he also improved berlin's relationship to the soviet union after mikael gorbachev became leader. in the 1990's, he made further european integration a top priority, strongly backing the creation of the euro. in 1998, his fortune soured when he lost the elections. then he was exposed in a party donation scandal. that cost him the party leadership. his wife committed suicide a looming years of illness and loneliness. in 2008, he was severely injured in a fall, but he also remarried. his reputation has slowly recovered. international commentators have called him a great european statesmen. even so, as he turns 85, he remains a controversial figure. sarah: that's going to do it for us. we're back at the top of the hour with more news and updates. stay with dw. >> see you then. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] c anchor: good evening. the day after reaching an agreement for the framework of a nuclear deal, the iranian president, rouhani promised his country will stand by his commitme

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mikael gorbachev, who i tend to trust told me three times that james baker who was then secretary of state told him that if you agree to the unification of germany and taking down the berlin rall, i tell you that nato will not move 1 inch to the east. now you may say he's lying, but i don't think he is. is. i think he's telling the truth and the thing is that during the soviet period which didn't last very long after that, nato did not move to the east. it moved under clinton. when the russians started saying what's going on here he was told no, no we have no agreement with you, we have an agreement with the soviet union but it's no longer there. so in 1991 poland czechoslovakia became members of nato. it was followed by romania the argument isn't about dates -- i may have gotten a date mistaken but finally nato found itself on russia's border in estonia and in latvia. you may say but there's nothing dangerous about that. i'm telling you this is cold war mentality that nato is seen as a threat. what the russians have set about ukraine, rightly or wrongly, is we will not allow nato to

i heard her say she was responsible for bringing together the calgary all and president -- mikael gorbachev and president reagan. did i hear you correctly? i thought she was more involved. patricia: i do agree with you. i guess for purposes of brevity in my paper i compare her to rosalyn carter. i do agree with you on a number of -- she had the whole campaign, just say no to drugs. i think she really takes on a big role one president reagan is shot. we realize how much she is probably saying she is running the country. it was more comparing her to a rosalyn carter. as her term went on, i think maybe she is an example of a little bit of both. she does have a politically active role. different than hillary clinton but she definitely initially comes in and is going to purchase a tea set. $200,000. the day she is about to purchase it, it comes out in the media that school lunch programs are going to come of the money is being decreased. i don't disagree with you. i think she kind of takes on more of a political role later on, especially when president reagan is shot. >>guest: can i add more to

mikael gorbachev, who i tend to trust, told me three times that james baker, who was secretary of statetold him, if you agree to the unification of germany and taking down the berlin wall, i tell you that nato will not move one inch to the east. you may say he's lying, but i don't think he is. i think he's telling the truth. the thing is, during the soviet period, which didn't last long after that, nato did not move to the east. it moved under clinton. when the russians started saying, what is going on here -- i mean yeltsin -- he was told, we have no agreement with you. we had an agreement with the soviet union. but it is no longer there. you are russia. in 1991, poland, czechoslovakia, became members of nato. then it was followed later on -- anne: [indiscernible] garry: 1998. vladimir: the argument isn't about dates. i may have gotten the dates mistaken. anne: it matters. vladimir: finally, nato found itself on russia's border. in estonia and latvia. this is russia's border. again, you may say there's nothing dangerous about that. i'm telling you, this is the result of the cold war me

i heard her say she was responsible for bringing together mikael gorbachev and president reagan. did i hear you correctly? i thought she was more involved. patricia: i do agree with you. i guess for purposes of brevity in my paper, i compare her to rosalyn carter. i do agree with you on a number of -- she had the whole campaign, just say no to drugs. i think she really takes on a big role one president reagan is shot. we realize how much she is probably saying she is running the country. it was more comparing her to a rosalyn carter. as her term went on, i think maybe she is an example of a little bit of both. she does have a politically active role. different than hillary clinton but she definitely initially comes in and is going to purchase a tea set. $200,000. the day she is about to purchase it, it comes out in the media that school lunch programs are going to come of the money is being decreased. i don't disagree with you. i think she kind of takes on more of a political role later on, especially when president reagan is shot. guest: can i add more to that? i appreciate the