ronald reagan would say then came along nancy davis in save my soul. but no one, including reagan himself could possibly have imagined where his awakening interest in politics would lead the two of them. it's only by looking back that it is possible to really understand how essential a political partner she was, she helped build the scaffolding for the right of the most consequential figures of the 20h century. beyond that she was her husband's ever vigilant protector through presidential campaigns and in the white house. but her final gift to ronald reagan, i think is around us right now. because it will ultimately, tragically fall to nancy reagan as her husband is afflicted by alzheimer's it would fall to nancy reagan to become the shaper and the protector of his legacy. this library to her was a very, very much a part of it. she wanted to be not just a monument to the past, she wanted it to be a way of looking forward into the future. and i think that is why this library is where important political figures come to make their most consequential speec

nancy reagan is down going there. so they all do differently. the meeting comes from -- and it has a scene of a camp david kind of place. it is coined by one of the soviet premiers. and it's about a place where you come together in nature, no press, unless you want there. just the ability to sit down and people. the place for presents to get away and relax. a place to entertain families. probably one of the most unique places. all within [inaudible] >> mike, we had some great questions from our live audience. i know that president reagan and nancy reagan were involved at camp david. is there stable there? and one other activities are available? >> the only time we've had a stable there, a corral, at the canada years. you will know the phony macaroni. it was the kennedy's. otherwise, horseback. i had one incident where president clinton himself went horse riding. we went to the wilderness. so horseback riding is possible. there is ski shooting, crack shooting. many golf courses, driving range. presidents want to go golfing. they go to the nearby

nancy from facebook asked i know president reagan and nancy reagan rode horses while they were at camp david. is there a stable there? what other activities are available besides swimming? >> the only time we had a stable there, a corral's during the kennedy years the pony macaroni was kept there for the children, the kennedys. otherwise horseback, had one incident where president clinton and chelsea wanted to go horseback riding. so the national park service from d.c. brought the horses up we use the back gate into the wilderness with secret service on horseback to to go to the nearby woods. horseback riding is possible but there is no corral for their skeet shooting, trap shooting, mini golf course, a driving range, snowmobiling, cross-country skiing, presidents want to go golfing to go back to the nearby golf course. if they want to fish this nearby fishing hold on private farmland so we arranged to take them. there is a bowling alley game room, rex david asks, never approach the perimeter of camp david? >> it happens and there are some warning times. you could drive by the roads in

nancy from facebook asks, i know that president reagan and nancy reagan rode horses while they were at camp david. is there a stable there, and what other activities are available besides swimming? >> the only time we've had a stable there, a coral, was during the kennedy years when macaroni, people know the pony, macaroni was kept there. i had one incident when president clinton and chelsea wanted to go horseback riding and they brought the horses up from washington, dc and they used the back gate to go through the nearby woods. so horseback riding is possible but there is no coral today. there is skeet shooting, trapshooting, snowmobiling, cross-country skiing. presidents want to go golfing, they go to the nearby golf course. they want to fish, there are nearby fishing holes on private farmlands that we have arrangements with. there's a bowling alley. there's a movie theater, a game room. there's a library. there's a bar, grounds, recreation shop, et cetera. >> david asks, have hikers ever from the catoctin mountains ever accidentally approached the perimeter of camp david? >> it hap

nancy fromn facebook asks, i knw that president reagan and nancy reagan rode horses while they were at camp david. is there a stable there and what other activities are available besides swimming? >>ra the only time we've had a stable there,rs a corral when wn the t pony macaroni was kept the for the ,children, the kennedys. otherwise horseback p and i had one incident where president clinton and chelsea wanted to go horseback ridinghe so the natiol park service from d.c. brought the horsess up and we used a bak gate into the wilderness with the secret service on horseback to go through the nearby woods. so horseback riding is possible but s there is no corral today. there isoo skeet shooting, trap mini golf course, a driving range, snowmobile, cross country skiing, the presidents want to good golfing they go to the nearby golf course and if they want tos fish, they're nearby fishing that we arrange to take them to. there is a bowling alley, a movie theater and a game room and a library. there is a bar, lounge, recreation shop, et cetera. >> david asks, have hikers ever from the mounta

cynthia plath and grace kelly, liza minnelli, and nancy davis who later became the first lady, nancy reagan, the opportunity to pursue independent lives. >> looking at the women who stayed there, the socioeconomic diversities, we talk about racial diversity, but certainly that did not happen until the 1950s, i discovered, but the socioeconomic diversity happened very quickly. and that's one of the fascinating things to me, how the women ranged from debutantes to really women who had run away from home in rural ohio. and they were living next door to each other now. and that in itself, i think, is very interesting. and then the 1940s, in terms of this new woman. as i say, really when these guest editors started to come in. it certainly also impacted in terms of sort of its intellectual cache and its place in new york in the new york intellectual society, and then the 1950s, this new woman, particularly fascinating because this is the decade where the barbizon is nicknamed the doll's house because of all the models. this is when grace kelly is here, silvia plath, many actresses are at the bar

can youtell us about that partnership and lee and i had a talk about nancy reagan and how ronald reaganout your partnership with gail . >> just now as i was coming up here after the generous comment that you've heard tonight she said you'll be hard to live with. and i said you mean i haven't been? he said at moments. i could not have achieved what i have done had it not been someone who i deeply love and cared about who was saying honey, you'll get it done. and i'm not worried. i know it's tough. i know people. i'll tell you one thing. we got married i said you have to promise me one thing and she's like what the hell is that going to be. i said this primitive life form i have chosen for self expression , politics is a tough game. and you're going to hear things. you're going to read things about me that are untrue and unfair and you've got to promise me one thing. what's that and i said don't ever let the master to hurt you. i can take it. and i'll give it back . don't worry about that. she said okay. i said you've really got to promise that because otherwise that's how they think they

blaze is going along the south santa barbara county coast, which was once owned by ronald and nancy reaganre corrupted monday, forcing the closure of u.s. 101. the only major highway on that section of the coast. hollywood's captain kirk, 90-year-old william shatner, blasted into space today on the second flight of jeff bezos' company blue origin. the rocket lifted off at 9:50 four a roughly 10-minute journey into suborbital space, eating an altitude above 200 50,000 feet. shatner spoke outside the capsule. >> what you have given me is the most profound experience i can imagine. i am so filled with emotion about what just happened. it is extraordinary. mark: william shatner is the oldest person to go into space. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. amanda: welcome to bloomberg markets. matt: welcome both to our bloomberg and bnn audience here. here are the top stories we are following for you. bank earnings kickoff. jp morgan lead to results for the

. >> nancy reagan, recognizing the powerful mix of holiday celebrity and british royalty organizes ae president and ask diana to dance. he said i can't cut in on the president. i said, oh, yes, you can. >> diana didn't just upstage charles. she eclipsed him, actually. she made him nothing is the truth. >> he had been the star of the show. he had been top of the house that windsor built and now he was running a very poor second. >> to the core of the issue first, had she enjoyed her dance with mr. travolta. >> i can't answer for that, i'm afraid. but i think you own joyed it, didn't you? she would be daft if she didn't enjoy dancing with john travolta. >> a great resentment of her popularity. >> why does the press think so? >> my wife here. >> charles, the dutiful prince has married the perfect bride. but that union will pose a threat to the entire royal family. >> they are already deeply unhappy. and at the same time she has become a global celebrity. >> he wants to control what's going on. perhaps he's sensing that it's slipping out of his control. she is slipping out of his control

but this was kind of like the letters he saw between ronald reagan and nancy reagan.elf. privately. but nonpublicly. >> shannon: if you and i both know the person he married can make all the difference in your life and his happiness and it seems like that what they found the two of them. but it's interesting to me that his mother and his family. he came from a background that said don't make it about yourself. hard to imagine someone like that becoming the president of the united states. in another excerpt you write about his humility. he learned humility from his mother. he believed that prey should be given to god alone for allowing humans to achieve. purpose was not to gain personal glory. it was to do one's best because she had no concept of power. she never visited her son on the white house. were you surprised by that, bret? >> there is another story of a neighbor that says hannah was sweeping her front porch while ulysses was getting inaugurated for the first time this president. and she didn't like all of the ceremony and all of that. she thought a clouded one

mid-20th century all female barbizan hotel afforded young women who later became the first lady nancy reagan, the opportunity to pursue independent lives. >> looking at the women who stayed then the socio economic diversity that it's something that did not happen until the 1950s i discovered, but the socio economic diversity happened very quickly. and that's one of the fascinating things to me how the women ranged from debutantes to really women who'd run away from home in rural ohio. and they were living next door to each other now. and that itself i think is very interesting. and then the 1940s in terms of this new woman as i say really when these guest editors start to kms in, it certainly impacted in terms of sort of its intellectual cache and its place in new york. the 1950s this is the decade where the barbizan is nicknamed the dolls house because of all these models. this is when grace kelly and here and many actresses in the late 1940s, early 1950s are at the barbizan. yes, it's the dolls house. the barbizan is now a place where it's famous because there's these beautiful young women

novelist cynthias and actors grace kelly, lauren simonetti and nancy davis who became first lady nancy reagan, the opportunity to pursue independent lives. >> looking at the women, the socioeconomic diversity did not happen until the 1950s but the socioeconomic diversity happened, ranged from debutantes, who run away from rural ohio. that is very interesting. the 1940s in terms of this new woman when these start to come in, certainly impacted in terms of intellectual cash in new york intellectual society, this new woman is fascinating because this is the decade where it is nicknamed the dollhouse because of all these models. when grace kelly is here and so forth in late 1940s or early 1950s. it is a dollhouse, the barbizon is famous because men hang around the coffee shop, pretending he is a canadian hockey player. there is all of this but it is interesting when you dig into the young lives of these famous women, the way there sexuality plays into this is fascinating. the new woman has many phases through the hotel history. >> watch this program and thousands more anytime on c-span.org/histor

so when you tell us about the partnership talk about nancy reagan and with his partnership. >> i canafter the generous comments that you have heard tonight. that you will be hard to live with. [laughter] i said you mean i haven't been? and she said right at that moment, i could not have achieved what i had done there is someone a deeply hoped and cared about he said he will do it and get it done. i'm not worried. i know it's tough i offer this. when we got married i said you have to promise me one thing. and then i said this primitive art form that i have chosen for self-expression it's tough you will hear things in read things about things that are untrue and unfair and you have to promise me one thing and with that don't ever let the pastors hurt you i can take it and give it back and said okay. you really have to promise that is a they think they could get to me. and she said can i pop them back? [laughter] i don't think this will work. [laughter] there has been a reference made to your time in the marines the remember from ocs or anything about the marines to influence your caree

wednesday, it burned just a half a mile away from a ranch once owned by former president ronald reagan and his wife, nancy. and it continued to force the closure of a major highway are operational objectives are high priority is open up the highway 11 corridor and for the railway. as this is a common. commerce avenue and his high priority for our incident southern california largely avoided fire damage for much of this fire season as flames scorched the northern part of the state. so far this year, california wildfires have burned nearly 2.5 million acres. and destroyed more than 3600 structures. the national weather service has issued a fire weather watch for much of los angeles county beginning on friday in los angeles. jeff paul ktvu, fox two news. still to come at noon. the deadline has now passed for city workers in san francisco to get the covid vaccine. we'll take a look at what will now happen for those who aren't vaccinated, plus. the supply chain crunch having a major impact on the ongoing economic recovery. mike emanuel in washington with reaction from business owners on the challenges they're

nancy. the only two people on the plane that were happy, i don't know about reagan but it was me and pat began. we knew what happened. i think for different reasons you are happy. >> know i said mr. president, everybody wanted the treaty. let me tell you something he rented their under eyes were filled with tears i couldn't believe it, you have done what the american people have always wanted an american president to do produce up to the russians. you point out at the critical moment per. >> first what happened early pre-coxey soviets noticed that per. >> that happened early it was one of those moments, they wrote about it. >> you think i'm not going to lower tax rates the way i said? he'll think i'm not going to slammed on the soviet union like i said? you think were not going to go ahead with our defense bill will watch me? then this comes and it was a wonderful opportunity. it was like a god-given blessing and he just hit the bid he fired them and never been done before. in fact no problem have stood up to a labor under labor union like that. who is this guy? >> in terms of these administra

reagan. >> well that is another possibility and i don't know why he would want to be chief of staff so that. i know nancy did not like it. >> will i think her judgment was pretty correct printed. >> while he would say things like will not here into leaders or whatever countries, it would be right in the middle. but we always well she always like ronald ragan for some reason he doublecrossed us on the budget and i remember i think i told you this before that he came up with an exit with was champagne and chocolates and all of the stuff into the office. >> what was your first impression of bill clinton in the white house printed because a stories about you going down there more the story says that about the donuts. it. >> as first meeting coming in donuts at his place. it's always the donuts. the next meeting we had donuts in every meeting after that we had donuts grade at fatty very charming guy. i helped him out on nafta which i'm not sure as i look back on it, some things just never happened. he had adverse biased rulings he would set up retired justices and bipartisan but anyway and i remember talking

nancy pelosi or liz cheney, they would have killed them. you have to take this seriously. these are not people that are the old washington. this isn't the old days of ronald reagans a sole source operation dedicated to donald trump and donald trump only. whatever electoral fantasies he has that can translated into whatever action steve bannon and those people come up with will be executed on. they should not think for a minute this is over. as i like to say, an unpunished coup is a training exercise. >> last question. i have about 60 seconds to give you. you don't see anyone with the courage to break out from the boot lickers. you don't see an individual republican willing to stand up and carry the banner as perhaps a new version of the party? >> i have enormous respect for what liz cheney and adam kinzinger are doing right now. and i have a modicum of respect for republicans who whisper in my ears that oh, aren't they doing a great job but i can't because of my primary or i can't because of my district. unless someone has the courage to defy it, even at the cost of their job, then we're going to continue with this because trump is a terrorist. he terrorizes rep

nancy pelosi or if they found even liz cheney, they would've killed them. we have to take this seriously, these are not people that are the old washington, these aren't the old days of ronald reaganil sharon beer, that is dead it's gone the, republican party right now is a sole source operation dedicated to donald trump and donald trump only. whatever electoral fantasies he has they can be translated into whatever direct action stephen in his people come up with, will be executed on. they should not think for a minute of this is over. as i like to say say unpunished who is a training exercise. >> so last question, i have about 60 seconds to give you. you don't see anyone with the courage to break out from the boot liquors? you don't see a individual republican willing to stand up and carry the banner as perhaps a new version of the party. >> i have enormous respect for wet lives cheney and adam kinzinger doing right now, and have a modicum of respect for the 30 or so other republicans who whispered meyer and other people's ears, are saying oh they're doing a great, job isn't wonderful weather trying to do. i can't, because in my district. courage was the first virtue, and unless

peacemaker and he said no i'm going home to nancy and he was being diddled by the soviets and the only two people on the plane who were happy i don't know about reagan but we knew what had happened we knew. >> i think for different reasons. >> everybody wanted to treaty but let me tell you something he read it there and his eyes were filled with tears i could believe it. but i said you did with the american people have always wanted an american president to do, you stood up to the russians on the same courage you point out about the tax cuts at the critical moment i think the reason we talk about that because the happened. >> that's where i'm going, happened early and it was one of those moments they wrote about it i'm not going to lower tax rates away i said you think i'm not going to slim down the soviet union like i said, do you think were knocking to go ahead with our defense bill, watch me this patco thing comes in it was a wonderf-given blessing and he hit the bed and he fired them like that has never been done before.(5 no president has stood up to a labor union like that and then soviets were reacting, they went crazy. >> who is this guy. >>

reagan's neck. it sags down to here. and everybody raves about how great he looks. can you imagine if nancy had that neck?states gets, and it's kind of thrilling to have that every week. i would be lying if i said i didn't put my opinions in the show. >> excuse me, but you lovely ladies look like you are in need of a little male companionship here. >> trust me when i tell you that you have completely misassessed the situation at this table. >> moving on to scene "d." >> i am a woman and i am a writer, but i don't really enjoy being called a woman's writer. i think labels are harmful to us. >> with "murphy brown," just about everything about that program felt new. the civil rights movement and the women's movement had just begun to sort of be reflected in the programming that you saw on television in the '80s. >> murphy, you know the dunfree's club is for men only. >> and they have great dinners with great guests, and i don't get to go for one reason and one reason only, and it has to do with something you've got and i don't. a tiny, pathetic, little, "y" chromosome. >> murphy brown was sea change because