if edwin meese is not a good man, there are no good men. welcome. >> thank you. [applause] >> i have two quotations, both from 1982. one is the story and -- historian arthur slessinger junior. after a visit to moscow. those who think the soviet union's is on the verge of collapse is getting themselves. the second is ronald reagan addressing the british parliament. quotes, in an ironic sense, karl marx was right. we are witnessing a great revolutionary crisis, but the crisis is happening not in the west, but in the soviet union. close quote. how did ronald reagan of missa college in illinois what the great historian arthur slessinger junior missed? i beg your pardon, how did he see what he missed? >> one of the things is ronald reagan went into the study of communism with an open mind and it was not determined by his ideology, as i suspect mr. slessinger's was misguided by his own ideology. ronald reagan, first of all, most people do not realize ronald reagan was a voracious reader. he had studied the founding. he was well-versed in the constitution. he was well-v

i'm peter robinson, a graduate of yale and the university of california berkeley, edwin meese served as foreign affairs secretary for newly elected governor ronald reagan and then as chief of staff to the untilor from 1969 governor reagan left office in early 1975. from 1981 to 1985, mr. meese served as counselor to the president. the end of the administration, he served as the 75th attorney general of the united states. now holds an emeritus status as the heritage foundation's ronald reagan chair and emeritus as a distinguished visiting fellow at the hoover institution. no one knew ronald reagan better , and this is ronald reagan -- attorney general meese. if edwin meese is not a good man, there are no good men. welcome. >> thank you. [applause] i have two quotations, both from 1982. one is the historian arthur/injured junior after a visit to moscow -- arthur slessinger junior. after a visit to moscow. the second is ronald reagan addressing the british parliament. in an ironic sense, karl marx was right. we are witnessing a revolutionary crisis, but the crisis is happening not in the

if edw meese is not a good man, there are no good men. welcome. edwin: thank you. [applause] peter: i have two quotations, both from 1982. one is from office lessons are arthur/injured -- jr. r schlessinger in an ironic sense, karl marx was right. we are witnessing a revolutionary crisis, but the crisis is happening not in the west, but in the soviet union. how did ronald reagan of eureka college in illinois miss with a great historian of harvard -- how did ronald reagan see what he missed? edwin: ronald reagan went into the study of communism with an open mind and it was not determined by his ideology, as i suspect mr. schlessinger's was misguided by his own ideology. with ronald reagan, most people don't realize ronald reagan was a voracious reader. he liked the study. he had studied the founding. he was well-versed in the constitution. he was well-versed in the bible. he had an enormous repertoire of information he used. that is why the discussion was given this morning about his speech writing. before he would do anything else, before the speech writers would g

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. -- and on sunday, ronald reagan's attorney general edwin meese talks about president reagan's views on communism and relations with pope john paul ii. >> two leaders, one in the political world, one of the religious world, with parallel interests. when those parallel interests were obvious, as what happened in poland when they were under attack, it was logical than for ronald reagan, particularly with ideas about the feeding communism, to cooperate. americaneekend on history tv, the world war i centennial. american history tv airs every weekend on c-span tv. california, republican representative darrell issa is retiring. candidates vying for his seat levin andat mike republican diane harkey. they are debate is next. watch election results tuesday on c-span. announcer: she chairs the state board of equalization. he is an attorney for environmental compliance. ♪ now, they square off for the race for california's 49th district in congress, decision 2018 harkey versus levin. , moderator: good evening. thank you for joining us for si special. i'm lauren phinney. for the first time since

. >> edwin meese iii, thank you. [applause] announcer: next on the presidency, a discussion about ronald reagan's cold war politics from a conference titled "ronald reagan and john paul ii: the partnership that changed the world." speakers include two former national security council staffers that served under president reagan. the white house writers group organize this 50-minute event. , he has held a number of prominent positions in diplomacy and academia, serving for example as the national security council's director of european and soviet affairs during the ministry should of -- the administration of george w. bush. a resident scholar at the university of california at berkeley, a fellow at ashland university, a fellow at pacific research institute and a frequent contributor to powerlineblog.com, dr. steven hayward is the author of a number of books including a magisterial two-volume work, "the age of reagan." the founder and president of the institute of world politics here in washington, he is the author of m

kaoeufrl films and -- more.al films and on the presidency ronald reagan's attorney general edwin edwin meese talks about his pope skwrojohn paul ii. here is a preview. >> one of the things he knew was 1940's sm because in the when he was president of the the n actors guild communist party u.s.a. was trying it take over the movie use it for propaganda and they were nfiltrating the unions, camera man, grip, stage manager and tried to take over the screen guild. so, ronald reagan literally led unions in defeating the communists. that got him interested in the ready about it and tic, communist theory he formed his own idea by the time was governor and already about these ideas of how do we overcome what was then war.enemy in the cold >> i'm embarrassed to admit it you put it just now never occurred. we listened this morning to a poles talk about what communism was like. for ronald reagan in hollywood was not like living in poland. but he had direct experience of them. >> yes, he did. even to the point where he would studios ork in the armed because there were threats on his life. review with ent

. >> sunday at 8:00 p.m., on the president, edwin meese talks communism and his relationship with pope john paul the second. >> we have vocal leaders, one in the secular world and religious world with parallel interests. when those parallel interests were obvious, as what happened when they were under attack, then it was logical for ronald to cooperate. >> next week and on american history tv, the world war i centennial. american history tv airs every weekend on c-span3. day three daysn away, c-span is your primary

. >> sunday at 8:00 p.m., on the president, edwin meese talks communism and his relationship with pope john paul the second. >> we have vocal leaders, one in the secular world and religious world with parallel interests. when those parallel interests were obvious, as what happened when they were under attack, then it was logical for ronald to cooperate. >> next week and on american history tv, the world war i centennial. american history tv airs every weekend on c-span3. day three daysn away, c-span is your primary source or campaign 2018. next, a debate from indiana where democratic senator is seeking a second term against mike romm and lucy brenton. the debate is an hour. ♪ >> good evening, and welcome to the second of two u.s. senate debates of the independent nonpartisan debate commission. we are coming to live from the toby theater in indianapolis. joining us are the three candidates on the ballot. joe donnelly, mike braun, and lucy brenton. the winner of this election on november 6 will present the people of indiana in a six-year term in washington. i am your moderator. and the n

eastern on the presidency, ronald reagan's attorney general, edwin meese, talks about president reagan's on communism and his relationship with pope john paul ii. >> you had two people, both leaders -- one in the secular world, one in the religious world -- with parallel interests. and so when those parallel interests were obvious as what happened in poland there where they were under attack, if you will, then it was logical then for ronald reagan, particularly with his ideas about defeating communism, to cooperate. >> and next weekend on american history tv, the world war i centennial. american history tv airs every weekend on c-span3. >> sunday on q&a -- >> seven years ago the people of united states set out upon what they thought was a great liberal campaign. somewhere along the line we lost the objective. >> two-time pulitzer prize-winning author david lev ring lewis on his biography of wendell wilkie. >> here was an internationalist, here was a great civil libertarian, here was a man with civil rights convictions that would have matched, say, an obama perhaps. here was a man who was

eastern on the presidency, ronald reagan's attorney general edwin meese, talks about communeism and his relationship with pope john paul ii. >> you had two leaders, one in the secular world and one in the religious world with parallel interests. and when the interests are obvious as what happened in poland when they were under attack, if you will, then ronald reagan, particularly with his ideas about defeating commune nichl. >> the world war i centennial, american history airs every weekend on c-span3. >> between 1692 and 1693, men and women suspected of witchcraft were jailed, put on trial and executed in salem, massachusetts. next margot burns talks about a book she wrote titled records of the salem witch hunt. people worked for ten years to complete the book, a chronological record from the trials, many transcribed by linguists. this is an hour and 20 minutes. >> welcome back. i'm tab baker. this should be a really interesting session. i'd like to introduce margot burns. she was one of the leading researchers of the salem witch hunt, and she has probably forgotten more about the orig

. -- and on sunday, ronald reagan's attorney general edwin meese talks about president reagan's viewscommunism and relations with pope john paul ii. >> two leaders, one in the political world, one of the religious world, with parallel interests. when those parallel interests were obvious, as what happened in poland when they were under attack, it was logical than for ronald reagan, particularly with ideas about the feeding communism, to cooperate. americaneekend on history tv, the world war i centennial. american history tv airs every week

. - when president reagan and attorney general edwin meese appeared in the white house briefing room, no one was prepared r their surprising announcements that money from the controversial iran arms deal was secretly funneled to the contra rebels. - he once said about president reagan, believe, the--the fish rots from the head down. - i mean, the president, the vice president lying to congress, documents being shredded in the basement of the white house. the white house deliberately breaking the law. i mean, i was appalled. - we all knew why he wanted to be president, and it hadng to do with ego. he actually wanted to run because he felt he could actually make a difference in this country. - i believe our children have a right to competent leaders. they don't deserve secret wars cooked up by armchair rambos. they deserve to see our constitution preserved and protected and defended. use] by the fall of 1987, there were six or seveof us, and they called us the seven dwarfs. - dukakis benefited from the gary hart explosion. his moving from the favorite to utterly discredited senator mea

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to the relationship tween president reagan and pope john paul ii, the former attorney general, edwin meese iii. [applause] welcome to uncommon knowledge. i'm peter