assurances that they would never perform that kind of crime again and would serve soviet society but khrushchev remained adamant and the men were put to death. designers love as i said was that rebellious nature was not appreciated in the one nine hundred sixty s. after graduating from college he was sent to an experimental factory to so close. the first collection by the young soviet fashion designer shook the world in one thousand nine hundred sixty five vogue magazine named as. russia's christian dior he was asked to create collections for international camera and invited to work abroad sadly designs have was kept behind the iron curtain forced to serve the soviet elite but he never gave up his dream that one day ordinary women where his designs despite his talents his clothes did not go into mass production they were considered too bright and impractical and therefore completely useless for a hard working soviet woman he had to believe that was very sad because all wrong to scrape that wonderful design but any design was approved for a factory the process was greatly simplify it twenty minu

things get heated and the lawmaker does his best khrushchev and he throws his shoe and then pulls hisun. the host stepped in between the men but the arguing continued after they went off the air. which is why they ask to check our sidearms when we come in the morning. >> i like the khrushchev reference. >> we all remember it. >>> all right, now to that sudden whiplash at the pump, gas prices now rising after more than two months of constant dropping. in some areas, they shot up 30 cents in one day. so what's going on? abc's david kerley is at a gas station in washington, d.c. this seemed to be the one bright economic spot we've been talking about. >> reporter: it's been great for a lot of people, a lot of cash in their pocket. we called it the summer surprise, watching gas prices going down. now, they're going the opposite direction. how long will that last? and will it stop? what happened to that amazing ride we have been on? the signs are now changing. take a look. we hit nearly four bucks a gallon in early april. since then, down to 3.52 in june. all of the way to 3.34 last sunday.

. >> khrushchev. >> to take your children and yourselves and arrange for field trips to go see this film. if we can have the liberal left have an inconvenient truth shown in our schools we should have this man's movie shown in there every day. >> thank you, jeff. thank you. >> thank you for your work. >> thank you, jeff. thank you so much. yes, ma'am. >> sue johnson, i'm from denver, colorado, i'm active in the republican party there. i'm also a former software engineer and current engineering computer science teacher in boulder valley school district. my comment is this. being a teacher since 9/11, i'm not afraid of the liberal left. what i do is i hit it head on. my comment would be is why don't people like you develop more programs for inner city kids to understanding your ideas because the liberal left is doing dances around you. so i think that you have a huge opportunity with leadership program of something or another and go straight in against them. >> the book that -- >> i can recommend my kids to you. >> the book that i have written, we had it, we had it delivered here. we don't

in 1963, he told the then soviet leader, nikita khrushchev, in moscow that he saw communism as governmenty the people, but that the soviet union had failed year. he grows very solemn when we ask to see photographs from his younger years. he leaves the room and returns with a frame. he explains -- this is the lining of his brothers cap. he wrote, "dear mama, today i will go to my execution. i will fall for the greek people." the note makes him sad, but proud. his brother did not write, "i will be taken to my execution," but "i will go pick a proud and defiant -- but "i will go." proud and defiant. >> germany is a democratic country thanks in part to the greeks. angela merkel should recognize that. >> a legislative term is four years in the greek parliament, and even though he turns 90 in september, he is defined he will see the whole time through. >> some say greece could soon also benefit from what was agreed at the eu leaders meeting after long hours of negotiations. a deal was struck but lifted some of the conditions attached when states need money. of course, quick solutions were neede

they were built in accordance with a special design approved by nikita khrushchev to know where he stolethe idea from . great britain out of the wood and on this side of the street just konigsberg that part of the house dates from the nineteenth century and this is from the twentieth the two different style that one represents to do gothic while this one is about a house straight lined. special here are these railings they were made on this very spot in kaliningrad blacksmiths have told me these things are protected and in turn they actually protect the whole district because otherwise the place would be demolished. but this is a fire station it looks just as it did when it was built in the nineteenth century surprisingly it is not being taken to pieces even the original door has been preserved you know back then horses used to stand here wooden floor inside stop the horses from getting cold or falling over when it got slippery in the winter even it withstood all the hoops but this is a combination of architectural beauty and functionality it is still used as a fire station in fact. as m

soviets didn't count on. [ speaking foreign language ] [ applause ] in the 1950s, in the 1950s, khrushchev predicted, we will bury you. but in the west today, we see a free world that has achieved a level of prosperity and well-being unprecedented in all human history. in the communist world, we see failure. technological backwardness, declining standards of health, and now, now, the soviets themselves may, in a limited way, be coming to understand the importance of freedom. we hear much from moscow about a new policy of reform and openness. some political prisoners have been released. certain foreign news broadcasts are no longer being jammed. some economic enterprises have been permitted to operate with greater freedom from state control. are these the beginnings of profound changes in the soviet state, or are they token gestures intended to raise false hopes in the west or to strengthen the soviet system without changing it? we welcome change and openness. for we believe that freedom and security go together. that the advance of human liberty, the advance of human liberty can only stren

and she also challenged khrushchev when they were talking about the solid fuel for missiles. and the boss asked a question which kruschev wasn't going to answer. your mother said, well you ought to be able to answer it, you're the top man in this place. you know everything. >> yeah. >> it was great. >> in russia, we also went to ballet school, also, we -- a circus. we took her to a circus which was a little interesting except i was quite concerned when they took us down below where the bear was right there. it was right scary, but they had it around the neck. and then from there, we went to -- i have -- we went to -- after seoul -- russia, we went -- '74, we went to austria. we 20 cairo. from there, we went to saudi arabia. to damascus and syria, to tel aviv, amman, jordan, moscow all in 1974. >> when you said saudi arabia, you mentioned saudi arabia twice tonight. it's one of my favorite stories about my mother. the saudis -- the palace that my mother and father stayed in was so cold and there was no way to adjust the temperature, my mother told me later she slept in the bat

and they think that russia may be moving too fast to try to catch up with the united states will khrushchev started that let's catch up with the united states so but isn't it the wrong way to do to chill for a country like russia trying to be like america i think everybody has to find their own way i found my own way as a reporter i didn't copy anybody i did something that felt comfortable for me and there's going to be something that's going to be comfortable for russia but i don't think that you can equate criticism especially constructive criticism would being unpatriotic i love my country i risked my life for my country many many times and i would do it tomorrow so so so getting back to my question you think you think it is impossible for a country to copy a country i mean carving an accountable will be itself whatever whatever or whatever ideals i mean no i agree we have it it's dangerous to just blindly copy something and i think that's not intelligent there are a lot of intelligent people here in russia you have your own rich traditions and cultures and you need to take advantage of

obviously in college at that time and described behind-the-scenes construction of the berlin wall with khrushchev and kennedy and interesting to compare that with what is happening today. a complicated man, history of -- i always mention in an interview for the book, reading because i am in the book but again, i was the first president serving under bill clinton and interesting to read that. also for basic sets of books on islamic terrorism and foreign policy and biography of bill clinton. >> for more information on this and other summer reading lists visit booktv.org. >> up next on booktv jason mattera reports on several celebrities that according to the author don't practice the same politics that they advocate for. this is just under an hour. [applause] >> how are you guys doing? they one, right? awesome. it is great to be at a young americans foundation conference but young america foundation is always on the cutting edge of introducing young people to conservative ideas and insuring that you have those ideas and availability to really go ahead and ricochet those ideas on your campus and your