to help undermine communism in poland. with the support of regan and the pope, solidarity membership grows to more than 10 million. in july 1983 the movement overthrows the polish military and martial law is lifted. the pope is praised all over the world as a brave activist capable of bring bag change. it was the convergence of will and the convergesens and commitment of the united states made it possible. because of actions he took in poland that sets forward a chain of events that helps lead to the fall of the berlin wall and the collapse of the soviet union. john paul ii fundamentally changes the role of the papacy
over the fiscal cliff. that s bag change for some politicians who promised they would never do that. abc s david kerley has the story. reporter: with some of his holiday shopping done, president obama may begetting a gift from some republicans, republicans who signed a pledge never to raise taxes. i will violate the pledge, long story short, for the good of the country, only if democrats will do entitlement reform. and senator chambliss says he won t necessarily abide by the pledge. support from a vocal republican house too. i agree with saxby chambliss. the world has changed. reporter: they are talking about this man s pledge, americans for tax reform president, who has gotten hundreds of republican whose sign. do you feel like you and your pledge are under assault? no. what the pledge does of course is allows, elected officials, to make it clear openly to the