mikhail gorbachev. [applause] f. w.de klerk is the former president of south africa, a one of the peace prize in 1993 along with nelson mandela with efforts to end apartheid and initiate the first fully democratic constitution for south africa. president de klerk. [applause] and lech walesa was the president of poland, helping to lead the poles out of communism. there are the other members, including the pope and mikhail gorbachev. [applause] is that a high five? we are together with men who have changed the course of history, but they are here with a message for all the young people an audience and who are watching, not just across america but in many places around the world, and that is you, too, have the tools to bring about change. it is very simple. there are many examples. but perhaps the most global what happened in 2010 when a series of protest by young people started that spread to egypt and libya and syria and yemen and became known as the arab spring. they are still riding the future of the arab world as a re

president mikhail gorbachev. [applause] f. w. de klerk is the former president of south africa, a one of the peace prize in 1993 along with nelson mandela with efforts to end apartheid and initiate the first fully democratic constitution for south africa. president de klerk. [applause] and lech walesa was the president of poland, helping to lead the poles out of communism. the end of the cold war. there are the other members, including the pope and mikhail gorbachev. we are proud to have you together on our stage. [applause] is that a high five? [laughter] we are together with men who have changed the course of history, but they are here with a message for all the young people an audience and who are watching, not just across america but in many places around the world, and that is you, too, have the tools to bring about change. it is very simple. there are many examples. but perhaps the most global one happened in 2010 when a series of protest by young people started that spread to egypt and libya and syria and yemen and became

and mikhail gorbachev vaclav its chairman of the supervisory council of the russian chess federation stressed it was a good thing that the final was being held on neutral ground for the us just that ration the fact that we are organizing the world champions much as no other information is that. russia is a leading chess nation and while we don't go for a new participant of this particular match we believe that. holding the world championship. the independent. place the pen from the seat instead of where's the importance think of the route the match will last twenty days in and on the thirty first of may by which time of the world will know who the new undisputed chess champion will be zero and the small matter of who gets the lion's share of the two point five five million dollar prize fund market change r.t. moscow well that is all the sport for now you know it will be here in a little under two hours time joining the. culture is that so much money they could be going to make it a lot of people a hearing at berkeley or what is happening in here french voters appear to be moving to t

the event brought out a handful of prominent figures including former soviet union president mikhail gorbacheva kind of a covert chairman of the supervisory council of the russian chess federation stressed it was a good thing that the final was being held on neutral ground for that i should just get. the fact that we are organizing a. world championship match there is no other information that. russia is reading just patient and. a new participant of this particular match even if that. holding a world championship match the independent. place the pen from the citizenship of where's the importance think about the match will last twenty days and end on the thirty first of may by which time of the world will know who the new undisputed chess champion will be zero and the small matter of who gets the lion's share of the two point five five million dollar prize fund market. well that is all the sport for now you know it will be here in a little under two hours time join in then. question is that so much i'm afraid we're going to make a lot of the play here yeah but look at what is happening in here

the events brought out a handful of prominent figures including former soviet union president mikhail gorbachev called the chairman of the supervisory council of the russian chess federation stressed it was a good thing that the final was being held on neutral ground for the russia just. fact. we're organizing the world champions. i know that information is a. russia is a leading chess patient and while we won't go for a new participant of this particular marriage even if the. holding of all chimps in. the independent. place and the pen from the citizenship of where it's important think of the well the match will last twenty days in and on the thirty first of may by which time the world will know who the new undisputed chess champion will be zero and the small matter of who gets the line share of the two point five five million dollar prize fund mark of change r.t. moscow. well that is all the sport for now. more in a little under two hours time join me that. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see so

mikhail gorbachev. [applause] f. w. de klerk is the former president of south africa, a one of the peace prize in 1993 along with nelson mandela with efforts to end apartheid and initiate the first fully democratic constitution for south africa. president de klerk. [applause] and lech walesa was the president of poland, helping to lead the poles out of communism. there are the other members, including the pope and mikhail gorbachev. [applause] is that a high five? we are together with men who have changed the course of history, but they are here with a message for all the young people an audience and who are watching, not just across america but in many places around the world, and that is you, too, have the tools to bring about change. it is very simple. there are many examples. but perhaps the most global what happened in 2010 when a series of protest by young people started that spread to egypt and libya and syria and yemen and became known as the arab spring. they are still riding the future of the arab world as a r

berlusconi former german chancellor gerhard schroeder we're all there as well the last soviet leader mikhail gorbachev the widow of the first president of russia in the even the likes of football stars the former everton football player. who was there it's interesting that even the leader of the biggest biker back in the moscow the night wolves was there and he's called the surgeon a very famous guy and he was the only one not wearing a tie and suit like most of the guests he was wearing a black leather jacket like all bikers do so differently in mixed crowd but just twenty minutes after the inauguration finished. in the hall where we stood and george hall was empty because all of those guests went to dinner some speculate that this is going to cost about a million dollars so it's a speculation maybe but i never had a chance to go there but my insiders from the dinner told me that there were black caviar on the menu fried scallops even. a couple chino made of cocoa milk was there along with expensive champagne wine and definitely was a big party to remember when i was going to the kremlin on my way th

president mikhail gorbachev of the soviet union.his policies of glasnost led to the downfall of communism and breakup of the soviet union in 1991. he was awarded the nobel peace prize in 1990 for helping to end the cold war. "time" magazine named him, man of the year and man of the decade. president mikhail gorbachev. [applause] fwdeclerc is the performer if the of south africa. he was awarded nobel peace prize in 199 alongwith nelson mandela with his efforts to end apartheid and initiate the first democratic constitution throughout south africa. president today clerk. d the declerc [applause] >> and lech walesa was president of poland from 1990 to 1995. he was awarded the nobel peace prize in 1983 as founder of the solidarity movement that took pols out of communism. his contribution to the end of communism in europe and hence the end of the cold war stands besides of that his fellow pole the pope john paul the ii and. we're all proud to have you here together on the stage. [applause] >> [inaudible]. >> is that a high-five? we are

bill clinton, princess diana, mikhail gorbachev, mother theresa, quincy jones. nelson mandela. these are like the icons of my lifetime. all touched by the inspirational hand of tony robbins. >> i don't know about that. i've had a ticket to history. i've had a chance to be around some magnificent people and learn from them along the way, and in sma cases, be able to assist them as well. >> what is the common theme of anybody in their positions, where you get to be hugely famous with all the pressures that brings? what do they need from somebody like you? >> well, they all have something different. i get the phone call when the athlete's melting down in the middle of a sporting event. you've got to do something right now to turn him around. >> what do you say? when that specific thing is happening, what do you say? >> it's not a say. it's putting him back in state. you look at somebody like tiger woods. he has the same skills he always had. what he's lost is the state. he's lost that certainty. i'm sure you've seen a sporting event, any sporting event, and you watch the person wa

. >> the episode gave the soviet leader mikhail dobe for java -- gorbachev our reason to crack down on hard-liners in the military to oppose his reforms. hundreds were sacked. this is just what he wanted. >> that was my motivation. i wanted to support the overtop -- gorbachev. i was worried his enemies would try to get him out of office as soon as possible. and of course, if that had happened, germany would never have been reunited. >> that may sound diluted, but historians agree gorbachev managed to push forward with perestroika, even if mathias rust 's flight was not a turning point in history. he has had more precious with the police -- brushes with the police. today, he is working as a full- time financial analyst. >> the new president of germany will be holding high-level talks with political leaders. >> he is visiting iran.% >> this has captured the interest of a well-known israeli writer, and we visited him to find out why. >> his books are best sellers in israel, but he writes about berlin and the fascination at the city holds for young israelis. >> time has changed the way we

mikhail gorbachev in 1988 took the religious liberty lid off, so to speak, and just simply would notgo back on. the russian orthodox church was up from the underground and there was no going back. russia turned quickly into the god list all should escape. the religion and religious liberties were under attack and large portions of the faithful simply remain silent. we can't afford to not learn this historical lesson that is only one of many that are almost identical. in his book, the author james mann notes the influence that susan massey had on the president. he wrote, religion has been an essential component of massey's own interest in the soviet union. in russia i say religion is alive. the leaders, tormented by the light. massey had written this after her first visit to the soviet union in 1967. in a state where great cathedrals have been turned into a sea of antireligious museums where god has officially been declared dead, this was a sublime example of his enduring strength. she had studied the history of the russian orthodox church for oil, land of the firebirds. of the church

that is an even more pair charged us because we were not ready during the mikhail gorbachev and poor transition. i do want to emphasize that challenge you. we at least shared equally if not more so. >> thank you for your fairness and final comment. >> we need to close out. >> i would like to thank the council again and for everyone to took part in the discussion. it is great to have these kind of exchanges and opinions. >> many thanks to all of you poor attention to good questions. i think the comment at the end was a very helpful one. i also want to thank from our own staff, [inaudible name] who did a lot of the work command our assistant director who is back for the first time in our offices after having a baby several weeks ago. please join me in thanking our two guests were outstanding presentation and leadership of this event. they do. [applause] [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] coming up on c-span 2, next, we would hear about u.s. efforts to assist those complications in establishing strong and st