khrushchev sat next to jackie, and she did what she could do to charm him. >> mr.ushchev visibly enjoys the evening with the glamorous american first lady and even insisted on shaking her hand before her husband's. >> there's another kennedy dining with the khrushchevs that night, jack's mother rose. >> john f. kennedy did not want his mother to go. he didn't want a huge family delegation going with him to europe, but his mom insisted. his mother loved the limelight. she was interested in power, and she liked being around people with power. >> away from the banquets and the cameras, jack has a serious mission in vienna. both sides have enough missiles to destroy the entire world. so kennedy intends to make a deal on nuclear disarmament with khrushchev. >> john kennedy was deeply concerned about nuclear danger, that the cold war could spiral out of control. >> since the bay of pigs, jack no longer has full confidence in his own advisers. >> the kennedys always liked to operate on more than one track. they always like to do things privately, through the family. and j

bullied by khrushchev, humiliated by castro. the mob is threatening.me of those enemies are truly dangerous. >> next on "american dynasties: the kennedys" -- >> jackie smiled for the camera, but there was sadness behind that smile. >> he had a reckless streak. >> sinatra goes absolutely berserk and just starts destroying things. >> aggressive conduct ultimately leads to war. >> she said, i'd rather die with you than live without you. >>> the american people have entrusted the power of the white house to john f. kennedy. since then, there has been one political disaster after another. and jfk's troubles are far from over. scandal threatens his marriage. the struggle for civil rights engulfs the south and the world faces nuclear annihilation. >> aggressive conduct ultimately leads to war. >> if the kennedy presidency is to survive, it will take the efforts of the entire family.

when they got messages back from khrushchev, it did not refer to this deal. they thought khrushchev was being difficult and it created this mush in the middle of it, but it was not until -- i don't know, 20 years ago, that the not that he -- scully was acting as a back channel to the soviets came out and he was hailed as a hero and he went on to have a career in government. no sin made him an and back -- nixon made him an ambassador to the united nations largely on the back of this mythical role he played as a back channel. anyway, i want to bring up mark and ask him to talk about this other side of things. >> great. this seems a little loud to me. does this seem loud to you? i amis a great topic passionate about. those of you who have not read it should do immediately. into some of get the stories and lessons here -- since we are historians, let's do a little historian business. curiouslast book, i was how you got into this. journalists and intelligence officers have certain things in common. could you tell us a little bit about how you wrote the book? this

but the kennedys believe that khrushchev had seen it. when they got messages back that did not refer to this deal or the counter offer they made, they thought that khrushchev was being duplicitous. it created this mush. it was not until 20 years ago the fact that he was not acting as a bad channel to the soviets came out, he was hailed as a hero and went on to have a career in government. nixon made him the united states ambassador to the united nations. i think largely on the strength of this mythical role that he played in the back channel. that is enough of my story. i want to bring up mark and ask him to talk about this other side of things. mark: it is a great pleasure and an honor to do this. this is a topic i am passionate about. it was a terrific book any great read. those of you who have not it should do so after we are done. get into some of the more stories and lessons here, ,ince we are both historians your last book was about intelligence and the technology realm. i am curious how you got onto that,nd as a follow-up to journ

get in the way. >> during bolshakov's visit to the white house, he relays a request from chairman khrushchevident. >> bolshakov delivers a message asking kennedy to stop those annoying spy plane flights over soviet freighters going to cuba. in fact, the russians are putting nuclear missiles on those freighters. >> bobby kennedy summons bolshakov to his office at the justice department. >> this meeting is a little different. no party scene at hickory hill. bobby kennedy's sitting behind his desk. he's got his suit and tie on. very formal. >> bobby has been shown cia reports of troop movements in cuba compiled by agents on the ground. amidst the rising tension, bobby seeks urgent reassurance from his russian friend about the military build-up on the island. >> the kennedys are a little suspicious of what's going into cuba. and bobby asked bolshakov, what are you doing here? bolshakov says they're defensive weapons, not offensive weapons. >> bobby no longer trusts the benign version of events he's getting from moscow. >> the moment that bobby became convinced that he was getting disinformation

in one nine hundred fifty four ukraine's territory was expanded even more when nikita khrushchev the leader of the u.s.s.r. and ukrainian himself generously gave the crimean region to ukraine. historians would argue about the legitimacy of this transfer for many years to come and sixty years after khrushchev's gift dramatic new events would take place in crimea was around the world are on ukraine as a crisis in crimea continues dozens of heavily armed men seize government buildings in crimea shit you crazy. just shrug your shoulders and say ok crimea is lost and the old arguments would heat up once again. the cold war would heat up and cool down by turns while both rivals were obsessive leave building up military capacity the turning point took place when the new era perestroika came to the u.s.s.r. with its new leader mikhail gorbachev in the middle of the one nine hundred eighty s. . perestroika meant restructuring towards liberalization and democratization it certainly had a positive impact on the international situation astonishing news from east germany where the east german aut

is russia with ukraine or go to russia because not everyone was happy with khrushchev action in one nine hundred fifty four transferring crimea from. there were votes in crimea moreover there is there was a long negotiation within the c.e. that i remember that resulted in an autonomy agreement for crimea within ukraine by the late one nine hundred ninety s. the ukrainians were so happy with this that they were showing it to foreign diplomats like me as an example for or elsewhere by two thousand we thought. we knew there were some discontented people but the question seemed resolved apparently it was not well i think one of the reasons it wasn't result because those agreements that you mentioned address the territorial status of crimea but they did not address the geopolitical status of crimea the military status of crimea would it be possible under any circumstances for you to imagine that russia would simply say that from now on we do not want to have access to the black sea russia investigated moving the headquarters of the black sea fleet. and that the conditions at novara sisco were

russia with ukraine or go to russia because not everyone was happy with khrushchev action in one nine hundred fifty four transferring crimea from. there were votes in.

i can't remember a year or two until the commission realized and khrushchev realized in this world you can can never have communism, socialism without a totalitarian government. he disbanded the commission. they never achieved their plan of how they could move into ultimate communism with no government. and -- so they moved forward with a totalitarian government. and of course those who actually study real history or no truly socialist communist government has ever succeeded. they always fail. as margaret thatcher said, they fail when they run out of other people's money to spend. but we seem to be moving there. it wasn't lost on some that during the obama administration we had millions more added to poverty and in need of government assistance. we had so many moved out of the middle class into poverty. statement, -- at the same time, president obama himself admitted, it's the only time it's ever happened in the history of the united states of america, but under president obama's administration for the irst time in american history, 95% of the american income went to the top 17% income

destroyed and it's very difficult to tell what the what the new kinds of housing that will replace the khrushchev that will replace the most housing of of of moscow will look like but you know it's very unlikely that this housing will be as much for the people as a to herself so this remains to be seen well mr murawski let's talk again in a few years but for the time being we have to leave it there thank you very much for sharing your insights but that's thank you encourage our viewers to keep this conversation going in our social media pages and hope to hear again same place same time here and while the party. tony. i'm a little but i think. for me as a nation you know that moved me and i had to. get a team didn't have to keep. a you may have to move. to before. people. for just twelve euros fifty per month. political flashpoints and trade routes the g. twenty leaders gather in argentina as donald trump unexpectedly calls off his much anticipated encounter with.

destroyed and it's very difficult to tell what the what the new kinds of housing that will replace the khrushchev that will replace the most housing of of of moscow will look like but you know it's very unlikely that this housing will be as much for the people as the as the as the herself so this remains to be seen while mr murawski let's talk again in a few years but for the time being we have to leave it there thank you very much for sharing your insights but as thank you encourage our viewers to keep this conversation going in our social media pages and hope to hear again same place same time here and of all the party. us veterans who come back from war often tell the same stories. were going after the people who were killing civilians they were not interested in the wellbeing of their own soldiers either they're already several generations of them so i just got this memo from the circular defenses officer says we're going to attack and destroy the government and seven countries in five years americans pay for the wars with their money others with their lives if we were willing to go into harm

destroyed and it's very difficult to tell what the what the new kinds of housing that will replace the khrushchev that will replace the most housing of of of moscow will look like but you know it's very unlikely that this housing will be as much for the people as a as the herself so this remains to be seen well mr murawski let's talk again in a few years but for the time being we have to leave it there thank you very much for sharing your insights but that's thank you encourage our viewers to keep this conversation going in our social media pages and hope to see her again same place same time here and while the party. you producing a lot of oil and gas now or energy and abandonware as big as them in russia and saudi arabia as you are making there is that they're actually losing money on our. breaking news tonight donald trump counsels his meeting with president putin for the upcoming g. twenty summit in argentina over the recent clashes between russia and ukraine will tell you all about. going to the yellow best protesters in france but on another.

. -- khrushchev did. we deprive them of energy earnings by stimulating the saudi's to increase energy production. we had a massive security program to deprive them of technology. we supported the anti-communist resistance movement in afghanistan thomas central america, southern africa. all of those are material things. they were incredibly important. none of those material things explain how a million people can take to the streets of moscow. in 1990not explain how -- it does not explain how the coal miners were going on strike not for safer working conditions , more wages, or better vacations. they were demanding political change. none of those things explain that. what explains it is the nonmilitary strategy that ronald reagan rot to bear -- brought to bear. you said, what is the difference between the nixon-carter discussion of stability versus reagan's idea? sovietsnderstood the were on the political strategic offensives. instead of engaging in moral equivalence and 19th-century balance of power polit

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khrushchev. we stopped in warsaw. 150,000 polish people came out. they threw flowers on the car. they stopped it many times in the heart of the city and they , long live the united states, long live poland. that was 10 years after poland lifted the iron curtain. and there are people like that in the world, the united states, while we must not do something that will set off a nuclear confrontation we must also make , it clear that our thoughts are with them and we are going to use our economic and diplomatic strength to support their freedom of choice whenever they want it. that's what i believe in. that's the kind of administration we will have. [applause] >> mr. nixon, you propose the idea of a volunteer army as a possible alternative to the draft. i believe this has been rejected by the defense department as being too expensive. also, would not such a conception of a volunteer army preempt the united states from an active involvement in world affairs? mr. nixon: let me explain my concept of an all volunteer army. first, the timing. second, the type. the department of defense tr

he will debate khrushchev toe to toe. the kitchen debates about the merits of free society versus communist society. so here's a dude who is known to be hard core. so what? why does that matter? go ahead, brother. >> you can't be hard core against communism but then lose to communism. you lose those bona fides you've worked so hard to build. >> how does it give you -- he's saying you lose your credibility. >> you've already set your heart on communism. you're saying this is not essential to our task to defeating communism. vietnam is not essential. we could win other ways or if he goes with vietnamization, you know, it's not our responsibility to always defend communism. it's up to you to help do it. he has some wiggle room to say that because he's already showed he's done it correctly. >> to a large extent, it's that. have you heard the saying, only nixon could go to china? it's sort of part of this. if you have sterling credentials as being a bad guy, that gives you a little bit more wiggle room to do it, and nixon's go

khrushchev after the missile thing, he says we will not beat the united states in war.you're a veteran. thank you so much for your service. this election cycle, five days, the midterms. what is most important to you? >> biggest thing is border security. definitely number one. also our economy, helping everybody around the area to do better. pete: absolutely. well-said. i will leave it there. michael you are jewish and from pittsburgh, the tragic event that happened there, hit closer to home for you than a lot of people. talk to us, president received criticism there. is it merited? >> no, not not all. i think he has been super respectful. i think he has not just a love for the country but i think he has more than any other president that has shown, a real love for the jewish faith and the jewish people. i don't think any president has reached out any stronger than what president trump has done. pete: well-said. with the election coming up in five days, most important issue to you? >> right now it would be border security and maintaining this economy. maintaining this ec