And tom brokaw former nbc news anchor who reported from berlin at the time. Other speakers include former speechwriter for president reagan peter robinson. We talked about the internal debate in adding the famous mr. Gorbachev tear down that wall line to the speech. This is just over two hours. [silence] ladies and gentlemen, please welcome former abc news anchor Sam Donaldson. [applause] thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this mornings program. There are dates that all of us have a very personal. There are dates that we have as a country that we all share. In my lifetime december 7, 1941 november 22, 1953, 911, these are three terrible dates of the country. Then there is november 9 1989 good news, the fall of the berlin wall. Presaging the end of the soviet union. Its a subject that we are going to discuss today. How did it happen . What are the consequences . Who did this . Who for a look at whats in store for us this morning its a pleasure to welcome andrew card. Who served
[silence] ladies and gentlemen, please welcome former abc news anchor Sam Donaldson. [applause] thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this mornings program. There are dates that all of us have a very personal. There are dates that we have as a country that we all share. In my lifetime december 7, 1941 november 22, 1953, 911, these are three terrible dates of the country. Then there is november 9 1989 good news, the fall of the berlin wall. Presaging the end of the soviet union. Its a subject that we are going to discuss today. How did it happen . What are the consequences . Who did this . Who for a look at whats in store for us this morning its a pleasure to welcome andrew card. Who served in three administrations with the Ronald Reagan as Deputy Assistant to the president and director of intergovernmental affairs. With George Herbert walker bush the treasury secretary abnot treasury, secretary of transportation. And with george w. Bush he was the white house chief of staff. Andr
And linking up. We get an exclusive check in with the linkedin ceo. Jeff weiner. His thoughts on the Company Three years after microsoft acquired the job listing site. But first, to our top story. A late developing shakeup at the top of oracle. The ceo is stepping down for health reasons. The company did not specify what issues he is facing. But executive chairman released a statement saying oracle has an extremely capable ceo and an extraordinarily deep team of executives, many with long year tenure. Joining me to discuss, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Analyst in new york, and with us, Global Executive editor tom giles. Thank you for crashing on this. How surprising was this announcement . Tom as far as his leave, there have been signs over the last year that he may not be unwell. What was not expected was the announcement to come today. And because they had not announced until now, there was a question mark about whether they would and whether he was getting well or not. It took us a
We get an exclusive check in with the linkedin ceo. His thoughts on the Company Three years after microsoft acquired the job listing site. But first, to our top story. A late developing shakeup at the top of oracle. The ceo is stepping down for help reason health reasons. The company did not specify what issues he is facing. But executive chairman released a statement saying oracle has an extremely capable ceo and an x and an extra nearly deep team of executives, many with long year tenure. Joining me to discuss, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Analyst in new york, and with us, Global Executive editor tom giles. Thank you for crashing on this. How surprising was this announcement. Announcement . Tom as far as his leave, there have been signs over the last year that he may not be unwell. The was not expected was announcement to come today. And because they had not announced until now, there was a question mark about whether they would and whether he was getting well or not. It took us a l