when we come back, craig shirley, author of a new book.er this word from our sponsors. ♪ ♪ [organ playing] moore: wait until you see what we do for arbor day. you might get a sense that the candidates for president really, really like ronald reagan. recently we were visited by one of the most prolific reaganites on the planet, craig shirley. his latest book is "last act," one of many books about ronald reagan. so what sets the book of part? -- of part? apart? you have written many books about president reagan. what is different about this book? craig: it is about the end of his life. i was working on a previous book. my 11-year-old son mitchell was highlighting all of these binders -- binders of news clips and materials for the reagan library and he was supposed to go through it and every time reagan's name came up he was supposed to highlight it. my books of always been family affairs. my wife does all of my editing and creative input. my boys have done research and my girls have done fact checking, things like that. he says, dad, has any

mark: when we come back craig shirley. ♪ john: there are lots of books about reagan what's differentasthis one? guest: working on a previous reagan book about for five years ago and might an 11-year-old son mitchell was highlighting all of the binders news clips and material from the reagan library that he was is to go through it every time reagan's name came up useless to highlight it. my folks always and family affairs. research myone daughters have done back-checking. anyway he said about 9:00 one dad has anyone done a book about reagan three was president? i said no and started looking into it and realized he lived for 16 years after he left the white house. there's a lot of living it went on in those years. let's talk about that. mark: their presidents now that the presidency -- the clinton has a big post-presidency. what are the most important part? guest: reagan was tired. he was the oldest president. he left office and needed to get back to california to get back to the ranch. he needed to recharge his batteries area he was always active. he did not worry about his legacy the

joining us now historian and biographer craig shirley. final years and emerging legacy of ronald reagan. great to have you on the show, craig. pretty shocking revelations about the relationship with bill and hillary clinton. let's start there. >> well, no doubt, there was a lot of animosity between the clintons and more so on the clinton's part toward the reagans. they didn't have much of a relationship. the week of the reagan funeral bill clinton made a pain in the neck of himself. he kept pestering anybody associated with nancy reagan to speak at the funeral. they had it worked out the former president would speak at the funeral, former president bush because that have their friendship with ronald reagan. clinton kept calling and pest pestering and had to be told no. also too, as i said before there was a lot of animosity there including in 1996 when clinton was running for president he used footage of the assassination attempt of ronald reagan. that didn't set well with nancy reagan. she called asking for the commercials to be taken of

craig shirley and newt gingrich talked about there's a jacksonian strain in donald trump.t with andrew jackson being elected president although landowners in virginia. but ben carson, is there any parallel to a doctor who bursts on the national stage for giving a speech -- >> doris, dig deep. >> i'm curious. >> i can't find one. somebody in business has learned how to manage so there are leadership qualities that they have had. maybe he ran a hospital and maybe he's a good doctor. yet doesn't steam have that sense of connection to the experience of leadership. i mean, we got generals who have been leaders, we had presidents who were politicians beforehand. this is a democracy. you want people who liked politics. i thought last week actually brought back some of the positiveness of politics. you saw hillary do well because of her experience. you saw the feeling people had towards joe biden when he said purpose was given to me by politics. you saw paul ryan stepping up to say i'm going to care about the house. i care about my party. i thought yeah, politics are back. now we'

including adele, shirley bassey and paul mccartney have all failed before him never hitting that number one spot in 007's 340erland but now of course the attention turns to daniel craig, a little pressure with the new 007 "spectre" due out in theaters november 6th. i guess none of the theme songs have ever jumped. even sam smith said he didn't think anything special about this song and then it went straight to the top. >> someone did well, though. >> he did well. just not number one. >> daniel craig is a good bond. >> he is -- he'll be great. but as they say, anything other than number one in "tail la san diego ga nights" is a loser. lessons from will ferrell. you're welcome. >>> in addition to starring in the upcoming series "american horror story hotel" lady gaga has been busy. the bad romance singer collaborating with niall for "i want your love." take a look i want your love i want your love >> lady gaga never lets us down. the video is the brainchild of tom ford who brought gaga and rogers together for the project to showcase the 2016 fashion collection. >> i love whatever she brings it's always artsy and creative. >> i like it. >> ron, are you smiling? >> cool.