charles schulz -- george and charlotte shultz. this afternoon, we are doing something that, frankly, should have been done a long time ago. in this city, when the concept of a memorial for veterans what spurs done, they said it would be right here. of course, we have finally, after many, many tries, got this right. in 1936, the construction produced it, and then there was six or seven additional times from the original time, and it does not to work, but finally, about two or three years ago, we got it right. the board of trustees decided in their wisdom to say thank-you to two incredible san franciscans in making the horseshoe circle named in their honor. all of you have come for this occasion. the man who presides over this city, for purposes of everything, is, of course, the mayor. directly across the street is where he journeys from on this occasion. ladies and gentlemen, let me present to you, the mayor of the city and county of san francisco, would just celebrated his 60th birthday, mayor ed lee. mayor lee: thank you, and the

lunch and he was an the home of the billionaire founder of sun belt systems and at the home of george shultz spirit tonight the governor coast to another $50,000 a head fund-raiser at a dinner in pacific heights that is the last of his campaign stops will be not clear exactly how much money will be taking, the president will be here tonight and has a slow fund- raisers in the east bay including the fox theater in oakland. >>> a lot of money here in the bay area. the dramatic change in the aids epidemic the goal of the international aids conference opening in washington d.c. >>> i'm saddened >>> jackhammers and forklift disturb the peace of penn state campus a statute is dismantled the next hammer expected to fall on the campus tomorrow >>> talking about tomorrow forecast for monday things are changing cooler weather moves and this is the beginning of a cooling trend will tell you how much and how long,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> brush fire burns more than 50 a. in solano county, it broke out northwest of vacaville at two 25 this afternoon. it took crews a little more than an hour to bring under contro

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and george shultz, among others, credits that speech now, with accelerating talks on the intermediate ballistic missile which we signed a treaty to severely take down the number here in washington in december of '87. >> right. >> i think that speech was really fundamental to ending the cold war. it really gave impetus and got the soviets, gorbachev, et cetera, to do what they knew that they had to do in order to balance out some of taking care of the people of russia. >> mm-hmm. >> and so that vice really started hammering that led to the treaty signed in washington and then the very successful summit that president reagan had with general secretary gorbachev in moscow june of next year, that next year. >> did president reagan realize the impact almost immediately that the speech was going to have, or did you discuss it afterwards? i assume you -- i don't know if you got back in the same limo you were in on the way to the speech, but did -- what -- what was your conversation like with him afterwards? >> well, as he said in his diaries, there were people as far as the eye could see, an

me about a wonderful idea that one of our honor read cochairs that, former secretary of state george shultz. he said since we have all these military folks in san francisco, why don't we use the opportunity to do some training to better prepare ourselves for disaster response, so we took that mission very seriously. we talked about having a tabletop exercise in 2010. but if you know anything but tabletop exercise, and i think a lot of you people do, the back room planning is just an incredible process. hours and hours and hours are put in for every hour of the table top exercise. but what we did decide to do in 2010 is during fleet week, on uss macon island, we held a senior leadership program for disca and related a briefing on steroids. so we set the foundation for going forward for future fleet weeks, in which we have a common understanding of what the program means. but we promised that in 2011, we would visit the notion of a tabletop exercise. in september, this past september, we did in fact have the table top exercise. and i have to tell you, the folks who did the planning did an inc

> i think she will seriously be considered a candidate but i spoke with the secretary of state george shultzevening and he said to me that she has already denied it personally three times. why would anyone think she would want that job? all i could think is that that is the next in line for the presidency, why wouldn't you want that job? >> if someone offers you the vice-president spot, you'll take it right? >> in the interest of the country, yes. >> that is the code word. >> with a straight face >> what has condoleeza rice been doing since the bush administration? >> she has been teaching at stanford university, she has written a book about her personal life >> she has been traveling around the world participating as the next secretary of state in lots of conferences of real importance to the whole world. >> your not going around the world meeting with heads of state, you're going to county fairs and schools and your out on the streets meeting people. this condoleeza rice have the personality to get out and meet people? >> this is a real personality and i have said repeatedly that if condol

but the, you know, george shultz who was the new secretary of state was very much against it and made common cause with jim baker and mike dever and others waki elancholy moment for her and for reagan both when they realized -- reagan desperately tried to rustle around and figure out another job, but she didn't want a job that didn't have some real, bstantial power. >>ost:eah. anis arshre e stay through the 1984 election in which she really established herself -- she had already established herself as a huge power inside the administration in foreign pic i , he rbl - themoic aheubn en '84 with his, you know, speech, this very memorable speech, blame america for it democrats which, you know, kind of captivated that convention be, knine senseheolital a national figure. and, y know, a very, very attractive one. and she felt that since she had been blocked in this effort to have a, you know, a position of real power at theiona cu cilt as fer lend plheti and she had, you know, one of the things in doing this book that actually surprised me is how much of a, you know, kind of a celebrity sh

. >> george shultz was president reagan's secretaries of state. >> one of the things that characterizedreagan is always right there by his side. >> could he have done it without her? >> i doubt it. because he depended on her. >> shultz himself is now 92. >> birthday wishes for mrs. reagan? >> happy birthday, nancy. oh, to be 91 again. such a young girl. >> the woman who supported ronald reagan in the white house remains a living link to his legacy. for "cbs this morning," john blackstone, stanford, california. >> and with us this morning is doris kearns. presidential biographer and presidential historian. >> thank you, glad to be here. >> the biography truly revealed how close they were as a couple. how much influence, though, did nancy reagan have while he was in office? >> i think really humg. when somebody is a partner at the level she was, indispensable to his well-being and self-confidence, she exerted her influence a number of ways. one, she understood he had an inner circle that mattered a lot because he delegated a lot of authority. she made sure in the many ways who would be hi

george shultz you remember is secretary of state labor and treasury.e need another round of the 1986 tax act that is to clean out all of the preferences and lower the rates. it is also not a mystery that the corporate tax rate is too high, and there are preferences there that could be cleaned out. when you think about it, liz, i suppose democrats could be happy about getting rid of exemptions and loopholes. republicans would be happy about lowering the race. >> when it comes to reducing things like taxes, the democrats democrats -- ace was saying before i had -- what do they call it? wardrobe malfunction? >> a wardrobe malfunction. advice for romney is coming from everywhere. what it gets down to is come on, cats are on fire. you have to start being more detailed about the economy. don't get bogged down by bane, bane, bane. obama has been successful by putting you on the defensive. another thing which is really kind of sad, we have had many, many, many rich presidents. but if you are rich, the liberal press says you should really be put through this. h

we had an economic conference with george shultz as a co chair and laura tyson. we brought folks together. 700 regional leaders focusing on best practices and regional a you line meant. at the end of the day there is no national economy or state economies. there are local, regional economies and that is the new framework. >> i can talk to you about this all day. unfortunately we are out of time. vallejo, after it emerged from bankruptcy, fewer firefighters, fewer police, fewer public service, so definitely there is a big affect from this. lieutenant governor, good to talk to you. thank you so much. >> thanks for having me. >>> unions, some of them call them the left instruments of class warfare. their membership roles are dropping, but does it mean their political influence is weakening? we will have that story coming up next. >>> it is a fact that union membership is down, but that does not mean big labor's political influences are decreasing. our chief washington correspondent jane rosen explains why. >> after months of research the "wall street journal" has dr

we welcome you to the george shultz great hall of the headquarters of the u.s. institute of peace. this building symbolizes our belief that peace is restoring hope of humanity. it is located on the national mall. it is a statement of how we want to see ourselves in the world and the world to see us. this building was achieved through a public-private partnership. congress was supportive, as was the private sector. one of the first and most generous was lockheed martin. it has helped support the lectures as well. private citizens also contributed. tonight's speaker was a leader, a tireless leader, in the effort to honor madeleine albright in all right wing. we are deeply grateful for this assistance. the lecture was established by the board of the institute of peace to recognize a great figure in the conduct of america's relations with world. he was at the creation of a new national security structure to confront the rising threat of communism as well as one of the most enlightened adn effective policies ever created, the marshall plan for the rig construction of europe. in 2012, th

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we are delighted to welcome you to the george shultz great hall. it is the headquarters of the institute of peace. this building symbolizes our belief that peace is the soaring hopes of humanity. it is located on the national mall by the monuments to our great presidents as well as a war memorial to those to sacrifice themselves to protect this nation. it is a statement of how we want to see ourselves in the world. and the world to see us. this building was achieved their a public-private partnership. congress was supportive as the private sector. one of the most generous was lockheed martin which is help support thas well. private citizens have also contributed effort and funds appeared tonight speaker was a tireless leader to honor madeleine albright. we are deeply grateful for this assistance. this was established to recognize the great figure in the conduct of the world. he was present at the creation of a new national security structure to confront the rising threat of communism as well as one of the most imaginative and effective policies eve

shultz. "the rachel maddow show" starts now. > thank y. in 2008 when the republicans were looking for a candidate to be their presidential nominee to succeed president georgew. bush, the guy who was supposed to win in '08, the guy who was the early beltway favorite was fred thompson. fred thompson who was an actor on "law and order" and who is a large man and had a very deep voice and who looks very presidential-ish from a distance on tv. and i've always thought that the fred thompson mania of the 2008 presidential race, the sort of pundit mania over the prospects for fred thompson were largely based on what he looked like and he's a big guy and has this big great voice. in terms of his resume, what he was known for was being an actor on "law and order." he had been a lobiest for decades on washington. that usually means you have represented some unpolitically correct clients. in his case some abortion rights clients when he was trying to run as an anti-abortion rights politician. in addition to bb a lobbyist and the guy on tv, he served one and a half terms in the u.s. senate. but honestly his time in the senate was characterized by no real accomplishment

shultz. "the rachel maddow show" starts now. >>> thank you. in 2008 when the republicans were looking for a candidate to be their presidential nominee to succeed president george