and the soviet union was watching. and gorbachev who came into power in the soviet union in the middle 80s began to understand that the soviets really could not catch up. and gorbachev came to the conclusion that he ought to try to figure out how to bring the soviet union into this family of nations so that there could be economic prosperity and the soviet union. ronald reagan built up the defense structure and realized they were developing a unique opportunity to change the conflict between the superpowers and they understood that in order to do that, he was going to have to do two things in particular. one, he was going to have to bring our allies together in the agenda and he was going to use nato as a vehicle into the most important allies of the structure were margaret thatcher, transform and own own it cool with germany. and then he understood whose vision might be right but whose position in the soviet union is the position of all leaders in the soviet union was always going to be precarious. so he would have to

the argument that the shah makes to them is that the iraqis are backed by the soviet union. if the kurds and the baath come to terms this will represent soviet domination of iraq and this must be prepare thee prevented and the only way to prevent that is the united states becoming involved in the war. but here is the question i find really interesting. why does the president and his national security adviser trust the advice of the shaw over the advice of the secretary of state, the director of the cia, the secretary of defense? why is it that they place so much faith in the wisdom of the shah? my argument is that it has to do with that relationship, that rather unique relationship that existed between nixon, kissinger and the shah. the united states didn't really have an iraq policy. it had an iran policy. and what they did with the kurds was a subset of that policy. united states policy was to support the shah. if the shah said this needed to be done, then it should be done. that is how the process evolved. i think if that relationship had not been there the kurds' appeals

we were flying a spy plane over the soviet union called a u-2. >> i'm bill fox. ress editor in new york. a single engine u.s. air force plane with one man aboard went missing today not far from the soviet border in the rugged mountains in southeastern turkey. >> to a stunned and startled audience, khrushchev announced that an american u-2 spy plane was shot down over the soviet union. >> he made the records a public exhibition. to the soviet union, this wreckage was a national cause. national outrage over the violation of soviet boundaries. >> and so, out comes the cover story. >> the department has been informed by the nasa. a u-2 weather research plane piloted by a civilian has been missing since may 1. >> eisenhower had said, no, that didn't happen, et cetera, et cetera. he had been drawn into a trap. by khrushchev. >> the soviet leader was able to show not only that they shot down the plane but they had the pilot. >> francis gary powers, an ordinary man, caught up in extraordinary circumstances and in a way magnified by them. >> i realize that i have committed

needed much encouragement on the idea of eliminating the jews. , when theya group invaded the soviet union, to .lear out racial undesirables this was jews, but also june gypsies, homosexuals, and a number of others. god help you if you were a soviet soldier who was captured by the nazis at this time as well. the problem that came about was cost money. this was an efficient way to do the racial cleansing and killing that hitler believed was necessary on the eastern front. the final solution came about in january 1942. , to try to more directly answer your question, i do not think you can basically say that the muslims in the really were a determining factor in hitler strategy. there is a lot of racial hatred there, and certainly, it appears encouraged and ideas that he was already leaning towards, in my opinion. host: send us a tweet. we will get your calls and just a moment. also, the question with regard to the soviet union. you made that reference. this is from robert. he says, why do we fail to recognize that the ussr won the war with the help of australia, the u.k., the u.s., and franc

the reason hitler ultimately thech this invasion of soviet union was three things. he was fighting a war against britain by itself, and he thought strategically in the moment of 1940, 1941, that if he could invade the soviet union, this would be britain's last hope of having an ally or someone to fight against him, if you could invade the soviets and take them out quickly, it would end the war. he would get his living space to the east and on top of this, when he took those lands, he would in fact have control of 2/3 of europe's jewish population, and that he could eliminate them to create this racially pure empire. all these factors together made the invasion of soviet union virtually irresistible to hitler on what he thought of as the strategic and ideological grounds that he was fighting for. >> and a couple minutes we will 2 of the road to berlin exhibit, located in the center of new orleans. time for one more call. diane joining us from tulsa, oklahoma. i was when he to know if august hamilton junior was going to fly one more mission before he got killed. was h

. >> you just said the soviet union and putin. [laughter] >> host: i apologize that is quite freudian we do understand he was trying to resurrect with the collapse of the soviet union was the greatest thing he could restore t. >> as the president of russia.our >> host: so let's go back in your book what was bad year like for your review and what was what did your putin doing as the soviet union started to dissolve? >> has he appeared in moscow before he was the right-hand man but a few months beforeuld't the election but more likely he was quite surprised. and that at what point he ins realized he need resources and with all the money that he had with a free ride to of growth. >> host: in the soviet system did a benefit you growing up to become the world chess champion? >> absolutely. as a chess prodigy i opportu to definitely enjoy that privilege and also the opportunity of the system of the teaching process to be the ideological tool. in them >> so what was your life like growing up? i gyou have a privileged life? >> yes. 1976.s

soviet union but also now it affects the whole world. and i have been analyzing the relations between post cold war russia with american administrations starting with bill clinton. actually with bush 41, because techically, it was a very short moment. and you know, it seems to be that, you know, the way russia had been treated is like a crazy uncle at thanksgiving dinner. just don't mention democracy. don't mention human rights, don't pawk about things that could upset him. but unfortunately it created a sense of impunity. and looking back, you know, at the '90s, you know, we could actually see some turning points where many problems that we have been dealing with today could have been solved quite easily. like in 1-9d 95 bill clinton was the first president who raised the issue of iranian new clear program with bore is yell sin and at that time the yownted states and congress passed a resolution tieing the financial aid to russia with end of russia supply of new clear technology to iran. but clinton decided it was not relevant for natio

let's remember it's not soviet union. russia, you know, russia -- if you look at demographics, finances, military and everything else maybe except nukes, russia cannot afford the same expansionist policies as soviet union, by the way, also failed of spreading around. but for russia spreading thin is a big threat. but the problem is putin doesn't care, because he stays in power, and that's all that matters for him. so he has been, he has been throwing the future of russia just to buy more time for staying in power. he believes he's russia, and that's, by the way, not the definition of -- [inaudible] >> host: one chess question, and this comes from virginia via tweet. mr. kasparov, have you challenged ibm watson to a match? if not, do you plan to? [laughter] >> guest: ibm watson doesn't play chess, and it's actually, it's a great accomplishment, and unlike deep blue, it's a software project, 256 power processers, each of them was a chess computer, tiny chess computer making about 1.5 million possessions per second, and ibm

that doomed the soviet union. the soviet union had a first-rate military-industrial complex, but as gorbachev later said, it was a country that cannot provide security for its -- provide toothpaste for its people. another example of eisenhower in balance -- after sputnik, he gave two television speeches to try to put the soviet achievement of sputnik in proper perspective. he worried that if politicians and the media exaggerated sputnik, the results would be the american people would get exercised over sputnik and demand more spending on rockets and missiles that the country didn't need to fuel the military-industrial complex. he gave two speeches. he was partly acting as a cheerleader in chief, trying to plump up the country's confidence, showing them that the country was achieving a lot in national security and science. he and arthur lawrence wrote -- arthur larson wrote those speeches. the second of those two speeches, delivered from oklahoma city on november 13, 1957, in that speech eisenhower talks about this

his action in 2000 was to restore the soviet union. host: let's go back to your book, the soviet union existed in 2001 -- in 1991. what was vladimir putin like in that time? when the wall came down? he appeared in moscow as the head of the kgb in 1998, before, he was the right hand and i was in st. petersburg in 1996, a few months before the election. recall seeing putin there. he probably waited for his moment. when --quite surprised brought him in and gave him power. tourat he did in his first doe realized that he could things inside russia and also use russian resources. jumped and putin had a lot of money in his hands. host: the soviet system -- did a benefit you growing up, becoming the chess champion? absolutely. as someone who grew up in the soviet union and was a chess prodigy, i enjoyed the privilege of support and opportunity to work with my great predecessors. talent, youstrated could enjoy this process. chess was a very important ideological tool to demonstrate stability of the regime. like what was your life growing up in

also, those that might be advantageous in postwar relations with the soviet union. max lobe was dogged in this regard. there were so many tempting targets. even after a good and successful day, when he had seized a thousand medical and technical and scientific books, he still felt uneasy because there's still so much undone. not long after the e-day, his team arrived in the center of german publishing. it was devastated by the bombing. date tracked down many of the book wholesalers and literally went as much as they could street by street. they requisitioned a number of volumes from bookstores and publishing houses. they remove books from a chamber of commerce library. they were ordered to respect the integrity of university libraries. but when they found collections ,n the service of nazi ideology they considered that fair game and took it. as the investigators dug more vasty, they found quantities of books and other publications stashed in surprising places. in the wake of the allied bombing campaign, german authorities have relocated and hidden state archives, ra

they were the problems she had to solve that are no longer the soviet union. there are different problems. but if you're going to have a society that works economically and which is robust internationally, you're going to have to have the vigorous virtues. and i would say that the present conservative party is a little too much concerned with demonstrating that it's warm-hearted and that it cares for everybody. i mean, it's desirable that these things be done. but not to the point where we forget that what -- there's a lot wrong with britain today. it needs to be put right. and it can only be put right in a sense by the kind of vigorous virtues that she wanted. >> john, you worked closely with lady thatcher on some of her biggest speeches. and she was one of the greatest public speakers of our time. what would you identify as her most important speech? and also, could you talk a little bit about how as she prepared for her speeches, the process that was involved in her actually delivering, you know, a magnificent speech? >> well, i think mrs. thatcher was a ve

she loved being outside the soviet union. one fine day, morning, i believe, she walked into the u.s. embassy and asked for political asylum. our guide, the american official on duty said so you say you are the daughter of stalin. the stalin? one of my favorite stories about setlana. there are a great many. she led a turbulent life. i want to bring up something that may surprise you. i just learned about it the other night. i wrote a magazine piece about her adopted from my book. a colleague e-mailing me and said he was youtubing around. he found a show from 1967. they were asked questions by the audience. both of them. someone asked woody allen are you surprised that george hamilton went to the wedding? what was that all about? well george hamilton, the actor, had dated lyndon johnson's daughter, linda. she married chuck rob. apparently hamilton was invited to the wedding and was there. allen was asked something else. he said all i want to know is george hamilton going to announce his engagement to setlana. that was big yuck.

russia destroyed, russia was the soviet union, they destroyed the soviet union by going into afghanistan. they got tied up in afghanta for so lg d eyou not win, it broke up the soviet union. if russia wants to go bomb isis, i am for it. anybody else wanto it is a great thing. we have to kp pr. we have to get rid of isis. when people are topping off heads and making thrwe have tgeriofsi russia wants to bomb them, why would we not lm that? josh: we will take a break. we will get donald trump's take on new hampshire' s place in the presidential seltice stay witus the son of a polish immigrant who grew up in a brooklyn tenement. he went to public schools, then college, where the work of his life began -- fighting injustice and inequality, speaking truth to power. he moved to vermont, won election and praise as one of america's best mayors. in congress, he stood up for working families and for principle, opposing the iraq war, supporting veterans. now he's taking on wall street and a corrupt political system funded by over a million contributions, tackling climate change fighting for living w

negotiations with the soviet union must never become appeasement. for the most of the last forty years, we have been preoccupied with the global struggle the competition with the soviet union and with our responsibilities to our allies. but too often in recent times we have just drifted along with events, responding as if we thought of ourselves as a nation in decline. to our allies we seem to appear to be a nation unable to make decisions in its own interests, let alone in the common interest. since the second world war we have spent large amounts of money and much of our time protecting and defending freedom all over the world. we must continue this, for if we do not accept the responsibilities of leadership, who will? and if no one will, how will we survive? the 1970's have taught us the foolhardiness of not having a long-range diplomatic strategy of our own. the world has become a place where, in order to survive, our country needs more than just allies - it needs real friends. yet, in recent times we often seem not to have recognized who our fr

in fact throughout the former soviet union you can still meet people who regard stalin as a hero who defeated hitler and built up the soviet state but , for many others he was a murderous dictator responsible , for the deaths of millions of people. sergey parkhomenko: a spectre is haunting the streets of moscow. actors dressed as former communist leaders lenin and stalin, earning money by entertaining tourists. but for some people, stalin is no >> i am commander in chief josif stalin! sergey: saint petersburg, russia's second city. and home to a woman who is certainly opposed to any revival of nostalgia for stalin. olga miller shows us the few photos she still has of her father valentin - who stalin had murdered. he was arrested in 1937 and shot a year later. the authorities alleged he was a spy a charge that was never , proven. olga miller: either they faked his signature, or they tortured him into signing the confession. the signature looks different to the one i knew from his hand. he was then sentenced to death, and shot dead on january 18th. sergey: olga miller's niece mascha nev

they were the problems she had to solve that are no longer the soviet union. there are different problems. but if you're going to have a society that works economically and which is robust internationally, you're going to have to have the vigorous virtues. and i would say that the present conservative party is a little too much concerned with demonstrating that it's warm-hearted and that it cares for everybody. i mean, it's desirable that these things be done. but not to the point where we forget that what -- there's a lot wrong with britain today. it needs to be put right. and it can only be put right in a sense by the kind of vigorous virtues that she wanted. >> john, you worked closely with lady thatcher on some of her biggest speeches. and she was one of the greatest public speakers of our time. what would you identify as her most important speech? and also, could you talk a little bit about how as she prepared for her speeches, the process that was involved in her actually delivering, you know, a magnificent speech? >> well, i think mrs. thatcher was a ve

the soviet union is being hit very hard on the eastern front at this time, and josef stalin did not want to allow british or american aircraft and cruise on soviet territory, even though we were allies. the only weight we could bomb the railway lines would be flying from britain, which means you have to fly over germany and then back. roosevelt and churchill made the decision that this was not feasible because railway lines could be built back overnight, the germans were excellent engineers. every time he walked one of those bombers, you're not just losing an expensive plane, but you are using -- you are losing 10 members or 11 crew members who are not easily replaced. roosevelt and churchill made the decision that the quickest way to end the holocaust and death camps was to win the war. it would have to be done militarily and that was policy they followed. host: you're in new orleans and the museum began as a d-day museum. why is it located in new orleans at what role did stephen ambrose play in building up their? keith: stephen ambrose in the mid-1960's went to interview general dwight

you also made reference to the soviet union's trophy taking, infamous as it was. being returned to but they areion not going in the other direction. correct, i did that play into the american policymakers discussion about our wartime ally in the postwar, not much of an ally, when participating in the same exchange that the americans are? was there larger political purpose in sending books to places where who knows what would happen to them? >> that slide is a little bit deceptive, i think. it was sort of the wishful version of what was happening. soviet restitution officers who came and identified materials that clearly belonged to soviet institutions. the issue that was more problematic was the return of jewish book to the soviet union and poland, the czechoslovakian in particular. they stopped those from being sent there. there was a lot of political pressure being placed by jewish organizations, american and also in palestine and later israel, not to send them to the soviet union. fraughtready a somewhat issue for the policymakers. that's why the idea of it bei

it wasn't a threat against the soviet union per se. it was just to signal -- at least the intent was how the soviets -- they probably saw it that way so even if the soviets took it very seriously. i think they couch simply thought that nixon was going to become -- being bombing north vietnam. all right, that's unfortunate they would think because that's going to screw up the possibility for detente and it's going to cause problems for us but it's nots inly a threat against him. in ere's a great footnote la bow and stein. there was a footnote. we were puzzled but these continue alerts. georgia and -- in 1973. they sort of dismissed it at a certain point because they kept doing it. >> undermines the capacity of even that threat making. >> yeah. >> the other point you make about coercive by oklahoma si, especially using nuclear weapons is the internal critics. both the whoo itened readiness leads to the possibility of things that are not within the control of the president. although he thinks he's in control, right? but also these internal

you also made reference to the soviet union's trophy taking. i'm assuming that the one-way arrow. the books that are in the soviet red army has dominated, but so not going in the other direction. that's an assumption which may be correct but it is, how is fall into american policymakers discussion about our wartime ally in postwar. not much of an ally. when the soviet union is not reciprocating, not participating in the same exchange that americans are. does not have any pull whatsoever? or was there larger political purpose. >> that slide is a little bit deceptive. it was sort of the wishful version was happening. there were soviet restitution officers who came to the offenbach archival depo and identify materials that clearly belongs to soviet institutions. the issue that was more problematic was the return of jewish books to the soviet union in poland. was -- they stopped those -- stopped those from being sent. in later israel. not to send them to the soviet union. it was already a somewhat fraught issue for the policymakers. that's why that idea of it being hot potato it was on

they were against inviting the soviet union. >> that sam

what's the incentive on the soviet union to come to the table and make a deal with you as opposed to a president from him they are desperately trying to get something? mr. dukakis: a domestic situation which is very serious. the soviet union is going to be a second or third rate economic power they don't begin shifting resources away from their military. they are already in danger of heading in that direction, and i think what you have is a society in deep trouble and a new soviet leadership that understands that and is desperately trying to dig themselves out of this mess in a way which may or may not succeed. i don't know how you continue with the heavy-handed economic planning that society has and at the same time, move toward a price system. they will have to decide to take some unemployment and some of the frictions of a free and more open economy. i'm sure you have to put up with, but you have to assume it's going to be part of a much more open economic system. that, i think has been the most powerful incentive to get to the table and stay there. i don't know whether gorbachev

his action in 2000 was to restore the soviet union.host: let's go back to your book, the soviet union existed in 2001 -- in 1991. what was vladimir putin like in that time? when the wall came down? he appeared in moscow as the head of the kgb in 1998, before, he was the right hand and i was in st. petersburg in 1996, a few months before the election. recall seeing putin there. he probably waited for his moment. when --quite surprised brought him in and gave him power. tourat he did in his first doe realized that he could things inside russia and also use russian resources. jumped and putin had a lot of money in his hands. host: the soviet system -- did a benefit you growing up, becoming the chess champion? absolutely. as someone who grew up in the soviet union and was a chess prodigy, i enjoyed the privilege of support and opportunity to work with my great predecessors. talent, youstrated could enjoy this process. chess was a very important ideological tool to demonstrate stability of the regime. like what was your life growing up in t

of wealtho tradition transfer in the soviet union. so what are these folks trying to do? for clearer, stricter regulation? are they looking to move their fortunes outsider go public? >> putin has told them -- they are all men -- to take the money back home. in a large amount of cash their tax jurisdiction. by western companies. one billionaire a year ago said that she is in the oil business inhe said i am not investing oil anymore because i can't fight the government. i have to buy assets elsewhere. they are doing a number of maneuvers. they are not just grappling with the issue of being 55, 60, how do i maintain the wealth and make it last another two or three decades? david: any sense they are pushing vladimir putin to write laws to make this clearer for them going forward? >> yes. it varies among billionaires. one billionaire is not part of the inner circle and he basically said i don't have a seat at the table so i am just getting my assets out. i am looking elsewhere. have a seat at the table are looking for a rule of .aw, some kind of consistency there is a court th

negotiation with the soviet union must never become appeasement. for the most of the last 40 years, we have been preoccupied with the global struggle -- the competition with the soviet union and the responsibility to our allies. but too often in recent times we have just drifted along with events, responding as if we thought of ourselves as a nation in decline. to our allies we seem to appear to be a nation unable to make decisions in its own interests, let alone in the common interest. since the second world war we have spent large amounts of money and much of our time protecting and defending freedom all over the world. we must continue this, for if we do not accept the responsibilities of leadership, who will? and if no one will, how will we survive? the 1970's have taught us the foolhardiness of not having a long-range diplomatic strategy of our own the world has become a place where, in order to survive, our country needs more than just allies -- it needs real friends. yet, in recent times we often seem not to have recognized who our friends a

all the evidence we have to date in the soviet union is while gorbachev's initiatives internationally are well regarded, life for the average russian citizen hasn't changed at all. that's why i thought he was the guy under very heavy domestic pressure to produce, which is one of the reasons why i think they're likely to comply. if they don't then all bets are off. we have to do what we've got to do. >> you seem to be advocating you're running for president on the platform of taxpayer who is get audited next year. >> more than that. >> you sense the support. >> one of the most popular things i've done in my governorship has been revenue enforcement. the vast majority of americans pay their taxes, pay them on time. don't have any option. it's usually taken out of our paycheck. they don't like the notion that something is getting away with murder. it's in the 90s in my polls. p it's very popular effort. i will tell you based on my experience it's one of the most popular things i've done. providing good taxpayer service. in my state you get your refund nine days after you finish your tax

and we're now behind and paying the price of having the soviet union exploit the propaganda advantage >> i have marvin cal, cbs news correspondent in moscow on the phone now. marvin, is there any doubt this happened, the russians put a man in space? >> i'm almost certain the russians did fire a man into outer space. he's 27. it's a great historic scientific feat. >> at that time, we didn't really know whether a human could survive in space. and here, boom, the soviets send this guy into space. and he survived. >> yuri gagarin was something that affected american prowess. that we are ahead of everybody. now it was first sputnik and now first man in space was russian and you can understand that this was really in the middle of the cold war. there was competition of the great super powers. >> mr. president, could you give us your view, sir, about the soviet achievement of putting a man in orbit, and what it would mean to our space program? >> it is the most impressive scientific accomplishment. i already sent congratulations to khrushchev and to the man that was involved. >> the space ra

tallinn has modernized at an astounding rate since the fall of the soviet union.usiness district shines with the same glass and steel gleam you'll find in any modern city. yet nearby are the rugged and fully intact medieval walls, and the town within these ramparts has a beautifully preserved old-world ambiance. among medieval cities in the north of europe, none are as well preserved as tallinn. the town hall square was a marketplace through the centuries. its fine old buildings are a reminder that tallinn was once an important medieval trading center. today it's a touristy scene, full of people just having fun. through the season, each midday, cruise-ship groups congest the center as they blitz the town in the care of local guides. like many tourist zones, tallinn's is a commercial gauntlet. here there's a hokey torture museum, strolling russian dolls, medieval theme restaurants complete with touts, and enthusiastic hawkers of ye olde taste treats. woman: [ laughs ] steves: but just a couple blocks away is, for me, the real attraction of tallinn -- workaday local

also says that that information some of it was on passed to at the time the soviet union and put and endangered the life of u.s. operatives in the soviet union and after that both former presidents bill clinton and george w bush rebuffed a demand for clemency and now and then benjamin netanyahu himself has asked more than once the various administrations for that, at some point the issue of jonathan polar was on the table as a precondition for agreeing for peace deal between israelis and the palestinians. it's also an issue that has also put a lot of stress on the relations between americans inside the u.s., with the jewish community and also between the jewish communities in the u.s. and here in israel so it's certainly an issue that has caused a lot of strain even president obama wasn't able to release him earlier so certainly a lot of issues. now the next step is for him to come here. several mps have already asked to pass a bill for polar to come here, he is an israeli citizen, he might have to give up his american citizenship if he wants to come here before the end of his five-y

. >> it was comprised of four judges, u.s., britain, france soviet union. >> great peeple came to work under him. >> the privilege of opening the first trial in history for crimes against the peace of the world, imposes a grave responsibility. >> in the first week of the trial, the 22 defendants heard the charges against them. >> you must plead guilty or not guilty. >> rudolph hess's plea was one word. >> he had no apologies for his role in the regime. when he was in the stand he was questioned by the chief prosecutor. >> when justice jackson interviews hermann goering, he gets mad. >> jackson was not a great cross-examiner. he gottthing sos directly that the person being questioned would see a way of bending away from the truth a. >> if you want the people killed you had to have organization to kill them didn't you? i'm not asking. >> goering was thought in some quarters to be something of a bahfoom. he was a brilliant plan. he was a graduate of the german equivalent of west point. goering proved very clever and adaptive. >> the drama in nuremberg would be repeated in japan. when "war

. >> we went and did the 12-day trip to the soviet union back during the height of the cold war and iith some of the men now of the 82nd airborne. >> the week before the gulf war, the first gulf war when we went to saudi arabia and bahrain and had a chance to talk to young kids who were about to go to war. >> you got the entire country. want to say happy thanksgiving to them. >> i was inspired by that. >> i think about the time we were able to reunite a family. >> maya esther at an orphanage at port-au-prince at the time the earthquake struck. >> you found her. >> yes. >> thank you so much. >> when you see so much devastation around you and you're able to give somebody -- a bit of ray of sunshine in a very devastating time, wow. whoo! >> you know, "good morning america" is -- it can be anything. it can report on the 2000 election or it can be that when an extraordinary little boy meets his hero, the former president of the united states. >> i think you'll find that he's here and he'd like to meet you. >> so good to see you. >> so glad to see you. >> you're going to meet the man, the y

his action in 2000 was to restore the soviet union. let's go back to your book, the soviet union existed in 2001 -- in 1991. what was vladimir putin like in that time? when the wall came down? he appeared in moscow as the head of the kgb in 1998, before, he was the right hand and i was in st. petersburg in 1996, a few months before the election. recall seeing putin there. he probably waited for his moment. when --quite surprised brought him in and gave him power. tourat he did in his first doe realized that he could things inside russia and also use russian resources. jumped and putin had a lot of money in his hands. host: the soviet system -- did a benefit you growing up, becoming the chess champion? absolutely. as someone who grew up in the soviet union and was a chess prodigy, i enjoyed the privilege of support and opportunity to work with my great predecessors. talent, youstrated could enjoy this process. chess was a very important ideological tool to demonstrate stability of the regime. like what was your life growing up in the sy

but when i came bac from the soviet union where iwas so like in the unitestates instead of -- in terms of freedoms and i came back and if youu had told me that i was going to come back and kiss the driveway in front of my house i'd have said you were crazy. >> you guys remember -- >> i kissed thehe driveway in frontf my house. >> we have to get to ginger for me weather. >> oh, you know at, so appropriate for weather. we have 25 seconds, guy, go. >> hi, i'm sam. >> hi, i'm mike. >> i'm spencer. >> i'm johnny, northwest near 50 miles per hour. tonight, theind will calm down as cloud cover slides in. snow is likely with a system passing through tomorrow. we expect moderate to heavy accumulations. a winter storm watch has been issued across most of the area. look for 3 to 6 inches of snow north of highway 20 and 1 to 3 inches south of highway 20. temperatures will near the fez >> do you know what we do have time for? the most amazing weather sandwich ever. george. >> ginger is very, vy happy right now. rightfully so. we all are. our anchors from "gma's" 40 years are h here live and the par