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Mountain. 35 years ago. by atlantic. >> its not the german question alone that remains open. but the question of freedom for all man kind. >> i repeat that. >> we choose to go to the moon. we choose to go to the moon. >> mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> in the meantime you can bypass the web site and apply by phone or in person. >> that kind of says it all. what is your reaction? >> i think the president failed his legacy, sadly. >> do you think this is as big of an impact as, say, katrina...

Program of george w. bush and theyre going to like this, over time. >> chris, in terms of reagans legacy, i think that -- i feel like, i look back at his policy, particularly looking at him around issues of war and peace and the scope of presidential powers and things around national security, and i feel like he was a pretty radical guy. but what youre documenting here is a sort of tactical consideration, a sort of tactical civility, a willingness to not tear down the government when you need to...

History. as we all know -- why do people ignore this? he was not some crazy neocon hawk who kept invading countries. he signed the peace treat with gorbachev the minute he knew it could be done. he wanted to end the damn thing. he hated mutual destruction, hated nuclear weapons and its all in the record if anybody wants to see it. again, there is a difference between reagan when he had responsibility and when he was just out there hawking columns and radio commentaries, a big difference. >> how ...

Ignore this? he was not some crazy neocon hawk who kept invading countries. he signed the peace treat with gorbachev the minute he knew it could be done. he wanted to end the damn thing. he hated mutual destruction, hated nuclear weapons and its all in the record if anybody wants to see it. again, there is a difference between reagan when he had responsibility and when he was just out there hawking columns and radio commentaries, a big difference. >> how do we end up with a conservative movement...

They like the prescription drug program of george w. bush and theyre going to like this, over time. >> chris, in terms of reagans legacy, i think that -- i feel like, i look back at his policy, particularly looking at him around issues of war and peace and the scope of presidential powers and things around national security, and i feel like he was a pretty radical guy. but what youre documenting here is a sort of tactical consideration, a sort of tactical civility, a willingness to not tear down...

Theyre going to like this, over time. >> chris, in terms of reagans legacy, i think that -- i feel like, i look back at his policy, particularly looking at him around issues of war and peace and the scope of presidential powers and things around national security, and i feel like he was a pretty radical guy. but what youre documenting here is a sort of tactical consideration, a sort of tactical civility, a willingness to not tear down the government when you need to get done what you wanted to g...

>> the democratic speaker of the house on the house floor giving a speech to republican members. you have it word for word. he says to them, you got here because of the freshmen. you got here because of him. show loyalty to him. trying to teach them boston irish lesson. about politics. when social security needed fixing they got together. when taxes needed to be fixed. got together. northern ireland. had troubles. you and i know about that. they got together. when it came time for the speaker, t...

You have it word for word. he says to them, you got here because of the freshmen. you got here because of him. show loyalty to him. trying to teach them boston irish lesson. about politics. when social security needed fixing they got together. when taxes needed to be fixed. got together. northern ireland. had troubles. you and i know about that. they got together. when it came time for the speaker, the speaker to see gorbachev, new soviet leader laid the way for reagan. got a letter for the pres...

Hospital room and offered a prayer, the 23rd psalm. tell us about that relationship. they saw each other as human beings. >> it was early in the relationship. i always say they met each other at the fundraiser, reagan was still a democrat, they would have been the best buddies in the world. what they fought over was party philosophy, reagan went from liberal to conservative. they didnt put up for congress in l.a. because he was too far left. he really moved. tip stayed. one lig piggy went to the...

And the other great moment was when tip led a bipartisan delegation over to meet gorbachev for the first time. when they met in geneva, tip called up those guys and said dont cause trouble with the freeze movement and they were patriotic together when it came to the time you had to be patriotic and they were human beings together. i think thats different than today. >> can you imagine that happening today? >> i cant imagine president obama -- this is a nonpartisan statement -- sending john boehn...