wants a reformed police force mikhail gorbachev's life is a play. but 1st we start in azerbaijan the caucasian country is at war with its neighbor. more and more civilians are being killed in the process the warring parties blame each other for this. if you go far as the live shows us where he used to live until very recently. to see a rocket hit his house in early october he says it was so. hard to build right off base sure that. his home for 35 years burnt down to the walls. never worked up the whole family was sitting here watching t.v. and suddenly there was an explosion in the backyard everything started burning we ran outside and called the fire fighters but when they arrived it was already too late for me if you. burn memories. to go far as early as is convinced that armenia is responsible for the attack the neighboring country deliberately bombed many civilian targets in the area he says. we can't independently verify this we are not allowed to move freely near the front line we are only allowed to film with the as of a john eales or a tease

that was after gorbachev had been released. long story short, i had immediate visa that he arranged and i got on a train and went to frankfort and then flew to russia, i spent the next five days being introduced to the new leaders. the coup against gorbachev was a shift of power, there was still a soviet union but he was the president of russia. everyone then was talking russia not soviet union, russian this, russia that. things were changing dramatically. one of the most interesting sessions, i sat down with the leaders of kazakhstan another soviet republics with gorbachev presiding where they were debating the breakup of the soviet union, i concluded during that five-day visit that this empire was coming apart. it was the only time in history that an empire had come apart without any kind of war at all, there is no military victory, the economic system had collapsed. the system was inconsistent. so they were coming apart, saying it was so dangerous and what was possessing 30,000 nuclear weapons. they had 40,000 tons of chemic

a couple days later, gorbachev was released. i was still in budapest. my friend who later became the deputy minister of defense in russia, he's still there in russia today, still a friend. he called me and said, you've got to come to russia, sam. you got to call me and come to russia immediately. things are really changing. that was after gorbachev was released. long story short, i got an immediate visa that he arranged. i got on a train and went to frankfort and then flew to russia. it was still the soviet union then. i spent the next five days being introduced to the new leaders. these were the yeltsin people because the coup against gorbachev resulted in a shift in policy. yeltsin was the president of russia, and everybody then was talking russia, not soviet union, russia this and russia that. so things were changing dramatically. one of the most interesting sessions, i sat there with all the leaders of the soviet republicans with gorbachev presiding where they were debating the breakup of the soviet union. and i concluded during that five-day visit

say gorbachev has to be on that list. --my view, any predecessor the system is going to collapse, but humanity was blessed by the fact gorbachev was in leadership. any of his predecessors and we would've had a bloodbath. it would not have been a peaceful collapse of an empire. gorbachev, in my view, he did not save the system, but he saved humanity from probably the worst atrocities in history. could have been. i did not agree ping change to the world when he changed china. he created the incentive system and awakened the sleeping giant. third, i would put the series of presidents we had from truman through h w bush when the cold war ended. some gutsy decisions. bush at the end made a lot of good decisions in terms of germany and german unification. he got rid of a huge number of excess dangerous, risky nuclear weapons. of course the state of georgia, jimmy carter, he put pressure on all other system and graphing systems -- not with military power per se -- but with emphasis on values and human rights and integrity. that

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gorbachev has to be the systemt because was going to collapse.s blessed by the fact gorbachev was in leadership, because any of his predecessors, in my view, we would have had a bloodbath. it would not have been a peaceful collapse of an empire, so gorbachev in my view, he did not save the system, but he probably they from worst atrocities in history that could have been. , i certainlyson did not agree with him on many things, but ming changed the world when he changed china. he awakened the sleeping giant. third, i would put the series of presidents we had from truman through h.w. bush when the cold war ended. truman made some very gutsy decisions. h.w. bush at the end made a lot of good decisions in terms of germany, german reunification. huge number of excess, dangerous nuclear weapons. justd brent scowcroft, who passed away, had a huge effect. he put pressure on the soviet system and all autocratic systems. not with military power but with his emphasis on values and human rights and integrity and dignity and respect for human beings. that is

wants a reformed police force mikhail gorbachev's life as a player. but 1st we start in azerbaijan the car cation country is at war with its neighbor armenia more and more civilians are being killed in the process the warring parties blame each other for this. if you go far as the live shows us where he used to live until very recently. to see a rocket hit his house in early october he says. so. i think both right off base sure that. his home for 35 years burned down to the walls. never worked up the whole family was sitting here watching t.v. and suddenly there was an explosion in the backyard everything started burning we ran outside and called the firefighters but when they arrived it was already too late sharif. and memories. to go for as early as is convinced that armenia is responsible for the attack the neighboring country deliberately bombed many civilian targets in the area he. says . we can't independently verify this we are not allowed to move freely near the front line we are only allowed to film with the as of a john eales or a tease let

. >> gorbachev did most of the work to change the soviet union, but reagan met him halfway, reagan encouraged and supported him. >> freedom of the press, i mention, we'll get to later, madison often 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 on american history tv on c-span3. every saturday at 8:00 a.m. eastern. lectures in history is also available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> the largest stone fort in the united states sits at the mouth of the chesapeake bay near hampden, virginia. up next, robin reed gives us a tour showcasing the fort's history from a colonial era through its completion in 1834 and its role in the civil war. >> welcome to fort monroe located on the pleasant place we call point comfort. actually, oh, point comfort and that way for a long, long time. here over 400 years of history occurred. in fact, some say even longer. some say even thousands of years. inside the museum aptly named, casemat

. >> gorbachev did most of the work to change the soviet union, but reagan met him halfway, reagan encouraged and supported him. >> freedom of the press, 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. it is not a freedom for what we now refer to institutionally as the press. >> 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. >> each week, american history tv's american artifacts visits museums and historic places. next, we travel about 15 miles northwest of washington, d.c. to great falls tavern visitors center where we'll take a boat ride to learn about the history of the chesapeake and ohio canal. >> i would like to introduce myself. my name is cassandra and i am a seasonal park ranger here at the chesapeake and ohio canal. i think we're going to cast off here shortly, but we'll go ahead and start to give you a brief history of here on the canal. so it is called the chesapeake and ohio canal, b

. >> 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 we'll get to later, madison originally called it freedom of the use of the press. it is, indeed, the freedom of the press to print things. >> every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. lectures in history is also available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. week nights this month, we're featuring american history programs as a preview of what's available every weekend. tonight, programs on the military. we travel to northeastern france to tour two battlefields where american and french forces fought to stop a german offensive toward paris. that starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern. enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >> you're watching american history tv. every weekend on c-span three. created by america's cable television providers as a public service and brought to you by your cable provider. >>> tuesday morning andrew mccabe testifies on the fbi russia investigation in a hearing before the se

. >> thank you, just a brief coent on a question on gorbachev and he w very popular and actually gorbachev hielf said in 2014 i believe thathere was more to pledge from nato member states so there is nothing to discuss here actually and if i remember they practice this degree in nato forces [inaudible] but there was no any pledge and [inaudible] i think this narrative is very popular. >> ambassador i see them reacting saying gorbachev himself denies. >> yeah, that's wt i said. in 2014 there was interviewed by a - i remember but the rest of the media said there was n such pledge and on rsia our position is russia should not have integration to nato and y know, some nato members say that's a concern and they don't want t make any moves and w talked to similar discussions. for example, you are in lk when ukraine had opportunity partners andhen there wer concerns and some of the member said why do we want to grant ukraine and explain that the region is good for russia but ukraine was granted this status a couple of months ago, four months ago and actually because wepplied for assistance we nee

just a brief comment on the question of gorbachev. it's a very popular myth. actually, gorbachev himself said in 2014, i believe, that there is an old pledge from nato member states, americans and british. i think there is nothing to discuss here actually. and as far as i remember, what the germans, americans, and agreed to back in 1990 was that there would be no non-german nato forces in the territory of the former gdr. was a formal agreement or something like that. there was no pledge. i think it's important to remember that, because i know that this narrative is very popular, is insanely popular. >> ic the ambassador is reacting, saying that gorbachev himself denies that also. >> yeah, that's what i said. it was in 2014. i think he was interviewed by german media -- i don't remember. some of the western media, and he said there was no such and such. and on russia, yes, you know, our position is clear. russia should not have that right on our integration to nato. and, you know, some concerns, there are some concerns among some nato member states, they don't

. >> gorbachev did most of the work to change the soviet union. but reagan met him halfway.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 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 8:00 p.m. eastern. lectures in history is also available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> weeknights this month we're featuring american history tv programs as a preview for what's available every weekend on c-span 3. tonight programs on the military we'll travel to northeastern france with historian mitchell jakelson to tour two battlefields where american and french forced fought in 1918 to stop a german offensive toward paris. that starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern. enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span 3. >> you're watching american history tv. every weekend on c-span 3 ex

well, gorbachev really changed the they say the priorities of soviet foreign policy. and he thought that internal reform was the most pressing priority. and therefore that he needed a good relationship with the west, and that is what he, what he tried to pursue. and by one surprising thing we have maybe just some will be the right of james baker. perhaps facilitating what we now know is war lords by withdrawing aid as part of the negative symmetry that occurred after the soviet withdrawal. well that was yes, part of the way that the did you need the soviet union, which drew from afghanistan under the accords that were cited geneva, 1988 and one president reagan saw the text he didn't like. the fact that aid to the judge did was close to start before the soviets withdrew. so the us policy was that it wouldn't stop aid to the ridge on a day until the other side, the soviet union, and that russia stopped a coup the government in kabul. or not is what they agreed on in the fall that she $91.00, which of course led to the collapse of the government. one of the important le

. >> gorbachev did most of the work to change the soviet union but reagan met him halfway, reagan encouraged, reagan supported him. >> freedom of the press, which we'll get to later, i should mention, madison called it freedom of the use of the press. it is, indeed, freedom to print things and publish things. it is not a freedom for what we 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 available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> this morning facebook ceo zuckerberg and twitter ceo jack dorsey answer questions about censorship, suppression about "new york post" articles and their company's handling of 2020 election. they will testify before the senate judiciary committee live at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. online at c-span.org or listen free on the c-span radio app. >>> with joe biden as president-elect, stay with c-span for live coverage of the election process and transition of power. c-span, your unfiltered view of politics. >>> the meeting at the summit, t

gorbachev tried to break this cycle. yeltsin tried to break that cycle. and one of the reasons was the failure was the enormous political trauma of the collapse not nearly of the soviet union, but really of the russian empire as it had existed from the mid 17th century. that trauma weighed on yeltsin and as his health declined, so did the reforms in russia which might have turned the place around. are we doomed to putinism and an endless cycle of hostility? not necessarily, not necessarily. not in the paper, but recently, some of us involved in this meeting were fascinated by an article in moscow by the long-- by the russian americanist who argued that russia had overextended itself and betting all on donald trump was a bad bet with biden coming in, and he argues strikingly, his words, not mine, to for a new major-- the tactical withdrawal in the face of german superiority, the better to save and rebuild his country at home. the fact that someone is willing to make that analogy suggests that they know russia is overextended and are prepared to think about

perestroika came 97 and 98 and 99 where gorbachev trying to move towards a more open society than in 1989 the fall of the berlinn wall. and then one year later the second summit of the helsinki process it was the accomplishment to get to 1990 with a 1975 is the of the struggle. and with the frontline crusaders. so the founder of the moscow group and 15 years in prison on behalf ofeh human rights russia and has a new home in the united states and at the age of 96 so the point that i bring up here was the helsinki process is the government and her citizens with the importance of civil society because they are facing renewed oppression and the region. so that was a major accomplishment and a major statement and that only system of government in the w nation. and with the attack and that the premier organization the world and one example and then to combat human trafficking days later. and with that parliamentary assembly and adopted in the parliamentary assembly and the united states congress the premier document globally. and with the modern-day slavery. and with the charter of paris w

. >> gorbachev did most of the work to change the soviet union. .ut reagan met him halfway reagan encouraged him. reagan supported him. , madisonm of the press originally called it freedom of the use of the press. it is the freedom to print things and publish things. it is not a freedom for what we refer to as the press. >> lectures in the history on c-span3 every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. lectures in his three is also available as a podcast. -- in history is also available as a podcast. each week until the election american history tv is showing coverage of presidential races. up next, from the 2000 presidential race, al gore and george bush take place in a town hall, style -- town hall-style debate. this was the third and final presidential debate in the 2000 campaign, with the candidates taking questions from undecided voters. president bush defeated vice president for in one

gorbachev tried to break the cycle. yeltsin tried to break this cycle. they failed. and we tried to account for that failure. one of the reasons for that failure was the enormous political trauma of the collapse -- not merely of the soviet union, but really of the russian empire as it had existed from the mid-17th century. that trauma weighed on yeltsin, and as his health declined, so did the reforms in russia, which might have turned the place around. are we doomed to put putinism in an endless cycle of hostility? not necessarily. not necessarily. recently, paper but some of us were fascinated via an article in the moscow times by the russian-americannist vladimir who argued that russia had overextended itself and donald trumpn was a bad bet. the fact that someone is willing to make that analogy suggests that they know that russia is overextended and are prepared to think about a better future, not because the west tries to accommodate itself to putinism, but because russia attempts to do under perhaps more favorable circumstances that gorbachev and yeltsin had, att

. >> gorbachev did most of the work. but reagan met him halfway. reagan encouraged him. reagan supported him. >> freedom of the press, medicine originally called it freedom of the use of the press, and it is indeed freedom to 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-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, america history tv's real america rings he archival films that provide context for today's public affairs issues. ♪ >> i've just had my say in the government of our country, my own private say. and if you, or the policeman over there, or the president of the united states asks me how i voted, i can say that's none of your business. as an american, i have that right. every one of these people has that right. you have it. and it's something special. americans have a heritage of the vote no other nation on earth can match because in the modern world, we were the fir

. >> gorbachev did most of the work to change the soviet union. but reagan met him halfway.the press and it is indeed freedom to print and publish things. it is not of freedom what we now refer to institutionally as the press. >> >> lectures and history every saturday. lectures in history is also available as a podcast. andext, lawrence kudlow brenda major vic -- brian domitrovic speak about their book, "j.f.k. and the reagan revolution." this event was held at the corner bookstore in september of 2016 in the midst of the presidential campaign. in 55 minutes, two best-selling authors discuss how they use historical research in their work. the talk about widespread opiate addiction among civil war veterans. >> good evening, everyone. my name is lena, and my husband and i are owners of the corner bookstore. i want to know if you can hear me. we have a new sound system. does it work well? great, wonderful. well, we are obviously thrilled, honored, to be celebrating the j.f.k. anyn of " reagan revolution." we have the two co-authors with us. a man who needs no introduction,

. >> 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 we'll get to later, i should mention, madison called it freedom of the use of the press. it is the freedom to print things and publish things, it's not what we 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. >> you're watching american history tv. every weekend on c-span3, explore our nation's past. c-span3 created by america's cable television company as a television service and brought to you today by our television provider. >> this morning facebook ceo mark zuckerberg and twitter ceo jack dorsey answer questions about censorship, suppression of "new york post" articles and their company's handling of 2020 election. they will testify before the senate judiciary committee live at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. online at c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. >>> up next,

. >> gorbachev did much of the work to change the soviet union, but reagan met him halfway.ing of the press, madison originally called the freedom of the use of the press and is freedom to print things and publish things. it is not a freedom for what we refer institutionally to as the press. announcer: lectures and 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. announcer: up next on american artifacts, we traveled to northeastern france to trace the steps of american soldiers during the spring and early summer of 1918. but first, a portion of a 1960 u.s. army film that describes the military situation at the time. >> the germans rode across the defenses in the river. y into thelentlessl french nation. in three days they reached the river and was less than 40 miles from paris.

. >> gorbachev did most of the work to save the soviet union. but reagan met him halfway.n encouraged him. reagan supported him. >> freedom of the press, which we will get too later -- i should just things madison called it the freedom of the use of the press. it is to print thing and publish things. it is not a freedom for what we now refer to institutionally as the press. >> lectures in history on c-span3 after saturday at 8:p.m. eastern. lectures in history is also available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> up next, the georgia historical society senior historian interview sam nunn about the cold war 70 years after it started. nun was a starter from georgia and senate armed services committee chair. after leaving the senate he cofounded the nuclear threat initiative. senator nunn reflects

gorbachev,d, tear down this wall. berlingers t celebrated together. the following year, october 3, in west germany reunited as one. it was the beginning of the end war and today we a're celebrating this day as a day of freedom. german americans in recognizing that freedom is always worth fighting for. mr. speaker, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: thank you. does the urpose gentleman from georgia seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to ddress the house for one minute. mr. carter: and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. speaker, i rise today to congratulate rachel alter for being selected for promotion from lieutenant commander to commander in the u.s. coast guard reserves. is a 29-year er veteran of the u.s. coast guard and served about one third of georgia's first congressional district. throughout her service, she has lways gone above and beyond to selfishly defend our nation and advocate for the coast guard, service women

just a quick comment on a question, [inaudible] gorbachev himself said in 2014, i believe that there is a pledge from nato member states included, so i am happy to discuss it here, actually. as far as i remember, what the germans and americans agreed to, back in 1990, there would be no non-german nato forces in the territory of the former gdr. there was an informal agreement that they came to like that but there was no pledge. i think it is important to because i know this narrative is very popular. >> the ambassador is reacting, saying that gorbachev himself denies that. >> that's what i said. it was in 2014. i think he was interviewed by the german media -- i don't remember. on russia, yes, you know, our position is that russia should not have that right on our integration to nato, and you and we've had similar discussions. for example, during last couple of years, when ukraine applied for eop, and they were also concerned and found the member states were quite reluctant to grant ukraine this status, explaining that it could destabilize the region. it could provoke russia. but ukra

the ambassador is reacting, saying that gorbachev himself denies that. >> that's what i said. it was in 2014. i think he was interviewed by the german media -- i don't remember. on russia, yes, you know, our shouldn is that russia not have that right on our integration to nato, and you concerns, there are some concerns among some nato member states, they don't want to make any moves that could, like, provoke russia or something like that. we have had similar discussions, for example, during the last couple of years, when ukraine applied for eop. we are also concerned, and found the member states were quite reluctant to grant ukraine this status, explaining that it could destabilize the region and provoke russia, but ukraine was granted the status, a couple of andhs ago, four months ago, we were quite consistent. we planned why we needed that and why it is important for ukraine, for nato and our relations. needed it because sometimes, we had a feeling that you know, our nation is like a stationary bike. we invest in a lot of our moving and we are not forward, you know? eop was

. >> gorbachev did most of the work to change the soviet union but reagan encouraged him, supported himom of the press we'll get to late. madison originally calmed it freedom of the use of the press and it is indeed freedom to print and publish things. not a freedom for what we now refer to institutionally as the press. >> lectures in history on american history tv on c-span3 every saturday and 8:00 p.m. eastern. lectures in history is also available at a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> weeknights this month we feature american history tv programs as preview of what's available every weekend on c-span3. tonight, programs on the military. we'll travel to northeastern france with historian mitchell yuckalson to tour two battlefields where american and french forces fought in the spring of 1918 to stop a german offensive towards paris. that starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern. enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >>> you're watching american history tv. every weekend on c-span3 explore our nation's past. c-span3 created by america's cable television companies as p

. >> gorbachev did most of the work to change the soviet union but reagan met him halfway, reagan encouraged, 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 freedom to print things and publish things. it's not a freedom for 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 at a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> week nights this month we're featuring american history tv programs as a preview of what's available every weekend on c-span3. tonight programs on the military. we'll travel to northeastern france with historian mitchell yakleson to tour two battlefields with american and french forces fought in the spring of 1918 to stop a german offensive towards paris. that starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern. enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >>> you're watching american history tv. every weekend on c-span3, explore

. >> gorbachev did most of the to work change the soviet union. but reagan met him halfway, reagan encouraged him, reagan supported him. >> freedom of the press, which we'll get to later, madison wrote about the use of the press and indeed freedom to print things and publish things, not 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 8:00 p.m. eastern. lectures in history is also available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> since the 1970s david pill "grey's anatomy" has collected every day objects that mark and dehumanize african-americans. the founder and director of the jim crowe mousse yuchl of racism. memorabilia he said they can be used as teaching tools. next on american artifacts a visit to the museum at ferris state university in big rapids, michigan to see a selection of artifact of a collection of thousands. special thanks to the museum's cinemagrapher recorded the audio and video while we asked questions via zoom. >> when i

president george bush and i knew as secretary of state, we had a lot of business still to do with gorbachev and his foreign minister. we didn't rub their noses in it. we were very restrained to the point that president bush was criticized roundly for not showing more emotion at the fall of the wall. after all, we had been in the cold war situation with the soviets for over 40 years. the war had ended. we had won. why weren't we celebrating? we weren't celebrating because we didn't want to stick it in their eye since we had a lot more -- a lot more things we needed to get done. and i think that would be one good example. >> so after you've walked in your counterpart's shoes and empathized, and before you get to the table. and then you get to the table. and it's time to start the actual horse trading, as we say in texas. >> right. >> so what do you think in order to be able to strike a deal, you talked a minute ago about not viewing it as a zero-sum game. you talk about yourself many times about the importance of pragmatism. >> right. >> expand how you always kept pragmatism in the front of y

it would be like reagan talking up what ended up in terms of arms control of gorbachev.as fortunate to cover pictures of reagan including reagan and gorbachev summit spirit but having covered it in real life, the drama of reykjavÍk and his enormous discussions and the possibility they might ban all nuclear weapons and then it all falls apart to just say reykjavÍk failed is one thing. to save they went there with these hopes, creates a tremendous sense. i wanted to get but have a subject. in february of 2019 it was the day that president trump was going to deliver his state of the union address. and nancy pelosi, the speaker of the house, invited several tv anchors over to her hideaway in the capital, this was the hideaway about the speakers have and there's a tradition in washington that if the speaker and the president are of opposing parties, this is true for republican president, democratic speaker and vice versa, that the speaker will deliver a pre-bottle which is basically before the president even delivers a speech to tell you all the reasons that it's bad. were si

. >> gorbachev did most of the work to change the soviet union. but reagan met him halfway, reagan encouraged him, reagan supported him. madison originally called it freedom of the use of press and it's freedom to print things and publish things. it's not a freedom for now what we refer to institutionally as the president. >> lectures in history every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. lectures is history is also available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> the largest stone fort in the united states sits at the mouth of the chesapeake bay. fort monroe casemate museum director gives us a tour showcasing its history and its role in the civil war. >> we're inside the casemate music because we're inside a casemate. it's a vault inside of a wall. kind of unique for museums in this day and time. we're going to walk you through the museum and talk about the interesting history that occurs here. some of our stories will deal with the indians, the africans that first arrived here. thousands and thousands of years ago, the natives of this

it's a point president bush made in june of 1990 and gorbachev accepted. we also wanted to create an opportunity for countries that suffered in eastern europe to move beyond the place in histy -- history where it had been referred to as the lands between germany and russia, to become part of a unified, democratic europe. also to reassure security from the atlanta toik the urals with a landmark conventional agreement which had a huge reduction in troops, verification, often overlooked by historians but quite important to assist the soviet union, later and end of its empire, while respecting its concerns for security development and political ties. supporting the e.c.'s transition into what is today the european union, with political and monetary union, while encouraging the e.c. to expand to the east and have ties with the united states. and as jane mentioned from the start, recognizing the trans-atlantic connection with the u.s. and canada, in parts through changes of nato and the institutionization. so as senator cardin mentioned, history is important, th

. >> gorbachev did most of the to work change the soviet union. but reagan met him halfway, reagan encouraged him, reagan supported him. >> freedom of the press, which we'll get to later, madison wrote about the use of the press and indeed freedom to print things and publish things, not 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 8:00 p.m. eastern. lectures in history is also available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> since the 19

. >> gorbachev did most of the work to change the soviet union. but reagan met him halfway. use of the press. it is not a freedom for what we now refer to institutionally as the press. >> lectures in history on american history tv every saturday at 8:00 eastern. lectures in history is also available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >> if you like american history tv, keep up with us during the week on facebook, twitter, and youtube. learn about what happened this day in history and see preview clips of upcoming programs. at c-span history. >> up next on "american artifacts," we travel to northeastern france to trace the steps of american soldiers during the spring and early summer of 1918. but first, a portion of a 1960 u.s. army film that describes the military situation at the time. [video clip] >> the germans rolled across the defenses and the aisne river, stretching from soissons to rheims, in a driving, relentless force which struck panic into the french nation. in three days, the gn

was assuming power, yeltsin went to visit gorbachev and once he secured power, he said that's the last time i talk to him. anything that he wants, he has to walk to me. and it's that kind of bravado or that kind of macho mentality that is fundamentally, by the way, incompatible with democracy. you know, the idea that there is an interest that is superior to your own ego is, you know, fundamental to what we think of as a democratic society. and that really, really speaks to kind of the way that donald trump has approached his office. there's nothing novel about that. we've known that in his relationship with putin, his admiration for him and all of these kind of strongman figures. and i also thing that's why it's so difficult for him to countenance gracefully handing over the reins of the white house to joe biden. >> professor jelani cobb and former director john brennan, thank you both for starting off our discussion. really appreciate it. >> thank you, lawrence. >>> coming up, more on donald trump's firing of cyber security official christopher krebs. senator amy klobuchar is the top