president reagan was very close obviously to margaret thatcher, as we all know. he also felt very strongly about helmut kohl. he also felt very strongly about brian mulrooney of canada. he had not the same feelings about francois mitterand of france. [ laughter ] he had a strong relationship and friendship with mikhail gorbachev. one of the other famous lines of reagan was the russian proverb that he used all the time -- trust but verify. and that's what symbolized his relationship with gorbachev. we used to kid inside the white house that president reagan, god help us, trusted everybody, and nancy reagan and i were the verifiers. [ laughter ] he had an awful lot of faith in his vice president, in george herbert walker bush. he thought he was the right person to carry on his presidency, into george herbert walker bush's presidency. he knew that the relationship with the then soviet union would be solid. that's why we brought george herbert walker bush with us. there is a great photo i'm sure you have in your archives. it's the only time i was ever allowed to play

imagine margaret thatcher walks in the door.ne how everybody starts clustering around her as she walks from one end of the room to the other, and it keeps slowing her down because she can't get to the other door. that's the higgs particle. does that make sense? >> it makes perfect sense. but i think of it more in terms of an l.a. party, party in los angeles. if you're unknown and you enter a party, no one stops you, no one cares about you. u can walk right on through, stop and go, no one cares. as your popularity grows, more and more people accrete to you, and it's harder for you to get into motion. it's harder for you to stop. and these are the exact properties that we call mass. >> so higgs -- the higgs particle is tom cruise at the l.a. party? >> yes, exactly. no, the higgs particle grants the -- tom cruise would be a high mass particle that the higgs field gives him. >> i see. >> a high party mass. >> the higgs field confers upon -- on a certain person, a certain particle, tom cruise-like status? >> precisely. and it's the p

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

margaret thatcher's aide has it right. how do you make the poor richer taxing money and taking money from the job creators in this country. they did not cause the financial crisis, the entrepreneurials did not cause the crisis. air not going to get magic beanies that are going to sew jobs somehow. >> i think that e-mack hit it on the head. how is raising taxes going to create jobs? that's the issue here, how would raising taxes create jocks. we've got a list of taxes going up go ahead. >> i think the bigger thing here is tax cuts extended out or tax cuts being-- or taxes being raised. whatever the case may be. i think we need to get to some sort of agreement. i think a lot of companies are holding back on hiring, they don't know what the end of the year is bringing. going back to e-mac's point. i agree, i think that small businesses could be hurt. i think the wealthy can afford to pay more taxes, but i think we need to redefine wealth. i think the cap is $250,000 and i think the cap needs to be raised and tax hikes for the

there's this wonderful line in "the iron lady" movie when margaret thatcher, an elderly margaret thatcher is approached by a young woman and she thanks her for the great role model she was. and the elderly character played by meryl streep says, "well, you know, back then it was about doing. now it's about being." and it does. it seems to be about having the job, having the title, having the office but not about doing anything with those government responsibilities that you're entrusted. and i think that is on both sides of the aisle unfortunately. >> but bob dole and even ronald reagan believed that government policy made a difference people's lives. >> that's right. >> he cut taxes, he raised taxes once he saw the debt. that's gone. >> but he did it in the right way. he took away loopholes and the special interest provisions, which is exactly what we should be, you know, raising revenue through closing loopholes, i think. and everybody says this is what needs to be done. but getting the people to make the decisions and take on the special interests and, "no, i'm sorry, you're going to lo

to to to remain close to europe and to and to pursue integration even if they haven't said so margaret thatcher is seen as a very euro skeptic prime minister but she signed the single european acts which was. more to increase your pain integration than any other european treaty in cameron's case that we are seeing a situation where britain is moving increasingly closer to the e.u. exit cameron's position is that he wants to secure its new from the new fiscal union one. powers in the area of social policy but really the rest of the e.u. is that it's a prospect of them agreeing to that dave priority is addressing the euro crisis and for them this is tedious for our britain. over sovereignty is a distraction and actually that then puts cameron and in very difficult position because his m.p.'s will say renegotiate renegotiation has failed it's not in britain's interests to britain it's losing more than against in the e.u. and so the withdrawal is the only viable option and then i think it would be very difficult for cameron to reject that argument because his whole position is based on the premise

and in all of them, all of you lives the indomitable spirit of margaret thatcher. how grateful we are k.t. could be with us today. thank you all so much. [ applause ] all right, friends, the summit rolls on. let me just cover a few important announcements and then we will allow the hotel staff to get us set up for our founders luncheon with the honorable william j. bennett. please be aware that there are many book signings going on just about everyone who speaks has got book signings that will occur immediately after they speak out in the exhibit area to your right as you leave the exit doors. it's a tricky thing because the program moves relentlessly but some of you may want to play hooky and go on out and get that book purchased and signed by the speaker. please be aware that those are ongoing. i also want to notify those with the blue ribbon on your badge who were with us probably last evening for a blue ribbon event upstairs, there's another such event right now as we break in a couple of minutes ahead of lunch. finally, let me call to the stage two special gue

it is easy to do economic analysis on a few areas and give logical results like when margaret thatcher got rid of the unions in england. things drastically improved. you could use rhodesia as your classic example. you do not have to get emotions involved. more of this seems to be coming up now. host: let's get a response. guest: i am not sure about your point. host: we have moved on. i think he is talking about reporting based on emotions forces based on facts. reflect on us how your reporters and staff tell stories. guest: the groundwork of bbc reporting is factual journalism, i witnessed -- eye witness where possible. there has been a trend in general over the past couple of generations of reporters involving themselves more in a story. 20 or 30 years ago, bbc reports which have been a white man in with the disaster behind him and keeping some distance. i think there is a trend not to simply show. there's something about our reporters showing they can get involved in the story. one of our colleagues did amazing reporting in the haiti are quite the earthquake a few years back. he won

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because reagan had a very special relationship with margaret thatcher, prime minister of great britain reinforced that special bond between the united states and great britain. second, by going to poland, where was poland? if it weren't for ronald reagan no american president would be visiting poland it would be behind the iran curtain. reagan won the cold war, and for romney to go to poland he is putting his marker down on the reagan side of foreign policy. also, specifically, israel. there is a personal connection between romney and prime minister binyamin netanyahu. they worked together at bain capital. and the relationship between president obama and netanyahu has been quite frosty. regardless of the spin control they give it. the body language pictures show you these two guys don't trust each other or like each other. >>neil: this is only days after the beyond rude and awful treatment of secretary of state, hillary clinton in israel. they were yelling "monica," and pelting the car. i argue whoever the secretary of state is, you do not do that. you do not condone that and you do no

margaret thatcher like to talk about peace and freedom and justice.the soviets were very big on the word piece. there was a peaceloving nations, 10:00. the west call themselves the freedom loving nations. they and their space station near, schmidt piece as well as world. soviets were as banging on about peace. they did favor the certain kind of peace. peace comes with absolute submission. that's the kind of peace stability, dictatorial stability. not our kind of peace. we think more about peace that freedom. phil buckley says sometimes -- a little bit embarrassing because concepts can be buried down to embarrassing bumper sticker language. better dead than red. better red than dead. they say they're free or die. okay, but how many are willing to follow that? are we all pray far as? please stand and fight and reach accommodation? these routes have questions. and very weary of people to talk about peace and have that phrase. the stinging criticism that tony blair made was going to do diplomacy in the arab-israeli conflict as it did george w. bush before

how does he do it if, unlike ronald reagan, unlike margaret thatcher, unlike other conservatives i havet have a world view that when you hear the president, and this will irritate mika, but when you hear the president mocking the idea that you can become more wealthy if you work harder in america, it doesn't ring those bells until three of his advisers say, hey, this is what the president said. let's use this as a line of attack. everything seems so calculated, homogenized. >> you know, that's the problem with the consultants in politics. they have reduced delegates at the convention to one dimensional caricatures of themselves. delegates used to have power and the state chairman used to have power. they used to write important platforms that were serious d s documents that you don't get anymore. you have to break out of the bubble and go with his instincts. mark wants to jump in. >> you say he's the weakest nominee since ford. he's even in the polls, trying to make the issue the president's economic record. republicans did well in 2010 being critical. is it possible thises a winning fo

. >> there is a theory it is because of margaret thatcher and the way she changed the uk that that marriageld have happened. kate's mother was able to expand her business and they were able to meet. >> is sylvia ready? >> get to the bottom of the higgs libor scandal. we're waiting, a decision as i've already read this before from the ecb due out at 7:45, i'm reading it again because sylvia was supposedly standing by outside ecb headquarters in frankfurt and wasn't. oh! did you have to position yourself in front of that monstrosity again, sylvia? there it is. thank you. >> reporter: yes, there it is. what can i do? i always got this in the suitcase and we pump it up wherever i go and i have the euro sign in the back. that's a tough assignment. there are occupy frankfurt people in the background. >> reporter: that is a rough assignment. they've been here for almost a year now. they haven't cleared this camp yet, although there are rumors that it will be cleared at the end of the month. i dare say the ecb would be happy about that. on to monetary matters, 25 basis point rate cut is all but in

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freedom, women who know what is at stake, in all of them and all of you, the indomitable spirit of margaret thatchere are she could be with us today. thank you so much. [applause] the summit rolls on. let me cover a few important announcements. then we will allow the hotel staff to get us to set up for our founders luncheon with the honorable william bennett. boat be aware that there are many books signings. just about everyone who speaks as book signings that will occur after they speak out in the exhibit area to your right as you leave the exit doors. it is a tricky thing because the program moves relentlessly but some of you may want to play hooky and get the book purchased and signed by the speaker. those are ongoing. i also want to notify those with the blue ribbon on your badge who were with us last evening, there is another of that right now as we break in a couple of minutes ahead of lunch. finally, let me call to the stage two special guests, i told you we keep augmenting the program, i would like to have join me right now for just a moment, and two friends you are going to enjoy knowing, c