the actual ed meese. yes. the first real test of his presidency, i think, you know about how tough he's going to be. in fact, it it affected the soviets. absolutely. that they were. well, he just shut down all the airspace. the united states. and what will he do to if he does that to his own people and? yeah. further to your point, he ronald reagan was not only a union member, but a former union president. right. so it sent this profound signal of how tough he was. yeah really amazing. well, contracts, contract. that's. well, i do want to we'll switch gears. and so let's let's a little bit about the young ronald reagan and and mother his mother, nellie reagan and i'd invite you to to just what was it like preparing to be ronald reagan's mom. they're really big to fill, but there wasn't a lot about nellie to in terms of like i think for dennis, there was plenty on youtube to search for ronald reagan and be able to embody a physical attribute and then work from the outside in. for nellie, there wasn't, that kind

and a wills character, ed meese, who subsequently became the attorney general but was at the time is a key long-standing adviser to president reagan. he is explaining to the president the momentous nature of this decision. and so you get to deliver that. so you are in touch with the actual ed meese. >> yes. >> is a first real test of his presidency i think. you know, howbe tough he is goig to be. in fact, it affected the soviets are. >> absolutely. >> they would just shut down all the airspace of the united states. what will he do to us if he does that to his own people? [laughter] >> and further to yourt, points, ronald reagan was not only a union member but a former union president. >> right. >> it sent this profound signall how tough he was. >> yes really amazing. >> a contractth is a contract. >> that is right. >> maybe we will switch gears. let's talk a little bit about the young ronald reagan. and his mother his mother, nellie reagan. a man that what was it like preparing to beat ronald be ronald reagan'smom? [laughter] >> they are really big shoes to fill. [laughter] but there

ed meese would've said to all this gathered you better gd get to the bottom of this year 48 hours to report to me and i want to know how you're going to fix this. and i want to know right away how you are going to fix this. twice on our watch, never. instead we have very wise people who works at the fbi, worked at secret service who worked in local law enforcement, where's the secret secret service questn records the fbi? no one is a charge because we have a president of the united states who is mentally incapacitated with the vice president of the united states who is incompetent in way over her head. we have an attorney general of the united states who just held about violence and he is in that witness protection program the top three people in charge of law enforcement in the united states of america two of those tweeted one did nothing. this is not about to eating i'm so glad president trump as well. isn't that nice? the executive branch is run by the president of the united states. number two the vice president of the united states ultimately the attorney general of the united s

the brief is not written by jack smith i know the department of just must fight work there under ed meesee of the ones who filed a beef in brief in florida and said wait a minute he is unconstitutional for the attorney general filed it honestly filed 12. checks great lawyers. if it's true there is true in washington d.c. also is not allowed to do it. >> that is what i sent one of the motions are about to file. now that said, this is intended to get a result before the election. this is intended to smear you. and to keep smearing you. and to keep wasting your money and your campaign money into keep using the taxpayer dollars. you know, mr. president, the president of the united states or the want to be president of the united states have the power to tell the attorney general to knock it off. you have made the point you did not want hilary clinton indicted. she would have been indicted you would've said knock it off. the president is the executive branch. not the attorney general. and yet they go ahead and do this in the middle not even the middle of election pennsylvania they start voting

there is no ed meese, there is no ronald reagan, donald trump said in his debate, i fire peopled whowant to get to november 5, trying to run out the clock, the less they speak the better they feel it is for them, we know what happens when they and speak outside of a teleprompter and they don't have ai aid of abc moderators. larry: i want to talks about the politics of this -- but we don't have time, i'm sick to my stomach the more i get into this story, thank you, we appreciate it. >> thank you, larry. >> if you see anyone in charge there let me know. >> next up, if kentucky senator rand paul, ranking republican, on the senate, oversight committee that sees department of homeland security. he is mr. mayorkas a boss, or his republican boss whole ask him the same story, when will they make a decision to give mr. trump full protection. you can catch kudlow, monday through friday at 4 p.m. here on fox business, if you can't get us on 4 on fabulous fox just text your favorite 9-year-old, and she will show you how to dvr the show, i'm kudlow, and we'll be right back. rt by getting to know

ed meese would've said to all this gathered you better gd get to the bottom of this year 48 hours toto me and i want to know how you're going to fix this. and i want to know right away how you are going to fix this. twice on our watch, never. instead we have very wise people who works at the fbi, worked at secret service who worked in local law enforcement, where's the secret servi secret servicen records the fbi? no one is a charge because we have a president of the united states who is mentally incapacitated with the vice president of the united states who is incompetent in way over her head. we have an attorney general of the united states who just held about violence and he is in that witness protection program the top three people in charge of law enforcement in the united states of america two of those tweeted one did nothing. this is not about to eating i'm so glad president trump as well. isn't that nice? the executive branch is run by the president of the united states. number two the vice president of the united states ultimately the attorney general of the united states th

and i give credit to jim baker and, ed meese, for helping to lead way, to bring it to reality without controversy. we can't say that about a lot of other things. the other thing is, i would point out is the way the white house functioned. it was before radio talk shows even had started. it was before the internet. obviously and cell phones were bricks. but white house had very great discipline. know how about how it communicated thanks to people, people in the press corps, in the press office at the white and president reagan was a master at making sure that we understood how the press act, not necessarily what they would say, but how to treat the press. so i credit the press secretaries that were there and and the tension on the white house staff. it's what the best and the brightest are always hired by every president. and we that should always the case. unfortunately, most of the people who are the best and the brightest also their egos deserve to be best and the brightest. and president reagan was wonderful about dealing with all of those egos allowing the best and the brightest t

ed meese has written about this extensively. justice neil gorsuch has written a new book called overruled talking about so many regulation crimes, paperwork crimes, having criminal penalties. a 2016 inspector general audit reported that historically, the department of justice's practice has been to pursue voluntary complies rather than the prosecution of agents who fail to register under the act. more recently though, the department of justice has signalled that it is shifting from treating these violations as an administrative obligation to one that is increasingly an enforcement priority. in 2022, doj reported that it had charged a record number of criminal cases for this regulatory breach. in other words, what was once considered a mistake that could be rectified simply by encouraging voluntary compliance is now a weapon that can be used to silent dissent by threatening individuals with prison times. just two weeks ago, four members of the african peoples socialist party, two of whom are 82 and 78 years old, were convicted of

ed, who was his chief of staff in sacramento. but mike deaver and stu spencer, to reagan aides realize that meese was not organized enough, didn't understand enough, was not effective enough to be effective. white house chief of staff and they went to nancy reagan and. they went to ronald reagan and said, no, you know, i think you really should pick, see, see how you like this jim baker guy. and reagan got along with baker and the world by creating this troika of officials with baker as white house chief of staff. very quickly, he became by the most powerful official and in some ways the prime minister of the united states. and he was really responsible for a lot of the success of the first term. i would argue what was the nature of the ronald reagan nancy reagan relationship? an intense early close marriage and she did he rely on her for personnel advice and things like that? it was a wonderful love story. and, you know, sitting at the reagan library could go through box after of of of letters and of holiday cards that that ronald reagan sent to reagan. you know, every every valentine's day, every birthday, every thanksgiving,