and in the fall of 1995, mrs. reagan attended the conference in this very room that was open to the public, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the geneva conference and the first meeting that reagan had with gorbachev. and i attended that seminar and rushed up to her and said i would love to interview for my work. she says i don't allow interviews. but by christmas, i wrote her a long letter about my interest in studying the end of the cold war. and by the spring i had met her and she had granted me access to president reagan's papers for my work on the end of the cold war with the support of secretary schultz. and she's still asking for that book. but along the way, i started finding thousands of pages of the president's writing and joined forces with the andersons. and that was really crucial that we came together on the work. and in each project, she would say, go ahead. and i was pretty nervous with the first one, the first book on reagan's radio essays. as we finished that book, i showethe andersons other writings

i said, well, if we tell them mrs. reagan isn't coming, surely she won't. and sure enough, we sent that message. and the soviet foreign ministry prepared an agenda for gorbachev, sent it to him, and he sent it back saying where is time for my wife? >> where is time to consult my wife? that's what you wrote. where's time to consult my wife. >> to consult my wife, yes. in effect, the person who told me this later commented, he couldn't make a decision without her. and of course, then she shows up in iceland, nancy doesn't come, that annoys her, and it annoys the president even more. and one of the reasons they didn't stay over an extra day and try to work out things was that she wasn't there. if she had been there, i'm sure reagan would have stayed an extra day and maybe we would have come to an agreement in iceland which we would have found we couldn't carry out. >> reagan was no more surprised than nancy reagan when she showed up. reagan, one of the few times, i think, and he did swear, but he wasn't quoted, was when this came from you and schultz to stay a

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this is a photo leased by the romney campaign in a statement mrs. reagan her late husband would have liked romney's business background and strong principles. >>> former president clinton headed back on the campaign trail he will appear today in wisconsin on behalf of the milwaukee mayor trying town see the incumbent walker who is facing a recall vote tuesday they held a debate last night in milwaukee tuesday's recall vote will be the third time any governor in the country has faced such an election. >>> spacex now looking to fly regular supply missions to the international station. this after the dragon cargo capsule splashed didn't in the pacific success for the first commercial mission to ferry supplies into space. the unmanned remote controlled cab sewell took food, water and clothing as well as equipment to the space station. the southern california based spacex has a cart contract for as do more flights they hope to ferry astronaut to the space station and in the long run send humans to mars. >>> elizabeth marking 60 years on the british throne in ho

mrs. reagan said her husband ronald, would have liked romney's "strong principles." >>> president obama met yesterday with other former white house residents. steve handelsman explains. >> reporter: a picture of bipartisanship. president obama hosted both presidents bush, 41 and 43 and their wives at the white house. for the unveiling of george w. bush's portrait. >> behalf yourselves. >> he paid tribute to his dad. >> i am honored to be hanging near a man who gave me the greatest gift possible, unconditionable love. that would be number 41. >> reporter: president obama paid tribute to his predecessor. >> president bush understood that rescuing our economy was not just a democratic or republican issue. >> reporter: but the president's campaign team opened a new attack on the republican running to be president. mitt romney charges the new video, failed as massachusetts governor. >> governor romney's plan for america is the same plan he sold to the people of massachusetts in 2002. >> reporter: top

mr. reagan very, very well. do you really believe that he thought that you could hit a bullet with a bullet? and in spite of the negative things about his adviser could have told him about the difficulty of star wars working, do you really believe that ronald reagan thought that star wars would work? >> did reagan really think star wars would work? or let me add to that, or did you think he should have used it as a bargaining chip? i'm adding that on. >> he hoped that one could develop a defense against ballistic missiles. he would say -- and i think sincerely, and he told gorbachev -- all i'm asking for is the right to find out whether it is feasible, and if feasible, economically viable. i think it will be -- i hope it will be. now, and the thing was that as i would say, the reason i don't use star wars, because this was ballistic missile defense. now, a lot of people put up ideas that you're going to put interceptors in space and so on. certainly by the time they went to iceland, it was clear to us in the whi

romney and his wife visited mrs. reagan at their los angeles home. in a statement, mrs. reagan said, as press, romney would provide leadership that, quote, our country so desperately needs. >>> the trial of former presidential candidate john edwards is over. edwards was accused of using campaign donations to hide his pregnant mistress. yesterday, jurors in the case found him not guilty of con campaign corruption charge. >> a mistrial was declared when the jury could not receive reach a decision on the other charges. edwards made a very public admission about his personal life. >> if i want to find the person who should be held accountable for my sins, honestly, i don't have to go any further than the mirror. it is me. it is me and me alone. >> the jury's decision will be reviewed sometime during the next few days but sources familiar with the case say it is unlikely it will be retried. >>> up next here on fox 5 morning news, president bush back at the white house yesterday looking for those missing neck ties. maybe not. he was showing off his funny side at his official po

this is the first we've seen of mrs. reagance she suffered broken ribs in a fall about two months ago. >>> now to yesterday's big moment from suburban washington, d.c. >> guetapens. g-u-e-t-a-p-e-n-s, guetapens. >> now you too have a new word in your vocabulary, guetapens which means an ambush, snare or trap and enough for snigdha nandipati, a 14-year-old eighth grader from san diego, to win this year's scripps national spelling bee. she says she studied for ten hours a day, using 30,000 flash cards made by her dad. >>> today would have been marilyn monroe's 86th birthday and it's being marked with never before seen photos taken just months before she died, several of them at her 36th birthday party, june 1st, 1962. there are also some photos from the set of her final unfinished film "something's gotta give." all of the pictures were taken by lawrence schiller and are on display at a gallery in new york. >>> today is the 75th annual national doughnut day and one day after causing a raucous with jumbo sugary sodas, new york's ma

it was one of the first public events for mrs. reagan, who broke several ribs during a fall at her home back in april. >>> the largest wildfire burning in the country continues to spread in all directions. the massive fire scorching 190,000 acres of new mexico wilderness. nearly 300-square-miles. it's only 5% contained. firefighters face tinderbox conditions there. it could be another two weeks before it gets put out, now. >>> today marks the official start of the atlantic hurricane season. we've seen two named storms. forecasters are predicting up to 15 storms by the end of november. >>> no named storms on the horizon. but it will be stormy in the east today, with hail, high winds and possible tornados around philly, d.c. and the carolinas. showers in the ohio and tennessee valleys. thunderstorms from texas to the dakotas. and scattered showers from seattle to montana. scorching -- i'm talking about scorching heat in the southwest. >> you are, indeed. a near-record high of 109 in phoenix. 90 in sacramento. 88 in boise. the twin cities g

mr. reagan died of alzheimer's disease in 2004. >>> walt disney is the first major media company to ban commercials food for children's programming. earning a green thumb from michelle obama. the first lady appeared at disney's announcement, calling it a game-changer for children's entertainment industry. later on david letterman she offered the top ten fun facts about gardening from the white house. >> later this year the supreme court will finally rule on tomato versus tomato. >> thank god. let's get that taken care of. >> the white house tool shed contains shovels, trowels and weed whacker one. >> and the number one fun fact about gardening? >> with enough care and effort, you can grow your own barackoli. >> mrs. obama is promoting her new book "american grown," it's about vegetable garden agent the white house and across the country. no word on whether she has any barackoli plant in the white house garden. i'd love to see it. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," why losing weight may help reduce your risk of breast cancer. i'm terrell brown. this is the "cbs morning news."

mrs. reagan said her husband ronald would have liked romney's, quote, strong principles. >>> meanwhile, president obama met yesterday with some other former white house residents. nbc's steve handelsman explains. >> reporter: a picture of bipartisanship. president obama hosted both presidents bush, 41 and 43, and their wives at the white house. for the unveiling of george w. bush's portrait. >> behave yourself. >> reporter: he paid tribute to his dad. >> i am honored to be hanging near a man who gave me the greatest gift possible, unconditional love. and that would be number 41. >> reporter: president obama paid tribute to his predecessor. >> president bush understood that rescuing our economy was not just a democratic or republican issue. >> reporter: but the president's campaign team had opened a new attack on the republican running to be president. mitt romney charges the new obama video, failed as massachusetts governor. >> governor romney's plan for america right now is the same plan that he

mrs. reagan released this statement yesterday. mitt and ann romney joined me at my home for some lemonade and cookies and i offered my firm endorsement of his campaign for president. now reagan also said, "ronnie would've liked governor romney's business background and his strong principles. and i have to say i do too. i look forward to seeing him elected president in november." >>> we can also tell you that romney took time on his bay area visit to drop by a bankrupt solar company and launch a brand new attack on president obama. romney making a surprise visit to solyndra in fremont yesterday calling it a symbol of gross waste and failure. also running a web ad criticizing president obama for giving solyndra $528 million in federal loan guarantees. solyndra, of course, defaulted on that loan. political experts say romney has to win over undecided voters. but solyndra, well, it may not be an issue most voters care about. >> and i think for those independent voters, it's a really mainstream issues. job, housing, you know, the econom

mrs. reagan made the decision after a meeting in california. the romneys and the former first lady talked about the campaign over a lemonade and cookies. she said her husband would have liked romney's business background and strong principles. >>> tonight, sources say the federal government is unlikely to seek a new trial for john edwards now that his corruption case has ended in a mistrial. the former presidential candidate was charged with using campaign money to hide his pregnant mistress. the trial ended with confusion this afternoon. there was word that jurors had reached a verdict. it turned out that verdict was for only one of six counts. edwards was found not guilty on a charge of accepting illegal campaign contributions from heiress rachel bunny mellon. after the mistrial was announced, edwards said he didn't do anything illegal but he had done plenty wrong. >> i don't think god's through with me. i really believe he thinks there's still some good things he thinks i can do. >> edwards could have faced up to 30 years in prison and a $1.

on his wife mrs. reaganays her late husband would have liked rummies biggest background and strong principles same-sex couples are celebrating a big victory and a federal appeals court has struck down a key part of the defense of their attacked the court rules that the law is unconstitutional because it denies gay couples rights and privileges granted to heterosexual couples eight states have approved the merits but several have bandit which includes california the ruling will not be in force until the supreme court decides on that case or a similar one in a cement plant will not be added to the superfund cleanup list the 73 year-old plenta in the hills above cupertino has long been a concern for those who live near will the environmental protection agency did a study on the plant's emissions and is the epa determined there was enough pollution to the public health threat to seven days now palance this setup, kamins could set a trend for bigamous problems that they're there joined us live on the telephone wi

romney and his wife visited mrs. reagan at her home. in a statement, mrs. ountry so desperately needs. >>> none of the people who came to court and testified are responsible. none of the people working for the government is responsible. i am responsible. >> extraordinary statement after the trial was over. john edwards, that's him taking personal responsibility for what he calls his sins, but not legal responsibility. and a jury agrees. after nine days of deliberations, the jury acquitted him on one count and deadlocked on five others. joining us now is defense attorney and former prosecutor a. scott bolden, managing partner of the d.c. office of reed smith, with some insight. thanks for coming in again. >> thanks for having me. >> i don't recall seeing many cases that were more sordid in the details that came out about his personal behavior and all that kind of thing. >> right. >> but the jury could not agree on most of the charges and now we have a mistrial and one acquittal. were you surprised by the outcome? >> not really, actual. most of us in the crimi

this is a photo of romney and his wife visiting mrs. reagan at her los angeles home.late husband former president ronald reagan would have liked romney's business background. >>> this is a last day for state lawmakers to approve a bill restricting the use of red light cameras to catch drivers that run red lights. the state senate already passed a proposal that would require cities not to consider how much money they could get from fines when they decide if they are going to install the cameras. it would also require them to post warning signs within 200 feet of an intersection that has those cameras. today is the last day of the states law making session. >>> state lawmakers had no say in it. but they will be getting less money before the end of the year. state compensation panel has approved a 5% across the board pay cut for all state elected officials. that includes the governor that will earn $165,000 a year. that is down about 9,000. for state legislatures the base pay will drop to about $90,000. that is almost $5,000 less than they currently earn. pay cuts are ex

mrs. reagan releasing this statement thursday night saying "mitt and ann romney joined me at my home this afternoon for some lemonade and cookies and i offered my firm endorsement for his campaign as president." she added ronnie would've liked governor romney's business background and his strong principles. and i have to say i do too. i look forward to seeing him elected president in november. >>> the giants welcome the cubs to at&t park tonight. the giants are coming off a series against the diamondbacks in which they took two of three games. the cubs are coming off a sweep of the padres. before that, the series they had lost 12 straight games. now, you can catch tonight's game, guess where? right here on nbc bay area. coverage starts at 7:00 this evening. >> and i'm going to take a wild guess that one person that may be watching that game sitting right next to me here. big-time giants fan, christina loren. nice night for baseball? >> it is. it's going to be nicer to view from your home. we've g

mr. reagan. two or three or four more republicans or democrats isn't enough when a filibuster can stop everybody from doing good governance. >> heather: i have to wrap up. you can jump in here examine give your response. >> let me quickly say, i strongly disagree. i believe the country is going to make a change. i believe the senate is going to make a change. it can work. we need not say our entire system is broken. the leadership is broken. as reagan said on election night, there is nothing wrong with this country that proper leadership can't change and the country went from floundering to leadership and we can do it again. >> i have to agree with that. with the right leadership in both parties, he can do much better. >> heather: you said you agree. that's good. >> it is about leadership. willing to lose for the good of the american people. >> heather: thank you both so much for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> gregg: now to a controversial case involving police tasering a pregnant

mrs. reagan had him and his wife ann over for some lemonade and cookies.oth homemade. afterward, she gave romney her formal endorsement saying her husband would have liked his business background and strong morales. >> wonder if there was an entenmann's box hiding in the background. >>> former presidential candidate john edward will likely not face a retrial after a north carolina jury fails to convict him on any counts. >> his attorneys had said all along edwards committed many sins but no crimes. after the trial, edwards appeared to accept blame for some of those sins. >> none of the people who came to court and testified are responsible. nobody working for the government is responsible. i am responsible. and if i want to find the person who should be held accountable for my sins, honestly, i don't have to go any further than the mirror. it's me. it is me and me alone. >> if you need a lesson in how to issue an apology, that was it. he also said he had hoped for his future saying, quote, i don't think god is through with me. i really believe he thinks th

mr. reagan we have only gone up hardly no percent on their income. you guys, the rich have gone up 400%. now i think it's time for us great americans that are making all this money to really start chipping in. the other thing is, this whole thing was caused by taking the restrictions off of big banks and letting them get into derivatives and all that. it's the truth. these guys keep trying to put the blame on the poor, the unions. the unions are only 5% of all the working people in this country. i can't believe americans, i don't care whether you call yourself republican, democrats or whatever, can't believe what's going on and be willing to go back to the republicans and bush in that. .. and to you consider the impact of the expiration of the rich tax cut? so as you mentioned, there are different tax cuts we are talking about that range based on income. these factors into your calculation. >> guest: absolutely. we haven't been able to break out because we are not sure they haven't extended kind of like last year. are we going to see a grab back appr

and reagan ever so gently said, my friend, mr. general secretary, the bureaucracy is the same the world over. the only way you can overcome the bureaucracy is to have the people on your side. what that means is less money for missiles and more money for consumer goods, less money for defense and more money for housing and clothing and food and education. and looking across the table in gorbachev's eyes i realized that either way he turned it was over because he couldn't turn on the defense in the bureaucracy, the military bureaucracy, and he couldn't sell out the russian people, and it was that combination which led to less than a year later the berlin wall coming down. so you knew that things were really starting to move when gorbachev began that lunch. >> did -- did they ever talk about that speech and those lines, that particular line? >> not in my presence. >> yeah. and i don't think they did. >> so there was no immediate feedback from the soviet union in the aftermath? >> there was feedback through cables, et cetera, that wer

mr. foreign minister, it sure has been a pleasure. but reagan could still rides to the occasion, and when he got to it brandenburg gate there were anywhere from 20,000 to 40,000 people standing in front of him. in the weeks leading up to the speech in fact the secret service demanded the bullet-proof wall be built behind the podium to protect reagan guess the possibility of someone shooting at him from east berlin. the white house's advance team responsible for the staging of the speech and putting the backdrop together protested if you put the wall up, viewers watching in the u.s. wouldn't be able to see the wall behind the berlin wall, behind reagan. what they did, cut a glass square. you see the picture, you see glass square behind reagan cut into the wall so when tv cameras from -- showed the reagan speech, you could see the graffiti on the wall behind him. the speech was actually broadcast on all three networks. they cut into the morning shows to show the reagan address, which frankly is sort of unheard of. i don't think i could imagine tha

this is not president reagan's viewpoint. mrs. thatcher was croat -- quoted by secretary rumsfeld. if question is is there internationalization of the sea. it suggested maybe somebody might stretch this one bay to the atmosphere. on the other hand, they question we have to resolve is brought up and people mentioned lockheed martin. i received a letter that maybe other members of the committee have the i quote this part. it says the multibillion dollar investments needed to establish an ocean based resource development business must be predicated on clear legal rights established and protected under the treaty base framework of law of the sea convention including international seabed authority. on the one hand you can take the position that the ocean out there, whether it's close to our shorelines or 200 miles or not, is nobody's business. in essence, there is no idea of internationalization. nobody owns it. just a question of whether you want to go out and drill or not. take your chances. what mr. stephens is saying as a practical matter in terms of american businesses, very few of

administration chief of staff, kenneth duberstein reflects ronald reagan speech at the berlin wall when he called on gorbachev to tear down this wall. mr. duberstein who was in berlin with president reagan recalls the impact on the end of the cold war. he's interviewed by james did you have chief executive officer of the nuseum. this program is 40 minutes. >>> let's talk about the days leading up to the great speech, ken, and identify had the good fortune of working with senator baker over the years and he's fond of telling the story that he wanted the line out and drawn through it in a couple of drafts and almost didn't make it in the speech and some of the top advisors were advising against it. set the backdrop for this speech and that line in particular? >> well, howard wasn't the only one who had opposition. when you circulate a presidential speech it goes through something called the interagency clearance process. the state department objected to that one paragraph in the speech. so did on behalf of the state department the national security council in the white house. peter robinson who you just heard from was a hell of a speech

mr. ronald reagan who is the great communicator he could have gone out and sold it.ple as monica said want to give the president the benefit of the doubt no matter who the president is. they want to believe in the guy they elected. the problem for him he got outcommunicated. now all of the bullet points, stimulus, obamacare are dirty words. >> president reagan, but reagan was selling a wholly different set of policies. reagan was selling limited government. >> no, he wasn't. reagan had more, more government -- reagan had more government spending than obama. government spending has gone down under obama. gone up under reagan. megyn: whenever we say the president didn't message enough on health care we get tons of e-mails on viewers saying that's crazy. he messaged a lot. >> all day long. megyn: we rehe can haved -- rejected message. remember the town halls. american people showing up. they had read the entire bill which is lot more than they can say for the lawmakers. they get upset when you suggest it is messaging. as you say it wasn't. we rejected it in substance. t

can't spend any more money as paul krugman points out if government employment under mr mr obama had grown at reagan era rates one point three million more americans would be working as school teachers firefighters police officers is that are currently employed in social jobs and a rough estimate is that the unemployment rate would be one point five percentage points lower than it is or below seven percent significantly better than the reagan economy at this stage. so what's the difference between today and when reagan was ill so well back then republicans weren't trying to crash the economy to make reagan a one term president like the trying to do right now with president obama i mean just take it from mitch mcconnell our top political priority over the next two years should be to deny president obama a second term. so today with the economy crashing agenda well underway republicans are bragging just look what they've accomplished or should i say what they've sabotaged it begins with the stimulus passed in the first months of the obama presidency in order to peel off a few republicans and break a f

mr. chairman. i want to quote ronald reagan. the earned income tax credit is the best anti-poverty program, the best pro family, the best job creation measure to km out of congress. the earned income tax credit is a bipartisan idea and it was signed into law by president ford with a democratic congress and expanded by every president since ford, both democrat and republican. here's an opportunity where we might change the rhetoric in congress when we frequently hear that 47% of the american people don't pay taxes. of course they do. they pay the most onerous taxes, payroll taxes. it would be an easy way to stop some with the harsh rhetoric with that simple acknowledgement. president reagan was absolutely right, the earned income tax credit is extremely successful at increasing work and lowering welfare receipt. making our tax rules more fair for low and moderate income families and most importantly reducing poverty. in 2010, the credit lifted about 6. 3 million americans out of poverty. almost 3. 3 million children. without the

june 12th, 1987 when ronald reagan stood in berlin and said, mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. it eventually did come down, just over two years later. >>> talk about your sign of the times, the nobel foundation has cut back the money they give out with the nobel prize by 20%. turns out, like so many people around the world, they got caught in some bad investments. still, the prize will come out with a check of just over a million dollars. >>> doc emrick had the call last night. >> the kings are the kings. >> the kings are the kings. there were broken hearts across jersey. but jubilation in l.a., as the kings beat the devils handily to take the stanley cup and hold it aloft on home ice last night in l.a. >>> up next, 41 turning 88. and talking about the big event and life these days with his granddaughter jenna. >>> our former presidents tend to be beloved figures in this country. we're with lucky to have four of them alive today. and the senior man among them is turning 88. george h.w. bush, 41, has slowed down a bit, his legs give him trouble. but he still has plans to sky div

mr. sunday morning himself, the "new york times" magazine's hugo lindgren. ronald reagan's legacy is causing a bit of fracture in the gop as party leaders debate what role the herolded republican president would play today. jeb bush is taking flack for saying republicans today have moved too far right for reagan to be accepted in the party. meanwhile, this morning, tim pawlenty said mitt romney embodies reagan's principles. >> say the republican party currently wouldn't endorse ronald reagan or something like that, we just nominated mitt romney or presumptively nominated mitt romney, who is in the reagan tradition, a conservative with a conservative record, governed effectively in a blue state, working across the aisle, somebody who has produced results. >> but as republicans make comparisons to reagan, the one glaring difference is ronald reagan raised taxes 11 times, in fact. the tax equity and fiscal responsibility act of 1982. the highway revenue act of 1982. the social security amendments of 1983. the railroad retirement revenue act of 1983. the deficit reduction act o

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mr. obama's plan. you mentioned ronald reagan. ronald reagan did more than stop talking about jim write carter. he raised taxes 11 times. you are talking about cutting taxes in the small businessman 11 times, ronald reagan raised taxes. so what -- where do you use reagan and then come with this tax cut or kind of mantra over and over again as if reagan did not raise taxes when it was necessary? >> the first place, 1981, reagan passed what was at that time by a big margin the largest tax cut in american history. remember, when reagan was sworn into office the top marginal rate was 70%. so the tax cuts reagan put in by time he left office and at the top rate was 39%. so those -- huge drop in tax rates. and all of small taxes increases you are talking about were tiny compared to the 1918 tax cut. in that sense, it is fair to say reagan was committed to a supply side approach of lower taxes and more job creation. >> but he raised the taxes 11 times mr. speaker. that's a fact. >> most of those were very small tax increases. let me give you an example. i was in atlanta yesterday. and i was out at the

mr. jefferson's university to move forward. >>> some travelers at reagan national airport will soon be given the v.i.p. treatment, at least when it comes to going through security. the tsa announced the expansion of its tsa prechecked screening program. that means certain frequent flyers, the ones who spend the most money will be able to pass through security without a patdown. precheck is the centerpiece of the tsa's risk security initiative. >>> high heat is providing plenty of fuel for wildfires burning in colorado. a fire near colorado springs is threatening parts of the air force academy. tens of thousands of residents have been forced to leave their homes, including several homes on the academy's campus. a few hours away near boulder, a new fire has started. the flagstaff fire has quickly grown to more than 220 acres. officials have already evacuated 26 homes and put thousands more on preevacuation notice. >>> residents in florida are dealing with the exact opposite problem. debby has been downgraded from a tropical storm to a tropical depression, but she's still dumping a lot of rain

"wall street journal" says former first lady nancy reagan is endorsing mr. romney. they met in los angeles yesterday. he said president reagan would like romney's business experience and principles. >>> and snigdha nandipati won the spelling bee spelling the word guetapens. >>> today is the last chance to see the transit of venus when it passes the sun looking like a black spot and won't happen again for 105 years. >>> britain is ready to kick off a weekend of celebration for the queen's diamond jubilee. our own erica hill is in london this morning. what's happening? >> hi, charlie. a lot going on as you can imagine. not too long ago we saw changing of the guard which was very cool. just over a year ago we were right here outside buckingham palace celebrating the wedding of prince william and kate middleton. now the duke and duchess of cambridge. today the spotlight -- there they are with the kiss -- is firmly on william's grandmother, 86-year-old queen elizabeth ii will mark 60 years on the throne with a four-day celebration. more than a billion people around the wo

. >>> plus, 25 years ago today, president reagan changed history with six words. >> mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> how that speech still impacts politics today. >>> and i'm gayle king. when i see you at 8:00, how a lack of sleep could be more dangerous than you ever imagined. >>> and we'll talk coffee and a little commerce with starbucks ceo howard schultz. >>> but first as we do every monday morning, we begin with a look at today's "eye opener." your world in 90 seconds. >>> it was minutes. i had less than five minutes to get out of that house. >> raging colorado wildfires turn deadly. >> a woman received two evacuation notices. but when firefighters arrived at her cabin, they were turned away by a wall of flame. >> spreading at a mile an hour. >> winds have already destroyed 100 structures. >> we're just trying to hang in there. >> we'll rebuild. if we have to. >>> this is one of the most serious breeches since anyone can remember. >> a capital showdown looms over alleged white house intelligence leaks. >> a number of top secret programs have been disclosed in

mr. sunday morning. >> we'll talk to you sunday. >> one quick thing about reagan, getting back to what nicolle was saying in terms of productivity, reagan did raise taxes. he also cut taxes enormously. if you look at what he did in the '86 tax reform act, he gave democrats things that they wanted. he eliminated taxes for the lowest income americans. that was reagan's idea so he could get democrats to the table. the moment in that entire cycle that you will never see today, reagan went on tv, had an oval office address that i am going to cut your taxes, it's going to be more fair, everyone is going to see a change in their taxes. then the democrat came out to give his response and said mr. president, we're with you. that will never happen. >> that will never, ever happen. exactly. >> there's an important -- ronald reagan is a very difficult symbol for the republican party, in part because he's this kind of like symbol of all that's great. he's like norman rockwell, and people forget a lot of the sort of nastier bits of the history. i think importantly, what we're talking about, is he was able to stand for

mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> 25 years ago today, june 12th, 1987, president ronald reagan made this historic speech in frontthe berlin wall. those six words became a rallying cry for the end of the cold war. the wall itself didn't come down for another two years. >>> in the u.s., a freezer at a brain bank affiliated with harvard has malfunctioned. it contains the world's largest collection of autistic brain samples. officials say it failed last month, damaging about a third of the specimens, which may now not be suitable for research. the loss could delay for years breakthrough in autism research. >>> "cbs money watch" time now. apple unveils some new iphone tricks. and do you live in one of the world's most expensive cities? if you're in new york, it sure feels like it. erica ferrari here in new york with that report. erica, good morning. >> good morning. the confidence investors felt about spain's bank bailout has evaporated. tokyo's nikkei dropped 1%. hong kong's hang seng fell 0.5%. on wall street, early gains were wiped out as worries about europe's debt crisis resurfaced. the dow had one of its worst