he hoped it was okay with mrs. reagan that there was another woman in his life, he would talk about lady liberty being the other woman in his life which was especially sweet and he would describe lady liberty is this beautiful feminine lady who was the beacon of freedom for the world. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> here is a look at some authors recently featured on booktv's afterwards, our weekly author interview program. >> they have shown, universities have shown and the obama administration has shown resoundingly that they are incompetent and doing this and terribly biased. incompetence is they don't know how to investigate, they don't have subpoena power, they don't do scientific evidence. they train their so-called adjudicators by telling them almost all guys who do this are guilty. if the guy is persuasive and logical that is a sign of guilt. if he is not persuasive and logical, that too is a sign of guilt. this is standard practice i'm describing. i think that the question is, is

governor reagan: mr. collingwood, is there time for just a word of farewell? mr. collingwood: governor, i'll let you second that. governor reagan: well, i do second it. the very fact that we have discussion and differences, i think, brings me to the point being the oldest one here, i can take the liberty of giving a little advice to the young people. i believe the highest aspiration of man should be individual freedom and the development of the--of the individual, that there is a sacredness to individual rights. and i would like to say to all of the young people as they pursue their way, and this has been very stimulating, i think you should weigh everything that is proposed to you, everything in the line of government and law and economic theory, everything of that kind and weigh it on this one scale--that it should at all times not offer you some kind of sanctuary or security in exchange for your right to fly as high and as far as your own strength and ability will take you as an individual, with no ceiling put on that effort. plenty of room for a floor underneat

mrs. reagan were there. we were having a nice conversation. there was four inches of armored glass on the window -- we had a great conversation. the president was hooked up to many of the machines, tubes and so forth to go in different places, flash red and green and make noises that attract children. they were a tracking my two children at that time. my wife was more nervous than i was, of that worried that my kids might finish the job. [laughter] >> so we were nervous. the president of the united states did not know tim mccarthy at that time. there were three shifts that rotate, but we had a wonderful conversation. together, sometimes dinner, in fact we did later on, but we were just about the door and was time to go and we were just about the door ready to head for home, which we were anxious to get to come and he stopped and said, wait a minute now. reagan,was mccarthy, the disc i have against the irish? [laughter] a discussion a discussion on the assassination of president ronald reagan. called forhe once the removal of pluto as a planet,

he hoped it was okay with mrs. reagan that there was another woman in his life, he would talk about lady liberty being the other woman in his life which was especially sweet and he would describe lady liberty is this beautiful feminine lady who was the beacon of freedom for the world. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> here is a look at some authors recently featured on booktv's afterwards, our weekly author interview program. >> they have shown, universities have shown and the obama administration has shown resoundingly that they are incompetent and doing this and terribly biased. incompetence is they don't know how to investigate, they don't have subpoena power, they don't do scientific evidence. they train their so-called adjudicators by telling them almost all guys who do this are guilty. if the guy is persuasive and logical that is a sign of guilt. if he is not persuasive and logical, that too is a sign of guilt. this is standard practice i'm describing. i think that the question is, is

mr. reagan explain the fact that there is a very much inh percentage of negroes the forces in vietnam than there is a percentage of negroes in the states? is it perhaps due to the fact morenegroes have difficulty finding jobs in america? gov. reagan: i do not think anyone could deny because of disparity which the senator referred to, there has been and among our minority groups, a greater percentage who did not through our educational system, did not qualify themselves for the better jobs and said therefore perhaps there is a higher percentage to find the army or the military a suitable job and a good job in opportunitylack of in the lines. this could be true. host: senator kennedy, what about your view on that question? sen. kennedy: i think that question is well taken. there are a higher percentage of negroes serving in vietnam than the polyp the relation -- population as a whole. possibly due to what he mentioned. secondly, i think it is also the reason that the draft has been unfair and discriminated against those who are poor and those in lower economic groups, which we are trying to

reagan rising" is that book. the son of charter members of the new york state conservative party, mr. shirley comes by his love of reagan and conservativism honestly. "reagan rising" is more than a mere biography.ev it chronicles the journey of a who, having just suffered a devastating defeat in 1976,uf picks himself up and becomes the leader of a new brand of brand conservativism. trump's presidency, perhaps, offers the perfect backdrop against which to study reagan's ascendance. with the republican party struggling to define itself, it offers meaningful insight into the development of the philosophy that it serves as a touchstone for conservatives across the country.ne reagan's philosophy still inspires to this day. as a special aside in researching what i'd say in this introduction, i learned that mr. shirley played an instrumental role in having the sport of lacrosse designated as the state sport of maryland, and for that i'm sure he will always have a special place in the heart of all marylanders, so gaithersburg, welcome me in welcoming mr. craig shirley.y. [applause] >> and inte

mr. reagan made use seems to be violated by america's record in vietnam by its refusal to allow elections by supporting -- >> i understand now. i would say that as i said before i think there were mistakes made over the period of the last ten years. there were mistakes in which i was involved -- >> do you regard it as a mistake that millions of civilians killed? >> i would regard it as a mistake. i think the civilians being killed in north vietnam or south vietnam, i think the terrorism that existed in north vietnam is a mistake and killings in hungary were a mistake and some of the actions of president diem in south vietnam was a mistake. i think the united states has been associated with governments which do not represent the will and wish of the people. i think that is most unfortunate. i don't go on this program, i don't think governor reagan goes on the program with saying we never made a mistake and we never cared because i think we have. if we look at the present time, the fact is the united states is willing to have elections in south vietnam, willing to abide by the results of th

president reagan wanted right next to him, at least mrs. reagan did. president carter and president bush, too. that will always be there. times, it is a higher level. never been a change but i'm with the associated press and security for the associated press so i always get the questions because to the layperson or press people, they say i cannot believe the president is that express. i am confident and i think tim is, too, as well as former agents, when i see that it tells perimeter her security -- inner perimeter security has expanded. they are not going to -- if there was a need for those agents to be shoulder to shoulder than that with time he that they have a huge concern about that perimeter security, ok? the fact they are able to loosen up, give more lot of sight, tells me they have enhanced those measures in that inner, middle, and outer perimeter. >> and there is more than one perimeter. i can assure you the presidential protective division is the last line of defense between the security threat and the president. but, there are other paramete

mrs. reagan was there. there was five inches of black glass. the president was still hooked up to machines. the noises is attracting the children. my wife was nervous and worried that the kids might finish the job that john hinckley started. [laughter] >> the president of the united states did not know tim mccarthy from anyone. but later we had lunch and dinner. or just about the door, it was time to go, we will then need to head to home in t stop this said, wait a minute. tim, it was mccarthy, reagan, delahunty, brady -- what does this guy have against the irish? [laughter] >> he's certainly injected and a lot of humor. again, my family has been in law enforcement for a long time. we all know there were dangerous. he was a great example on recovery. he did it for me that day. >> did you get to keep your badge? >> they took everything for me that was shot but they returned it to me. i got the retired badge, of course. >> we won't be seeing that on ebay, where we? >> maybe one day. >> could i just make a comment? one of the other decisions we ha

. ♪ many men with lofty aims >> reporter: mathis says mrs. reagan saved his life. little concerned about you. >> we were sitting around, i was, drinking, and she suggested that i might have a problem. i said probably not, but what have you got in mind? and so she sent me to a place in maryland. i was there with a bunch of jesuit priests, three weeks of finding out why i drank, how i could stop. and it was the greatest thing that ever happened to me in my life. >> reporter: in november 2015, his hollywood hills home of 56 years was severely damaged in a fire. >> i'm okay. nobody got hurt. ♪ i get misty >> reporter: by now you've probably noticed that when times turn tough -- >> oh, what a terrible putt. >> reporter: mathis remains determined, even upbeat. if your house is being repaired, just have crew and correspondents catch up with you at the golf course. although i discovered his favorite sport doesn't really calm him. does this relax you? >> no. >> reporter: what do you mean no? >> it's very stressful. you god t to get this little ba in the speaker 1: noises li

mrs. reagan was there and we had a nice conversation, we had four inches of armored glass on his window, the old cap -- old type that would distort your vision. he was still hooked up to machines. tubes that when the two different places that flash red and green and make noises that attract children. it was attracting my two children and my wife was more nervous than i was, worried that my children may finish the job that john dingell he --john hinckley jr started. the president of the united states did not know tim mccarthy from anyone. you work three shifts and rotate but we had a wonderful conversation. we had a meal later on. it was time to go later and we were about out the door, ready to head for home, which i was anxious to get to, he stops and said wait a minute, 10 -- tim, ,t was mccarthy, reagan, brady what the hell did this guy have against the irish? [laughter] ananyone who goes through incident in life, does not have to be this, a car crash, you have to recover physically and mentall

for women also his mother was his most important person and his life even his relationship with mrs. reagan and mother teresa came into the office this little tiny woman who was a giant on the world stage and the first president to put to a woman on the supreme court he respected women and their role so that even wasn't an issue back fed but it was important to him to show respect so i always felt his respect toward me. and the mayor and the incredible patriotism having been behind the scenes it was just when the cameras were rolling but to his core have times to hear the "star spangled banner" or the national anthem? we would have guessed come to the office they would play music for st.'' imagine if you are performing for the president what we probably perform? probably patriotic music he has heard the songs a thousand times but as the song would start he would tap his toe or sing along every word every now and then he would stand up at attention and respect to put his hand over his tartar some songs were so beautiful you could look over to see tears misting in his eyes. he was patriotic t

mrs. reagan and mrs. ford can't even be in the same state with each other. that is how little they liked each other. gerald ford ascends to the presidency by way of the 22nd amendment when nixon pick some after spear o agnew re-signed, taking kickbacks in maryland while the owner is maryland and still taking kickbacks as vice president of the united states. nixon needs somebody who will placate, but not threaten him, not going to cause him to look over his shoulders. gerald ford fills the bill, gerald ford's lifelong dream was to be speaker of the house and that is never going to happen. becoming vice president with a nice capstone to his career but then the smoking gun tape is revealed in july of 1974. it is in the news now. everybody -- >> elephant in the tens. >> i say smoking gun, what are you talking about? anyway, nixon is revealed ordering the cia to halt the fbi investigation into watergate and that is the end of richard nixon. gerald ford ascends to the presidency but gerald ford has no republicans made a psychic investment in gerald ford, nobody ou

i wasn't, but he was, and mrs. reagan was there. we were having a very nice conversation.here was about four inches of armored glass on his window. we had a great conversation. the president was hooked up to many of the machines that i had and hooked up to, the tubes so forth of flash red and green and attract children. they were attracting my two children. my wife was more nervous than i was, a little worried my kids might finish the job. .o we were nervous the president of the united states did not know joe mccarthy, but we had a wonderful conversation. doorre just about out the and it was time to go and we were just about out the door, ready to head for home, which we were anxious to get to, and he stopped and said, wait a minute, jim, it was maccarthy, reagan, delehanty, brady, what the -- hell did this guy have against the irish? [laughter] >> you can watch this and other programs on our website, c-span.org/history. >announcer: sunday night on , elisabeth rosenthal examines the business side of health care in her book, and american sickness, how health care became big

mr. reagan for the honor if a vote had been taken among the floor traders. they gave him round after round of cheers. >> we're going to turn the bull loose. >> the whole world, from reagan's white house on, was basically saying wall street is the engine of our economy. it represents growth. it represents opportunity. it represents the american dream. so these guys were basically saying, we're going to go do it. >> this is the big draw on wall street, the smell of money. >> this is where the action is. this is the over the counter trading. more than 17,000 daily transactions involving millions of shares and millions of dollars, made and lost here every day. and it's a game for young people. when you get home at the end of the week and you look back at what you've done, what gives you a sense of satisfaction? >> i guess making a t of money. >> for yoursel >> myself and the clients. >> when the economy started to recover and become more vibrant, there was a great sense of exhilaration that we survived this miserable period. let's celebrate, let's party. we have

so much was written about his relationship with mrs. reagan and the respect they had for each other. mother teresa came to visit the office and this little tiny woman he recognized as being a giant on the world stage, had amazing respect for her, being the first president to put a woman on the supreme court with the appointment of sandra day o'connor, very proud of. he respected their role, many years ago that wasn't one of our big issues but it was important to him to show respect. as a young woman working for him i felt his utmost respect toward me and his appreciation for the value that i have. he was a man of incredible patriotism and that is something you would expect from a president but having been behind the scenes with him that was not something he did when the cameras were rolling. this man was patriotic to the core. how many times do you think he heard the star-spangled banner, the national anthem, or any of these other songs being played. we have guests come to the office, they would perform for him and thing for him or play music

mr. trump for me is like behind reagan, a great president we should be proud of his effort to unite and to bring jobs to the united states. at the same time, save money in the fight against isis by getting arab nations together to with the use of american effort. host: thank you. kenneth from beaumont, texas. go ahead on the independent line. caller: thank you for c-span. i have been fortunate. i spent a lot of time in the middle east and all around the world. in this part of the world, this is how they are. formalities is important. it shows respect and president trump is going out to do lots for this country. there are so many folks in this country that did not want to recognize them for what he is doing. online how to stop trump, you'll be amazed at the dollars and cents that have been thrown out. this is very important to this country. we do not have it just within the borders. there is the rest of the world and they had their own thoughts. i am amazed at this gentleman and the group of folks he has around him. with the secretary of energy, they really know what to do for this country.

mr. president, i'll take the lie detector test and it will be the last thing i will do for you. reagan pulled out a pen and it up the executive order and mr. baker said, as he should have done. another more substantive policy example, reagan was hell bent on going to capitol hill and doing social security reform as his first major initiative. jim baker had been around long enough to know that social security, as he put it, was the their rail of american politics. touch and it you get electrokraout tanned and the went into -- electrocuted. and reagan didn't want to hear that advice but he took it, with help from -- baker got some help from nancy reagan and others on it. he changed course and decided to pursue tax cuts instead. >> tax reform. >> the rest is history. >> another wonderful example, in the book, is not of something that jim did, because he left and was secretary of treasury, but chris says in his book, and i happen to share the opinion, that if jim baker had been reagan's chief of staff when the whole iran-contra episode began percolating, it never would have happened. it wo

it is the worst presidential security breach since reagan said this: >> mr. gorbachev, our nuclear launch codes are 17, 26, 5 with a powerball of 37. ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: we miss you, ronnie! we miss you, ronnie! apparently, apparently-- and this is being reported in the "washington post--" trump was showing off for his guests telling the russians: "i get great intel. i have people brief me on great intel every day." well, yeah. you're the president. it's the job. it's like the guy working the fry station saying, "you would not believe the tater tots i have access to, if in this metaphor tater tots were a top-secret snack provided by our allies. because it's not just who trump leaked the information to. it's who we got it from. israel was the source of the intelligence trump gave to the russians. and oopsa shalom. trump is scheduled to visit israel next week. that-- that is really going to be one awkward state dinner. "mr. president, can you please pass the hummus? or would you prefer to pass it directly to russia?" ( laughter ) an

when ronald reagan said mr. gorbachev, tear down that wall, i don't know if he really thought it was going to happen. authoritarian regimes are brittle. and putin is right now in a position to rule because there is no organized opposition to him and he's making sure of th that. but two weeks ago people flooded into the streets of moscow to protest corruption. still, online bloggers are protesting government action. so there is something slightly alive underneath. another thing is the russian people are different than they were in the soviet union. when i first went to moscow as a graduate student in 1979, russians looked at their feet. they never looked at you. now they travel and send their kid to study abroad. they study them even middle-class, this boy all day l their children at toys "r" us. somewhere along here, someone might emerge to be a focal point for that constituency. before we get too carried away, the other potential opposition could come from the hard right because there is an even more ultranatio

mr. ben sutton. ben. [applause] from the reagan family, michael and cameron. michael, cameron. [applause] state assemblyman dante acosta. [applause] just a few more. our former congressman and his wife janice. [applause] all of our elected officials from the county of ventura and city of simi valley. [applause] president bush's secretary of treasury rosario marine. [applause] and lastly retired u.s. army officer gary lindh and his wife mara. gary. [applause] i would be remiss if i didn't mention that gary became paralyzed from the waist down when a helicopter crashed while conducting operations in iraq in 2008 but thanks to the generosity of the infinite hero foundation, he can now walk through the assistance of an exoskeleton. yeah. [applause] if you would like to know what an exoskeleton is, gary will be at the reagan library tomorrow night for an event to share his story. we invite all of you to come back tomorrow at the same time for what i know will be a very inspirational event. thanks for coming, gary. [applause] now to begin our conversation with our special guest this

david: now, some are saying it's a lot like president reagan sounded during one of his trips to europe. take a listen to that. >> mrachev, tear down this wall. david: well the man who actually wrote those lines joins us now, former ronald reagan speech writer joining us from stanford, california. peter, let's get out of the way, first of all, trump is no reagan, we understand that, we get that, but trump has done particularly on this trip, and not only what he said in europe, but for what he said to the arab leaders, drive them out. drive them out. these terrorists in your midst, drive them out, these purveyors of death. we have this assumption this is something that we have to live with. that terrorism will be with us forever. this president is saying, not so. we can end the terrorist threat, the terrorist crisis we've been in. much like ronald reagan said we don't have to live with the cold war, we can win it. to which you say? >> to which i say, the parallel is precisely correct, david. there's a marvellous moment, 1977, i believe it was, when the president was going over foreign policy matters. he was between s

reagan's agenda. he can walk in the oval office a and close the door. say mr. president, look, you cannot go down this road for the following reasons. trust me. it won't work. he could tell ronald reagan what he didn't want to hear. host: this depends on a president willing to receive that information? guest: that's true. what's clear so far from the trump white house, is that that donald trump has not empowered his white house chief priebus to execute his agenda. it's clear that priebus doesn't speak for the president. it's hard to tell who does. fundamentally that's really on donald trump. donald trump has to decide that he must empower a white house chief to be a kind of grown up in the room. host: you write in the book the white house chief translates the president agenda. when government works it is usually he understand the fabric of power threading the needle where politics converge. saying when government failed, it can be traced to the shortcomings of the chief. that seem like a big thing to have on one shoulder. guest: it's fundamental to every preside

reagan is another good example. we associate him now with a major moment in american and world history because he presided over the beginnings of the end of the cold war. >> mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall! >> but reagan was elected, you know, sure to increase defense spending. but he was elected principally on an argument that government should be shrunk. that welfare should be transformed. that the budget should be balanced. that he was going to be a conservative in the white house. and that was going to be -- that was his ticket to victory. so he wanted to be a president that focused on domestic affairs as well. and of course the contrast with the carter years was dramatic. and reagan wanted to say i can do much better than jimmy carter on the homefront. well, in fact, he sat out a goal at the beginning to try to end the wold war, build up defense spending enormously. build up nuclear weapons and he did all those things and those are the things that defined his presidency in many ways. >> but i promise you as our president i will raise the bar. i will insist upon accountability systems that refuse to leave children behind. we'll put in place programs t

you have all the economic models weather was reagan, mrs. thatcher. no one admires that old economic value. >> the french people will decide. >> let's move onto a new topic. >> you are so arrogant your party celebrated your victory before the end of the second round. the french people are watching us this evening and they want to know what is your plan for schools? my questions are precise and. to focus our resources on primary school. 20% of primary school children do not read and they will fail in secondary school and 115,000 young people will be leaving the secondary school system without a quality education. so we must focus on the primary schools in several ways. first of all by restoring the french language and also the teaching of latin in secondary schools and practical work and modest families, inequalities reproduce when people go home. tutorials are very important and priority education. i want to reduce the number of pupils in primary school classes. that's where you learn the fundamentals. 12 pupils per class, 12,000 teaching positions wi

. >> you have all the economic model of the 1980's when there was reagan, mrs. thatcher. >> very sorry. >> no one admires that old economic model apart from you. >> move on to schools. >> the french people will decide. let's move on the to a new topic. >> you're so arrogant. you've already celebrated your victory before the end of the second round. >> the french people are watching us this evening and they want to know what is your project for schools. my questions are concise and i hope your responses will be just as concise. >> my project for the school system is to focus our resources on primary school. 20% of primary school children don't know how to read. they will fail in the secondary schools, and 150,000 young people will be leaving the secondary school system without any qualifications. so we must focus on the primary school, first of all, by restoring the hours of teaching the french language and the -- also reintroducing the teaching of latin in secondary school and practical work, in modest families, inequalities are reproduced when people go home. s

he would go on to advise and work for the winning candidacies of ronald reagan and george h.w. bush. mr. bush tweeted today: "he wasn't perfect, but roger ailes was my friend & i loved him. not sure i would have been president w/o his great talent, loyal help. rip." he also served as a one-time advisor to donald trump. after a falling out, the two men mended fences in 2016 when ailes jumped on the trump bandwagon. at fox, ailes reigned supreme for two decades. but after sexual harassment allegations by former anchor gretchen carlson became public last year, ailes' career and legacy began to unravel. more than 20 other women came forward with allegations. so far, 21st century fox has paid $45 million in relation to those charges with more pending. 21st century fox corporate head rupert murdoch and his sons ousted ailes last july, only hours before mr. trump accepted the g.o.p. nomination. roger ailes was 77 years old. >> woodruff: late today, the medical examiner in palm beach county, florida said ailes died of bleeding on the brain. the u.s. treasury department is imposing new sanctions

one of the things you see with nancy reagan and hillary clinton is that ronald reagan and bill were always being mr. affable and would let their wives be the lightning rods. that is a form of exploitation of the women, but it certainly was a dynamic that occurred. one feud we should talk about would be nancy reagan and barbara bush. 1980, and george h.w. bush and ron reagan run against each other. of course, this often happens -- reconciliation, vice president george h.w. bush, president ronald reagan. but nancy reagan is constantly putting barbara in her place, constantly disrespectful, constantly disrespectful to both bushes, but particularly barbara. there is a story where barbara shows up at the white house in a similar colored dress to nancy reagan, and nancy makes it clear the event is not going to start until she changes. and they are fellow republicans. carol: there is a similar feud between julia dent grant and mary todd lincoln. mary todd lincoln, they are going to get in a boat to go into richmond and lord it over the defeated south. julia gets in the boat and sits down in a seat. mary t

reagan was having lunch with secretary of state george shultz and baker said mr. president you know, you are talking about giving a polygraph to the vice president of the united states. he is a constitutional officer. george shultz then piped up and said you know mr. president i will take a lie detector test. it will be the last thing i do for you in this administration. reagan pulled out a pen and ripped up the executive order as he should have done. another more substantive policy, reagan was hell-bent on going to capitol hill and doing social security reform as his first major initiative. jim baker had been around long enough to know that social security as he put it was the third rail of a mock -- american politics. you touch it, you get electrocuted and he went into the president told them that. reagan did want to hear that it dies but ultimately he took it with help, baker got help from nancy reagan and others on it and he changed course and decided to pursue tax cuts instead and the rest is history. >> that's another wonderful example in the book not of som

reagan did? you cut taxes, get rid of regulations, and that will push growth by itself? mr.: that is a big part of it. we need regulatory relief and trade reform, but simplifying taxes and making businesses competitive are a big part of that. we have trillions of dollars left off sure that we expect will come back and will be reinvested in this country. ♪ of president trump campaign promises was to withdraw from nafta. since taking office, he suggested the u.s. would be open to modifying the agreement, but official negotiations have yet to start. jason kelly asked wilbur ross about his current thinking on nafta. nafta is an old agreement, and obsolete agreement. the currentreflect status of either the mexican economy or the american or the canadian. so at a minimum, a needs updating. second, it has a particular problem with the rules -- namely how much raw material can be brought in from outside nafta and yet get the tariff benefits of nafta. an automotive, for example, they of it part by part, and some those parts aren't used in cars anymore because technology has changed,

mr. collingwood: thank you very much again. this is town meeting of the world. this is charles collingwood. good night. >> author joining us from pittsburgh. why did california governor reagan and new york senator kennedy agree to this cbs news program? why these two individuals? >> i do not know so much from ronald reagan's side but i think it was arranged largely from the kennedy side. frank mankiewicz was the spokesman. rfk later regretted this debate and said he was the one who got me into that debate with ronald reagan. he did not appreciate that. he said don't ever get me on the same stage with that sob ever again. clearly thought that ronald reagan showed him up on the stage a little bit. >> you wrote a piece calling this the great forgotten debate. why? >> newsweek even said at the time that this looked like it could be the setup for a series of great future presidential debates. the idea that these two guys, it is quite possible they could've been two major parties, nominees in the foreseeable future. rfk in 1968, reagan a must got it in 1976. did get it in 1980. had robert kennedy not been shot and murdered one year after that, who knows? it is quite possible you

mr. chairman, you may be old enough to remember the "time" magazine headline the joyride for america is over. well, ronald reaganwas elected and dramatically changed policy. and what happened? the performance of the american economy changed dramatically. reagan cut marginal tax rates dramatically. i'm being dramatic but these were dramatic times. he cut nondefense spending and entitlement spending, and he lifted regulatory burden. when that program was in effect, the economy in the last six years that reagan administration grew by 4.6%. and in four of those six years, federal revenues grew by over 10% per year. now, this comparison is important because the question we're faced with now is are we in a secular stagnation or is this a policy-induced stagnation? my believe is, and i think an objective reading of the policies of the postwar period and the performance of the economy in the postwar period is that policy makes a difference. american exceptionalism is based on freedom and market efficiency. and when government policy reinforces those things, the economy grows and has no equal on earth. when government po

and ronald reagan quoting the film in which she was the star. shakespeare would've appreciated what you mr. it says at the end of the man who shot liberty, when the legend would, fact. number six shakespeare knew that race is a script that governs our actions. a time in which he lived in mark's was a time in which the foundations which we now call the modern world were set. he had the beginning of the modern corporation, scientific unification, international commerce, trade, religious conflict, and the media revolution that was the printed book. he also saw conflicts around race neuronal. for example his treatment of his christian counterpart aaron the mockery of the romans and the fact that our fellow must constantly disprove that he lacks the moral temper of a christian a script says what will happen it puts words into people's mouth and has assumptions about what race doesn't shakespeare's place. antonio for example is following the script when he mocks -- shot off repeats the script back when they ask for a long knowing that he lacks the memory in the rialto you have rated me about my

mr. lighthizer's years of experience in public service, including as staff director for the senate finance committee, as deputy ustr during the reagan administration, and in private practice make him extremely well qualified to serve as our nation's trade ambassador representative. mr. lighthizer's knowledge and experience will be vital to his service to this position, vital to our country. put simply, growing our economy and creating better paying jobs for american workers requires increased u.s. trade. toward that end, i have spoken to mr. lighthizer about the importance of removing trade barriers for american businesses, workers and consumers, and where those barriers have already been removed, maintaining the status quo. i know there is quite a bit of discussion going around about potential changes to the north american free trade agreement and as i told mr. lighthizer, there are definitely opportunities to update and improve nafta, but it is important that the administration follow the spirit of the hippocratic oath. first, do no harm. mr. lighthizer and i have also discussed the importance of protecting u.s. intellectual prope

reagan granted amnesty to illegal immigrants. >> day one my first hour in office those people are gone! >> reporter: mr. blames immigrants for violence. he often fired up his rallies by raising the murder by an illegal immigrant of a woman in san francisco, a sanctuary city. but according to the department of justice, the incarceration rate for illegal immigrants is 1/3 that of citizens. >> to lay criminality at the feet of immigrants is not only morally unfair, it is factually wrong. >> reporter: one of jim kenny's first acts as mayor was to declare philadelphia a sanctuary. which means his police do not ask about citizenship and will not hold illegal immigrants if the only reason is that i.c.e. wants to he says it violates the constitution to hold people without a warrant. there are more than 600 cities, counties, and states that consider themselves sanctuaries. two years ago there were half as many. >> we've ordered a crackdown on sanctuary cities. >> reporter: president trump is now trying to cut off federal funds from these sanctuary cities. but he's been stopped so far by the courts. >> this is no