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Nations, i said they have been readmitted to the olympics. if any nation can duplicate what the old eastern block and with sports machine they can. there have been charges of doping systematically. they could have gotten the 2000 games but for human rights violations. nobody on the right was upset by that it was relevant. they just liked it they weren't upset when i said in london that the ioc should have being a knowledged the 40 year anniversary of the moon nirk massacre. the right wasn't bothered by that because they liked it i wasn't politicizing the games. what i said was pertinent. what ...

>> i think the cold war mentality that andrea talked about did drive the lens with which we looked at south africa. >> you are with us or you are against us. if you are with us we overlooked your domestic transgressions. >> in south africa, the anc turned to cuba and russia where they still have strong ties as a result. >> stronger than ties with the united states? >> different. we have very good relationships with south africa, but that memory is still there. we weren't with them at the beginning. they were trained in russia or cuba. >> they don't have a cultural exchange that we pride oursel...

Conservative views. remind us again about what the politics of the era. >> this was the cold war. the height in many cases. before things calmed down. and when ronald reagan and m margaret thatcher were both this charge, you had strong and sometimes controversial leadership from the west facing off from nato against the eastern block and warsaw pact. and in that strength of course nuclear rearment, boosting the nuclear arsenal over in europe, that was controversial to some. but others will argue of course that that strength and that alliance helped win the cold war for the west. >> and then th...

I will make love to you and your whole family. >> so inviting. >> you are welcome. >> soirks greg, what was the question? >> i don't remember. pick one. what do you think of the name changing of the bank? >> the name changing of the bank? first of all, let's be honest, panther stadium sounds more exciting than pang of america stadium. -- than bank of america stadium. they should take it a step further, cougar stadium sounds sexier. >> you can stop there. >> i don't know. >> you are focused on some air air -- some areols right now. >> i am a fan of the eastern block for some reason. >> you go t...

China? >> i tell you the value of it the open and public airing that the american president has concerned. public concern, not just private, the bilateral conversations happening today and tomorrow. in a public forum internationally that the american president has stood up for human rights is hugeee important. from the som soviet example wher the president stood up for human rights in the former soviet union and the eastern block we know the dissidents heard the message and the people behind the iron curtain heard the message. it's incredibly important, megyn. i worked with president nixon dur...