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That our banking systems, and our electrical grid, are all kind of migrated to outer space. >> in fact, this conversation is happening in outer space, this tv show is carried by satellite. the internets telecommunications, radio, gps, the economy, national security, all of it is done in outer space. like i said, we are sitting ducks. that is why we should follow what ronald reagan did. ronald reagan said, we need peace through strength but b, lets cut a deal with gorbachev, lets try to manage th...

>> in fact, this conversation is happening in outer space, this tv show is carried by satellite. the internets telecommunications, radio, gps, the economy, national security, all of it is done in outer space. like i said, we are sitting ducks. that is why we should follow what ronald reagan did. ronald reagan said, a, we need peace through strength but b,, lets cut a deal with gorbachev, lets try to manage the unmanageable by cutting a deal. now the outer space treaty of t 1967 could address the...

These days. its just the nature of the way we are as a world now. but people forget how long it took ronald reagan to successfully deal with mikhail gosh alcohol. it took -- gorbachev. it took years of meeting after meeting before progress was made. >> well, certainly, it did take years, david. and, in fact, we thought we were losing it at a particular point until s.t.a.r.t. and, of course, he promised star wars and a host of other things. it was really internal that things started to come unglu...

But what happened one year later? reagan and gorbachev abolished a whole category of nuclear weapons, the intermediate range. so good things got done, and nobody else knew except the two translators what was said in there. so theres precedent. >> president trump today talked about meeting with the iranian president, rouhani, with no pre-conditions. does that surprise you? would that be wise? >> its not surprising to me at all, anderson. in fact, i predicted it a week ago, when trump came out wit...

>> it hasnt been confirmed. >> he doesnt talk like a normal diplomat. >> what president trump actually said to vladimir putin is only known to vladimir putin and to president trump. even if putin comes forward and says, i said this, or even if president trump comes forward and says, i said this, we dont know for sure. the only thing we know for sure is what happened in that press conference. did what happen at that press conference concern you at all, stephen? >> well, let me give you an example...

Maybe you dont remember. in early 1986, president ronald reagan met alone with then soviet leader gore ba chev for a think about 2 1/2 hours. everybody was upset about it because reagan was getting older in years and people were worried. when the guys came out, reagan and gorbachev, they said, weve decided to abolish nuclear weapons. and aides on both sides said, you cant do that just like that. so they backed off. but what happened one year later? reagan and gorbachev abolished a whole category...

Moscow. that isnt so unusual. thats the way reagan and gorbachev did it in the 80s. >> shepard: what sort of reaction is this getting around town there? >> look, you know, theres a conflict about this. nobody is upset with the idea that president trump and president putin are meeting. a lot of issues to discussion. a lot of differences to resolve. so in that sense, theres no distress about it at all. obviously there was a lot of distress about the way president trump handled the news conference ...

Proceedings once these reunions have happened. the aclu wants seven days until theyre able to do so so the immigrant is able to receive legal help and get things in order. however lawyers with the department of justice have argued in court that four days is plenty. that is what they are hoping for. its unclear when the judge will make a decision on that. >> dana: thank you for that. appreciate it. secretary of defense james mattis is speaking about russia especifically president trumps relations...

Millions of american dollars over to iran to stop them from developing a nuclear weapon. that clearly has not worked. i like more of a peace through strength doctrine like the reagan doctrine. it wasnt too long ago when i was growing up that ronald reagan was told by the political wisdom in washington, d.c. -- dont say mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. well, that walls gone and ronald reagans statue stands in its place. >> let me fast forward for the moment because we are talking about the cur...

War is lousy, for citizens, for women, for children, for progressives, deplete resources and fatten defense budgets. i thank you for inviting me on, but theres a lockdown on much of the media establishment. its one hand clapping when it comes to arguing about the u.s. national interest to have a relationship with russia. understanding putin is abauthoritarian figure, understanding that some of us dont necessarily give legisl e legitimacy to leaders and also understanding that the -- gorbachev is...