nancy from facebook asks i know president reagan and nancy reagan rode horses cap david, is there a stablere andt what other activities are available? >> the only time was during the kennedyab years when it was kept the. otherwise, horseback and i had one incident where the national parkin service brought the horss up and we went back into the wilderness and the go through so horseback riding is possible but no corral. there's any golf course and driving range and presidents want to go golfing, they go to the golf course want to fish, nearby fishing poles. there w is a bowling l.a., movie theater, game room, a library, a bar, lounge and recreation shop and etc. >> have you ever accidentally approached the perimeter of camp david? >> there are some warning signs around the camp and could drive byds and most people know not to go down there. if you do happen to stick close, you can check and get back to your path. there's a no fly zone but i'm sure it happens and continues to happen. >> didn't fdr make a wrong turn when he was driving was and didn't he come across a neighbor? >> it happened.

she used nancy reagan started showing up on different strokes and she was doing cameos on multiple running forces, how many times does a wonderful video of sending out a first tweet and she was everywhere. she sidestepped and was able to tell her story and create her need narrative. >> i have found it interesting you bring that up because the most recentce thing published ws looking at her relationship with her secretary's in a different term and early on first term, one of her press secretaries of the time wanted her to do exactly those kinds of things like nancy reagan. one thing she wanted hillary to do was i think it was tool time, i think that was the end, tool time was tim taylor, a very popular sitcom at the time. a fascinating document in the slibrary this whole media strategy using popular culture, of course it wasn't instagram or facebook when hillary was first lady but the idea of going around mainstream media to create a more likable image both president and first lady elected officials have done. >> are first lady supported appropriate coverage by media? >> i think it depends

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

i thought that nancy reagan saw those newspapers, somebody folder because it was a vast collection and not a very complimentary volume so there was a lot of evidence that the reagan people had not been totally honest but jeannie went with me, she often did but we had friends who wanted to go to some time and travel together. one of them was a medical doctor. there were people when you arrived and i'll never forget it, they was a woman named mandy. i don't remember the rest of her name. and she saw brought someone from texas and she upbraided me at thetime for bringing posse . >> .. even though there are still some things we like. click so i have been around the country to a lot of different presidential libraries. >> let's talk about some the themes of the book. the most important was is a relationship between rosalynn carter. have it changed over thers years from the first volume into your second volume? and did you see much change what you're writing the second volume? >> the first volume just goes through his governorship. they grow up and he is 30 miles awayar as they said. they ha

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nancy from facebook asks, i know president reagan and nancy reagan rode horses while they were at camp david. is there a stable there? what other activities were available besides swimming? >> the only time we had a stable there or a corral where the kennedy years of the pony the pi was cap there for the children of the kennedys. otherwise horseback i had one incident where president clinton and chelsea want to go horseback ride that national park service and d.c. brought the horses out. we as the back gate to the wilderness with secret service the nearby woods. horseback riding is possible. there is skeet shooting, trap shooting, mini golf course, a driving range, snowmobiling, cross-country skiing. presence went to golfing the goods the nearby golf course. if they would to fish there are nearby fishing poles on private farmland we arrange and taken too. there is a bowling alley, there is a movie theater, a game room, there is a library, there's a bar recreation et cetera. >> david asks have hikers ever found the mountains accidentally approached the perimeter of camp david? >> it hap

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have much information about carter, but for some reason that i know not what, someone convinced nancy reagan to open the papers on the 1980 election, the election when carter was defeated by reagan and supposedly where the outcome --. >> i don't know that nancy reagan knew what was in the papers someone fooled her because there was a vast collection of papers and most of them were not complimentary of ronnie. so there's a lot of evidencen that election, the reagan people had not been totally honest, but jeanie went with me, and she often did and we had friends in dallas, had lived there and friend would sometimes travel together. one was an attorney and another was a medical doctor, who knew a lot about research. and i'll never forget it, the archivist on duty was a young woman named mandy, don't remember the rest of her name and when she saw all the helpers i brought, some of them coming from texas, she teased me for the rest of the time we were there for bringing a posse with me. it was good research and they didn't try to hide anything and a lot of papers related to casey, and meese, and

nancy reagan started showing up on different strokes in cameo.he was doing cameos on multiple joining forces. she was on nashville. she was on sesame street how many times. there's a wonderful video of her sending out earth tweets. twitter, interest into graham pinterest she was everywhere. any reaction to the fact she sidestepped and was able to sell her story and create her narrative? >> i have found that it is interesting you bring that up. and the most recent thing i published on hilary was looking at her relationship with her to press secretaries. her directors of communication and the different term. early on in the first term her press secretary at the time really wanted her to do exactly those kinds of things like nancy reagan. one of things she wanted hilary to do i think it was on, i want to say tool time i think that was the name. tool time with tim taylor it was a very popular sitcom at the time. there is a whole it's a fascinating document in the clinton library you can see a whole media strategy for using popular culture at the time

she used, you know, nancy reagan started it, showing up on different strokes and cameo.she was doing cameos on multiple, like, joining forces. she was on nashville. she was on sesame street i don't know how many times. anyway, there's a wonderful video of her sending out first tweet by a first lady. you know, twitter, instagram, she was everywhere. any kind of reactions, the fact that she really sidestepped and was able to tell her story, create her narrative her way. >> i have found that it's interesting that you bring that up, diana, because in the most recent thing that i published on hillary, it was looking at her relationship with her to press secretaries, our directors of communication, the two different terms, and early on in the first term one of her press secretaries at the time really wanted her to do exactly those kinds of things like nancy reagan. she wanted her, one of the things she wanted hillary to do was to go i think on tool time i want to say, i think that was the name of it, it was a very popular sitcom at the time. there is a whole, it's a fascinatin

much information about carter, but for some reason that i know not what someone convinced and nancy reagan to open the papers on the 1980 election the election where when carter was defeated by reagan and where the october surprise took place the time it took place. i don't think nancy reagan knew was in those papers. i think somebody's food, because that was a vast collection of papers and of them weren't very complimentary of ronnie. and so it was he had there was a lot of have which had said that i'd like the reagan people not been i had not been totally honest about jeannie went with me as she often did but have friends in dallas that we were we had lived for a while. we had friends who wanted to go to we sometimes travel together. one of them was an attorney. the other one was i was a medical doctor. they were people who knew a lot research and i never forget it. the archivist on duty was a young woman named amanda. i don't remember the rest of her name, and when she saw all their help helpers, i brought some of them coming from texas and she teased for the rest of the time we were th

like nancy reagan. she wanted her one of the things she wanted hillary to do was to go. i think it was on. i want to say tool time. it was i think that was the name of the tool time with tim taylor there. it was a very popular sitcom at the time. she really there was there's a whole it's it's a fascinating document in the clinton library where you can see this whole media strategy for using popular culture at the time. of course, there wasn't instagram or facebook or twitter at the time when hillary was first lady, but the idea of going around the mainstream media to create a more likable image with something that i think. um, both presidents and first ladies have done and other elected officials have done. we have a question. danny asks our living first ladies afforded appropriate coverage by the media. i guess that would be both the incumbent in any of the others. i think it depends on the first lady. i think it really depends on the first lady because some first ladies just want to kind of go back to their private lives. remember the first ladies don't always choose t

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the reagan library didn't have much information but they convinced nancy reagan for the 19th election defeated supposedly by the time it took place. it was a vast collection and they had a complementary piece. jamie went with me and she often did and we came together. there is a medical doctor and they had done research. i don't remember the rest of her name but she saw all the helpers and she teased me the rest of the time. it was good research, they didn't try to add anything. the true squad of the election was available and in used to slay as a professional historian they were surprised this did take place there were still some things they would like to know about. >> let's talk about the themes of the book. the most important one is the relationship and how it changed over the years. did you see much change? >> the first for his governorship they would go out so they had similar backgrounds with the carter's were there background but the smiths were not. jimmy went off tool college and the naval academy and they got married. he had been on the church steps in they had announced th

administration and i worked with marianne, and she assigned to rosalyn carter and then with primarily with nancy reagan during the the reagan administration. and then the last two years of i think i have. right. sharon farmer was the chief photographer for clinton. bob mcneely did the first around six years and then he left and sharon became the first woman chief white house staffer. i'm sure there were moments that you that had to be photographed to be held or embargoed until a certain point. but was there ever a time you were asked not to use or release a photo, or are there photo? and are there photos that are still classified and releasable until a certain date? there's there's there's i don't know if there's any there are still classified. there's definitely ones that are held back first. you sensitivity reasons meaning we it our practice in the obama administration to make public any of the photographs when he was you meeting with families privately you know after a tragedy you know a case usually there would be exceptions to that but they were very rare. there's picture in my book from when he m

i mean, they been through so much together, just like my mother became good friends with nancy reagan. you know there's only so many people who have been in this fishbowl that understand where coming from. and and so they become dear friends. ladybird was another one who was a dear friend. ed talk me a little bit about that at nixon and how multifaceted she was from promoting volunteerism and really being on the the kind of the early edge of focusing on reading and the importance of that. but she also traveled with the vice president and then president. i mean, she was a bona fide world traveler. she was as vice president. she traveled with the president, i believe it is 53 countries excuse me, with the vice president, 53 countries. the first was a trip around the world which president eisenhower, the vice president, to take. and mrs. nixon went with them and the couple's secret service and one aide. and that was it. and they were on their own and they went to allies in east asia, allies in south asia, in the mideast, in europe, and of course, there were different customs and from whi

>> could i just added quickly after president reagan died,an after president ford died, after nancy reaganied, all joanne wrote long memos too me. president fort greg willard wrote me a long memo. they became my bible of how to do a funeral. it saved my life. and i did the same for the staff and president bush 43, obama, clinton and carter. i wrote a long memo what went right, what went wrong and we can talk about later some of those big challenges. >> in a moment we'll talk about the sharing of those. but this is one of the best laid plans of mice and. i want to put a photo up and ask jean to comment, here we go. the unexpected moments in here is just one. >> on the bt unexpected moments. many of you will remember presidt bob dole or bit rivals they had a nasty 81988 republican primary contest. both said some things that prably wish they had not said. they became huge frien. and when senatorhi dole this isn president bush was lying in state in the rotunda. he insisted on standing. and saluting the casket. he is in a wheelchair now. i had an opportunity to ask him why he did this? whyy he

. >> imagesus and quickly confit after president reagan died, after president ford died, after nancy reagan died, all joanne wrote long memos to me, president ford who was the man in charge of the funeral, demanding grade the ongoing memo. they became my bible of how to do a funeral. it saved my life. and i did the same for the chiefs of staff of president bush 43, obama, clinton and carter. i wrote this long memo, what went right, what went wrong, we can talk about later some of those big challenges. but those memos save my life. >> in the moment will talk about the sharing of those memos, but this is one of those best laid plans of mice and men, and i want to put a photo up and ask jean to comment. here we go. jean, best laid plans but sometimes there are surprises come big surprises that might occur unexpected vote in presidential funerals and here's just onene pair. >> this is one of the best unexpected moments. of president bush's funeral pair many of you will remember that president bush andnd bob dole we big political rivals but they had a very nasty 1988 republican primary contest,

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reagan. particularly chuck schumer and nancy pelosi who played a pivotal role in getting this bill done.ryone was telling us there is no possibility with a divided congress the way it was we would get it done, and we got it done without a single vote from the other team, although that began to change at the end. all of the guests, state and local leaders, business leaders, on the trainers -- business leaders, entrepreneurs, signing the inflation reduction act into law. taking special interest in winning. [applause] delivering on promises that have long been made to the american people. lower costs for families, especially health-care costs. increasing america's energy security. create good paying jobs here in america. and to address the existential threat of climate crisis. it is part of a much broader vision for our country. growing an economy from the middle out and bottom up, not the top down. if you can make a billion dollars, go make it, i'm for that. just pay your taxes. when the middle class does well, everybody does well. everybody. the poor have a ladder up, the middle class hav

openness to the media , the entire country watched in detail for 5 days how friendly reagan and his elegant wife nancy a symbol of a real exit from the cold war. and s. with what sincere cordiality they were received everywhere while walking around the kremlin, the raven standing at the church for the first time declared that this supposedly weighty union of the evil empire is no longer considered belonged to a different era and a different country. and during the visit, reagan ritually took back his words about the evil empire a dozen times in response to repeated questions. it seems that many people wanted to make sure of the strength and finality of the denied. regan in moscow literally plunged headlong into gorbachev's glasnost. he gave an interview to the ogonyok magazine , met with dissidents released under an amnesty, and feasted at a banquet with the soviet intelligentsia. in the central house of writers, i walked along the arbat, which had become pedestrian, and finally gave a keynote lecture at moscow university after just answered questions from students lecture and communication. after it,

about having als, 56-year-old craig reagan of college station, texas, says it may be a heightened sense of gratitude. gratitude for caregivers, like his wife, nancys '73 ford mustang, which, even tough it stopped running back in 1999, has taken up permanent residence at his house. >> it's a big paperweight. >> reporter: [laughs] a big paperweight. why did you keep it? >> i just had an attachment to it. >> reporter: he's had it since high school. >> he was proud of it. >> reporter: craig had hoped someday his boys might want to fix it up with him, but they showed no interest in cars. then he planned to do it himself, but als had other plans. so the car sat rotting. until some old high school friends caught wind. >> and everybody, as soon as i called these guys, they were like, yeah, let's do it. >> it's in your heart. you just got to help somebody like that. >> reporter: so, for the next year, they went to work on it. put in under hundreds of hours, while other classmates paid for parts, and not long ago... >> are you ready, craig? >> reporter: that big, immovable paperweight... >> on... >> reporter: was ready to lift off. >> two, three! [cheers]

about having a.l.s., 56-year-old craig reagan of college station, texas, says it may be a heightened sense of gratitude. gratitude for caregivers like his wife nancyer: craig hoped someday his boys may want to fix it up with him, but they showed no interest in cars. then he planned to do it himself, but a.l.s. had other plans. so the car sat rotting. until some old high school friends caught wind. >> everybody, as soon as i called these guys, yeah, let's do it. >> it's in your heart. you've got to help somebody like that. >> reporter: so for the next year they went to work on it, put in hundreds of hours while other classmates paid for parts. and not long ago -- >> are you ready, craig? >> reporter: that big immovable paper weight was ready to lift off. >> one two, three! [ cheers and applause ] >> it was just almost like a piece of him -- >> reporter: came back to life? >> came back to life. >> okay. >> i'm ready when you are. >> reporter: craig was diagnosed with a.l.s. in 2016. the disease is incurable, but he has clearly found his treatment. >> what's it like to be back in it? >> i feel like i'm teenager. >> reporter: as for the people who mad