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Because think sharping who was behind this crackdown had also the view that the political liberalization should not go hand in hand with the economic opening to the world and chinas opening to the market economy and he also said that if the chinese model namely holding onto the communist party as the regime that holds the country together that that would be if that would be successful over the next 20 or 30 years then that would be sufficient for china and the crackdown was then a wake up call t...

Because then shopping who was behind this crackdown had also the view that the political liberalization should not go hand in hand with the economic opening to the world and chinas opening to the market economy and she also said that if the chinese model namely holding onto the communist party as the regime that holds the country together that that would be if that would be successful over the next 20 or 30 years then that would be sufficient for china and the crackdown was then a wake up call t...

Liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace. >> a remarkable record of communisms failure to win over people who have experienced its tyranny. here, an old man a risked death to escape the communist shackles. a gallant bid by the red border control. >> there was one sign the soviets could make that would be unmistakable that would advance dramatically the cause of freedom and peace. general secretary gorbachev, if you seek peace and prosperity for eastern europe, if you seek liberalizat...

Trust but verify. his diplomacy with gorbachev obviously sees a breakthrough and ends the cold war. trump obviously hasnt seen that -- >> neil: not before things fell apart. >> bret: they fell apart in reykjavik. they fell apart numerous times in those summits. i think president trump looks at kim jong un is the possibility. it just hasnt been realized yet. whether a third summit happens or not, we havent seen the north koreans live up to what theyve even talked about at these first two. >> neil...

Democrat doug jones who won the seat two years ago in a special election. >> mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> bill: what a moment that was in june of 1987. a speech etched in history, 2 1/2 years later president ronald reagan got his wish. tomorrow marks 30 years since the fall of the berlin wall. next hour secretary of state mike pompeo in berlin will help unveil a statue of ronald reagan at the american embassy. john live from berlin. thank you for your time. the shot looks good, you loo...

Of elizabeth warren, her medicare for all plan. a lot of questions that hes getting peppered with right now. we are watching all of it, and we will monitor it for more breaking news come out of that. for now... >> if you seek prosperity for the soviet union and eastern europe, if you seek liberalization, come here to this gate. mr. gorbachev, open this gate. [cheers and applause] mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. [cheers and applause] >> harris: those famous words from ronald reagan, in 1987. ...

Night in this walls history. >> it was such a fixed part of our lives, and it was such a physically imposing barricade. the it was so much uglier and oppressive than people realized on television. when you went to it personally it was appalling. ronald reagan had gone there. >> mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> john kennedy had gone there. >> its been -- >> so even with all the turmoil that was going on, it seemed unlikely that that wall which was at once such a solid image of oppression wo...

>> reporter: hi, craig. of course the secretary of state is here doing business as well, hes meeting with his counterpart, the foreign minister. hes meeting with the defense minister. hes meeting with angela merkel, chancellor of germany. theyll be talking about russia, china, iran, syria, all the big topics of the day. as you mentioned, craig, this is also about looking back. mike pompeo just unveiled a statue of ronald reagan on top of the u.s. embassy just over my left shoulder right here. it...

Quoting here you the west should not impose your vision of what we should do in russia we are not stupid democracy cannot be programmed there was euphoria towards cooperation with america in russia now there is wild anti-americanism and that was 2006 this week mr gorbachev was asked by the b.b.c. if russia and the west are still engaged in the cold war take a listen to how he responded. in the machete but still a war. in different places. near there is shooting it have craft and it was that bein...

A call to soviet leader mikhail gorbachev 2 years later berliners would be the ones to tear down this wall will leave you tonight with the words of reagan 32 years ago and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day well see that everybody you know. if you see. if you see prosperity for the soviet union and eastern europe if you see liberalization. it is. mr gorbachev open this gate that one with. mr gregory draw carry down this wall.