and so, if you're joseph stalin, you have to respond. the cold war senior like a tennis match. it goes from one court to the other. we do something, the soviet union does something. we respond, they respond. here is stalin's response. he's going to tighten up control over countries in eastern europe, hungary and czechoslovakia i mentioned specifically because those were two countries that were supposed to have free elections after world war ii was over. yeah, those free elections sort of go out the window by 1948. the communists, there is a purge of leadership and these two countries are going to basically become puppet regimes of the soviet union. and then there's berlin. this is -- it gets a little complicated now. just keep in mind that during world war ii at the very end, you've got the russian, the soviet army is driving deep into germany. they're going to get to berlin before we do. they're going to occupy much of eastern germany with their army, with their forces. berlin is a develop important city in german history, culture, government, politics. but it is going to be a

so if you are joseph stalin, you have to respond. the cold war is like a tennis match. it goes from one court to the other. they do something and we respond and they respond. here is stalin's response. he is going to tighten up control over countries in eastern europe. hungary and czechoslovakia i mentioned here specifically because those were two countries that were supposed to have free elections after world war ii is over. well, the free elections go out the window by 1948. the communists have a purge of leadership and the two countries will be puppet regimes of the soviet union and then berlin. it gets complicated now. just keep in mind that during world war ii at the very end you've got the russian, the soviet army is driving deep into germany. they're going to get to berlin before we do. they're going to occupy much of eastern germany with their army, with their forces. berlin is a very important city in german history and culture and government and politics. it is going to be a divided city here in the cold war era. we are going have the eastern part of berlin con

so the leader is joseph stalin. what we know now is in prison, more of his people into camps murdered more of his own people than hitler killed jews. he is a ruthless, brutal, paranoid dictator of the soviet union. now, when i day paranoid, i mean sort of schizophrenic kind of paranoid. she paranoid about the safety and security of this country. two times now, they've been invaded from the west by germany. world war i and world war ii. there is no natural boundary that separates. there is no division on his western front that would be an obstacle, that would prevent other nations from invading. so twice now his country has been invaded and his people have suffered the consequences. he is very paranoid about the safety and security of his western front. he is also paranoid, again, about his own position of power. we have on the one hand democracy, capitalism, free enter prize in the west and this you tall tearian dictatorship in the east. he's very paranoid about attempts to solidify his power or attempts that he wou

president franklin roosevelt across the atlantic for his 1943 meeting with winston churchill and joseph stalin. the ship's final destination is los angeles and it will open as an interactive museum come july. >>> all right, it was a birthday celebration that didn't go quite as planned. an 80-year-old california woman decided to go skydiving for her big day, but she never envisioned this. all right. it's difficult to see, very scary, heart-stopping moments there, but she actually began slipping out of the harness there. fortunately, laverne everett and her instructor who was holding on to her ever so tightly, they both landed safely. our affiliate kovr spoke to the daring lady on her harrowing experience. >> i just wanted to do it. >> reporter: the daredevil herself, 81-year-old laverne everett. laverne, who lives in this modest studio apartment in oakdale says she craves a little excitement once in a while. so last year for her 80th birthday, she decided to jump out of a plane. when you're telling your family you want to skydive, what's their reaction to you? >> what's their -- oh, they though

political strategy, preferring to maintain commitments to the allies even if one was the murderous joseph stalin. george marshal and dwight eisenhower understood if there was any hope of a more peaceful world, it would involve establishing the rules of the road for states. the united nations was the embodiment of that. well, isn't that what george bush did by not invading bagdad? the oral histories and president bush's diary entries make clear that he very much wanted saddam hussein's regime to collapse. he hated saddam hussein. he's very open about that in his diary. but you know what? hatred cannot be the motivator for an american leader. bush showed the discipline to end the war in the way most likely to lay the foundation for a better world, where international law might have some force. it was the practical idealism of the world war ii generation, not the cynical realism of the nixon-kissinger era. it ushered in a period during which the united states was never more respected or more powerful. i will leave to another conference the discussion of what happened to that international respected

that this down among some of the just fronts for the soviet union images of the controversial joseph stalin and francis being held up fine but also has a very modern day aspect passed because the congress party approved very vocal and pivotal when it comes to the demonstrations we have seen mean held on the back of the parliamentary elections that took place in december also their leader gennady zyuganov now he has proven quite crucial a very critical of president elect bush and he was main opposition in the presidential elections they still refuse the results that's a claim to have occurred amidst allegations of electoral fraud they themselves the congress party was a rerun of the parliamentary elections again i mean allegations of elect fraud now they are the only ones standing out in force they have numbered in about over ten thousand people even though it's an aging support base think still drum up a lot of followers for this cause but also the third and fourth largest factions in the state duma respectively they've also be represented today that is just russia party and liberal democra

that this down among some of the just fronts for the soviet union images of the controversial joseph stalin and francis being held up time for their leader gennady zyuganov now he has proven quite crucial very critical of president elect bush and he was main opposition in the presidential elections they still refuse the results that a claim to have occurred amazed allegations of electoral fraud they are the only ones standing out in force they have numbered in about over ten thousand people even though it's an aging support base think still drum up a lot of followers for this cause but also the third and fourth largest factions in the state duma respectively they've also be represented today that is just russia party and liberal democrats now one notable absentee from proceedings in central moscow today has been the white ribbon movement those cooling for free and fair elections it garnered a lot of media attention on the back of december's parliamentary elections initially coup for a protest be held today but since counts of it instead they want to plug together pulls together for may this

roosevelt, president of the united states, and our ally in the war against hitler is going to be joseph stalin. interesting quote. if hitler invaded hell, at least make a favorable reference to the face of devil in the house of commons. war makes strange bed fellows. we have the united states, great britain, long ties, long sympathies, longtime connection, history and culture, and yet we also now have the soviet union as an ally to defeat adolph hitler. what do we know about stalin? early in the war? not much. what we know now is an awful lot. the greatest murderer of the 20th century. imprisoned more of his people into camps, murdered more of his own people than hitler killed jus. he is a ruthless brutal paranoid dictator for the soviet union. i mean he is paranoid about the safety and security of his country. two times now they've been invaded from the west by germany, world war i and world war ii. there's no natural boundary that separates, there's no division on his western front that would be an obstacle that would prevent other nations from invading. and so twice now, his country has bee

have a right to your own facts and truth is not equal distant between thomas jefferson and say joseph stalin. >> speaker boehner was asked by the "new york times." he said the speaker has told his members repeatedly that this year is going to be a referendum on the president's economic policies and that's where our focus should remain. they haven't done that. >> they haven't done that. listen, it goes back again. president obama arrives -- you're dealing in a country, i do think the tea party, to be most benign about it is primarily white, witnessing a country changing around it. it feels angry, feels -- >> the diversity. >> let's not mince words. president franklin roosevelt was called a socialist. the john birch society wanted to attack kennedy for being all kinds of things but president barack obama is the first african-american president in our country's history. this is an enormous step of progress civilizing events and the tea party and these birthers hate it. >> what should they do? >> i don't think it should be focused on these people. focused on the candidate of the republican party

and took president roosevelt across the atlantic for his 1943 meeting with winston churchill and joseph stalin. >>> here's a rundown of some of the stories we're working on this morning. a new jersey emergency couple says texting led to a head on collision with a distracted driver. now they're suing that driver and the person who sent him the text message. >>> and on this memorial day weekend, i'll speak with a man whose father died in vietnam and now works to help others coping with the same loss. >>> plus, a false accusation of rape put brian bank in jail, but now he is ae free man. his accuser admits she made it all up. hear his incredible story. >>> then he is a singing and songwriting legend, and he serenaded me. my conversation with super star neil diamond. ♪ [ slap! ] [ slap! slap! slap! slap! ] [ male announcer ] your favorite foods fighting you? fight back fast with tums. calcium rich tums goes to work in seconds. nothing works faster. ♪ tum tum tum tum tums ♪ [ acou[ sighs ]ar: slow ] [ announcer ] all work and no play... will make brady miss his favorite part of the day. ♪ [ upbeat

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they had agreed to suppress the story for a day to allow joseph stall lynn to -- joseph stalin to stagewas purely political. he was allowed to be present but on on the promise to keep the secret for a time. but when he knew the transmission had been authorized by the same military censors gagging the press. he immediately picked up the phone and dispatched his story to the associated press in london. for that he was rebiewkd and fired. the associated press said he had no duty to obey that embargo because it was for political reasons instead of protecting the troops. the a.p. executive is belatedly apologizing. he said kennedy did everything right. the apology has arrived 67 years later. megyn: what a story, incredible. coming up. john edwards' attorney is fed up with the parade of witnesses testifying to his affair. we'll have the latest. egal settt or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today. [ music plays, record skips ] hi, i'm new ensure clear. clear, huh? my nutrit

so the leaders of soviet union, joseph soviet union is joseph stalin. what do we know about him early in the war? not much. now we know an awful lot. imprisoned more of his people and murdered more of his own people than hitler killed news. he is a ruthless brutal paranoid dictator. when i say paranoid, and i say paranoid. two times now, they have been invaded. there is no division that would be an obstacle and prevent others from invagd. twice now his country has been invaded and people suffer the consequences. he is also paranoid about his position of power. and we have a dictatorship in the east. he is paranoid about the attempts to solidify his power and that he would be thrown out. one of the things he is going to make known early in the war. bogged down in russia and the russian people are suffering. he wants to open up a second front and draw hitler's forces to allow his army to gain momentum and try to drive them out of their country. he wants a western front. another demand he has or a consequence of this demand. american guess into battle. he