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i met, i found the daughter of the nk-- the kgb secret police official who had toremented her husband in prison, the daur, he had been shot slightly after her husband. she said she wanted to meet this woman h who was actually about her age. i brought them together in moscow, the daughter of the kgb and kdb torturer, torementer was terribly nervous and the first thing ala said to her to make her feel at home, they were both victims. now 85% of the survivors whom i knew would not agree with her. that you have to-- . >> rose: torturers are not victims. >> you have to draw a bold line between the victimizers and those who are victimized, the victims and the victimizers. >> rose: what are the numbers for stalin. >> i take, we have archives but there is still no clarity. >> i take the number that 20 million died. 12 million to 14 million pass through the gulag, about 8 million were still alive when he died. so if you take just those who died under stalin, not world war ii combat, 26.5 million soviet citizens died in world war ii, leave those aside. 20 million died in stali stalin-- stalin a

special importance, committee on state security of the ussr, kgb, may 14, 1983, and then this subject head is bound to peak your curiosity. regarding senator kennedy's request to the general secretary of the communist party. okay. opening line, on 9/10 of this year, this is 1983, president reagan, right? reagan is president. fdi's speech, 1983, evil empire speech, reelection campaign coming up in 1984. on 9/10 of this year, senator edward kennedy's close friend and they know who this was, was in moscow. the senator charged him to convey the following message through confidential contacts to the general secretary of the communist party in the soviet union. senator kennedy like other rational people is troubled by the current state of the soviet american relations. this relationship coupled with a general state of global affairs will make the situation even more dangerous. here we go. the main reason for this is reagans belig rains, and his firm commitment to deploy middle range weapons within western europe. he goes through the document and lists different reasons why reagan is gaining

i mean, you were very involved with the kgb. what was this all about? what did they tell you? >> translator: well, basically, as regards strictly business, we had -- yes, we talked to different topics with them. what can i tell you now? these are the people who naturally deserve respect. i've said it before. i can repeat it again. with their activities, they didn't cause any harm to the interests of the united states of america. as you know, they belong to a special service, clandestine service, with their own tasks to tackle. these tasks, as a rule, become pertinent in the crisis periods like when the diplomatic relations would have been suspended or cut. thanks god such a status of affairs we have not witnessed in the relations between russia and u.s. today, and i hope it will never occur in our relations in future. >> larry: so they do no what you would call spying under your direction? >> translator: they had their own tasks to address. they are involved in the clandestine activities. the main purpose of which is to be actively involved during the crisis times. and when th

>> he went from a commi to a crooner to the kgb to the do-re-mi. i talk of vladimir putin who decided to speak out after wiki leak cables said the u.s. called him a mass skew lant state. -- mass skew lap state. he said, quote, >> talk about mixed metaphors. he did not stop there my friendly friends from friendville. after taking jabs, he took a stab at singing an american classic at a recent charity event at saint petersburg, russia. open your ear holes and let the love pour in. >>> ♪ for you are my thrill ♪ on blueberry hill ♪ i found my thrill ♪ on blueberry hill >> ♪ i will give it to you >> he truly is the siberian elvis. what you couldn't see are all the guns pointing down from the balcony. it was like, kurt russell, smile. kevin kostner's weird anti-clab. -- anti-clap. is he a main -- maniac or joke? >> his quote was about the villagers in my country. he still has villagers? how do you take leaders seriously who has villagers. the only thing i know is villagers chase people around with torches that they don't understand. i don't think he has

putin is kgb. they might have changed their name from kgb to freedom- something, just to deceive people. israel is our best ally. we should be on their side and not making friends and treaties with the people that are going to come against them. i think it is totally wrong. i think it will be very dangerous for this country. i oppose it strongly. host: atwater, california, andrew. caller: thank you for taking my call. quick comment -- what is the greek? one of your callers mentioned -- what is the hurry? president obama has zero foreign policy of prominence. everywhere you look, there is a disaster. north korea, iran, china. i just do not understand what the hurry is. i do not know anything that is in the treaty. i do not know what is in the news. i think that there is cause for concern. they should take their time. host: before you go, let me ask you about the politics. here is the "washington post" -- senator john thune is a prominent opponent of the treaty. they're positioning themselves for pre

russia, putin did this: ♪ ♪ i found my thrill on blueberry hill ♪ ♪ >> bill: when putin was head of the kgbple. now we know how. is the guy a pinhead or patriot for that rendition? friday we asked whether oprah was a pinhead for dugging this question: >> do you think sarah palin qualified to be president? >> i'm not going to answer that. that's good. >> i tried. >> i'm not answering. >> you could have answered. >> i'm not answering. >> bill: 60% say oprah winfrey was a pinhead for not

russia, putin did this: ♪ ♪ i found my thrill on blueberry hill ♪ ♪ >> bill: when putin was head of the kgbed people. now we know how. is the guy a pinhead or patriot for that rendition? friday we asked whether oprah was a pinhead for dugging this question: >> do you think sarah palin qualified to be president? >> i'm not going to answer that. that's good. >> i tried. >> i'm not answering. >> you could have answered. >> i'm not answering. >> bill: 60% say oprah winfrey was a pinhead for not answering. 40% believe he is a patriot. spout off about the factor from anywhere in the world, oreilly@foxnews.com. name a town if you wish to opine. when writing the factor do not be a barbermonger. i am gil o'reilly please remember the spin stops right here because we are absolutely looking out for you. >> good morning, everyone. tuesday, december 14th. i'm gretchen carlson. thanks for sharing your time with us today. a major blow to the president's most prominent piece of legislation. the judge saying the health care requirement is not constitutional. why doesn't the white house seem worried? >> meanw

you have an admission from the soviet head of the kgb who is really interpreting this so an admission from him as well that reagan economics is working in a private letter. the economy is doing terrific, reagan is popular. what are we going to do? what are we going to do about this? they go through and it says given this, given the current state of affairs, reagan's reelection coming up, what can we do? what can we do to stop this? to reverse reagan's belligerent and dangerous defense policy? they get to the core of the arthur. kennedy proposes for following. they give three different steps here but basically what kennedy believes according to the document that soviets wanted peace and increasing cold war tensions was awful fall of reagan and the soviets needed help and better communicating their peaceful intentions to the american me and americans generally because as this letter says reagan was good at propaganda. you need to figure out a way to get around his smokescreen of propaganda. how do you better communicate directly to the american people? kennedy says this letter says kenn

former kgb boss wladimir putin showed his softer side. ♪ on blueberry hill a host of hollywood folks, kevin costner, fwaif the performance a standing o. he's out with his list of most notable quotations. here's a look at the top five. at number five, gourdon brown's teachable moment. got into a heated change with a british subject. brown's more candid thoughts in his car were picked up by a live microphone. brown's party ended up losing in a landslide. only get in trouble for saying what you believe, bad as it is. four, a pitch on the left field. here's speaker pelosi speaking on the passage of health care. >> but we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it. >> wow, we have to pass the bill so you can find out what's in it away from the fog of the controversy. that was her full quote, but the shortened sound bite was the one that became famous or infamous as you have it. sharron angle -- it's so lady like, as if she's not talking about gun play. comments like that helped bring harry reid back from the political grave. runner up, a twitter message from sarah palin

. >>> take a look at this, you can now add singing sensation to a resume that includes kgb agent and former president of russia. vladimir putin is here. belting it out over the weekend in st. petersburg, all for a good cause, it was to help raise money for children with cancer. >> four minutes past the hour, let's go back to matt, ann and al. >> we have kurt russell there and sharon stone. >> do you think they'll play with their audio like they played with our audience for the music video? >> we're going to show you it has been brutally cold, we have got lake-effect snow to talk about. we're talking anywhere from six to eight inches of snow. we have got winter weather advisoriesed a far south as nashville, anywhere from about six to 18 inches of snow from south bend indiana to water town new york. look at these temperatures, 20 in atlanta, 24 roanoke, the afternoon highs only get up into the low teens in chicago, 48 in jacksonville, windchills make it feel even colder and the cold air is going to really -- orlando 24, jacksonville 18. wednesday pretty much the same thing with a high

this past friday, former kgb boss vladimir putin showed his softer side at a charity fund-raiser whereno and later covered domino's great hit "blueberry hill." on blue berry hill and until my dreams came true >> what a small world. the host of hollywood folks, sharon stone, goldie hawn, gave a standing ovation. >>> the most notable quotations of 2010. we at "hardball" only karpd about the politic's part so a look at the top five political quotes that made the list. at number five, gordon brown's teachable moment, the then-british prime minister got into a heated exchange during the height of the campaign with the british subject aimed about immigration. were picked up by a live microphone. brown's party ended by the way by losing at a landslide. you only get in trouble for saying what i actually believe as bad dazz. at four a pitch out of left field. speaker pelosi in march pushing for the passage of health care reform. >> that we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it. >> wow, we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what's in it. a way from the fog of t

. >> but on the other hand, i can see angela davis who was darling of soviet kgb still teaching. >> >> yes. >> so i'm just so stunned how can it be possible? and i also can tell russia today, probably russian propaganda channel in english they have, like, 500 people right now working in d.c. during 12-minute interview with the current american communist party chairman who was promising revolution to come in the u.s. twelve minutes on the prime time. so they still doing, so i just really, i grateful for you, and i hope you can brainwash, re-brainwash those young people -- de-brain watch the young people who are so badly brainwashed. >> well, thank you. and lee edwards is here, google victims of communism memorial foundation. great web site, and they're doing, they're helping to educate people on this as well. but the problem is that we're not learning this past. i mean, that's what it comes down to. i did a review of about 20 high school civics texts a few years back. basically, the main 20 that are used across the united states. i did it for the state of wisconsin. but it's incredible

putin himself is a former kgb spy. >>> a new study finds obesity raises a driver's risk of dying in aen to a whole new extreme in china. subway stations there now have refrigerated vending machines that sell live hairy crabs, a local delicacy. i think i'll stick with the snickers, if you don't mind. it's now 8:03. to stephanie with the weather. >>> are you going to have a wh >> good morning to you. bay area. not a white christmas, but definitely a wet christmas. that's what we're counting on. but as you can see, a nice, beautiful sunrise over the city by the bay. and this morning, temperaturewise, we're looking pretty good. mostly upper 40s. around the bay in the upper 50s. 58 degrees today for san jose. 56 down in gilroy. there's that storm as of christmas day. clearing by late sunday. have a great thursday. >> amy, over to you. >> stephanie, thank you. coming up, people who made headlines in 2010. right after this. ♪ wow! ♪ they're from my garden club, up north. [ female announcer ] this year, hallmark has all new ways to say it. well, there's the snow you wanted. ♪ ♪ ♪ rolling fast

. >>> take a look at this, you can now add singing sensation to a resume that includes kgb agent anddimir putin is here. belting it out or the weekend in st. petersburg, all for a good cause, it was to help raise money for children with cancer. >> four minutes past the hour, let's go back to matt, ann and al. >>> well, at least we're not alone. we are going tbe getting that cold air as well. lingering moisture from yesterday's in changing to snow. where you see the colors, it's snowing. many places getting light snow accumuting lightly, mainly on grassy areas. temperatures are still near the freezing mark throughout most of the region and maybe an inch of paing snow showers later today. windy and cold through the rest >> and that's your latest weather. >>> now to the elizabeth smart case and last friday a jury found brian david mitchell guilty on two counts related to the 2002 kidnapping of the then-14-year-old. we'll hear from elizabeth's father ed smart in a moment. but first nbc's kristen welker is in salt lake city with the latest. >> reporter: elizabeth smart smiled when that gu