mr. gorbachev, open this gate. mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall! >> it was perfect, it was beautiful.nsist on keech keeping it in the speech. he did it. don't let anyone tell you, it was a staffer or anybody else that did that. >> meanwhile, in the soviet union, gorbachev said, let's separate sdi, from reducing the nuclear stock pile. once he does this, it opens up a third summit. >> it may be historic, for the first time since the on-set of the nuclear age, the united states and the soviet union will sign a treaty reducing the number of nuclear missiles. >> it involved reducing the ballistic missiles. arms control to arms reduction. ru getting rid of nuclear weapons. >>. >> i haven't changed from the time i made a speech about an evil empire. i think i can sum up my own position on this with the very brief russian proverb. it means, trust but verify. >> it importance of this treaty transcends numbers, we have listened to the numbers in, trust, but verify. you repeat that at every meeting. i like it. >> the improbability of either one of them, doing this kind of thing, it is unheard o

mr. reagan invited gorbachev to stroll the garden to the pool house where they sat alone before a fire. t notes, not about arms control but about reducing the level of fear and misunderstanding between the two nations. >> the main thing is they met each other as human beings, reagan in particular concentrated his attention on gorbachev as a person. he spent more time studying gorbachev than he did the esoteric things having to do with arms control. >> it is understood the president tried to dispel his negative image of the u.s. gorbachev wouldn't budge but wasn't as combative as he was with other officials recently. >> is it a good sign? >> of course. >> i would think so. >> i was at lunch when ronald reagan came out of the first meeting with gorbachev and he said this is a new type of soviet leader. >> the president announced gorbachev will visit the u.s. next year and they agreed to accelerate arms talks. the soviet leader was more negative. >> the most important problem concerning the arms race and increasing hopes of peace, we didn't succeed in reaching at this meeting, so of course

mr. gorbachev, open this gate. mr. wn this wall. >> announcer: "the eighties," two weeks from now at 9:00 on cnn. >>> you just saw the reagan revolution on "the eighties." before the revolution, ronald reagan and gerald ford took their battle all the way to the convention. sound familiar? i'm don lemon. the next battleground, new york, where ted cruz is doubling down on his criticism of new york values. >> they really want to see a general election between two new york liberals who agree on washington being the center of the universe. >> meanwhile the democrats' war words heats up ahead of our big debate in brooklyn one week from tonight. >> are you qualified to be president of the united states when you're raising

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mr. gorbachev to heed the words of president reagan, our great president, when he said, tear down this wall. [ applause ] history will not forget what he did. a very special, special man and president. unfortunately, after the cold war our foreign policy veered badly off course. we failed to develop a new vision for a new time. in fact, as time went on, our foreign policy began to make less and less sense. logic was replaced with foolishness and arrogance which led to one foreign policy disaster after another. they just kept coming and coming. we went from mistakes in iraq to egypt to libya to president obama's line in the sand in syria. each of these actions have helped to throw the region into chaos and gave isis the space it needs to grow and prosper. very bad. it all began with a dangerous idea that we could make western democracies and countries that had no experience or interests in becoming a western democracy. we tore up what institutions they had and then were surprised at what we unleashed. sichl civil war, religious fanaticism, thousands of americans and just killed be lives, liv

mr. gorbachev to heed the words of president reagan, our great president, when he said care down this walltear down this wall. history will not forget what he did, very special, special man and president. >> what was he trying to do there by invoking the image and the history of ronald reagan? >> yeah, he would like to be the new ronald reagan. that's what conservatives like to hear in this country. that was the good old time, and he is promising everyone in america. i have been with mr. trump in many places in the south and the north and have listened to all his speeches, so he would like to be the new ronald reagan. >> briefly, we are running out of time, did he convince you? has he done his homework on foreign policy that a president needs to do? >> hello? >> it looks like we are having some technical problems there. i am afraid we are having technical problems. >> your back again. i can hear you. >> waiting for my producer to tell me -- i want to ask you very briefly, do you think that donald trump has done his homework when it comes to foreign policy? >> well, he will learn. it is not

mr. gorbachev to heed the words of president reagan, our great president, when he said, tear "tear down this wall." [applause] mr. trump: history will not forget what he did. a very special, special man and president. unfortunately, after the cold war, our foreign policy veered badly off course. we failed to develop a new vision for a new time. in fact, as time went on, our foreign policy began to make less and less sense. logic was replaced with foolishness and arrogance, which led to one foreign policy disaster after another. they just kept coming and coming. we went from mistakes in iraq to egypt to libya, to president obama's line in the sand in syria. each of these actions have helped to throw the region into chaos, and gave isis the space it needs to grow and prosper. very bad. it all began with a dangerous idea that we could make western democracies out of countries that had no experience or interests in becoming a western democracy. we tore up what institutions they had, and then were surprised at what we unleashed. civil war, religious fanaticism, thousands of americans and just kil

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mr. gorbachev to heed the words of president reagan, our great president, when he said, tear down this wallwe failed to develop a new vision for a new time. in fact, as time went on, our foreign policy began to make less and less sense. logic was replaced with foolishness and arrogance, which led to one foreign policy disaster after another. they just kept coming and coming. we went from mistakes in iraq to egypt to libya, to president obama's line in the sand in syria. each of these actions have helped to throw the region into chaos and gave isis the space it needs to grow and prosper. very bad. it all began with a dangerous idea that we could make western democracies out of countries that had no experience or interests in becoming a western democracy. we tore up what institutions they had and then were surprised at what we unleashed. civil war, religious fanaticism, thousands of americans and just killed be lives, lives, lives wasted. horribly wasted. many trillions of dollars were lost as a result. the vacuum was created that isis would fill. iran, too, would rush in and fill that void m

mr. gorbachev, open this gate. mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> it was perfect.t on keeping it in the speech, and he did it. don't let anybody tell you it was a staffer or anybody else that did that. >> in the soviet union gorbachev decides to do something bold and he says let's separate sdi from reducing the nuclear stockpile. once he does this, it opens up the possibility for a third summit. >> relive the '80s tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern only on cnn. thank you for joining me today. i'm carol costello. "at this hour with berman and bolduan" starts now. >>> ted cruz is lucifer in the flesh, the most miserable son of rhymes with witch he has ever worked with. those insults not from donald trump but from john boehner emerging from the shadows to torch ted cruz before the race of his life. >> what does that mean for the never trump movement? why the republican establishment is warming up to the billionaire. >>> chilling new details about

mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> the '80s, >>> so you want to be the most powerful man in the world. how far are you prepared to go? will you turn friends into enemies? will you break your own rules? if you want to be the most powerful man in the world, do the ends ever justify the means? ♪ ♪ >>> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. >> in the fall of 1986, the white house is mired in scandal. ronald reagan's administration is accused of secretly selling weapons to america's most dangerous enemy, iran. >> i have a few words here before i take your questions. >> with the profits diverted illegally to fund a right-wing guerilla group in nicaragua, the contras -- >> your credibility has been severely damaged. can you repair it? what does it mean for the rest of your presidency? >> well, i imagine i'm the only one around who wants to repair it, and i didn't have anything to do with damaging it. >> bad news for reagan, but worse for his loyal deputy george bush. iran-contra could kill his own presidential plans. >> news of the widening investigation comes as vice pres

mr. gorbachev, open this gate. mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> it was perfect. it was beautiful.t on keeping it in the speech. >> hmm. so there's reagan. you know, on donald trump, make america great, that was ray again's. right? >> yes. >> that was reagan's. how would donald trump handle such a situation? >> well, i don't yet know. >> we don't. let's be tear. >> the thing of reagan and why the show is a great reminder of greatness in a president is that ronald reagan changed his mind. ronald reagan came to office with a certain understanding of the soviets. and by the end of the time in office, he said, that was another soviet union. gorbachev's soviet union is not the evil empire anymore. now, that showed that he was smart enough, flexible enough and savvy enough to get information and change some of his views and all of his tactics. so the story of the '80s and the cold war is that the both soviets and americans start by totally misunderstanding each other and completely fearing each other and by the end they're working together. and the reasons why i think have a lot to do wi

mr. gorbachev to heed the words of president reagan, our great president, when he said, "tear down this wallapplause] history will not forget what he did. a very special man and president. unfortunately, after the cold war, our foreign policy veered badly off course. we failed to develop a new vision for a new time. in fact, as time went on, our foreign policy began to make less and less sense. logic was replaced with foolishness and arrogance which led to one foreign policy disaster after another. they just kept coming and coming. we went from mistakes in iraq to egypt to libya to president obama's line in the sand in syria. each of these actions have helped to throw the region into chaos and gave isis the space it needs to grow and prosper. very bad. it all began with a dangerous idea that we could make western democracies out of countries that had no experience or interests in becoming a western democracy. we tore up what institutions they had and then were surprised at what we unleashed. civil war, religious fanaticism, thousands of americans and just killed lives, lives, lives wasted, h

mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> announcer: "the eighties," two weeks from now at 9:00 on cnn. >>> you just saw the reagan revolution on "the eighties." before the revolution, ronald reagan and gerald ford took their battle all the way to the convention. sound familiar? i'm don lemon. the next battleground, new york, where ted cruz is doubling down on his criticism of new york values. >> they really want to see a general election between two new york liberals who agree on washington being the center of the universe. >> meanwhile the democrats' war words heats up ahead of our big debate in brooklyn one week from tonight. >> are you qualified to be president of the united states when you're raising millions of dollars from wall street? >> well, it's kind of a silly thing to say but i'm going to trust the voters of new york who know me and have voted for me three times. >> plus bill clinton takes to the campaign trail and takes on black lives matter. >> they won't hush. when somebody won't hush and listen to you, that ain't democracy. they're afraid of the truth. don't you be afraid o

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mr. gorbachev and i both agree on the desirability of freer and more extensive personal contact between the union and the united states. >> we began to realize that the best way to get a message to a foreign leader was to have the president go in the rose garden and make a statement. because everybody was watching cnn. >> cnn was a breakthrough. it changed the whole world. >> it changed quickly. the network news business. that business that we weren't the only ones. and it was hard. it's hard to be on the top little perch and have to come down off it. >> a special segment tonight, the network news. the first in a two-part series on the profound changes taking place in television news. changes being brought about by business, competition and technology. >> there were a variety of reasons why people who worked at the broadcast networks were freaked out in 1980s. one of them was cnn. and the rise of cable. another was being taken over by foreign entities in corporate america. >> new owners spend billions buying the networks recently, and all of them want their money's worth. >> people began to

mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall and willing to bet john kennedy didn't wake up in the morning and sayne, my fellow americans, ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country. i don't see anything news about this whatsoever. >> okay. but donald trump, i mean, so much of his appeal is his sort of bombastic, flamboyant personality. >> that's his public style. sure. just as campaign a public style or ronald reagan or barack obama has a public style. >> to his point, though, aren't politicians always trying to project a certain image? paul manafort said that exact quote. he's projecting an image. >> i'm not a proud democrat, a proud leftist. not a member of the democratic party. >> okay. thanks for clarifying. >> point taken. >> but, no. i do think very much so that everyone has a public and private persona. the examples jeffrey gives are a little unfair. it's not about his speaking style, whether or not he gives an, a sermonly speech in private. it's whether or not the ideas, the tone, the tenor, the ideology he expresses in public is actually who she in priv

mr. gorbachev, tear down his will.n reagan left office the wall was standing and it wasn't until the end of 1989 that the wall metaphorically was breached. and it is worth noting -- this is where reagan's influence was at least as great as putting spending pressure on the russians. when people talk to the folks who brought down the wall this east germans, who put their lives on the line and demands the opening of the gate, asked about this afterwards, they've said they in some cases literally had heard but certainly metaphorically had heard reagan say, tear down this wall, and they knew that they had a sponsor on the other side of the wall. richard nixon didn't say that. jimmy carter didn't say that. so they knew they had moral support from the other side and that meant a whole lot to the folks in poland and the folks in east germany, and to the folks in the soviet union. one last thing. people associated with the george h.w. bush administration, they say we had a lot to do with this, too, and we don't get credit for i

mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. donald j. trump, charlie sykes is a lowlife loser. so again, kind of a badge of honor because you know, you make the list of the people that he's insulted and i'm kind of glad to be on that list now. >> joining us now, charlie sykes, radio host with wtmj a.m. in milwaukee and the editor in chief of "right wisconsin." he's endorsed ted cruz and is a leader of the stop trump movement. also with us katie packer, founder of our principles, an anti-trump pac. she was deputy campaign manager of the romney 2012 campaign. also with us, nbc news correspondent jacob rascon, who covers the donald trump campaign. charlie sykes, welcome to the donald trump enemies list. i've been on it for many years now. i was the very first person five years ago who he actually threatened to sue on twitter. i got the first, i should sue you tweet. so charlie, welcome aboard. >> congratulations. >> wisconsin seems to be behaving differently from other states that we've seen in the republican campaign so far for a variety of reasons. a lot of people are focused on

mr. gorbachev, eric jones. history will record with the greatest astonishment. the most to lose.riends is not that they are ignorant, it is that they know so much that is not so. >> ronald reagan. the most successful president of our lifetime. a new movie with leftist will ferrell. the alleged dementia. disrespectful and outrageous. that is my opinion. here with me is risk and reward post deirdre bolton. she has written an open letter to pharaoh. what did she say? a human being. memories. connections. memories of a lifetime. seer invaded. the voice trembling as he stood in the living room and said "i do not know where i am." perhaps you would like to explain how this is suitable. >> it was very heartfelt. if you think this is funny go to and alzheimer's care center and see how quickly you come out laughing because you won't. >> it will not be a block buster. stuart: let's hope. >> this movie will never get made. first and foremost. on the side of the reagan family. i hope that this never happens. you will see that everyone overwhelmingly supports it. e go newof t day ry gd toear

mr. gorbachev to heed the words of president reagan, our great president, when he said, tear down this wall. history -- [applause] history will not forget what he did, very special, special man and president. unfortunately after the cold war our foreign policy veered badly off course. we failed to develop a new vision for a new time. in fact, as time went on, our foreign policy began to make less and less sense. logic was replaced with foolishness and arrogance which led to one foreign policy disaster after another. they just kept coming and coming. we went from mistakes in iraq to egypt, to libya, to president obama's line in the sand in syria. each of these actions have helped to throw the region into chaos and gave isis the space it needs to grow and prosper. very bad. it all began with a dangerous idea that we could make western democracies out of countries that had no experience or interest in becoming a western democracy. we tore up what institutions they had, and then, were surprised what we unleashed. civil war, religious fanaticism, thousands of americans and just killed, lives, li

mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> reporter: ferrell is slated to produce and star in "reagan," in ahe blacklist." it was known as one of the most light but unproduced screenplays and offered this synopsis, "when ronald reagan falls into dementia at the start of his second term, an am bishop intern is task -- ambitious intern is tasked with convincing the action -- commander in chief that he is an actor in a movie." >> from everything we've seen, this is a comedic dramedy. not a typical comedy. it's a political comedy. wig ferrell is doing -- will for sell doing a reagan impression, but it's not a "saturday night live" impression. >> reporter: reagan's daughter wrote saying, "you intend to portray my father in the thrills of alzheimer's for a comedy. i watched as fear invaded my father's eyes. this man who was never afraid of anything. perhaps for your comedy, you would like to visit some dementia facility. i have. i didn't find anything comedic there. my hope would be that if you're a decent being, you wouldn't either." and son michael tweeted, #-alzheimer's is the people suffering.

mr. gorbachev, tear down this will. >> he's starring in "reagan."ack list" the script was named one of the most liked but unproduced screen plays. it offered this synopsis. when ronald reagan falls into dementia at the start of the second term an ambitious in intern tasked with convincing commander in chief he's an actor playing the president in a movie. there was a well received reading of the screen play with john cho and james brolin as reagan. >> this movie from everything we've seen is a comedic dromedy, not a typical falldown will ferrell comedy. it's a little more elevated, a smarter political comedy. will ferrell is doing a reagan impression, but it's not a "saturday night live" impression. >>> reagan's daughter patty davis wrote an open letter to ferrell saying in part, "you intend to portray my father in the throes of alzheimer's for a comedy. i watched as fear invade my father's eyes. this man who was never afraid of anything. perhaps for your comedy you would like to visit some dementia facilities. i have. i didn't find anything comedic

mr. gorbachev and i both agree on the desirability of freer and more extensive personal contact between thenited states. >> we began to realize that the best way to get a message to a foreign leader was to have the president go in the rose garden and make a statement. because everybody was watching cnn. >> cnn was a breakthrough. it changed the whole world. >> it changed quickly. the network news business. that business that we weren't the only ones. and it was hard. it's hard to be on the top little perch and have to come down off it. >> a special segment tonight, the network news. the first in a two-part series on the profound changes taking place in television news. changes being brought about by business, competition and technology. >> there were a variety of reasons why people who worked at the broadcast networks were freaked out in 1980s. one of them was cnn. and the rise of cable. another was being taken over by foreign entities in corporate america. >> new owners spend billions buying the networks recently, and all of them want their money's worth. >> people began to find out that n

mr. gorbachev to heed the words of president reagan when he said, tear down this wall.l not forget what he did. special men and president. unfortunately, after the cold war are foreign-policy veered badly off course. a newled to develop vision for a new time. as time went on, our foreign policy began to make less and less sense. logic was replaced with whichhness and arrogance, led to one foreign-policy disaster after another. they just kept coming and coming. we went from mistakes in iraq to egypt to libya to president obama's line in the sand in syria. each of these actions have helped to throw the region into chaos and gave isis the space it needs to grow and prosper. very bad. a dangerous with idea that we could make western democracies out of countries that had no experience or interest in becoming a western democracy. we tour of what institutions they had and then we are surprised at what we unleashed. civil war, religious fanaticism, thousands of americans and just killed, lives wasted. many trillions of dollars were lost as a result. isisacuum was created that w

mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> reporter: ferrell will star in and produce "reagan" set in 1984 when ronald reagan falls into dementia, the start of his second term, an ambitious intern is tasked with convincing the commander in chief that he is an actor playing the president in a movie. >> i think that's the real controversy here is not the film necessarily making fun of reagan but the idea of alzheimer's being a possible joke in the film when it's obviously a very touchy subject. >> reporter: members of reagan's family are expressing outrage at ferrell for turning their father's personal struggles into political satire. in an open letter to ferrell on thursday reagan's daughter patty davis wrote "perhaps you have managed to retain some ignorance about alzheimer's and other versions of dementia. perhaps if you knew more, you would not find this subject humorous" and reagan's son outrage. alzheimer's is not a joke. it kills. you should be ashamed, all of you. even the reagan foundation is speaking out against the film, a statement to abc news said in part "we find it disgusting that

mr. gorbachev, tear down that wall.icularly when you are a poll ticke politician is always different than your private personality. i don't see what's so different here. is he different in private? well, of course he is. so is everyone i know different than they are -- >> he is, but there is this push to see him be a little softer, a little more presidential. and i want to ask you about the risk to that. because the people that support him like him the way he is. if he makes that shift, is there a risk he is going to lose some of that base? >> yes. yes, there is. i'll tell you this, back before my time, if i may, back in 1948, in the famous race with thomas e. dewey, supposed to be the overwhelming choice over harry truman, when you read the biographies of the day and look at that, thomas e. dewey didn't play hardball, as it were, didn't do what donald trump is doing with harry truman. truman on the other hand got the nickname "give 'em hell harry." he won in an upset. the american people like to see their candidates be

mr. gorbachev, they're down that wall was a good statement to make and i think a lot of people want our nextbe a very strong leader against very tough adversaries in russia and china. >> jane harman, thank you for making rebuttal points on what we heard from donald trump's foreign policy assessment and congratulations on the new grandchild. >> go, charlie. >> nothing more beautiful than a grandparent's love. lovely. >>> with donald trump and hillary clinton closing in on respective party nomination, starting to get a clearer sense what the general election might look like. how are the party brass preparing? we'll ask them, next. you premium like clockwork. month after month. year after year. then one night, you hydroplane into a ditch. yeah... surprise... your insurance company tells you to pay up again. why pay for insurance if you have to pay even more for using it? if you have liberty mutual deductible fund™, you could pay no deductible at all. sign up to immediately lower your deductible by $100. and keep lowering it $100 annually, until it's gone. then continue to earn that $100 every y