jack reagan, ronald reagan used to say, was a great story-teller. and ronald reagan says he got that trait from his father. i think he got from his mother, in addition to the love of acting, he got from her a sense of optimism and confidence that was the hallmark of his personality, and i think the hallmark of his approach to the presidency. and that came directly from nelle. his father was a shoe salesman, not very successful. they moved about 11 times. therefore, never were quite as rooted as some of the others. always in small towns. >> in the state of illinois. >> in the state of illinois, yes. and some towns they lived in twice. so they moved 11 times, but the number of towns was not quite that great. but then when he took them to hollywood, jack reagan lived kind of a better life there and enjoyed those years, did die. but in the meanwhile, he'd gotten to know people like pat o'brien in the movies, and that was exciting. so ronald reagan gave him a happy time as well as his mother. >> dorothy bush and her father. >> yes, what a dynasty they're

jack reagan as a catholic and had two sons. the person is baptized in the second half wasn't a catholic. he was brought up their. she was not allowed to go to movies on the same day. she wasn't allowed to read fiction. they both lived in communities connected to the church, what they learned how to perform an attack and to the men how to play the church organ. i think they might be encouraged to develop. the foundation christianity lacked for jury duty. they had a strong foundation at the same time, neither of them became great churchgoers. this disappointment but it wasn't the fact. anything to make sure is that they are conventional. she switched her church. when she married dennis, the very first church of the methodist movement, preached or her own church. a factor as it became necessary as a conservative party member to join the leadership, she switched to the anglican episcopal church, which is always bad described as a conservative party of prayer. so also i think the experience of ronald reagan in hollywood is particula

it was malcolm x, bobby kennedy, you had jack kennedy, reagan was shot, you go all the way back to teddy roosevelt was shot and nearly killed, garfield, lincoln. it's almost the relentless killing that gets into the political sphere. the next assassin to come, whether he's coming for a conservative or liberal, is not going to bring a little gun. that's where the level of firepower is right now for the killers. they are going to have with heavy weapons that will not be stopped by a couple of secret service guys that are putting their life on their line. it's going to be hell to pay. republicans can step up and say on a bipartisan basis, somebody shoot me tomorrow, it's not a person who has emotional problems or a wife beater to use an old term. maybe we can't stop the murder rate in this country. we can stop the insanity of letting obvious murders have guns. >> absolutely. chris, ask any inner city cop if they enjoy the fact that they are out there outgunned by people who have military assault-style weapons. it's like they are fighting a war. >> and they have a glock. >> they have to go i

ronald reagan on the republicans, jack kennedy on the democrats, tony blair as a labour party prime ministerhem are able to do it along with lady thatcher. you will have a democrat or republican coming in to fill the void and do the right thing and get e prosperity back. it is well on its way. it really is. and she was so good on it, she didn't compromise when she knew the compromise would make the policies work. plus, a lovely lady. fun to be with, a very normal person. very funny, very normal and she is a humanlike ronald reagan was a human, she was very much so thaand i love her dearly. melissa: art laffer, thank you for coming on tonight, we appreciate your time. up next, why would these hijacked more than 5 tons of nutella? they're about to make bank in the black market. the details in your "spare change" next. you can never have too much "money" or too much nutella. hmm. [cell phone beeps] hey! [police whistle blows] [horns honking] woman: hey! [bicycle bell rings] turn here. there. excuse me. uh. uh. [indistinct announcement on p.a. system] so, same time next week? well, of course. an

reaganing." the only other people who have ever done it-- lee iacocca, jack welch, and--no judgment-- saddam hussein. so what have you got for me? - i need to get out to newark airport. carol's on a layover, and i really have to see him. - you're horny, and you want to get some. i get it. - ew, jack, gross. come on. i just want to see him, and i can't get a cab, because greece is playing pakistan in soccer. - problem solved. i'll take you. - really? - i'll drop you off at the airport, then i'll swing by msnbc. i have to talk to rachel maddow. only one of us can have this haircut. [upbeat jazzy music] ♪ - k-swiss, i need to cancel my gig for hosting the mtv international video music awards. - why wasn't i invited to that? my single is number four in japan. ♪ choke me, choke me ♪ blonde like choke me ♪ tee-hee-hee-hee-hee - i hate to bail, but i've been asked to do a commercial for the boys and girls club of america, and i just can't turn down community service, because if i do, that judge will make me join the coast guard. - well, i also recently received an unexpected honor... from the carvel ice cr

right to our distinguished gevths in a few minutes, we will have jack bern steen, with me on set, i am honored, former reaganconomic adviser art laffer of laffer investments. i have steve forbes, forbes' media chairman and editor-in-chief. good evening, gentleman. thank you very much. >> thank you, larry. >> art, laffer, is this a manufactured crisis by the white house to impose a $1.2 trillion tax hike? >> it could be solved bety white house very easily, very simply, they could to get it to go away and not happen. i don't know if they actually manufactured it, larry, they can get rid of it in no time. it's the dumbest thing i have seen. back in 1981, we had an air traffic controller's problem, that did not enure well. >> they brought in substitutes. i guess you can't do that at this point. they brought in substitutes. everybody did very well. steve forbes, i read in one of the papers today, lo and behold the washington airport, reagan and dulles, i presume, are fought being affected by these delays. are you finding that shock something. >> larry, this is a manufactured crisis, the faa is one of the worst-ru

president reagan, former representative jack kemp, former running mate to -- in a presidential election to senator dole, were champions of the modern income tax credit. when it was expanded in 1986 president reagan said it is the best antipoverty, the best profamily, the best job creation measure to come out of congress. he was right. in ohio, some one million households received eitc, the earned-income tax credit. 660,000 households received the c.t.c., the child tax credit on average in the three years of 2009, 2010 and 2011. that's why this week senator durbin and i, along with most of our democratic colleagues, are introducing the working families tax relief act. our bill would make permanent the 2009 levels for the earned-income tax credit and child tax credit. it would index the child tax credit for inflation. it would allow workers without children to access the full earned-income tax credit. it would reduce the full earned-income tax credit access age to 21. it would simplify the filing process to reduce fraud because there is some acknowledged fraud in this program as there is

reagan in the missile crisis. after the missile crisis, you saw jack kennedy who was this young president in a much, much differentand the british people saw margaret thatcher that way. she was in office, i think, eight years after the falklands and she won three elections. >> pat, always nice to see you. thank you, sir. >> always a pleasure. >>> coming up, she is world famous for being the iron lady but what was margaret thatcher like in private? you will hear from former secretary of state henry kissinger coming up. >>> but first, a former reagan economic adviser says prime minister thatcher knew how to add numbers. what does he mean by that? that's next. >> what the honorable member is saying is he would rather the poor were poorer, provided the rich were less rich. anyone have occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas, bloating? yes! one phillips' colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against these digestive issues with three strains of good bacteria. live the regular life. phillips'. governor of getting it done. you know how to dance... with a deadline. and you...rent from national. because only natio

reagan in the missile crisis. after the missile crisis, you saw jack kennedy who was this young president in a much, much different light. and the british people saw margaret thatcher that way. she was in office, i think, eight years after the falklands and she won three elections. >> pat, always nice to see you. thank you, sir. >> always a pleasure. >>> coming up, she is world famous for being the iron lady but what was margaret thatcher like in private? you will hear from former secretary of state henry kissinger coming up. >>> but first, a former reagan economic adviser says prime minister thatcher knew how to add numbers. what does he mean by that? that's next. >> what the honorable member is saying is he would rather the poor were poorer, provided the rich were less rich. [ male announcer ] this is joe woods' first day of work. and his new boss told him two things -- cook what you love, and save your money. joe doesn't know it yet, but he'll work his way up from busser to waiter to chef bere opening a restaurant specializing in fish and game from the great northwest. he'll start investing early, he'll find se

jacked up on sugar. >>> jc penney and macy's are back in court today in the battle over martha stewart. courtney reagan's the latest on this? >> reporter: mandy, the three weeks judge owing originally allotted for the trial ran out and the parties were nowhere close to a resolution. the judge had to break, hear other cases. they went into medication for a mon -- mediation for a month. macy's lawyers allege jc penney is currently in violation of the injunction. they asked if they could pull up the jc penney website and point out products like the martha stewart plastic pitchers and martha stewart plastic champagne flutes on sale at jc penney. lawyers argue they can't do this. this is part of our exclusive category. the judge said talk to your clients, figure it out. if you can't, i will. urging the parties to settle it for themselves. we spoke to charles koppelman, former martha stewart living chairman. he did testify the day that the judge sent this trial into mediation to see exactly what he thinks about everything that's going on here. >> i think the beauty is that when this is all over, martha's des

>> fixed in 1983 under president reagan and a democratic house speaker tip o'neill and jack lew, who is now the treasury secretary was an aide to tip o'neill and is an expert in how to do it. they can do it again. they didn't have any chained cpi. annette in port huron, michigan? >> i love youyour show. good first thing i want to say is i got sick just about a year ago and i am now on social security disability, which i had i get $967 a month for social security disability. out of that, i have to pay $520 per month of that to cobra health insurance because you have to be on disability for two years before you are eligible for any in addition to that the federal government is garnishing my wages to pay back my student loans. they are taking $145 a month out of that. so that leaves me with $292 a month to live on. and i still have co-pays and medications to pay. i mean it leaves me nothing at all. if i wasn't living with my partner right now i wouldn't be able to afford to be on my own. >> i can hear that. and people are saying, you know on social security that they are living high on

jack. we have both spoken a lot. tell me about the prop. is he out of line? >> no, i think--i think he's right on the money. if anything he tasteful i under states the point. reaganst to skillfully use the house gallery in the union. and even reagan and clinton, he used these people as props to an extent and in a way no other president ever used any people as props. boston--he's kind of back and forth. yesterday when he was expressing his bitterness in the senate, he's trying to leverage botch. he's looking for his opportunity. he's waiting for the liberal pundits to do it before he does it but he's looking to leverage boston in the gun patrol debates. this guy is shameless. he'll do and same anything. >> michael: he's dealing with people--people according to the white house, and according to others who have reached out to the white house themselves. the same people u a subset of that group was taken by the nra to their press conferences as well. this is a national tragedy jack. the president is the head of the nation whether you like it or not. it's not a prop. he's saying, listen, look at what is happening to our families. show us a family who is hurt by it. re