mike dever was very close to the reagans. jim baker said to him i'm able to go to the bedroom to brief the reagans, but he's allowed to go in the bathroom. and dever, when he's accused of these improprieties, he storms out of the house and says if you don't want me, i i quit. and in the next m. minute, he sheepishly walks back in and says, you know, in these pre-uber days, i forgot my wife drop me off here, i don't have a car. can i borrow nancy's station wagon? here's a guy who indignantly resigned from the campaign, and yet at the same moment that he recognizes his friendship with nancy would allow him to borrow her station wagon and he sheepishly comes back. i've got all kinds of human moments in the book because, again, it's important that these personalities, they really shape policy. they shape the direction of this great country, and i recognize that each president has an ideological predilection and knows a way to some degree, and they do help shape the direction they're going, but also who the people are and what the

marshal, eisenhower, mcarthur, mcnar, bradley, devers, patton, clark, hodges, kruger, patch, men who spirit and genius of washington, win field scott, andrew jackson, grant, sherman, shageorge g. mead, rob e. lee, this was the heritage of american military leadership in world war ii. a heritage they could not and would not fail. their one and only goal, victory. from privates to four-star generals, this was the outpouring of america's greatest resource, a product of century of freedom in action, a dream that their forefathers had fought for and made a reality and one that their sons were fighting to preserve. but even amidst the tensions of war, there were precious hours of respite with brief moments of humor. but when they fought, they fought to win. there's was a sublime dedication. while the fighting was continuing in north africa, president roosevelt and prime minister churchill met at kas is a -- casablanca to make plans. they began preparing for an offensive in the pacific. this was the kind of positive, top-level determination the free world had long awaited. there was swift r

marshall, eisenhower, macarthur, mcnair, bradley, devers, patton, clark, hodgins, krueger, eichelbergh, men that possessed the indomitable spirit and genius of washington, wenfield scott, andrew jackson, grant, sherman, sheridan, george g. mead, robert e. lee, john j. pershing. this was the heritage of american military leadership in world war ii, a heritage they could not and would not fail. their one and only goal, victory. from buck privates to four-star generals, these were the priceless outpouring of america's greatest resource, the product of more than a century and a half of freedom, of democracy in action, of a great dream that their forefathers had fought for and made a reality, and which these, their sons, were fighting to preserve. but even amidst the tensions of war, there were precious hours of respite in which battle-weary men found rest and relaxation and brief moments of humor. ♪ but when they fought, they fought to win. theirs was a sublime dedication. theirs was a glory the world would not soon forget. while the fighting was continuing in north africa, president roos

michael dever, an aide and friend of the reagan's, said without nancy, there would have been no governorgan and no president reagan. here are nancy reagan's brief remarks to the delegates at the republican convention 36 years ago.

michael dever, aide and friend of the reagan's, said without nancy, there would have been no governor reagan and no president reagan. here are nancy reagan's brief remarks to the delegates at the republican convention 36 years ago. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the first lady of the united states of america, nancy reagan. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ >> thank you. thank you. thank you. ♪ [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you very much. i have to tell you that there is no experience like watching yourself on film that you had done 30 years ago. [laughter] it is an experience. but i know you have obviously heard a lot of political speeches. but i would like to shift gears with you for just a minute if i could, because it gives me the chance to say something to you i have wanted to say for a long time. i would like to thank you very much for all of the support in the hard work and the kindness you have extended to us over years. i know you are not aware of it, but i drew on your strength many times, particularly the first year in the white house

and finn wolfhard, the actor, plays my son at 15 and then you jump back 30 years to 2002 and kaitlyn deverver the course of 30 years all centered in this town in bloomington, indiana. >> jimmy: i love that. i cannot wait to listen to this this is fantastic. >> thank you so much >> jimmy: you're already going to make a film version about this is that true >> yeah. so, yeah, i adapted like a a small part of it and wrote a a movie that i'm going to direct with julianne moore and then this wonderful company, a24, is coming on to produce it so we're about to leave for manitoba where there is, you know, very little virus. >> jimmy: i love a24, by the way. any time i see that logo come up i go, oh, this movie's going to be cool >> i know. i was -- i know i'm having trouble, like, just because of my own pessimism picturing the thing that i'm worried i'm going to make coming after the logo that i have a lot of confidence in. >> jimmy: well, i'm looking forward to that and i'm looking forward to listening to your audible original it's always good to see you. stay safe. >> thank you >> jimmy: yeah, w

he was born in the sky, reagan image was so important and dever was really good making reagan look good. because each of specific role and even though there might have crossed they didn't step on each other's toes in specific areas and that's important. the other thing, the extent to which they distrusted the other so that always stuck together as a group, and the other staffers knew that they could get a lot done without those three senior people bothering them if they were all going to reagan because nobody wanted to have a meeting with reagan without one of the three members because then reagan could say something that was detrimental to the missing members. there's a story, when reagan was in hospital the three of them is in a hospital altogether but they couldn't visit him individually and reagan joked, i did know we're going to have a staff meeting here. that was one of the instances in which a triumvirate was able to work apart because of reagan's management style. he gave people a little slack and because of reagan's clear ideology guidance but also because the three of them eac

applause] i want to announce to this nation that in a little more than 100 days, the reagan, meese, deveriger, poindexter, north, weinberger, lavelle,such, noriega, haig, bork, george bush era will be over. [applause] you know, tonight i feel a little like i did when i played basketball in the eighth grade. i thought i looked real cute in my uniform. and then i heard a boy yell from the bleachers, "make that basket, bird legs." [laughter] and my greatest fear is that same guy is somewhere out there in the audience tonight, and he's going to cut me down to size, because where i grew up there really wasn't much tolerance for self-importance, people who put on airs. i was born during the depression in a little community just outside waco, and i grew up listening to franklin roosevelt on the radio. [applause] well, it was back then that i came to understand the small truths and the hardships that bind neighbors together. those were real people with real problems and they had real dreams about getting out of the depression. i can remember summer nights when we'd put down what we called the bap

i have tony devers and i am incredibly proud to be the 46 governor of the great state of wisconsin. we were really looking forward to having you here in america dairyland. unfortunately, the pandemic means we cannot do that this year. is far greater than what divides us. even though we cannot be with each other, i know we have a shared sense of purpose. that is to elect joe biden and kamala harris. this november is about returning kindness, respect, empathy, and civility back to the white house , and that is who joe and kamala are. they know especially during challenging times like these, the problems we face can only be solved by all of us together. holy mackerel, folks, let's get to work. ♪ >> hello, my name is terry williams and i have been a root republican for wildlife. >> a lifelong republican. >> a long-standing republican. >> i am telling you that you have got to vote for joe biden. >> i have voted in the campaign for republican since the raging -- the reagan years. i will not be voting for president trump in november. >> we need a positive leader, so when you get to work wi

we have the obligation to set rates that are, again, going to encourage people to seek the jobs and deverw,e' what promised. >> what would you say to someone, though, who's, who's centers that feels as thought there's been... that-that humans are increasingly being treated like robots? 'cause it's something that we'vu ly heard, and i don't sense it's hyperbole. >> well, that's not the experience that-that i had in setting it up or that i've seen. it's, it's certainly true that-that these jobs are not for everybody, and there-there maypl be pthat don't want to do this kind of work. >> narrator:mazon executives also stress the company has become an industry leader in training i workforce for career advancement. >> we just announced a pledg recently to spend $700 million to upskill, which is basically creating career opportunitiesle for pe100,000 of our employees. to-to college to get a skill that isn't about amazon, that'sr abouting options for the employees, and i would expect those people to take advantage of that, work for us for aan couple of yearthen go do something that they would muc

he is a person who created a lot of entrepreneurial en dever in the country and certainly in the newarea. he is a different kind of person but that's okay because the net result is that he has done good. look at all those individual families and people that talked about what he did. he sure did. there are many more voices out there. many things people don't know. how many people we bring back from other countries where they weren't safe. how many people we help. you don't hear those. those are the real things. what's really happening. >> sandra: you are a big voice in this election having been a democrat for multiple decades and now republican supporting the president. we appreciate your time this morning. thank you. >> thank you. >> trace: unprecedented moment in major league baseball. two teams walk off the field in support of the social justice protest. how players and fans are reacting is straight ahead plus hurricane laura leaving at least six people dead and hundreds of thousands without power. a live report from one of the hardest-hit cities in louisiana is next. >> it looks l

dever to senior community during covid-19. >> we're taking good care of our postal workers that i can tell you. believe me. we're not getting rid of ourke postal w. they like to sort of put that out there. if anyone does it's the democrats not the republicans, i want to thank you very much. and thank everybody in that whole beautiful post office system. we appreciate it. how about you. >> i'm a trucker. l good. >> i ebb smsiness in ohio. hauling steel mostly. some of our customers actually made hospital beds with thema rial. >> that's fantastic. congratulations. i love the truckers. you know they're on my side. i think all of them frankly. pretty much all of them. how about you? >> i'm a custodian at the post office as well. >> what do do you exactly? germs, all that.ybody's mess an >> can i tell you that world, that profession will never be out of busin you know that, right? thank you very much for being here.yo how abouu? >> i'm registered nurse. i work at new jersey hospital. it's called i also represent an organization of professional nurses called the national 'six of catholic nu