it was nancy reagan not donald regan who ran things in ronald reagan's white house. it was she who dictated the president's schedule, supervise his speeches >> guest: i stand by that. she was busy, wasn't she? [laughter] she was a powerful first lady, powerful. petticoat president as they might call her. and i came away from that book having respect for her power. because she toned down ronald reagan. she helped push him with gorbachev. she was very good in that respect. yes, she was extraordinarily powerful people were terrorized of her. >> host: did you ever meet her? did she ever consoled -- and sent to an interview currently no. she never consented to an interview. as i said, none of the subjects have. but i did meet her very, very briefly when i went to the white house with a photographer friend of mine, and he was taking pictures of president reagan and mrs. reagan for the cover of "people" magazine. and they were having a hard time getting the president to relax. he was upset about what was going on in congress. and i still member when we went to the white hou

c-span: you--you quote nancy reagan in the introduction as saying, "nobody thought that he ever read anything, either, but he was a voracious reader. i don't ever remember ronnie sitting and watching television i really don't. i just don't. when i picture those days, it's him sitting behind that desk in the bedroom, working." now the image that we had of him was always watching television. >> guest: right, and you see the cover of the book in a room, with just--in--writing. c-span: but what--what's missing in this thing, though? i mean, are you convinced that he did write all that, all these... >> guest: absolutely. when you read what he wrote in the margins and when you listen at what he said, it--it's really authentic reagan. and we interviewed so many people--peter hannaford, those who were around him. many of--of--of your listeners won't know viewers won't know the names of these people, but they were with reagan all the time. and then many of the speechwriters during the presidency, they know this story; it just never came out. and one thing that martin anderson did in the inter

nancy reagan, drug campaign. barbara bush, literacy.ichelle obama that's different? >> one, it's her popularity letter an level and why she chose fits in. hillary clinton caused bill clinton so many problems because we didn't vote for her. michelle taking a fairly simple, i'm not going to advocate but when congress doesn't help me i'm going to criticize them? that's new. >> and up for vote to the full house. say she loses's what does that mean? >> she'll complain more. that's the issue. if you look historically, they've been taking polls from gallup back to eleanor roosevelt. michelle obama is the second most popular lady in office of any. just following laura bush, much more popular than nancy reagan, lady bird or hillary clinton. she's in a unique position to make these criticisms because of high public stature a lot of other first ladies haven't been able to do. >> isn't it hard to talk about popularity when we're living in a world of facebook, twitter, social media, you can get out there so much more than first ladies? >> they didn'

drugs became prevalent during the vietnam war and the creation of the drug enforcement agency to nancy reaganust say no campaign in the 1980's and the three strikes and you are out from the 1990's. 40 years of the war on drugs, available online at the pbs news website. kentucky.om ashland, steve, republican line, good morning. maybe there is a reason we went into the war on drugs. century,e 19th reaching back a ways, you could walk into a general store and or cocainecaine containing products, opiate products, right across the counter with no control whatsoever. we have a lot of problems with and fatalities. so, we decided to regulate those rugs. now, has the war on drugs been lost? we are -- we can't compete with the money involved. one of the best things we can do is what law enforcement does now, to confiscate drug money and drug vehicles to use in the war on drugs. they give for the call. from joe -- a pointe caller made about the regulation of drugs. "washington journal" hits the road next month, traveling to and washingtono, state, two states that now allow for the use of marijuana in ma

you mentioned this a few moments ago with betty ford and it goes back to edith wilson and nancy reagan when she weighed into the drug controversy with just say no. i think the first lady, whoever he or she may be, should wade into public policy as long as it drives a conversation in a positive way. just to go back to karen's point, it's okay to disagree. it's okay to have a different point of view and okay to have -- >> don't patronize me, that's not okay. >> we have civil discourse and like the disagreement and raise good points on both sides. this is a tough issue and the overarching issue is not enough resources in school. going back to the question of first ladies, karen, i've had such fierce debates with people about this, people saying we didn't vote her into office. that's not a real substantive position. my view is actually we did vote her into office, she was a visibility part of the campaign trail and they have heavily resourced staffs. they are ponying up taxpayer dollars to hire chief of staffs and aides and security -- >> i can say as a former hillary clinton deputy press

whether it's reading which is laura bush or nancy reagan with just say no, whether or not you loved thate point being each woman figures out her own deal. but this one i agree with you that michelle obama probably didn't think that healthy food for children particularly when we're seeing obesity rates actually go down because of what she's proposed and talking about is working, would be something controversial. although if you've been around washington you know that big food as you're calling it, the food lobby is very powerful, particularly the sugar lobby. >> see, that wasn't surprising to me. what's surprising to me, and maybe it's dumb to be surprised by this i suppose on one level it's not surprising is the kind of grassroots like nanny state. the fact that basically the interests were able to sell it to the base as something they should be upset about. the fact they were able to hustle them on that, josh, that's surprising. >> it's remarkable to me in that we have these two political figures in the country who are really associated with these movements to change the way people eat.

nancy reagan was representing ronald reagan. the general came up and he came up on stage and stood at the podium and everyone in the audience were the ceo's and leaders of these major corporations. i looked around and i thought i am in some incredible company. i recognize these faces. and general powell stood up and he said, ladies and gentlemen, i brought you here today to bring you something important. milton friedman was wrong. business of business is not business that your companies, your organizations are some of the richest, most powerful resources we have in our great countries. what we need to do and he went on is we need to tap into your employees and we need to tap into your products. and everything that is going on in your organizations and you need to get out there and help our boys and girls clubs and ymcas and build safe places and do mentoring and tutoring for you to integrate your corporations with the community that they exist in. you do not have walls around to hear that separate you from those that you are liv

white house correspondents' association, which this year includes president reagan and first lady nancy reaganas my midwestern, through and through, youngest brother. i introduced him to president reagan and in that instant, he sort of, he looked at reagan, talked to him, and he looked at me, and i thought, oh, my gosh, i have done something that my brother thinks is cool. and what we have is my brother looking very dapper in a tuxedo, which may be the last time he was in a tuxedo, and the back of ronald reagan's head. he framed it anyway, the president signed it anyway. so in the end, i was kind of like half cool. i'm pouring everg i have into this place. that's why i got a new windows 2 in 1. it has exactly what i need for half of what i thought i'd pay. and i don't need to be online for it to work. it runs office, so i can do schedules and budgets and even menu changes. but it's fun, too -- with touch, and tons of great apps for stuff like music, 'cause a good playlist is good for business. i need the boss's signature for this. i'm the boss. ♪ honestly ♪ i wanna see you be brave hey kevin..

paraphrase nancy reagan time for all of us to just say no to convicting anyone of a nonviolent drug crime. and that's the way it is tonight monday may twenty seventh two thousand and fourteen and now forget democracy is not a spectator sport not enough just to vote you've got to show off get out there get active occupy something tag you're it see them. i marinate join me on boom bust thirteen get impartial and financial reporting commentary interviews and much much. only on bombast and. well written. science technology innovation all the lanes developments from around russia we've gone to the future are covered. under the new will strong arming of washington d.c. polish face i think sometimes people. pleasure to have you with us here on our team today on roller sutured. and a society that i don't think corporations mind can. do and the banks. all that all about money and others actually like for a politician right in the last. ten. years just to what is it a guy. coming up on our t.v. eastern ukraine has seen a flare up in fighting and it's the government forces battle and take you have s

paraphrase nancy reagan time for all of us to just say no to convicting anyone of a nonviolent drug crime. and that's the way it is tonight monday may twenty seventh two thousand and fourteen and now forget democracy is not a spectator sport not enough just to vote you've got to show off get out there get active occupy something tag you're it see them. i know c.n.n. the m s n b c and fox news have taken some not slightly but the fact is i admire their commitment to cover all sides of the story just in case one of them happens to be accurate. that was funny but it's closer to the truth and might think. it's because when full attention and the mainstream media works side by side the joke is actually on here. and our teen years we have a different thread. because the news of the world just is not this funny i'm not laughing dammit i'm not. good. at. you guys stick to the jokes i will hand over the stuff that i've. play. live live. live live. live. cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want to. live. well. science technology innovation all the latest developments f

like i said, nancy nursed ronald reagan through the last two and a half, three years of his presidency, and the -- hillary clinton, i think she'll be fine. host: other stories in the paper at 10:00, the veterans affairs secretary, this will be on the issue of veterans health care. that will be live today at 10:00. you can watch that right after this program on c-span. a couple of stories relating to this in "the new york times" say for many years the department of eterans affairs has been criticized for requiring veterans to wait long periods of medical appointments and for having no foolproof system for holding hospital administrators. again that hearing at 10:00, also in light of what's been going on at veterans affairs, the white house stepping in, appointing a person from inside the white house to overlook things, that's white house deputy chief of staff rob nay bores. he will be treamlir assigned. >> again, you can find out more in questions to those issues at 10:00 today at that hearing with eric shinseki. lily, is up next, from baytown, texas on our republican line. caller: hi,

reagan's run. clinton in '98, we were shocked. and 2006, nancyuse two years after karl rove is talk about a permanent majority. i can't relax and think, boy, this is going to be a great year because we haven't fared well six years into past presidents. >> the out party usually does well with the exception of the six-year race. in a certain way, it should be a good year for republicans. and i think republicans have good candidates this year. not because they've beaten back the tea party people. and establishment tea party. if you look state by state with, establishment tea party. you say is tom cotton an attractive candidate, dan sullivan, they've got iraq and afghanistan vets. they're 39, and 42. >> tell me about that? >> it's good. >> the bad news, and i know why you're nervous and i'm nervous, too, the republicans in washington are treading water. they think, we're getting a wave, the wave is going to carry us over. i get nervous when i see that. it could happen. sometimes, the waters are okay and the waves and you tread along the way. but i th