he says, she and don regan -- he says, don regan and nancy had a lunch and they each brought their tastersy the second term, nancy's influence is acknowledged on the staff and policy. >> she did not acknowledge it as much as others did but it was very much there. >> in 1987, nancy reagan was diagnosed with cancer. >> she talked about it and handled it with grace. this was another event that drew the public to her because she was able to talk about it. she had a mastectomy and made it. by no means was this something that was easy to go through with but the fact that she could talk about it at a time where it was still hush hush. etty ford had been through her wn episode but i think for nancy reagan to do this -- >> we will hear one last piece of nancy reagan in her own voice looking as her role as the guardian of ronald reagan and the white house. this is her talking about her political antenna. >> i had little antennas that pointed up when somebody had their own agenda and not ronnie's. i would tell him. he wouldn't always agree with me but i tell him. >> what was the first thing you notic

i remember don regan -- at that time, seriously, you also, in a solemn way, almost used to nod when iill, such a good firm. and i don't know -- i do know what happened and it's a shame what happened. because you basically had someone see what was happening at some other firms and how much money you could make in mortgages and stan o'neal changed the culture of merrill, didn't he? >> absolutely. that's write i came on the show because i want the real story to be told. because a lot of bad memories from the days, but from your days there, this is real merrill. by the way, happy birthday. charlie merrill had a core set of values passed along to everybody. and then the new ceo when he came in, he really rewrote history. he had no regard for the culture. he got rid of businesses that we had spent decades developing. and the alternative to get the profits was to jump in, use the balance sheet, deliver the balance sheet up to 32 to 1 and that was the tragic moment that happened in 2007. >> komanski went in and went international, he did things where the margins slimmed down a little bit. >>

in a special one hour documentary called "the player," trish regan takes us behind the scenes. make a gambler don. gambler don johnson. >> inside mgm's bellagio casino at the exclusive hyde nightclub is one of the most expensive tables. i like this table. >> absolutely gorgeous. >> part of its value is the view. 1200 water spraying robots, glass. $40 million. inside the club, the fountains are made of champagne. hyde is the most profitable club in vegas per square foot. the average table costs $8,000 per night. this one, $250,000. what makes it different? this red button. the cost to set off these fountains -- $10,000. the number of people who reserved the table in 2013 -- two. >> i want to keep hitting the button. >> that is out of control. where casinos eager to get their hands on the high rollers? trish explained. >> if you are spending a couple million box at the casino, they want to give you everything they can, they want to keep you there. i want to push that button. >> is this competing with macau? >> macau has done incredibly well and has significantly surpassed vegas. the why as to the d

don johnson knows a thing or two about betting in vegas and trish regan went behind-the-scenes.story about how one no- name card shark became a vegas legend, winning $15 million in the matter of months will stop >> every gambler knows when you play at the casino, the art -- that on star not in your favor. the house always wins and the rules are set in stone. >> if you play the big six wheel , the wheel right in front of the casino, you don't have much of a chance. >> he's the ceo of mgm which it owns a third of the casinos on the vegas strip. but let's say you're going to spend a thousand dollars will stop theoretically, we are going to win 20% of the money you circulate. >> on average, you will lose 20% of the money you play. but what if you could change the rules and twist the odds? >> we will negotiate for high- end players. johnson is a blackjack player who won $15 million in atlantic city in a single winning streak. >> i beat them big. >> is because he's in industry insider who knows what to negotiate before he stepped into the casino. for starters, he wants a that's. >> th

onit is how don johnson took the casino industry in atlantic $15 million and became a legendary gambler who beat the house. >> trish regani remember reading about this, did he get kicked out of a lot of casinos? been banned from every casino in las vegas. a number of them in atlantic city. some keep calling, they think this time they can win. since i sat down with him, he has gone on to win another $2 million. >> he has since one another $2 million. >> he is a brilliant mathematician, that helps. he is basically negotiating different roles, advantages, discounts with the casinos in order to even out the game. then he says i only have to beat the dealer. mike, you heard some of his techniques, lining up with porn stars to distract the dealer. >> we thought about that on "surveillance." on what basis can they kick him out? >> they just say we're not going to let you play the game with those rules, he will not play unless he has those discounts. it was interesting for me, he taught me a lot about blackjack. my game is certainly much better. >> i am not playing with you. great story.n, let's get you some headlines. verizon j