arts and culture celebrating the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall in november 1989 mikael gorbachev the last leader of the soviet union is one of the heroes of germany's peaceful revolution at least from a western perspective 3 decades later the man who rocked the world with his vision of social democracy met with the rockers who wrote that soundtrack of hope that we just heard they are of course in the meantime good friends and scorpions paid the 88 year old got a better of a visit in last go. down to. listening to them with. scorpio singer klaus minor serenading michelle gorbachev with his famous ballad about the fall of communism and the end of the cold war the former polish president left for once so also came to moscow 2 nobel peace prize laureates reminiscing about the fall of the berlin wall 30 years on. the most important thing was that the germans didn't leave the streets in cities across germany they said we are one nation we have to reunite. you. with friendship between scorpions and michelle you go by chance goes back to the final days of the soviet union when

arts and culture celebrating the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall in november 1989 mikael go brush off the last leader of the soviet union is one of the heroes of germany's peaceful revolution at least from a western perspective 3 decades later the man who rocked the world with his vision of social democracy met with the rockers who wrote that soundtrack of hope that we just heard they are of course in the meantime good friends and scorpions paid the 88 year old got a better of a visit in moscow. don't go. listening to them with of. course singer close mindedness.

it is photography of george bush, mikael gorbachev and five copies exist. one of them hangs in the chancellor's office. it was taken on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the berlin whenlin -- the leaders met for one last time. they sit in front of three pieces in an undefined huge space. , presidents and if you look closer, you realize it is president bush who actually is in the composition center stage. -- thery of this picture story of vision and leadership and courage and trust is his, and byly his, extension, that of his civil foreign policy advisor at the time, secretary baker. secretary baker, my country will always remember you as one of the fathers of german unification. thank you. [applause] madam ambassador: ladies and gentlemen, the friendship goes back a long ways. the united states freed europe and indeed germany from oppression. iny entered integration europe and help germany reunite, once the wall had come down. andout the united states its visionary leaders like james baker, we would not celebrate the fall of the wall today. thank you. [ap

arts and culture celebrating the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall in november 1989 mikael go brush off the last leader of the soviet union is one of the heroes of germany's peaceful revolution at least from a western perspective 3 decades later the man who rocked the world with his vision of social democracy met with the rockers who wrote that soundtrack of hope that we just heard they are of course in the meantime good friends and scorpions paid the 88 year old got a better of a visit in moscow. don't go. listening to them with of. course singer klaus mind serenading michelle gorbachev with his famous ballad about the fall of communism and the end of the cold war. with former polish president left for one song.

maybe mikael arteta in the long term could be easier to get here.ointed him 18 months ago. we know what happened at old trafford when ole gunnar solskjaer came on as an interim fix and he stayed there. i wonder if that could happen with ljungberg. they are next games should be winnable and if that is the case he would be in a strong position. rain brought an early end to the first day of the second test between new zealand and england in hamilton. the black caps will begin the second day on 173—3, with tom latham 101 not out. jim lumsden reports. having been thumped by an innings and 65 runs in the first test, england had plenty to prove. a good start, a talk toss was won. the team—mates had no time to settle. joe root was caught. not long after a prized wicket, skipper kane williamson sent packing for 20. chris woakes delivering with the second snatch. overturning an lbw decision. ben stokes later limped off after a bill with the ball. ross taylor survived an lbw possession and offered a half—century before becoming joe root‘s third catch of the da

i think mikael gorbachev, and i am sure you may share this view, tom, but i think mikael gorbachev will be remembered very well by history. because he after all was the first soviet leader who did not elect to use force to keep the empire together. tom: i could not agree with you more. i did the first interview with gorbachev, and what i remember, i was meeting him for the first time, and they were putting russian equipment on him which was not as sophisticated as ours, so i reached over to his lapel and changed it, and i said, mr. gorbachev, i have to do this in my job every day, and he looked at me with a stern appearance and he said, mr. brokaw, you would not believe what i have to do in my job every day. [laughter] it was the beginning of a strong relationship. i want to say something about modern germany because we have been here for a few days. there is a lot of turmoil in central europe and germany, and angela merkel, where do we go from here, the fact of the matter is this country in the last 120 years started two world wars and has the holocaust on their conscious, then became

these days it is rare to see mikael gorbachev in front of a camera.ds the limelight. i'm slowing down, he tells me. i can barely stand up to but the man who helped to end the cold war has a message for the world. that his achievements are at risk. and one of his greatest achievements was ending the arms race between the soviet union and america. his diplomatic double act with ronald reagan slashed the two superpowers national —— nuclear arsenals. but the arms race has reignited. there is new tension and fierce rivalry between moscow and the west. how dangerous do you think the west. how dangerous do you think the current confrontation is between russia and the west? translation:- long as weapons of mass destruction exist, nuclear weapons, the danger is colossal. all nations should declare. all nations. nuclear weapons must be destroyed. to save ourselves, and our planet. in the past we used to talk about the cold war. how would you describe the current stand—off tween russia and the west? chile, but still a war. look at what is happening. in different

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i did the first interview with mikael gorbachev.ngs i remember i was reading for the first time they were putting russian equipment on it. which was not nearly as sophisticated as ours. i reached over his lapel to change it and it looked at him and said, mr. gorbachev, you have to understand is what i have to do in my job every day. he looked at me with a stern appearance and said, he would not believe what i have to do in my job every day. [laughter] it was the beginning of a very strong relationship. [laughter] i want to say something if i can about modern germany because we been here for a few days and there's a lot of turmoil in central europe and in the place of germany. the fact of the matter is, this country in the last 120 years started two world wars with the holocaust on the couches and then became partners with the west and the big issue is where does germany go from here and where to central europe go from here. i be interested in some of your thoughts on that. >> i think it's extremely important that we continue to purs

only a couple of years before the fall of the berlin wall addressed the public at the gate and told mikaels here 30 years later is how not engaged the u.s. is. mike pompeo and his boss, president trump they have made a signature foreign policy decision which is to disengage from a lot of the international institutions that have you know undergirded peace since world war ii and also stewarded forward the fall of the berlin wall, the uniting of jermtny, the fall of communism throughout europe and really throughout the world. now there is a disengagement. now mike pompeo is just here meeting his counter-parts. he is not participating in this ceremony. it doesn't seem like it is the same level of u.s. influence that we had 30 years ago. that's one of the things that a lot of politicians here, especially of a certain age are going to be remembering 30 years from now, these ramparts that once held up the global institutions that defend democracy and liberal democracy, they can come down just as easily as the wall that once stood behind me 30 years ago. >> matt, it is windy there in berlin, and y

these days it is rare to see mikael gorbachev in front of a camera.'m slowing down," he tells me. "i can barely stand up." but the man who helped to end the cold war has a message for the world. that his achievements are at risk. and one of his greatest achievements was ending the arms race between the soviet union and america. his diplomatic double act with ronald reagan slashed the two superpowers' nuclear arsenals. but the arms race has reignited. there is new tension and fierce rivalry between moscow and the west. how dangerous do you think the current confrontation is between russia and the west? translation: as long as weapons of mass destruction exist, nuclear weapons, the danger is colossal. all nations should declare. all nations. nuclear weapons must be destroyed to save ourselves, and our planet. in the past we used to talk about the cold war. how would you describe the current stand—off between russia and the west? translation: chilly, but still a war. look at what is happening. in different places there are skirmishes. there are shooting.

hell outst charmed the of mikael gorbachev. what did he tell you? two critical moments the end of the cold war in terms of the american soviet union inectly was this summit geneva in 1985 and the way president bush handled the fall of the berlin wall. this was incredibly important for both men. office as come into this ferocious warrior. that peopleelf think, combination of the mad bomber and ebenezer scrooge. he knew he needed to overcome that. he couldn't meet with soviet leaders because they keep dying on me. then they get this 54-year-old breath of fresh air. -- margaretet for thatcher told reagan, i think this is a man we can do business with. >> i could have stayed for the whole meeting. they were going on their way. i walked out and i came back in when they broke up the meeting. the rate -- the way reagan handled the meeting was impressive. it was pretty incredible. >> the reason reagan could make that stuff work is his central job for becoming president was , but being governor the head of the screen actors guild. for eight years he negotiat

both developed strong relations with other foreign leaders, particularly soviet president mikael gorbachev, german chancellor helmut kohl, british prime minister margaret thatcher, canadian prime minister brian mulrooney, and others. those relationships nurtured trust between countries, and helped them reach pragmatic solutions. i the endn, of course, no one individual was responsible for the fall of the berlin wall, and the end of the cold war. every american president since truman played indispensable roles. was thee all else, it the citizensit of of the captive nations that finally tipped the scales toward freedom. the lessons presidents reagan and bush provided during that critical window of history remain as pertinent today as they were back then, and so as our nation continues to confront the daunting challenges, foreign policies of ronald bushan and george h. w. remain models that all american presidents would do well to follow, as they seek to promote america's interests and values around the world. thank you all very much. [applause] >> thank you, secretary baker. 'm delighted, if

these days, it is rare to see mikael gorbachev in front of a camera.m slowing down," he tells me. "i can barely stand up." but the man who helped to end the cold war has a message for the world. that his achievements are at risk. and one of his greatest achievements was ending the arms race, between the soviet union and america. his diplomatic double act with ronald reagan slashed the two superpowers‘ nuclear arsenals. but the arms race has reignited. there is new tension and fierce rivalry, between moscow and the west. how dangerous do you think the current confrontation is, between russia and the west? translation: as long as weapons of mass destruction exist, nuclear weapons, the danger is colossal. all nations should declare. all nations. nuclear weapons must be destroyed. to save ourselves and our planet. in the past, we used to talk about the cold war. how would you describe the current stand—off, between russia and the west? translation: chilly, but still a war. look at what is happening. in different places, there are skirmishes. there is shoot

both developed strong relations with other foreign leaders, particularly soviet president mikael gorbachev, german chancellor helmut kohl, british prime minister margaret thatcher, canadian prime minister brian mulroney, and others. those relationships nurtured trust between countries, and helped them reach pragmatic solutions. in the end, of course, no one individual was responsible for the fall of the berlin wall, and the end of the cold war. every american president since truman played indispensable roles. but above all else, it was the enduring spirit of the citizens of the captive nations that finally tipped the scales toward freedom. the lessons presidents reagan and bush provided during that critical window of history remain as pertinent today as they were back then, and so as our nation continues to confront many daunting challenges, the foreign policies of ronald reagan and george h. w. bush remain models that all american presidents would do well to follow, as they seek to promote america's interests and values around the world. thank you all very much. >> thank you, secretary ba