ronald: yes, mark twain wrote this book, "the gilded age." it is associated with speculation and money and the scandals of his second administration. it is often a part of the story. we know that when people come to washington, sometimes power can corrupt. and, grant brought people into his administration who had been loyal, able people in the civil war and could not quite believe or understand how power began to corrupt them. and so when other people begin to make charges against them, often grant would be defending them when they should not have been defended. they became part of this gilded age in this rush to earn money. brian: but if he was taking money from outsiders at the time, wouldn't he have been damaged in some way as far as his clearer view of what money can corrupt? ronald: he was never implicated in any of the scandals. you have a clear view, he never should have taken any money. you are drawing a connection there. he probably should not have taken that money. nobody ever accused him. what they accused him about was not being a

twain wrote mark this book the giving age.he giving it is associated with theulation and money and scandals of his second administration. it is often a part of the story. we know that when people come to washington, sometimes power can corrupt. grant dropped people into his administration who had been loyal, able people in the civil war and could not quite believe or understand how power began to corrupt them. other people began to make charges. grant would be defending them when they should not have been defended. they became part of this gilded age in this rush to earn money. >> if you think he might from outsiders at the time, wouldn't he have been damaged in some way as to his clearview? ronald: he was never implicated in any of the scandals. should not have taken that money. nobody ever accused him. what they accused him about was not being awake and aware. not being a student enough that this was happening around him. dylan to recognize when it took place. >> what happened between mark over?when it was all ronald: what h

mark twain said, i will sell 300,000 copies of your memoirs. almost at that moment, he was diagnosed with throat cancer. so what i call the final campaign is his race against death as he writes these memoirs to earn money for julia. there was no presidential pension until the years of harry s. truman. he completes the memoirs three days before he dies. it is an amazing story. twain publishes them. he offers grant 70% of the proceeds. not the standard 10% royalties. the memoirs, never out-of-print ould earn julia $450,000 for 19th century money. and they are the classic american memoir. just remarkable. brian: why is it that so many people praise that as the best memoir ever of a public official? ronald: well, first of all, i often say lincoln disappeared in his second inaugural in the gettysburg address. there is no egocentrism in this memoir. there is a wonderful power of writing. immediacy. grant pushes this right into the story. maybe he would win. maybe lee can win. the idea of writing. he eschews adjectives. and john russell young, who was

mark twain and carrie fisher doing the one-woman show called "wishful drinking."lown away. we got to be real friends by the fact i wouldn't leave back stage. i said that is the most brilliant thing i ever seen. she did her whole life in two hours. anyway, i could not believe it. i'm 95 years old. they were 60 and 82. i said they belong here yet. i'm past my prime. >> the death of debbie reynolds reverberated through the wide circle of friends and across the hollywood community. albert brooks tweeted debbie reynolds, legend and my movie mom. i can't believe this happened one day after carrie. my heart goes out to billie. reynolds also played debra messing's mother on the sitcom "will and grace." messing posted this. my heart is literally broken. inspiration on every level. a legend. the epitome of clean-cut optimism. dancing with gene kelly. a warrior woman who never stopped working. >>> secretary of state john kerry criticizing israel and prime minister benjamin netanyahu in the middle east policy speech. the secretary the state warning the two-state solution is i

mark twain and carrie fisher doing a one-woman show that was called "wishful drinking." 95 years old. they were 60 and 82. i said they belong here yet. i'm past my prime. >> reynolds death reverberating through the wide circle of friends. albert brooks starred with her in "mother." my movie mom. i can't believe this happened one day after carrie. my heart goes out to billie. that is a reference to carrie fisher's daughter. debbie reynolds played the mother on "will and grace." debra messing wrote this. my heart is broken. inspiration on every level. the epitome of clean cut american optimism. dancing with gene kelly as an equal. a warrior woman who never stopped working. >>> moving on to other news. secretary of state john kerry criticizing israel and prime minister benjamin netanyahu in a policy speech weeks before leaving office. the two-state solution is in jeopardy and blaming prime minister netanyahu for standing in the way of peace. >> the israeli prime minister publicly supports a two-state solution. but his current coalition is the most right wing in israeli hist

senator reid asked me to paint a portrait and then he hung it up in the capital next to a portrait of mark twain. but the fact that the matter is, the portrait artists out there that are older and further along than i am that have painted every president in europe and we -- and senator reid could easily have chosen one of them and as far as i can tell the reason he didn't is that underneath it all, underneath the great statesman and the brilliant strategist and a hard kid that fought his way through college and fought his entire life for people that are not strong enough to fight for themselves, underneath all of that, the bedrock of all of that is a sweet, sweet person who when given the opportunity to walk by and help someone up has spent his entire life helping people up. senator, i can't tell you how much i've enjoyed working with you on this. if you want to spend sundays next summer watching baseball while i paid, i am in. i will be proud of this the rest of my life. thank you so much. [applause] sen. schumer: good afternoon everybody. it's been an amazing afternoon. you will be a hard act

. >> mark twain said to always tell the truth and you do not have to remember what you said.f you behave in an ethical way, you will sleep well at night. you will know that there is nothing to be exposed, nothing to hide. nothing to haunt you. >> happiness is related to the principled. >> it is necessary but not sufficient for happiness. michael bloomberg: it must be difficult to always look over your shoulder and wonder whether the law will catch up. my suggestion is do not do the crime if you cannot do the time is the expression. >> i could not imagine a person without principles having a happy life. they have to lie. and the person who is not correct has to try to disguise. and to live trying to disguise cannot produce happiness. >> do you think the principaled person leads a happier life? madeleine albright: i do but i do not think it is easier necessarily. it is something internal, you do not laugh all the time. i think that sometimes having a principled life puts you into difficult positions where you have to take stands that are not popular. and sometimes being popular

man, old mark twain i like him. i have a couple first editions of him and everything.had that quote that denzel washington picked up on. i think it's all over for the national press. it's a slow slide. but i think it's done. they're not going to come back from their idolatry of barack obama or their hatred of donald trump. >> well, the slide began a long time ago and it's been on a downward trajectory since it started. in 1996, 20 years ago, i wrote an op-ed in the "wall street journal" about liberal bice in the news. i was a correspondent at cbs news at the time. and as you might recall, bill, it touched off the media eequivalent of world war iii. let me read you one sentence. the very first sentence of the op-ed, there are lots of reasons fewer people are watching network news. and one of them i'm more convinced than ever is that our viewers simply don't trust us and for good reason. the problem is that piece came out in february of 1996 and if you didn't like what was going on, you had no place to go. in october of 1996, something happened that changed the media lan

you know what mark twain said, "history does not repeat itself, but it rhymes."is very much the nature of financial history. terre: as warren buffett says, we will never have perfect international financial stability. that is the history of markets. but can individuals create a financial future that improves on that history? can investors, governments, and political leaders transform their values to mitigate the pain of future crises? that is next on "big problems, big thinkers." ♪ thomas: do we really have to pass a law that tells bankers, you cannot give a loan to someone who cannot pay it back? warren: i have 20 iq points over him, and he is getting rich and i'm not. that drives people crazy and it will continue to drive people crazy 100 years from now and 500 years from now. steven: as soon as you have two cavemen with caves, one of them looked at the other and said, "why is his cave bigger? why does he have shrubs and we don't?" i compare you to me. ♪ ♪ terre: welcome back to "big problems, big thinkers." i am terre blair. after the near collapse of global m

spears rep was quick to say it's mark twain's situation. she's still al life.music says its social media account had been comprised and that it apologizes for britney spears and her fans for any confusion. no word yet on who might have been behind that attack. >>> also mother motorists in northern wisconsin had an encounter with a nosy basement state troop ertz discovered the bear was standing on its hind legs and pieing into passing cars. officials believe the bear is that affecting that way because people have been feeding it. very dangerous thing to do especially with bears but even with deer too. they captured the bear and will allow it to hibernate for the rest of the winter with an evaluation set for the spring so hopefully people feeding it doesn't lead to it having to be euthanized nydia. >> hopefully so matt. thank you. >>> a christmas day jailbreak. police are searching for several tennessee inmates who broke out by using a leaky toilet. "action news" continues. >> ♪ >> now on "action news" a lehigh valley mother gets lost in the arizona wilderness an

>> they are not an actually, i'm borrowing the idea from mark twain. he looked at the satire as a form of arson to burn down the hospitality form of the camp, the self-congratulatory cant. >> you all need this book. [laughter] >> he thought satire was the crime and that is what it was intended to do. he was an adult. as he turned more he began to have more edge as he got older. it would hurt his public perso persona. it was only over the strenuous objections of his daughters that they were afraid the satire would destroy his reputation. but then he was off the hook. with our satire that has become saturday night live, jon stewart and so on, they say it's all a joke. we are in the know. there are crooks running the government. our military is a disaster. we presented our military as the most powerful force in the wor world. charles krauthammer in the year 2001, four months before the attack on the trade towers, said america is the most powerful nation since imperial rome. the world will be back to our well. wealth. i am quoting that this is the consensu

i call him a humorist, because in my opinion, he is up there with mark twain, robert benchley, will rogers, the best of them. i think he is the most important humorist of the 20 century. thank you. my name is tom deacon. [applause] >> can you please elaborate on what you see as the dangers in free speech on the campuses, whether it is limits of to much political correctness and things like that? i want you to elaborate on that a little bit, please. ms. hefner: sure. i quoted president zimmer. i live in chicago. i think all universities are grappling with this, and where is greg? stand up, greg. greg is the founder and head of an organization called fire, and we work together through the foundation and around first amendment, and you should make a point of finding greg after this session when we are on coffee break because we used to support and still do the law center, which is a wonderful organization that has worked on behalf of the rights of students, whether they are working on their school newspaper or organizing on campus, because many of us feel that there is a double harm when you

but this one was eight engineer womb he whines but just like mark twain the first to have the typewriter ended tiffany. c-span: said beef and dairy. >> and then is waxed ahead >> so the way he doesn't is to give all little lecture to his friend said tells them everything he learns about time is wrong. it is just another dimension like space. you can imagine as a direction every object has four dimensions and if it had no duration did emily exist for an instant so a imagine extending into the past and into the future and is similar -- on that track. >> because something different of the reality of this in proceeding cam and you were seen as a catch for the fourth dimension where does he take us? >> he thinks of time at the fourth it was obscure but in the air. and it was 10 years later it is specialty with relativity and that is why we know time is the fourth to trenchant no way was surprised. but they did not believe it and now all we don't have to bother with that. >> you write this notion to become a part of the orthodoxy writing about time travel but he wants a good story. and with th

>> they are not playing with fire in the same way that, well actually i'm barring bad idea from mark twain. twain looked at the satire as a form of larson to burn down the hospitality of self-congratulatory camps. >> can i get that sentence, burned down the hospitality sense of self-congratulatory camps. >> you all need this book. [laughter] >> he thought -- sauce satire is a crime of arson and that is what it was intended to do. he was an adult and as he turned turned -- it began to have more edge as he got older. he didn't publish some of his most acerbic commentary because it would hurt his public persona as the friendly man in the white suit. so a lot of it wasn't published until after that and then only over the strenuous objections of his daughters who were afraid the posthumous publication of twain's satire would destroy his reputation. the thing is with our kinds of satire are the kinds of satire that it becomes "saturday night live" jon stewart and so on, they lead us off the hook because they say it's all a joke. we are all in the know. we have got crooks running the government.

ritter had read mark twain when he lived in the united states. a thousand dollars in american cash, which was about $16,000 when adjusted. several microfilm documents were hidden in the gears of his watch. he took the train from homburg to munich, changed to milan and continued to genoa. the ss washington pushed off from the port bound for new york city. at quarantineet in the narrows by a coast guard cutter carrying a state department officer and fbi special agent who spoke briefly with him and asked if he would be willing to come to the office and fully square for further discussion. he thought once i get to new york, this will be over quickly and i will give him everything i have. i won't be involved in any of this anymore. all of this will go away. after two days of telling his story, he was asked if he was willing to become the fbi's first counterspy. the phrase double agent was not yet common parlance when this case went to trial in 1941. all the tabloids did not use the phrase double agent. it was always counterspy and was introduced durin

. >> jimmy: next one is from mark twain's "tom sawyer." it says, "group text, who wants to come help paint a fence? friz [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: wow. >> jimmy: i'll do it for the beer and the pizza. and finally, this last one is from "animal farm." it just says -- a poop emoji. [ laughter and applause ] it's a classic. >> steve: classic. classic. >> jimmy: some health news, you guys. a recent study said that even one drink a day can be harmful to heart health. so if you're thinking about drinking some wine, just wait a a month until a new study says it's good for you again. [ laughter and applause ] and finally, i don't know if you saw this. did you see this news clip? man, it's funny. some newscasters in oklahoma were reporting on a story about a beaver that broke into a a dollar store last week. [ light laughter ] check out how it went. >> apparently they're the most popular creatures right now. >> this time of year. beaver breeding. >> those little guys are cute and cuddly looking. the beavers i've seen are bigger. [ laughter

mark twain was there, other bohemian types. and mary pack was there, she did not care about her husband, she was a flapper and very witty and wilson was smitten with her. this happened three times, three times he went to bermuda and he sounded her out about running for president and she told him he should do it. historians are divided as to what happened, but ellen wilson said that mary pack was the only unhappiness he ever caused her. when wilson was entertaining mary, and advisor, wilson's right-hand man, he had no real title, and wilson liked that, to have people who did not have official titles. this man let it be known that the letters were out there and they could be sold to the press. wilson freaks out, and since grayson to tell edith. wilson goes to bed. he thinks his girlfriend is done with him. edith writes in the letter and says, i'm going to stay with you, don't worry about it. wilson is so, i guess, uptight about the situation that she has to go to the white house and give him out of bed and tell him that yes, she

. >> it's like a mark twain quote, wit and humor. >> people are thinking about carrie fisher and manyhat we have lost during 2016. it's been a lost in arts and sports. we have lost a number of people over the past year. we have been asking you throughout the morning which celebrity death shocked or affected you the most this year. karen tweets as a huge baseball fan i was upset over hose fernandez's death. >> david bowie was the hardest for me. a close second was prince's death. >> also on facebook, arnold palmer's passing was the most significant for me. what a great man he was. i just want to show john glenn in there as well. >> right. >> the first american tokerrity earth. >> in the news room, in the chronicle news room, when prince died, that was a shock to everyone. he had just been here. there was something mystical about him. for me personally, nate thurman, the warriors center. i do a lot of archiving. historically they were the through line from the beginning of the warriors to now. he had a barbecue place in san francisco and dressed great. he seemed like a great guy. i got

adventures of huckleberry finny was written by mark twain back in 18 crime now, remember rember those books dealt in harsh h used offensive language.age. they used slurs.sls. they used the n-word all in anal effort to show the inequalityal of life in the deep south, but just recently a mother inher accomac county saw her studentnt reading what was in that book. she objected and filed a complaint with schoolh ho officials saying that children d should not be exposed to me t racial slurs in the classroom. back on november 29th schooloo officials pulled those books superintendent has restored the novels.the a director of the first their amendment says of the newsew banning books from an educational standpoint in her opinion often denies studentsofe the ability to learn from textnt that is they disagree and ty het come up with twice challenge those ideas. ideas. >> i can't say that there's a natural correlation betweenion n banning them and the resolvingng hate speech.peec i would say no because they'rehe both classic americanic american literature and they are both novels about racialt r

ritter had read his mark twain when he lived in the united states. finally siebold was given $1,000 in american cash which when adjusted is about 16,000 and several microfilmled documents of instructions were hidden in the gears of his watch. unaccompanied and unsure if he was being followed he took the freezing rain from hamburg to munich and changed for the overnight to milan and continued the next northern for genoa. on january 29th, 1940, the ss washington pushed off from the northern italian port bound for new york city. now, the ship was met at quarantine in the narrows in new york by a coast guard cutter which was carrying a state department officer and an fbi special agent who spoke briefly with siebold and asked if he'd be willing to come to the fbi's new york office and knolly square for further discussions. now siebold thought once i get to new york this will be over very quickly, i'll give them everything i have and i'll be on my way and won't be involved in all of this anymore and all of this unpleasantness will go away. after two days o

one of the things that makes me wonder is -- a quote by mark twain -- if you put all your eggs in onebasket, guard the basket. in this case, we can guard the basket but the cleaner act example says that may not be good enough. one suggestion would be to have as a backstop mechanism a universal carbon tax that all countries agreed to and if somebody is a recalcitrant country and does not mean their obligations -- meet their obligations and starts tempting people with -- that people can gather together and say, everybody else i adopted a tax and this is a trade advantage, we will oppose the tax on them but they have not imposed on themselves, what about that as a backstop activism? >> it is a blunt statement of life in international politics, there are very few backup mechanisms in foreign affairs as there are in domestic law in with such momentum, i do not think we are beyond the point of no return, i do not see us going back to the earlier days where there is nothing going on but i could see the system, if the u.s. exit the badly and other countries do not lead, the system going into

guest: when you get out and talk to people, they remember mark twain's remark about statistics. are damn lies, there lies, and then there are statistics. national unemployment went down, but employment to -- unemployment ticked up a point in my home county. so, you take it all with a grain of salt. up inif employment with san diego, the folks at home were i live are wondering what about them. rightfully so. all over the country, jobs -- good paying jobs are the number one issue. the best social program in america is a high-paying job, a good income for an american citizen. a consult a whole number of problems. you to keep our focus on that if you cracked -- a good paying job takes care of a whole number of problems. democrats have do focus on this if we want to win back those donald trump voters. caller: thank you for taking my call. where are we at, and do you support a constitutional amendment to overturn citizens united? oldnd of all, i am 65 years . i have researched and wrote a lot. -- researched, read a lot, and experienced a lot. it seems to me that we have stopped being

senator reid asked me to paint a portrait and then he hung it up in the capital next to a portrait of mark twain. but the fact that the matter is, the portrait artists out there that are older and further along than i am tha but have painted y president in europe and we won this rac race into senator reid could easily have chosen one of them and as far as i can tell the reason he didn't is that underneath it all, underneath the great statesman and the brilliant strategist and a hard kid that fought his way through college and fought his entire life for people that are not strong enough to fight for themselves, underneath all of that, the bedrock of all of that is a sweet, sweet person who when given the opportunity to walk by and help someone up has spent his entire life helping people up. senator, i can't tell you how much i've enjoyed working with you on this. if you want to spend sundays next summer watch in baseball while i paint, i didn't. i will be proud of this the rest of my life. thank you so much. [applause] good afternoon everybody. it's been an amazing afternoon. you will be a hard a

they went door to door because mark twain was already collectible they would want to have his book. in those days they might say for a dollar 75 you can have it in this or for dollar 95 you can have a with this binding. and then in the back you will see this is where the people would sign their names and their address and the style of binding they wanted. so that's that's way books were sold outside of the few bookstores in large cities. the role of the antiquarian bookshop is to get the best books, not just just in terms of rarity and collectibility but serious books for the reader. people began to see books that if they don't buy a book am happy to have serious people who just look at aurora books and for the first time realize there's books on the subject of whatever category they never thought existed before. we have a section of books on from hawaii to books on watchmaking, think we sold those but all these obscure categories. it captures the diversity of the genius of the people throughout history. >> c-span is in scottsdale arizona to learn more about literary culture. i'm ne

it at first glance and it looks like a hodgepodge of thing, like why is there a biography of of mark twain here, or something on the wrist of a policy, but carnegie is mentioned in those, so it helps to get the wide angle view of carnegie the man. i think by looking at some of the materials we selected here lovecarnegie really had a for learning, and through this wonderful institution felt that this would be a way for the escape into another world, whether they are doing , and he or enjoyment felt very in that it to colonel anderson with his library come and i think he felt that giving this library to the city of pittsburgh, he was doing the same thing that colonel anderson did to him. would you please stand and face the jury? mr. robberson? loshe superior court of angeles, in the case against o.j. simpson, we've jury find not guilty of the crime of murder in violation of -- >> we started paying attention to a lot of high-profile cases, particularly in the 1990's. help but be struck by the o.j. simpson verdict. the coverage was almost identical. the thing that people in stores, watching th

and so one of the things that makes me wonder is, you know, if you've -- well, there's a quote by mark twain. if you put all your eggs in one basket, guard that basket. so in this case, we can guard the basket, but the clean air act example says that might not be good enough. so one suggestion would be to have as a backstop mechanism a universal carbon tax that all countries agree to, and so if somebody is a recalcitrant country and doesn't meet their obligations and starts tempting people with, you know, with, with -- i'm bogging down myself actually. [laughter] that people can gather together and say, okay, well, everybody else adopted a tax, and this is a trade advantage. we're going to pose a tax on them that they haven't imposed on themselves. what about that as a backstop mechanism in. >> thank you. go ahead. >> there are, i mean, it's just a blunt statement of life in international politics, there are very few real backstop mechanisms in foreign affairs the way there are in domestic law, so i think that's a reality. .. >> >> there has been allied of four can be in the community to des

salesman going door-to-door because mark twain was already collectible, they would want to have his books. in those days the my safe for $1.75 you can have this. for $1.95 you can have it with this binding. i don't remember the prices. in the back you will see this is where the people would sign the names and address, and then the style of binding they wanted. that's the way books were sold outside of the few bookstores in large cities. the role of the antiquarian bookshop is in a sense to get the best books both i think that just in terms of rarity and collectibility but serious of books for the reader. people began to see books, they don't buy a bookie, i'm happy to have series people look at a book and for the first time realize there's books on a subject of whatever category they never dreamed existed before. we have a section of books from hawaii to books on watchmaking. i think we sold those by the way but all these obscure categories. it captures in a sense the diversity of the genius of the people throughout history. >> c-span is in scottsdale, arizona, to learn more about its lit

so one thing that makes me wonder is if you -- well, there's a quote by mark twain, you put all our eggsn one basket, guard the basket. so, in this case we can guard the basket but the clean air act example says that might not be good enough. so one suggestion would be to have as a backstop mechanism a universal carbon tax that all countries agree to and so if somebody is recalls tran country and done meet -- -- starts temping people with -- i'm bogging down myself -- that people can gather together and say, okay, everybody else adopted a tax and this is a trade advantage. we're going to oppose the tax on them that they haven't imposed on themselves. what about that is a backstop mechanism? >> go ahead. >> there are -- one statement of life in international politics, very few real backstop mechanisms in foreign affairs there the way they are in domestic law. that's arrest don't think we're with such momentum we're beyond the point of no return itch don't see is going back to days when there is nothing going on but i sock the system, if the u.s. exits badly and other countries don't lead,

your reaction to these job numbers.n you ge >> when you get out and talk to people they remember mark twain's remark about about statistics, their allies and then their damn lies and then there are statistics. i can tell you in my district the county in pennsylvania national unemployment went down but unemployment picked up one point that is a tenth of a% iny my home county. so, you take it all with a grain of salt. maybe if employment went up in san diego the folks at home where i live say okay so what about me. and rightfully so. where i live and i think all over the country jobs and good paying jobs is the number onee u issue. it is the best social program in america, a high-paying job. a good income for an american citizen solves a whole russia problems and we have to keep her focus on the democrats hope to win back the trump voters.s. >> we have a color from arden, north carolina. good morning. >> how are you. thank you for taking my calls. where we had, and do you support a constitutional amendment toit overturn citizens united? second of all, i am 65 years old. i have a research and re

one of the great mark twain quotes.ticians are certain of what they are going to do. but tell me about certitude in politics and in economic politics. we get in trouble with that, don't we, when we are so certain? michael: especially if we are living in a world where there is uncertainty that you cannot result except over time by taking the best course you can. i think there is a real problem in that dimension, especially in europe. francine: michael, what is the one thing you think the market is ms. pricing about the donald i don't knowncy? if it is the markets or if there is they are trying to figure out. but when you look at interest rates, we are told by the people in charge that once you are in charge, you want low interest rates. michael: that is absolutely right. there is a sort of discussion going on about whether the trump administration might not be better with janet yellen as the head of the fed. i do not think they are going to do that, but you are right. this is a situation in which i think that the markets

matter --eart of the i think you ought to have this in your next edition of foreign affairs -- mark twainude of second rate. everybody is walking around like this, the people around mr. trump. whether we support him or not, he is certain of what he is doing. gideon: the other quote i would use is, the old moynahan quote about you have the right to your own opinions but not euro in fact. does this administration respect facts in general? even if they put in ways that they do not want to see. francine: let's get away from facts and opinions and think about donald trump, the businessman. what kind of business relationship will he have with china? i know he has said antagonizing words and people are worried. but if he is a businessman, this is the only deal he needs to be sure to secure. gideon: you might think so. if that was the case, it would be unlikely to start out but picking a fight with china because of accepting the call of taiwan. we do not know. it is not fair to say that we are -- i think it is fair to s that we are in totally uncharted territory here. , how do you interpret the p

mark twain said generalizations are false so i try to stay away from that.er, you can't argue that comprehensive women's care, health education, campus screening is all very important. however, what we'll need to do in an effort to satisfy public opinion as well as bridge this proverbial gap, we're going to need to modify how we fund the services offered here. >> people complain about their tax dollars going to abortions. >> we need to reset everyone's beliefs and everyone's rights. >> dr. staff fiapphire, thank y coming in and letting us know your views. >>> and how the stories will impact the new year and the new president, next. >>> and a couple gets caught on the infamous kiss cam. but the heart wants what it wants for this guy. it's not the girl, it's the beer. ♪ >>> as you know, 2016 is coming to a close, but many political crises will carry forward into the new year. >> how will this year's biggest stories play out in 2017. here to weigh in is erin mcpiper. >> let's start with the past year. the police shootings, so many horrific events played out, li

>> jon, because we have been talking about this, and you were talking about how i guess it was mark twainy not repeat itself, but sometimes it rhymes. if you could explain to people just, just how disruptive ronald reagan's position was towards the soviet union that upended -- we talked about kissinger, butkusinger and nixon and ford were champions of detente, and this was extraordinarily disruptive. >> oh, my lord. there was a plank in the 1976 platform that was basically, a conservative plank from the reagan wing, that attacked secretary kissinger and detente. reagan was seen as very much a right-wing figure. his main alternative in 1980 was george h.w. bush, who was seen as a ford republican, ani eisenhower republican. reagan was a disruptive conservative force in foreign policy in 1981. you said earlier, he said that his philosophy of the cold war was, we win and they lose. he was very much in that first term seen as someone who was potentially too trigger happy. behind the scenes, the old union president, remember, he was a movie actor, but to my mind, the more transformative experie

i am sure you've heard many of mark twain >>[calling public comment cards] in this chamber and the onei want to leave you with today that [inaudible] re: meanings are people not in words. call it what it is a behavioral health justice center, sounds like and feels like a jail. so let's not get tired and let's not grow weary as we continue to address homelessness and poverty in san francisco. i get it and i know you get it. it has become increasingly difficult for us to continue to watch and to walk by other human beings who are suffering and in need of help not incarceration. today we know that one in five people in the jail system is in need of mental health support and not imprisonments. there are already many organizations doing this valuable life-saving work in the city should support them by providing support services, jobs and housing. as they say in my church, a good work has begun and let us find the courage and the compassion to continue working together for creatively sponsors to those most in need of services and not incarceration. >> a few, sir. next speaker, please. >> goo

i am sure you've heard many of mark twain >>[calling public comment cards] in this chamber and the onei want to leave you with today that [inaudible] re: meanings are people not in words. call it what it is a behavioral health justice center, sounds like and feels like a jail. so let's not get tired and let's not grow weary as we continue to address homelessness and poverty in san francisco. i get it and i know you get it. it has become increasingly difficult for us to continue to watch and to walk by other human beings who are suffering and in need of help not incarceration. today we know that one in five people in the jail system is in need of mental health support and not imprisonments. there are already many organizations doing this valuable life-saving work in the city should support them by providing support services, jobs and housing. as they say in my church, a good work has begun and let us find the courage and the compassion to continue working together for creatively sponsors to those most in need of services and not incarceration. >> a few, sir. next speaker, please. >> goo

i am sure you've heard many of mark twain >>[calling public comment cards] in this chamber and the onei want to leave you with today that [inaudible] re: meanings are people not in words. call it what it is a behavioral health justice center, sounds like and feels like a jail. so let's not get tired and let's not grow weary as we continue to address homelessness and poverty in san francisco. i get it and i know you get it. it has become increasingly difficult for us to continue to watch and to walk by other human beings who are suffering and in need of help not incarceration. today we know that one in five people in the jail system is in need of mental health support and not imprisonments. there are already many organizations doing this valuable life-saving work in the city should support them by providing support services, jobs and housing. as they say in my church, a good work has begun and let us find the courage and the compassion to continue working together for creatively sponsors to those most in need of services and not incarceration. >> a few, sir. next speaker, please. >> goo