so how did kennedy few khrushchev once he had agreed to pull the missiles out? did he begin to change his view with him? >> guest: i am not sure. i think it took a while. we were talking about verifying before talking. talking became gradually again once the, once the surveillance was shown that the soviets were in fact following through and they were dismantling and they started to realize that yes the soviets in khrushchev in particular was and later on there were actually moments where -- because once we get through -- see the end of the missile crisis is traditionally when the quarantine ends and the nature of that deal is essentially that there are these long-range bombers in cuba, that there are three weeks of negotiations and it's not something we have to get rid of and eventually khrushchev decides okay fine we will get rid of them and he tells the americans bouquet will get rid of them but again it's an issue, he said something that hasn't yet had an opportunity to tell the truth because what he says is yes we will get rid of them within 30 days. he lis

khrushchev says, dpien -- says, fine, we'll get rid of them. it's an issue of he said something that had not had the opportunity to follow through. he said, yes, we'll get rid of them within 30 days. at that moment, kennedy trusts khrushchev again because he lifts the guarantee with a promise. in the weeks following, once they realize the soviets are following through, they are kind of sort of -- if for one of the better words, the responsible parties in this, because, frankly, they did not view the cubans as particularly responsible or stable, and so once they realize that khrushchev was the one playing ball, they ended up trusting more and trusted him on the promise to remove the weapons, promise to remove combat troops in due court, which he didn't in the end, but the element of trust did, actually, build again. >> host: now, as we'll discuss later, you know, many have seen this as a pivot in the entire cold war, that this could have been a moment who kennedy and khrushchev ending or moderating the war, and yet it was cut off by kennedy's as

khrushchev gives in even faster. i think it's highly likely, and i suspect they will agree, although i'm curious, that jfk was probably bluffing. he wouldn't have invaded. you could have tightened the embargo further to include further cuban goods, including petroleum and lubricants that kennedy having read "the guns of august", being so atune to what the cost of nuclear would have been, would have been unlikely to carry through. >> there's a myth i would like to -- my colleague david coleman has exploded it. did it a few years ago and did it again in a book. there's a myth about tactical nuclear weapons i would like to deal with because it's the answer to the question. the united states government knew there were tactical nuclear weapons with warheads on the island. that's what makes the u.s. military planning about cuba outrageous because they planned for the invasion of cuba as if there were going to be in a nuclear environment. kennedy -- this is not the first time kennedy encountered this kind of military thinki

>> i call upon chairman khrushchev. he has an opportunity now to move the world back from the abyss of destruction. >> this week, half a century ago, it brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. the queue will listen -- the cuban missile crisis ended. now we reveal how the peacemaking deal all counted for nothing. beyond the conflict, we go inside syria. the cuban missile crisis of october 1962 is generally accepted as the 20th century's moment of maximum peril. on the 50th anniversary, we have exclusive access to new information that painting even more dangerous image of how the crisis unfolded. paper said to be revealed next week showed that far from the deal being struck neatly, there was a us secret secret -- there is a secret second stage to the standoff with massive implications for the world. >> the cuban missile crisis did not end on october 28, 1962. cuba was going to become a nuclear power right under the nose of the american state, 90 miles from florida. >> there was a lot of potential for at least anoth

so once they realized that khrushchev was the one in the end of trusting him on his promise to remove the aisle 28, which he did and on the promise to remove combat troops in due course and he didn't in the ends of the element of trust did build again. >> host: as we will discuss leader many have seen this as a moment when kennedy and khrushchev, the united states and soviet union move towards a better relationship either ending more moderating yet this was cut off by kennedy's assassination in october 1964 and after that. is what you're saying this isn't something that happened overnight when the crisis and then put it was a gradual process. not immediate this is a guy that i can do business with and we can start resolving the problems all over? >> guest: the trusten lament had taken a blow in the crisis. the americans and kennedy felt like to and i think justifiably. that's right it was a slow process by the summer of 1963, things have sort of taken a big step towards that and kennedy is again calling for the speech june 10th. he's talking about the peace that sounds very generic in

it is flying over the soviet union in a manner that could appear to khrushchev, and did appear to khrushchevke a last minute look at targets we were going to attack. he is feeling things are getting out of control. in the debate with his advisers, only to the options are presented to him. attack the missiles in cuba now to prevent them from becoming ready to fire against american cities or alternatively acquiesce to the fact khrushchev has succeeded, that there are strategic missiles in cuba, and he will be emboldened to take action against berlin. he is damned if he does or does not. he thinks about each option. they get down to nuclear war. what if i acquiesced to the missiles in cuba? then khrushchev will have succeeded you promised in private he would not do. this fellow will be emboldened to act next month. he said he would resolve the berlin crisis in berlin. in berlin, khrushchev held all the cards. berlin was a free city an enclave in the middle of soviet- occupied east germany. they could close it at any point. the u.s. was committed to defending berlin up to and including nuclear w

we later learned khrushchev intended to strike new york if the united states invaded cuba.ushchev wrote, quote, i knew the united states could knock out some of our installations but not all of them. if a quarter, a tenth of our missiles survived, two big ones were left, we could still hit new york. those are khrushchev's own words. president kennedy was thinking, what would i do if i were him? thinking it through that he had his own hawks around him. >> that's what people really give so much credit to the resolution of this crisis is that he really thought about it all the time from both sides and how can khrushchev save face and what can i offer him to make this deal attractive to him? these crises are so complicated and now there are even more actors. >> let's talk about now. what are you doing the next couple weeks? >> i'm going to campaign for president obama. >> where are you going? >> virginia, new hampshire. >> what's your pitch? >> my pitch is he's done a great job, he's a man of courage and conviction and judgment. if you're talking about judgment and how importan

. >> i call upon chairman khrushchev. he has the opportunity to world the world back from the abyss of destruction. >> people around the world. the sigh of relief in october 1962 when soviet president nikita khrushchev agreed to remove nuclear weapons from cuba. but in a total failure of intelligence, the u.s. was blind to the existence of tactical nuclear weapons. meanwhile, negotiations -- castro began to see some cooperation with the soviets. >> castro is very angry at the soviet the trail. it sounds like the soviets made a concession after concession to the americans and never consulted with their cuban allies. >> chris jeff was afraid -- christoph was afraid -- the kicker's job was afraid. he sent his most trusted ally, the soviet premier. >> he said the dissent would be strong. and you cubans would have the authority to use these weapons. >> but privately, the soviet premier was having doubts about letting castro anywhere near the nuclear weapons. >> he understands that with cuban pride and with the way the cubans s

well, khrushchev was overthrown and you must not have good sources in the kremlin because khrushchev was overthrown and you didn't see it comesing. you know what in khrushchev didn't see it coming either. he has great sources in the kremlin. but what the president said was, yeah, we didn't get it right right away. we're going to get it right. he has a track record that bin laden is dead. he's taking criticism from some of his own people on the left for doing tough stuff. >> nobody banged their shoe on the podium tonight, that's for sure. thank you for your time. >> barney frank. >> who won round two? we'll gather our panelists and debate that next. >> our results from how you voted on cnbc.com is next. this is a cnbc special report, your money, your vote. from local communities to local businesses. the potential of yelp unlocked. nyse euronext. unlocking the world's potential. to a currency market for everyone. the potential of fxcm unlocked. nyse euronext. unlocking the world's potential. as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one

analysts prepared psychiatric profiles of khrushchev and fidel castro.tro is not crazy, but he is highly neurotic. they studied secret documents, spy photos, and diagrams of potential impact zones from miami to st. louis to washington. and the president prepared a grim address to the nation. this morning, kennedy wrote "i reluctantly ordered the armed forces to attack and destroy the nuclear buildup in cuba." kennedy never had to deliver that speech. as artifacts reveal, kennedy and khrushchev exchanged a flurry of private messages searching for a way out. three days before the standoff ended, khrushchev wrote perhaps let us display statesman like wisdom. perhaps most interesting are notes from a white house meeting. missile ships encountered the u.s. blockade and turned around. on his legal pad, president kennedy twice squalled and circled the world "euphoria", cautioning his advisers not to be overly optimistic. but those words reflected obvious relief. the president and the world had stepped back from the brink. bob orr, cbs news, washington. >>> comi

we later learned that khrushchev was going to hit new york.ter or tenth of our missiles hit new york, there wouldn't be much of new york left. so president kennedy's thinking what would he do -- what would i do if i were him and thinking it through that he had his own hawks around him. >> right. that's why people give so much credit to the resolution of this crisis, is that he really thought about it all the time from both sides and how can krush chef say face and what will make it more attractive to him and that's something that i will keep in mind. these crisis are complicated and now there are even more actors. >> what are you going to do in the next couple of weeks? >> i'm going to be campaigning for president obama? >> where are you going? >> virginia, new hampshire, and who knows where else. >> what is your pitch? >> i think we're on the right -- he's done a great job. he's a man of courage, conviction, and judgment. and if you're talking about judgment and how important it is to have a cool head in crisis and how they are going to make

khrushchev. i said, yes? where did you get that hat? i answered the question. said, what size is that hat? he goes on for 15 minutes about the damn hat. and after 15 -- we were all completely cracking up on the stage. we ran off the stage. >> jimmy: what a thrill that is. you got to spend time with him? >> he ended up being a friend. and i loved him. i was crazy about him. >> jimmy: he's a guy i wish i had a chance to meet. >> he was very humble. he was amazingly very humble. when i would compliment, he would wave me away and say, if it wasn't for my brothers, i would have been nothing. >> jimmy: wow, that's something. i disagree with him. >> yeah. but going out to dinner with him was like being in a movie. he would entertain everybody in the restaurant. >> jimmy: he's one of those guys, yeah. well, great to have you here. really is. you did a great job in the movie. i hope everybody goes to see it. it's called "argo." it's in theaters friday, october 12th. alan arkin, everybody. we'll be right back with music from garbage. [ dollar ] that's me. l50858544p. but

in 1962, khrushchev back down but the world cannot be assured of such sanity for ever.ticularly threatening my view is that intellectual opinion and scholarship hiled hannity's behavior as his finest hour. in my view, it is one of the worst moments in history. the inability to face the truth about ourselves is all too common feature of the intellectual culture and personal life as ominous implications. 10 years later, in 1973 during the israel-arab war and henry kissinger called a high-level nuclear alert, the purpose was to warn the russians to keep hands off while he was secretly in forming israel that they were authorized to violate the cease- fire that had been imposed jointly by the u.s. and russia. when ronald reagan came in office a couple of years later, the united states launched operations probing russian defenses, flying into russia to grow up defenses, and stimulating air and naval attacks. meanwhile, placing missiles in germany that had a five-minute flight time to russian targets. there were providing what the cia called a super sudden for strike capabilit

whether it's khrushchev attack inindividualable table gnomes with his fist or qaddafi dressed like tynealy throwing the charter around or hugo chavez complaining about the room's air quality. >> today the devil came here, right here. >> right here. and it smells of sulfur still today. >> jon: smells of sulfur pretty bold move of then president bush specifically since the charter specifically says that he who smellt it-- (laughter) shall be considered to have dealt it. anyway, given that history, the current state of the world, everyone was expecting some high drama during this week's session. >> and now to that showdown over iran. >> all eyes are on the united nation. >> fiery rhetoric from the iranian president. >> next up of course the showdown over iran. we'll see it all play out at the united nations. >> jon: it's on, world war iii, president obama opened so he had a chance to draw first blood. >> the iran yen government continues to prop up a dictator in damascus and supports terrorist group as broad. time and again it has failed to take the opportunity to demonstrates that nuclear

kennedy and khrushchev faced each other over 13 days and much of that time they faced down the hawks on both sides, with spy plane photos showing the russians assem bling missiles in cuba capable of hitting new york, and the top advisors, including the chief of staff of the air force to authorize immediate air strikes before the missiles could be armed by the soviets. kennedy had to weigh the hawks' advice against the reality that no air strike could be 100% effective. and the possibilities that russian retaliation could target berlin and thereby trigger an all-out nuke yar war, as robert kennedy wrote, "the final list of the cuban missile crisis is the importance of placing ourselves in the other country's shoes." president kennedy understood that the soviet union did not want war. two years later dr. strangelove par deed that era and it came eerily close to reality. consider the relationship of a president cooley trying to avoid a war, and the character was based on general curtis lemay as played by george c. scott. >> we are coming to a moment of truth both for ourselves as human

president john kennedy and soviet leader nikita khrushchev in response to the american deployment to ballistic missiles in turkey targeted at major soviet cities the soviet union retaliated the stationing their own missiles in cuba about time the world found itself in one step away from the start of global nuclear war. the way of life in this small village never changes that's why the appearance of any newcomer in south is a big event. when the first soviet specialists came to the village in august one thousand nine hundred sixty two the locals were told to keep their mouths shut. a large plot of land in the village outskirts was fenced off with barbed wire what went on inside that enclosure was kept secret for a long time today an old bunker is in ruins the residents have found a use for everything they could take from those ruins. here for example you see all these places all these. are now in the wrong were set up all the by russian i'm. not cuban came here now you can see this now you can gain as little base so we are in a place where part of the wall was the border of the there

khrushchev andmao. resources not so much. possibly this will be different in the future but i don't think that with major. >> host: the second question was about russia but also about historically 9/11 and the response to 9/11. >> guest: i heard part of it. it was about surveillance particularly. no question that the levels of surveillance have grown enormously and to some extent that is connected with 9/11. a useful thing to do studying history is to drop dramatic -- if 9/11 had never happened would surveillance increase? it might be. that is tied to the technological developments that are there. we can surveil at increasingly ambitious levels. 9/11 may have accelerated the process but that technology is probably irreversible and we are going to be living with that kind of surveillance for the foreseeable future. >> host: "george f. kennan: an american life" is the name of the book that john lewis gaddis was talking about a little bit earlier. if you saw his presentation. if not very quickly, john lewis gaddis, what were geo

an added secret deal the us promised withdraw its missiles from turkey and italy the last minute khrushchev accepted the deal and the crisis was narrowly averted this resulted in the creation of a nuclear hotline between the u.s. and the soviet union and laid the groundwork for what later became the nuclear nonproliferation treaty the objective of which is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and technology in hopes to one day have complete global disarmament despite the u.s. and russia signing on to this treaty almost fifty years ago are we really any safer now than we were back then take a look at this graphic they're currently nine nations that have operational nuclear warheads the five permanent members of the u.n. security council the u.s. russia france china and the u.k. along with israel pakistan india and north korea south africa used to have nuclear weapons what was the first country to abandon its program completely. so the exact number of nuclear weapons in the global arsenals unknown in fact most of these countries keep those numbers as tightly held national security secrets

so for khrushchev restored power to more than 7000 customers -- so for crews have restored power to more than 70,000 customers. >> we began our live team coverage on the eastern shore with ava marie. this time yesterday you were being battered by the wind and rain. >> things are looking much better. we have a lot of electricity or running across the area. no major power outages. correct me if i'm wrong. so four things are going pretty good. a lot of the trees are new. you're not getting those 100- year-old trees that are old. we still have the wind coming in from the south. the wind is starting to come wn.lm do the wind chills are in the 30's. we are bundled up. you should dress warm because it is chilly. we're still getting some rain. it is pretty light in nature. the roads are still inundated by water. and none of the storm drains are clogged up because of leaves and branches and falling debris. that could cause a problem as far as drainage goes. the ocean is back out where it should be. things are improving in ocean city. we will continue to bring you updates. >> sandy did make quite

president john kennedy and soviet leader nikita khrushchev in response to the american deployment of ballistic missiles in turkey targeted at mages soviet cities the soviet union retaliated the stationing their own missiles in cuba about time the world found itself one step away from the start of global nuclear war.

maybe it was an israeli achievement that we brought khrushchev together with eisenhower, but nevertheless, it was a painful experience. [laughter] i do not want to cite other cases at this particular point because i do not want to ruffle feelings around this table on the eve of an american election. the fact of the matter is, we have had all kinds of relationships, and i judge this by the facts. in the last four years, we have had a relationship with the united states on the practical issues that are important to israel the likes of which we have never had almost with any other administration. i say almost, and i do not want to compare this, that, or the other, or i will get into too much trouble than i already have this morning. ok? you have asked me about a strike. i am on the record as saying that i think a strike should not only be the last resort, but we should realize what would be the possible results of a strike. there is also a morning after, not only in terms of how long or how far this strike will achieve the desired aim. let's imagine that we will strike, and we will obliterat

nikita khrushchev had plans to hit new york and said to.uote, i knew the united states could knock out some of our missiles even if only one or two big ones were left, we could still hit new york. an awful lot of people would have been wiped out. consequences. understand the consequences. that's what foreign policy is about. war isn't a policy. we have no idea what the mullahs plan to do if we attack. they could unleash hezbollah and it's tens of thousands of rockets on israel, unlash hamas in gaza forcing israel to invade killing any number of civilians. where would we be then? mr. romney's performance in foreign affairs to shhis shoot first and request questions later suggests a bull who brings his china shop with him. i'm joined by "the huffington post" howard fineman, john heilemann, and delaware attorney general beau biden. our special guest must be given the first question. you will not like this question, sir, mr. attorney general. >> it's "hardball." >> general, can i call you general? >> beau is good. >> thank you. >> does romney w

. >> well, kennedy himself told, khrushchev bully him, kennedy's own -- >> rose: kennedy was very good at self-analysis. >> he was. one thing i like about him, that rare thing, the self aware famous public great man who actually was self aware. >> rose: and what did he think of truman, eisenhower. >> he liked him at first but they fell out during the 52 election and ike was particularly mad because truman brought his son john back from korea for the inauguration, this is bad for john's career, he was in combat, and so eisenhower said to truman, who bought, who brought my son back, john and he said i did, i am still the president and so truman and eisenhower didn't speak to each other in the car up to the capitol, it was -- and that bad blood continued truman used to bad-mouth eisenhower about him and spread stories about kay somers by and eisenhower would write angry letters to truman .. that his aide would rip up and not mail and rewrite them in the morning. >> rose: but he was a smart guy? >> eisenhower? >> rose: yes. >> deceptively so because he had bad syntax and liked to play -- i