this is true of nancy reagan, george bush, ronald reagan bill clinton, all of them it humanizes them away. bill clinton gave kind of a nasty speech at this thing. he criticize bob dole and john kasich. by the end he was hiring professional writers. the comics did want to follow him because he was so funny. he was making fun of himself being home alone. he had this whole skit in the first ladies started relatively recently. they don't make fun of themselves exactly. nancy did it she had to. they make fun of their husbands. that's considered okay. if hillary clinton is president and the whole town will want to know what she says about bill clinton, believe me. >> this is going to be the last clip and it's back to really what presidents have today the tools they have, social media youtube and the like but it also is a very difficult thing to manage because all day long people are commenting on their policies at the white house. it's one of those give up and take away things at the same time. this is a nice way to end this part of the discussion to see how a modern president uses the too

nancy reagan thought that it would be like sacramento and it was not quite the same. >> she didn't really like sacramento that much. [laughter] betsy reagan got to tough press coverage. the 1st first lady to get the press coverage, and i'm willing to be corrected on this, mary todd lincoln the sectarian nature, she is fair game, southern sympathizer spendthrift a hysteric. the piece five years ago but was mary todd lincoln bipolar? we are still beating up on her. her. nancy reagan get some of that coverage when she 1st arrived. we will wait to show people. i am thinking about an example with hillary clinton during the campaign early on i will last and by and stay home and bake cookies. how did she recover from the learning curve of presenting herself that way? >> i we will say i will say this. he writes with john mccain and is his alter ego. with the lewinsky story 1st broke it was walking down the street with a cigarette in his mouth and says can this guy take a punch or what. he was talking about clinton i would say the same thing about hillary clinton. i will take everything you can di

the event begins with remarks from nancy reagan. this is an hour and 45 minutes. >> good morning, ladies and jerome and. would you please join me in welcoming our special guest -- peggy hoover, lucy baines johnson, -- ford bales and maureen reagan? [applause] and now, and our own first lady, mrs. nancy reagan. [applause] nancy reagan: thank you. thank you. thank you. good morning. i am delighted to welcome you all to a very special program. i hope you had a chance to see the remarkable new exhibit called "madam president" this morning. this will be introduced to each other america's first ladies, not only through the clothes they wore or the artifacts they used but the causes they championed and the families they raised. some of these women are historical celebrities. at others are all but unknown to us today. but each deserve to be remembered for her contribution to the life of her times. 200 years ago, martha washington said as first lady she felt more like a prisoner of state than anything else. a complaint that was echoed by some

i talked to nancy reagan through her assistant, and i said, can you tell me if mrs. agan remembers freddie mayfield? i got an immediate response from nancy, she remembers exactly how sad it was, how empty and lonely it was when he wasn't there anymore, because she saw him every morning in the elevator. she still remembered that. she remembered the details. she was at his funeral, and repeated a little of what others had told me. it was moving to see the first lady at his funeral. brian: what is the story about nelson pierce and richard nixon in seattle? kate: nelson pierce was born in seattle and he heard the nixons were traveling out there, so he asked if he could go on this trip. he tells this beautiful story about being on air force one. he could view all these beautiful mountain ranges where he grew up. he said his eyes filled with tears. he was just so moved by that. afterwards, he went up to mrs. nixon and thanked her, and she said, i wanted to see the mountains too. it was a sweet thing to do. he thinks they did it for him. the nixons came across, from my repor

the event begins with remarks by former first lady nancy reagan. asnd the director of the reagan library at the time. this is about an hour and 45 minutes. rmer first lady nancy reagan and historian richard norton smith serving as the reagan library library director at the time. this is now are in 45 minutes. [applause] [applause] and now our own 1st lady ms. nancy reagan. [applause] >> thank you. [applause] thank you. thank you. good morning. i am delighted to welcome you all to a very special program. i hope you had a a chance to see at least some of the remarkable new exhibits called madam president on your way in this morning. for the next six months visitors to the library and museum will be introduced to each of america's kayfive an ounce only to the close they were or artifacts that they used and that causes they championed and families they raised. some of these women are historical celebrities others are all but unknown to us today but each deserve to be remembered for their contribution to the life of her time. 200 years ago martha washing

like nancy reagan, some of that astrol gee stuff she brought upon herself., it seemed all in fun. barbara bush, maybe the george washington jokes they said she looked like him. but that was about it. everybody liked barbara bush sheemed like a nice lady. when hillary came in, that's when i heard the vial comments. i remember rush limbaugh saying she had fat ankles. it was ridiculous. i think it goes back to when she basically said "i don't need a man." we talk about the racism but there's a lot of sexism. you have laura bush, librarian. but when floatus gets a little bit of an attitude and is like, i'm my own person" i feel like we have some issues. fox. >> i'll speak for all black women-- thank you. i think it's sexism and racism. but i think this commencement speech was more racism than sexism and i do-- >> how racist do you think michelle obama was? ( laughter ). >> i think she is so antiwhite, i can't even-- no, i think she's-- i think her commencement speech was-- i thought it was great. eleanor roosevelt went to the same university in 1941 and they cal

. -- for a book she wrote about nancy reagan. it is true that people on my staff were eager to sell these books. they need -- they knew i wanted them so. i have to accept some responsibility. the rule does not say it was wrong. it could have been an overall scheme to avoid outside earnings. the rules exempt royalty income. that is attested to by david obey and donald terry. they give the rationale it was not any exception. book royalties were exempt. now maybe they should not have been. maybe somebody got the impression that buying a book was the price of getting me to make a speech. i never intended that were suggested that. i hope that friends of mine did not. while the books that were sold the outside counsel suggest seven cases involved instances where individuals associated with organizations to which i made speeches bought multiple copies and distributed them among members. i have not been committed to see the copies of their testimony, so i do not know what they are saying. i have asked people on my staff did you tell thes

begins with remarks by former first lady nancy reagan and historian richard norton smith serving as the reagan library library director at the time. this is now are in 45 minutes. [applause] [applause] and now our own 1st lady ms. nancy reagan. [applause] >> thank you. [applause] thank you. thank you. good morning. i am delighted to welcome you all to a very special program. i hope you had a a chance to see at least some of the remarkable new exhibits called madam president on your way in this morning. for the next six months visitors to the library and museum will be introduced to each of america's kayfive an ounce only to the close they were or artifacts that they used and that causes they championed and families they raised. some of these women are historical celebrities others are all but unknown to us today but each deserve to be remembered for their contribution to the life of her time. 200 years ago martha washington said that as first lady she felt more like a prisoner of state than anything else a complaint echoed by some of her successors, as a matter of fact. actually, it was

. >> well, they were published, for the most part, about six or seven years ago, nancy reagan decidedoddly there has not been a full biography since 2004. >> how much time did you spend going over them? >> it's hard to say. i teach american history and i have been teaching about it and thinking about him since he was president. >> isn't someone that you like and admire to or someone that you despise them he wanted to bring him down? >> for me, it's all about the story and the importance. and i wrote a book so that people who love him, like you, and people who hate him, they can both get something out of it. my job is to tell the story and to describe and explain. >> can you describe how he connected with the american public? i think it's a difficult thing for presidents to do and i don't think a lot of them are able to do it. they want to, but i think that there's only a few. i don't think nixon could, i think clinton did it, obviously reagan did it, and now all of these republican candidate are trying to bolster themselves as the next ronald reagan. >> it really helps to have experie

sometimes i forget things and i like to call my wife nancy reagan.l meet people that i know i know and i'm like who is that? and she'll say it's neil cavuto. >> very funny. does your wife ever tell you you forget? >> nonsense. today is my wife's birthday. she woke up with two presents waiting for her. >> oh for god's sake. >> last weekend, our anniversary. who forgot the card? debbie. who didn't get the card? andrew. debbie if you're watching i love you. >> you're making points. >> no no no. >> you remembered to get the card for her? >> i got the gave it to her. >> you remember the birthday but not the anniversary? >> no. she didn't. >> oh okay. >> while on this topic of fox news alert, today is my mom's bird day. >> i don't think i have any birthdays to remember. if i am for getting, happy birthday. women generally remember things more than men. but i think it's because women are always better at remembering things and little boys since they were young, rely on their mothers for everything. >> oh like a norman bates thing. >> i hate to sort of lead

i said i may be the only cancer victim who got a handwritten note from nancy reagan and a note from charlesarkley. charlie: i'm pleased to hear that about charles. the president also called during this? tom: president clinton called and bush 41 wrote me a great note. others did as well. that was very touching to me. a lot of my friends, many of whom you know it we ought to keep you around for the stories. charlie: there is this about your daughter, she was angry because she thought you were going to leave. tom: she just had this baby and set it to her mother, what is going on here? she set i got angry because i didn't want to lose you. for the first time it occurred to me that we might. at that point archie thomas broca was just six months old. i didn't want that to go away. kelly bit what is the prognosis? -- charlie: what is the prognosis? tom: prognosis is good. i know a lot of people who were told 13 years in. they were on a chemo maintenance. i'm taken the same drug but on a much lower dosage. they are doing fine. charlie: how do you feel? tom: the biggest issue is my back because of t

i said i know a cancer victim who got on the same day a handwritten note from nancy reagan and e-mailrom trials berkeley. charlie: i am delighted to hear about charles barkley. tom: president obama wrote me a great know, bush 41 wrote me one. that was very touching to me. i will say, a lot of my friends -- many you know. we have to keep you around for the stories, if nothing else. you're a storyteller. charlie: as we all know. there is this i found especially important. your daughter was angry because you thought you were going to leave. tom: that was early on. she just had this baby. he said to her mother, meredith said dad has multiple myeloma. it occurred to me we might lose that. and the baby was just six months old. i want you to learn to teach him to fish. the prognosis is good. it still is treatable, but incurable. i know a number of people 13 years then, and their amount of chemotherapy maintenance -- i'm taking the same drug on a lower dosage. they're doing fine. charlie: how you feel western ? tom: getting my back back in shape again, we are working on their pay. i have some

would i will more like hillary clinton or nancy reagan. those same questions would have been posed to any candidate spouse. but as potentially the first african-american first lady, i was also the focus of another set of questions and speculations, conversations sometimes rooted in the fears and misperceptions of others. was i too loud or too angry or too emasculating. or was i too soft, too much of a mom, not enough of a career woman. then there was the first time i was on a magazine cover. it was a cartoon drawing of me with a huge afro and a machine gun. yeah, it was satire. but if i'm really being honest, that knocked me back a bit. it made me wonder, just how are people seeing me. or you might remember the on stage celebratory first bump between me and my husband after a primary win that was referred to as a terrorist fist jab. over the years folks have used plenty of interesting words to describe me. one said i exhibited a little bit of uppityism. another noted i was one of my husbands crownies of color. cable news referred to me as

you know, ronald and nancy reagan had the kitchen cabinet.good friends, and they would sit around and strategize together. and i think you need that network of true friends in order to sustain you. i've had the same best friend since i was 11, and we always say love is only chatter, friends are all that matters. if of love -- if you have love, you have friends. and maybe a future president. >> i love it. that's wonderful. kennedy: thank you so much, kelly paul. >> thank you. kennedy: good luck on the trail, and we will keep our eye on the ultimate horse race because 2016 is a long way away, and we'll see what happens throughout. thanks again. >> thank you. thanks for having me. kennedy: indeed. all right. only the government can imagine so stupid as mother s'mores. minus chocolate and marshmallow. [laughter] the panel returns to chew on that. but first, a final jeopardy question about religion that gets a kinky answer from the returning champ who seems like the returning chump. can topical storm is next. can also lead to tooth decay and bad b

would i be more like laura bush or hillary clinton or nancy reagan? truth is those same questions would have been posed to any candidate's spouse. that's just the way the process works. but as potentially the first african-american first lady i was also the focus of another set of questions and speculations conversations sometimes rooted in the fears and misperceptions of others. was i too loud? or too angry or too emasculating or too soft too much of a mom, not enough of a career woman? then there was the first time i was on a magazine cover. it was a cartoon drawing of me with a huge afro and a machine gun. now, yeah it was satire but if i'm really being honest it knocked me back a bit. it made me wonder just how are people seeing me? or you might remember the on stage celebratory fist bump between me and my husband after a primary win referred to as a terrorist fist jab. and over the years, folks have used plenty of interesting words to describe me. one said i exhibited a little bit of uppityism. another noted i was one of my husband's cronies of c

[applause] i know she can't be with us tonight but i want to thank nancy reagan. ronald reagan was a tremendous man put together this energy those two had showed the rest of the world that values meant and what the bond two people can have. and the opportunity to speak here. there are two other people in my life and bear with me here tonight. my wife judy. [applause] and my mom birds. [applause] we don't get to pick our mothers but if i could i would. mother's day is coming. sitting next to them is a dear colleague of mine stephen. [applause] is a freshman but is no freshman by any means. he has hit the ground running and making sure he is keeping the torch as well. i want to tell you about myself to i see friends in the room and some that i have not met before so why you understand who i am and where i come from. i come from vegas. it's where i was born and raised tonight can't get elected anywhere else. you all know vegas -- i went to all public schools. i grew up in a family of -- but i was the first republican. of all the speeches i've given this is the one and

. >> i went back and looked at the favorable/unfavorable ratings and nancy reagan was much lower thanshe's playing into this nefarious notion there was this racist resistance to the obamas in 2008 when i think everyone of good will in the country putting his politics aside was delighted at the symbolic step the country was taking by electing the first african-american president. and she comes into -- >> fringe few who weren't, they don't represent the heart of america. >> you look at her, she comes into office with a 68-18 favorable/unfavorable rating and still after all this controversy she's married to one of the most controversial guys in the country, her approval rating is still in the mid or high 60s. >> when you listen to her, it did not sound like somebody who is as be loved as she is on the cover of "vogue," march 2009 "vogue" with the caption "the first lady the world has been waiting for." you point out she's the fifth most admired woman on the planet just below queen elizabeth, yet up there really sounding victimized in particular she looks back at that magazine cover of he

[applause] i know she cannot be with us tonight, but i want to thank nancy reagan. ronald reagan was a tremendous man, but together, they showed the rest of the world what values meant and what bond two good people could have. and opportunities even be able to speak here. you know, there are two other people in my life and they happen to be women. my wife, judy. [applause] and my mom. [applause] we do not get to pick our mothers, but if i could, i would. mother's day is coming. sitting next to them is a dear colleague of mine, steve. [applause] he is a freshman, but no freshman by any means, he has hit the ground running. he is keeping the torches lit as well. i want to tell you a little bit about myself. i see friends in the room, and some i have not met. i don't come from far from here. i come from bakersfield. it is where i was born, where i was raised and i can't get elected anywhere else. [laughter] you all know bakersfield. i went to all public schools. i group in a family of all democrats. i was the first republican. you see, of all the speeches i have given,

i said i may be the only cancer victim who got on the same day a handwritten note from nancy reagan and an email from charles barclay. >> rose: i'm pleased to hear that about charles. i just saw him. also the president called didn't he, during this? >> yes and president clinton called and president obama wrote me a note and bush 41 wrote me a note. that was very touching to me. i kept the file to the side. a lot of my friends many whom you know say hey, we have to keep you around for the stories if nothing else. i was the story teller. >> rose: as we all know. ight. >> rose: there's this, though, i found especially important your daughter. she was angry because she thought you were going to leave and she wanted her son -- >> yes, that was early on and she just had this baby and she said to her mother when they were medivacking me, she said what's going on? meredith told her he has multiple myeloma. she said she got angry because i didn't want you to leave me. thomas was just six months old. she said i wanted to you to teach him to play baseball and fish and i didn't want that to go away

what i be more like laura bush or hillary clinton or nancy reagan? the truth is, those same questions would have been posed to any candidates spouse, especially the way the process works. as potentially the first african-american first lady, i was also the focus of another set of questions and speculations conversations sometimes rooted in the fears and misperceptions of others. was i too loud, or too angry, or to emasculating? -- too emasculating or was i too soft, too much of a mom, not enough of a career woman? then there was the first time i was on a magazine cover. it was a cartoon drawing of me with a huge afro and a machine gun. yeah, it was satire, but if i am really being honest, that knocked me back a bit. it made me wonder, just how are people seeing me? you might remember the onstage celebratory fist on between me and my husband after a primary when that was referred to as a terrorist fist jab. over the years folks have used plenty of interesting words to describe me. one said i exhibited a little bit of uppityism and another noted that i

would i be more like laura bush or hillary clinton or nancy reagan and the same truth, those same questions would be posed to any candidate spouse. that's just the way the process works. but as potentially the first african-american first lady, i was also the focus of another set of questions and speculations conversations sometimes rooted in the fears and misperceptions of others. was i too loud or too angry or too emass could you -- emasculatting or was i too soft too much of a mom, not enough of a career woman? then there was the first time i was on a magazine cover. it was a cartoon drawing of me with a huge afro and a machine gun. now, yeah, it was satire, but if i'm really being honest, that knocked me back a bit. it made me wonder, just how are people seeing me? or you might remember the onstage celebratory first bump between me and my husband during the primary that was said it was a first jab. one said i exhibited a little bit of upityyism. and another said i was one of my husband's crony of others. cable news referred to me as obama's baby mama. and of course barack has his fair s

when i be more like laura bush or hillary clinton or nancy reagan? those same questions would have been posed to any candidate's spouse. but as potentially the first african-american first lady, i was also the focus of another set of questions and speculation. conversation sometimes rooted in the fears and misperceptions of others. was i too loud or too angry? too emasculating? [applause] or was i too soft? too much of a mom not enough of a career woman? there was the first time i was on a magazine cover. it was a cartoon drawing of meet with a huge afro and a machine gun. it was satire. if i am being honest, that knocked me back of it. it made me wonder just how are people seeing me? you might remember the on stage celebratory fist bump between me and my husband after a primary when it was referred to as a terrorist fist jab. over the years, folks have used plenty of interesting words to describe me. once that i exhibited "uppity -ism" another that i was one of my husband's cronies of color. cable news referred to me as "obama's baby mama." host: he

that kelly received as much as $2 million in advanced royalties for a book she was writing on nancy reagan, which i understand is not even on shelves. so much for that. it is true i think that people on my staff were eager to sell these books. they knew i wanted them to. i'd except some responsibility for that. it was wrong. -- i accpeept some responsibility for that. but the rules don't say that it was wrong. the rules are clear. they are not equivocal. they mention loyalty income. there wasn't any exception. book royalties were exempted. maybe that shouldn't have been. maybe somebody got the impression that buying a book was a way to get me to make a speech. i never suggested that. i hope that friends of mine did not. the outside counsel suggest that seven cases involved instances where individuals associated with organizations which i made speeches bought multiple copies of the books and distributed them among members of the organization. i have not been permitted to see the copy of their testimony, so i don't know exactly what it has. -- it says. i asked people on my staff, did you tel

reagan. the striking union was funded by moscow. various times as governor, two men tried to like gasoline bombs at his home where he and nancy and his son were sleeping. security agents fired the two men, but they slipped away in the darkness. to his credit when he testified before the house committee on un-american activities, he did not advocate evicting communists from the united states. he said the united states was strong enough to to tolerate all points of view as long as they were peaceful. that stood him out from robert taylor and other actors who call for the expulsion of communist provocativeeurs. there is an irrefutable fact in 1980 we were losing the cold war. by 1989, we were winning the cold war. as jacob patrick said, the -- gene kirkpatrick said about the san francisco democrats "from the fall of saigon, soviet influence expanded in laos, cambodia ethiopia, libya syria, madagascar, the seychelles, nicaragua, and grenada. not all the democrats were pro -soviet and anti-american. that is ridiculous. there are many good anti-communist democrats over the years for harry truman to hubert humphrey to john kennedy and jacks