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The president arrives in moscow for a summit with gorbachev in late may, it now appears the soviets will already have begun their pullout from afghanistan. ♪ [ applause ] >> ronald reagan built his career saying communism is evil, and the notion that five years after his evil empire speech ronald reagan lands in moscow and is welcomed and is greeted is mind-blowing. >> just about like every other american tourist who comes to moscow, president reagan today toured red square, which is the histo...

Mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> it was perfect. it was beautiful. he had to insist on keeping it in the speech. and he did it. dont let anybody tell you it was a staffer or anybody else that did that. >> meanwhile, in the soviet union, gorbachev decides to do something bold and he says lets separate sdi from reducing the nuclear stockpile. once he does this, it opens up the possibility for a third summit. >> this weeks summit may prove especially important, even historic. for the first ti...

>> the solving of the most important problem concerning the arms race and increasing hopes of peace, we didnt succeed in reaching at this meeting. so of course there are important disagreements on matters of principle that remain between us. >> the general feeling here is that president reagan deserves credit for starting a dialogue with soviet leader gorbachev, that in the nuclear age any lessening of tension must be applauded. but many here pronounced the summit here only a modest success beca...

Thrilled at the idea that when the president arrives in moscow for a summit with gorbachev in late may, it now appears the soviet also have already begun their pullout from afghanistan. ♪ [ applause ] >> ronald reagan built his career saying communism is evil, and the notion that five years after his evil empire speech, ronald reagan lands in moscow and is welcomed and is greeted is mind-blowing. >> just about like every other american tourist who comes to moscow, president reagan today toured...

Mr. gorbachev, open this gate. mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> it was perfect. it was beautiful. he had to insist on keeping it in the speech. and he did it. dont let anybody tell you it was a staffer or anybody else that did that. >> meanwhile, in the soviet union, gorbachev decides to do something bold. and he says, lets separate sdi from reducing the nuclear stockpile. once he does this, it opens up the possibility for a third summit. >> this weeks summit may prove especially important...

Next year and that they agreed to accelerate the arms talks. but the soefiest leader was more negative. >> the solving of the most important problem concerning the arms race and increasing hopes of peace, we didnt succeed in reaching at this meeting. so of course there are important disagreements on matters of principle that remain between us. >> the general feeling here is that president reagan deserves credit for starting a dialogue with soviet leader gorbachev, that, in the nuclear age, any l...

Good leader, and i like him. >> those first couple of years of the reagan first term, reagan didnt meet any soviet leaders. when asked about it, reagan said well, they keep dying on me. well, that was true, but he wasnt really making much of an effort. and there was a fear that if you dont reach out to the soviets, they are so afraid of us, they will do something stupid. >> president reagan has had a change of heart. he is now much more eager to meet with the new leader of the soviet union, and ...

>> nobody including reagan could know how close he was to pushing the soviet empire to collapse. >> he did know at that point that he would win the cold war. moscow was still very much a superpower. the equal of theal united state. >> there were whispers, plenty of them that reagan now 77 years old had lost his edge. so, what to expect with his last summit with gorbachev. three days in moscow. great theater, the very least. >> the trip to moscow wrote itself. the great cold warrior and the heart...

When he came into office. bret: but nobody, including reagan, could know how close he was to pushing the soviet empire to collapse. >> didnt know at that point that he was going to win the cold war. moscow was still very much a superpower and the equal of the united states. bret: there were whispers, plenty of them that reagan, now 77 years old had, lost his edge. so what to expect from his last summit with gorbachev, three days in moscow. great theater, at the very least. >> the trip to moscow ...

When he came into office. bret: but nobody, including reagan, could know how close he was to pushing the soviet empire to collapse. >> didnt know at that point that he was going to win the cold war. moscow was still very much a superpower and the equal of the united states. bret: there were whispers, plenty of them that reagan, now 77 years old had, lost his edge. so what to expect from his last summit with gorbachev, three days in moscow. great theater, at the very least. >> the trip to moscow ...