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About that last comment where youre coming from. >> the truth is where shes coming from. >> i dont understand that. dana was always tough on soviets and russia. and by the way, he was actually tough on putin. >> the last part of the interview she said so youre comparing putin and gorbachev and he said, yes, they are on the same level. >> thats outrageous. >> that was a great interview. >> but wait. again, putin assassinates journalists that disagrees with him. he shoots down in front of the krem...

Prioritize, as i did when i worked with ronald reagan. i wrote most of his speeches. >> what would ronald reagan think about your thoughts on vladimir putin? >> he would love it. maybe you forgot ronald reagan is the one that reached out to the gorbachev. >> are you comparing gorbachev to vladimir putin? >> absolutely. theyre both leaders of a very powerful country that we need to be friends with if were going to have peace in the world. a 2016 presidential recount that started monday in michi...

United states and whether it comes to trade or security issues, we are not going to necessarily take direction from beijing. and i think youll find the united states both economically and in national security is far more assertive and more muscular in some ways. we dont want to provoke anything. i dont think a phone call is going to start any kind of hot conflicts, we have to be wary of protocol, but the same time, donald trump has shown us on the campaign trail and i think will show us in the w...

Supporter and a campaigner, i can tell you, there were some dark and dreary times, september, october, and if you were for trump, you had to be 100% committed. and so i think he was entitled tonight, particularly speaking as a supporter, to have some rhetorical high fives. i think it was very important to the base to say, you know what, we won, and everybody says it wasnt possible, but we did it, we broke down that blue wall, i was thinking about, tear down that wall, mr. gorbachev, i was thinki...

Financial editor. >> jessica mcclure trapped for almost three dayness a dry artesian well. >> im pat buchanan, the conservative in "cross fire." >> the american people appreciated the new television. they certainly came to cnn in droves. >> mr. gorbachev and i both agree on the desirable of freer and more extensive contact between the peoples of the soviet union and the united states. >> we began to realize that the best way to get a message to a foreign leader was to have the and make a stateme...

Was a truly exciting night because we had wanted this for 40 years and now its happening. >> the long-time communist party leader of bulgaria suddenly and surprisingly today announced his resignation. >> it turns out that these regimes are more brittle than gorbachev understood and they turned out these regimes couldnt find mini gorbachevs. he tried to encourage people like him to rise to the fore in these countries. they werent successful. >> had gorbachev decided to use force, this whole scena...

General secretary gorbachev and i will meet in island. the meeting proposed by general secretary gorbachev and ive 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 gorbachev, the autocrat, it will be gorbachev who most needs the publicity back home. our mission is to produce programs a...

To sign a deal with the soviets was criticized today by former president nixon and former secretary of state henry kissinger. they said it would be a profound mistake to allow medium range missiles in europe. >> many conservatives thought reagan had been charmed by gorbachev, and reagan had more problem dealing with his hard right than he did the left. so reagan had to constantly let the right know, i know what im doing. >> reagan was being accused already of getting soft on communism, but he ha...

Affairs, that happened a day ago. -- that transition a happened a decade ago. its a historical milestone and psychological for a lot of people. from a practical standpoint, cuba today is governed the same way as it was 48 hours ago. >> do you hold out any hope its possible raul castro was holding off on making changes while fidel was alive? >> no. fidel -- raul is 85. i hear people say the younger castro. the younger castro is 85 a years old, and he has been involved in the government of that co...

And it was real. it was magic but it was real. >> on the big issues, the revival of the american spirit, the re-ignition of the american economy. ronald reagan succeeded beyond anyones expectations. as for his critics, many still frustrated, even angry but they do concede that ronald reagan leaves washington an enormously popular figure and in this day and age, that alone is an historic achievement. on the next "eighties." [ chanting ] >> there is one sign that the soviets can make that would ...