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Ainsley: you say its the democrats wish list even my democrat friends would probably say they like their cars. they dont want to work so that everyone else doesnt have to if they are not willing. to say they dont want to redo their apartment buildings because buildings would have to change the way they get their energy. they like their meat. they like their airplanes. whose wish list is this? >> this is the far environmental left has been pushing these exact same things. i interviewed the former...

>> the soviet union blows up, the eastern block is pulling away. the berlin wall is coming down. any of these things could have just put the world in a very, very dangerous place. they were all happening at once. and george herbert walker bush handled it so skillfully and with such finess that all of this ended up looking inevitable, as though it wasnt even hard. and it is so difficult to imagine, say, a donald trump in a situation like that. he would be poking every other -- >> i think there ar...

The russian threat to the baltic states. on tuesday the president will hold a bat tick state summit at the white house. the leaders are united in celebrating freedom after they were ruled by soviet union as part of the eastern block for decades. and the three countries have met their nato spending page. the director at the defense studies for the national interest joins us now. harry, i mean the summit in 48 hours, on tuesday, will be a strong message to putin but will it be enough? >> well, i g...

>> not really -- a mirror-like response. >> eric: were joined by former press secretary for george bush, ari fleischer. do you think these measures were strong enough to deter vladimir putin? >> well, theyre the right steps to take in reaction to this. i dont think its strong enough with our overall relationship with russia. this is welcome. 25 nations including many in western europe, which has a history of being soft on russia and the eastern block nations, the former soviet satellite states a...

Countries, political parties and elections. they have interfered a lot with the social democrats in germany, for example. they call it framing with the same kind of connotation it has in american english. they do their very best to under mine groups and individuals that they think are a threat to them or are doing things they dont want to see done. they do what they can to build up the reputation, history, past of individuals that they want to support. ian mahal chapa is the most senior defector...

>> the soviets are nervous about john paul ii, he is anti-communist and beloved by the pols. these pressures are forcing the polish government to figure out how to keep control. >> the strike by polish ship yard workers is over. for the polish strikers, it was a day worthy of hyperbole, telling his followers we are co-masters of this land. >> theyre showing that you could have an independent union in a communist country, and the question was how independent were they going to be allowed to be. >...

Tragic events in poland almost two years to the day after soviet afghanistan have been precipitated by secret pressure from the soviet union. the united states is taking action to suspend economic relationships with the polish government. >> the first crisis in poland provides a vehicle for reagan to begin to think maybe the communist system in eastern europe is not as stable as people imagine. >> this is the pershing missile. a new version of it will be deployed in europe. this is the cruise mi...

Government. >> the first crisis in poland provides a vehicle for reagan to begin to think maybe the communist system in eastern europe is not as stable as people imagine. >> this is the pershing missile. a new version of it will be deployed in europe. this is the cruise missile to join natos arsenal and point for the soviet union and communist bloc. >> reagan started to push for those missiles in europe, and we are going to ratchet up the cold war further. >> many demonstrations in the next two ...

Some of our testimony, you remember general dunford saying russia is the primary threat we face. putin siena to pill together more. he has seen the sanctions they have placed on him. he has heard many of the eastern block countries in nato say we want more nato bases in our country. estonia, poland, romania. the fact that he now is bringing this to his public is just another way he shores up his image and continues the propaganda to support his actions in ukraine. >> and vladmir putin has always...

Conversation about whether this could happen here and a lot of people say, no, i cant see something of this magnitude. i dont get that conversation. first, you have six, seven, eight people in this case who are gathering. you can find that number of isis sympathizers in states all across america. second, access to weapons. you can get that at any gun show in america. third, access to locations that arent hardened. if you want to say this cant happen here, id put those three together and tell me ...