in that 1999 interview with c-span's brian lamb. she confided the depth of her loss as her husband slipped away. what have you learned about this disease? that is probably the worst disease you can ever have. because you lose contact. and you're not able to share. in our case, you're not able to share all those wonderful memories. that we have and we had we had a wonderful life. can you have a conversation that makes sense to with the president? not now. the letter itself, what were the circumstances and which he wrote the letter were you with him when he was with him? we were in the library and he was sitting at the table in the library. and he sat down and wrote it and that was it first draft first draft. he crossed out one word there or two or two or i think it's one one or two words. i don't know what the what that was. but only ronnie could write. a letter like that. as we close our look at nancy reagan, you'll hear first how she thought her white house life looked from the outside and how she actually experienced it and then y

i have been calling and talking since brian lamb and steve were the only two hosts on your show. my 60th birthday was january 6. i am beginning to not like my birthday anymore. i've heard more in my life in the last year and half that i ever in my whole life. the government and the media come in my opinion, is the cause of this what i've have seen in my lifetime. the government have been buying votes on both sides, making promises they cannot keep. they cannot keep the promises of medicare, social security, veterans come already. they are going bankrupt and we are starting new programs. it divided the public into little groups. i label myself as an american that happens to believe in god and his son and i am not hyphenated because i am adopted and i do not know so i can pick on everybody. i do not know what is in my dna. i think we are running our country into the ground dividing ourselves. i am a maga, i went to november 14 when we had a chance to do something legally. i knew from bush gore that the supreme court said after december 12 there was no legal means to change the vote

former soviet leader a guest on this network back in 1996 in a conversation with c-span founder brian lamb. here's what he had to say. caller: now we have an opportunity after the cold war, at the end of the cold war, to build a very diverse world with all the multiplicity. even though there are still dangers after the end of the cold war, i hope we will avoid the new division of the world. i hope we'll take advantage of the opportunities because this is why we did what we did. in working together. in overcoming surmounting barriers that we had overcome. not only the mountains of weapons, but mountains of lies about each other that we had to setaside. stereotypes. what people met then they saw all of us are the same and we want to live, we want to enjoy life. i'm very glad i recently on this visit i have seen -- i have been to eight states of the united states. and i have some very private meetings and i once talked to 20,000 people. to a group of 20,000 people. there was enormous interest. many questions. people are very open. open-minded. they applaud the fact that they can now breath af

affiliated with the c-span center for communications at purdue in a tour led by none other than brian lamb who would be angry at me for mentioning his name. host: probably. guest: we had a wonderful student tour, probably but what the heck. we had a wonderful tour he let me lead with his terrific students. hope some of them are watching. i learned a lot from them, hearing their impression. we had a good look around, three quarters of the building -- look around three quarters of the building. then brian said come over here, that is the vice president's motorcade crossing the memorial bridge. we had a pretty exciting site on the memorial. i had a great visit and i will go up again today and tomorrow. i will be back at 10:00 a.m. for the rededication ceremony. people may wonder why we are not doing it on memorial day. the park service does not allow public events on memorial day. for fear it is disrespectful to veterans. it is peculiar because the lincoln memorial's dedicated on memorial day but so be it, we are happy to be here on may 22 and we will be here tomorrow morning. host: hopefully

brian lamb: by the way, a couple of years ago when richard nixon was here for our book program like this, i asked him what his favorite town in the world was or city and he said it was istanbul in turkey. how about yours? what's your favorite city in the world? mikhail gorbachev: well, i would not want to do it this way. i really do not want to give all the praise to one city. i visited many cities. i've traveled throughout the world. i love moscow, even though there were some years of neglect in moscow and some buildings in moscow are very simplistic, this kind of prefab construction. today, moscow, particularly its center, the historic part of moscow, is being rebuilt. it is rising again and this is wonderful. i welcome this. it is a lot of joy to walk the streets of moscow, the narrow lanes of moscow. those were the years of that when i was a student i first came to moscow, that those i met raisa in moscow. overall, in my life, i lived a quarter of a century in moscow. both my granddaughters were born in moscow. so moscow university, my young years, are connected with moscow. on the o

affiliated with the c-span center for communications at purdue, in a tour led by none other than brian lamb, who will be angry for me mentioning his name. >> probably. >> probably, but whatever. >> we had a great tour that he let me lead with his terrific students. i hope some of them are watching. i learned a lot from them. so we had a good look around three quarters of the building. and then, ever the news man, ryan said, come over here, that is the vice president's motorcade crossing the memorial bridge. so we got to see a pretty exciting sight, just on the portico of the memoriam. i had a great visit. i will go up again today, tomorrow, i will be back at 10 am for the rededication ceremony. people might wonder why we are not doing it on memorial day. the park service does not allow public events on memorial day, for fear it's disrespectful to veterans. and it's peculiar, because the lincoln memorial was dedicated on memorial day. but so be it. we are happy to be here on may 22nd, and we will be here tomorrow morning.ta >> and, hopefully it will be a little cooler tomorrow morning as wel

i have been calling and talking since brian lamb and steve were the only two hosts on your show.60th birthday was january 6. i am beginning to not like my birthday anymore. i've heard more in my life in the last year and half that i ever in my whole life. the government and the media come in my opinion, is the cause of this what i've have seen in my lifetime. the government have been buying votes on both sides, making promises they cannot keep. they cannot keep the promises of medicare, social security, veterans come already. they are going bankrupt and we are starting new programs. it divided the public into little groups. i label myself as an american that happens to believe in god and his son and i am not hyphenated because i am adopted and i do not know so i can pick on everybody. i do not know what is in my dna. i think we are running our country into the ground dividing ourselves. i am a maga, i went to november 14 when we had a chance to do something legally. i knew from bush gore that the supreme court said after december 12 there was no legal means to change the vote. fr

actually in my book america abundance have hats off to brian lamb who i think is just a giant iconic figure. i am honored to be on this show today. i love to service was c-span. two but i'll if you can this but tom asked about the president and accuracy and hearing from the public.th you have been the oval office twice now. how long does it become about beau? what's with president trump i would say they kept in touch with more people more frequently. his counseling on the phone which is the thing. which made it very interesting. >> let's say the economy. with that meeting in the oval with the boss. my mission is there, i am there, lighthizer is there an others are there. anyway, could be taxes could be trade. housing, that could be fossil fuel. no end to it, okay? you start off by raising we are here plus a lot of these meetings. he listened and the next thing the outer oval office. can you get me so-and-so? give me so-and-so on the phone. i want to talk to them. i want to talk to her. it would be his mind would be associate somebody he knew from outside thew government. it would put

have a long history with c-span and actually, in my book american pundits i have a hats off to brian lambwhich is a giant iconic figure so i'm honored to be on theshow today . i love to do service with its c-span. >> host: tom asked about the president and access or hearing from the public. how often, you've been in the oval office twice now. how often does it come up? l>> guest: actually, with president trump, i would say he kept in touch with more people, more frequently. he was constantly on the phone. that's the thing. which may be very interesting. so let's say we're having a big policy meeting. let's say the economy. so we're in the meeting with the oval office. mnuchin is there and lightheiser is they are, anyway, very important meeting and some subject with,. itcould be taxes, could be trade . could be housing. could be fossil fuel. there's no end to it. you start off by the top server, we are here and he would listen and the next thing he would yell out to the outer oval office, can you get me so and so on the phone, i want to talk to him. and it would be, his mind would associat

in my book, america abundance, i have a hats off to brian lamb, who i think is an iconic figure. so i'm honored to be on the show today. i love to do service with c-span. host: i don't know if you can answer this, but tom asked about the president and access or hearing from the public. how often -- you have been in that oval office twice. how often does it become a bubble? guest: actually, with president trump, i would say he kept in touch with more people more frequently -- he is constantly on the phone. that is the thing. which made it interesting. so let's say we are having a policy meeting. let's say the economy. so we have a meeting in the oval with the boss. steve mnuchin is there and i am there, lighthizer is there, others are there, chris lundell is there. anyway, very important meeting with the boss. some subject would come up. could be taxes, could be trade. could be housing, could be fossil fuel -- no end to it. so you would start off by raising the top -- sir, we are here. i lost a lot of these meetings. he would listen. next thing, he would reach out to the outer ova

brian lamb it needs to have a monument built to limit. host: what do you do in texas? caller: i'm a consultant, i/o chemical. nutritional supplements and things of that nature. host: dave is calling in from pennsylvania. what is your personal financial situation? caller: it's pretty stable. my kids graduated from college without much debt. they are doing pretty good. as an air force veteran, this inflation thing, life is about perception. if you listen to negativity all day long, that is your perception. when we look around the world, there are a lot of companies that are worse than us. in this exact same recession. the price of everything is up everywhere. a lot of our industries were shut down during the pandemic. we lost a couple of refineries during the pandemic. they were sitting on stores because people weren't going anywhere. now everybody is going everywhere, they are going to get the most for their product. these companies are making billions in profits. if they have to pay a little bit more to get everybody back where we should be, what is wrong with that? ho

brian lamb it needs to have a monument built to limit. host: what do you do in texas?aller: i'm a consultant, i/o chemical. nutritional supplements and things of that nature. host: dave is calling in from pennsylvania. what is your personal financial situation? caller: it's pretty stable. my kids graduated from college without much debt. they are doing pretty good. as an air force veteran, this inflation thing, life is about perception. if you listen to negativity all day long, that is your perception. when we look around the world, there are a lot of companies that are worse than us. in this exact same recession. the price of everything is up everywhere. a lot of our industries were shut down during the pandemic. we lost a couple of refineries during the pandemic. they were sitting on stores because people weren't going anywhere. now everybody is going everywhere, they are going to get the most for their product. these companies are making billions in profits. if they have to pay a little bit more to get everybody back where we should be, what is wrong with that? host

former soviet leader a guest on this network back in 1996 in a conversation with c-span founder brian lamb. here's what he had to say. caller: now we have an opportunity after the cold war, at the end of the cold war, to build a very diverse world with all the multiplicity. even though there are still dangers after the end of the cold war, i hope we will avoid the new division of the world. i hope we'll take advantage of the opportunities because this is why we did what we did. in working together. in overcoming surmounting barriers that we had overcome. not only the mountains of weapons, but mountains of lies about each other that we had to setaside. stereotypes. what people met then they saw all of us are the same and we want to live, we want to enjoy life. i'm very glad i recently on this visit i have seen -- i have been to eight states of the united states. and i have some very private meetings and i once talked to 20,000 people. to a group of 20,000 people. there was enormous interest. many questions. people are very open. open-minded. they applaud the fact that they can now breath af

brian: my dad, i used to play the clarinet. my dad would say what song are you trying to play? >> ainsley: mary had a little lambd enough my brother was a better athlete but when he was better at music i almost quit, gift the world. >> steve: did you want to play the clarinet. i played the saxophone. >> brian: not enjoyable. >> steve: i liked it the hardest part was getting the read with the appleby temperature thing and getting the read nice. >> brian: i would make my own reads, whittle. the hardest thing about the saxophone is bringing it to school. >> steve: no, the tuba guy is in trouble. >> brian: tube go guy leaves with the mouthpiece. >> ainsley: i played the violin. >> brian: open it. >> ainsley: my mom made all of us play so we would be able to read music. good idea. i gold through crowds and put the case in between people so i didn't create try to get to the school bus. >> steve: here we are talking about how halder it was to get to school with our musical instruments. imagine you are the mac will he mores, wherever they go they have to take smokers and grills and fill up fox square. >> ainsley: how do

lamb chop with a chimichurri sauce. we've got mashed potatoes, we've got wings, we've got smoked mac and cheese coming into you all. so, ainsley, hopefully will be serving you up something. brianected to eat this week. >> going to think about it. i just can't wait to see what you do with the rest of the schedule. who the lucky guy is on's outnumbered and who must be figuring that as well thank you so much for -- >> i will eat. that was nice of you. thank you. so let's talk about what happened yesterday. kyrsten sinema signed on. she got some concessions. although i think -- whatever this morning, jon tester hasn't signed on. he's never really held up anything. it's in the red state of montana montana, but let's just assume he gets some concession and signs on. it will be signed into law today and what is it going to be is going to be -- i've not seen a score yet for many independent agency that shows the title of this bill come of the schumer mansion bell, has anything to do with reducing inflation, even though i see that was the objective. >> the inflation reduction act would have little effect on combating inflation in the near future. >> i think they say could increase infl