whether he meant it seriously or not khrushchev twice said nyet . back home near moscow the rocket men were already in the starting blocks and raring to go the kremlin's refusal to commit left them frustrated and angry. but chief designer left no stone unturned in his attempts to persuade the kremlin boss to change his mind. he was a. bit here breathless here a few official but i would read. this. here boat story of. courage of knew quite well how to sell his moon project he promised that the armed forces would be able to use the. technology afterwards which made the project seem relatively inexpensive but that was a lie. 1962 finally brought the 1st ray of hope. was told to come up with more precise plans for his end one moon rocket. meanwhile his r 7 rocket was knocking up new records and creating new heroes for public consumption tito of the poets nikolayev and in the summer of 63 valentina tereshkova the 1st woman in space. but can a yobs moon landing project continue to lose ground to the americans the teams at the baikonur cosmodrome were read

of great change in the soviet union and on the world stage after joseph stalin died in 1983 to khrushchev would initiate a political fall with the west george was in the right place at the right time. to who should have came to power. there a nurse invited business men flooded into the us a certain simon hence the big demand for interpreters and translators here late january after the final of the christmas exams there was a correspondent from radio moscow. course your bishop knew best ski later on i met we met him and spoken very wind boy he was saying interviews from. english speaking students and one of the students told him says why hey why don't you interviewed 2 canadian boys heres what canadian boys. that's how just my accidents cost of vishnu best pieces will you give me an interview sure why not. and so we had a very fine interview decision a you boy speak very good english i'm through this canadian english. and he says where would you come in if our management invites you to come to work for us. he's who i always thought i would just. passing later on we got a call contact from

president who for so far has said nothing about this case ok let's get more now from nina khrushchev a she's professor of international affairs at the new school in new york she joins us here on the news on skype nina khrushchev great to talk to you again here on al-jazeera do you think this man was. well he could be a spy. but he also is very likely or very could could have been easily set up and the conditions of his arrest were do suggest that he probably was on the radar or russian security forces we do know he had friends that were mostly in the military was it because he was seeking information from the russians or because he himself was was a military in the past he was a marine and worked in the security of a car company so easy that one or another so i think he was and he was in he was a person of interest in whether whether as a potential political political. will for political game or whether there is something on here indeed was available but i think what i'm worth is very interesting about the keith is he was arrested just a few weeks after mighty of weekend there was a

who's been the voice of the network since launch on a former translator the soviet leader nikita khrushchev george what's this dog you passed away early this morning born in the 1930 s. kind of the russian immigrant parents he grew up during the great depression before moving to his parents' home and after the 2nd. world war for mary led a remarkable life mixing in senior soviet and post soviet circles and rubbing shoulders with presidents diplomats and history makers from across the water or several are saying he was the a mistake a voice of our network and a much loved friend and colleague sometimes mysterious but always happy to help anyone here the few kind and wise words to. 'd 'd 'd george what's the legendary voice of our team died early this tuesday now that video was from a tribute to george's long legacy which we broadcast last year here including hearing his remarkable life story in his own words i'm going to give you another chance to see the program called to homeland's the life of george what's in just a few hours time you're not international you can watch it on youtube. so f

moment who's been the voice of the network since launch a former translator to soviet leader nikita khrushchev george what's died he passed away earlier this morning born in canada in the 1930 s. to russian immigrant parents he grew up during the great depression before moving to his parents' homeland after the 2nd world war from there he led a remarkable life mixing in senior salvi its own post salvi it circles and rubbing shoulders with presidents diplomats and history makers from across society to us here at r.t. he was the on mistake of all voice of the network much loved friend and colleague sometimes b.s. but always happy to help anyone here with a few kind why words. ready ready ready. george watts the legendary voice of authority who died earlier this tuesday that video was from a tribute to george's long legacy which we broadcast last year including hearing his remarkable life story in his own words there will be another chance to see 2 whole months the life of george waltz in a few hours time here on our to international or you can watch it on you tube. a lot is how the news is shapi

over again i'll tell you what the end there's another hero in all this is a gentleman named nikita khrushchev from russia i view him a hero 2 times we were at the brink of nuclear war and 2 times it was crew chef that blinked and backed up so we need people like kennedy and crew chef to get out of this nucular i'll call it hal a cost that were leading into by destroying all our relationships and treaties throughout the world i think it's insane. let's turn to new york now where federal prosecutors have issued a formal request to the british government to speak with prince andrew in the ongoing criminal investigation into a convicted pedophile and the deceased a billionaire jeffrey epstein federal investigators have been trying to talk to the son of queen elizabeth the 2nd for months prince andrew is a long time friend of jeffrey at scenes and he's also been accused of sexually abusing virginia roberts to fray one of epstein's alleged victims the prince denies the accusations and claims he doesn't remember meeting to frey despite photo evidence proving otherwise now this story has not gone awa

then there was the year 1962 soviet american relations rapidly worsened during khrushchev's last years as 1st party secretary the cuban missile crisis becomes the most dangerous point in the confrontation the world is on the verge of a nuclear war in the autumn of 1962 is unclear whether the 2 nations can come to an agreement. i was very concerned about what would happen. i was very concerned. that was the closest anyone had ever come to that. and that's the time that. the soviet union put into orbit bell can still come into. outer space and they return to. their returns live. later on the. current tomb was made by the soviet. cinematographers it was called bell constrained. i translated into english and voiced a couple of commercials about bell constructor which i thought was very good and i like voicing cartoons because you change your voice. you had he have a brotherly way of your possibilities george also served in the soviet military he was trained as a paratrooper so busy young man born in canada would parachute over the steps of russia i was called up to. the airborne troops whi

his presidency, not only with the missiles in cuba but also in confrontations and summits with khrushchev, the soviet leader. he thought of the job much more in it's kind of commander-in-chief role of the job. matter, all ofic his intelligence, charisma, and glamour was not all that helpful to him in passing any of his domestic legislation, and it was one of the first incidents, and this has been proved really throughout the presidency, is even the charismatic ones, who -- even ronald reagan was not able to kind of sweettalk the nation into doing things that the nation did not want to do. host: "the hardest job in the world: the american presidency," the title of the book by our guest, john dickerson. he is joining us from new york, and keith is on the phone from west palm beach, florida. good morning. caller: thanks. good morning. is -- what for john does he think is the most , most enduring quality that the president or the presidency -- the president should have, you know, to nsurerve the presidency, e that we live to the ideals of the declaration of independence? based on the rhetoric

this is a photograph of stalin khrushchev,e, mao, and all the leaders of the forunist states gathered stalin's 70th birthday. ,his is in the bolshoi theater and it occurs december 21 1949. mao tohad invited discuss a treaty of assistance and alliance. outside his first trip the country, was very upset. very manyot have photographs available. he did not like photographs of himself. he's never smiling, which may have something to do with the fact that he had black teeth. the negotiations dragged on for two months. they would lead to a treaty, but nothis point, mao was getting the concessions that he wanted. finally at some point in late changes his, stalin mind and conceptualizes a new strategy. no longer would he try and keep all of the concessions he had from what we used to call sheg kai-shek, now junkie now shang kai-shek in the current annunciation. he was prepared to launch an invasion on the per -- on the condition he get the soviet union out of the war and on the basis of a plan he had to force persuade, coerce, however one wants to stylet -- into providing the backup for the no

he was critical of stalin's policies and khrushchev's. he was critical of how the cold war had forced the soviet union to become more militaristic. he was looking to find a way to open up the soviet union and to reform. ronald reagan continued to put pressure on gorbachev. many of those closest to reagan did not believe gorbachev was different, not for a long time. when reagan met gorbachev in part because of reagan's emphasis on personal negotiations and his experience talking to so many audiences, he saw someone different. my lecture has been largely critical of reagan and there were many shortcomings reagan had, but he had one deep insight , which was individuals matter. he saw in gorbachev someone who was different. gorbachev was the one who wanted to make the changes and was willing to take more risks. reagan was willing to meet him. reagan believed all the pressure he was putting on the soviet union was designed not just to win but to reform the soviet union. he wanted the other country to improve. he wanted them to be better and to

links to the defense department and stanford university but it misreads history because it thinks khrushchev put a satellite into orbit that america took off and become an a successful technology leader. i wrote but the way the second world war made a difference in innovation and the case without the development of nuclear weapons which had knopp about developed if it wasn't a worry that germany might be developing them too. with that exception, the other technologies we often think but having been accelerated by warfare actually weren't. the computer, antibiotics, the jet engine, they were developed long before the war and in the case of the computer, at least the ingredient technologies with developed before the war inch case of the computer, the amazing year when these ideas come together is 1937 and then because of the war, the project all go off into secrecy and not able to talk and all they're doing its crate thing trajectories of artillery shells or trying to crack enemy codes and and it's not until the wore end that computer is able to share ideas again and get going again. so i thin

his presidency, not only with the missiles in cuba but also in confrontations and summits with khrushchevthe soviet leader. he thought of the job much more in it's kind of commander-in-chief role of the job. matter, all ofic his intelligence, charisma, and glamour was not all that helpful to him in passing any of his domestic legislation, and it was one of the first incidents, and this has been proved really throughout the presidency, is even the charismatic ones, who -- even ronald reagan was not able to kind of sweettalk the nation into doing things that the nation did not want to do. host: "the hardest job in the world: the american presidency," the title of the book by our guest, john dickerson. he is joining us from new york, and keith is on the phone from west palm beach, florida. good morning. caller: thanks. good morning. is -- what for john does he think is the most , most enduring quality that the president or the presidency -- the president should have, you know, to nsurerve the presidency, e that we live to the ideals of the declaration of independence? based on the rhetoric t