margaret thatcher it is there is no alternative. of course that's absurd. there was an alternative. we have to connect the dots to understand what is going on today. i read the chronicle. so what i've done is put together a montage of the murder of public sector, which is going on everyday. in fact all of the public sector is in body shape. public libraries, parks from the municipal to the national level. our character is among the worst in the world. the new deal deals with things in a different way. when i was going to school, california school's were the best. now they are among the worst with the new budget cuts. of course, my university is being privatized. all of the higher education is being privatized. all through the uc system. how do you run a modern state with tax cuts? we resort to desperate, back last november, we were asked to vote to make four indian casinos in san diego county pony up money. i thought this was a joke. they voted to do it. now, the governor proposes to borrow against future revenues. how did they deal with these social problems when the economic probl

these artists were champions of margaret thatcher and light david cameron -- they like david cameron. they have a new show at a london gallery. their art work contains sexual images. ♪ >> good morning. nice to meet you. >> in the east end of london i am dropping in on this artist. >> [unintelligible] there is no food in the house. >> it is a little bit like when you are seriously attracted to another person. everything else looks different. food taste different. it is like we are living there. planning lunch, planning many as. we would not be able to do that. we want to be normal and we're at the same time. >> that is a fantastic life. you never have to cook. >> we feel [unintelligible] >> i take your point. >> here we have the model. >> they have been together a living sculpture ever since they met at art school 40 years ago. they had lived in the same house and even at the same cafes, and never stopped producing their artworks. >> [unintelligible] >> there incredible scavengers of the city around them, finding inspiration in the throwaway. how do you acquire these? >> all over the p

suite by gandy and margaret thatcher. this is his most traditional restaurant located in the same building. from. this week's gets. to me. thank you very much. and you. like. i would say it wasn't. no signs of anything nor advertisement in the streets or anything i can tell you for one example but there was a big billboard in the city where first lived in the eastern ukraine a huge billboard saying eat ice cream it's nutritious and tasty but no brand mark it we. stayed on there. there is only one brand of ice cream you could buy just as there is only one brand of beer you could buy it was a most of it was draft beer there wasn't any bottled beer at that time but as far as i can remember. is that anything that you miss about the seventies you i'll be honest with you martin i can never forgive the taste of the ice cream that was sold in the new department store in red square it's called jean which means department store and i understand that people from all over the country who would come in to visit moscow. by all means go

and margaret thatcher. this is his most traditional restaurant located in the same building. from. this week's gives. me. thank you very much. it wasn't. came to study a foreign language to moscow in one thirty five. one hundred fifty five how did the city look back then there's honestly no skyscrapers no no no no no no mark there were no skyscrapers in those days moscow was very beautiful and still is a very beautiful city and i like the older part of the city my own my own taste and that there were no only on signs that no billboards known no signs of anything no advertisement in the streets or anything i can tell you for one example but there was a big billboard in the city where first lived in the eastern ukraine a huge billboard saying eat ice cream it's nutritious and tasty but no brand marks. the state owned every say street there is only one brand of ice cream you could buy just as there is only one brand of beer you could buy it was a most of it was draft beer there wasn't any bottled beer at that time but as far as i can remember. is that anything that you miss about the

what anybody may think, margaret thatcher took down the soviet union. you would find in 2010, where you think it is going. you can take communism out of russia. communism was -- between the old russia and the new russia which were quite similar. i wonder what you think russia will become. what did you think it would be when you were 15 or so, teenagers, rebellious, russia would be the versus what it has become and what you think will happen next, 15 years from now when we next meet in this room? >> in 1991, there was -- people are so -- so a agree about this. you see all of this and they are all excited. two days afterward, i was still in school but it was very important. is more open and i find people and friends in other countries and it was very naive and our parents are very naive. there was some signs but not like -- they have to do something. the idea was to create something similar. geneticists were a sign of freedom. in the 1990s especially after 1998 financial crisis i remember this very well because i carried financial things. i remember cuyah

. >> margaret thatcher. >> frederick douglass. >> where do you get your news? [laughter] >> the daily caller. [laughter] no, mostly from the internet. the final three pages in the first section of "the wall street journal," with politics, gop. >> i get many of the internet. i read everything from blogs to newspapers. >> i am probably a religious reader of the drug repor -- drudge report, hotline, politico, all the other information online. >> so much for lightning round. >> i get my news online also -- "wall street journal," "national review." >> i am an old-fashioned guy. i start my morning with a hard copy of "the washington post," and then go on line to get the real news. [laughter] >> tube support completely -- do you support completely defunding planned parenthood? >> absolutely. >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> starting with mr. anuzis, names of the mr. obama has done that you agree with --. name something mr. obama has done that you agree with. [laughter] >> i think this effort to called republicans prosecute the war -- to help republicans prosecute the war. >

of course you have to think about the fact that there wasn't books around the time of margaret thatcher, so we don't have the numbers to compare in that. feels over there has been great. i yield the sales have been great, but no numbers on them. >> host: let's look at the top five nonfiction books for 2010, according to nielsen bookscan. number one, george w. bush as of december 19, 1.4 million. janine ross, women, food in god, 640,000 copies sold what is nielsen book and, jan? >> guest: neil finn bookscan takes data from rethink its 75% of the retail market. so every time you see the back, there is a on there. nielsen captures the skills of books at the point-of-sale moment and feed them into a database that we get to look at so we can see what everybody is selling of everybody else's boat. i mean, they started as a doing it for a record if you remember for sales of records and only moved into the book part of things. it only has about 75% of the market. i believe it does not include sales from costco and djs and sam's club and also hudson news, which runs all the stores in the airport

he put together factions or a coalition of pope john paul and margaret thatcher and gorbachev, let the little stuff get in the way of the big picture. america so often we let the little stuff get into way of the big picture and we end up accomplishing nothing where ronald reagan accomplished everything. >> host: what is your advice to today's politicians? >> guest: gained the trust. ronald reagan trusted. i spoke in the book about an actor. 30 rock. who everybody knows. i remember going up to him one day and saying to him i am michael reagan, shea lyman is my mother. i said that because i wanted -- if i told you ronald reagan was my father you might deck me and he chuckled. and i said i really enjoy your acting even though i don't enjoy your politics that he said let me tell you something. i wish we had your father back. i said you wish we had your father back? how can you say that? you were against everything he stood for. he said i didn't realize that what i realize today. your father had a good soul and what this world is missing is that good sold and how we need that sold back. eve

president of the united states or, in fact, putting together a coalition of pope john paul and margaret thatcher and, ultimately, mikhail gorbachev. did he let the little stuff get in the way of the big picture? i think today in america so often we let the little stuff get in the way of the big, big picture, and we end up accomplishing nothing where ronald reagan accomplished everything. >> host: so, michael reagan, what's your advice to today's politicians? >> guest: my advice to today's politicians is you have to gain the trust. ronald reagan was trusted. i tell the story in the book about an actor, ""30 rock"," who everybody knows. and i remember going up to him one day, and i was saying to him, i said, you know, hello, i'm mike reagan, jane weimann's my mother. and he looked at me, and i said, well, i wanted to stay standing. i felt if i told you ronald reagan was my father, you may deck me. and he kind of chuckle led at me, and i said to him, i really enjoy your acting even though i don't enjoy your politics. he said, let me tell you something, i wish we had your father back. and i said, yo

it's played host to christopher plumber, sarah ferguson, margaret thatcher and vanessa redgrave.st to married life, but they may evolve to australia or canada after the wedding. >> one of the things about william and kate most of all is the words normal. they like to have a cozy night in. watching tv, putting their feet up. not worrying about attending a ban get. >> reporter: and what about children, diana gave birth to william within a year. >> i would say within a year's time. >> and royal watcher extraordinaire, katie nicholl, joins us live for all the latest on this. of course, katie is also the author of the book "william and harry: behind the palace walls." we saw you, katie, at the goring hotel. what more can you tell us about it? >> i have a fitting night's stream. discretion is the keyword. you know me, robin, i tried my hardest whether they are definitely staying, how many are coming. and being english, probably the most prestigious and oldest hotel in london, very tight-lipped. i had a dish made for the queen mother which was different. and it's a very, very lovely est

when i think on our present economic challenges, i am reminded of the words of margaret thatcher, who said, once we concede that public spending and taxation are more than a necessary evil, we have lost sight of the core values of freedom. nearly two years ago, the federal government in washington decided to transfer its irresponsible fiscal practices to the states. and our state, like every other, accepted it. when we produce this year's budget, we will see the heavy price we pay for having done so. in our coming actions, we must recognize that we will not produce the jobs our people deserve by placing higher tax burdens on our workers and our small businesses. and we will not reach prosperity by increasing state government's share of our economy. be assured, however, that i have every confidence we will achieve a much more prosperous place. and we will do so by going back to that spirit of independence that fueled south carolina's leading role in defeating the strongest nation on earth two centuries ago. when we embark on this new journey toward growth and prosperity, we must do so

the conservatives -- margaret thatcher family increased bad very sharply in the middle of the recession in the 1980's. to some generations, that still has resonance. the things people by could well go up as a result of that. we have to remember that the 20% in the u.s. -- this is a sales tax on everything except food, which will be 20% on top of the regular retail price. >> do you have a property tax? >> not really. we pay tax on transfers of property. whenever you transfer property, you pay a portion of that. that is in the lower percentages, as a tax. we have what are called domestic rates. this is for your local authority, your town hall or whatever. you pay tax according to the value, very approximately boarding to the value of your property. all these taxes are very small compared with that an income tax, which are the big ones. >> what percentage of income or of your party value would you pay a year? >> i think i pay about 1,500 pounds a year. i have a high value to property. >> something like $2,500. >> the property is worth perhaps $2 million, something like that. it is not enor

. >> margaret thatcher. >> frederick douglass. >> where do you get your news? [laughter] >> the daily caller. [laughter] no, mostly from the internet. the final three pages in the first section of "the wall street journal," with politics, gop. >> i get many of the internet. i read everything from blogs to newspapers. >> i am probably a religious reader of the drug repor -- drudge report, hotline, politico, all the other information online. >> so much for lightning round. >> i get my news online also -- "wall street journal," "national review." >> i am an old-fashioned guy. i start my morning with a hard copy of "the washington post," and then go on line to get the real news. [laughter] >> tube support completely -- do you support completely defunding planned parenthood? >> absolutely. >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> starting with mr. anuzis, names of the mr. obama has done that you agree with --. name something mr. obama has done that you agree with. [laughter] >> i think this effort to called republicans prosecute the war -- to help republicans prosecute the war. >

will be hoping that the slide in support in his experience will be matched by what happened to margaret thatchershe had a similar slide in the support. by 1983, by her first general election as prime minister, she pulled things around again. "washington journal" continues. host: a retired colonel in the air force and joins us now. this year it will be 10 years since 9/11. are we more secure than we were a decade ago? guest: in some areas we are, and in others, we are not. we have taken away their sanctuary in afghanistan and made it more difficult for them to transport money and travel, or do their training. we have made some successes. in other areas, i was the executive director that issued a report card several years ago. senator bob gramm and others and when it came to being prepared to respond to a biological attack, we gave america a failing grade. host: i want to put the phone numbers on the bottom of our screen as we talk about the state of homeland security. he studies at the center of weapons for mass destruction. as our guest pointed out, he is the director of an important commission.

. >> margaret thatcher. >> frederick douglass. >> where do you get your news? [laughter] >> the daily caller. [laughter] no, mostly from the internet. the final three pages in th first section of "the wall street journal," with politics, gop. >> i get many of the internet. i read everything from blogs to newspapers. >> i am probably a religious reader of the drug repor -- drudge report, hotline, politico, all the other information online. >> so much for lightning round. >> i get my news online also -- "wall street journal," "national review." >> i am an old-fashioned guy. i start my morning with a hard copy of "the washington post," and then go on line to get the real news. [laughter] >> tubsupport completely -- do you support completely defunding planned parenthood? >> absolutely. >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> starting with mr. anuzis, names of the mr. oba has done that you agree with --. name something mr. obama has done that you agree with. [laughter] >> i think this effort to called republicans prosecute the war -- to help republicans prosecute the war. >> i a

when i think on our present economic challenges, i am reminded of the words of margaret thatcher who irresponsible fiscal practices to the state, and our state -- just like every other -- accepted it. when we produce this year's budget, we will see the heavy price for having done so. in our coming years, we must recognize that we will not produce the jobs our people deserve by placing higher tax burdens on our workers and our small businesses, and we will not reach prosperity by increasing states' government share of our economy. be assured, however, that i have every confidence we will achieve a much more prosperous place. and we will do so by going back to that spirit of independence that fueled south carolina's leading role in defeating the strongest nation on earth two centuries ago. when we embark on this journey toward growth and prosperity, we must do so together with one vision. a vision that is focused on the success of our families and our business is a vision that is not impaired by partisanship, personal is or distractions. we don't have time for that, and i won't stand f

when i think on our present economic challenges, i am reminded of the words of margaret thatcher whonce we concede that public spending and taxation are more than a necessary evil, we have lost sight of the core values of freedom. nearly two years ago, the federal government in washington decided to transfer its irresponsible business practices to the state and our state, just like every other except today. when we produced this year's budget, we will see the heavy price for having done so. in our coming years, we must recognize that we will not produce the jobs are people deserve a place in higher tax burdens on our workers under small businesses and we will not reach press dirty by increasing state government share of our economy. be assured, however, that i have every confidence we will achieve a much more prosperous place. and we will do so by going back to the spirit of independence but feel that south carolina's leading role in defeating the strongest nation on earth two centuries ago. when we embark on this journey toward growth and prosperity, we must do so together with one

in the 1980's, margaret thatcher rose to vat sharply in the recession of the early 1980's. in some generations, that still has resonance. we should remember the that is 20%. in the u.s., they do not think of it in those terms. here, that is a tax on everything except food. it is 20%. >> do you have property taxes? >> not really. we have taxes on transfers of property. whenever you transfer of property, you pay a proportion of that as a tax. we also have domestic rates, called the council tax. this is for your local authority, your town hall or whatever. you pay tax according to the value of your property. but all of these taxes are small compared to vat. >> going to the council tax, what percentage of your income or your property value would you pay per year? >> i think i pay about 1,500 pounds a year. i have a high-valley property. >> so that -- i have a high- valued part. >> so that is about $2,500. >> yes. on a property worth about $2 million. it is not enormous. >> in the u.s., you can pay $15,000 for something like that. what other kinds of text you -- tax do you have?

one i think that our present economic challenges i am reminded of the words of margaret thatcher whonce we can see that public spending and taxation are more than a necessary evil, we have lost sight of the core values of freedom. nearly two years ago the federal government in washington decided to transfer his irresponsible fiscal practices to the state and our state, just like every other, except that it. when we produced this year's budget we will see the heavy price for having done so. in our coming years we must recognize that we will not produce the jobs are people deserve by placing higher tax burdens on our workers and our small businesses. and we will not reach prosperity by increasing state government share of our economy. the issue however that i have every confidence we will achieve a much more prosperous place. and we will do so by going back to that spirit of independence that fuels south carolina's leading role in defeating the strongest nation on earth two centuries ago. when we embarked on this journey toward growth and prosperity, we must do so together with one vis

will be hoping that the slide in support in his experience will be matched by what happened to margaret thatchere had a similar slide in the support. by 1983, by her first general election as prime minister, she pulled things around again. overall, i think the conservatives are doing as well as they can hope to, given the bad news on the economy, and given the jury is out until we see some turnaround in the economic figures, which is about the only thing that will restore their fortunes. for democrats, it is a different matter. >> what are the liberal democrats doing quite so badly in the polls? >> they are doing so badly for one very simple reason. it is that the public feels they were elected on promises that they had no intention to keep. without going into huge detail or numbers, it is around 2/3 of the public who feel they have been let down by democrats. if we go back to that first debate, one of the questions we are being asked, who gave the most honest answers? nick won by a mile on that measure. the public has been led into a false sense of security. they liked what they saw. they thoug

. >> she's playing margaret thatcher next in a movie coming out next year. >> who is the youngest person% off copy of hoda's book. >> hey, hey, she's going to love that book. >> i'm terribly sorry. >> she's going to love it. the correct answer was ricky schroeder. >> he was in "the champ" and he won an award best new male star of the year, which they no longer have. he's a little kid. this year the boxing movie with a lot of nominations is "the fighter" with mark wahlberg. christian bale we will probably win. >> the next contestant hoping to avoid a copy of your book. which of the following actors mooned the crowd during the 1999 golden globes? who mooned the crowd? >> a. >> jack nicholson. >> that's correct. >> she didn't even hesitate. well-done. >> jack nicholson mooned the crowd? >> i was going to reenact it. jack won for "as good as it gets." jim carrey used to talk out of his but in ace ventura pet detective. jack nicholson gets on stage -- >> drops his trow? >> no. just bends over fully clothed. >> all right. that's weird. back across to willie. >> there may have been some champag

. >> margaret thatcher. >> frederick douglass. >> where do you get your news? [laughter] >> the daily caller. [laughter] no, mostly from the internet. the final three pages in the first section of "the wall street journal," with politics, gop. >> i get many of the internet. i read everything from blogs to newspapers. >> i am probably a religious reader of the drug repor -- drudge report, hotline, politico, all the other information online. >> so much for lightning round. >> i get my news online also -- "wall street journal," "national review." >> i am an old-fashioned guy. i start my morning with a hard copy of "the washington post," and then go on line to get the real news. [laughter] >> tube support completely -- do you support completely defunding planned parenthood? >> absolutely. >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> starting with mr. anuzis, names of the mr. obama has done that you agree with --. name something mr. obama has done that you agree with. [laughter] >> i think this effort to called republicans prosecute the war -- to help republicans prosecute the war. >