the museum of holocaust surviv survivor. also on wednesday, look for us at politics and prose bookstore in washington d.c. for sarah wegner's report on the continued search for the bodies of the nearly 1600 american soldiers who were killed in action during the vietnam war. all of these events are open to the public. if you are in attendance, take a picture and tagus booktv on facebook, twitter or instagram. [applause] >> good evening, everyone. my name is john. i am owner of the ronald reagan presidential foundation and institute. thank you all for coming this

evening. men and women in uniform of freedom around the world, please stand and join me for the pledge of allegiance. [cheering] i pledge of allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. [cheering] >> thank you, please be seated. [applause] before we get started, there's a few people i would like to recognize in the audience this evening. i'll start with mayor keith and his wife, shelby. [applause] former congressman, alton and his wife, janet.

[applause] [applause] i know he supposed to be with pat, where is pat? areas. [cheering and applauding] we have an evening in store for you. before i introduce our special guest who will introduce our speaker tonight, i want to take a moment to also think a handful of other people we have in our audience this evening. they are representing some of america's finest. for those of you who might have arrived late, at past sunset, you might not have seen our beautiful landscape, the

incredible hilltop we are on. it looks more like the moon in southern california. many says the greens around us are gone. he might have even spelled in the air. in acts as a reminder of what we went through at the reagan library just ten days ago. indeed, on october 30, it was troubling. surrounded by fire and our front gate and all the hills that encircled us, there were moments when the winds were so strong in the flames were so hi, i thought there was a real chance we might lose this national treasure called the reagan library. fortunately, on the ground and in the air, we were saved by heroes. heroes -- t [applause] [cheering and applauding]

we know them as first responders. i have the chance to watch firsthand these magnificent people in action. in the face of trying conditions, 50-mile an hour winds. they turned down the flames, threatening the library. the gravesite and the president, missus reagan, indeed this very auditorium. we have enough tonight, i handful most heroes representing ventura county finest men and women -- [cheering and applauding] [applause]

these men and women literally saved the day and in the process, saved the reagan library. the fire department, county chief and his wife. sheriff john riley andsh speakig of heroes, november marks 20 years since the devastating borderline shooting and tonight we have with us, karen, the widow of sgt. ron. [cheering and applauding] if you want to stand, please stand. [cheering and applauding] [applause] each of them represents the thousands of first responders,

police, fire, rescue workers and families who fought back not only the reagan library's book fires all over socal. if you would now please join me, i want to introduce a special woman who will introduce our special speaker tonight. i have no doubt she's known to just about everyone in the audience for her roles, whether the involved service career as a prosecutor in san francisco and l.a. -- [applause] or fox news over the years. [applause] it's no surprise she is closely involved in supporting president donald trump new stories are remotely correct, is closely involved as one can get in support of our speaker this evening --

[applause] more on that from her amazing, please join me in welcoming to the stage,. [applause] [cheering and applauding] >> thank you so much. my goodness. what an incredible entrance. good evening to you, fine citizens. how are you tonight? [cheering and applauding] so many familiar faces near and dear to me in this audience and incredible human being that youu are going to hear from and just moments. i want to say it's wonderful here to live the american dream. the first politician that made me feel so inspired was ronald

reagan. hope of america and the american dream. [applause] who would have ever thought that little girl growing up in california, born and raised in the district in san francisco, proud daughter of a wonderful mother from puerto rico and proud irishmen from the southern part iowa in the two met in san francisco and began living there american dream. [cheering and applauding] i have the benefit of the incredible education and equality of opportunity. opportunity in this wonderful country that we call america.

one that i am proud to stand for, a flag i'm proud to stands for. our law enforcement, a sense of new hope and a new beginning. a richness of blessings. we valve had the opportunity to have and be able to share that and handed on to the next generation, now to be able to be here at the reagan library, it's such an incredibly powerful and humbling moment.re [applause] while i do see the education and communication, i had the opportunity to write about ronald reagan, a man who steals my heart and my dreams, who literally made me feel there

wasn't anything in the world that i could not accomplish because i was a born american. [applause] ronald reagan, incredible president who didn't see race or creed or color. he saw human beings capable of greatness of intelligence of love, faith. tremendous heart of liberty and a desire for freedom.he now my heart swells again, the opportunity to be here and to stand, senior advisor to the president of the united states, donald trump. [cheering andna applauding]

this is a president i feel most embodied true spirit and passion we all felt with ronald reagan and people feel alive and joy and hope because like ronald reagan, donald trump was someone who did not need the job. as reagan used to say, if it's something we can accomplish in life, that is a man presidentth trump is. that's the way the incredible american patriot family, the trump family is about giving back to this country and fighting for each and every one of us. this incredible bright, big, amazing country that we call

america, the united states of america because more unites us than divides us. amen and president trump it's thes end ronald reagan does th. across this country, the forgotten men and women who fight side-by-side with donald trump junior. it's incredible how much he is the tip of the spear, he was in 2016. the fight for this country and fight for his father, ronald reagan, the family in this incredibly exceptional humanan being of you don't live life on the sidelines and everything is at stake to year. [applause] you get involved, you put skin in the game and you fight for what you believe in and fight for future generations my father, my brother, anthony, i'm reminded about the people that mirror the fight with every

single day for our freedoms, liberties and first amendments. for the second amendment. for all of the things that men and women fought and died to preserve and protect our freedom. for the free market, thank god for the free market and capitalism and harps produce and american families to understand the value and help restore the value of the american dollar with the booming economy that boosted everybody up. for african-americans, asian americans, the veterans of this country, women doing better than ever before under president trump. [cheering and applauding] >> 40% of all new businesses in the u.s. created by hard-working people of color.

god bless president trump for that and this family for what they've been able to accomplish. [applause] family asks for nothing back in return and they take it every single day and counting, nothing stops them. nothing slows them down but it is such an honor and a privilege to be a born free american to fight for this country, to fight for each and every one of us and someone who understands hard-working people who fought for this country, there's no better than donald trump junior. let me tell you, some of the best moments have been where there is an iowa on a pullout bed or anywhere across this countryro, he is inspirational o

see how people are transformed together for one purpose. this book is so incredible, to share all of those moments, the highs, the lows, incredible journey for american political history. i'm so happy to be here tonight. families, the president, this incredible country because this is everything we all have together to fight for. thank you forav honoring them ad supporting them for buying this book and being in the fight with us every step of the way. it gives me great pleasure and great pride to introduce you to someone i've known dearly for 14 years. he's my best friend, my champion. he's a great american.

thanks to donald trump junior and his father, the trump family, america will never be a socialist country. [cheering and applauding] [applause] [applause] >> thank you. thank you so much. [applause] thank you, guys. [applause] wow. [applause]

that is such a better welcome and we got on the view the other weday. [laughter] [applause] i had a little fun with some of the guys when we are doing the book signing. these men would come through, big rugged men. they say i really liked you the other day, what the hell were you doing watching the view? they would say i just saw the highlights. i wasn't actually watching. but it is great to be here. emily, thank you so much for an incredible introduction. [applause] everyone make note, i don't need to get me to -- we have to have

a lot of fun, guys. if the left had their way, we could never happen again. i can't allow that. thank you for the incredible introduction. it's always difficult following kimberly. i don't usually like to do it f dbecause she's so good, she o nuanced. she's much more beautiful than i am.mo it's always tough to follow that. she can do it all. as you probably know, she could also go for the kill but she does it so well, you come back for more and me, you need a sledgehammer, i'm your guy. so kimberly, thank you. it's an honor to be here, ronald reagan was one of the true inspirations of my life, one of the realhe people probably pushd me towards conservatism.

what he was able to accomplish in his presidency his legacy that few would ever live up to. so thank you for having me here. last time i a was here was a little bit different, it was, i think it was the second presidential debate. i that phase, my father was no longer on the outskirts, he was in the middle. [laughter] no energy job. [laughter] come on, already? kimberly. kimberly, author princess voice of reason. this is going to go big. she's like, no. [laughter] i remember saying it, i was impressed. my father, he had taken a pretty

aggressive position in the opening debate.ti he did the low energy thing. the next day, he was running a commercial. running down the street. i was like zero man, it's over. [laughter] so he came to that debate and he threw a little barr and my father, is a different response. he goes, that's great. you've got some energy. that's really good. [laughter] i was like oh my gosh. it is like a man talking to a little guy. it was over. i remember when you were here. you were falling off the stage. it was different former presidential debate. it is great to be back here. kimberly said, the last few years, it was a roller coaster of emotions, of experiences that

one can only hope to be able to get to go to. maybe not the bedside. i did get to see the amazing side in 2015. i got to go all over the count country,no watch political histy unfold and what was arguably probably the greatest upset and political history. [applause] not because it should have been but because it was stuck. i got to go around, the heart of the country. the places were just forgotten for so long. it is interesting for h me becae i have to disclaim everything, especially in 2019. yes, i recognize i'm the sone f a billionaire from new york city. i'm an unlikely conservative i'm

not supposed to be conservative. i went to an ivy league school, all of those things that don't breathe conservatism. truly the leader of the young conservative movement. college campuses, high school campuses getting children before they are totally indoctrinated to the lunacy these days. i met charlie. [applause] i met charlie on the trail early 2016, a friend of mine said you have to meet this guy. i say okay, give me a bit about him. he's forgotten more about this than you would ever know. give me a little bit. he's 23. i go, get out of o my office. [laughter] seriously. we have no idea what we are doing here. the last thing i needed is more people have no idea what we are

doing. [laughter] we got a good message, we got a good messenger to deliver it. not afraid of fighting. my friend was convincing. give me five minutes. at the end about five minutes ago, charlie congratulations, you're on my team. charlie is the reason i was speaking at college campuses in michigan. in wisconsin. the state that the other side took for granted and didn't even bother to go to. in the last month of 2016, i think we probably spent 14 days of 30 in michigan and wisconsin against all odds against what all the experts -- now i say experts -- [laughter] you know where i'm going with this, right? sort of like a rhino. experts in name only, experts because they called themselves experts or dockets.

they just haven't been right in the state amount of time. but we did that. when the results came in, it was incredible. for me, i actually traveled the middle of the country while it came from a place doing things that wouldn't resonate. my hobbies, hunting and fishing, the great outdoors. the heartland of america and it wasn't iowa caucuses. everyone you see in their brand-new hunting gear, doing something like that, there with her token island they met seven minutes earlier, everybody knows what i'm talking about, right? the most beautiful hunting clothes i've ever seen. like it's never been one. but you are in iowa so we have to take that photo. i was thinking i'm there with my buddy'r, it was this different experience. the one thing that i noticed today and we noticed in my father noticed is that people

understand they get genuine. maybe because i actually did those things, that was actually my lifestyle, it wasn't just a follow-up. they got it. it was interesting. giving a speech about the outdoors and it was a big part ofg my life, not to say i was an angel. i'm not going to pretend. we just kept amongst ourselves, i wasn't an angel but i could've been worse. the outdoors was a big part of my life. i'm giving that speech in iowag and making of a new york times she goes, well, how are you different than the other people here? i go, that's a good question. how manyqu birds do you do you e today? she goes nine.

i said good, i'm glad you're taking the count. many shots that i take? she said nine. i go, no further questions. [applause] it wasn't just that that form to that basis. i wrote the book because after that experience, the great and not so great which we'll get into shortly, i had an interesting, i'm not supposed to be conservative. i had a mother who escaped. for me, it's such an honor to be here at the reagan library. the guy that actually took down the soviet union. [applause]

because for me, unlike so many of those on the left today with incredible virtuous of socialism in condiment is himpo from they are out there. a this is like mainstream pop culture today. unlike them, i've actually experienced it myself. i've actually been there. i had a grandfather was a new color electrician. he saw the incredible blessings we have the country. the incredible freedom. all the things we should be so proud of. he said to my father and mother, credit are incredibly blessed but you have to see the other side. from about the age of five, i went over there. i every summer, four to six weeks. it's not so glamorous when you're actually doing it. i have a 93-year-old grandmother who is still alive.-y she spent some time with us every year.

i get the call every few weeks, she only has cnn and leftist propaganda, no, there's no alternative program. probably tougher than most of us, maybe not as much as our first responders here, by the way, thank you all for being here. thank you for protecting us.s. [applause] this is a woman who spends her early 20s in the basement of her farmhouse for a few years, hiding from the nazis.. this is something they lived through, i found it ironic when they said he speaks it fluently. that's the connection to russia. have you read history? [laughter] they'll try anything, folks.

but this lady who's been through a lot will a call me every few weeks because she sees these virtues, she's telling me. we are speaking that language but this is the best. you don't understand, everything always free. it never works that way. i hear the voice break. w this person who was a big part of raising me, who then got to watch her daughter live the american dream and she's in tears for fear effort grandchildren and great-grandchildren. that's why i asked when i see these virtues being brought up in mainstream political conversations today, it's the other side. it's interesting that there are no people, not one who actually live under those systems were willing to come here andve say ,

we need that right here, right now. it's great. i go how many people are there from eastern europe, former soviet union, china? bring it closer to home. venezuela, cuba. that's millions and millions of people. ... may see some really dumb stuff they can't find one person who >> doesn't that tell us all we need to know? that was the genesis of the book triggered and for those of you whof watched the view. [laughter] you can understand why we named ithe that. [laughter]

[applause] because today, it is just thet view there is only one. and if you don't share that one view, it's over. you were canceled. i use that example in the book of martina navratilova an incredible tennis player. we do her growing up a similar story from my mother escaping check with macchia and lgbt activist for 35a years before it was cool. she's been out there forever and a few weeks ago she came out and said i don't like the notion of the trans- men or women and then competing against an women sport as a female athlete that is her

opinion. [applause] i applauded it. i'm levelheaded i don't care what you do but when you start competing against them i saw mma fighter who was a male professional fighter transition to female and proceed to fight against females and broke the orbital bone and thetem skull of a great woman fighter perk i have seen weight the 15 records being destroyed. bicycle world records being decimated. and i say where are the feminist? [applause] where are the reasonable people that fought for title ix and women's rights? as a father of two girls one is already an incredible athlet athlete, where do we draw the line?

she came out and said i am against this notion leave the elite sports out and within minutes it was over. she was attacked by though she had advocatedit for over 40 years. itit was as though anything she had done prior to this for her entire life, her life's work was meaningless because she did not take it as far as they needed it to be taken. nowe again those goalpost are never ending and are always moving. do you know woke this is the new ridiculous phrase but what is woke today is all to write in another week. [laughter] it never ends. so this woman has done all erthis comes out and gets destroyed then three weeks later she has to walk it back in the goes after trump because that's the only way to get your penance to get accepted back for cho but i

see the stories and i have had the blessings to go on the campaign trail and fight for conservative values for people who are doing the things and fighting for what they espouse on the campaign trail. people say you have to pull this down - - for this down and they see you have to write a business book i say my father may have cover that with the art of the deal. i don't know. [laughter] i don't expect to beat him in sales but i don't want to be decimated. [laughter] i still have a little bit of ego. we will let that go. [laughter] but this was a unique experience but if you hear that over and over and say it was we were the tip of the sphere of the greatest upset in history and now the target of the number one witchhunt

and modern history. [applause] being the number two target of the mueller hoax this is what's going on again today. you see what happened and what transpired millions of dollars of legal fees and then they say they will try me for treason. not hyperbole but they actually say this. i took a 20 minute unsolicited meeting. you had no problem with hillary clinton paying millions of dollars to foreign operatives to go into countries. [applause] so foreign agents go into other countries giving it to the fbi then make it to the press also known as the

marketing wing of the dnc. [laughter] so the press writes a story used as the basis of a hoax fbi investigation. so i dedicated my book to the deplorable's. [cheers and applause] and you saw the desperation. i'm still waiting for adam for schiff. [laughter] i did not curse at the princess one --dash reagan library, princess. he said for three years on national tv to the american peopleeaea that he had seen that proof. that didn't work out no accountability and add double

standard. but after 30 hours of testimony in front of the house and the senate hiring 19 hillary clinton donors, seven of them are the celebration that never happened. [applause] minor details i'm sure they would be objective in the prosecution. they went with the trump card. we will plant robert mueller on the stand. somebody please ask him if he is actually read the report that bears his name. [laughter] i got a little trump

tourette's of the thumbs. [laughter] so then you realize it was all a sham. he was there not because he was a great prosecutor or a great investigator but because of his past and a decorated marine and former head of fbi. he was above f f reproach. he wasn't there because he was good at hiss job because trump could not fight back without the media having a field day. that's exactly what we see today with a number two with the impeachment. the outrage of last week and i tend to be at the center of all of this for some reason. i got that trump gene if i see something wrong iru will say it. that donald trump junior outs the whistleblower. [laughter] i did?

i wish i did. that they make it seem like i hired a team of spies to figure out as a cia operative whistleblower. i retweeted an article that had his name in the title of the article. [laughter] is this a secret you don't know what secret means? [laughter] it was literally on the drudge report. many people don't know what it is it's the largest news aggregator in america. it was on there for four days and then i realized it's robert mueller all over again. they weren't mad that i outed him, they were mad now that the nameme is out there, people could actually do some research. like had been done over the last few days.

they could realize this guy was joe biden's special guest at a state dinner and figure out he worked with brennan and all g the peoples who started to lie to congress within miraculously get away with it. they could see the photograph of this man crying outside the oval office the day after the election crying like a little child. and they realized then when the lawyer comes through for the defense with those weird allegations i have security clearance. you see his feed. january 2017. the coup has started. impeachment. then you realize here we go

again. it's just another set up. so that is what we have been dealing with. kimberly, you alluded that do you know how that's never actually spoken about? all-time low unemployment that do you know how that's never actually spoken about? all-time low unemployment for everyone. african-americans. hispanics, women. [applause] all-time high, startup businesses. even his haters say i don't like the guy but he is doing all the things he said he was going to do. [cheers and applause] d trevor know what is not exactly a fan art isn't that

what politicians are supposed to do? when did we get to a place that is no longer the norm? how sad is it that it isn't? but they don't talk about that what we saw at the last debate was how can we take donaldth trump's twitter away. [laughter] do you know what was not mentioned? china. since we are at the reagan library, china is the year 2000 version of what is the soviet union. and they didn't even talk about it and then to limit one - - eliminate free speech. so all we need to know. i don't know what does. so i have to get this down and put it on paper but most people are using to me using the short form on social media i have mastered that art.

i learnedom from the best. and then to be able to put it into long form to take my experience so that people can see, it's much less of a political book because that's what i believe is at stake. there's never been a greater divide between the ideologies of both parties. there has never been more oppression and suppression of free speech. we get into that relating to social media and hypocrisy of mainstream media. it was time to do that. it's my honor to be out therende continuously for the beliefs that we all have for the america that ronald reagan wanted and i want to make sure

that extends to our children and grandchildren for generations to come. that is what we are fighting for. thank you so much. [cheers and applause] thank you for having me here today. kimberly. [applause] thank you. i cannot tell you who to vote for. that's against the rules. don asked me about 2024. let's worry about 2021st.

but it's a true honor to be here. and given the faces i have seen walking down the corridors here so now i think we'll take some questions. [cheers and applause] >> a lot of hands are up. staff are roaming the aisles of microphones. please wait until the microphone is put into your hand. we will get as many questions as we hand in the limited amount of time that we have. >> on the environment, make them walk the talk about colleges and universities and high schools administrators driving solar powered cars and it comes out of their current

budget that sets an example for us ignorant heathens. [laughter] [applause] >> i think that was more of a statement and a question. [laughter] but i do believe we have to protect our environment. but i'm not willing to destroy a our environment while the rest of the world does nothing and while i'm getting lectured by your neighbors in hollywood down the road while they fly overtrgh in their individual jes to the g5. [applause] we can do this. america has been leading the charge but they've been doing it through capitalism and the free markets on the round.an and to penalize ourselves of trillions of dollars the largest polluters in the world will talk about this in ten years because guess what sappens? give us another ten i'm more than happy and we are doing it as a country. we should be pushing them to do it not taking the heat

ourselves not destroying the middle class of america that's what stupid policy has been doing for far too long. >> can you please please ask your father toto come to california.[c [cheers and applause] >> with that kind of response i don't think i have a choice. >> we have no representation here in california. >> it is important and worth fighting for. i have no allusion you win the presidency here but there are a lot of house seats.

[applause] that are in districts that are conservative that need to be fought for and there are a lot of people in this state that have come to me who are sick of the nonsense and sick of terrible policy, who are sick of allowing reasonable decision-makers get rid of the bark that lets you light on fire every few weeks. so with what i have seen what i hear from so many people even moderate centrists or s those on the left, they are sick of chasing that same goal that never ends they actually want to see some action so there is no question seats could be one back in the state. we will be working on that. but we want your help.

you do need people to be active. the problem i see in places like this and you guys are doing a great job. i need you to step up and let your friends know. once they get that little awakening. is a valentine's day story. because it resonates. even though this was new york, the people's republic. [laughter] california is also the people's republic. [laughter] so kimberly goads me into taking her into a valentine's day dinner on the upper side of new york not the actual bastion of thoughts she saw teddy bear outside and thought it was romance which is not my forte but i went withis m it. so i'm at this restaurant and having dinner. the upper east side who is the guy? who was a guy that is going to create a scene, start a figh

fight, who will be woke on instagram. i am miserable the whole meal. [laughter] because listen, were fighters that were not going to get ambushed. we are waiting for it. so we get through with dinner. and everybody's giving me side i forgot at least in my mind and we are walking out and there is an older lady and she stands up right in my face and says i'm good have to punch an old lady. [laughter] just kidding. one trick pony. just kidding. so i can't punch an old lady. nenethat's a different story and she says you guys have the

biggest in the world and i love it. [cheers and applause] he cannot believe this is going on at the reagan library i apologize. [laughter] but it was amazing because at that moment all of those people that i thought were giving me the side i and stood up and started to clap and took sophie's one --dash selfie selfie they were afraid of what others would think. just like the people on election day in the exit poll. we were supposed to be winning that we are one - - losing

that that we are winning by 12. congratulations we are up three. they just do not want to be put in the corner the second someone had the guts to say something everyone else realize they were all fine with me but just not willing so we will be here but to call your friends and be active and do it all. >> [inaudible] >> i don't know not spoken in the last 30 seconds but i'll

say one of your congressmen in your great state and is actually doing an amazing job and not just candidate recruitment and the paul ryan school of thought so we'll just let them run. 785 pounds i'm going to focus on the, on page 176. on theut policy that nobody has read. going out to find people who can win and have the passion and says can you call this person? they want to do it i will do it. and i love to see that because that's how to win.

the democrats do a great job. the former marine on the track record basically a conservative and then turned to the communist and wonder what happened. noth more of that. there are people and they are in your backyard. >>. >> you cannot all fight over me. i am a proud jewish-american republican and i have one simplepl question for you. why is it during the democratic debates they don't

have the american flag in the background representing us? >> i have said this in my speeches. it's so great to come here and hear the pledge. [applause] some places they will do the invocation or the star-spangled banner or the pledge. that is the trifecta. anywhere else they treat you in jail 35 years. it isn't something they take all that seriously. so now you saw the last time in 2016 during the dnc meetings and trying to scramble to gety them with what's going on here. but it is also great to lawn - - great to see some jewish republicans.

when you see flanker lawn --dash flagrant anti-semitism in congress. my father after 40 years moved to the embassy in israel. [applause] to its rightful home in jerusalem. now this is something de facto us policy for decades. bush, clinton but no one did they all campaigned and my father actually did it it would be the start of world war three. it was 99 / nothing. managing to pass the united

states. is like a major failure of checks and balances. the billions of people are going to die. what happened? it was like seven seconds. but that is the difference between a politician and someone who knows how to get things done. someone who has done it. [applause] that is why it is no longer the norm. thank you very much. >> donald we cannot thank you enough. thank you so much. [cheers and applause]

usa. [chanting] usa. [chanting] >> it really is truly an honor and thank you for all you do. thank you. [cheers and applause]

>> silicon valley has a real problem they are very good at taking credit for wonderful things that they do and to get of terrific technology to a certain extent but they are not so good at taking responsibility and not so great added midi they did not do it all themselves. that technology is built on federally funded touchscreen technology with taxpayer-funded darpa innovations. so you have this privatization

but the socialization of bosses in so many ways. >> long time technology journalist and author stephen baker is the co-author of "hop skip go" you write that this book is about the coming age of mobility. what do you mean by that? >> it's an information revolution and we been watching at the last half-century in the computers with media and advertising and spreading into telephones care around the internet wherever they went. and now