and i wanted this odyssey to begin in east berlin and to finish in west berlin which was a dream and of course i got to get through east berlin and i mean it was still there were still there we'll get to east berlin and talking with the people responsible for culture and i think. it's a very good idea but we don't have any theaters available in july and i say well we don't need theaters we have theater tents and we play outside. we don't have any hotel rooms. but we don't need hotel rooms we have kind of and so and then i realized that there's no way the east berlin was going to cross the wall but when we did the tour and we ended with we took the stress of the seventeenth of june in berlin west which is up against the brandenburg gate. and we did the odyssey there finishing symbolically before the brandenburger tor do you do you still do you still communicate with the willingness to handle. all you meet mr gorbachev here and here in moscow. like do you really need the support of politicians to keep going is it just inspirational maybe some so some of the kind of support the some sor

and i wanted this odyssey to begin in east berlin and to finish in west berlin which was a dream and of course i got to get to east berlin and i mean to all of us still there but you know we're still there we'll get to east berlin and talking with the people responsible for culture and i think. it's a very good idea but we don't have any theaters available in july and i say well we don't need theaters we have here to tents and we play outside. we don't have any hotel rooms but we don't need hotel rooms we have kind of and so and then i realized that there's no way the east berlin was going to cross the wall but when we did the tour and we ended with we took the stress of the seventeenth of june in berlin west which is up against the brandenburg gate. and we did the odyssey there finishing symbolically before the brandenburger tor do you do you still do you still communicate with mr hamill. will you meet mr gorbachev here here in moscow. like do you really need the support of politicians to keep going is it just inspirational maybe some some other kind of support of some sort of satis

and i wanted this odyssey to begin in east berlin and to finish in west berlin which was a dream and of course i got to get to east berlin and i mean to all of us still there you know we're still there we'll get to east berlin and talking with the people responsible for culture and i think. it's a very good idea but we don't have any theaters available in july and i say well we don't need theaters we have feared it tents and we play outside. we don't have any hotel rooms but we don't need hotel rooms we have kind of and so and then i realized that there's no way the east berlin was going to cross the wall but when we did the tour and we ended with we took the stress of the seventeenth of june in berlin west which is up against the brandenburg gate. and we did the odyssey there finishing symbolically before the brandenburger tor do you do you still do you still communicate with the with mr. do you meet mr gorbachev here here in moscow. like do you really need the support of politicians to keep going is it just inspirational maybe some some other kind of support of some sort of satisfa

of course i got to get to east berlin and i mean it was still there were still there we'll get to east berlin and talking with the people responsible for culture and i think. it's a very good idea but we don't have any theaters available in july and i say well we don't need theaters we have tents and we play outside of. ok we don't have any hotel rooms. but we don't need hotel rooms we have kind of and so and then i realized that there's no way that east berlin was going to cross the wall but when we did the tour and we ended with we took the stress of the seventeenth of june in berlin west which is up against the brandenburg gate. and we did the odyssey there finishing symbolically before the brandenburger tor do you do you still do you still communicate with mr. you meet mr gorbachev here and here in moscow. like do you really need the support of politicians to keep going is it just inspirational maybe some some other kind of support or some sort of satisfaction when you when you do get the support of someone like ex-president novel who we've seen recently his his group or one of one

and i wanted this odyssey to begin in east berlin and to finish in west berlin which was a dream and of course i got to get through east berlin and i mean it was still there were still there we'll get to east berlin and talking with the people responsible for culture and i think. it's a very good idea but we don't have any theaters available in july and i say well we don't need theaters we have to tents and we play outside of. we don't have any hotel rooms but we don't need hotel rooms. we have kind of and so and then i realized that there's no way the east berlin was going to let cross the wall but when we did the tour and we ended with we took the stress of the seventeenth of june in berlin west which is up against the brandenburg gate. and we did the odyssey there finishing symbolically before the brandenburger tor do you do you still do you still communicate with mr hamill. will you meet mr gorbachev here here in moscow and like do you really need the support of politicians to keep going is it just inspirational maybe some some other kind of support of some sort of satisfaction w

and i wanted this odyssey to begin in east berlin and to finish in west berlin which was a dream and of course i got to get through east berlin and i mean to all were still there were still there we'll get to east berlin and talking with the people responsible for culture and i think. it's a very good idea but we don't have any theaters available in july and i say well we don't need theaters we have their deterrents and we play out so i don't. we don't have any hotel rooms. but we don't need hotel rooms we have kind of and so and then i realized that there's no way that east berlin was going to cross the wall but when we did the tour and we ended with we took the stress of the seventeenth of june. in west which is up against the brandenburg gate. and we did the odyssey there finishing symbolically before the brandenburger tor do you do you still do you still communicate with with mr. will you meet mr gorbachev here here in moscow. like do you really need the support of politicians to keep giving you suggest inspiration or maybe some some other kind of support of some sort of satisfac

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the soviets controlled east germany, while berlin was carved up into three sections. the western sectors were known as west berlin, surrounded by soviet troops. the treaty paves the way for german reunification and set a date for the occupying troops to leave. 20 years on, traces of the allied presence are still easy to find, especially in berlin. >> the cold war lives on in the center of berlin, all staged of course. german actors play american military police. the massive poster shows a young gi facing the east. a young soviet soldier faces west. the building in the middle is a copy. mitch johnson does not need a reenactment of the cold war. he was there as a sergeant at the time, one of 6000 gis stationed in berlin. >> at the same time we had our soldiers in the city, there were thousands and thousands of russians and east german troops on the other side. we were basically an island at inside of east germany at the time. there was always during the training time it was said war could break out. >> that was the reality for decades. at checkpoint charlie was the new

i was born in west berlin. after the wall fell, i went straight to the east and started a relationship with an east german man. ♪ >> the whole situation and that typical east-west team has abated a bit through the contact we have had and business relationships. >> it is only the politicians who keep telling us there is a difference between east and west. ♪ >> quite a variety of opinions there. the reunification process has not always been easy. the difficulties of also been reflected on a personal level. when people from the east have met and started relationships with people from the west and vice versa. it seems even 20 years later, only 4% of marriages are east- west partnerships. we acmpand one such couple along the walk across -- around the former border the once divided them to see how they're getting along. ♪ >> she grew up in an east german village. he was born near cologne. they have been together for 17 years. before meeting, most of what they knew about thother germany was through cliches. >> p

i was born in west berlin. after the wall fell, i went straight to the east and started a relationship with an east german man. ♪ >> the whole situation and that typical east-west team has abated a bit through the contact we have had and business relationships. >> it is only the politicians who keep telling us there is a difference between east and west. ♪ >> quite a variety of opinions there. the reunification process has not always been easy. the difficulties of also been reflected on a personal level. when people from the east have met and started relationships with people from the west and vice versa. it seems even 20 years later, only 4% of marriages are east- west partnerships. we accompanied one such couple along the walk across -- around the former border the once divided them to see how they're getting along. ♪ >> she grew up in an east german village. he was born near cologne. they have been together for 17 years. before meeting, most of what they knew about the other germany was through cliches

he was the first to get his hands on an east german player. they played for dynamo berlin. >> -- was the perfect footballer. he was a deadly shooter. he was technically gifted. >> in the summer of 1990, other managers discovered talented players from the east. there were two players who quickly made a home for themselves for their clubs and the national team. >> the east germans continue to progress smoothly. they had first-class training. otherwise, they would not have come so far. >> the speedy sell-off of the best players have consequences. some that can still be felt today. the 14 top division teams in 1990, only six have managed to stay afloat from east germany. many young players lack prospects for the future. >> there are one or two players who could make it. we hope they will stay with us over the long term. the free market could come to play. >> as dressed in continues to sell its talents, then the team's successes were probably remain the stuff of museum exhibits. >> when it came to discovering and marketing sports talent 20 years ag

a document with west german leaders in berlin. it would bring an end to the country's post-war division and lay the groundwork for treatment -- german unity on october 1, 1990. the unification treaty was the culmination of the east's peaceful resolution and put an end to the police state that had grown increasingly corrupt and despised. >> two signatures sealed the end of east germany. [applause] with the unification treaty in 1990, the former communist state merge with the federal republic of germany and adopted its laws and constitution. >> the unification treaty is a huge achievement for the future united germany. >> for many east germans, the treaty delivered freedom from an oppressive regime, but there are still areas of contention. one was whether to release the files selected by the east german secret police. another was what to do with land and property confiscated by the communists. on both issues, there was a compromise. there were also divisions over abortion rights. terminating a pregnancy in the east had been much eas

a special institution was set up to preserve the archives of the east german secret police or "stasi" as it was college. one group is tasked with preserving them in making them available. >> these used to be the stasi complex, a hermetically sealed complex in berlin-lichtenberg. >> this was the starting point of the persecution of people. decisions were made here about how to intrude into people's lives or to destroy their careers or to damage them in some other way, and i can never forget that fact when i stand here. >> she is the federal commissioner for the stasi archives. these days, it is housed next to the police of chief, who was investigated -- who was charged with investigating. he can get access to files. as a civil rights activist in the former east germany, he was under surveillance by the stasi, but she does not see herself as a victim. >> in my experience of east germany from the inside, and i know what it feels like to be watched, but it would be wrong to say that i have any scores to settle. >> in 1990, she became education minister in the state of brandenburg. when it

a document with west german leaders in berlin. it would bring an end to the country's post-war division and lay the groundwork for treatment -- german unity on october 1, 1990. the unification treaty was the culmination of the east's peaceful resolution and put an end to the police state that had grown increasingly corrupt and despised. >> two signatures sealed the end of east germany. [applause] with the unification treaty in 1990, the former communist state merge with the federal republic of germany and adopted its laws and constitution. >> the unification treaty is a huge achievement for the future united germany. >> for many east germans, the treaty delivered freedom from an oppressive regime, but there are still areas of contention. one was whether to release the files selected by the east german secret police. another was what to do with land and property confiscated by the communists. on both issues, there was a compromise. there were also divisions over abortion rights. terminating a pregnancy in the east had been much eas

in the coming days, the vehicle will be turned over to the air force museum in berlin. it will make the 400-kilometer trip on a flatbed trailer, with the dignity, style, and ease suited to her rage. >> -- suited to her age. >> that wraps up our in-depth report. thank you for joining us. stay tuned to dw-tv. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--

right now, it is route nine that is tied up in east direction. we had the crash out at hamilton station road and as a result, the roadway is closed off in each direction between the berlin turnpike and clark's gap. no problems on 66 out of manassas. this is the beltway at route 4 pennsylvania avenue. light traffic volume in each direction as you travel to and from andrews. no problems reported at the wilson bridge. top side of the beltway behaving nicely between college park and bethesda. no problems reported headed for the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> we do have a reminder for you that three schools in maryland are closed today because of a water main break. this is anne arundel county. closed are chesapeake high school, chesapeake bay middle school and folger mckinsey elementary school. >>> the republican candidate for senate from delaware is under fire for comments she made about witchcraft when she was a teenager. christine o'donnell, who was the tea party candidate during the primary, is even getti

or berlin, if you go to san francisco you'll find the same comfortable surrounding but by the same token if you go to vladivostok, you feel comfortable again. it's the same civilizational setup. and i think it would be very important to keep this historical heritage of the european civilization and to see whether we can cooperate closer in this triangle in order to use more effectiveedly comparative advantage of this civilization vis-a-vis our relationship which much not be confrontational with other civilizations. the competition should not be equal to competition. >> rose: we're not looking at a conflict of civilizations here. >> absolutely. >> rose: but you seem to be saying russia knows where it is on the map and it knows its heritage and it know it is european heritage and that russia is european and it's casting its... what? what? >> you know, russia benefited from european experience and europe benefited from the russian experience many "new york times" history. the first modernization project, i think, could be attributed to the fish yaive the of peter the great who in the early

as the berlin wall came down, we saw the hunger for freedom coming from east europe. as one student stared down a chinese tank, we saw the audacity of liberty. as the backlog grew and the request for political asylum, we solve the shining city from the still beckoning to imitate and create that refuge that only freedom can build. the golden arches when not in moscow and here in our own land, family businesses became national chains, wal-mart, home depot, only in america could that happen. we saw what freedom can do. we saw what happens when people have control over their own money, their property, their labor, their ideas and their words and risks. maybe that is why it has been so dramatic to see the engine of prosperity stall out. america's job creators are in lock down. our economy is choked. our generation did not feel the full impact of the carter administration when we were writing our bikes. this is uncharted territory for us. many younger americans as well. it is easy for many of us to believe in the narrative about how to fix the problem that we now face. we h

from the heavy boot of government coming from east europe. the golden arches went up in moscow and here on our own land, family businesses became national chains, walmart, home depot, only in america could that happen. my generation saw american economic genius and glory on display in our store shelves. we saw what freedom can do. >> all right, we know this, she was reading that. so somebody's feeding her this material or maybe she's writing her own stuff. what do you think? >> yeah, let's hear a little less about the president using a teleprompter but i'll give her her due. she's a better speaker than rand paul or sharron angle, and that acceptance speech on primary night, she knocked it out of the park. she was pitch perfect that night. what we're learning in the revelations that are coming out now, and you mentioned this when you began this segment, she wants a tv job. clearly sarah palin doesn't want to be president. she'd have to take a cut in pay. she's got a better deal now. christine o'donnell may have what she wants right now. notori

imprisoning the east german people. we were well aware of that. most of the history paints the a horrible mistake. the arguments at the time appeared very compelling to do what he did. host: our guest is charlie peters, for 30 years, he was the editor in chief of "washington monthly." we're talking about his book on lyndon johnson and his book about how washington really works. in looking at his decisions about vietnam, you write distraught by what he thought he had to do. he did clearly see where it was heading straigh. guest: that was a heartbreaking thing. i was working for the white house and the peace corps. he was going to wish the volunteers well. he kept us in the office for over an hour. he went through this agonized reading of letters from mothers and fathers who had sons in vietnam. there were letters of condolence he wrote to them. the man was in torment. later, it got bad enough that my friend bill moyers, after he left the white house, i was having lunch with bill and ask what was wrong with johnson. build

from east europe. as one, lone students stared down at chinese tank in tiananmen square, we saw the audacity of liberty. as the backlog grew in the request for political asylum, we saw the shining city on a hill beckoning to imitate and create the refuge not only freedom can build. the golden arches went up in moscow. here in our own land, family businesses became national chains, walmart, home depot. only in america could that happen. my generation saw american economic genius and glory on display in our stores. we saw what freedom can do. we saw what happens when people have control of their own money, property, labor, ideas, risks, and rewards. maybe that is why it has been so dramatic to see the great american engine of prosperity seize up and stall out. american -- the american economy is in lock down. our generation did not feel the impact of the carter inflation when we were writing our bikes on are safe, home town streets, so this is uncharted territory for us. it is easy for many of us to beli

heavy boot of government coming from east europe. as one, lone students stared down at chinese tank in tiananmen square, we saw the audacity of liberty. as the backlog grew in the request for political asylum, we saw the shining city on a hill beckoning to imitate and create the refuge not only freedom can -- that only freedom can build. the golden arches went up in moscow. here in our own land, family businesses became national chains, walmart, home depot. only in america could that happen. my generation saw american economic genius and glory on display in our stores. we saw what freedom can do. we saw what happens when people have control of their own money, property, labor, ideas, risks, and rewards. maybe that is why it has been so dramatic to see the great american engine of prosperity seize up and stall out. the american economy is in lock down. our generation did not feel the impact of the carter inflation when we were writing our bikes -- riding our bikes on are safe, home town streets, so this is uncharted territory for us.