they have been used by mrs. reagan and mrs. obama. they have moved into the category as a national treasure because of their age and what they represent. that's my story. >> that is quite a story. >> and this is more from the nixons. >> she loved garland. >> where is that tree? >> it was in the grand foyer. there have been years where it was in the grand foyer. >> many years, it was in the blue room. >> last time the principal tree was in the kennedy administration. every year, it has been the principal tree with a theme on it has been in the blue room. there have been trees all over. >> there was a new tradition established under the nixons which is the gingerbread house. here are two of them. >> give you a little bit of background. the traditional gingerbread house is german and an american citizen and was born in germany and came to the white house in the johnson administration and when mrs. nixon came in, he went to her one day and said, the white house ought to have a tradition from around the world and i would like to create a g

so i think mrs. reagans also making a little bit of a sentimental journey. >> but it's a little bit different. if you hire one of america's greatest to make another masterpiece. >> true. >> if you pull it out of the closet and walk it out again. >> and here is another adolfo suit. >> you wonder why wasn't chanel suing at that point? >> here we can copy everybody and it's perfectly legal. no, it's true. all of this inspiration from europe, i spent a lot of time tracy, you probably did, too, on capitol hill advocating for the design prohibition act. fashion designers in this nation do not own their intellectual property. it's largely because we were a nation of copiers. there was no incentive to have such laws in place. so we could rip people off right and left. it's perfectly legal. >> it is. for as many people would like to have intellectual property rights, there are times more who don't want to go down that road. >> that's true. >> it would hurt their business. >> so we're moving on to mrs. clinton. and h

mrs. reagan for transforming the symbolism of this color. >> that's a powerful operation. >> very powerful operation. >> to have succeeded. >> and a wonderful example of fashion really reshaning the image of the white house. you move from the cart whose had this -- the white house is never going to be casual but a much more -- even their inaugural balls were called parties, not balls, but a much more casual entertaining style, purposely more casual look and then when the reagans were elected, all of the prespeculation is on the hollywood glamour that will come and mrs. reagan's designer clothes and what will the new style of the white house be. and that was a white tie inaugural ball. white house be? and that was a white-tie inaugural ball, the first one since the eisenhowers and just a much more formal white house. we really do look to her clothes for indicators of what the administration will be like. >> that is a powerful role to have. and she wears a lot of adolfo. >> yes. >> her good friend.

mrs. bush? and let's move to her style. here. seen also with nancy reagan. so what would we like to say about mrs. bush's style? >> laura bush was not apparently very interested in fashion opposed to barbara bush. we think she looked like a granny and fake pearls and she was good friends with scazi and laura bush doesn't seem to have been particularly interested. she wanted to look appropriate and everything but it wasn't an interest of herls. >> i just always think of her as being so mild and seeing photos of her wearing soft colors and it's relatively demure. nothing that's going to shout out because i think she just has a very gentle, mild presence. >> no fake cowboy looking like he sometimes would put on. >> there was an interesting color shift, though. >> yes. >> that went on because she was very taupe. and sort of beige when they were running. and when she came in and -- and the beautiful red dress. and michael fairclose tells a story about coming to see the first lady's exhibit and mrs. bush asked him to look at the exhibition and see what color hadn't

30 years ago that william's parents came to the u.s., charming crowds and meeting president and mrs. reagan, and one memorable spin on the dance floor. they are staying at the carlyle, where diana spent the night. they remember her kindness. >> when the lunch was over, she would come back and thank everyone individual. >> that was important to her. >> it was important to her. but think of what it says to the staff. >> reporter: now hector is making sure the duke and duchess get the same view. >> it's like a big christmas tree. look out the southern exposure, and the lights and the twinkles. >> reporter: william and kate will raise a lot of money for their favorite charities on this trip, 1-year-old george is back home. >> it's meant to be quite cutting edge, quite glamorous, as a couple, pressing the flesh, raising money for their foundation. and i don't think a toddler fits in with the plan. >> reporter: he will meet president obama, and kate is going to harlem. at the north side center for child development, children were decorating frames to give her. >> it's a letter for the princess. >

together, charming crowds and meeting president and mrs. reagan and taking one memorable spin on the dance floor. prince william and kate are staying at the carlyle when princess diana spent the night. the ambassador to the hotel represents them. >> after the meal she would come back and say thank you to everybody. think what it means to the staff. >> now they want to make sure the duke and duchess get the same view. >> it is sight a christmas tree and you look out of the southern exposure with the lights and twinkles. >> they will raise a lot of money on this trip. 1-year-old prince george is at home. >> i think it is glamorous, them as a couple, trying to raise money for their foundation. i don't think a toddler fits in with that plan. >> tomorrow princewomen will jet to washington and kate is heading to harlem. at the center for child development, kids were busy decorating frames to give her. >> it is a letter for the princess. >> even if they don't fully understand who is coming. >> he's expecting elsa, from frozen. >> reporter: the owner of t

ploywas all a mrs. reagan him in that princess diana, one of her favorite actors was john travolta. she made sure that john travolta was invited to this thatr, and she made sure the marine band that you see on the right side there played a medley from saturday night fever , which is what they were travolta then went and asked her to dance. you see him whirling her around the dance floor. >> and she was sure you're going to take a picture of that? >> well, this picture was not released until the end of the administration. think the thought was at the time that this was not a state the prince ofe wales is not a head of state. it was a private dinner. there was some agreement with not to makealace any of these pictures public thomas and then at the end of the administration, life magazine made a big push to try theublish this photo in 80's decade issue. they went to buckingham palace and asked if this photo could be released, and that's when it was released. i think it was in 1989, so it was like three years later. but you also have a couple of wonderful pictures of the gipper riding h

mr. reagan said we should have constructive engagement with south africa.shing that for a new south africa. the risk fears were never realize. we're allies with china in many ways. they have a greater number of people in that same predicament. we find that isolation has not worked. it has made political leadership there stronger and choked the people. now the people with agriculture goods and travel with family and education and athletics, they bring cuba to the bigger world and expands our tentacles in our own universe. >> in terms of this even the discussion, you have cuba and the u.s. talking for 17 or 18 months. the canadians helped. the pope apparently played a huge role. can you lift the curtain for me as best as you can, reverend, and tell me how aware were you of these top secret talks? >> very much aware. we were in cuba trying to see alan gross at that time. something big was happening but i didn't know what it was. while there, we negotiated the freedom of an american held in colombia in the forest at that time. we got kevin out. we didn't get al

together charming crowds, meeting president and mrs. reaganor. in later years, princess diana was a frequent visitor often staying at the luxurious carlisle hotel. now it's william and kate's turn to take mat hat tan. with the baby staying home, they'll be baby free for a few days. don't expect them to sit back and enjoy the scenery like in the movies. the jam packed a ten rare. kate will tour a child care center in hard limitation of motion. the couple will attend a mets name where many are hoping real life and musical royalty will collide. like many visiting for the first time, the duke and duchess will visit the memorial. they'll also visit a honoring of their ala a matter. >> reporter: tonight they'll a attend a reception for americans who support their foundation. that's the group that gives money to charities they support. kate may be four months pregnant. this is a jam packed schedule. you'll never know she's expecting. >> i think you're right. thanks. nbc royal expert that joins us this morning. nice to have you here. there's so much e

this was all a mrs. reagan ploy?that, you know, princess diana, one of her favorite actors was john travolta, so she made sure john travolta was invited to the dinner and made sure that the marine band you see on the right played a medley from "saturday night fever" which is what they were playing when travolta then went and asked her to dance. so you see him kind of whirling her around on the dance floor. >> al: and she was sure you were going to take a picture of that? >> well, the interesting thing, this picture was not released until the end of the administration. >> al: why is that? the thought was at the time this is not a state dinner because the prince of wales is not a prince of the state. add the end of the administration, "life magazine" made a big push to try to publish this photo in the '80s decade issue and they went to buckingham palace and asked if this photo could be released and that's when it was released, i think it was, like, in '89, so it was, like, three years later. >> you also have a couple o

mrs. reagan was not amused. nor was bill casey who did not have much of a sense of humor.thrown off the plane for about three days. he returned unrepentant with the same assessed for both his job and life in general. jim loved good food and good wine. we ate and drank our way through the primary, the convention, and the fall campaign. i have the expense account records to show for it. i went back and looked at them. it was wonderful. he loved to eat any love to cook. after ronald reagan won the election, jim really wanted to be press secretary. as you have heard, the transition team took their time. he was an outsider. he was perceived as more moderate, brady joked that one point so much time had elapsed and lunches with him during the transition were no longer tax-deductible. then the was the narrative that suggest that nancy reagan thought that he was not good looking enough to be your husband's spokesman. at one point, he came out to begin his daily briefing saying i come before you today as not just another pretty face but out of sheer talent. [laughter] when he did ge

mrs. reagan was not amused. nor was bill casey who did not have much of a sense of humor. the plane for about three days. he returned on repentant with the same assessed for both his job and life in general. jim loved good food and good wine. we ate and drank our way through the primary, the convention, and the fall campaign. i have the expense account records to show for it. i went back and looked at them. it was wonderful. he loved to eat any love to cook. after ronald reagan won the election, jim really wanted to be press secretary. as you have heard, the transition team took their time. he was an outsider. he was perceived as more moderate, brady joked that one point so much time had elapsed and lunches with him during the transition were no longer tax-deductible. then the was the narrative that suggest that nancy reagan thought that he was not good looking enough to be your husband's spokesman. at one point, he came out to begin his daily briefing saying i come before you today as not just another pretty face but out of sheer talent. when he did get the job, his knowl

mrs. reagan had a double mastectomy and i had to announce it on television tonight did not have much -- there was not much experience about talking about breasts on television. i was scared to death. >> you do know what they are? [laughter] >> i had a passing acquaintance. >> a little concerned. >> she calls me, would you come up to the residence? she said, i want to tell you i thought you did a great job. are there any questions the press are asking? they want to know why you had a double mastectomy when they are developing less invasive kinds of operations. she said, just tell them this -- i want to live. she is still alive today. worstd not say it was my day, but you live with it. said,rning, helen thomas you are killing palestinian babies. you are. overnight, they killed 30 palestinian babies and you are responsible. helen, what are you talking about? you are part of this administration. she stomped off. to my deputies heard the screaming -- two of my deputies heard the screaming. i was cryin

mr. reagan some indications that it could be. >> reporter: six agonizing hours later, three hostages escapedtwo men darting out the door towards police, seconds later, a third man, an aproceed wearing a brown apron joins them, over an hour later, two women escape the panic on their faces telling it all. >> when we saw that rush of escapades, we could see up here the gunman got extremely agitated as he realized those five had got out. he started screaming orders at the people inside the hostages remain behind. >> reporter: now, we want to show our viewers where exactly this cafe is situated. it is in the heart of the city in the cbd in this major financial shopping district it's, of course, also shopping for christmas. plenty of should have beeners out and about. now this area in lock down. there are hundreds of police here. the bomb squad is also here. of course, we have seen sniper police there also in position. >> it's 10:00 in the morning, obviously, a busy time, the cafe would have been very busy. you mentioned in your report that the gunman said he has operatives, bombs there. we don't

. >> you feel like ronald reagan? >> mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. so here we go, guys.. if only i had a picture of that inspector. [ cheers and applause ] >> he's going to break his hand. >> i want through. get me through. >> yeah! >> here's johnny. hey, tyler. we should frame that. >> i'm crying i'm so happy. >> such a dork. >> it's going to fall on me. ♪ ♪ >> euflora is growing, too, in their own style. today it's hard hats and high-heeled boots as they break ground on their new greenhouse. there's more to celebrate. a year ago they weren't even in business. now they have the most stylish pot parlor in town, two licenses for new stores in aurora, and soon a place to finally grow their own marijuana. >> you're going to claim this land for euflora. ready? his hat is too big. >> there we go. >> finally. we get to celebrate this just a little bit. you want to pop it? one year and two months later. >> this is crazy. >> woo! not at me. here's to a healthy crop. cheers. >> oh, you're drinking like that? classy. this will be hilarious, if he doesn't wreck it. and this is way

reagan and president bush senior used prosecutorial discretion to provide -- at the time it was voluntary departure. here, it's the same thing, a different type of prosecutorial discretion and different type of deferred action. >> mrsaqlo, you said you agreed and maybe differed a little bit, you threw in reagan and president bush the second they were wrong and four wrongs don't make a right. >> presidential violations don't get better with time. i don't see an underlying statutory bigasis -- you can be sympathetic what the president is trying to do. >> let me ask you this. i know you're not a politician, why is it all the other four instances nobody came out and questioned the president's authority from either side and nobody came out and filed a lawsuit and nobody suggested a possibility of impeaching presidents bush, reagan, clinton, they did get to clinton for whatever else and then bush? what's the difference? why does this president get it different from all other presidents? >> i think you answered it, the political element to it the shear numbers and scope what we're dealing with. you're dealing with 5 million people. when you asked the question i think was a good one was the president talking about deporta

and ronald reagan -- the moderator says mr. sound guy, turn off ronald reagan's microphone. saypresident is trying to they need to speak. on?ays is this microphone up,ushes back, stands realize that is, and he says mr. moderator, i am paying for this microphone, and the crowd goes wild. he was standing up for the little guy. he was a shoo-in, he won. he won the presidency in 1981. he's inaugurated. that his first thing on his agenda was national security. he invited the cia, secret service, fbi, and a permanent defense into the oval office and they talked about national security. when he believed in some thing and wanted to happen, it would happen. like the berlin wall. he standing in front of the brandenburg state -- dates, and he says mitchell gorbachev, tear down this wall. they said that wall is not coming down, that's just a pipe dream. 10 years later, the wall came down. aen he gives a speech on missile defense system and kt mcfarland said she was there. critic's call of the star wars speech. he's giving the speech. the soviet union has nuclear weapons. we have nukes. w

mr. rick perlstein, this one i think is great for you. how did reagan give voice to sentiments that were too extreme to be taken seriously? demonizing the poor? demonizing the social programs done by fdr and continued through the great society. >> it's an excellent question. that is very central as to why he would succeed where someone like barry goldwater wouldn't. i went to the hoover institute in california and listen to all of the radio broadcast that he would make these three minute radio broadcast everyday. and so one of the things that he is so good at is a liturgy of absolution. he tells people who are getting too much money that black folks, who are at the federal trough, he was the first person to describe black voters as living on this since 1968. people who are concerned about crime. people who are concerned about unit powers. and he is so good at metaphorically looking at them in the eye or looking at them in the eye literally insane but you're not a bad person. and his -- you have to see how he does it in the book was to say i understand w

mr. speaker, they didn't call ronald reagan a tyrant. they didn't call him lawless. yet he said, i will protect a million and a half undocumented people that you call illegal. he protected them. when the congress expressly said they would not be included for any benefit under the 1986 immigration reform and control act, he protected them. he used his presidential power to do that. and he wasn't called a tyrant. he wasn't called lawless. he was doing the right thing, protecting the siblings and spouses of those that would be granted legalization under that law, that congress expressly excluded. and you want to know something? i'm happy that president barack obama is following in that great and proud tradition set forward by president ronald reagan, that he would rather put families first, the demagoguery and any anti-immigrant policy always last. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker, i yield myself one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is re

has existed in one form or another, going back decades, it was exercised in the reagan and bush administrations. >> no, mretary, i will not allow you to go there, it was authorized after activity by the congress. >> the liberals want them to shut it down, of course and the reason for it is they were stupid enough to do it twice, they didn't learn it the first time, they didn't learn it the second time. and would we like to raise money? yes. >> i'm so glad we agree. >> just to tell you, listen to charles. >> i actually think that the house vote on immigration is a smart one to have. i understand it's symbolic, but it's an important one to have. if i were a reporter, and i was on the hillary cam pain trail, i would be asking her every single time to clarify her position on it. >> i didn't say that they can overturn it. i said in 2016, you could. >> also eric had an excellent sports metaphor there. sitting on the ball, i didn't know exactly what that meant. >> making new sports fans every day. >>> stay tuned, because dana's got some breaking news in the cooking world to tell you about, a major shake-up to th

mr. sekulow, how president reagan, clinton and bush, can you remind us how they can do something but all of a sudden president obama can't do essentially the same thing? >> as i said in the written testimony, congressman scott and as i said in my opening statement, i don't believe that president bush, president clinton, president bush, president obama have the constitutional authority to do what they did. and the fact that it's been done for four administrations and other 25 or 30 years, as i said, constitutional violations don't get better with time. i mean, some have argued there's statutory distensions at play here. i don't take that position. i take the position that if you look at it just constitutionally, was there a constitutional basis upon which those actions were taken? frankly, i don't see it. i'm sympathetic to what they were doing. i don't see it to be done that way. and the percentages should make -- constitutionality is not determined by the percentage of violation. if there's a violation of 1%, it's as bad as a violation of 99. >> is there any constitutional legal distinc

governor reagan, you are accusing mr. carter of those mistakes. mistake?ever made a yes, i was once a democrat. [laughter] moral outrage is the most powerful political tool. reagan also employed -- there you go. mostolled anger is the powerful political tool, but humor is the second most powerful political tool. breakdown of black families is the results of government policies. any thoughts on how you might change that? in stockton, california -- when all government institutions disappeared. it can wreck families lives. it is crazy. the troy today, they don't even offer police services in some areas. just like you see in other countries when they enact socials health care systems, initially it starts out as the greatest health care ever. then they can afford it. it's incredible. you will see that in virginia. >> is anyone else making films that celebrate freedom? >> a lot of individual filmmakers out there do great films. not everybody works with us on every project. our goal is to build a movement, not an empire. we partner with an organization called fre

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governor reagan, you are accusing mr. carter of those mistakes. have you ever made a mistake? was once a democrat. [laughter] moral outrage is the most powerful political tool. reagan also employed -- there ou go. controlled anger is the most powerful political tool, but humor is the second most powerful political tool. >> the breakdown of black families is the results of government policies. any thoughts on how you might change that? > in stockton, california -- when all government institutions disappeared. it can wreck families lives. it is crazy. the troy today, they don't even offer police services in some areas. just like you see in other countries when they enact socials health care systems, initially it starts out as the greatest health care ever. then they can afford it. it's incredible. you will see that in virginia. >> is anyone else making films hat celebrate freedom? >> a lot of individual filmmakers out there do great films. not everybody works with us on every project. our goal is to build a movement, not an empire. we partner with an organization called free to

mr. president, including those established by president reagan and the ones added since, there are seven in total. in my view, these seven principles should serve as guideposts for our tax reform efforts. any idea or proposal we consider should link back and be relevant to at least one of these principles. the best ideas and proposals should probably link back to all of them. like i said, the book we released last week outlines these principles and also provides a wealth of background information about our tax code and the need for reform. in my view, this is it is a major step -- the first major step in a tax reformest that i hope will get -- tax reform effort that i hope will get under way next year. i plan to involve many of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, particularly those who will be joining me on the senate finance committee. my hope is that as this conversation continues, the path toward real bipartisan tax reform will begin to take shape. of course, it will take more than just talk and discussion; it'll take hard work, commitment, and, of course, compromise. i've said

in 1983 president reagan awarded mr. brennan that presidential medal of freedom. he died in his home in 1987. in 1964 he wrote the book that is the inspiration of our conference today. suicide of the west,, the definitive analysis of the pathology of liberalism. one reviewer said it was a warning that it would ultimately destroy all effluents and freedom. another set, a realist rather than an optimist. a thinker rather than a careers. he never told you what you wanted to here all what it would make him rich and powerful to say. he gave you the truth as he saw it and went on to write another book. but of such matters we shall here more throughout the day beginning with our first panel. thank you very much. >> the first panel on this conference discusses the life and political thought. >> could afternoon. the deputy operations director for the william f buckley junior program. we are honored to have with us roger kimball moderating on the topic. the editor and pub -- publisher of the knew criterion. a widely acclaimed author particularly well known for his book tenu

mr. speaker, they didn't call ronald reagan a tyrant. they didn't call him lawless. yet he said, i will protect a million and a half undocumented people that you call illegal. he protected them. when the congress expressly said they would not be included for any benefit under the 1986 immigration reform and control act, he protected them. he used his presidential power to do that. and he wasn't called a tyrant. he wasn't called lawless. he was doing the right thing, protecting the siblings and spouses of those that would be granted legalization under that law, that congress expressly excluded. and you want to know something? i'm happy that president barack obama is following in that great and proud tradition set forward by president ronald reagan, that he would rather put families first, the demagoguery and any anti-immigrant policy always last. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker, i yield myself one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is re

mr. secretary, there are striking similarities between president obama's executive action, and those similar actions taken by president reagan and -- >> you are watching al jazeera america's continuing coverage of the house homeland security committees hearings on the immigration debate. we are going to take a brief break. you are watching al jazeera america. ♪ >>> hello, i'm del walters in new york. we want to take you back to washington, d.c. where the homeland security hearings are underway. they are looking into the participate's controversial immigration policies that we announced last month. we take you back to washington. >> -- congress has not moved forward, and that's where president reagan and president bush did pursue the route, because of the inaction of congress. so while there are differences of opinion, i don't think there is a question that we have not done our job as members of congress and the problem gets worse. those 11 million people who were here, we have to address. another issue that i'm concerned about, mr. secretary, the department's unity of effort. how will the southern border, and the campaign ad

mr. chairman. >> chair recognizes. >> i want to address this claim that president reagan and bush only did a deferred action as cleanup measure for laws that were already agreed upon by congress. however, isn't it true that congress actually considered whether the spouses and children of persons who obtain legal status granted special protection under the law and explicitly chose not to do so? and that both president reagan and bush chose to expand this law any way with deferred action and work authorization? >> yes, congresswoman, and thank you for your leadership on the power act. yes, absolutely. the big difference between what presidents reagan and bush sr. did versus what president obama has done, they are using existing statutes to provide -- however, both under irca the congress considered and rejected the fact that children and spou spouses who didn't meet certain criteria would not be eligible and after it was passed, there were a number of amendments that were introduced at different points. the family fairness act, that failed, one was with the closure failed. and on october 7th

. >> a few questions to mr eric peristein, compare how conservative reagan was compared to nixon. >>reagan was around now the moderate republican out of the republican party for being too liberal. this question is of little sharp rise think actually. i would be interested to know if john agrees, politicians can only be according to the context given to them. they don't take policies of the shelf. if you go to the nixon library or a museum exhibit they set up he was a great supporter of the environment, he founded the hearts and flowers and clean air and water act, that passed the house from 410-5, it doesn't show much of what he believes in his heart. the question was how conservative was he really? the best piece of evidence was the budget he pripet for 1974 which seems a big deal at the time. newsweek's cause -- called a the most important political document since the new deal and it was a reagan budget that sought to defund all the agencies of the war on poverty and the great society and at that point he appointed activist howard phillips to the head of the economic opportunity co

mr. opportunities. what was that? the negotiations of may of 1988 -- >> the negotiations of may of 1988. reagan thought it was a good deal. it was almost completely done. then george bush chose to oppose reagan on the deal. the first time he stood up publicly against ronald reagan on a major foreign-policy question. i think the book goes into some detail how that decision was made. how the pressure of the campaign pushed bush into opposition to ronald reagan. how ultimately these pressures from the bush campaign and other forced the u.s. to give noriega an ultimatum. to either sign the deal or everything would be off the table. i guess, we can't go into all that detail now, but the bottom line is these negotiations were cut off before one really knew whether he was going to go through with it are not. he was begging to sign the documents. he only wanted a little time to clear it up his military officers. to get the backing domestically. one doesn't know if he would have been able to do that. one doesn't know if he would have pulled the rug out. we will never know. we pulled the rug out from the

mr. secretary, there are striking similarities between president obama's executive action and those similar actions taken by president reagan and president george h.w. bush on addressing this problem. your statements to this committee is that the department of justice has provided authority by which the president is acting. are you comfortable with that or did you participate after the issuance of that authority in the development of a recommendation to the president? >> yes, sir. let me add this. whenever i assess a legal question, both as a lawyer for the department of defense, and now as a cabinet secretary, and the viability of a legal issue, i welcome a thorough opinion like the one we have from olc. but i also ask myself, could i defend that action before a committee of congress if called upon to do so. and i'm fully comfortable that we have the legal authority to push forward these reforms in particular, specifically with regard to deferred action, that is an authority that presidents have used for decades, as you have pointed out, in various different forms. that's noted in the olc opinion. so i'm fully comfortable

with presidents bush 41 as well as with president reagan that i think it is constitutional suspect as well. >> thank you. time has expired. >> thank you mr. chairman. thank you for being here in this filibuster style proceeding. you've heard that since congress didn't do anything that he today act and i just want it set the record straight, in july we had a bill to deal with border issues that was viciously fought within our party and and there massive corrections made and if we didn't have everybody, we had close to everybody in party vote for the bill. about 10 or 10:30 friday night the end of july. we did pass a border bill and i hope whoever advises the president will be able to tell him that. but they have these pesky fences between us and get together president. i've advised the head of our cis and secret service was here testifying recently, that since we're told fences don't work on the southern border we need to remove the fences at the wlohit house. i've been perplexed. the president also said that in essence, if you've been violating our laws for five years or more, you're our kind of people. we want you here. if you're new at

reagan opened the berlin wall? when he went to berlin in june of 1987 and said, mr. gorbachev, tell down the wall, that the wall opened. i got that question so many time is realized that it was not a one-off question, that it was a deeply held belief here. there's actually a cartoon in the new yorker about it. it has man reading a fairy tale to his daughter, and it con 'tis of the falling, tear down this one, one king said to the other, and don't came, and they all lived happily ever after. you know when something earned it's own new yorker cartoon it's a cultural phenomenon. i thought for the 25th 25th anniversary of the fall of the wall there should be a good book in english about this topic. i read german. i lived in germi, and i thought if i didn't read german, what would i read in english? the more i looked, i realized there was not one good book on the opening of the wall in english. then the more i thought about it i realized this lack of a good book, this lack of an accurate account was more than just a historical interest. the belief that the united states s

mr. castro knows this, to throw him out of office. that has given cabinet members like secretary of state alexander haig the ability to ask president reagan for a simple green light. what he said, according to nancy reagan, is give me the word and i will turn that bleeping island into a parking lot. what would seem puzzling -- think of this will stop 16 -- six feet to 1500 feet relationship, what would seem puzzling to a visitor from another planet is why, when the cubans have refused to behave of way we want them to that the castro government was not thrown out of office and cuba wasn't turned into a parking lot. how did they manage to get away with it? we could squish them easily. how do we manage to get away with it? it's costly, especially in the currency that might matter most in the end, which is global opinion. so unless there is a crisis like the cuban missile crisis of 1962, which i would be happy to talk about, this is a crisis, why bother? we have so many other important things to do. you living right now in a week where more attention has been given to cuba than any time says they shoot down of the brothers to the rescue plane

and the cia came to world reagan and said, we know exactly who these people are and we know their hotel rooms. give us the order, mr. president , we could take that route if we have to. room if we have to. she would not allow it to happen. he was concerned, maybe excessively so with the possibilities of a war like vietnam. and he used phrases like that all of the time. suck us in. he would not have it. >> margaret, exactly a year ago today i was in hanoi and was stunned by the transformation .hat has taken place the regime is still the regime, one party system, repressive anyways. the country has opened up economically and in many ways, you think we had one of the war. there are starbucks, kentucky fried chicken, you see no animosity to american visitors. you see american flags in many places. i wonder have you been back to vietnam? >> no, i have not. my brother has gone they very often. most time he goes back he's most was how in hanoi and he thinks it is a fantastic city. the question a good friend of mine, who used to the president of ford's press officer and nbc correspondent, he was going to a documentary call