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Think of the wall as maybe just a block or two long. it was actually 97 miles long. the portion that cut east berlin from west berlin was 27 miles long. over the time it was up, nikita khrushchev ordered it built in 1961. something like 100,000 people successfully fled, but almost 200 people were killed trying to flee from east germany to freedom in west berlin. >> harris: craig, how did president reagan do it? you have looked at his life, you have looked at those moments. >> sure. >> harris: ho...

In what was their former so-called caliphate in iraq and syria. i served in iraq. and iraq is a place with lots of extraordinary christian history there are no more christians left in second largest city of mosul. significant amount of damage has been done. cryptions have been killed or have fled the reasonable. what isis is doing now, having lost much of their geographic formerly ungoverned space is that they are used cyberspace to encourage their followers. much of the past history of attacks ...

Approach and i think cbc has a roam to play, protesters have a role to play and as president hes walking a very different line and can use whatever levers and bully pulpits he has to make a difference. >> might get a broader support in congress for some of the physical steps, new rules for transferring military equipment, body cameras, maybe some training? >> i think thats what hes going for. i think when he was waded into race, it hasnt always gone well for him. and i think that he is being cau...

Address to show americans and republicans that, you know, he wants to get this done as the leader of his party? >> and thats exactly it, richard, it comes down to the fact that the president is the leader of the party and he has probably one of the most powerful, if not the most powerful bully pulpits in the world, which is his seat of power as the american president. it is true that he does need to have legislation pass through congress and needs to collaborate with congress, thats not going to...

And our bully pulpits to try and move forward sensible gun control legislation, because until we do that, theres too many dangers out there. thats where people are focused. >> reporter: new york city mayor-elect, i should say, bill de blasio there describing the scene as president obama received a note telling him that this had happened, but we are told, jake, that the president at this point has been briefed and this is from a white house official saying the white house will remain in touch wit...

>> i dont know. if i may. the fact is what they have done is try to defund obama care, but, at the same time, fund the government which is precisely what their legislation does. >> never going to get through the senate never in a million years. >> thats the senate wants judgment. thats the democratic leaders judgment. not that of the republicans. their choice, if they decide to deny what the house has sent them will be to put and give prime is i to obama care by the way most of whom are opposed ...

And not expect, you know, some kind of blowback-- >>, but the white, judy is an enormous bully pulpits, did he play the game better than the republicans did? >> i think he played the game better and he had a lot of inadvertent help with john boehner and-- >> boehner was not where the tea party was, and for the sake of accuracy here. boehner would have loved to have done the deal a week ago. in this case it wasnt just the liberal media, charles cro krauthammer and saying that the politics were te...

Arm-twisting, presidential bully pulpits and slight of hand. democrats are using every tool to get health care reform passed. it includes a maneuver that could pass without actually voting on it. >> this is the biggest vote that most members will cast. you cant hide from it and the american people will never accept some trickery to try to make this bill become law. >> the majority has these procedures that are trying to ensure success. but using them reeks of desperation. kelly odonnell joins me...

Compromise our ability to know whats going on within russia. i wouldnt call this a good thing in a very narrow sense, but i am very pleased that the congress, over the objections of the white house, has made it very clear that russian behavior is unacceptable and will be met with serious sanction. you know, as you know, this was a veto-proof vote in both houses of congress. the president was sort of dragged kicking and screaming into it. i think he owned it when it was all over. if we are going ...

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