so and mr gorbachev has pointed out also the the what mr putin says is they greedy on the abrogation of the a.b.m. treaty by the by bush by mr bush in two thousand and one was a vast mistake it and it undermines the nationals the the balance of power that exists between the two countries on top of that you have the american support putin the scent of terrorists in the caucasus on top of that you have opposing points of view on ukraine obviously and mr putin states his case very clearly in this book what his case is which americans don't hear and on top of that you have syria which again it's amazing to me how under reported that war is. archie has covered one of our yemen aren't you guys how are some to report any and i don't have a laundry list i want to be add more about this every and the context in which this book came out fails in a weird way that when the actual cold war is in place it was just clean cut you know you had two sides that where against each other and now for me it's so much more scarier because the world is not a pipe holler and there's so much house around and ev

had lost control of this of this empire so it's a whole different view of it and i've been see mr gorbachev since then i've been through his criticisms of mr putin and i have to say the last time i saw him he said that mr putin is the guy for now whatever they say because america has violated that compact he made in one thousand nine hundred eighty nine that nato would not go east one inch if the germany's were united he allowed for that. that has not happened nato has been accelerated under the you know the under the american under clinton and and bush and obama so and mr gorbachev as pointed out also the the what mr putin says is they greedy on the abrogation of the a.b.m. treaty by the by bush by mr bush in two thousand and one was a vast mistake it and it undermines the nationals the the balance of power that exists between the two countries on top of that you have the american support putin the scent of terrorists in the caucasus on top of that you have opposing points of view on ukraine obviously and mr putin states his case very clearly in this book what his case is which americans d

mr. reagan invited gorbachev to stroll through the garden to the pool house where they sat alone before areagan talk without notes, not about arms control but of his personal feelings about reducing the level of fear and misunderstanding between the two nations. >> the main thing was they met each other as human beings, reagan, in particular, had 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 gorbachev's negative image of the u.s. gorbachev wouldn't budge but he was not nearly 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 mikhail 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. but the soviet leader was more negative. >> the solving of the most important problem concerning the arms

so mr gorbachev has pointed out also the the what mr putin says is they greedy on the abrogation of the a.b.m. treaty by the by bush by mr bush in two thousand and one was a vast mistake it and it undermines the nationals the the balance of power that exists between the two countries on top of that you have the american support putin the scent of terrorists in the caucasus on top of that you have opposing points of view on ukraine obviously and mr putin states his case very clearly in this book what his case is which americans don't hear and on top of that you have syria which again it's amazing to me how under reported that war is. archie has covered one of our yemen aren't you guys how are some to report any and i don't have a laundry list i want to be add more about this and the context in which this book came out fills in a weird way that when the actual cold war is in place it was just clean cut you know you had to sidestep where against each other and now for me it's so much more scarier because the world is not a pipe holler and there's so much house around and everyone's trying

mr. gorbachev, open this gate. mr. is wall. >> announcer: "the eighties." >> announcer: "the eighties." next on cnn. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> the only morality they recognize is what will further their cause. they reserve under themselves the right to commit any crime, to lie, to cheat. >> the russians are gearing up for war. >> the senate today approved a record $136.5 billion defense budget. >> the largest anti-nuclear protest in u.s. history. >> president reagan is now much more eager to meet with the new leader of the soviet union. >> do you have an agreement, mr. president? >> mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall.

in english and so i simply heard it was the end of a news report and the sentence i heard was mr gorbachev was the president of the former soviet union. you know i didn't hear or know that there was a former soviet union i got into the force that was still the soviet union times what it is what it was like then he twirled the knobs again i'll go back go back but then i thought that when the news program was over it was something else like you know outlook or some stupid program like that in the. us so i didn't know i didn't hear from like another hour and then i and then i didn't refer to because it was something that happened already was a while ago so there wasn't like any news item about it and became clear to me that you know the soviet union didn't exist. i knew that i knew. i ask a man god will cut them became buckling out more i did not marketable companion good guy yeah i don't mind on one visit the number of police activity and elected then in the closing. but they were calling him why only one. but the money and did that will come i asked him a gamble talking about the bubble. th

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english and so i certainly heard it was the end of a news report and the sentence i heard was mr gorbachev was the president of the former soviet union. and you know i didn't hear him know that there was a fool. from a soviet union i got into the force that was still the soviet union times what it is what it was like then he twirled the knobs again i don't go back go back but then i did when the news program was over with something else like outlook or some stupid program like that. so i didn't know i didn't hear from like another hour and then i and then i didn't refer to because it was something that happened already was a while ago so there wasn't like any news item about it. became clear to me that you know the soviet union didn't exist. i am me i am one of the welcome became ducking out more i had my say because then you know the guy yeah i do love mind on one visit the number of police activity and electing the new look was even black they were calling him why only one. bum up money and. i acted like a gamble talking about the bugaboo of. you but i did. not do. where we do. you see i

in english and so i simply heard it was the end of a news report and the sentence i heard was mr gorbachev was the president of the former soviet union. and you know i didn't hear him know that there was a former soviet union i got into the force that was still the soviet union so i was what he said. then he twirled the knot. again i will go back go back but then i thought they were in the news program was over with something else like oh outlook or some stupid program like that in the. us so i didn't know i didn't hear from like another hour and then i and then they didn't refer to because it was something that happened already was a while ago so there wasn't like any news item about it. became clear to me the head of the soviet union didn't exist. i name i ask among the book a committee in buckling out i don't know why david mcwilliams the guy yeah i do mind on one visit the number of police you've given to and elected in a close even to makati back to mcwilliam why only one. bum up money and you've been welcomed i asked him could you move talking about the bull clubs. they don't. like y

mr. gorbachev sat across the table from george h.w.ush and united the germanys, gave the warsaw pact nations their independence. the soviet union was split up and all bush had to do to promise was to stay out of his business. but we americans -- the miss kravitzes of the world -- violated that immediately with bill clinton and kosovo. i mean, we just can't mind our own damn business. >> mark kramer, does dave have a point? >> first of all, as elizabeth has pointed out a couple of times, in the aftermath of the cold war, from the late '80s on, you know, there's been a steady -- or pretty much steady decline in the number of people killed in conflicts, the number of international conflicts going on. there's still civil wars but it has declined quite dramatically, including the americans, despite the tragic number who lost their lives in iraq and afghanistan. it still is a tiny fraction of those who lost their lives in vietnam. so it is true that the united states has had a propensity over the last 70 odd years of being a kind of global p

mr. gorbachev and i both agree on the desirability of freer and more extensive personal contact between thegan 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. you know, it's hard to be on the top little perch and have to come down off it. >> on "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 spent billions buying the networks recently, and all of them want their money's worth. >> people began to find out that news could b