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>> gorbachev would say where there is a question there is an answer. i think its both. he wants russia to be seen as great power, to return to super power status and he has little to show in terms of economy. his gas and oil kind of game really has gone down. what does he have left? he has left his posture and he has his nuclear and other military things. also, he wants to be seen as somebody who can stand up to the united states which he thinks is hypocritical, is unfair to russia. it is i thin...

♪ ♪ good evening. im kate your tour in new york in for chuck todd and welcome to "mtp daily." we begin with what sounds on paper like a chapter out of the cold war. but instead of a president loudly saying tear down that wall, mr. gorbachev, we have a president saying dont agitate mr. putin. would any of this sound out of place against a strategic adversary. the u.s. imposed sanctions on russian entities as punishment for 2016 meddling in the election. then the government expels 60 russian...

Improvement in this white house with message discipline. >> you think? >> needless to say. on the other hand, i will remind you that ronald reagan, for whom i worked for eight years, told the bureaucrats at one point when they told him dont say, mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. youll create a terrible problem. he said listen, im president and thats what im going to say and he wrote it back in the speech. that turned out all right. >> let me turn to twitter. a president fires his secretary of ...

As gorbachev came to power, he and reagan built up a pretty good rapport quickly. even though the cold war was still ongoing it was hard to think of war between the united states and soviet union. we were helping the afghan troops but things were gradually getting better and they did in the 190s and 2000s. but there were no direct military encounters with the two countries. since 2014 things have been worse since the 70s or early 80s. >> michael ohanlon, great to see you again. thank you. >> tha...

Moscow again krentz met with mikhail gorbachev who assured the new east german leader that the soviet union remained its stalwart friend and supporter. but to the digital because gorbachev spoke about his first telephone conversation with a gun krentz he affirmed that the relations between the two countries had always focused on the desire to move forward together. that the uk but that this betrayal deeply touched the hearts of all ordinary russians this is never happened before. or the russia w...

Lead in setting up this initial trump un meeting. it is likely he will bring some of his advisers with him and so the intelligence community will continue to have a big say in whatever medium for negotiations come next. leland, whoever ends up managing bilateral negotiations will contend with the fact that is cautioned earlier this week, north korea is still remains our most urgent security threat. leland: both in concerns of military threat in cyberthreat as well. how unusual is this to take th...

On the white house side we know that they have been handing over documents voluntarily. the white house hat not been subpoenaed. it is note worthy, though, that in contrast the trump organization, which has also voluntarily been handing over documents has been subpoenaed as part of this investigation, anna. >> pamela brown, thank you for that. michael dantonio, let me bring you in now. youve seen the inner workings of the trump organization, the trump family and their financial dealings, i guess...

I breathe the president nearly every day we have shared every bit of information we have about the country, its economy of how kim jong-un might react. and how north korea might respond. how the globe might respond. the president has built an enormous coalition aimed at a singular outcome which is the denuclearization of the peninsula. >> so where do they need? >> i dont know. >> what needs to be taken into consideration when discussing where they would meet? i assume they wouldnt me to north ko...

Who carried forth the word tipped the balance in the cold war in freedoms favor. mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall! (billy graham) i dont care what ideologies arise in the future... the ultimate winner is going to be the kingdom of god. (announcer) coming up... billy grahams life impacted the meek and the powerful... (charles gibson) the presidents reached out to him because they wanted what he had. (announcer) but when the public figure faced his final years what were his private thoughts? ive...

I breathe the president nearly every day we have shared every bit of information we have about the country, its economy of how kim jong-un might react. and how north korea might respond. how the globe might respond. the president has built an enormous coalition aimed at a singular outcome which is the denuclearization of the peninsula. >> so where do they need? >> i dont know. >> what needs to be taken into consideration when discussing where they would meet? i assume they wouldnt me to north ko...