[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
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Later we visit downtown rapid city for a look at their collection of lifesize statues of our nations past president s. We begin our special feature with the story of Calvin Coolidge in the black hills. We are here in south dakotas black hills in Custer State Park and we are at the State Game Lodge which is a 1920s era building that was constructed can several years before Calvin Coolidge made his summer white house here in 1927 and he and the first lady stayed here for three months from june through september 1927 while they were on vacation. Calvin coolidge took office in 1923 when he was Vice President and Warren Harding died so he served as the last little bit of Warren Hardings term and was elected to his own term in 1924 and so he came to south dakota in 1927 when a lot of people were speculative would he or would he not run for another term in 1928 and it was widely expected that he would but he came here in 1927 because he was looking for a place to escape the oppressive summer
You wrote for the washington post. White house on the brink of its first foreignpolicy crisis, and you write, striking the balance between the threats and offering a radiance a way out is a challenge before the administration now. One possibility might be to propose that the french host a meeting between the parties of their ran nuclear deal with the aim of discussing the Iranian Nuclear program and dangers. How likely is that . Guest i think right now it is probably not that likely. The iranians feel that there policy of maximum pressure on us in response to maximum pressure we are putting on them is working. They dont feel they are isolated internationally. They are paying a price economically, but they are putting a lot of pressure on americas friends and interests in the region. Their expectation is that at some point we will back down. I dont think the administration is likely to back down now. That creates a dangerous situation. It creates the possibility for miscalculation. The
Guest my pleasure. Host lets begin with a piece you wrote for the washington post. White house on the brink of its first foreignpolicy crisis, and you write, striking the balance between the threats and offering a radiance a way out is a challenge before the administration now. One possibility might be to propose that the french host a meeting between the parties of their ran nuclear deal with the aim of discussing the Iranian Nuclear program and dangers. How likely is that . Guest i think right now it is probably not that likely. The iranians feel that there policy of maximum pressure on us in response to maximum pressure we are putting on them is working. They dont feel they are isolated internationally. They are paying a price economically, but they are putting a lot of pressure on americas friends and interests in the region. Their expectation is that at some point we will back down. I dont think the administration is likely to back down now. That creates a dangerous situation. It