bel air, california. president, ronald reagan tackles historically high inflation and unemployment, during his presidency inflation dropped from 12.5% to 5.5%. and unemployment dropped from 9.7% to 4.4%. reagan launched a defense build- up against the soviet union and remain forever grateful, unquote. question, what characteristics did ronald reagan possess that other post-war presidents have lacked? pat, you worked for him. kepre-world war ii depth of belief in the goodness and greatness of his country that can't be replicated by any post-war generation. a man who had great convictions, the courage of those convictions he would often say, well, if this doesn't work out, can always go back to the -- >> he never knocked the united states. >> he -- america was great, an ideal in his mind. and the idea of communists could ever defeat america was beyond his conception. >> and along to introduce a little reality into sometimes his sunny idealism was his wife, and would you like to say nice words about her. and

you've got companies out there who are basically heading to the streets of bel air based on the expense of the hood or the community, which is thrust upon as being this big tv show of entertainment, and whatever goes down, it's "real" tv. it's "reality." but really, a lot of people are taking on those images, because it's the only thing that's communicating to them, and they're grabbing on to it as their reality. so i want to be clear about this. yeah, be clear. be clear. are you talking about popular culture being dangerous to the welfare of young people and that somebody needs to do something about it? yes, because it's combined with technologies that go beyond the scope of understanding. technologies are controlled by corporations for the sake that people go in there and open their wallets up and be subservient to it. so some of these things that are coming across the radio shouldn't be on the radio. maybe it's like you can't-- you can't regulate the record companies, but you've definitely got to get to the point where you've got to understand how to have some kind of regulation on t

before successful blacks could move to bel-aire, you know, this is where everybody lived if you had any money. i go to the church. reverend hb charles. i had heard about the church. you know, minimum of 1500 or more, minimum of 1500 people. a large church. dr. king is introduced as guest preacher, and then he gets up, and he says, ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters, the text of my sermon today is the role and responsibility of the negro professional in aiding our less fortunate brothers and sisters struggling for their freedom in the south. i thought to myself, this is one smart dude because he came to the right church, the right pew, the right place to deliver this message. i had never heard him speak before. i had seen him, but heifer heard him -- heard him speak before. i saw him on television and so forth. he began to speak in greater detail, greater eloquence and greater passion. i had never heard anybody speak like that before. a passionate description of the struggle in the south, and then he pauses. i'm sitting like one-third, middle sort of front area. he looked at me,

the beginning, from my first days in hollywood--and i could feel what happened after the murders in bel airwhere my late wife, sharon tate, was murdered carrying my unborn son. she was eight and a half months pregnant. and a lot of my friends were killed with her by those murderers. and before those culprits were found, i could see a sudden kind of, um... ...dislike towards my person, you know. and dislike towards the victims themselves, as though they were guilty of their own murder, because they could not rationalize--it was so absurd, so grotesque, this murder, that they just could not find rational answers to it, and they started writing stories about themselves--that they were drug addicts, that they dabbled with black magic, that it was some kind of crazy party where they murdered themselves. i could not believe what i was reading, you see. and that was my first lesson, and i could see how the atmosphere has changed around me, and how they started treating me. then came a new period--after they found charles manson and his family--of some form of guilt. i could feel it talked to me, w

i picked up the telephone and placed a call to bel air and said, thank you, mr. president. [applause] when we think back to ronald reagan, thank you is still a pretty good place to start. we associate idealism with youth. but the oldest man ever elected president was also the most idealistic and he brought out that quality in the american people. he inspired the kind of affection that even great men cannot claim by right but goes only to the truly good. kindness, simplicity, and decency marked his entire life. long before he first journied here to california and long affered after he returned here from washington. and remembering his final years, we might also add courage for the galant manful way in which he left us. there is much more that could be said. frank and i will turn to that in a moment. the short of it is that the great respect and admiration that your generation feels for our 40th president and that shows in the work of the reagan ranch center is well placed. 100 years after his birth, history has taken the measure of president reagan. he stands tall in memory.

they went on to say she was transported by ambulance that day from her bel air home to cedar sinai medicaled in critical condition. we're finally hearing from liz taylor's publicist, a woman by the name of sally morrison and i have to say, she's not doing much to dispel the rumors. she referenced an event liz taylor was supposed to be at. she said she was supposed to be recognized by an organization and they say it was a combination of unstable weather conditions and the fact she was feeling under the weather that forced her to not make the decision to travel. so, obviously, she was absent from an event. "national enquirer" not mentioning that, just saying she's not doing well. prayers are with her. but it's also sort of interesting like is she sick? is she not sick? rumors are spinning out of control right now. >> wish her the best to matter what. hollywood legend, that's for sure. >>> another legend already and only will get bigger and better for years to come, jennifer hudson. i'm a big fan of hers. such an amazing backstory. if you've seen those weight watchers commercials, she's lost

when it was over, i called bel- air and said, a "thank you, mr. president." [applause] in thinking of how to some of his accomplishments and all that he was, "thank you" is still a good place to start. he was also quite idealistic and he proud of that quality in the american people he inspired a great affection that even great men cannot claim by right, but goes to the truly good. kindness and decency marked his entire life long before he journeyed here to california and long after he returned here from washington. in remembering his final years, we might also encourage for the gallant and manful way in which he left us. there is much more that could be said. frank santelli hyundai will turn to that in a moment. -- frank donatelli and i will turn to death in a moment. -- turned to that in a moment. history has taken the measure of president reagan. he stands tall in memory and let us always be grateful that such a man came along when this nation and all the world needed him most. thank you very much. [applause] >> mr. vice president, thank you very much for t

i picked up the telephone and placed a call to bel air and said thank you, mr. president. [applause] when all of us think back to ronald reagan and try to sum up all that he was and all that he accomplished, thank you is still a pretty good place to start. we associate idealism with you but the oldest man ever elected president was also the most idealistic, and he brought out that quality in the american people. he inspired the kinds of affection that great men cannot only trait by right but goes only to the truly good. kindness, decency marked his entire life long before he first journeyed here to california and long after he returned here to washington. and remembering his time years we might also add courage for the gallant, manful way in which he left us. there's much more that could be said. frank donatelli and i will turn to that in a moment. the short of it is the great respect and admiration that your generation feels for our 40th president and it shows in the work of the reagan ranch center is well placed. 100 years after his birth, history has taken the measure o

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