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Gate. >> it was the late 80s, the height of the cold war. >> mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> vladimir putin was a mid level kgb agent posted to east germany with two young daughters and an attractive young wife, a former airline stewardess. >> the soviet union defined him. not just the soviet union but the security services, the kgb. >> president of the brookings institution. >> he was part of not just the machinery but in some ways the characteristic of the machinery and the most powerfu...

>> mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. [cheers] >> and in 1984, president reagan spoke at a ceremony for the 40th anniversary of the normandy invasion. >> these are the boys of puenta ho. [ applause ] >> these are the men who took the cliffs. these are the champions who helped free a continent and these are the heros who helped end a war. >> then during a 1986 news conference, president reagan delivering the famous message of small government. >> the nine most terrifying words in the english lan...

Dark. the hardest hit state pennsylvania. some power wont be restored until the weekend. and georgia, tell, its done it again. state officials messing up another weather warning but this time they overreacted. now, last week georgia was totally unprepared for snow and ice. that left drivers stranded on the road and children stranded at school. and now state transportation officials putting a giant message on those message boards all over the hispanics. warning about a new winter storm watch. the...

Dark. the hardest hit state pennsylvania. some power wont be restored until the weekend. and georgia, tell, its done it again. state officials messing up another weather warning but this time they overreacted. now, last week georgia was totally unprepared for snow and ice. that left drivers stranded on the road and children stranded at school. and now state transportation officials putting a giant message on those message boards all over the hispanics. warning about a new winter storm watch. the...

Russia only negotiates on russias behalf. >> well come back to that in a different segment. >> that was another era. >> that was reagan. >> putin was not the president when the president said that. >> but it was the puppet of putin who was the president. >> it goes back to the administration i think you know a lot about and i do, when your father was negotiating with gorbachev, he was no day at the beach either. youve got to do whats in your interests. one of the things obama did with the russia...

>> in the years after the assassination attempt, president ronald reagans approval rating skyrocketed. >> mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> he became one of the most popular presidents in american history. during reagans second term, jim and sarah brady became gun safety champions. their efforts paid off in 1993 with the signing of the brady violence prevention act. it required federal background checks on commercial sales of handguns to individuals. unfortunately, the brady bill came too l...

Where he should be. >> in the years after the assassination attempt, president ronald reagans approval rating skyrocketed. >> mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> he became one of the most popular presidents in american history. during reagans second term, jim and sarah brady became gun safety champions. their efforts paid off in 1993 with the signing of the brady violence prevention act. it required federal background checks on commercial sales of handguns to individuals. unfortunately, the b...

The reagan revolution was a revolution of ideas. i may not have agreed with them at the time or may not now but a revolution of ideas. we are now in the kind of late mannerism face of the reagan revolution in which resentment is far more prominent for ideas for the most part in congress and especially in the house of representatives. and that is important. where we are in a moment of history is important on how a presidency gets -- >> you had great line in there. you said that you had people tha...

Ronald reagan took the lead and the democrats backed him up. i was there. before reagan even met with gorbachev in 1985, the speaker of the house, my boss at the time led a bipartisan delegation to moscow vouching for reagan saying he spoke for pour kour c. the speaker made a point each time reagan met with new receso leaders, they were supported back home. if were going to avert a war with iran, dont kid yourself, an attack by the united states would begin one, theres one route the next three y...

Actually be bringing people back to listen by what has been said by this guy, this leader. >> yeah. i think he is kind of the gorbachev of the catholic church. and i think ultimately maybe his goal is to kind of bring it down. >> maybe the de klerk, maybe the f.w. de klerk maybe. the guys that sees the time has to change. >> something like that. >> by the way, bill, i love your show. im not just blowing smoke. your show is amazing. its always challenging to be on because i never know what im sup...