. >>> and on our weekly roundtable tonight, nikita khrushchev's granddaughter, you won't believe what she had to say about russia's dmitry medvedev. >>> from the world's leading reporters and analysts, this is what is happening from around the world. this is "worldfocus." made possible, in part, by the following funders -- >>> good evening. i'm martin savidge. as leaders of the world's major industrialized countries and at their summit meeting in italy, president obama challenged his counterparts to do much more to help develop nations to deal with hunger and he succeeded. getting them to commit to $20 billion to the effort. the president told a news conference how he understood hunger in very personal terms. saying that he had learned lessons from family members still living in kenya. his father, you'll recall, was born there. he said, they, themselves, are not going hungry but live in villages where hunger is real. the president at the summit and beyond, that's our "lead focus" tonight. >> reporter: president obama again took the lead in pushing the nation's at the g-8 summit toward

there is a strong temptation in moscow to test obama in a way that nikita khrushchev tested john kennedy in 1961. you remember the berlin crisis and the cuban crisis. the military exercises which are now going on near the georgian border, which is a clear demonstration of russian forces and an attempt to intimidate, it is also a kind of test for obama because i believe it is creating a certain background, a certain environment for the forthcoming negotiations, including those on the@@@@@@"")rr arms control problem we should not forget that russia is the only country which can destroy america and america remains the only country which can destroy russia. this mutual destruction remains on the agenda. we cannot deal without it and we cannot forget about this legacy of the cold war. i believe fritz ermath remembers an interesting experience of the 1980's went american competitive strategy brought to lead an interesting phenomenon in russian military buildup. -- brought to life in interesting phenomenon. the soviet union actually started a kind of dual approach in response to single military

recognize this scene of then vice president richard nixon standing alongside soviet premier nikita khrushchev in moscow at an american model house exhibition. meant to show off the fruits of capitalism in 1959. the unscripted starring -- or sparring between these two leaders over the merits of communism versus capitalism came to be known as the great kitchen debate. how long has it been since this historic day? 50 years exactly, that cold war showdown. a half century ago. the first real political use of the tv medium happened on july 24th, 1959. it's the 50-year anniversary of the great kitchen debate. tonight's "big number." that's "hardball" for now. catch us weekdays on 5:00 to up:00 eastern. up next, "your business." here's one for your skin that's clinically proven. olay professional pro-x wrinkle protocol is as effective as the leading wrinkle prescription brand at reducing the look of wrinkles. that's because olay has teamed with a highly specialized group of dermatologists and created a wrinkle protocol that gives you the results of the leading wrinkle prescription brand, without a pr

she is the granddaughter of the former leader nikita khrushchev. and professor at the new school here at through york city. welcome. >> thank you. >> what do you make of the announcement today that this new arms' framework has been worked out? >> it's very positive. it's -- it is the agreement that is needed by both countries, by barack obama it was his major foreign policy success. and for the russians, it is a very necessary agreement because russia cannot really sustain the nuclear arsenal it has acquired over the years. it needs reduction. but it all needs to put good pavement. so they are working with americans on that. so it gives them -- it gives them an opportunity to look important. and like partners with the united states. >> what about the missile defense shield system, which the united states has been backing, is that still a problem hanging out there? >> it is a problem hanging out, and that's why as you know, russians were waiting until the last minute today to announce that some wording was worked out about the nuclear missile agreem

nikita khrushchev posted his defense factories were churning out nuclear missiles like sausages. in the u.s. congress the atomic energy committee held five days of public hearings on the effect of a limited nuclear attack. scientists were detecting hazardous levels of radiation as a result of the h bomb tests in the atmosphere. a physicist named herman toward the country in large crowds of marathon lectors how to fight survive and win and nuclear war. it was this twin principles the prospect of infinite possibilities and instant annihilation both teetering on the edge of a new decade that gave 1959 its distinctive swooned and it might its creative energy. the latter half of the preceding decade especially from 1945 to 47 when america created the bomb won world war ii and emerged as a sprawling power also marked a vivid turning point that it would take another dozen years before the nation set out or stumbled fourth in a clear direction before it responded to the shifting contours and redefined itself in the light and shadows. the path was carved by the younger generation, those w

nikita khrushchev premier boasted that his defense factories are churning out nuclear missiles like sausages and the u.s. congress the joint economic committee held five days of public hearings on the effects of a limited nuclear attack. scientists are detecting hazardous levels of radiation in milk as a result of age bomb tests in the atmosphere. in a physicist toward a country and tantalize cross with mayor of on launchers on how to try and survive and win a nuclear war. it was this twin precipices, the prospect of endless impossibilities an instant annihilation, both teetering on the edge of in a decade that gave 1959 its distinctive swoon and ignited its creative energy. the latter half of the preceding decade especially from 1945 to 47 when america credit the bomb when world were to emerge as a sprawling global power also marked a different turning point but it would take another dozen years before the nation sat out or stumbled fourth and a clear direction before it responded to the shifting contours' and redefine itself in the light and shadows period, by the other generation those th

recognize this scene of then vice president richard nixon standing alongside soviet premier nikita khrushchev at an american model house exhibition. the unscripted starring -- or sparring between these two leaders over the merits of communism versus capitalism came to be known as the great kitchen debate. how long has it been since this historic day? 50 years exactly, that cold war showdown. a half century ago. the first real political use of the tv medium happened on july 24th, 1959. it's the 50-year anniversary of the great kitchen debate. tonight's "big number." >>> up next, how big a political problem do republicans have with this so-called birthers movement, those wackos who insist president obama is not an american. we'll talk to one prominent conservative who thinks enough is enough. >>> and this weekend on "the chris matthews show," we'll be talking to our panel of top reporters about why former president bush refused to pardon scooter libby and what bush people think libby and cheney are hiding. welcome to the now network. currently, thousands of people are enjoying the new palm pre

klein accompanied vice president nixon to moscow in 1959 for the historic meeting with premier nikita khrushchev. the next year he represented nixon in setting the terms for his debates with john kennedy. he was his press secretary in 1960 when he ran for governor of california in 1962. when he ran for the presidency again in 1968. he resigned in 1973, when year before the watergate scandal forced president nixon to st ep down. next is diane from laguna, california. good morning. caller: how can this economy get better, i think, is as soon as president obama gets more focused on fixing it. he is absolutely obsessed with this health care and his cap and trade. i think he has lost his desire to make the economy is priority. i think that was a way to get him elected. i think it is how he got elected, and i think he is now so obsessed he has this feeling that he wants to be president and walk away -- i do not think he cares if he gets reelected in four years. he wants to say that he passed this health care and his cap and trade -- and i voted for him, so you are aware of that -- and i am frightened

peter carlson was a reporter for the washington post for many years and it tells the story of nikita khrushchev visited the united states in 1959i believe. when he came here and a time in the cold war at its peak and he was the quintessential russian and he came here and traveled the country and went out to iowa and then how the cornstalks war and when into hollywood and disneyland yen and he captured that moment in american history and told the story when i gather is enormous good humor and also history of a very tricky time so that is the first book and rating. the second book and good to read is chrism buckley, i think all those who follow this canvassing have heard a little bit about the book received one way or another as a famous line is what is said to his mother, he looked at her as she was about to take her last breath and she said, i forgive you. what i'm hoping is that my grandchildren don't say that to me when the time comes but when i read the excerpts of the book in the near times magazine i realized how truly revealing it is about the way ahead in which families of a certain time

peter was a reporter for "the washington post" for many years and he tells the story of nikita khrushchev's visit to the united states in 1959 i believe come up when he came here at a time of the cold war was that it be. he was the quintessential russian galumphed and he came here in the travel the country and he went out to i went and looked at how the corn stocks were and he went out to hollywood in went to disneyland. he captured that moment in american history in told the story with what i gather is enormous good humor. it is also a history of a very treating kinds of that is the first book i will be reading. >> the second book i'm going to read his chris buckley's luzhin bomb and pop. all of us to follow this kind of thing have heard a little bit about the book corsi net one way or another the now famous line what he said to his mother on her deathbed. he looked at her as he was about to take her last breath and he said i forgive you. what i'm hoping is my grandchildren don't say that to me when the time comes but when i read the excerpts of the buck in "the new york times" magazine i