jim baker as his chief of staff, a really skilled, shrewd political insider, ed meese, a counselor todent, and michael deaver in charge of the media operations. they ran the white house. >> the assassination attempt and aftermath elevated ronald reagan's popularity to a new high. the latest nbc news/associated press poll shows his job rating jumped ten points. >> reagan understood that he was getting this sort of sympathy reaction. everybody was rooting for him all of a sudden because they didn't want him to die. they didn't want to lose a president. so without missing a step, he goes right into what the message is. we've got to get this tax and spending bill passed and we've got to do it now. >> mr. speaker, the president of the united states. >> it was just like the movies. reagan was a true american hero. >> the president looking very jovial, very healthy. >> i was seated in the well of the house there when he was addressing congress. it was magic. everybody was so grateful that his life had been spared. it was a stirring moment. >> if he wants them to stop, they're not going to st

jim baker as his chief of staff, a really skilled, shrewd political insider, ed meese, a counselor to, and michael deaver in charge of the media operations. they ran the white house. >> the assassination attempt and aftermath elevated ronald reagan's popularity to a new high. the latest nbc news/associated press poll shows his job rating jumped ten points. >> reagan understood that he was getting this sort of sympathy reaction. everybody was rooting for him all of a sudden because they didn't want him to die. they didn't want to lose a president. so without missing a step, he goes right into what the message is. we've got to get this tax and spending bill passed and we've got to do it now. >> mr. speaker, the president of the united states. >> it was just like the movies. reagan was a true american hero. >> the president looking very jovial, very healthy. >> i was seated in the well of the house there when he was addressing congress. it was magic. everybody was so grateful that his life had been spared. it was a stirring moment. >> if he wants them to stop, they're not going to stop f

a conversation with former vice president dick cheney, former attorney general ed meese, and constitutional law deen douglas about choosing a running mate, the balance of power, and reflections on breaking and justice scalia. -- reflections on nancy reagan and justice scalia. this is one hour.

to investigate. >> now i'm going to ask attorney general meese to brief you. >> do you still maintaindn't make a mistake? did you make a mistake in sending arms to tehran? >> no, and i'm not taking any more questions. >> in the course of the arms transfers, which involved the united states providing the arms to israel, and israel in effect selling the arms to representatives of iran, certain monies, which were received in the transaction between representatives of israel and representatives of iran were taken and made available to the forces in central america which are opposing the sandinista government there. >> there was an audible gasp in the room. cynical, jaded reporters who have seen and heard everything gasped out loud. >> there it was, smoking gun proof of the connection between these two programs and the fact that part of this administration was using the money from the sales of arms to iran to fund the contras. >> the shadowy figure we've been hearing about at the center of today's extraordinary revelations is oliver north. his facts, his public testimony is what the countr

a conversation with former vice president dick cheney, former attorney general ed meese, and constitutional law deen douglas about choosing a running mate, the balance of power, and reflections on breaking and justice scalia. -- reflections on nancy reagan and justice scalia. this is one hour. [applause] thank you ladies and gentlemen. let's get right to it. from dr.a presentation larson that suggests your role as vice president was a political expediency, that it was a prize that could be given away to earn political present -- politiacal credit for the president. we saw interesting proliferation's in the electoral college, where people were casting their ballots in a way where so many people would cost ballets, and an unexpected presidential candidate would emerge. they were undesignated orig inally. what do you make of that history? is it a history you are comfortable with? or do you find yourself dissenting from it? i thought it was right on. my wife has written a book on james madison. impression that dr. larson presented is very much in tune with my wife's interpretation. it was an af

i talk about how he worked with ed meese to put strip the constructionists,. antonin scalia. >> someone even in the gay rights discussion, in keeping with what reagan wanted, to get back to the founding fathers. i'm pick out people like reagan because i think they impact this election. i didn't start with the people i profiled there. i started with the issues. i looked at immigration, income inequality. how we police each other. as kennedy is walking down the street she is under surveillance. the founding fathers would have no idea but, they would say this is the hippest, coolest woman i ever immediate. but there was no woman around like that in 1776. you wouldn't have had a vote. they built something in the constitution that was strong enough to endure for 240 years, but flexible enough to say kennedy you deserve a vote. professional schools, women. historical highs in the senate and the house. who knew a woman would be the leading candidate for the democratic nomination for president. people say what's the biggest change in america since the time of the foun

>> it was kind of incongruous to see him there with james baker and ed meese and all these former ambassadors. he seems very happy to be with mr. t. >> he is very happy. but isn't that strange, that he was at nancy reagan's funeral? but they used to do a lot of just say no stuff together. >> jimmy: i remember that. >> and punky brewster. i was looking at the other celebrities. michael jackson used to do a lot of just say no stuff. >> jimmy: he was not there, though. he didn't show up. >> no. >> jimmy: that would have been something. [ laughter ] that would have been a hell of a picture. >> just mr. t. >> jimmy: your documentary, which i saw today, it's very powerful. >> thank you for watching it. >> jimmy: it really is unbelievable. it's called "under the gun." >> yeah. it's going to be released as you said i think it's may 15th or may 14th on epix. and it's going to be free and then available on v.o.d. at the end of the month on itunes and amazon. and it's really a comprehensive look at the gun issue in america. and i think it will change the way you look at it. one of the exciting things we

former attorney general ed meese, and constitutional law deen douglas about choosing a running mate,he balance of power, and reflections on nancy reagan and justice scalia. this is one hour.

reagan adviser ed meese said it was basically curtains after that. "that was pretty much the end of our campaign until the end of president ford's acceptance." another reagan staffer said, "when we lost on that, we knew we were dead." so it was convention rule 16c that basically ended ronald reagan's bid for president in 1976. if the republican race this year does end up being decided at the convention, the rules will once again be cue. that's why candidates are hiring convention gurus who are going to understand how the rules get made and rules work. even though the rules themselves are malleable and will not get decided until the convention, itself. we've come to understand there are no set in stone rules for conventions, the one thing we thought was a rule is you need a majority of delegates to win the nomination, right? turns out that's not a hard and fast rule, either. >> for example, the rule says you have to have a majority of delegates to win. that rule is subject to amendment just like the other rules that we've been talking about. >> hold o

over the weekend, yes, let meese know if you see any of those ofe snowflakes.ha come through on saturday.hrough. temperatures in the 40's and0's keeping us a little bit on theit chilly side but the sun iss back as we head on into into sunday. here's a look at the weekendeeke forecast. on the chilly side for sure, s 47 saturday, feeling colderng c with the breeze and sunday sun about 50 degrees.t so, not all day rain for saturday but definitelyy something to take note of and ad into monday we're sunny and warmer at 68 degrees.8 de we'll value couple of thunderstorms possible tuesdayrs with a temperature of 66. nice to see the 60's back bac 'cause there has been a littlere bit of h a setback s temperature-wise for much ofe-sr this week but looks like we'llkl be able to keep those rain tho showers and thunderstormsand moving along in a nice fashionan but of course we'll havel h another update at 6:00 sarah,, laura back to you. y >> it's almost tax time and te you can now settle up your taxax bill while stopping for a how about that?ha >> they go hand in hand i gue

through -- up through r the sale of the ranch in 1998. 8 >> reporter: long time reagan advisor ed meeses s his boss loved getting out ofet the office and behind theehind e wheel. >> that was the only time he got to drive a car from thear fe time he became president andde even before that when he wasor governor of course somebodye elsef drove himco so the ranchr was his chance to drive.ance t >> reporter: also on display in a lar 1909 white steam car, the the very first automobile owned byue a president, our 27th williamil howard taft.rd t there he is riding like a kingea in the back seat. >> president william howard taft popularized automobiles.oml by the end of his term he caner say coming in as a play thing t of the rich and wealthy w automobiles are here to stayhers and they're useful for all classes rich and poor. and >> reporter: taft's limo is on display right now.ht n. the reagan jeep will take itstas place starting next week.ne of course the exhibit is free.hi just walk on by. 33 say especially at nightt n when the jewel box is all litsll up here along the national mall. bob bar

there meese be some delays in the affected area. >> tran: is a group of kids outside of london in the afternoon was mostly spent easter break hunting and a turn into a fund for burglars. what is sensible that's a narrow they were searching for a suspect they spotted the suspect and that's video from the police helicopter and were they drop to the ground and formed an aero i alerted the police that suspect is in that direction and the officers in the helicopter said the officers should have in that direction. that's exactly did and never able find the burglar. police later tweed saying not an april fool's joke. >> darya: taylor's was bodyguard takes his job very seriously even on a roller-coaster. take look at the photo. they seem to be enjoying themselves. with the bodyguard in the back he is not cracking a smile with no hands up or anything. nothing's a mess even here peace is perfect. they posted it on the histogram and it has gone viral ever since. you can see as i am impressed face. he looked very serious. he is getting paid to go on space mountain. >> darya: when controls are now

what did they do to -- ed meese. what did they do to keep the founders of the country alive?> they did a lot. >> president obama and the supreme court replacing justice scalia, you understand what's at stake. justice scalia, nominated by president reagan at the suggestion of ed meese was a strict constructionist. he read the constitution, and in his opinion as it is written. the original intent and promise, you look at garland, he's a part of a tradition on the democratic side that sees a living constitution that shifts and changed more flexible as circumstances change. >> they think it wrong, slavery, three fifths and marshall did a lot. >> they believe in the living constitution. they have women who came to voted. that wasn't in the original constitution. even if brian is walking down the street and there are surveillance cameras, they said, the founding fathers, they said, what are you doing -- >> now the book going on our book shelf. congratulations. >> today is the day. thanks for having me. >> thank you. congratulations. awesome book. >>> coming up hate ahead, you heard

eople ranging from milton friedman to ronald reagan and ed east -- meese but betly friedan who changed the vision marshall nd thurgood the lawyer who was first african-american supreme court who pushed against the idea of legal segregation specifically beginning in public with brown v board of on.ation and i could go the new york city police commissioner is one of my new of people who reshaped america but if you think about surveillanc surveillance, cameras, computers. statistical models of where and occurs, who perpetrates it and how we can predict and prevent it you say know who put this in play? bill bratton. down to this question. blueprint,stitution a a set of guidelines or harped and fast rules? guest: it is like steel. is hard and fast but it is flexible. when a storm comes there is give.and we were talking a moment ago about women and gays and fathers, human beings they had star status, in their day and time a vision of what was possible and created it. not have imagined where we would go today in so areas. so the constitution does have ome give and take in it, but remember ron

and when meese looked to overturn mapp. we have a clip from the sitting chief justice john roberts where he talks about some of his view of the mapp decision. chief justice roberts: our cases apply under the exclusionary rule under which the evidence cannot be allowed in court. that is judiciaryly created rule. it is not an individual right but instead aims to deter violations of the fourth amendment. the idea idea is if they cannot use evidence, there is likely to be fewer illegal searches. now given that purpose, our precedence established that the rule does not apply when it will not result in real deterrence or when the benefits of any deterrence are outweighed by the cost. that cost, of course, is the prospect that the guilty and possibly dangerous will go free. susan: your comments, please. >> well, i completely disagree with him obviously based on what i said earlier because you hear in his comment this embracing of this deterrence rationale and the idea that the rule is judiciaryly created. but the scholar said give

eople ranging from milton friedman to ronald reagan and ed east -- meese but betly friedan who changed the vision marshall nd thurgood the lawyer who was first african-american supreme court who pushed against the idea of legal segregation specifically beginning in public with brown v board of on.ation and i could go the new york city police commissioner is one of my new of people who reshaped america but if you think about surveillanc surveillance, cameras, computers. statistical models of where and occurs, who perpetrates it and how we can predict and prevent it you say know who put this in play? bill bratton. down to this question. blueprint,stitution a a set of guidelines or harped and fast rules? guest: it is like steel. is hard and fast but it is flexible. when a storm comes there is give.and we were talking a moment ago about women and gays and fathers, human beings they had star status, in their day and time a vision of what was possible and created it. not have imagined where we would go today in so areas. so the constitution does have ome give and take in it, but remember ron

win is being detained by the vee in a meese government for peacefully expressing his views on democracy. as president obama prepares to visit vietnam, i urge the president to make human rights a key priority and i strongly urge the president to call for the release of human activist. it's time, it's time for the united states to take a strong and principled stand against vietnam's ongoing human rights violations. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek michigan? >> request to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> the rotary club of lansing, this may i is celebrating service above self. the club was founded on may 29, 1916 and has been dedicated to many community and international service projects ever since. over the past 100 years, they have provided $2 million grants in local and international projects. they include the rotary vet clinic at the zoo, the hospice of lansing residential facility and the hope scholarship program, the lansing for at-risk you

mcsally: today we are considering a critical meese of legislation that would require the department of homeland security to require a full assessment of the threats coming across our southern border. evail waiting our border threats regularly seems like common sense, especially given the ever evolving nature of cartel and smuggling activity. yet d.h.s. has not conducted a systematic threat assessment of our southern border in over 20 years. a lot has changed since then. southern arizonans know well our border is not secure. transnational criminal organizations are trafficking drugs, money, people, and weapons into and through our communities. his poses a significant public safety risk and national security threat. this is not just an abtract issue but something that's a part of their everyday lives. the brave men and women of the border patrol do all they can with the tools they are provided, but they are restricted by outdated strategies and political leadership that does not have the resolve to let agents do what they do best -- secure the border. in addition, not only is our strateg

so we're meesed. we've had ongoing dialogue with cms. we plan to continue that and to press for full implementation of our outstanding recommendations. >> okay. thank you. and i yield back. >> i thank the gentlewoman. the chair recognizes the gentleman from michigan, mr. wahlberg, for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thanks to the panel for being here. and mr. dodaro, thanks for heavy lifting and sharp pencilling and pinpointing that you continue to do. one man's opinion and an overlarge federal government, but nonetheless. one area that i'm interested in is the unobligated balances that are out there. some staggering in nature. at least to my opinion. is there any value to allowing agencies to hold excess appropriations to the next fiscal year? and i guess i would add quickly to that, at what point does it become a problem? >> yeah. i think, you know, agencies need -- and it depends on the program and activity. and so it's variable. they need to have a little bit of a potential buffer depending on the nature of the programs

we aren't and that's why we need this meese of legislation. the bill requires the -- piece of legislation. the bill requires the department of homeland security as part of an ongoing effort to stop terrorist recruitments. these individuals who have seen the groups firsthand and have rejected it. this bill is not lift limited to specific groups. let me repeat that one more time. this bill is not limited to specific groups. it gives our counterterrorism professionals the flexibility needed to fight back against extremists as the threat environment and terrorist tactics change. it also requires d.h.s. to coordinate these efforts with other agencies, nongovernmental organizations and foreign partners so that we do this the ight way, find the best ways fighting terrorist propaganda. the task force i served on recommend we use these credible voices to fight online efforts. the advisory council has urged d.h.s. to use the testimonials of former extremists in our counternarrative efforts and our foreign partners are already using these tactics and fin

. >> now a conversation with former vice president dick cheney, former attorney general ed meese and pepperdine constitutional law being, douglas kmiec, but the vice presidency, choosing a running mate, the balance of power and reflections on nancy reagan and justice antonin scalia. this is one our. >> thank you, rob, thank you ladies and gentlemen. let's get right to it. we heard a presentation from dr. larson the suggestion role as vice president was a political expedients, and that it was a prize that could be given a way to earn some political credit for the president. we saw some interesting manipulations going on in the electoral college where people were under the original system casting their ballots in a way where so many people would cast ballots in unexpected pressures attendant would emerge that folks cast for vice president because they were undesignated vote originally. first of all what do you make of that history? is a history that you are comfortable with or do you find yourself dissenting from it? >> i thought it was eloquent and right on. my wife has written a book