would you help us, reagan asked? gorbachev said, no doubt about it. we, too, reagan said. then the moment pass. gorbachev later said it was an interesting mode. this is something that was actually quite common. reagan often talked about how the possibility of an attack from outer space by indians could ultimately bring the two sides together. the two leaders met again a year later in writing that iceland which was the most famous summit of all. and it was there that they came within a hairs breath of agreeing to abolish all nuclear weapons. so the deal fell apart when reagan refused to limit the development of strategic defense initiative, the star wars missile defense program. at that time, much of the outside world saw the philly to reach agreement in reykjavÍk as a huge setback that cause disarmament. george shultz in fact a liberal managers when he discussed the summit with reporters. but again, both reagan and gorbachev saw things differently. their insight, their political instinct allow them to recognize that the superpower relationship was turning a corner that eve

the way back is what reagan said. reagan said don't trust me trust yourself. he is rated the government of jimmy carter and i did what the republicans have to understand is that the have to get to the trust me government of barack obama. >> his position on [inaudible] >> on the federal reserve? >> the federal reserve and all the income tax. >> he was once asked in 1980 about a particular tax cut and said i would favor a tax cut at any time. he reformed in 1986 when he was president and of course 1981 the tax system was the top marginal rate was 70% she brought that down to the high 20s so we knew what his attitude was about the tax system and also you had the seriousness of rising steps in the tax system when i was simplified down three symbol -- saxby to ronald reagan was always suspicious of any concentration of power whatsoever treaties of concentration of power whether it was by corporate america or by government as a threat to individual freedoms and too much concentration of power inevitably lead to corruption. i hope that answers your question. >> we ha

but it is about reagan in reality as opposed to reagan dissemble and calls into question whether reagan is, as we commonly take him to be. now, because the history at the time was very different. it is much like coming in a way, like bob dallek describes the truman administration. the fact is, and this is a good part of the book, that from about 84 or so to 88, the american conservative movement was increasingly unhappy with ronald reagan, and i will come back to that. so, the focus is really to examine the history that is forgotten now of reagan's last really four years in office, and to summarize what happens during that period, reagan conducts four summit meetings with mikhail gorbachev, who'll becomes the soviet communist party general secretary in early 1985. reagan gets enacted the first arms control treaty that can be ratified by the senate in over 15 years. it is a treaty that bans an entire class of missiles, and forgot now, ed regan's last summit as president in moscow in 1988, he disavows some of his earlier rhetoric so everybody remembers that reagan called the soviet union

reagan wouldn't have passed?amnesty for immigrants into this country, with regard to taxes raised occasionally, with regard to negotiations with the enemy? >> oh, absolutely. i think ronald reagan, if he were a republican politician in 2010, he might very well have a tea party challenger. it's clear when reagan began his career was a dark figure who played on a lot of racial concerns in california in 1966. but by the time he ran for president, he was a sunny guy, a compromiser, worked with euro boss tip o'neill to save social security. raised taxes to pay for medicare. and also did something interesting, which is created reagan democrats. some of them were in my family. i don't see tea party democrats. the tea party movement and people like rubio are trying to narrow the base, not expand it. i think ronald reagan would have a hard time with this part of his party right now. >> there you are. you were in that room, weren't you, when -- >> many times. but look, i think it's false to say ronald reagan played on raci

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i have enjoyed being in the spirit of reagan and certainly being at the reagan library last week and to be here at the ranch this week with all of you it does my heart good and it is so nice to know so many people still give a about this great country and are willing to fight for it every day and i am honored to be one of the soldiers picked out and choosing to go down a particular path and do my best to make sure we can win. thank you so much. god bless you and god bless america. [applause] >> michael steele is chairman of the republican national committee and the former lieutenant governor of the state of maryland. for more information, visit rnc.org. while congress is in recess book tv comes to you live in prime time starting this tuesday joined us at 8 p.m. eastern for an hourlong live call in programs on the significant books and issues of the times. >>> farai chideya might be familiar to the cable news watchers but she's written the first novel, kiss the sky. farai chideya, why an awful? >> i am someone who is a creature of imagination. i love books and when i started reading a

like reagan, when i was 17, and today, i put my faith in people, not government. and the promise of america it is of endless possibilities and then that spirit that drew me and to the party that i now share. it is that spirit that recognizes individuals as the catalyst some action point*, not government. i think for future bytes what the role and control of government will be about it it enables us to persevere and tells us not to give up on ourselves are certainly not from this great country. next year our nation will celebrate the centennial of president reagan's birth in between now and then we have the opportunity to reignite the vision of america and to remind ourselves and the nation it is morning again in america bright with possibilities, morning of the day the representing the rest our lives. as a nation. reagan said it better than i could when he said we have got to quit talking to each other and about each other and go out and communicate to the world that we may be fewer in numbers than we have ever been. but we carry the message they are waiting for.

and that was what reagan understood. so while we aspire the principles of freedom and independence once in a while scratching a someone is going to be there to help you, lift you up, not do it for you, but to show you how, to give you the tools. in the times we live in right now, what is the cry from the american people? don't do it for us, give us the tools and that is to it for ourselves. so whether it's health care, whether it's job creation, whatever it happens to be, the cry that we hear across the land is we can do this on our own. individually, we are strong. together we are stronger. but in all of that is not government's job or role to kind of shake that outcome and to create that pathway. i think conservatives now have an opportunity to reaffirm to the american people the core belief that government should be limited so that it never becomes powerful enough to infringe on the rights of the individual, that those taxes that we pay, those little pesky things that come out of your paycheck, that they be kept low t

let reagan be reagan. and he framed his questions in ways that were universeally accessible. in his speech accepting the republican mommation in 1980, i recalled him citing president carter's charge that business and labor were making excessive demands, but reagan insisted that we do not have inflation as mr. carter says because we have lived too well. and then he turned to musing about the problem, high taxes we are told that they are somehow good for us, when government spends money it isn't is inflationary, but when we spend it, it is. [laughter] it's a line that draws us in, and he delivers us from the haze of slogans and leaves us to look more closely for the real causes of inflation and the managing of the money supply. i found him dealing with a passion of environmentalists, determined to block the extraction of more oil at home. and he remarked that we will not permit the safety of our people or our environmental heritage to be jeopardized, but we are going to reaffirm that the economic prosperity of our people is a fundamental part of our environment. now, what was c

our third symposium in 2008, the legacy of ronald reagan, came out in the book title "the in during reagan it was the finest compilation of ronald reagan, and no compilation comes close to matching his insight and credibility. our fourth symposium in 2009, the future of the american presidency, will come out as a university press book later this year. so is that what we have said and done here reaches an audience of around the world, but not just in books. each year c-span televises are reagan symposium nationwide, and this year is no exception. let's welcome c-span and the c- span television crew with a hearty round of applause. [applause] 30 years ago, when america struggled from the malaise of the 1970's, ronald reagan rejected the notion that the sun had set on a once great country. he countered kenji it is morning in america." what better time than now, with a forceful challenge to our dignity at home and abroad to reexamine the character of american culture? in a traditional view, can it successfully compete against post-modernism? is the promotion of traditional american cultural va

>> is, the reagan doctrine. think you will find as we've insisted up here, a complex pattern where there is not just one factor. but certainly if you put together the policies of the reagan and ministration, if you put together the economic troubles of the soviet economy, and then one has to baadd the powerful witness of pope john paul ii. you cannot leave that out. so many limit the role of john paul ii, and his first pilgrimage to his homeland after ascending to the papacy in 1978, his first trip home in 1979. spontaneous, many millions turned out peacefully, these enormous crowds. the regime at that point realize they have lost control. once people are brave enough and hopeful enough to take certain risks, then the as authoritarian apparatuses are in real trouble. i was in poland in 1983 on his second pilgrimage. i thought that would be something not to be missed. and there was a moment when we were in warsaw, heading across the bridge to see the pope. they ripped up the central square in warsaw so that it co

reagan didn't like bush, reagan didn't want bush. you have to be persuaded to take bush so it was unlikely in the first part that ronald reagan's party and that is what the republican party had become by 1980, ronald reagan's party would nominee this man but did because he was vice president and served as vice president some 1988 it was his turn but if you look carefully at the primaries of 88, he almost lost. now it's true to go back to your guy, we have to go back to even before him, martin van buren to find a vice president who actually succeeds at the presidency but the fact was everyone assumed given reagan's popularity even with the iran contra, that a republican could be elected and george bush, the servant of ronald racket to the coverage and will be elected and he merely wasn't because his weakness as a politician, he made the "read my lips no new taxes" pledge. he made the pledge in new hampshire. people often remember he made in the summer convention. he wouldn't have made it to the convention if he hadn't made the pledge

the man said, ronald reagan could get a standing ovation in a grave error.laughter] had not been for that speech in kansas city that night, which really health reconcile with a losing campaign, there might not have been a reagan campaign in 1980 and might not have been a reagan presidency and there might not have been a tear down this wall speech which is the subject of my book and my remarks here tonight. and what i want to do tonight is briefly if i can talk about some of the factors that contributed to the fall of the berlin wall and the end of the cold war which i think stan today as i watermarks of u.s. foreign policy in the second half of the 20th-century. so i'm going to sketch out a little bit some background of his speech, the context in which it was given in the want to explain why reagan's speech was such a pivotal events and then i'd like to suggest ways in which the end of the cold war has relevance to the challenges that face today. and before i begin i do want to just make a couple of points, personal privilege, and from new york and as a new

-- >> the reagan tax structure has held -- >> when you point to president reagan you forget he raisedaxes after cutting them because he realized he went too far. we have also gone too far under president bush. we need to go back to a normal -- >> all right. these are the talking points. i never heard reagan raise aed tax rates. >> he raised the capital gains tax rate in the '86 act from 26 to 28%. ha he did do. if you look at bill clinton and i'm a strong supporter of bill clinton. i supported him in both elections. i thought he was a great president. i wasn't fond of him as a man but as apt he was great. he cut government spending as a share of gdp by 3.5% t percenta points. that's not obama. he cut capital gains. exempted owner occupied homes from capital gapes. that's not obama. he reappointed reagan's fed chairman twice who was tight with money. now you have bernanke. he was -- >> yes, he was. >> he was appointed by reagan. >> i'm sorry. bernanke. >> no. he was appointed by bush. i'm not a fan of bush. if you want to compare it, obama's worse, but neither was good. >> michael, let

there's reagan international airport.e snow coming down there, visibilities have diminished. that's a live picture from our city camera. now, coming down even harder. here's another picture out at dulles airport. you can barely make it out there. you can see the snow is coming down a little bit harder and it is now beginning to stick. we do appreciate all the observers and weather watchers who have been calling in with their observations. right now 35 in washington. the snowiest winters on record in washington, 1898, 1899. that winter we had 54 inches of snow. the second snowiest winter on record was back in '95, '96 when we had 46 inches. so far this winter, we've had about 27inches. and if we get 20 out of this storm, and we might, that would make us the second all-time snowiest winter on record in washington. we're not done yet with the winter. let's take a look at radar now. you can see this is all that area of white is snow across most of virginia and southeastern virginia. it's rain, rain across north carolina. mode

i just wanted to be with ronald reagan. she said, i cannot tell you what ronald reagan is.ost." go figure it out. she made me sit down in the office there and i read "the washington post" and found that he was a republican and i put that in the box. >> he has maneuvered his way around a number of political circles. he made himself known as the vice presidential candidate in the bob dole campaign. there was an added a toll-free number [unintelligible] his biggest claim to fame is that he helped in the production of the famous willie horton commercial. is that true? xd>> i think i was 21 when thatd came out. the answer is no. but if i did have anything to do it, i would be the best ad man in the world. a group of people that i knew made at the ad. i was 21. i was a kid. i did not even get them coffee. i literally did not have anything to do with it. tony foia brees jill m. lloyd brown. -- tony fabrezio and lloyd brown. i knew several people assembled in the dole campaign. that is kind of where i cut my teeth in 1987 and 1988. i had an opportunity to work for senators bob and

>> reagan is a nice, nice man.believe this, is that where will he ever get a job? i can't do that to him and throw him in the street. that was reagan. fe felt sorry -- yeah, really was a softy! felt sorry for david and worried about his future. >> neil: he did quite well on wall street and beyond. to the basic point and you'd agree to this, neither party showed resolve to control the spending. now we're so deep in this between the democrat and republican administration -- i know you're not a fan of raising taxes but it is kind of limiting a lot of options. >> i'm not against raising taxes. i'm against raising tax rate on the rich alone and pretend it will raise you a lot of money. it won't. >> neil: he wants to raise them on everybody. he wants to raise them on everybody. >> if you really wanted an efficient tax collection machine, you'd have a flat rate tax on everyone and every dollar earned and you wouldn't do the distortions. you could raise a lot more revenues. i don't think it's what the country needs, but yo

/cc> las salas de abordaje lucen practicamente vacias , las pantallas del aeropuerto nacional reaganndican una gran cantidad de vuelos cancelados por la tormenta de nieve que azota el area janina esta pronta a salir a brasil y corrio con la suerte de que su vuelo esta a tiempo esta en tiempo aunque esta un poco nublado no hay hielo hay ... y entonces creo que todo va aestar bien en cambio carmena lleva mas de tres horas esperando que su familiar llegue de houston y tiene el temor de que sea desviado el vuelo por las inclemencias del tiempo nosotros vimos en la pantalla donde estan las llegadas y el viene de houston viene retrasado como 30 minutos estaba supuesto llegar a las 2:45 ahora checamos y llega a las 3:25 mauro madrugo para evitar el congestionamiento vial por la tormenta y poder despedir a su tio quien viaja rumbo a bolivia dijo no haber tenido ningun contratiempo segun las autoridades del aeropuerto nacional reagan esta situacion podria regularizarse este proximo domingo donde y

sherry ly is at reagan national. we'll check in with her in just a few minute. >>> one place already feeling the effects of the winter weather alert is the grocery store. >> a lot of people stocking up but getting rey for the super bowl on sunday. stacy cohan is continuing our winter weather coverage. she is in bethesda this morning. >> i am getting so many comments from folks walking up here to shopping. everything from they're mad that the snow is coming and i wish i could control it but i can't. they are surprised, i think, at the volume of cars and people here at the grocery store at this hour. and frustrated. but the good news is there was some goodwill happening inside. i just went inside to get a few things myself. take a look at some video we shot about an hour or so ago of the shelves. many of them empty very early this morning although some of the truck have arrived. not all of the food that people want is being found inside but a lot of the shoppers were joking that since it was a snowstorm and they are go

courtney robinson is live at reagan national airport. tell us what you are seeing. >> there are quite a few as we see the snow starts to pick up, we started to s a number of flights that are canceled. those are the afternoon flights mainly. at duls, we hear it is the same story. at bwi, they plan to operate with at least one runway. all of this is causing quite a bit of trouble for the metro region. it is not just at airports but travel around the area. long lines and lots of had a tear at reagan national airport. >> we are cold for 35 minutes with united. we got here and once we got to the airport, everything fell into place. >> many are changing flights or are hoping to get out of the region before this. >> i do not want to be stuck here for four more days. >> airlines have waived fees allowing people lucky eugh to get on board. >> united helped us out to get us out early. >> others were not so fortunate newschopper7. church of the chs at reagan national airport. this will happen through sunday, the cancellations. it is not just taking

. >>> two planes full of passengers collide on the ground in reagan national. investigators want to know how it happened. >>> good saturday, i'm craig melvin. one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded rocked the country of chile early this morning. it hit 60 miles northeast of the heavily populated city of concepcion. so far, 214 are dead and the death toll is almost certain to climb. the quake toppled houses, bridges and highways, as well. chile's president declare ed a state of catastrophe. today president obama said the united states is ready to help. >> chile is a close friend and partner of the united states. i reached out to president bachelet to let her know we will be there for her should the chilean people need assistance, and our hearts go out to the families who may have lost loved ones. >> so far chile's leaders have not asked for american aid. at this point several hundred aftershocks have been reported since the quake hit. the chilean ambassador to the united states talked to news4 this afternoon. he was in chile as a child when a larger eart

i've enjoyed being in the spirit of reagan. and certainly being at the reagan library last week. and to be here at the ramble this week and to be here with all of you does my heart good. and it is so nice to know that so many people still give a damn about this great country. and are willing to fight for it every day. and i'm just honored to be one of the little soldiers that's been picked out and chosen to go down a particular path to do my best to make sure that we can win. thank you so much. and god bless you. and god bless america. [applause] >> did you know you can view book tv programs online? go to booktv.org. type the name of the author and subject into the search area in the ♪ >> coming up next book tv come up "after words" an hour-long discussion between a guest host and an author of a new book. this week nobel prize winning economist joseph stiglitz talks about the 2008 u.s. economic collapse and its effect on the global economy. professor stiglitz argues that we need to change the incentives in our economic system and that government oversight is required for the econ

there are no more scheduled flights out of reagan national. not until sunday. really there is only a few people here. a few people have decided to spend the night and wait it out. for the most part, it's just myself and some employees. and most of them are spending the night outside trying to get the runway ready. earlier today, planes had to be deiced. people from cancelled flights had to make arrangements to stay at hotels until sunday. all flights were cancelled by 4:20 this evening. and the airport had emptied out. some shops closed earlier. the manager of a chocolate store closed at 12:00. he wanted to make sure his employees made it home safely. >> as the weather gets worse, so very, very hard for the employees to go back home. because last time we have weather, i had to walk to arlington. so i was falling up and down. >> reporter: the response is the same for every snowstorm. our snow crews are put on alert. they come in before the snow starts and they work around the clock until the snow stops and the air fields are clear. >> reporter: airport managemen

reagan to a rift. that striking example of natural law seasoning, that lincoln gave news that fragment he wrote for himself on slavery when he mentioned himself to be engaged in the conversation put into question why he justified in making a slave a black man, is it because he's less intelligent than you? you might be rightly enslaved by the next man who comes along more intelligent than you. is it because he's darker than you? you may be rightly enslaved by the next white man who comes along with a complexion even lighter than yours. the upshot was that there's nothing one could cite that could not apply to many whites as well. and at no point in the chain of reasoning was there an appeal to revelation of faith. this was simply a model of principled reasoning. it was accessible to people across the religious divisions. he didn't need a clinl education in order to understand it. it could be understood by catholics, baptists, even aethists. it was a model of speaking in a manner that was commonly unders

now, since reagan. >> host: you may nixon did not get himself saluted? only since reagan? [laughter] >> guest: right. the president is not a military officer of any kind. that was proven in new york. his estate said we should have a tax break given to people for a military service. the court decided military service was long ago and he got a pension for that but as president he is not a military officer at all does not take to military pay and cannot be court marshalled and is a civilian. the constitution gives him the very limited control over the military and perhaps all for the national guard but it is a unique thing and a civilian office over the military but not a military office over the military. that constitutional plight was in genius of the powers. then we had civilian control with our system of government. >> host: they word deliberately setting out to for control. >> guest: they did not want a man on worse back. >> host: what about the transition from aquantive defendants now seen s articles of confederation until they did create a stronger central office? >> g

all flights are canceled out of reagan, dulles and bwi. there could be flights later this afternoon. >> stay with us. we'll be right back. host: could switching to geico really save you 15% or more on car insurance? host: does charlie daniels play a mean fiddle? ♪ fiddle music charlie: vo: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. >>>6:27 is your time. 30 degrees. this is winter storm round two. a live look at the white house. it's a lovely scene out there. >> we do know of at least one four-legged enjoying the snow, that is the first family's dog, beau obama. he seems to be enjoying the winter mess just fine. >> many lawmakers and staff members on capitol hill are getting a long break because of all the snow. the u.s. house of representativehave canceled the recorded votes for the rest of the week. because of the presidents day holiday next week, most members aren't expected back on the hill until february 22nd. >>> 6:28. another break ahead of us. >> another word from firefighters, please clean the snow around fire h

reagan spoke about that.st famous quote was, "the nine most terrifying words in the english language are: i am from the government and i am here to help you." it is not humorous when president obama add, harry reid, and nancy pelosi have made those phrases part of their administration. one of the most telling is the most recent. that is health care. the idea that they would want to intercede between you and your doctor, the they want to take over one sixth of the economy, that they would like to violate our constitution, tell us that they are not concerned with liberty. the second pillar was economic opportunity. speaking on this, reagan said government's views on the economy could be summed up in a short phrase. if it moves, attacks it. if it keeps moving, regulate it if it stops moving, subsidize it. this is something that obama has grasped as well. if you look at the legislation, whether it is the stimulus or the health care bill -- think of the house of representatives. the cap and trade bill to deal wit

the reagan administration administration, in 1981 changed less. it said the most important, from now on we will not worry about antitrust in terms of citizens, we will use it to protect the welfare of the consumer. it is important to know when the reagan administration did this, they have helped. there is parts of the consumer movement that came to their aid. when robert bork of the chicago school came up with this consumer welfare frame there was a lot of amen from the democrats. to be frank, the clinton administration in terms of consolidation in this country was in most cases, the worst than what the reagan people did. but we should make no mistake about western western-- mr. bork and his fellow friends did with the current welfare frame. this was to passing essentially into law, efficiency argument that has been favored by monopolist for centuries. what do i mean? john d. rockefeller, jpmorgan, they all basically had a single message, competition is wasteful. centralization of control in my hand is efficient. but consider how the logic of the

i have enjoyed being in the spirit of reagan and certainly, being at the reagan library last week andto be here at their ranch this weekend to be here with all of you does my heart good. and it is so nice to know that so many people still give a about this great country and are willing to fight for every day and i'm just honored to be one of the soldiers that has been picked out in chosen to go down a particular path into my best to make sure we can win. thank you so much and god bless you and god bless america. [applause] >> our special primetime booktv continues on friday night with a discussion about rachel carson's 1962 book, silent spring. >> coming up next, booktv presents "after words," an hourlong discussion between a guest host and the author of the new book. this week nobel prize-winning economist joseph stiglitz talks about the 2008 economic collapse and its effect on the global economy. professor stiglitz argues we need to change the incentives in our system and government oversight is required for the economy to function properly. he is interviewed by lori wallach directo

at reagan national, the same story. we have more on the last minute rush to get out of town. >> reporter: we come down here all the time and we're here for holiday travel. i can't remember the last time i saw a traffic jam like this at reagan national. look at all the people behind us who are trying to get out as soon as possible. check out this traffic jam. we were driving through this and it was like at a standstill at some point. all the shuttles are packed full of people trying to get on a plane. cabs are packed. lines are all the way down this area in front of ronald reagan washington national airport. people scrambling last minute to get flights. there's already been some cancelations. southwest airlines has reported that they will be closing out of bwi and dulles, cancelled their afternoon and evening flights for today. all of their flights for saturday have been cancelled. some of their sun morning flights have been cancelled as well. so, last night and this morning, folks are trying to rebook hoping to make it

i have enjoyed being here in the spirit of reagan and certainly at the reagan library last week and behere at the ranch this week and with all of you. it does my heart good and it is so nice to know so many people give a about this country and are willing to fight for it every day and i'm honored to be one of the soldiers whose been picked out and chosen to go down a particular path to do my best to make sure we can win. thank you so much. god bless you and god bless america. [applause] .. >> coming up next, booktv presents "after words," an hourlong discussion between a guest host and author of the new book. this week nobel prize-winning economist joseph stiglitz talks about the 2008 u.s. economic collapse and its effect on the global economy. professor stiglitz argues the need to change the incentives and government oversight is required for the economy to function properly. he is interviewed by joseph stiglitz, director of public citizen's global trade watch. she is the co-author of "whose trade organization?" a comprehensive guide to the wto. >> host: hello. we are here today with

the reagan administration deserves a great deal of credit.g looked as one of the great times in american history by historians. host: brien democrat, new orleans. caller: i am a democrat. we should not have democrat, republican or independent. it should be the people. not to the rich people but the poor people. obama is doing the best he can with what is going on right now. the economy from the bush and administration is what ruined this country. guest: president bush did not ruin this country, but he pursued policies that were unwise. if you go back -- this is a topic for many hours of discussion. the banking, housing bubble that signaled the collapse of the markets did not come about because bankers were irresponsible but because government policies that incentivize the bankers to do things that they would not have done five for 10 years before that. most of that was done in the name of spreading home ownership to people that did not have homes before and helping the poor. the result was we had mortgages that were not just with people that

as reagan used to talk about that peace through strength. in that respect, i applaud the president for following at least a part of the recommendations made by our commanders on the ground to send more reinforcements to afghanistan. now, though, he, we, must spend less time hoarding our adversaries and working with our allies, build coalitions capable of confronts iran and north korea. it is time for more than tough talk. i'm just like you. probably so tired of hearing the talk, talk, talk. tired of hearing the talk. it's time for some tough actions like sanctions on iran. and in places in the world where people are struggling and oppressed and they're fighting for freedom america must stand with them. we need a clear foreign policy that stands with the people and for democracy, one that reflects both of values and our interests. it is in our best interest because democracy don't go to war with each other. they can settle their differences peacefully. the lesson of the last year is this. foreign policy can't be managed through the politics o

at reagan national. we're just about at the top of the temperature, they'll start to fall back. we'll see that tperatures start to fall back. fora look at the bigger picture, i'm going to throw it back down tour tears. >> thank you very much. >>> and we will start that look by showing you the look at the broader satellite radar. you can see not just our area but the whole picture. right now, it is producing rather heavy rain in portions of the southeast but closer to here, it's snow. snow across south western virginia, richmond is starting to see snow fall. and then down to the south, that's where where the area of low pressure is. it's pushing all of this to the east, northeast. there have been thunderstorms earlier this morning across alabama, georgia and florida. and and now they are seeing heavy rain there. this continues to push off to the east there. is what we call a future cast. a model that projects what we expect to see. there you see snow pushing into the area, by this afternoon. tucker said b

high winds prevented some aircraft from landing at reagan national airport lot further complicating an already difficult air travel day. they have spent the last two days trying to fly to florida and the plight has been canceled twice. they hope to get out tomorrow. >> i would like to know what is going on. i want to go home. >> these cousins worked the phones and got on line to try to book a flight to florida after learning their 10:00 a.m. flight had been scrapped. >> there is no plan at the terminal. no one says anything and then we finally ask -- do we have a flight? and they say, no. >> my sister is waiting for us and we cannot leave her to party alone. >> the situation seems to be improving here tonight and reagan national airport. i checked the boards inside and most of the cancellations at this hour are limited to new york city. reporting live at reagan national airport, suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. >> you can always get an updated forecast and check on the wind speed by going to the weather section of our website, wjla.com. >>> of father was burned over 80% of his body afte he

>> guest: no. >> host: only since reagan? >> guest: right. the president is not a military officer of any kind. and that was proved in the court case of new york. his estate, the land of st he had and new york said we should have a tax break given to people for military service and the court decided well his military service is long ago and he got a pension for that but as a president he's not a military officer at all. he doesn't take military pay, he doesn't get military pension, he can't be court-martialed, he is a civilian and the constitution gives him that very limited control over the military in the war of the first thought and perhaps sometimes over the national guard. but it's a unique thing. it is a civilian office over the military but it's not a military officer for the military. and that constitutional point was really in genius of the founders, and we were proud for a long time and civilian control of the military in our system of government. >> host: because they were deliberately setting out to prevent monarchical control. th

thought i was the basis of all the presidential power and he had a good reason to think that in the reagan administration's. people argued the white house that kind of instant retaliation is still necessary, if that if the government were decapitated, the president, the vice president were killed you can't rely on constitutional succession and get the speaker of the house because -- >> host: down the road -- >> guest: he or she doesn't know the mechanical technical things about how to respond to a nuclear attack said they began an exercise, rumsfeld and cheney and other white house staffers were told to go in the middle of the might to an undisclosed location in the beginning of the term, and they planned a nuclear retaliation if there and visors and technicians. they went through the hole drill. they were still practicing in the 60's. what's interesting is cheney did it in the terrorism attack. he was in the white house -- >> host: september 11th amine? >> guest: he was in the white house and told there were planes, not just one plan but planes going on to make further attacks, and he sai

>> is, the reagan doctrine.you look at the fall of the soviet union, i think you will find as we've insisted up here, a complex pattern where there is not just one factor. but certainly if you put together the policies of the reagan and ministration, if you put together the economic troubles of the soviet economy, and then one has to baadd the powerful witness of pope john paul ii. you cannot leave that out. so many limit the role of john paul ii, and his first pilgrimage to his homeland after ascending to the papacy in 1978, his first trip home in 1979. spontaneous, many millions turned out peacefully, these enormous crowds. the regime at that point realize they have lost control. once people are brave enough and hopeful enough to take certain risks, then the as authoritarian apparatuses are in real trouble. i was in poland in 1983 on his second pilgrimage. i thought that would be something not to be missed. and there was a moment when we were in warsaw, heading across the bridge to see the pope. they ripped up

reagan said, that line i quoted, he did it so often you know.he line about, we are subsidizing people for losing their jobs as a result of-- he just pointed this out and as soon as he pointed out it is as though we have already understood that so i don't think there's any way we can train people unless we just give them examples of the way it was done. the best things done in the past by the people who wrote those federalist papers and argued them this way. that is the best way we can teach them now. >> i regret that i am under command of the person who controls my life at work, my assistant, that we have to take a recess now for lunch and that leaves two of you wanting to ask questions. the guarantee is this afternoon you will get to ask questions first, okay? >> we will be back. >> that is right. we will be back. [laughter] i have carefully prepared introductions of our three guests this afternoon. to point out certain things about their checkered past. [laughter] they don't know what it is i am going to say but anyway let's all come back this

washington's official numbers at reagan national airport -- 41 degrees. the averages and records are there as well. we are also checking the warnings. no changes. they don't go into effect until 10:00 tomorrow but the last until 10:00 on saturday night. a 36-hour a winter storm warning for the entire storm air -- for the entire area. it is developing down south along the gulf coast with tons of moisture. it will travel east and up the coast and off the coast. what makes the transition along the coast, not only will have gulf moisture available, it will tap the atlantic and the western wall of the gulf stream. that warm current of water that runs through the atlantic ocean just offshore. sometimes in february, the water to the pitcher is in the mid to upper '70's. that combination is all we need to get things going. cold there will be drifting in and the storm it said. questioning where it's going to move and how much we will get. tomorrow evening, lots of rain through the carolinas. thunderstorms as it develops through the cold there. the highest impact w

the reagan administration 1981 changed this. they said the most important from now on we are not going to worry about antitrust in terms of consumers, i mean in terms of citizens. we're going to use it to protect the welfare of the consumer. it's important to note when the reagan administration did this, they had help. various factions in the consumer movement came to their aid. when robert bork of the chicago school came up with this for income consumer welfare frame there were a lot them that can from the democrats and to be frank the clinton administration in terms of consolidation in the country was in most cases worse than what the reagan people did. but we should make no mistake about what mr. bork and his fellow chicago schoolers did with their welfare frame and this was to pass a essentially into the law the efficiency argument that has been favored by monopolists for centuries and what do i mean by that? john d. rockefeller, jpmorgan, the all basically had a single message, competition is wasteful. centralization of con

i have enjoyed being here in the spirit of reagan and certainly at the reagan library last week and behere at the ranch this week and with all of you. it does my heart good and it is so nice to know so many people give a about this country and are willing to fight for it every day and i'm honored to be one of the soldiers whose been picked out and chosen to go down a particular path to do my best to make sure we cathk you so mu. god bless you and god bless america. [applause] .. >> coming up next, booktv presents "after words," an hourlong discussion between a guest host and author of the new book. this week nobel prize-winning economist joseph stiglitz talks about the 2008 u.s. economic collapse and its effect on the global economy. professor stiglitz argues the need to change the incentives and government oversight is required for the economy to function properly. he is interviewed by joseph stiglitz, director of public citizen's global trade watch. she is the co-author of "whose trade organization?" a comprehensive guide to the wto. >> host: hello. we are here today with professor j

some fog being reported at reagan national airport.aybe a brief snow flurry but we are pretty much done with the snow. we are done with the accumulating snow for today. let me show you the radar. it was a fast-moving system. it has moved out of here. it moved west to east so eastern portions of the viewing area were the last to get it. that winter storm warning in effect has been allowed -- it hasn't expired. they took it down actually. it was originally supposed to be in effect until 7:00. there is no need for that now. temperatures at the area airports, primarily the low 30s at reagan national airport. we are at 33 degrees. dulles international is at 29 degrees. bwi marshal is at 30 degrees. your forecast for today, morning cloud and i think there will be a few rays of sun during the course of the afternoon. the sun will break through. highs today will be in the low -- they will range from the upper 0s to the low 40s. look for a high of 41 in town. 40 in baltimore -- they will ring from the upper 30s to the low 40s. a fascinating ask

the first was the legacy of ronald reagan. george bush was ron reagan's vice president. there were two challenges. the first was during his administration, george bush was a loyal vice president, as he should have been. he kept his advice to himself. he did not share with others and with the public, such as the press. the perception grew that the president was an individual who did not have any iideas. nothing is further from the truth. i would remind those of you who follow him that he took two trips in 1984 to europe and was instrumental in getting the allies to except the placement of pershing missiles in europe. this buildup the atlantic alliance as one of the steps leading up to the solution of the soviet union. the military strength was being built up. george bush did it in a quiet and then unassuming manner. the second problem at the george bush faced in the wake of ronald reagan was communication. the gipper, he could give a speech. there was no doubt about it. george bush had a little bit of a hard time with speeches. his syntax, his inability to stop at an appl

both presidents reagan and ford lived well beyond 90 years of age.s their plans and make them more personal, if you will. and one of the sad things is -- an example. president ford felt strongly he wanted a journalist among his eulogists. he wanted to send a signal that in this town, a president and journals could be adversarial without saying each other's as enemies. he asked his friend to deliver the eulogy at washington cathedral. then he passed away. it is something when you outlive your eulogists. so tom brokaw was the perfect replacement and actually worked in the ford white house. he stepped in and did a beautiful job. host: is there a living president that has his funeral arrangements choreographed and organized? host: i am sure they all have plans -- guest: i am sure they all have plans. host: is is something they have to do when they're sworn into office? guest: it is really not a matter of their choosing. ultimately, it is a matter of their design. but the fact is the president belongs to us. it is the office, in effect, that we are honori

what i want to do is get behind a camera and show you what reagan looks like right now. it is december late. over here is the security area. this is where people normally line up and some people have to spend, what, a half an hour, hour, and there's no one. of course there's no flights, but it has been like in the past few hours and scrolling along here you will see some open shops mostly people talking. this is the godiva store. he said during the last snowstorm he had to get hotel rooms for his staff because they were snowed in. the closed up at ten until 5:00 and said it is not worth it. he has sold a lot of chocolate today but that happened earlier in the morning because that's when everyone came by and switched the flights early in the morning and a lot of airlines let them do that for free. so people who got out this morning were lucky. by the afternoon flights started to be cancelled one by one and now there are no flights here at reagan national. one thing i want po point out is this building will be open all weekend. there's really no reason to come down here be