard and as they started punching hearted they realized no

but he facilitated gorbachev's efforts. he supported gorbachev's efforts.he humanized his own policies. he was willing to connect with gorbachev and willing to encourage americans to connect with him. if he mobilized for more pressure and more force in the early '80s, he shifted direction, used the legitimacy he had as a hard liner, to sell a soft line to americans, to sell americans on working with gorbachev, to sell americans on the need to get beyond their own fears. reagan made americans feel stronger again, but he convinced them to use that strength to reach out. it was reagan's willingness to reach out, his restoration of american confidence and his use of that confidence to encourage more cooperation. you see great leaders are leaders who use strength and achievement to encourage cooperation in humanitarian activities not to encourage bullying and continued conflict. and reagan used the strength that he felt he had built in american society to then encourage cooperation and that's what i was feeling on the street of new york that day. the desire and

on gorbachev, on tax cuts, on so many issues, write down the line through his eight years.always an outsider. and he ran in 1984 as an outsider as a reformer to the washington buddy system. >> craig shirley are our guest taking your phone calls. edward starting with bob on california on the line to support president trump in the election 2020. bob go ahead. >> caller: i think president trump make a good leader i think he will be even better than reagan. i voted for reagan but he thought he was rather liberal and some of his actions. what she proved by leaving all these illegals overeat in our at that time, here. so we had you known deal with them as far as working. sue and i are still on there? probably heard you. >> guest: may answer that? versus 30 some years ago in different attitudes about illegal aliens in this country, illegal citizens in this country that we do now. also as a minuscule number of people as compared to now. but the bigger issue, john, is that reagan was president for eight years in the shadow of the cold war. that fell over everything he did, including

kennan, august 5, 19 87, talking about mic mikhail gorbachev.he became leadership in the soviet union, instituted changes, trying to reform society. is an wrote, "gorbachev remarkable man, so remarkable as to be almost inexplicable as to his own professional background. what he set out to do is no doubt deliberate service to society of the soviet economy from the ill effects of the ongoing traces of terrorism on the one hand and a corrupting system of privilege on the other , the aging brush enough of his cronies of trying to hold two things together for so many years. but these are deep in the pockets of soviet society and have mingled and partially fused there where the great distortions enter the russian empire by the communist revolution of 1970. it is this, in essence, the gorbachev is running up against, whether he realizes this or not. he sees as enduring evilness of life.ism and russian he probably thinks this is all he has to correct, but he may find, before he is finished, that in some respects, he has to correct the mistakes and blind

. >> gorbachev did most of the work to change the soviet union, but reagan met him halfway, reagan encouraged>> freedom of the press, i should mention, medicine originally called it freedom of the use of the press. it is freedom to print things and publish things. it is not a freedom for what we call institutionally as the press. >> lectures in history on american history tv on c-span3, every saturday at 8 p.m. eastern. lectures in history is also available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >> you are watching american history tv, covering history c-span style, with event coverage, by witness accounts, archival films, lectures in college classrooms, and visits to museums and historic places. all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> good morning. i'm one of the volunteers here at the army heritage and education center. we will talk a little bit today

in march 1905 mikhail gorbachev was named communist party general secretary he instituted a wide ranging program of restructuring and transparency this threat of soviet intervention in poland disappeared. in february 989 solidarity and communist party officials message to villa and there was sought to discuss the agenda for a new series of round table talks. $58.00 people to count now actually comprising representatives from the government and the opposition although in total including just 2 women. the discussions became a symbol for the creation of a new and stem a critic poland. east germany in autumn 1909 every monday evening residents of light sage gathered to demonstrate against the government at the border between poland and east germany was closed at that time but the spirit of the solidarity movement was sweeping across eastern europe. the long road that led to the fall of the berlin wall began in the down sc huge crowds still gather at the full my lenin shipyard every year to reflect on the legacy of the solidarity movement. the european solidarity center in the downs is a muse

people used to say, what is like dealing with gorbachev?met jack warner. >> and he was a democrat at the time. >> i did not know president mrs. obama. but i was one of the photographers for the inauguration, putting out that book. and the photograph of them in the elevator, the big freight elevator and they're on their way to one of the big ten inaugural ball's, to me that really went to the heart of who these people are. i mean, if i make a picture like this, i love the idea of the pictures, but the main thing is that i think i've revealed something about people that i did not know. because i'd had not covered the campaign, i didn't know them. obama's photographer was there. it but look at this, it is like a high school prom moment. you really learn something about who they are. >> fantastic. fantastic. >> you learn something about who he is. >> as i recall, this is the first time he shot him. >> it was the first time i photographed him. >> we have to be careful these days. i mean -- >> mister president, watch him with the students. has he

. >> gorbachev did most of the work, but reagan met him halfway, reagan encouraged him, reagan supported him. >> freedom of the press, madison called it freedom of the use of the press and it's freedom to print things and publish things, it's not a freedom for what we refer to as the institutionally the press. >> every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. lectures in history is also available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> between 1892 and 1954, about 12 million immigrants seeking a new life in america were taken to ellis island for screenings. millions of americans visit ellis island and the statue of liberty. on american artifacts, we visit ellis island immigration museum to learn about the immigrant experience. >> good morning. my name is peter urban and i'm a park ranger for the national park service. this island is the place where their american story began. 12 to 13 million americans came to this island and to this building in order to be given the okay to go out and start their lives in the late 1800s and early 1900s. a lot of people don't know about ellis islan

. >> with most college campuses closed due to the coronavirus, watch >> gorbachev did most of the workchange the soviet union, but again met him halfway, him.n encouraged they call that the use of the craft and it is indeed freedom to print things, it is not a freedom for what we call the freedom of the press. >> on american history tv on a c-span3, every saturday at 8 p.m. eastern. lectures in history is also available as a podcast, find it where you listen to podcasts. bookshelf,history jim dwyer and kevin flynn talk about their book 102 minutes, the untold story of the fight to survive inside the twin towers which draws on interviews the two authors injured -- conducted with rescuers and family members of victims who made last-minute contact with their friends and relatives on the morning of september 11. in 2005.ed this event >> good rn

. >> gorbachev did most of the work to change the soviet union, but reagan met him halfway.gan encouraged him. reagan supported him. >> freedom of the press, which i will get to later, that is originally called the freedom of the use of the press, and it is, indeed, freedom to print things and publish things. it is not what we refer to now institutionally as the press. >> lectures in american history on american history tv on c-span3 every saturday at 8:00 eastern. it is also available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >> 60 years ago, massachusetts senator john f. kennedy and incumbent vice president richard nixon took the stage for the first ever televised presidential debate. next on american history tv, we see them take questions on their leadership experience, communism at home and abroad, medical care for seniors, and the economy. jfk defeated mr. nixon in a close general election with less than 1% of the popular vote separating the two. the hour-long event, the first in the fall of 1960, took place in chicago. mr. smith: good evening. the television

. >> gorbachev did most of the work to change the soviet union but reagan met him halfway, reagan encouraged him, reagan supported him. >> freedom of the press, i should just mentioned, madison called at freedom of the use of the press and it is indeed freedom to print things and publish things. it is not a freedom for what we now refer to institutionally as the press. >> lectures in history on american history tv on c-span 3, every saturday at 8 p.m. eastern. lectures in history is also available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. you're watching american history tv. every weekend on c-span three explore our nation's past. c-span3, created by america's cable television company as a public service, and brought to you today by your television provider. >> next on american history tv. we hear about the history behind the myths about the texas rangers from doug swanson. author of "cult of glory: the bold and brutal history of the texas rangers." while the rangers emerged out of a wild and violent texas, he argues it's time to confront atrocities they committed against native am

so he wanted to win and frankly with gorbachev being the star and international scene bush wanted torted points on the board. baker was the action officer, baker was there to get things done. this 89 period something many historians have overlooked they focused on the soviet union was our first question was not the russia question. it was the german question. we had germany in the united germany from 1871 on had been a destructive force in europe. while we supported unification, wanted to try to do so and embedded in a transatlantic and the european union structures of today. not even marked a shift in some priorities, in the very first part of 1989 president bush came up with his very bold conventional forces glaciation initiative. most histories you will see don't even discuss it. notice the shift from a focus on strategic nuclear arms to conventional forces, that's because he believed that the cold war wasn't over until the source of the problem that started it, the division of germany and europe was resolved. that could be done until soviet forces went home. it also dealt with th

. >> gorbachev did most of the work to change the soviet union, but reagan met him half way. reagan encouraged him. reagan supported him. >> freedom of the press which we'll get to later, madison called it freedom of the use of the press and it is freedom to print things and publish things and it is not a freedom to what we now refer to institutionally as the press. >> lectures in history on c-span3 every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. lectures in history is also available as a podcast, find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> each week american history tv's american artifacts visits museums and historic places. next, we travel to somerset county, pennsylvania to visit the flight 93 national memorial and take a tour of the visitors center which details the events of september 11th 2001. the memorial is the final resting place of 40 passengers and crew whose decisive actions prevented four al qaeda hijackers from crashing a united airline 757 into the likely target, the u.s. capitol building. this program is just under an hour. >> hi. i'm adam schaefer and i'm a park ranger a

it would have been awkward for him, and it would've handed gorbachev a big pr bonanza had he forciblyed those several million illegals who were here at the time. by the way, many of those illegals had come from communist cuba, nick or while grau -- nicaragua and elsa lal -- el salvador. they were political refugees and we have a different policy for political as opposed to economic refugees. it was better to bring them into the american system, but also this was only in 1986, the bill that the gentleman was referring -- referring to, that allowed illegal citizens mostly from south american and new mexico and cuba to stay in this country. it had strict requirements of paying backlish, taxes, and there were many strictures that had to be met before they could achieve citizen hud. citizenship. unfortunately, subsequent administration, the george h w bush administration did not enforce those rules and strictures on the people who were here illegally. just kind of faded away and disappeared. al,: port huron michigan, on the line for those who support president trump. go ahead. caller: i wa

. >> gorbachev did most of the work to change the soviet, but reagan met him halfway, reagan encouraged him, reagan supported him. >> freedom of the press i should just mention madison originally called it freedom of the use of the press and it is indeed freedom to print things and publish things. it is not a freedom for what we now refer to as institutionally as the press. >> lectures in history on american history tv on c-span3. every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. lectures in history is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. ♪ >>> you're watching c-span3. your unfiltered view of government. created by america's cable television companies as a public and was brought to you by your television provider.n >>> and we're back this week.bar we continue the washington with journal's series on battlegrount states with this election -- this election year with ged political reporters and analysts on the ground. we're examine what's changed since 2016, what issues are motivating voters this year and take a look at recent political trends that could give us clues on how the

in march 1905 mikhail gorbachev was named communist party general secretary he instituted a wide ranging program of restructuring and transparency the threat of soviet intervention in poland disappeared. in february 989 solidarity and communist party officials message to villa and their warsaw to discuss the agenda for a new series of round table talks. $58.00 people took part largely comprising representatives from the government and the opposition although in total including just 2 women. the discussions became a symbol for the creation of a new and democratic poland. east germany in autumn 1909 every monday evening residents of leyte say she gathered to demonstrate against the government at the border between poland and east germany was closed at that time but the spirit of the solidarity movement was sweeping across eastern europe. the long road that led to the fall of the berlin wall began in the down sc huge crowds still gather at the full millennium shipyard every year to reflect on the legacy of the solidarity movement. the european solidarity center in the downs isn't easy m. an

>> it was reagan-gorbachev era.here were many similar musical events during the late 1980s period, end of the cold war. and i think that would be worthy of another chapter in your next book. >> my next book's on jazz musicians, but that is a good suggestion. this is about the tour in 1990. at the end of the book i look at the trip to north korea. i do look at that which i think it was 2008 -- 2007 or 2008. and i also look at the trips to china by the philadelphia orchestra ask approxima orchestra and the boston symphony. i look at those, the experience would be worth knowing more about. it's not in the book. >> they reflect the times. >> yes. >> they don't change foreign policy. >> but they were -- you know. if you look at -- that's a good point. but the rhetoric of both government officials and musicians would lead one to think that that is -- they weren't trying to be transformative. they weren't merely reflecting times. the hope was this would transform international politics, it would transform people's attitude

. >> gorbachev did most of the work to change the soviet union, but reagan met him half way. reagan encouraged him. reagan supported him. >> i should just mention, madison called it freedom of the use of the press and it is indeed freedom to print things and publish things. >> lectures in history, every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. lectures in history is also available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> so, today we're going to be talking about landscapes and preservation and sort of how preservation unexpectedly changes the places we set aside as parks and protected areas. the intention here is really not only to sort of understand the history of the protective spaces but to make the process more visual, to make it easier to understand not only the history of parks and how they have changed over time but why they have changed over time. we think of some things staying the thing. this changes things. that's the focus we're going to aim at today. and i'm going to -- there's often a presumption that public ownership is the best way to protect ownership. w

now i think that the soviet system can change and and in fact that change is quite likely and when gorbachev and about and whatever else you can say had coverage of he certainly institute that drastic changes he was right and you have to say he was right and those people who criticized him repeatedly in print and on television like richard pipes were wrong i mean they were they were absolutely wrong to say no no this is a totalitarian system of totalitarianism by definition chemical change so he was right there and of course in subsequently. when he has been an advocate but they don't he has been consistent he was an advocate for they don't in the seventy's in the eighty's ninety's and through the present basically he's saying that war is the worst possible outcome in relations between the united states and so you're in and then russia and he's been consistent as all the talk about always an apologist for putin as they were that was always ridiculous he was a very clear cool headed analyst who wanted good relations between the 2 nuclear superpowers and that's what drove his analysis you know

gorbachev attended. and check costly, but it ended with stars and stripes forever as an encore. i wonder if during your research you have come across that? >> i did not look at -- i looked at some recent things, i did not look at that tour. and i'm not sure -- the tours i looked at work tours sponsored by the u.s. government. where the government paid the bill. i'm not sure in that case >> did he have government support? >> it was reagan and gorbachev era. it was only one of many similar. this was the peak, but there were many similar musical events during that late 1980s period, the end of the cold war. i think it would be worthy of another chapter in your next book. >> my next book is on jazz musicians, but that is a good suggestion. this about the rostropovich tour in 1980. at the end of the book, i look at the new york philharmonic trip to north korea. i do look at that, which i think was 2008. 2007 or 2008. i also look at the trip to china by the philadelphia orchestra and boston symphony. the rostr

. >> gorbachev did most of the work, but reagan met him halfway. reagan encouraged him, reagan supported him. >> freedom of the press, which we will get to later, madison called it freedom of the use of the press and it is the freedom to print and publish things, not the freedom for what we refer to as the institutionalism of the press. p.m.ery saturday at 8 eastern. it's also available as a podcast. find >> historians david blight and annette gordon-reed talked about recent debates over historical monuments, discussing how people could make decisions about removing or contextualizing them based on historical information and public sentiment. the american historical association hosted and recorded this event. james: good afternoon. and i say that with some trepidation, because our audience is national and international. so, good morning to some of you and good evening to some of you. i am jim grossman, the executive director of the american historical association. and this is an initial experiment in something that we are likely to call "history be

. >> gorbachev did most of the work to change the soviet union, but reagan met him halfway, reagan encouraged him, reagan supported him. >> freedom of the press, i should just mention, madison originally called it freedom of the use of the press and it is indeed freedom to print and publish things. it's not a freedom for what we institutionally refer to as the press. >> every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. lectures in history is also available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >> up next on american history tv, officials from the national park service and preservation organizations talk about how historically black sites helped to tell the story of african-american migration. they argue for additional efforts and resources to preserve such places for current and future generations. this discussion was part of the association for the study of african-american life in history annual meeting. >> hello, and welcome. hello and welcome to the association for the study of african-american life and histories 104th annual conference. how the national park service tells the story of b

gorbachev, tear down this wall. [cheering and applause]

. >> gorbachev did most of the work to change the soviet union, but reagan met him halfway. reagan encouraged him, reagan supported him. >> freedom of the press, i should mention, madison called it freedom of the use of the press and it is freedom to print things and publish things, not the freedom for what we now refer to institutionally as the press. onlectures in history c-span3, every saturday at 8 p.m.. it's also available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >> this is american history tv weekend,3, where each we feature 48 hours of programs focused on our nation's past. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> the 1918 flu pandemic altered american life in ways that are familiar to those living through the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. conflicting information left people wary and fearful. college classes were held outside, sports were canceled, asks or challenged as un-american, and fines imposed on those who refuse to wear them. next, christopher mcknight co

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relationship with russia at that point president reagan and president bush had both worked with gorbachev, we had reached out to boris yeltsin, the president of russia and the leader of the former soviet union, if you will. i really thought the future was quite bright and we had a great team in the first bush administration, jim baker was secretary of state, dick chaney was secretary of defense and brett sokov was national security advisor, we worked together smoothly and it looked like the prospect was very bright. >> when you read your book, it doesn't look like the last 30 years that every panned out in the way you were hoping in some ways. the big question is what went wrong? >> that was the germ of an idea that really led to my writing the book was given where we were at the end of 1992 and fast forward 30 years and we are beset at every turn by challenges both internal and external, perceived as withdrawing from a global leadership role, in some respect we are. we're fighting three simultaneous crises here inside the united states, a racial cries, an economic crisis, a public health

momentous challenges, it would be like talking about ragan and what happened in terms of arbor control gorbachev i was fortunate enough to cover six years of ragan including world war Ãbhaving covered it in real life the drama of Ãb these enormous discussions and the possibility that they might ban all nuclear weapons and that it all falls apart. to say it failed is one thing to say they went there with these hopes and have this meeting and it creates a tremendous sense of suspense. i wanted to do that but i didn't have a subject. in february 2019 it was the day that president trump was going to deliver his state of the union address and nancy pelosi, speaker of the house, invited several tv anchors over to her hideaway in the capital and this was the hideaway that a lot of speakers have and it's a tradition in washington that if the speaker and the president are of opposing parties, this is true for republican president, democratic speaker, vice versa, that the speaker will deliver a pre-buff which is basically before the president even delivers a speech to tell you all the reasons that it's ba

. >> gorbachev did most of the work to change the soviet union, but reagan met him halfway, reagan encouraged him. reagan supported him. >> freedom of the press, madison originally called it freedom of the use of the press and it is indeed freedom to print things and publish things. it's not for a freedom for what we refer to institutional's the press. >>> lesson in history on c-span3, every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. lectures in history is also available as a podcast. >>> weeknights this month we're featuring american history tv programs as a preview of what is available every weekend on c-span3. tonight, university of maryland professor christopher bonner teaches a class about the concept of power in antebellum society. and he discusses how the invention of the cotton gin and resulting expansion of the industry have affected the relationship between owners and the enslaved. watch tonight. enjoy american history this week and every weekend on c-span3. >>> now a class from the university of utah about western settlement before, during and after the american revolution. using the kentucky

in march 1905 mikhail gorbachev was named communist party general secretary he instituted a wide ranging program at restructuring and transparency the threat of suffering at intervention in poland disappeared. in february 1909 solidarity and communist party officials met at a villa and there was sought to discuss the agenda for a new series of round table talks. the $58.00 people to come out now actually comprising representatives from the government and the opposition although in total including just 2 women. the discussions became a symbol for the creation of a new and democratic poland. east germany in autumn 1909 every monday evening residents of leyte sage gathered to demonstrate against the government on the border between poland and east germany was close to that time but the spirit of the solidarity movement was sweeping across eastern europe. the long road that led to the fall of the berlin wall began in the down sq huge crowds still gather at the formal lenin shipyard every year to reflect on the legacy of the solidarity movement. the european solidarity center in the downs is

when mikhail gorbachev came to power and instituted his policies of greater openness, jews were finally allowed to emigrate in greater and greater numbers. however, as soviet policy became more liberalized, their chances for coming to the united states became more restricted, because the immigration and naturalization service now argued the jews could no longer claim persecution because the soviet union was easing up on restrictions of the jewish population. -- theson why the reasons to emigrate were slowly starting to evaporate. it was american jewish groups who passionately advocated on behalf of the soviet refuseniks. it was these groups that reminded the bush and clinton administrations of their obligation to accept those who had once been at the center of foreign policy negotiation. it was this passionate advocacy on the part of american jewish groups that facilitated the entrance of over 358,000 former soviets, most of them jews, from 1990 to 1998. but here are some other examples. following congress worked hard have anything to allow following the 1989 tiananmen massacre, congres

the immigration numbers are down, illegal immigration is down, because of what president trump, gorbachevgoing to be seeing more drugs because remember this, during the family crisis, he said that agents are no longer on the lines . there changing diapers and making runs . now they are all on the line come there vigilant in their attacking the cartels. liz: there trafficking of drugs, like reflecting an increased violence suffered in the mexican border towns for the drugs are smuggled. south of the border we talked about this the homicides per capita are higher than the middle east. they said that drug cartels are using new and innovative ways to smuggle drugs, el paso texas nearly 160 liquid meth past office bottled water your reaction . tom: the cartel orcartels are sophisticated. they're always trying to stay one step ahead of law enforcement. even the money, the use crypto currency. and for going. they know that paper money can be seized . can be found. so now they're trying to hide the drugs and come up with many different sophisticated ways of hiding the narcotics. there even hiding

. >> gorbachev did most of the work to change the soviet union but reagan met him halfway. reagan encouraged him and reagan supported him. >> freedom of the press, i should mention, addison called it freedom of the use of the press and it is indeed freedom to print and publish things, not what we now refer to institutionally as the press. >> lectures in history on american history tv on c-span3, every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. lectures in history is also available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>, openedvil war'," elmira in july of 1864 after many union prisoners were at capacity. almost 3000 confederate pow's died at the camp from disease, exposure to the elements, from malnutrition during its one year in operation. next, derek next field, author of "hellmira: the union's most infamous pow camp of the civil talks about the conditions at the prison and some of the officers in charge. his talk was part of a symposium on the war in the east hosted by the emerging civil war blog. edna5 minutes, historians greene medford and vernon burton discuss the

presidents gorbachev and reagan start of the process of dismantling the iron curtain. me as office and as you say i don't see any threat for us from the west for the troops withdrew from is to europe peacefully they were dismantling their own them by. it was the end of the cold war years of isolation and separation from the west were at and then the berlin wall fell to jubilation in the west. boris yeltsin russia's 1st elected leader transformed the country from the one party is for the system to a multi-party democracy. so what went wrong. way the west treated russia would play a powerful role in the course the country would follow my good friend alexander bono expert of the carnegie moscow center has been considering these issues for a long time. or i'm glad by them in their home one of the why are you going on there i just knew the russian. stock income behind your watch that option more than you which. and going yeah because a lot of dollars i think as you see gushed that lovely and the girl who's one years they say is anything near city u.s. military but if that's

. >> gorbachev did most of the work to save the soviet union, but reagan met him half way.eagan encouraged him. reagan supported him. >> freedom of the press which i'll get to later, i should mention, madison called it freedom of the use of the press and it is freedom to print things and publish things and it is not a freedom to institutionally as the press. >> lectures in history on american history on c-span3. every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. lectures in history is available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> you're watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook at c-span history. up next on history bookshelf, miriam powel joins us with the crusades of cesar chavez. she also discusses the truth behind some of the myths that have developed about mr. chavez and the movement he led. we recorded this program at the 2014 san antonio book festival. >> good morning. welcome. bienvenidos. today, we are very fortunate to have a very special guest with us miriam powel. however, i would lik

. >> gorbachev did most of the work but reagan encouraged him, reagan supported him. >> i should justmention madison originally called it freedom of the use of the press, and it is indeed freedom to print things and publish things. it is not a freedom for what we now refer to institutionally as the press. >> lectures in history an american history tv on c-span 3 every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. lectures in history is also available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >> live now to capitol hill to hear from centers for disease control director dr. robert redfield. he's testifying on the latest coronavirus response efforts before a senate appropriations subcommittee. live coverage on c-span 3. >> live coverage here on c-span 3 of the hearing with cdc director dr. robert redfield. he'll be giving testimony this morning on the coronavirus response efforts. we're waiting for the hearing to get under way here. live coverage on c-span 3. >> live coverage here on c-span 3 of a hearing with cdc director dr. robert redfield. he'll be giving testimony this morning on the cor

. >> gorbachev did most of the work to change the soviet union, but ronald reagan met him halfway. ronald reagan encouraged and supported him. >> freedom of the press, madison originally called it freedom of the use of the press and it is the freedom to print and publish things. it is not freedom for what we now refer to institutionally as oppressed. >> on c-span3. every saturday at 8 p.m. eastern. lectures in history is also available as a podcast. the 19 60 presidential debates between john f. kennedy and richard nixon will be the focus of alive program next sunday, september 27 at 9 a.m. eastern. our guest is the presidential studies director at the university of virginia's miller center. we will talk about how the debates came to be. at the issues, and how the debates created public expectations for later campaigns. that's next sunday here on american history tv. >> you are watching american history tv, covering tv c-span style. all weekend every weekend on c-span3. founded in 1841, the georgia state lunatic, idiot, & epileptic asylum became the largest mental institution in th

. >> gorbachev did most much of the work to change the unit so the. indian but reagan met him halfway, reagan encouraged him, reagan supported him. >> freedom of the press which we'll get to later i should just mention, madison originally called it freedom of the use of the press and it is indeed to print things in publish things, it is not a freedom for what we now refer to institutionally as the. press >> lectures in history. on american history tv on c-span 3. every saturday at 8 pm eastern. lectures in history is also available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >> next, on lectures in history, sonoma state university professor

. >> gorbachev did most much of the work to change the unit so the. indian but reagan met him halfway, reagan encouraged him, reagan supported him. >> freedom of the press which we'll get to later i should just mention, madison originally called it freedom of the use of the press and it is indeed to print things in publish things, it is not a freedom for what we now refer to institutionally as the. press >> lectures in history. on american history tv on c-span 3. every saturday at 8 pm eastern. lectures in history is also available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >> next, on lectures in history, sonoma state university professor laura watt, teaches a class on the evolution of a natural park system and the effort to preserve pristine wilderness. she argues that this approach obscures the ways that humans have iran tractor with the land. her class is about one hour in ten minutes. >> so today we're gonna be talking about landscapes and preservation and sort of preservation unexpectedly changes parks is protected areas. the intention

model for defeating the communist party of china needs to be adapted from the model that mikhail gorbachevused to bring down the soviet union. that is -- we need to break through the firewall in china and get information into the chinese people. if we do that, the chinese people will get rid of the communist party of china. so thank you all. [applause] >> i just want to say a special thanks to this panel. i like moderating, but i know when the panel is above my pay grade, and so i asked bill gertz to moderate this panel. and liberty assumes students ae watching out there. we've got a ton of folks streaming two different shows across the country. i just want to let you know who you just heard from. these are the three best book authors in the country by far. all other titles are not exactly rosy sinners. they're not optimist. i'm an optimistic calvinist if there is such a thing. michael pillsbury on 100 your marathon. a war -- 100 your marathon. the general on "stealth war," and bill gertz on "deceiving the sky." so deceptive offense is in the clouds, the defenses under the earth and the em

. >> gorbachev did most of the work to change the soviet union, halfway,n met him reagan encouraged him and supported him. , this is theention freedom of the use of the press, and publishing. lectures in history, on american history tv on c-span three, every saturday. podcast.lable as a find it where you listen to podcasts. week, american history tv's american artifacts visits museums and historic places. next we take you inside the u.s. capital house wing where curators use artifacts and photographs to trace the history of women in congress. this is the first of a two-part program. >> the story of women in congress begins with jeanette rankin. she was elected to the house in 1916 from montana.