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>> bill: meanwhile, administration taking on problems foreign and domestic dealing with a host of issues. just over the weekend two from immigration and border security and a missile test by north korea and the last story gets our attention now. john sununu former white house chief of state to president george h.w. bush with us now on a monday. thank you for coming back here. think about a time when you were working for president bush 41. think about who from overseas was poking or prodding or t...

Is taking. what he said about the united states and comparing russia, i dont agree with that. but i do think that engagement makes zones because thats the way president reagan handled it. >> president reagan said, mr. gorbachev, tear down that wall. donald trump just said about putin, i dont know putin, i have no dealings in russia. obama can make a deal with iran, number one in terror, no problem. do you see these two as parallels? >> i think the deal with iran was a bad deal, very bad deal. th...

Affairs columnist for the new york times and i have seen a lot of changes in the world. >> i think so much of the foreign policy is managing weakness. you think of putin and russia, putin takes a bite out of somewhere in eastern europe and spills on to the world stage. nuclear scientists and nuclear weapons. >> approximate for rush why and the soviet union, the changes begin with those who took power in 1984 and recognize that the country had the change to survive. he was a charismatic figure, s...

Garden with him. he was so much at ease with us. so charismatic. >> this is something that has been greeting you wherever you go. >> correct. >> a television microphone. what did you think when you saw it? >> i thought it was a web on and i was careful every time it moved towards me. i moved a little bit back to remain at a safe distance. i was seeing it for the first time. >> mandela and gorbachev were the guys that made a huge difference outside taking on a big system. who is the worst? >> put...

American history. >> mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> reporter: reagan left office after eight years as a historic success. by the time i interviewed him in his final week in august, ronald reagan had surprised just about everyone. >> did you begin to think you made it as a lucky star hovering over ronald reagan that luck will be part of your life in some fashion? >> whether i call it luck or answered prayers, i realized that i was very blessed. >> well, theres a long list of possibilities...

Relating to sdi. it would have tan a madman to accept that. >> inside the united states there is astonishment and beyond that fear of what reagan talked about doing, banning nuclear weapons. >> he moved to sign a deal with the soviets, was criticized by president nixon and kissinger. they said it would be a profound mistake to eliminate all medium range missiles in europe. >> many conservatives thought reagan had been charmed by gorbachev, and reagan had more problem dealing with his hard right ...

Of tension with the west. >> iceland? >> thats what i was here to tell you about. yeah. well, i am pleased to announce general secretary gorbachev and i will meet in iceland. meeting proposed by general secretary gorbachev and i accepted. >> no agreements at the meeting next week? >> i dont know. all weve agreed upon is were having a meeting. >> gorbachev needs a show of progress overseas to boost his stature in moscow. the irony will be that when reagan, leader of the free world, meets gorbache...

>> we didnt really anticipate that the wall would come down like that but so much pent up emotion and so much of the desire for freedom that it just overwhelmed them but it wasnt anticipated. it was a surprise. >> our joy wasuswatching germans roll through that wall and knock it down and start making souvenir slices and it was a truly exciting night because we had wanted this for 40 years and now its happening. >> the long-time communist leader of bulgaria suddenly and surprisingly today announc...

And while some may say the desert is desolate... we prefer secluded. what is the desert? its absolutely what you need right now. absolutely scottsdale. the feeling was we didnt have to prepare all that much. according to everything we knew, it would be howdy, hello, handshake. turned out to be anything but that. after the first morning when reagan and gorbachev met, we were called into the embassy which was right nearby.

Important for me to recognize that hes not gorbachev. you can have a normal working relationship with that. so the idea that we can get along well with the russians who are of course occupying supply them with powerful missiles. this is not a friendly regime. with to recognize both of them they attempted to build warmer ties with putin and both of them failed. i think that we need to send a message that includes not only keeping the sanctions in place at the moment but