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Think of the wall as maybe just a block or two long. it was actually 97 miles long. the portion that cut east berlin from west berlin was 27 miles long. over the time it was up, nikita khrushchev ordered it built in 1961. something like 100,000 people successfully fled, but almost 200 people were killed trying to flee from east germany to freedom in west berlin. >> harris: craig, how did president reagan do it? you have looked at his life, you have looked at those moments. >> sure. >> harris: how did he do it? >> he was fortunate, because the four most important bully pulpits in the world at t...

In what was their former so-called caliphate in iraq and syria. i served in iraq. and iraq is a place with lots of extraordinary christian history there are no more christians left in second largest city of mosul. significant amount of damage has been done. cryptions have been killed or have fled the reasonable. what isis is doing now, having lost much of their geographic formerly ungoverned space is that they are used cyberspace to encourage their followers. much of the past history of attacks is just fodder for them to encourage their followers to mount attacks worldwide. they are trying to ...

Approach and i think cbc has a roam to play, protesters have a role to play and as president he's walking a very different line and can use whatever levers and bully pulpits he has to make a difference. >> might get a broader support in congress for some of the physical steps, new rules for transferring military equipment, body cameras, maybe some training? >> i think that's what he's going for. i think when he was waded into race, it hasn't always gone well for him. and i think that he is being cautious. the congressional black caucus can get out there. and can be fiery and say these things. ...

Address to show americans and republicans that, you know, he wants to get this done as the leader of his party? >> and that's exactly it, richard, it comes down to the fact that the president is the leader of the party and he has probably one of the most powerful, if not the most powerful bully pulpits in the world, which is his seat of power as the american president. it is true that he does need to have legislation pass through congress and needs to collaborate with congress, that's not going to happen right now, especially the closer we get to 2014, certainly closer to 2016. but on the case...

And our bully pulpits to try and move forward sensible gun control legislation, because until we do that, there's too many dangers out there. that's where people are focused. >> reporter: new york city mayor-elect, i should say, bill de blasio there describing the scene as president obama received a note telling him that this had happened, but we are told, jake, that the president at this point has been briefed and this is from a white house official saying the white house will remain in touch with our federal, state and local partners. we are told they continue to encourage the public to foll...