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How much do you say, i cant believe we ended up here. >> there is a fate as there always is in the presidency. theres a splash with their rival. reagan had the big break with gorbachev at the end and exploited it brilliantly. but look at the two presidents weve had in the last 16 years. both have had reelections that werent as good as their first elections. they start to fade and i think its very hard to get reelected with pizazz anymore. so the fade -- >> part of that is the polarization. >> wh...

Peoples will, i think they can only take one decision, annul the results of an election and hold a new one." gorbachev said that. as thousands and then tens of thousands of russians took to the streets saying "russia without putin." this was a big deal. this was maybe going to be the end of putin. i mean, people wouldnt even have to overthrow him. this was december, 2011, he was about to stand for president in march just a few months later and theres the country rising up against him, feeling li...

>> reporter: the cold and the snow didnt stop them. the massive show of force on moscows streets didnt, either. police estimate a crowd of 25,000, the largest political demonstration since the early 90s. "russia without putin" they defiantly chanted. >> those were days of protests. days of protests. it was a different -- three different report there is from "nbc nightly news." over december, early days of december, 2011, the election was december 4, the protests started december 5. that was five...

In the 1940s, we save the world, the greatest generation beat back the nazis and japanese imperialist. then we save the world again. this time from totalitarianism and communism, the cold war. it lasted for decades, but guess what? we won, and we won big. democrats and republicans working together got mr. gorbachev to heed the words of president reagan, our great president, when he said "tear down this wall!" history will not forget what he did. very special, special man and president. unfortuna...

Beat back the nazis and japanese imperialist. then we save the world again. this time from totalitarianism and communism, the cold war. it lasted for decades, but guess what? we want, and we won big. democrats and republicans working together that got mr. gorbachev to heed the words of president reagan, our great president, when he said "tear down this wall! history will not forget what he did very special, special man and president. unfortunately, after the cold war, our foreign policy veered b...

Advice to have him start of much more like reagan and gorbachev and less like reagan and rush. >> general mattis nominated to become secretary of defense and general kelley nominated to be secretary of security. he tweeted this about putin the other day when he decided to overrule the foreign ministry in moscow and not retaliate for the expulsion of russian diplomats. >> great move on delay by v. putin. i always knew he was very smart. youre smiling. >> president-elect trump is very quick with a...

>> 1980. >> you left in the heap of the cold war. dana was on your side in 1980. he thought tyranny was a bad thing back then. >> yeah. that was his go to, right? i was a speech writer for ronald reagan. dont you know who i was? i was a cold warrior and things are different now. things are different with vladimir putin. he was just like gorbachev. i think a lot of people would question that thought process. >> it was fascinating. i dont get that, by the way. because he was such a cold warrior. i...

Mr. gorbachev, tear this wall down. the left went bonkers all over it. next thing you know, the wall was done. one mans provocation is another mans strength. were long overdue for strength. thats where were going. >> colonel, thank you. imagine if this was a trump supporter. >> you dont deserve to be in america. >> imagine if this was a trump supporter refusing to accept hillary clinton as the next president. why the silence from the media now? does this hypocrisy need to be here?

Gorbachev, tear this wall down. the left went bonkers over that, predicting we would have all sorts of conflicts. next thing you know, the wall came down. so one mans provocation is another mans strength. and i think we are long overdue for strength and i thinkwhere w. >> colonel, thank you very much. all right, everyone, take a look at this. imagine if this was a trump supporter. >> you dont deserve to be in america! >> imagine if this was a trump supporter refusing to accept hillary clinton ...

Of war. >> yeah. >> the flare gun is an interesting piece, manufactured in germany probably about 1944. almost certainly using slave labor in the factory. the irony is when we examined it, its actually overstamped with the star of david, so it got sold to israel after the second world war. so its built by jewish slave labors probably in a german factory and ended up in a survival kit of an israeli pilot. just strange how that whole circle -- how it completes the circle. >> from world war ii to k...