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Oval office, the first time i entered that place rather nervous as a young man, we were there to brief him before a summit with gorbachev in 1989 and he asked us would you like coffee and i said, yea, he poured it and we were sort of stunned. we expected a butler to come in and do that, but he was that kind of person. there was no pretense there. put you at ease and related to you on a human level even though possess this had great power. thats a very rare quality in a leader, i think. >> lets l...

He wouldnt be smug about the winning of the cold war. we won the cold war. we didnt end the cold war. we freed millions of people formerly imprisoned behind iron curtain. we tore down an evil empire. ronald reagan literally change the world. we should have been smug. one of the great failings, when the wall finally fell and gorbachev resigned, the george h.w. bush administration never went on national television to explain to the american people why the anti-communist policies of harry truman, d...

He wouldnt be smug about the winning of the cold war. we won the cold war. we didnt end the cold war. we freed millions of people formerly imprisoned behind iron curtain. we tore down an evil empire. ronald reagan literally change the world. we should have been smug. one of the great failings, when the wall finally fell and gorbachev resigned, the george h.w. bush administration never went on national television to explain to the american people why the anti-communist policies of harry truman, d...

>> theres no one figure. you know, hearing that quote, i think back to ronald reagan. i think back to ronald reagan on one specific moment after the challenger disaster. >> let me stop you there and roll it for our audience. we will talk about it on the other side. >> the crew of the space shuttle challenger honored us with the manner in which they lived their lives. we will never forget them nor the last time we saw them this morning as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and slip...

And slipped the bonds of earth to touch the face of god. >> everyone in politics and speech writing has committed that last sentence to memory, the work of peggy noonan. >> absolutely. i remember it so vividly. when i think back to the reagan years, thats one of the things along with, you know, "tear down this wall, mr. gorbachev." that moment i remember because it was necessary in that moment. we had watched that -- this great pageant of american technology. we watched that space shuttle take o...

One specific moment after the "challenger" disaster. >> let me stop you there and roll it for our audience. let me roll it for our audience. well talk about it on the other side. >> the crew of the space shuttle "challenger" honored us in the manner in which they lived their lives. we will never forget them nor the last time we saw them this morning as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of god. >> everyone in politics and spee...

Just think about all the things that trump has withdrawn from, right? he withdrew from the iran deal, he withdrew from the paris climate accord agreement. he withdrew from the trans-pacific partnership and just this week he is pledging to withdraw from the inf treaty, a treaty that reagan and gorbachev signed. to get rid of a whole class of missiles in europe. all aspects of withdrawal. and then to add to that, look at all the opinion polling around the world, and theres very few countries -- in...

Second summit? >> well, i would hope that this would be an opportunity maybe to recover from what happened in helsinki. i think it would be appropriate to talk about the inf treaty, for example. i think the two, since this was signed by two leaders, gorbachev and reagan at the time, if were going to end it, there should be, you know, dialogue between the two leaders now. >> this is the treaty the u.s. is talking about pulling out of? >> right. exactly. >> because russia has been violating it. >>...

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University. another story breaking right now. turkish president erdogan parading the saudis for admitting jamal chooshs death but demanding action. >> and now our expectation from them going forward is that all those responsible from the highest degree, highest level to the lowest level will be highlighted, will be brought to justice. jillian: in a speech to the turkish parliament moments ago, erdogan vowed a village lengths investigation of what he called a savage murder. they are looking into ...