soviets build a wall that divided berlin, the united states would not challenge it with our military. john kennedy in private said at the time, a wall is a lot better than a war. a more terrifying crisis occurs the next year when american surveillance reveals the soviets are placing nuclear missiles in cuba, 90 miles from florida. the missiles are capable of reaching nearly every major u.s. city. the presence of the large long-range and clearly offensive weapons of sudden mass destruction constitutes an explicit threat to the peace and security of all the americas. there were generals and others saying to john kennedy, you have to bomb the missile sites, you have to invade cuba. bobby kennedy was whispering in his brother s ear, let s see if we can find some kind of compromise. crisis. the word suddenly springs alive. with america on edge at the possibility of nuclear war, robert offers a secret solution. by promising to remove u.s.
than a war. a more terrifying crisis the next year when surveillance reveals the soviets are placing nuclear missiles in cuba, 90 miles from florida. they are capable of reaching nearly every major u.s. city. the presence of the large long-range and clearly owe february recei offensive weapons constitutes a threat to the peace and security of the americas. they were saying you have to innovate cuba. bobby kennedy was whispering in his brother s ear, let s see if we can find some kind of compromise. crisis. the word suddenly springs alive. with america on edge at the possibility of nuclear war, robert offers a secret solution. by promising to remove u.s. missiles from turkey if the soviet union does the same in cuba. robert kennedy s role in finding a compromise that solved
and it s going to be okay? and this is teddy white wrote a book america in such of itself, and this one would be america on edge. i think most of us when we go to dinner parties you want to avoid crowds of people, because they will ask you what do you know and who is win stphg i know there are millions tuning in, and i have a couple people saying i can t handle the anxiety watching donald trump or hillary clinton winning the state, and many people want to wake up to the news and put it away. for the vast majority of american will be glued to the tv and new york times hopefully, and as we write the story and record the history, and i think it s incredible, and as a woman
by hillary clinton s team. now the sanders campaign is threatening to sue. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. let s get right to breaking news, president obama vows to defeat isis saying u.s.-led air strikes are hitting the terror group harder than ever and it s losing ground in both iraq and syria. but he warns isis will retain its capacity to infiltrate western countries for some time to come. and with america on edge over the massacre in san bernardino by a radicalized muslim couple, the president admits that the government can t stop all potential strikes. he says it s very difficult to detect lone wolf plots or plots involving a husband and wife. that comes as we learn new details about a friend of one of the california killers now facing multiple counts himself including a terrorism charge. and while republican candidates are at war with one another,
hard conservative. anyway, thank you, matt schlapp. thank you, former congressman michele bachmann. you re always welcome. u.s. congressman steve king. although i don t think iowa s typical. coming up, america on edge. more and more americans are naming terrorism as their top issue for 2016, this as the threat in the los angeles public school system kept more than half a million kids at home in california. my question, what happens if the same people call tomorrow, the same people e-mail every day of the damned week. do you always run or do you hold? this is hardball, the place for politics. live from las vegas. a mess? i don t think what s that? snapshot from progressive. plug it in, and you can save on car insurance based on your good driving. you sell to me? no, it s free. you want to try? i try this if you try. not this. okay. da!