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Fights in the 1980s, all the debates about getting -- standing up to gorbachev and deploying the cruise missiles into western germany, and all of western germany and all of europe exploding. exploding. but reagan did that. i mean, what rond reagan refusing to give up sdi and ultimately gorbachev having to back down. what was all of that for? so republicans now, 75% of republicans now could say oh, its okay if russia tries to rig our elections. i want to say that again. 75% of republicans think i...

Public. >> and an even more recent example. gorbachev talked about one of the reasons the soviet union collapsed, that they saw the resolve that reagan had and it was backed up by actions and not just words. and the soviets realized they couldnt bury us. and theres no reason to think this president has done anything to make them question. >> so if you were staffing this president, that might be a big if, how do you clean this up? hes got his adlibs taking up days of staff time as they try to mak...

Ken burns was on the air with the 18 hours of vietnam, and you go back and look at the beginning of that, and then the consequences of it, and it really is something to keep in mind. as we go forward. >> it is, and donald trump is not the first person to say the united nations has been inefficient. madeleine albright said the u.n. must reform or die and the long running joke over there is how many people work at the u.n.? the answer, about a third of them. i mean, and that -- thats a 40-year-old...

Gorbachev was amazing that he was willing to be so risk taking that he would put all these people at risk. in this case it looks like you are going to have the military options in place. the diplomatic but a kind of case you have to almost get close to having to press a button for something to happen. >> -- russia and china and what happens with them and how do you have a military option if you cant get china on board for that? if you cant get south korea on board for that. japan on board for th...

>> he has changed sides and aligned with his former adversaries, the liberals, the democrats and soviets. >> for the first time in history, the language of arms control was replaced by arms reduction. mr. general secretary, though my pronunciation may give you difficulty -- [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> you repeat that in every meeting meeting. >> i like it. >> veterans of past summits worry that this president may be too taken with mikael gorbachev, the man, and not guarded against gorb...

Even where we disagreed we were disagreeable. >> i watched him very carefully and you said a great line, you know. you said, as an actor you could see when somebodys acting and reacting. but you know what i loved? he might have acted, but you know what happened? because youre a good actor, you had him react a couple of times. [ laughter ] >> could i just hold this up, presenting this to the president? >> thank you, mr. president. >> thanks. >> good afternoon and happy new year, everyone. this ne...

Seems that kim jong-un doesnt believe us. >> well, the fact that no previous administration has been able to crack this code means that it doesnt make sense to just call them all weak. hes got to figure out why have we not been able to. and maybe a military option has to be considered, but you cant allow -- this is where you need kelly again. you cant allow some spontaneous comment about fire and fury to even mobilize him even further as they did to have more missile tests. you need a clear proc...

Communist. he says he is a good man, and as evidenced, he puts him on the defensive by asking him to autograph a baseball. >> and he looked confused, and they took about five minutes to discuss it with him and he later signed the baseball. from that moment, the president had control of the proceedings for the second day of the summit. >> the question, sam, is whether we have a change of heart that is come mlinked with the change president thinks so i dont believe so. >> the president gives his a...

We have to make sure that decision-making is rational options, using every diplomacy possible, figuring out what is there still. you cant allow spontaneous tweets to have anything to do with north korea from now on. >> were a logical country, and most of us expect people at some point in time to behave logically, but as doris mentioned, i lived the cuba missile crisis. there was a mad man who put 11 million lives at risk and gladly did so. korb chev, if you read -- gorbachev was even amazed that...

His greatest need at home, modernizing a third world economy. >> yes, i have a very brief statement. im pleased to report that im in route to denver here. i received a call from geneva and it appears that all of the remaining issues on reaching an imf agreement have been resolved, including a reliable and credible verification. this treaty will be finalized when general secretary gorbachev and i meet in washington next month. >> can you tell it to the senate? >> what? >> can you sell it to the