mrs. thatcher, can you tell us how you wrote this book? >> yes. i had to decide first whether i wanted to do it in one volume or two. i had already thought that the first thing i must do is to tell the story of the years when i was in number 10 downing street. they were exciting years, purposeful years. we changed the entire economy. we had a war to fight. we had the libyan raid, the end of the cold war, we had the gulf. how should i do it? and so, i thought, instead of telling it in enormous detail, as some people do almost a diary of every day, i would take the main themes and follow them through and try to but them in a tiny frame of the three elections which i fought. the first thing i had to do was to get the whole structure of the chapters right. then i sat down and wrote as much as i could remember about each without, in fact, referring to documents, major leaguing a note of what i needed to look up. and then for accuracy, there are masses and masses which must be consulted, every meeting i had with the foreign states, internal ministers, w

mrs. thatcher not to overcommit scarce economic resources to liverpool. the option of managed decline is one that should not be forgotten. the chancellor at the time said economically abandoning liverpool was never seriously considered. >> i was not advocating managed decline. there was a misunderstanding of specific objectives. >> following the riots, the conservative leader did visit liverpool and support regeneration. what the cabinet documents to reveal is financially abandoning a british city over a period of time was discussed at the highest level. >> the president and the prime minister of turkey have expressed regret and sadness at the deaths of 35 civilians killed in an air force attacked. thousands of people attended funerals for the victims. the smugglers were thought to be mistaken for kurdish separatist guerrillas. >> thousands gathered for the funerals of 35 people killed. they went up is not in past to get fuel and cigarettes. they mistook them for kurdish rebels. they were taken on the past one last time. many of them were not yet 20. the

mrs. thatcher. met her a few times, actually, she's still alive, but she's not at her peak. when she was, one of the most impressive formidable people i've ever met in my life. >> if you don't not saint her, do not expect to go anywhere on our side of the fence. and the liberal friends of mine said if you do not demonize, don't expect anything. i figured i'd be in the cave somewhere. >> let's watch a clip from the movie. >> will you stand on principle or we will not stand at all. >> with all due respect, when one has been to war. >> with all due respect, sir, i have done battle every single day of my life, and many men have underestimated me before. it seems i will do the same, but they will riou the day. >> i mean, i -- that is -- that's the first time i've seen it. it's uncanny, she looks like her, and speaks like her. that's exactly how margaret thatcher really speak. >> meryl transformed into her. ronald reagan sent alexander haig to buy her off the falklands. you do not need to do this, keep it peaceful, and we'll cut a deal. that's the turning point for reagan, he had

mrs. thatcher and met her quite a few times, actually. and she was a formidable woman.till alive, obviously. but she's in her dotage now. but at her peak really one of the most impressive, formidable people i've ever met in my life. >> when i first came on the show, i said i don't know if anybody will ever invite me out to a dinner because the conservatives told us if you do not saint her, do not expect to go anywhere on our side of the fence. and the liberal friends of mine to me if you do not demonize that woman then don't expect anything. so i figure i'll be in a cave somewhere. >> let's watch a clip from the movie. let's see meryl streep in action here. >> we will stand on principle, or we will not stand at all. >> but margaret-w all due respect, when one has been to war -- >> with all due respect, sir, i have done battle every single day of my life, and many men have underestimated me before. this lot seem bound to do the same. but they will rue the day. >> i mean, i -- that is -- that's the first time i've seen it. it's uncanny. she looks like her. and she speaks

mrs. thatcher had asked for the use of the ascension island.s entirely seated over to the u.s. and there was a major collection site there. there was an airfield. we had a meeting to deal with the request, and the very learned ambassador of the un, jeane kirkpatrick, right french ships in the western hemisphere -- great friendships in the western hemisphere. he said it would destroy -- what hemispheric solidarity? it is not there. it never existed. the british have been with us any time we have been in conflict or any time we have had a need, they have always been there. the president smiled and said sari, tell maggie she can use -- sorry, tell maybe she can use ascension island. a quick ability to see the big picture. he was truly a very remarkable man to work with. [applause] thank you. >> obviously we are over time on the schedule, but i am assured we need not curtail questions and answers. i want to remind everyone to actually ask a question instead of simply commenting. i will shamelessly exploit my position by asking the first question of

mrs. margaret thatcher and jeffrey howe, who was then foreign secretary, writes in his memoirs that the message left us in no doubt of the extraordinary but genuine russian fear of real-life nuclear strike. in the collection of documents we have been given there is a memorandum of the 30th of december prepared by the intelligence director of the cia and title "soviets thinking on the possibility of armed confrontation with the united states." the memorandum concludes, "moscow does not appear to anticipate a near-term military confrontation with the u.s. soviet leaders wre very worried about the long-term trends in american policy, fbi, the deployment of intermediate range nuclear forces in europe, the development of the trident 2 missile and submarine." so they were afraid of how things might turn out in five or 10 years, but not afraid about what might happen if in a matter of weeks. -- iwhat might happen in a matter of weeks. the question was did the soviet leaders anticipate a near-term confrontation with the u.s.? but we don't have the documents that pose the question. we have the memorandu

mrs. thatcher. what was her take on alternative medicine? would she compare ideologically to david cameron? host: as to the first question, i am afraid i don't know what her stance was on that. she was a tremendously practical woman and i would suspect she would accept anything that would work and reject anything that did not. as to the second, she seemed to have had a lukewarm relationship with the current prime minister. she didn't embrace him like she embraced some of her other ministers, former leaders of the tory party. at the same time she was not as disappointed in him as she was in her immediate successor, john major. i think prime minister cameron is the perfect example of the new tory, somebody who embraces the free enterprise way of the tory party, but also reaches back to the one-nation idea of a caring, big society. host: new carollton, maryland. caller: my question for amanda is, what would you describe as margaret thatcher's policy toward africa? from my understanding, all the years she was and how where she did not promote an

mrs. thatcher is actually becoming more relevant than ever.g new movie out with meryl streep who is absolutely good in the movie. but what i think is interesting is one of the points she makes is how thatcher has been completely rejected in a sense by feminists even though you could say she's one of the great feminist icons. in 2009, the deputy leader of the labor party launched this poll which talks about the 16 most influential women in british history, she was left off the list, which is unbelievable. >> that's a joke. >> she's never been claimed in a sense as a woman as well as a leader. >> well, because she's a conservative. it's because she's a conservative. it's just like conservative minorities who are conservatives are immediately, michael steele, dismissed. >> think i know something about that -- >> i wasn't thinking about you. i was thinking about as the only republican at this table, clarence thomas immediately dismissed because he's an african-american and he's a conservative. you can look at -- you can look at the shameful treatm

mrs. thatcher had asked for the use of a island to stage -- ascension island. it was a british territory but it was entirely seated over to the u.s. national security agency, a major collection site there. so we had a meeting to deal with the question, and the ambassador of the u.n., jean kirkpatrick, held forth, you cannot possibly do that, mr. president. it would destroy hemispheric solidarity. and that is pressed my button and instead of being intimidated, i outburst, what hemispheric solidarity? it never existed. and she had been there every time. and the president smiled and said, sorry, jean, and tell maggie that she can use ascension island. the quick ability to see the larger picture and where he was truly a very remarkable man to work with. [applause] >> great, thank you. thank you. obviously we are over time on the schedule, but i've been assured that we mean that -- not curtail questions and answers. so we will take questions for some minutes. i want to remind everyone of the need to actually ask the question instead of simply commenting. alice shame

mrs. thatcher did. he walked out without -- like major. what a clunker.ughter] >> i did absolutely -- [shouting] i can actually assure the honorable gentleman i did not at any stage walkout of the meeting. but i did at that meeting was depressed britain's interests as a british prime ministers should. >> dr. julian lewis. >> how the prime minister has cast his vote on europe so effectively in brussels, does he think there's any chance that the british people might one day have an opportunity to do something similar over here in? >> i wondered how long it would take to get to that issue. [laughter] i have to say to me the most important use of a reference is if there's a proposal for this house of commons or any government to pass powers from the south to somewhere else. we should ask the british people first. that to me in a parliamentary area is the right use. as we are not signed a treaty i think whole issue of a referendum doesn't arise. >> mr. speaker, does the prime minister believe if baroness thatcher and john major had followed his negotiating tac

mrs. thatcher did. he walked out without -- like major. what a clunker.[laughter] >> i did absolutely -- [shouting] i can actually assure the honorable gentleman i did not at any stage walkout of the meeting. but i did at that meeting was depressed britain's interests as a british prime ministers should. >> dr. julian lewis. >> how the prime minister has cast his vote on europe so effectively in brussels, does he think there's any chance that the british people might one day have an opportunity to do something similar over here in? >> i wondered how long it would take to get to that issue. [laughter] i have to say to me the most important use of a reference is if there's a proposal for this house of commons or any government to pass powers from the south to somewhere else. we should ask the british people first. that to me in a parliamentary area is the right use. as we are not signed a treaty i think whole issue of a referendum doesn't arise. >> mr. speaker, does the prime minister believe if baroness thatcher and john major had followed his negotiating

mr. chief justice. we agreed that this is a sui generis case. the facts are partner, the facts are stalking him and our position is simply that under this court precedents and extradite thatcher, mr. maples has established cost to excuse the default. with respect to local counsel, apart from the fact that this he communicate directly with mr. maples, and extraordinaire step after the default, maybe the other telling thing is that in 2006 alabama itself eliminated the local counsel requirement for pro bono proceedings, recognizing that it could only create problems, it didn't add anything. with respect to abandonment, i understood at times my counsel, my friend, to acknowledge that abandonment may establish an external event with respect to the clinic. if that's so, then i think it's clear that we are at a minimum entitled to every man's. there were statements about was clear from the record. i think at a minimum the record is not clear on a number of things the court would have to get into if we're going to consider adopting the state's position that mr. maples was not abandoned the mr. maples was in a prison cell. his attorneys of record did not tell him that they had left t

mr. ramos, to be district judge for the eastern district of new york. he earned a b.a. from yale in 1982, j.d. harvard, 1987. upon graduation from law school, worked as an associate of simpson, thatcher, bartlett in new york city. in 1992, mr. ramos joined the office of u.s. -- united states attorney, eastern district new york, where he prosecuted a variety of federal crimes, including white-collar crime, defense contractor fraud, money laundering, narcotics trafficking, labor racketeering, and violation of the arms export control act. in june 2000, he was promoted to deputy chief narcotics section, where he supervised assistant u.s. attorneys, prosecuting international narcotics cases. in 2002, the nominee joined the law firm of dave barry howard, predecessor to the firm dave-pitney, as a participate in the government investigations -- partner in the government investigations practice group. currently he does criminal and regulatory investigations, including antitrust, bank fraud, public corruptions, securities fraud, and government program fraud. the american bar association standing committee on the federal judiciary has rated mr. ramos with a unanimous well qualified rating. we'r

mrs. thatcher did. he walked out without -- like major. what a clunker.[laughter] >> i did absolutely -- [shouting] i can actually assure the honorable gentleman i did not at any stage walkout of the meeting. but i did at that meeting was depressed britain's interests as a british prime ministers should. >> dr. julian lewis. >> how the prime minister has cast his vote on europe so effectively in brussels, does he think there's any chance that the british people might one day have an opportunity to do something similar over here in? >> i wondered how long it would take to get to that issue. [laughter] i have to say to me the most important use of a reference is if there's a proposal for this house of commons or any government to pass powers from the south to somewhere else. we should ask the british people first. that to me in a parliamentary area is the right use. as we are not signed a treaty i think whole issue of a referendum doesn't arise. >> mr. speaker, does the prime minister believe if baroness thatcher and john major had followed his negotiating