mr. gorbachev, if you want peace, bring down this wall. the germans were thinking that mr. gorbachev lives on the other side of the wall, and reagan is going to be gone tomorrow. everybody was stunned. suddenly, the german people picked it up on both sides of the wall. gorbachev knew that he was having problems. first of all, he had a terrible economic start -- the people took power and you saw the whole eastern bloc of the soviet union began to crumble. reagan was out of office at this point by a dear, -- by a year. if you could think of one single point that brought down soviet communism in the east, he actually -- satellite countries such as czechoslovakia, poland, hungary -- he went to visit moscow and gorbachev. gorbachev was happy about it. reagan made a speech in moscow. he talk to these guys. they never heard anyone talk about democracy and freedom. it was against the law. he was cheered, and so he left. that was his legacy. his legacy is that he was a lot smarter than anyone gave him credit for. one of the things that i found -- presidents always have speech writers

mrs. gorbachev who came with her to the event and gave her own remarks. in the kremlin with mrs. yeltsin, the left. mrs. yeltsin took us through an impromptu tour of the imperial apartments in the kremlin which were absolutely incredible. they were covered floor to ceiling with the beautiful religious icons. and i don't think the apartments had ever been opened to the public before, so that was a real treat to see. on our first foreign trip. we went to china here at the tiananmen square. i was still learning my way, and i had a slight scuffle with the chinese security. and i kept telling them that i was with her and it was okay because i was an official photographer. and then figured out later that all photographers in china are probably official and it meant absolutely nothing. our first foreign trip after that we went to seoul, korea, and i love the juxtaposition there of the east and west and holding hands. and in tokyo in the imperial gardens, we took a you note the u.s. keds. president and mrs. bush met with mr. and mrs. wes lieu when ska. we went to 10 downing street with m

mrs. gorbachev came out and he was sort of like you guys. we walked. oh, yes. i'm dying to walk. she had blisters beyond belief. and we put her into lower shoes later. but he stood up and george -- this is horseshoes. george said yes. he threw a ringer. a ringer. the first one. only one he shot. so george at dinner had it mounted. >> it must have been an incredible thing to have gorbachev there and having lived at the height of the cold war and here you have this head of russia there. and you become friends. i mean, that's -- that's a huge circle in our history. >> they brought putin to our house at walker's point. we became great friends. but i think that's lost now. >> george's story was so moving to us was how close from japan was. was one of first to call after 9/11 to offer his alliances with us. when george's dad and his dad fought, you know, had been sworn enemies with each other in world war ii. the idea that somebody who had been an enemy, that short of a time, one of our closest allies now is really amazing. >> so how did things physically change in the white house afte

mr. gorbachev, if you want peace, bring down this wall. the germans were thinking that mr. e at this point by a dear, -- by a year. if you could think of one single point that brought down soviet communism in the east, he actually -- satellite countries such as czechoslovakia, poland, hungary -- he went to visit moscow and gorbachev. gorbachev was happy about it. reagan made a speech in moscow. he talk to these guys. they never heard anyone talk about democracy and freedom. it was against the law. he was cheered, and so he left. that was his legacy. his legacy is that he was a lot smarter than anyone gave him credit for. one of the things that i found -- presidents always have speech writers. but reagan wrote his own speeches. i have the books with his own handwriting in them. he kept a diary. reagan kept a diary, which is extremely articulate. he wrote letters, and they are collected in places. i was fascinated by the turn of this guy's mind. he was so clear. he was so smart. he was a meat and potatoes guy. he had a branch ranch you love to go to in the mountains outside of

mr. mayor, it's been a pleasure. i know you're going to leave me now for mickael gorbachev. >> i don't want you to thb i'm trading up.thank you. >>> coming up, sean penn. >>> sean penn will be honored with the 2012 peace summit award >>> sean penn will be honored with the 2012 peace summit award this week. and he joins me now. sean, when you were in school, what was the big dream for you? >> well, in fact, i had been very interested in being a lawyer. that was what i wanted to do. i was reading the books of bailey and i thought criminal defense attorney was what i was most interested in doing. then i discovered it would lead to an inordinate amount of education after school to get to that point and decided to go surfing and pursue acting. >> did you ever think, though, in your wildest dreams when you were at school one day you would be here in a chicago public school alongside president obama's departed chief of staff and mayor of chicago rahm emanuel and president mickael gorbachev. >> it was interesting. i met gorbachev during the rodney king riots he came to speak to raise funds. i thought of that after getting in

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mr. gorbachev, if you want peace, bring down this wall. the germans were thinking that mr. gorbachev lives on the other side of the wall, and reagan is going to be gone tomorrow. everybody was stunned. suddenly, the german people picked it up on both sides of the wall. gorbachev knew that he was having problems. first of all, he had a terrible economic start -- the people took power and you saw the whole eastern bloc of the soviet union began to crumble. reagan was out of office at this point by a dear, -- by a year. if you could think of one single point that brought down soviet communism in the east, he actually -- satellite countries such as czechoslovakia, poland, hungary -- he went to visit moscow and gorbachev. gorbachev was happy about it. reagan made a speech in moscow. he talk to these guys. they never heard anyone talk about democracy and freedom. it was against the law. he was cheered, and so he left. that was his legacy. his legacy is that he was a lot smarter than anyone gave him credit for. one of the things that i found -- presidents always have speech writers