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And for gorbachev, hailed castro an as an outstanding politician and our friend, and vladimir putin said castro was a strong and wise man who always looked in the future with confidence. and then in mexicos inet toe called castro a friend. it was cuban soldiers that dealt south african troops a major defeat in the 1980s. castro will be cremated today, and then his ashes will be returned next week. joining me on the phone a lecturer and editor of latin america goes global.

Here is happily milking this election for all the propaganda value it can get. cnn, moscow. >> im reminded of -- >> dont know what to say. >> reminded of gorbachev and reagan when they took that suspicion away. at a different point now. its not just russians watching the presidential election. >> weve got it from china, as well. matt rivers gives us a look at how china views the race. >> reporter: im matt rivers in china, one of the countries most mentioned on the campaign trail. though one ca...

Will it in any way affect -- how will it affect the status we enjoy overseas and diplomatic relations? >> it can be a very scary thing. sometimes these things can go one way or another. if you remember the big speech ronald reagan gave before the berlin wall where he said mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. that was not a line state department folks thought was a good line. he made the decision to keep that in the speech. it became to be one of the most epic moments of is presidency. that was a ...

What do you make of romney weighing in. >> i dont think its going to be much impact on the election. i was sitting there going, you know, you cant control what someone else does when they endorse you. if vladimir putin has this endorsement, so be it. when trump says he gives him an "a" for leadership, thats exactly what he said about putin, that should concern me and it should concern every voter out there. look, ronald reagan got along you could say with gorbachev pretty well but he never gave ...

In eastern europe, borders long closed by communism were opening up. then in november, the unthinkable happened. the symbol of the cold war, the berlin, fall. it was a great moment but a dangerous one, too. how would gorbachev reaction to the dissolution of his empire. >> bush insists is hell handle it with grace and dignity, he wont stick it in gorbachevs eye. >> gorbachev later his bushs controlled reaction to the fall of the wall helped him avoid a hardliner counter reaction in europe. hes ab...

Closed by communism were opening up. then in november, the unthinkable happened. the symbol of the cold war, the berlin, fall. it was a great moment but a dangerous one, too. how would gorbachev reaction to the dissolution of his empire. >> bush insists is hell handle it with grace and dignity, he wont stick it in gorbachevs eye. >> gorbachev later his bushs controlled reaction to the fall of the wall helped him avoid a hardliner counter reaction in europe. hes able to put himself in the shoes o...

Leaning than the president was on that in terms of my desire to make certain that the process continued and to as quickly as possible. the president clearly led the effort. >> i remember very distinctly he says we will not be bragging. we will not be out there flexing our muscle. weve got to be quiet. ive talked to that mucher. ive talked to kole. were going to down play this and let it just play out. were going to do this in a quiet, diplomatic way. he was very firm about that from the very beg...

Dream. thats because mcstevens had hoped to follow in the footsteps of a long line of prestigious podiums. his great grandfather served under fdr, his father under jfk, and his older brother was part of ronald reagans most famous speech. >> mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> sadly, because of the vice president, mcstevens never got his chance to shine. instead of the career that could have been, several dead end jobs followed. first he worked at the bronx zoos woodpecker enclosure but quit b...

Dream. thats because mcstevens had hoped to follow in the footsteps of a long line of prestigious podiums. his great grandfather served under fdr, his father under jfk, and his older brother was part of ronald reagans most famous speech. >> mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> sadly, because of the vice president, mcstevens never got his chance to shine. instead of the career that could have been, several dead end jobs followed. first he worked at the bronx zoos woodpecker enclosure but quit b...

He would also never cut off communications with putin. he kept communications through the cold war with gorbachev. eventually we ended up having the cold war peacefully resolve as opposed to a war. those who were saying like carly fiorina for example, she wont talk to putin. she wants a no-fly zone. im not so sure why she has to be so bellicose, but its really, really naive. and we should have a debate over that about who we want leading our country. >> all right. senator rand paul of kentucky. ...