[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
Partsinevelos, Jonathan Hoenig and liz peek. After an attack on saudi oil facilities, will President Trump be able to drum up support for action against iran . What do you think, liz . I think it is very difficult, the european allies in particular want to preserve the so called jcpoa, the nuclear deal with iran. They have their own selfinterests and mercantile interests at heart. They want to do deals with iran. The minute the deal was concluded they were in iran negotiating all kinds of pretty large scale export projects and stuff like that. They want that to continue. There was a little bit of a breakthrough today when boris johnson, obviously the new head of the u. K. , said he was interested in possibly doing a deal, and irans foreign minister also talked about how maybe we could do a new deal with perpetuity of inspections and restraint on building a Nuclear Weapon in exchange for perpetuating the lifting of sanctions. So theres movement, but its a pretty tough sell. Thats the mo
Cspan now app. A healthy democracy does not just look like this. It looks like. This where americans can see democracy at war. And citizens are truly informed. A republic drive. Get informed straight from the source on cspan. Unfiltered, unbiased, word for word from the Nations Capital to wherever you are. It is the opinion that matters the most is your own. This is for democracy, this is what democracy looks. Like cspan, powered by cable. Welcome to uncommon. All i am peter robinson. Today a conversation hosted with the Ronald Reagan institute, and in a moment jamie fly and hr mcmaster will join me and discussing president reagans june, 12th 1987 tear down this wall speech. But since i was a speech writer who wrote the speech i have been asked and general mcmaster has ordered me to tell the story of this speech. Right there by the way is the first page of president reagans speaking copy. You can see my name as a speech writer in the upper left hand corner. First is some historical bac
A healthy democracy doesnt just look like this. It looks like this. Where americans can see democracy at work, where citizens are truly inspired, and the public thrives. Get informed, straight from the source, on cspan. Unfiltered, unbiased, word for word. From the nations capital, to wherever you are. It is the opinion that matters the most. This, its what democracy looks like. Cspan, powered by cable. Welcome to uncommon knowledge, im peter robinson. Today, a conversation hosted with the Ronald Reagan institute. In a moment jamie will and a charming master, will join me in discussing president reagans june 12th 1987, tear down this wall speech. But, since i was a speech writer who wrote the speech, i have been asked actually, general mcmaster has ordered me, to tell the story of the speech. Right there by the way is the first page president reagans copy. And you could see my name as the speech writer in the upper left hand corner. First, some historical background. After the second w
Good afternoon, everyone. My name is dr. Jim ginter. I am the supervisory archivist for the Dwight D Eisenhower president ial library. And welcome to. Before we start, i just wanted to take a moment to mention that as it happens, as we gather today for this program, that it is also the. 50th anniversary of the death of president eisenhower. And so i just thought before we get started, take a moment and just take a moment of remembrance for president eisenhower in his work on behalf of our country. Thank you. I want to welcome you all to the eisenhower president ial Library Luncheon Learn Program for march 28th, 2020, for this year, a programing team has been waging peace. And in this series were looking at some of the ways that president eisenhower sought global peace. This month, were looking at Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty. President eisenhower believed that, quote, Radio Free Europe and the crusade for freedom are vital to success in the battle for mens minds. With that in mi