u. s. president reagan find the 1st of many disarmament treaties in 1987. it was the beginning of the end of the cold war in october 1989 when he visited east berlin for the g d r's, 40th anniversary celebrations. gorbachev urged eric hanukkah to implement reforms. he warned the eastern leader saying, life punishes those who come too late. a month after his visit, the berlin wall fell and with it, the iron curtain that had divided europe for decades. it was gorbachev's, reformist, policies that helped unleash a peaceful revolution across eastern europe. ah, in 1990 gorbachev was awarded the nobel peace prize for his key role in bringing about a new peaceful world order. internationally, he was highly regarded but at home, he was increasingly under pressure. the economic situation was dire. the soviet union on the verge of falling apart, communist hardliner stage to crew against gorbachev in august 1991. at the end of that year, mikhail gorbachev announced his resignation and the soviet union was dissolved with many russians holding him responsible for its d

u. s. president reagan and then his willingness to embark on that passed a democratic reform that eventually led to the peaceful revolution that we had here in germany. and that eventually then made german reunification possible. so it wouldn't have happened without gorbachev. so the commemoration event might have happened anyway, but of course the fact that he died this year brings it home even more that we're now dealing with a completely different president in moscow. russia is on the completely opposite path. babbitt boss, the president of parliament had a message to vladimir putin today. she said it's deeply painful that everything that got much of stood for has been destroyed. and that putin as turned his back on go which of those days. and that, that was a tragic mistake. and indeed the war in ukraine and its ramifications here in germany also featured in the debate that followed the commemoration event. i'm criticism of the government by the opposition leader as we just heard, could germany be doing more to support ukraine? what is true and we all remember that germany was very reluc

u. s. president ronald reagan's classic doctrine of peace through show of military strength. the west has been collectively, relentlessly, bullying russia like a group of mean kids in a school yard. and like every bully, they always seem to be shocked, surprised when someone actually pushes back who's making say, want to take contributing rachel moss and way too many thanks for that. now, so be an american journalist, nobility. same mileage believes the west has no right to criticize the self determination of the people of the dumbass. nobody in the e. u has any moral right to call out anybody's democracy, given that their whole process of unifying the government and expand its authority, was defeated in referenda in france, among other things, other places. and ireland had to vote twice until they got it right. and then nobody was given a choice at all. so you know, the giving anybody lectures in democracy when they're basically a non democratic superstate is, is a parody of democracy right there. but secondly, it's interesting to me that these people obviously don't recogni

u. s. president ronald reagan removing a host of nuclear weapons. joe biden sided this achievement in his tribute saying the result was a safer world and greater freedom for millions of people. the treaty was the beginning of the end of the cold war, one state after another broke away from the soviet union. and it wasn't long before the berlin wall fell, failed against him. later came a failed to by hard liners in moscow. the soviet union itself was dissolved, and gorbachev resigned and can yet now more than 30 years later, with rushes invasion of ukraine comes the danger of a new cold war zone. an awful slant unstable to president putin, russia, hundreds president, digging new trenches in europe and have started a horrible war and ukraine. it's now we think mikhail gorbachev and realized what he did for our country and all of europe. gorbachev died at the age of 91 in moscow hospital after 2 years of serious illness. and while he was hailed as a man of peace, he is left at a time of war. leah harding al jazeera international atomic energy agency. i

years in office in 1987, he and the late president ronald reagan signed a treaty to live in nuclear weapons. the house committee investigating the january 6th u. sas asked former house speaker newt gingrich for a voluntary interview. the chairman, said in a letter to gingrich that they've obtained emails gingrich exchange with the trump team about television ads that repeated false claims about fraud in the 2020 election. the letter also said that gingrich appeared to be involved in a scheme to appoint fake electors and communications with trump's chief of staff, mark meadows. well it is now up to a federal judge in florida to decide whether to appoint a third party arbiter to examine materials taken from former president trump's mar a lago compound last month, the federal judge trump appointee indicated that she remained open to having a special master as it's called, examine those documents. the judge will issue a written order in due course, and if she does grant the motion to appoint an arbiter, it may delay the criminal investigation. i think for trump's purposes, the special master isn't really getting to the ultimate question of did he ha