shannon: michael reagan is a political consultant and chairman of the reagan group.ood to see you, sir. what do you make of this. this whole back and forth with the catholic church, do you think the administration underestimated the response it would get? >> they were aimed at mitt romney. mitt romney the republican party trying to make this a women's issue, bring women over to obama and try to get them to vote for him. lo and behold, timothy dolan, university of notre dame and most of the catholic organizations have come out against obama and filed this great lawsuit. so now you have obama who is not fighting the republicans and rush limbaugh, he's fighting timothy dolan and the catholic church. this is the last thing they wanted and they don't know how to get out from underneath it which is good. shannon: the president and kathleen sebelius say there are exceptions to these mandates. does that answer the question or settle it for you? >> no, it doesn't and it or settle it it doesn't settle it for the church. in the world that we live in, i have to tell you as a cat

>>neil: thank you michael reagan. unions pumping millions into the wisconsin vote but does it have the power to win the race or are we looking at a man behind the curtain situation? michelle fields says wisconsin is proving union cash is king. that depends on them losing next week, and i guess you assume, michelle, them lose? >>guest: yes, this is actually very good for republicans because unions are using, wasting so were money, millions and millions of dollars on this election that they will probably use so what they are doing is exhausting their resources but they are energizing and mobilizing the conservative base, if you look at the numbers, all of walker's donation, 70 percent of his donations are less than $50. that shows how enthusiastic people are for walker and it is going to galvanize the people for the general election. >>neil: democrats have said, michelle, by pelosi and others, this is not that big a deal. >>guest: because they know they will loses. >>neil: obviously they will feel different if governor

michael reagan says if they are not packing yet, they should be. michael, what is interesting about this, when the folks at sacramento put out a budget that factored this in, that factors pay for profits into real money they can use to close a budget gap and it is not real money. a last the guys are locked up and they cannot cash out yet so the state is taking a couple of leaps there. >>guest: well, they have been doing that for a long time playing three card monti in sacramento. the deficit in january was $9 billion last wreak it was $16 billion and it is going toward $20 billion. the answer is, to raise taxes. so all of the millionaires if jerry brown gets what he wants in november, on the ballot measure, each of them will have 30 percent increase in their taxes. now, what do you thing they will do? most of the people who are making those kinds of monies are now leaving the state, corporations are leashing the state, apple left the state, and i wrote not be surprised if facebook left like the co-founder. >>neil: there is always that fear and that

michael reagan is a political consultant and chair of the reagan group. did he get it, did he capture what your dad was going for in that '84 ad? >> he didn't capture it at all because most people really understand what's going on. back in 1984 with my father's ad, things were getting better, people were feeling better about themselves, buying new homes, going to work. it's not true today. as you walk around america and talk to people in america, there is that jimmy carter malaise that is going on out there in america. nobody is feeling good about themselves right now. look at these last polls that have come out. i mean, there's one rasmussen question that really hit me, the fact when they asked the question will your children be better off than you are, and most people, most people, say -- >> megyn: 65 percent. >> -- say no they will not be better off than in fact i am and when a father and mother sits back and doesn't think their child is going to be better off than they are, that is just unbelievable. and so that's how people feel today. so no, he's tr

michael reagan is chairman of the reagan group and with me now. michael, you know, if people are looking at this as just an example of this -- of what happens when you live beyond your means, and right to the left, when you're $16 billion in debt, still saying but i want the pretty train, it goes so fast! >> oh no, it goes 130 miles! that's it! to bakersfield! 130 miles! >> mig who's going to pay for that? >> it's going to cost the people of california 3 1/2 million dollars a day, every day, from today until 2017, and if it isn't done in 2017, the federal government then shuts off the money they were going to be giving to the state of california for this bullet train. the president was here last week at that $15 million fund-raiser at clooney's house, talking about his support for a bullet train, literally, that goes to nowhere. megyn: what is happening? the state of california? because we talked about, you know, your dad and how he inherited a financial crisis and came in and helped clean it up. it doesn't seem like the state has learned a lot fro

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his son, michael reagan, is calling the sale outrageous. ther people agree with him. >> reporter: in the hours after president reagan was shot in 1981, doctors sent vials of his blood to a maryland lab for testing. notice, one of the purported samples has shown up for sale online. an overseas auction house is offering a small glass vial, which it claims holds traces of dried blood from america's fortth president. a 5-inch tube carries the president's name and the last name of his doctor, aaron. the label has the designation thor, meaning mr. reagan was a thoracic patient with a chest wound. and it's stamped march 30, 1981, the date of the assassination attempt. john highbush of the reagan foundation says mr. reagan's blood should not be traded or sold like a baseball card. these is tissue of the president of the united states. this is something that doesn't belong in the public. it belongs with the family. it belongs with the estate. >> reporter: the anonymous seller says the vial of blood has been with his family for 31 years, ever since hi

michael reagan campaigned for us and communicated clearly the relationship we had with his dad. and todd palin worked very hard. while they weren't directly associated with the campaign, it would be impossible for me to not mention shelton and miriam addleson who single-handedly nearly matched romney's super pac. we share a combined concern about the middle east and american security and survival of israel and they're very good friends. finally on the thank yous, i have to thank the voters of south carolina and apologize. we will have broken their tradition of always picking the nominee. this makes me feel guilty every time we go through south carolina. but they were tremendous. they were welcoming, they were enthusiastic. the size of the victory was historic and we'll always remember -- i suspect our whole family will south remember south carolina. it was a tremendous experience. today i'm suspending the campaign but suspending the campaign does not mean suspending citizenship. callista and i committed to be active citizens. we owe it to america and to maggie and robert. in my

i also want to thank herman cain for campaigning for us and michael reagan who campaigned for us and communicated pretty clearly the relationship we had with his dad. todd palin, who also worked very hard. although there were not associated with the campaign, it would be impossible for me to be here and thank everybody without thinking sheldon who single-handedly came pretty close to matching mitt romney's super pac. we share a combined concern about the middle east, american security, and the survival of israel. we are very good friends. i have to thank the voters of south carolina and apologize. we have a broken their tradition of always picking the nominee. this will always be me fell slightly guilty every time we go through south carolina, but they were tremendous. they were welcoming, enthusiastic. the size of the victory were the story. -- was historic. i expect our whole family will always remember south carolina because it was a tremendous, tremendous experience. today, i am suspending the campaign, but suspending the campaign does not mean suspending citizenship calsita and

want to thank herman cain who was tremendous in campaigning particularly on super tuesday and michael reagan campaigned for us and i think communicated pretty clearly the relationship we had with his dad and then todd palin who worked very, very hard. of course while they weren't directly associated with the campaign, it would be impossible for me to be here and thank everybody without mentioning sheldon and mary adelson who single handily came close to matching the romney super pac and i am grateful to them and we share a combined concern about the middle east and a combined concern about american security and the survival of israel and they're very, very good friends. finally, on the thank yous, i have to thank the voters of south carolina and i have to apologize to them. we will have broken their tradition of always pinging the nominee. this will make me feel slightly guilty every time we go through south carolina. they were tremendous. they were welcoming. they were enthusiastic. the size of the victory was historic, and callista and i will always remember south carolina and i suspect ou

and michael reagan who campaigned for us.nd communicated pretty clearly the relationship we had with his dad. and then todd palin who also worked very, very hard. and of course while they weren't directly associated with the campaign, it would be impossible for me on be here and thank everybody without mentioning shelton and maria adelson who came close to matching romney's super pac. and we share a combined concern about the middle east and combined concern about american security and the survival of israel and they're very good friends. finally, on the thank yous, i have to thankt voters of south carolina and i have to apologize to them. we will have broken their tradition of always picking the nominee. this will make me feel slightly guilty every time we go through south carolina. but they were tremendous. terp we they were well coming. the size of the victory was historic. and we'll always remember south carolina. i suspect our whole people will always remember south carolina because it was a tremendous experience. today

reagan? and michael fumento who wrote for publications now says even reagan, the patron saint of modern conservatismmortified by the far right. he writes in an excel leapt article for salon.com. and i quote him: joining me now, via skype is the aforth mentioned michael fumento. thank you so much for your time sir and for joining us from columbia. >> my pleasure, really. >> it's great to have you. i really enjoyed your article. have you gotten any flak from your conservative friends over the content? >> it's too early. i think we're still in the stun grenade stage. where they are blinded and deaf right now. but i think even as we speak they are preparing to let loose the fly monkeys on me. >> you make reference to mass hysteria that have taken over the gop. what do you mean by that? >> that refers to a phenomenon in which a large number of people have completely lost touch with reality on a given issue. the most famous mass hysteria is the salem witch trial. you may remember when abe was supposed to kill absolutely everybody, and i lead the person that lead the way in chilling no toyotas don't take o

we put that question to michael reagan. welcome back.s the question is whether president obama is injecting politics into more and more his event and whether that is appropriate. >> he has ever not injected politics. he's the constant campaigner. he has never stopped since he took the oath of office three years ago. yesterday it was embarrassing. he's there with the prime minister, they are having a joint news conference an uses that moment instead of leading, he uses that moment to take a swipe at mitt romney as if mitt romney would not have gone in after usama bin laden. it's interesting the only person i know of that wouldn't have gone after him and stated i wouldn't go after him and that was joe biden, the vice president of the united states of america. the president,united states does not show leadership because he's in constant campaign mode. he seems to tell his -- lies or falsehoods with more passion and more believability than our side tells its truths. meg are was asked about that. it's not like the president brought it up hims

also, michael reagan, who campaigned for us and communicated pretty clearly the relationship that wead with his dad. of course, while they were not to wreck the associated with the campaign, it would be impossible for me to be here and think everyone without mentioning sheldon and maria adleson. they came very close to matching ronnie's -- about romney's super pac. i would like to thank the voters of south carolina. we would have broken their tradition of always picking a nominee. this will make me feel slightly guilty every single time we go through south carolina. they were tremendous, welcoming, enthusiastic. the size of the victory was historic. we will always remember south carolina because it was a tremendous experience. today, i am suspending the campaign, but suspending the campaign does not mean suspending citizenship. we are committed to being active citizens. we owe it to america in my case, i have been an active citizen since august of 1958, between my freshman and sophomore years in high school. my dad was serving in the army and europe. this august, it would be 54 years

the latest break comes from columnist michael fimento who worked for president reagan and the national today he writes i'm horrified that these people have coopted the name conservative to stream their mess ans of hate and anger, and former secretary powell says that he is uncomfortable with some of the attacks on obama dating back to the 2008 campaign. >> i felt that the republican party at that time was conveying an impression of harshness. it was a certain ugliness to some of the things being said about president obama. >> and former republican senator chuck hagel saying reagan would not identify with this party. there is a streak of intolerance in the republican party today that scared people. joining me is the daughter of john mccain, and maria teresa kumar. thank you both for your time tonight. megan, let there be light, first of all. you face some criticism from some of the far right in your party. so has colin powell, right? and it's not that you're not a republican, just some of the extreme point of views you feel doesn't represent your views of main street republicans. >> i'm

michael & son weather camera. mostly cloudy this morning. 66 degrees although at reagan national reporting just a couple of clouds. winds is calm and barometer holding steady. up here ugh see this line of storms from northern missouri back to new england? that's a cold front ands that helping to fire some showers and storms, low level moisture and enough upper level energy so a threat of severe weather. two spots one west of us. the other one on top of us from the blue ridge east. damaging wind gusts and large hail the bigger concern from the strong storms this afternoon. here's the futurecast noon still relatively quiet. watch what happens early this afternoon we start the see the storms fire off. here 2:45 out to i-81 and the park and then by 5:45, scattered showers and storms moving in. could be a rough evening commute. you got a ball game or something you're trying the play or maybe going to the nats tonight, there could be some delays. 86 today. tomorrow, 80 after being in the 60s. tomorrow we could get a couple of storms but most of that will be south and southwest of the d.c.. sundays looks great 75. by mon

. >> michael, do you think that's tacky? i remember when ronald reagan made a speech in japan that there was a big uproar about it. now the enormous sums that ex-presidents make -- it's seen as part of one of the perk question sits of the job. what's your take on it? >> when truman wrote his memoirs, he asked eisenhower to give him a special tax break, and eisenhower refused. there's billions always been a sensitivity about how ex-presidents are allowed to make their way in the world. they used to make money by donating papers. gwen: one of the interesting things, when we watch the presidents, we watch them gray, we watch them scale, scale back the promises they made and their ambitions. i wonder whether that's just what the presidency does. for instance, you think about president obama. i'm going to close guantanamo on day one. i'm going to have a single-payer health care plan. i'm going to change immigration. in fact he's increased deportations. is it the office or is it who he always was? >> i don't know. i do think early in his career that he pulled

on the water at reagan national under clear skies. great visibility on our michael & son weather camera. 53. there's even a bit of a chill in spots where the winds have not gone dead calm. you can see this easily without putting any fronts on here. one front here, got an area of low pressure in texas and high pressure right over the ohio and tennessee valleys. this storm system is cut off a little bit from the main flow so it will take a couple of days to get across the south and then towards us. this is what will bring us our chances of rain sunday and monday. around here we're doing real well. had a couple of isolated sprinkles yesterday afternoon and evening. that's gone. with high pressure building in, we'll tat winds we've got this morning. we'll lessen them as we get into the evening hours with high pressure tonight. so it's going to be another chilly night. back in the 40s and as. tomorrow as the high pressure starts to slide east of us, our winds become more southerly. that will warm us up. 75 to 80 tomorrow. then ahead of this front as we head into mother's

we'll have detail autos coming up, concerns about the health of first lady nancy reagan recovering more than a month. >> michael fin gee taking your questions through his facebook and twitter pages now and lbs will be answering them live a little bit later. >> it's 4:09. time for a check of traffic and it's gridlock this, is as bad as it gets at the skyway in downtown san francisco. nobody is going anywhere, fast. maybe, three, four, five miles per hour. whether left to right or trying to get down towards 101 south, abc 7 news continues in just a moment. >> this afternoon, health officials are testing 35 northern california babies for tuberculosis exposure after a resident with an active case of tb advise yilted the neo natal intensive care units in two hospitals. parents of 15 babies in solano county and 20 babies in sacramento county are being notified about possible exposure, the contagious spern now in isolation and receiving treatment. >> a company is pulling spinach off shelves over concerns it could be contaminated with salmonel yachl it's sold under two names, private selections brand and the market sid

looking outside on our michael & son weather camera, good visibility. 65 degrees with calm winds at reagan national. the barometer dropping a little bit at 29.98. i showed you what was coming at us in the ohio valley. we've got this guy as well. this is potentially what we'll be seeing for the afternoon. with the front draped across the region, we're going to be dealing with these showers and storms on and off today. an isolated chance for the next couple of days and very warm. today 83. scattered showers and storm. some severe this afternoon. could be damaging wind gusts and hail. tonight in the 60s. 50s in the suburbs. 83 tomorrow. isolated stuff on friday but 88. saturday 84, chance of an afternoon storm. then we're back in the 70s by sunday. let's go to monika santami at 4:45. she's got a look at time saver traffic. >>> we do have the wet road conditions. i want you to be careful if you're heading out the door especially coming south on 270. first let's take a look at the beltway north of town which is still running well out of college park into silver spring and over to bethesda. we'l

starting to see a little bit of light in the sky to the east on the michael & son weather camera. 66 degrees at reaganth-southwest at 8 and the dew point is over 60. we have some low level life in place. we have a frontal boundary up here which is coming. got in moisture trying to sneak in from the alabama area yesterday. now into west virginia. so there are a lot of things that are coming together to help produce the severe weather threat. and the area in yellow that includes the washington baltimore metros may basically east of the blue ridge, that's a severe weather risk area from the storm prediction center with the main threat being the wind gusts and the hail and it does look that by mid- afternoon, we'll be seeing the storms start the fire first out to the west and move toward us for the late afternoon rush hour and dinner time. next three days, today severe weather alert day. 86. 60s tonight. could see a few storms arnold this evening. tomorrow fewer storms better chance is south and southwest of town about 80. mid 70s sunday. sunday looks great. mondays is great at 74. then we could see some

michael & son weather camera. looks pretty good out there. the temperature is 67. reagan national reporting mostly cloudy skies and a southwest wind at 10. that's an important wind direction. that's a warm direction for us. yesterday, as opposed to wednesday, those winds were in a strong out of the east and we were allowed to burn off the clouds early. the mid 80s out west and today is even warmer than that it looks to be. we're watching a front this thing stretched out with a lot of strong to severe thunderstorms from areas in kansas to missouri. all the way out to new york state here. it's coming in and the front is coming in our direction. we've got upper level winds which are increasing and the low level moisture in place. the ingredients are there to get strong to severe thunderstorms through the afternoon and from the storm prediction center, one area is highlighted to the west and right across us from the blue ridge east the whole i-95 corridor from richmond up toward new york, extending up to scranton. philly, anywhere this afternoon even across the bay, maybe goi

here's a look at your live michael and son weather camera for this evening. mostly cloudy skies right now at reagan national. 68 degrees. winds are light and they're out of the south. and here's a look at our other current temperatures right now. 50s up north in gaithersburg to frederick, with 65 in hagerstown. 57 for manassas. fredericksburg 63. culpeper 57 degrees. annapolis right now in the mid- 60s. all right, so the satellite and radar picture showing us some of the high level clouds came on in. our next weather maker is out here to the south and west of us. you see this mess? that's going to be coming through this way and organizing into more of showers and maybe a couple of thunderstorms, especially by monday. but for mother's day, maybe an afternoon shower possible for mom. showers and storms then on monday. possibly wet morning and evening commutes. then unsettled again for tuesday. definitely want to have your umbrellas handy for the start of the work week. here's the 9 futurecast. watch this slowly or carefully if you're going to be taking mom outside. so overnight, we'll see partly to m

arlington is at 56 as we look outside on the michael and son weather camera, a touch of haze about it out there. temperatures in the upper 50s at reagan national, dew point 54. we are watching the middle of the country. from memphis toward chicago and even toward northwestern chicago. this whole mess is going to be working its way toward the east. right now nothing is moving quickly. we are going to have a threat for showers and even thunder around. today i can't rule out an isolated sprinkle. as we get into tonight though, again low clouds not showing up as well. a stray shower or sprinkle not out of the question. tomorrow we are going to get some sunshine. it will boost temperatures into the upper 70s. as this front approaches, a better chance in the afternoon and evening. showers and storms will be with us through wednesday as well. not as warm as tomorrow today 72, partly to mostly cloudy. tonight we are dipping down into the 60s. upper 70s with mainly afternoon showers and evening storms. wednesday only in the low 70s. we cool out thursday and friday, upper 60s. right now looks decent with highs in the low to mid-70s, monika samt

michael & son weather camera. you can see the haze and low cloudiness with 57 degrees reported at reagan national. an east, northeast wind at 10. you want to see the winds go more southeast or southerly. as long as we have some sort of an east to northeast push, that means we're on the cool side of the boundary. we have the jet stream coming on shore in the west. very active. you see the showers and storms from nebraska into minnesota and wisconsin. then more storms this morning. we're just watching them up to the north and east. looks like they're going to sink south and east and fall apart. later this afternoon we'll see what pops up north to west drifting this way for the late afternoon and evening in a couple of spots. today 84. tomorrow 87. there will be a chance for a few more storms tomorrow afternoon after dipping into the 60s tonight. on saturday it's going to be a warm day, just an isolated storm possible, 80. starting a little bit after cooling trend for sunday and monday into the low 70s. tuesday some storms, around 80. wednesday there will be some showers also, 74. monika is stepping

'78 and was angered shortly thereafter when tip o'neill and ronald reagan talked about that cooperation. he did not like bob michaels, a midwestern conservative in the bob dole mold, who was the republican leader. newt gingrich said, you know what? we republicans will never take power, as long as this is seen as a debate between decent people who disagree on economics and who disagree on the environmental, and who disagree on health care policy. he said, let's be very clear. and he put out, you know, things saying this. he put out work sheets and instruction manuals. the democrats are corrupt, they are treasonous, et cetera. and he worked that and worked that. and what we're now seeing is the ultimate triumph of that. you have -- look, american politics has always had two factions. one that wanted somewhat more government, one that wanted somewhat less government. he understood the legitimacy of the other. there were no democrats that don't believe in a free enterprise system as a generator of wealth and goods and services. and most republicans used to say, yes, and we need a government that sets the rules and works

then michael focused on ford and the president after. >> nixon first reaches out to reagan who was one of mine in 1947. he says i want to have you come to washington and testify in front of the house. eisenhower, who was one of nancy's, was involved in the 1968 republican convention. he was behind the scenes helping reagan get organized as a supporter of reagan and as a candidate. they positioned themselves for 1968. that suggested the club had relationships long before some of the members were in the white house. >> how did you write this together? how long did it take? >> we had been working on it for better than four years. we could easily spend another four years. the stories are so rich. in a way, it is hard to stop the research and trying to get these stories onto the page. we would both pushed each other to set deadlines. i would draft a chapter and send it to michael. >> what about your personal situation? >> we have day jobs. i am an editor at "time" magazine. one thing we found at the risk of this sound like a rationalization, is everything we were reading we would hear these

framing yourself as carter's enemy, you can make yourself out to be ronald reagan which is a brilliant strategy if it works. michaelreporter: e suggests that the 2012 election could mirror what happened in 1980 in the race between carter and ronald reagan, was there a late break away from the incumbent, carter was leading for most of the race. his job rating was kept higher, even though voters were unhappy with the economy and other issues, but during a debate just a few days before the election reagan famously asked are you better off than you were four years ago. suddenly the polls took a ten-point shift and barone suggests despite economic concerns and mr. obama's apologies, voters might be keeping his ratings artificially high for fear of rejecting the first black president and they might change their support to romney at the last minute. here's the question, is former president carter an effective weapon in the campaign against president obama. go to cnn.com/caffertyfile or to our post on the situation room's facebook page. >> i think you'll be hearing more about jimmy carter from mitt romney in the next sever

our live look at our michael and son weather camera here on this sunday night. 71 degrees, still pretty mild out there. cloudy skies at reagan the winds are coming in from the south at around 9 miles per hour. here's a look at the live doppler 9000 hd. might have a couple light showers, maybe more of a miss out toward the west again. out toward 81. new market and harrisburg, but we are dry in the d.c. area and around the beltway. temperatures pretty mild still. lower 70s in downtown. clouds acting like a blanket, kind of keeping in the heat we had earlier today. not cooling off quickly. 6 in leesburg. 65 in martinsburg. fredericksburg lower 70s. the satellite radar picture showing us we've got this area of low pressure coming in, so we'll probably see some showers by tomorrow morning impacting your commute and those showers are going to be slow-moving. so wet monday morning commute for a lot of us. also same deal for the evening commute. wet again on tuesday. we could use the rain, that's for sure, but it will also help us clear the air of those pollens and we're going to get some welcome allergy relief. the 9 futurecast sho

michael & son weather camera. got a little reduced visibility due to lighter rains at reagan national. it is a muggy morning. need a little extra hair spray, right monika santami? she's nodding. this will go through. look at this. by 11:45 it's up to new york. quieter here but in the afternoon we'll bubble up showers and storms. we'll look for to or three potential round -- two or three potential rounds of showers. the nats may get that game in at 1:05. 78 and muggy. showers now. more showers and storms later. tonight in the 60s with 83 tomorrow. chance of an afternoon storm. thursday we get nice. thursday, friday, saturday, sunday into monday partly to mostly sunny, highs mainly in the 70s. let's go to monika now. it's 5:17. talking about the heavy rains earlier. >>> we're going to show it to you live on the northbound side of 395. look at that. it is pouring on 395. the length leaving the beltway to the 14th street bridge, even though it's early, i still think you should head out the door and give yourself the extra time. you'll need to deal with this. it's going to affect your rush hour commute for sure.