taubman: 1922, 1923. the soviet union replaced soviet union -- russia which replace the russian empire. host: why? prof. taubman: lennon wanted to set up more than a nationstate. he wanted to set up an international stage. he believed that all of these countries, former countries, coming together would form a kind of colonel of the world he wanted to see come about in the end. nations joining together in the spirit of proletarian internationalism. there was an element of compulsion and force. some were forced to join. others were given the idea of independence. the national anthem, a parliament. sometimes a foreign minister. but it was phony because the real power was in the hands of the communist party which was quickly centralized. host: the language, i want to run a clip of mr. gorbachev when he came in for the interview and the question had to do, can you speak english? >> do you understand english? >> to some extent, yes. when one meets with people often and when you talk about things as you would tr

taubman: we recorded them. we recorded them on a portable tape recorder and then we started recording them on an ipad and a cell phone. we transcribed them all. i could not catch every word. host: what are you going to do with all that? prof. taubman: i don't know. i'm certainly saving them. it has been suggested by somebody that they could become a program or radio program or television program or a book. of course, i do not have gorbachev's permission to do use them for anything but interviews for my book. i would have to look into that. i should add there is going to be a russian edition of my book. when he got a copy, which i sent him of the english edition, he sent back and said i thank you from my heart, but i will not give you my impressions of your book until i read the russian edition. now i am waiting for those impressions. host: he is 86 years old. here is an interview he did with bbc last year. one of the things you notice is is different appearance. i do not know them all. i presume some of them ha

host: william taubman, a book on mikhail gorbachev. prof. taubman: gorbachev changed this country and the world. but neither as much as he wished. it is a story of great achievement and it has, in some ways, a trag e

william taubman, a book on mikhail gorbachev. gorbachev change this country and the world.ut neither as much as he wished. it is a story of great achievement and it has, in some ways, a tragic end.

at 8:00, william taubman talks about his new biography on the kyle gorbachev. that michael gorbachev. -- he chairman >> this week on "newsmakers," congressman rob bishop. thank you for being here. we also have scott long, a congressional reporter for the hill newspaper. we also have a senior correspondent from the washington post. >> chairman bishop, we have seen the intense and devastating wildfires out west. can you talk about what you see is the appropriate policy response to what we are seeing? and when you have governors and others saying that climate change is intensifying the frequency and intensity of these wildfires, is that something you think is a valid connection to draw? >> you hit on one of the issues that is so devastating to all of us. our hearts break for those people who have lost their lives in all their property. the side effects -- the air is worse in los angeles than it has ever been because of the pollution of smoke coming off of the wildfires. the ash all over the place. it is one of the things that causes great problems. the sad part is

concerning the iran nuclear agreement, at 11, another chance to cq and eight with william taubman on his book gorbachev. on wednesday, british prime minister theresa may filled in questions on domestic issues, including the universal credit program, dental health, and the deadline for brexit negotiations. this is 45 minutes. questions to the prime minister. >> this morning i had meetings with colleagues and others. i shall have further such meetings later today. will noteme minister that yesterday was mental health a. as mental health problems affect -- bringingpeople the total spend for mental health to less than 10% of its entire budget. if parity of esteem for mental health is to be achieved, this government must match their words with more strong and stable ring fenced funding. with those cuts and increasing demand, when will the prime minister and the talking and promised to increase and ring fence funding for mental health and especially psychological services? theresa may: he applies the importance we should be attaching to mental health. given that parity of esteem is an impo

prof taubman: he trusted the american people.ted them to allow him leave them where they had never been to go. to follow himm and trust him to become a market economy. he trusted them to follow him as he made peace in the cold war against the ancient enemy, the united states. he trusted them too much, as it turned out. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." >> it is a radio station in a nation's a cover some 6 million people. -- nation's capital that covers some 6 million people. this is a heavily automobile city, and it will extend our brand and give people the process to listen to it. that is how it happened. >> c-span radio, marking 20 years of public affairs programming from the nation for the capital. listen to the "washington journal" live each morning and beginning at 7:00 a.m. eastern, lyricalf the day's events on "washington today," weekdays on 5:00 p.m. eastern, and briefings from important events from across the nation. c-span is available in washington on 90.1 fm, on a website, c-span.org, or by downloadin

at 8:00, william taubman talks about his new biography on the kyle gorbachev. that michael gorbachev. -- he chairman >> this week on "newsmakers," congressman rob bishop. thank you for being here. we also have scott long, a congressional reporter for the hill newspaper. we also have a senior correspondent from the washington post. >> chairman bishop, we have seen the intense and devastat