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The seminal moment of the cold war coming to an end, the wall coming down and communism really taking a hit. the whole world was changed soon after that. >> tucker: what did reagan know about communism or the soviet union that others missed? >> from the very beginning he thought that communism was just not going to make it and that it was destined, as he said in his speech, he spoke about that for a long time even back when he was president of the screen actors guild fighting communism in hollyw...

Had never been dug into about behind the scenes and it really paints a picture of how the cold war comes to the end. >> tucker: interesting. i have an office next to yours so i know youve been working on this book for a while. what did you come away thinking about reagan? did it change your view of him? >> i think at the time he was underappreciated. there were a lot of books looking back favorably to reagan, but this is more reporting on history and some of the behind the scenes moments and spe...

Wasnt there to get up and walk away from the table. it happened numerous times. gorbachev and reagan had a great relationship but they were pointing at each other and fought numerous times over what eventually became this big deal. perhaps president trump is going to do that. and the fear as it was back then from conservatives is that he is going to give up the game and give too much up. reagan didnt. maybe president trump will take a lesson from that. >> dana: interesting note. so this is "thre...

He gets a marvelous partner in gorbachev. by 1988, the man who calls him an evil empire is in literally in red square kissing babies. and that kind of won praise. i dont think there is a method to this madness, but we do have, i think, you have to have some hope that we stagger through. >> we do have prayers. moving on, "the wall street journal" reports that michael cohen took an aggressive approach to profit from his relationship with donald trump. >> who would have ever seen that coming. >> ...

Of his mind, rightly so, if you were advising him. this is-- there are some subtle differences. neil: or gadhafi was overthrown, he doesnt want to get overthrown or killed. and when you link it to other presidents which had important pow wows, reagan with gorbachev. this is a one-day event. >> well, its important to keep in mind that what trump himself does is critical. everybody talks about the preparation, thats true, but look at yalta, fdr went into yalta, america was stronger than shed ever ...

And it seems to be just a matter of reality and having been to summits in the past between reagan and gorbachev, you cant get all this done in 24-48 hour hours. we are starting at zero when it comes to negotiating. the idea that we are going to come out with a sophisticated -- the idea that you might come out of this with an agreement seems highly unlikely. >> we will be watching for you on a mothers day addition of fox news, sunday. chris has his first interview with secretary of state mike pom...

Undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs, former managing editor of "time" magazine, and an msnbc political analyst. rick, this is a theory of go big or go home. we didnt know going into it that reagan and gorbachev were going to consider doing away with nuclear weapons. that came up during the meeting. >> right. >> but billing a meeting as being about go big or go home, thats more fraught. >> well, theres that old business maxim that actually applies to diplomacy as well,...

The release of the three detainees from north korea broughts f effusive praise fro president trump for kim jong-un, who thanked him for the excellent care hed taken of the prisoners, noting his high risk, high reward method of operating here. the a.p. writes, quote, drawn to big moments and bigger headlines, trump views the north korea summit as a legacy-maker for him, believing that the combustible combination of his bombast and charm already has led to warmer relations between north and south....

Three detainees overnight. the president now, we are looking toward the summit with kim jong un and the possibilities there for progress or perhaps not. even the president himself has said that. when you look at these developments, at the potential promise of the summit, do you see this as something as a real breakthrough? >> its very hard to predict whats going to happen because we know so little about kim jong un. i used to be in the arms control business in the days of the soviet union and pe...

>> reporter: president trumps tough talking foreign policy made trouble some diplomats, but not his base. >> did you vote for trump? >> yes, i did. >> how are you feeling? >> great. finally got somebody with some ball. >> reporter: im at a gas station on pennsylvanias route 66 talker to trucker ron who believes for too long enemies, even allies, have taken america for granted. >> everybodys taken advantage of the united states. weve always been too easy and gave them what they wanted. >> reporte...