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War leader already was dead in 1982. so russia was sort of scrambling to -- it was already a rotten empire, soviet rotten empire to no end, so its 83. so it actually rot to the ground two years later and gorbachev came in in 85. this is something putin should be looking at is when you think youre all powerful, you really can manipulate your audience, international or domestic, thats where you should become very, very careful because russia is not -- i mean, it is a rotting empire today. thats wh...

At the border? i dont under it. >> didnt want the photo op. >> i was a communications director, as i mentioned, for the greatest communicator, and the great communicator, and i would tell him, mr. president, we made an original decision but look at how youre being hammered across the board. the american people are complaining. media are complaining. why dont we call an audible and go down the bored and ask for the money, say, heres why we need it? do it and -- >> and thinking of you -- when you ...

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Personal diplomacy. and you remember as well as i do, he was asked at several news conferences after brezhnev died and the soviet leaders why havent you met with your soviet counterpart. and he said memorably at a news conference, well, they all keep dying on me. and then when, with the help, i think, importantly of nancy reagan and others, he agreed to meet with gorbachev in november of 1985 in geneva. and that was the beginning of this personal diplomacy. >> that was the beginning of the perso...

With mikhail gorbachev in reykjavik, ireland. it would set the stage for future talks. the two men at the height of their power end upped addressing the core issues of nuclear disarmament. what first appeared to be a diplomatic disaster turned out to lay the groundwork for a nuclear arms accord that would change the course of history. im joined by ken adelman, former arms controller for president reagan. he took part in that summit in iceland and wrote the new book "reagan at reykjavik: 48 hours...

Been disastrous. but then a year later, reagans real determination and strategic plan had come about because we signed -- he signed and gorbachev signed the most sweeping arms control agreement in history. and then three years after that or four years after that, the soviet union fell. exactly on the terms that reagan had laid out. >> well, at the time, one of the things he quoted in the book, we dont know just what reagan had in mind before reykjavik but we know his mood. awfully excited. part ...

>> its amazing, andrea, when you see and you covered it and i was there, but the fact is we didnt know what was happening in the room. now we do because the documents have been opened. we have declassified russian notes and american notes of what happened. and what happened there was that gorbachev basically made concession after concession. reagan said what he wanted. he wanted the strategic defense initiative to protect the country. he also wanted the deep reductions in nuclear weapons. whats ...

He joins us live from our d.c. bureau. good morning. >> hello, steve. >> its hard to believe it was ten years ago that he died. it seems like it was three, four, or five. but that was fast. >> i know. its nice to think back on a president everybody loves and a president who did a wonderful job. >> weve been talking about the bowe bergdahl case this morning and were talking about how our foreign affairs not very strong these days. with reagan, you knew where he was coming from. and he was strong ...

That this right here perhaps is an example of a new bounty on the head of our own. >> 57% say theyre very concerned. 27% say somewhat. not very 7%. and not at all 8%. >> either very or somewhat, 84% of americans are worried about what we just did. not good. it is a rainy day in new york city. weve got three hours and plenty of stuff to talk about. >> coming up, ronald reagan was no nonsense when it came to foreign policy. >> mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> on the tenth anniversary of hi...

During the time theyre together, "im gorbachev making all the concessions and youre making none." and ronald reagan sits there and thinks i knew i was a great negotiator and he is. >> he didnt cave on anything. tell us about the time you were sitting around the table in reykjavik. >> what happened was on sunday afternoon we were in sudden death overtime and it was the last time that he was going to make any move or -- gorbachev was going to make a move. and he left the room, and all of us said g...