mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. mr. gorbachev, open the gate. it didn't receive great coverage in america, but i think the american people understood that their forceful, direct president was about to have a major breakthrough. >> and it did have a tremendous impact certainly in the long run. in the immediate aftermath of it, what was the reaction in germany and the united states? >> most of the reaction was that we were a little bit too belligerent, that we had maybe taken some steps to undermine gorbachev and his efforts at glasnost and perestroika, that we were on tender soil, but it fit in very much with the ronald reagan of the evil empire on the one hand, and on the other hand let's hold out some hope. if you look at the whole speech, it is one of hope and liberalization and trust and encouragement and standing together in this fight against totalitarianism. this is not supposed to be, and wasn't, what we thought a provocative speech but rather one that held out an olive branch. if you truly want liberalization, if you're truly serious, it

mr. gorbachev, open this gate! [ cheers and applause ] mr. gorbachev, mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall! [ cheers and applause ] i understand the fear of war and the pain of division that afflict this continent and i pledge to you my country's efforts to help overcome these burdens. to be sure, we in the west must resist soviet expansion. so, we must maintain defenses of unassailable strength. yet, we seek peace. so, we must strive to reduce arms on both sides. beginning ten years ago, the soviets challenged the western alliance with a grave new threat, hundreds of new and more deadly ss-20 nuclear missiles capable of striking every capital in europe. the western alliance responded by committing itself to a counter deployment. unless the soviets agree to negotiate a better solution, namely the elimination of such weapons on both sides, for many months, the soviets refused to bargain in earnestness. as the alliance, in turn, prepared to go forward with its counter deployment, there were difficult days, days of protests, like those during my 1982 visit to thi

mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall! (cheers and applause) >> jon: that is an exact audio recording. (laughter) of course you don't always need peer pressure, sometimes you can bend americans to your will with brute force as what happened to an icon in london. >> bruce springsteen, paul mccartney. over the weekend they thrilled fans at a concert in london. that is until organizers pulled the plug (audience reacts) >> jon: you (bleep)ed with the wrong dude. (laughter) they cut springsteen's mic three hours into the show? that's half time! how could you do this? >> apparently the folks who live here in the affluent neighborhood surrounding hyde park who have demanded a noise curfew and this concert had gone past the time limit prompting someone to shut them down. >> jon: oh, it was angry old rich people. (laughter) came out of their houses and went "you kids! turn down that!" oh, i'm sorry, you're 70. i didn't realize. (laughter) let me tell you something, england, nobody puts brucey in a corner! springsteen gets to sing as long as he wants as loud as he wants and there's nothing that

mr. gorbachev, tear down that wall. (cheers and applause) (laughter) >> jon: that, my friends, is how it's done. that's how you take a few seconds of obama video, turn it into a rich soup of decontextualized imagery designed to bypass the frontal cortex and go straight to the amygdalas of old people. (laughter) triggering cascades of dopamine and giving them all a giant reagan boner. (laughter) that's why they'y' (cheers and applause). >> jon: welcome back! you know, there's been a lot of talk recently about bullying and the people who have it coming. (laughter) but the struggles of one group of bullying targets has not been recognized: presidential candidates. both have had campaign rallies marred by a variety of hecklers. >> you need somebody... (shouting) >> it was not... it's my turn to speak, you've had your turn. hold on my friend. >> we are... (shouting) (boos) >> mitt romney, you're a racist! mitt romney, you're a racist! mitt romney, you're a racist! mitt romney, you're a racist! mitt romney, you're... (cheers

mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. all of a sudden, there was electricity. it was the western alliance. we were all on the march, and the people, as symbolized by that young girl in east berlin, said there is hope. in peter robinson's video, it's going to visit those people who said, no, we'll never get accustomed to the wall. it must come down. and to have the words of the president of the united states, who we referred to always as the leader of the free world, come to that wall, and you saw in the video clip the bulletproof glass behind him, because our secret service wasn't sure that there would be a sniper from the east berlin. these were tense moments in the course of history, and to be that strong but do it in a way of hope and optimism. if you truly want to liberalize, if you mean what you say, here's visible evidence. go do it. and the people of germany did it, and gorbachev did it, too. >> well, ken, i don't want to dominate the conversation because we have a wonderful audience here today, and i know that many will have questions to ask of you, too

mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >>> the wall did come down about a year later.d it made ronald reagan look pretty good. but reagan was just a man, right? and he's not even with us today, so how does he help us now? well, it appears some republican politicians believe there's some kind of problem solving nation protecting magic power in invoking the very name ronald reagan, in uttering the words ronald reagan. you can just say ronald reagan like a spell, and wonderful things begin to happen. in the 2008 presidential campaign, former massachusetts governor mitt romney introduced his reagan zone of economic freedom. not the romney zone of economic freedom, mr. romney does not have that sort of power yet. it was the reagan zone of economic freedom. president obama in his foreign policy team have pursued a misbehavior to the world trade organization to try to stop china from cheating wherever possible and question their human rights, but romney thinks that turns america into a door mat. he thinks president obama is letting china walk all over him. he would not push c

mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> i think presidents love lighting up the world but some have a tougherristmas tree. it comes with their job but i don't think they flip over that part of the job. don't get me wrong, barack obama certainly can sing. >> ♪ i am so in love with you ♪ [ applause ] >> who knew that president bush could dance? ♪ ♪ >> frankly most of the guys fancy themselves of top dogs making history and not promoting hot dog eating contestants making themselves sick. that's part of the job i suspect some like the mayor, they don't relish. but to avoid get kicked in the buns they move their buns to honor tradition or pardon the turkey because they'd look foul if they didn't. it's part of bag leader. never removing yourself too far from a tur. i can it keeps you humble. on this fourth of july it beats the alternative. having your loyal subjects think you're just oh, i don't know, a weenie. i

mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall -- >> i don't rate that -- >> is the phraseology that you would like remembered berlin, the people of the world, this is our moment, this is our time? >> sean: now, let's take a look at brian williams' interview where he, among other things, he asked romney about his tax returns -- are you hiding something? and hen he asks, you are going to pick a boring white guy? i swear... let's reverse the questions. watch this. >> on to another topic and that is your taxes. you can say your decision is firm, that you will not do a walk-back between now and the convention, now and the fall election, that there will be no returns, more returns released by mitt romney? >> i am following the same precedent that was put in place by john mccain. two years -- and by the way, hundreds of pages of returns. >> you know what happens in the real world. people hear, he's not going to release his returns and they wonder why. thatr they wonder, is there a year where he paid noy no taxes. they wonder about expensive horses and houses and what have you. i will ask you another way, what is it

mr. gorbachev and mr. de klerk who manage the transition with the soviet union or apartheid, there's a way to get syria to manage a peaceful transition. that would be my message. in the interesting discussion i had with the students this morning, and i have to say it was a more interesting discussion -- i congratulate them for that. [applause] one message i try to pass -- war is not glamorous and war is not a game. there is nothing like creating war. it is not because you don't have boots on the ground that he did not have blood on the ground. there is nothing virile about war. [applause] >> these questions are coming from the audience. this is by robert. how does the environment impact their prospects for global peace? >> the impact of climate change firstly are not going to be uniform. there are certain vulnerable locations, sir and vulnerable communities. -- certain vulnerable communities. they will be hit the worst. 95 of deaths have taken place in the developing world. if you look at the increase in t

mr. gordon gorbachev, tear ds wall. >> bill: berlin wall divided germany for 28 years in what year did it8. c, '89. d, 90. cards up please. yeah. okay. wise guy. i'd slap him with that card if i were you. he's mocking you! c is correct. they both get it right. '89. i was there, by the way. i was on that wall when -- absolutely. i was speaking etruskit. a wise guy today. do we have the electricity? all right. mocking uma, how could you? question 3, 2004, film "the passion of christ" details the life and teachings of jesus. >> bill: they were speaking aramaic. some of the oldest lessons about good and evil come from the bible. judas made the ultimate betrayal when he gave information to the romans that led to the capture of jesus. what was the bribe that judas took? a, 20 piece of gold. b, a government position, c, a farm. d, 30 piece of silver. what did judas take? roll the tape. >> bill: all right. 30 piece of silver. uma got it wrong. >> i was thinking goldline. >> bill: you both got it wrong. two to go. 1977 tv series "roots" reminded the country of the horrific conditions the slaves en