Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130920:23:33:00
What he saw in the last minute was neither side was going to give. those missiles were in place in cuba. he had to find a way to deal with the soviets and allow a chance for khrushchev to back off. he took some missiles already placed in turkey and said okay, secretly to khrushchev, you'll need this to take to your generals. tell them if i promise to pull them out secretly, you can pull the missiles out of cuba. at a certain point you have to give the other side a chance to back away or you're go i think to have war. i think in this case putin, we'll wait and see. trust and verify and all that...