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President and his wife, but the national, the head of the national security, the presidents chief of staff, the head of the national bank and the list goes on and on throughout the entire government, what was it they were heading to in russia that would require so many important officials? >> what was the 70th anniversary of the massacre of polish officers during world war ii by soviet forces, it was in the for rest out near smolnesk. and as far as poland is concerned, this is one of the great c...

A message alerting soviet forces in that area that a state of war existed between the united states and the soviet union. >> within 30 minutes the mysterious soviet alert was canceled. >> so within 30 minutes the soviet alert, the soviet alert that said there was an active state of war between the soviets and the united states, that alert was ultimately canceled after it had been issued, but that joke from the president in 1984, it started in motion a series of events that put nuclear-armed wars...

What happened after reagan made him im outlawing russia, we begin bombing in five minutes joke. watch this and watch the graphics here in particular. this is awesome. >> it was the joke heard around the world, the one by president reagan about bombing the soviet union. and it resulted in a soviet red alert and it became a campaign issue in this country. now, marvin kalb has learned that the soviets responded in their own fashion. >> the president was joking his way through an audio check on augu...

Checked with vladivostok. confusion. u.s. intelligence originally canvassed for signs of a soviet attack, found none. later officials of the top secret national security agency briefed congressman michael barnes. >> there was what they described as a wayward operator in the far east soviet command who sent out a message alerting soviet forces in that area that a state of war existed between the united states and the soviet union. >> within 30 minutes the mysterious soviet alert was canceled. >> ...

President lech kaczynski and his wife, maria. they were traveling to a memorial service at katyn, where thousands of polish and russian soldiers were murdered by soviet forces in 1940 during world war ii. with the death of president kaczynski, the polish constitution says there should be presidential elections within the next two months. al lx? >> all right. so, tom, lets get to what this does in terms of leaving the country of poland in incredible disarray. with so many from different areas, fr...