both irishmen. after hours, they would have a drink together. they were twos and nail against one another. by 1985, tip o'neil had survived the reagan revolution. of course, the senate went to republican in 81. it was very hard for the speaker to stop reagan politics. he simply said, i do not have the votes. in the early years, the reagan agenda of cutting taxes and other programs went through without trouble. even though tip

both irishmen. after hours, they could still be buddies after 6:00 and have a drink together but they were tooth and nail against one another. by 1985, tip o'neill had survived the reagan revolution of 1981 when reagan came into office and of course the senate went to republican in 1981. so it was very hard for the speaker to stop reagan policies even though many democrats wanted him to and he simply said, "i don't have the votes." so in the early years, the reagan agenda of cutting taxes and other programs went through without much trouble.

both irishmen. after hours, they would have a drink together. they were twos and nail against one another. by 1985, tip o'neil had survived the reagan revolution. of course, the senate went to republican in 81. it was very hard for the speaker to stop reagan politics. he simply said, i do not have the votes. in the early years, the reagan agenda of cutting taxes and other programs went through without trouble. even though tip had a majority of democrats in the house, there were always 40 or 50, sometimes 60 members, who were conservatives and would side with the minority. >> now, here is tip o'neil from 1985 on the opening day of the 99th congress. [applause] >> mr. speaker. my colleagues and guest of the house. it has been traditional, with a few notable exceptions, since the founding of this institution, for the victor to be presented to the house. before doing so, may i make a few observations of my own. first, may i process my profound thanks and appreciation to our republican congress for again honoring me and my family as nominee to the sp

both irishmen. after hours, they could still be buddies after 6:00 and have a drink together but they were tooth and nail against one another. by 1985, tip o'neill had survived the reagan revolution of 1981 when reagan came into office and of course the senate went to republican in 1981. so it was very hard for the speaker to stop reagan policies even though many democrats wanted him to and he simply said, "i don't have the votes." so in the early years, the reagan agenda of cutting taxes and other programs went through without much trouble. and even though tip o'neill had a majority of democrats in the house, there were always 40 or 50, sometimes 60 members of the democratic party that were conservatives who would frequently side with the minority. so tip o'neill didn't always control his own delegation. >> thank you, ray smock. and now, here's tip o'neill from 1985, on the opening day of the 99th congress. >> the 114th congress gavels in mr. doorkeeper. the house of representatives, speaker tip o'

both irishmen. after hours, they could still be buddies after 6:00 and have a drink together but they were tooth and nail against one another. by 1985, tip o'neill had survived the reagan revolution of 1981 when reagan came into office and of course the senate went to republican in 1981. so it was very hard for the speaker to stop reagan policies even though many democrats wanted him to and he simply said, "i don't have the votes." so in the early years, the reagan agenda of cutting taxes and other programs went through without much trouble. and even though tip o'neill had a majority of democrats in the house, there were always 40 or 50 sometimes 60 members of the democratic party that were conservatives who would frequently side with the minority. so tip o'neill didn't always control his own delegation. >> thank you, ray smock. and now, here's tip o'neill from 1985 on the opening day of the 99th congress. >> the 114th congress gavels in on tuesday. we'll see the swearing in of members and election

we irishmen always look good. don't forget that. we age well. there's some depth to this guy.es come out and it's shoot them up and that sort of thing. you get the feeling that this guy has feelings and depth and there's a blanket there. there's a pathway there. >> that's a testament to bill granger's work in the series of books "the november man" and the character's name is peter and he has a complexity to him and depth and layers and he's a sassy operative in a cultured bad ass. >> cultured bad ass. that's what i want to be. >> obviously playing bond for years a big part of who you are. now you say, okay another espionage. do you go in a little bit more skeptical? it better be that good before i get into the spy game again. >> it better be different, right? >> you want to be an unexpected surprise. you hope to be an unexpected surprise. you know after the bond moved away stage left out of my life and the curtain kind of dropped unexpectedly, there was a kind of void there and there was an itch to do something within the spy genre but it didn't feel right, the timing of it. a

sometime before the present unhappy war broke out i joined the phoenix brigade, an organization of irishmen, much like in 20th century, the ira to fight for irish freedom. i joined the free makes brigade -- the phoenix brigade. i cannot see now why i should not make myself competent to lead in the cause of ireland. are we not serving the foe of ireland's foe? does not every male ring the cheering indications that overgrown and commercial blue -- body of england will fail if it cannot get a supply of american cotton yucca? if i can obtain you and my mother's forgiveness and blessing, i would be happy. the consciousness of my disobedience is the only drawback to my happiness. i implore you to give me your consent, that i may feel a conviction to my duty in battle. your affectionate though undo to full sun -- undo to full's son. he was wounded and captured at the battle of bull run july 21st, 1860 one. he escaped in the fall of the -- 1861. he in -- reenlisted two days after this letter was sent to his parents, into the fifth irish brigade. he was wounded in action at fredericksburg virginia,

both irishmen after hours they would still be buddies after 6:00 and have a drink together. but they were tooth and nail against one another. by 1985, tip o'neill had survive ed the reagan revolution. reagan came into office and of course, the senate went to republican in '81. so, it was very hard for the speaker to stop reagan policies even when many democrats wanted him to. he just simply said, i don't have the votes. so in the early years, the reagan agenda, cutting taxes and other programs, went through without much trouble. even though tip o'neill had a majority of democrats in the house, there were all these 40 or 50 or sometimes 60 members of the democratic party that were conservatives who frequently side with the minority. so, tip o'neill didn't always control his own delegation. >> the 114th congress gavels in tomorrow at noon eastern. we'll see the swearing in of members and election for house speaker. you can see the house live on cspan and senate live on cspan 2. with the new congress, you'll have the best access most extensive coverage and have your say as even

house of representatives to see if he could keep his job, and he was there he was a hero to 10,000 irishmen. what do you do with that? but i think my best story if i have time is during that same period, a form of congress who is, you know, i used to work with him on on the so he's a close friend of mine, by the name of marty. we were both in the same part of the country. we vacationed at the same beach very typical small beach street, one lane, during impeachment early on during impeachment. .. fortunately they never figured it out. >> thank you guys. i would like to make a couple of quick comments. i was involved in the predicate to impeachment. which is, whole another thing. >> thank you. thank you. >> high entertainment value. one thing that billy, struck me, in what you guys alluded to, how much technology has chang

irishmen telling me they are not citizens., as a congressman -- can you elaborate on the problems of other countries? guest: i do not quite get what he was axing -- what he was asking. as a marine, i think it is important that there are a lot of men and women that are the sons or daughters of undocumented people in this country that are serving. some have died overseas. what we're talking about military families, we need to recognize that a lot of military families are mixed marriages or situations with a lot of these undocumented communities. especially in terms of our border states, a lot of military forces there archer on from a big population of people. host: from red oak, texas. richard. republican line. caller: good morning. i'm 54 years old. i've been in the construction trade for 35 years. you can no longer get a job in the construction trade because all it is is hispanics. i do not know if they are illegal or what. all they do is speak spanish, stick with one another. i feel like an illegal in my own country now. i ha