ronald reagan changed all that. one of the things he did was to put a smile on the face of conservativism. he was as optimistic about the future as he was, indeed, futuristic. those were not qualities associated with the conservatives of, say, herbert hoofer. reagan made conservativism an instrument of reform, and that, too, as opposed to simply an instrument of resistance. host: charlie peters was here last week and wrote a book on lyndon johnson. like him or not like him, he accomplished a lot in terms of getting things passed. he died in 1973. his centennial would have been 2008. there was no centennial for l.b.j. we have one for ronald reagan. what's the difference between these two presidents? guest: oh, gosh that would take a while. there was a centennial, but it was modest. johnson was thought of in some ways as a president guilty of over-reaching, of doing everything on a texas-size scale actually had a centennial that was quite modest. the reagan centennial, much of which is clearly from the grassroots, is

god bless ronald reagan.understood that when the government fears the people, we have democracy. if egypt had a second amendment and the right to bear arms, there would not be a revolution as we see it in egypt because the government would know they would lose. my question is about the 2012 election with china. whether you are on left or right side of the aisle, everybody sees the elephant in the room. what politician will stand up and declare that we need to correct this with paris. the need to be a change in america. this is not a war against china or any other nation but our middle class and everybody has been stagnant for 30 years and we are fed up. we might turn into egypt pretty soon. guest: we will certainly see many candidates talking about the issues about china. that goes back to our spending and goes back to borrowing. so much of that money is coming from china. we saw campaign ads in the last campaign cycle that specifically talked about that issue and how china is taking a long view and betting o

joining us, more from james baker, reagan's chief of staff, former reagan speech writer peggy noonan, former mayor willie brown and andrea peggy noonan, former mayor willie brown and andrea mitchell. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good morning. we go first live to cairo where nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel is joining us again live on the scene in cairo. richard, what is the latest there? >> reporter: there appear to have been major breakthroughs after negotiations today between members of the opposition and the vice president of egypt. according to a government statement that we just received, egypt has made several very significant concessions. one, two end the emergency law that has been in place in this country since 1981 as soon as security on the ground here permits. two, to allow more candidates to run for president, to allow greater freedom of the press , o suspend future meetings of parliament until allegations of corruption and electoral fraud are flushed out, to respect and appreciate the youth movement in the streets, to form a follow

his name... >> ronald reagan. >> ronald reagan. >> ronald reagan. >> reporter: ...is invoked like a mantrall is man, his style and accomplishments admired even by top democrat president barack obama. >> i have embraced the vision of ronald reagan. >> the ghost of reagan is the party leader and you see president barack obama trying to capture some of the reagan day glow for himself also. >> reporter: reagan's newly renovated library a magnet to his legions of admirers. now more than 20 years since the actor turned politician left the white house and ronald reagan still plays a major role in american politics. russ? >> mitchell: bill whitaker, simi valley, california, thank you. when we come back, we'll tell you about the latest on a super bowl ticket fiasco. an can only . and try...and try. [ male announcer ] honey nut cheerios tastes great and can help lower cholesterol. bee happy. bee healthy. ♪ i see you're flatulent in three languages. graduated top of your gas. [ male announcer ] got gas on your mind? your son rip is on line toot. [ male announcer ] try gas-x. powerful relief from pres

ronald reagan list consisted. we need to be consistent of where you are, who you are and what you want to do. you can't do what mary did in california on one set of ads on the hispanic community and another set of ads in the of their community and say how did they find out i did that? you've got to really be consistent, and what we are missing in politics today is that consistency. i talk to young people today who were born the 1990's. you give me about a week and the conservative speakers for ronald reagan. and they will be consistent because he was so consistent. you really knew where he was coming from and you knew his heart and he had such a wonderful heart. there's a story about the secret service agent. i mean, the secret service agent hand feeding my dad. deep with alzheimer's. i walk into the secret service agent sees me and says let me get out of the ways you can visit with your dad. as the secret service agent [inaudible] and he kisses his hand. who does that unless it is here or in 76 when his campaigni

ronald reagan, mr. president, inspired freedom and changed the world, and the centennial celebration of his birth that begins this week and officially begins this weekend gives us an opportunity to think about what it was that made this president great, what it was that puts this president on the cover of news magazines in the decade before the centennial, arm in arm in one recent cover with the current president of the united states, what was it that made this extraordinary man so extraordinary? and i would just say again, ronald reagan inspired freedom and changed the worldldldldldld. i ask that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. boxer: mr. president, i have a statement to mark the service of former president ronald reagan which i ask unanimous consent to place in the record at this time. the presiding officer: without objectn. mrs. boxer: and what i want to say is that at the time of president reagan's death, i put an extensive statement in the record, a

ronald reagan, mr. president, inspired freedom and changed the world, and the centennial celebration of his birth that begins this week and officially begins this weekend gives us an opportunity to think about what it was that made this president great, what it was that puts this president on the cover of news magazines in the decade before the centennial, arm in arm in one recent cover with the current president of the united states, what was it that made this extraordinary man so extraordinary? and i would just say again, ronald reagan inspired freedom and changed the world. mr. president, i request a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from california. mrs. boxer: thank you very much, mr. president. i ask that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. boxer: mr. president, i have a statement to mark the service of former president ronald reagan which i ask unanimo

ronald reagan, mr. president, inspired freedom and changed the world, and the centennial celebration of his birth that begins this week and officially begins this weekend gives us an opportunity to think about what it was that made this president great, what it was that puts this president on the cover of news magazines in the decade before the centennial, arm in arm in one recent cover with the current president of the united states, what was it that made this extraordinary man so extraordinary? and i would just say again, ronald reagan inspired freedom and changed the worldldldldmr. . i ask that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. boxer: mr. presiden i have a statement to mark the service of former president ronald reagan which i ask unanimous consent to place in the record at this time. the presiding officer: without objection. mrs. boxer: and what i want to say is that at the time of president reagan's death, i put an extensive statement in the record, a

that bit of reagan's wisdom. as you look at the current proper republican leaders and you look to 2012 every figure will be saying they are running under the mantle of ronald reagan. who do you think understands that totality of reagan's issue? who do you see glimpses of your father and? >> guest: >> guest: i will sell you what. i in some ways try not to because i almost do a disservice and i think we do a disservice looking for ronald reagan. we were not looking for abraham lincoln when ronald reagan showed up. we were simply looking for a leader and i think what happens is by looking for ronald reagan we are never going to find the next guy because they are not going to add up to ronald reagan. now they all can kohl ronald reagan and it is like if you can quote in more than i can quote and then you get the nomination. and i think about my father who, when he brought us in, really spoke to us in parables. and he did. and i got that from bill clarke. bill clarke has been a dear friend for years and a dear friend

cover of time magazine shows reagan and obama's admiration for him. why obama loves reagan.fter a tough midterm election who wants to match the success of reagan or is there more? >> no, no. in reality barack obama has always been an admirer of reagan. many of the qualities he exhibits are reflective of what ronald reagan was all about. he has not been able to demonstrate those in the first 18 months or so of his administration simply because he had such an awesome majority in the senate and an awesome majority in the house and the majority was dominated by the more progressive wing of the democratic party, far beyond what obama is. obama is more like reagan than he is like anyone else. probably including bill clinton, believe it or not. he's a real admirer and it is genuine. >> secretary baker, is it also important to learn from some of president reagan's failings, the deregulation, its impact on the economy, deregulation of the financial situation, running up huge deficits? >> the deregulation of the financial industry mostly occurred on bill clinton's watch. sure, any lea

i was not born when ronald reagan became president but what a tribute to ronald reagan this is. rarely in congress do we run out of time when we are talking about an issue, but republican and democrat time has expired. i had prepared remarks i was going to make in tribute to the president from my home state. i represent eureka college. so much has been said that we have run out of time and i can't think of a greater tribute, east coast, west coast, midwest, republicans, democrats has taken time to come to the floor and i thank you for organizing this hour. mr. gallegly: i would like to recognize your tribute to ronald reagan the other night at the reagan library. it was very inspiring and an honor to you there. mr. shock: i like california weather. i yield back. mr. gallegly: austin scott from georgia. mr. scott: thank you, mr. speaker and ladies and gentlemen of the house. i just want to say this about president reagan. he understood that it is the american, not the government that makes america the greatest nation on earth. it's time for this body to tackle tough issues and fo

ronald reagan was consistent. we need to be consisted of where you are, who you are and what you want to do. you can't do what meg did in california when one side of ads on the hispanic community and another set of ads in the other community and say how did they find out i did that? you've got to really be consistent and what we are missing in the politics today is that consistency. i can talk to young people today who were born in the 1990's if you give me about a week and they can speak for ronald reagan and would be consistent because he was so consistent. you knew where he was coming from and do his part, he had such a wonderful heart. i told the secret service agent. i walk in the room and his hand feeding my dad. he was deep in alzheimer's. i walk in and that agent says i will let you talk with your dad. the my data reaches over and grabbed his hand and kiss is it. who does that unless it's here, unless it's here. or in '76 when he's campaigning in south carolina. he goes into a trailer to talk to children w

he rode with ronald reagan. it was the last time ronald reagan rode a horse he went out riding with him and when he came back, he went to mrs. reagan and said, the president didn't have a very good day on the horse today. and that was a nice way of saying maybe it's time that he not risk injury by horse riding. everybody knew that ronald reagan loved to ride horses. probably his third greatest passion. his passion for his wife, his passion for this country, then his passion for riding horses. mrs. reagan told the secret serviceman, i can't tell him, you've got to tell him. it was very uncomfortable. the agent went up to the president and said very, very quietly, mr. president, we didn't have a good day riding today. and ronald reagan sensed exactly what he was going to say and instead of protesting, he made every effort to put the secret service agent at ease, knowing it was a difficult thing for him. you have to understand that. he was being told that something that he loved almost as much as anything else in h

but republicans and reagan, most don't know dutch reagan. host: twitter this morning lincoln city, oregon. on our democrat's line. richard, good morning. caller: thanks a lot. i never get through. i don't know, you know, it really comes from the heart and reagan's mind where he was really coming from. we have a president right now that's really trying to take care of the human beings in this country. the health of human beings. and death panels, you know, that's like another word for slave. instead of saying the president's own human beings, you say slave. so, but death panels is like you're going to unplug grandma. that's murdering grandma. all right? so i don't know what reagan would think about this health care thing. but, you know, it's about as sickening as sickening can get. you know, obama wasn't born here. i mean, this is just goes on and on. and anybody that whines about c-span, you know, you're not doing it this way, you're not doing it that way, this is about the best open news you can get. and if you don't like it, go listen to f

if they had warm feelings for governor reagan, president reagan by then, it didn't always show in their tactics. i think of late in the second term when there were major policy differences over iran contra. i watched all of that as the ranking member on the select committee that was formed to investigate iran contra. and i've rarely seen politics get any ruffer than it did during that period. it's certainly true that we do attach a certain good feeling to memories of the 1980s but that has little to do with the conduct and spirit of the president's opponents. america remembers if time that way mainly because there was a gentleman in the white house. for all of his jeanality, ronald reagan himself was accustomed to political battles and he didn't resent the exertion of debating and fighting for what he believed in. he expected it. eight years as the governor of this state, his time as a union leader in hollywood had toughnd him and made him the pers veering advocate that was for all of his principles. he understood all that was at stake in the great debates over taxes, over the size and

barack obama will bring us another ronald reagan. we had ronald reagan did jimmy carter. he was there. where is he t

ronald reagan changed that. part of that change began with 12 simple but crucial words: government is not the solution to our problems. government is the problem. and it is a big part of our problem. he stirred the passions of our country, revitalizing not only our economy but our identity and confidence as free people. what some have called the reagan revolution he called the great rediscovery. he instilled us with a new confidence in our future and in america's role as the last, best hope of mankind. his achievements are well-known but they bear repeating. working with paul coale -- paul volcker, chairman of the federal reserve, he entaind inflation, which was depriving americans of their life savings. it was a tough course, a tough road, but he saw it through, he stayed on the course and we were stronger as a result and we needed to get on a tough -- we need to get on a tough road and stay the course today. he lowered taxes dramatically, including a reduction in the top rate from nearly 80%, and he reined i

here's john berman. >> there is reagan airport, the reagan building, the reagan library. then there is the church of reagan where candidates worship. >> one of my heroes and one of yours, ronald reagan. >> the brilliance of ronald reagan. >> take inspiration from ronald reagan taught us. >> reporter: some democrats have been know to do it too. >> i think ronald reagan changed the trajectory of america. >> everyone tries to grab the reagan mantel because it's one of strong leadership. >> go ahead, make my day. >> of big ideas. >> we must halt the destruction and restore sanity. >> bold strokes. >> mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> reporter: in fact, you might say there is a republican primary, and a reagan primary. who can be the most reagany? >> mitt romney's foreign policy campaign book "no apology" has 11 reagan references. tim pawlenty's "courage to stand" 24 reagans. sarah palin's "america by heart," 33 reagans. only to be narrowly beaten by herself, palin's "going rogue" has 34 reagan references. this isn't even counting a book from newt ginrich exclusively abou

reagan. >> ronald reagan. >> reporter: and not just republicans.rats seeing that history has been good to the 40th president are trying to co-opt part of his legacy and republicans know it. >> you could almost say we're all reagan-ites now. >> reporter: but some conservatives worry that this embracing of the reagan legacy by both sides of the aisle may strip away some of the former president's ideals. making it harder for conservatives to move the country to the right. but those same conservatives have been purposeful in reagan myth-making. for 14 years, one group has worked to get airports, roads and buildings named in mr. reagan's honor. does that diminish the conservative cause? >> to the extent that we're all reagan-ites now, i don't see how conservatives could be depressed by that. because what reagan meant then and now means that we're going to discuss american politics in a conservative vocabulary. >> reporter: the reagan message -- >> our government is too big and it spends too much. >> reporter: -- of smaller government and fewer taxes did

according to the reagan family lore, when he first gazed upon his son, john reagan prophetically kweupd he looks like a fat little dutch man. but who knows, one day he may grow up to be president one day. his father was a strong believer in the american dream and nellie reagan passed on to her son her penchant to always look for the good in people regardless of their position. it was those lessons in perseverance and faith that would inspire ronald reagan to pursue his dream of becoming a hollywood actor. he signed his first professional acting contract in 1935 and went on to enjoy a successful career on the silver screen. but by 1946, after serving three years in the army air force intelligence corps during the height of world war ii, he began to have ambitions beyond hollywood. after five-year stint as the president of the screen actors gild laid the foundation for ronald reagan's political career. during the turmoil of the hollywood communism craze, reagan proved himself to be a skilled dealmaker and an influential leader as he successfully navigated the upheaval in the hollywood com

on this sent tel tenial of ronald reagan's birth -- centennial of ronald reagan's birth, let's follow his example and get our nation back on the road to freedom. let those looking back on our generation say that just when it began to appear that our nation had forgotten ronald reagan and squandered its wealth and abandoned its destiny, this generation of americans rediscovered, restored and revived the memory of ronald reagan and the promise of the american founding and from that moment in time america began her next great era of expansion, prosperity and influence. i yield back. mr. dreier: mr. speaker, i thank my friend for his very thoughtful contribution and his dedication to the reagan cause. as we think about where we are today, i said at the library the other night, that i was privileged to be part of the reagan revolution, having been elected with president reagan in 1980. but thanks to the 198 -- 87 newly elected members who have joined us, what a privilege it is to be part of the reagan revolution, because i think that it does continue. if we look at just on foreign policy a

if they had warm feelings for governor reagan, president reagan by then, it did not always show in their tactics. later in his second term when there was -- there were major policy differences over iran- contra, i watched all of that as the ranking member on the select committee that was formed to investigate iran-contra and i have rarely seen in politics get rougher then i saw then. it is certainly true that we attach a certain good feeling to memories of the 1980's, but that has little to do with the conduct and spirit of the president's opponents. america remembers the time that women in the because there was a gentleman in the white house. for all of his geniality, ronald reagan himself was pressed into political battles and he did not resent the exertion of debating and fighting for what he believed in. he expected it. eight years as a governor of state, his time as a union leader in hollywood had toughened him and made him the evidence that he was. he understood what was at stake in the great debates over taxes and the sizes and power of the federal government and over the strength

>>> and remembering reagan. the former first lady leads a tribute on the president's 100th the former first lady leads a tribute on the president's 100th birthday. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening from amman, jordan. the pro-democracy movement in neighboring egypt took a turn today. as die hard anti-mubarak activists held their ground refusing to negotiate in tahrir square, the formerly banned muslim brotherhood were at the bargaining table, winning sweeping concessions from the embattled government on everything from freedom of the press to a promise to end martial law. most telling, however, that was those deals were being agreed to by egypt's new vice president, not president hosni mubarak who it appears is slowly being squeezed out of the picture and out of egypt's future. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel remains on the ground for us in cairo and has today's new developments for us. richard, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, lester. the government today did o

>>> and reagan at 100. a new look at the life and times of the 40th president, a gift a new look at the life and times of the 40th president, a gift from the former first lady. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening from jordan. the standoff in neighboring collective political blood pressure all across this evening is showing more signs tonight of becoming an endurance contest between hosni mubarak and those demonstrators packed into central cairo. on day 12 of the crisis, all was relatively calm in the capital even as the senior leadership, of the ruling party, including hosni mubarak's son, resigned. it means the younger mubarak, wildly unpopular with critics, will not be taking his dad's place. sand some suggesting it may just be a token reform offering by the elder mubarak to try to outlast the protestors who are against him. our correspondent richard engel remains in cairo tonight with more on the high-stakes showdown. richard? >> reporter: good evening, lester. there is still a

son ronald prescott reagan and daughter patty davis reagan. religion, chiefly presbyterian.litical party, democrat, 1932 to 1962. republican, 1962 to 2004. college eureka college ba, radio 32 to 37. film acting 37 to 65. screen actors guild board of directeddors 41 to 47. screen actors guild president, 47 to 52. and 59, campaign for republicans. dwight eisenhower, richard nixon. barry goldwater for president 52, 56, 60 and 64. governor california, '67 to '75. republican presidential nomination, ran unsuccessfully twice for, '68 and '76. u.s. president, '81 to '89. defeating president jimmy carter. died june 5, 2004, 93 years of age. bel air, california. as president, ronald reagan tackles historically high inflation and unemployment, during his presidency inflation dropped from 12.5% to 5.5%. and unemployment dropped from 9.7% to 4.4%. reagan launched a defense build- up against the soviet union and remain forever grateful, unquote. question, what characteristics did ronald reagan possess that other post-war presidents have lacked? pat, you worked for him. kepre-world war ii

reagan invited reporters to the ranch. but most often this was his getaway place for r&r with his beloved wife nancy. it took a long telephoto lens to get video of the president out riding or chopping wood on building fences. >> he did build these fences by hand. he was hands-on here at the ranch. he dug the postholes for the fences, which is no small faelt. really became part of -- he became part of the ranch in that way. >> reporter: maryland fisher is the lead dos sant for the few visitors the ranch can accommodate each year. >> it is a rare opportunity, yes. >> reporter: perhaps the first thing that strikes you is how small and unassuming it is for the western white house, the vacation home of the president of the united states. >> we know mikhail gorbachev was surprised. >> reporter: they were looking for a ranch at the end of his governorship in 1974 and discovered this property. >> one of the reasons that reagan loves this property was because it was an authentic california adoeb be, and one of the few left in this

and reagan, god and george w. bush and william p. clark, ronald reagan's top hand. today i'm excited that paul will be focusing on his newly released book "dupes." we are really looking forward to hear your discussion of this troubling aspect of history, the prominent role of the dupes. please join me in welcoming paul kengore. [applause] >> thank you, heather. john, and everybody here at heritage, everybody for coming. lee edwards. i really struggled how to organize this talk because i turned in a manuscript of 250,000 words and about 1,000 pages. and i think the book god and ronald reagan i believe was somewhere around 100,000 words so that gives you an idea of just how enormous the task was and probably as well just how many dupes are out there. in fact, i'm not joking when i say this could be volume 1 in a multivolume set. [laughter] >> i really didn't know where to stop. and there were a number of people at different points that i thought i would have full chapters on and there would be so much information i'

but ronald reagan was always a movement conservative. and, by the way, he was, his presidency was made possible by the movement conservatives. one of the points that i make in this book and that i'm going to make in my next book is that ronald reagan was, ronald reagan and the conservative movement have come to the fore, and they've thrust liberalism aside. and now liberalism is dead. and that's going to be my next book. >> host: why many your writings and most all of your books do you capitalize liberal and liberalism? >> guest: because i don't think it's liberal. i think liberalism has come to mean social democracy, and obama proved it this time around. but it's been less than liberal for a long time. i think liberal is the liberalism of john locke and be be -- subsequent liberals, 19th century liberals. i'm a 19th century liberal, but we've been co-opted by liberalism. at some point i think in the progressive movement the progressives took the word liberal and used it for their own purposes. but they, the liberals of the american expe

reagan's honor. can that diminish the conservative cause?n be depressed by that, because what reagan meant then and now means that we're going to discuss conservative politics in a conservative vocabulary. >> reporter: the reagan message -- >> our government is too big and it spends too much. >> reporter: -- of smaller government and fewer taxes didn't become a reality. while he dramatically cut tax rates, he also signed tax increases in six of his eight years in office. rather than shrinking government, spending actually increased 2.5% each year he served. and the national debt tripled, leaving us plenty to debate. >> how many times can we say that historians 100 years after they left office would be still writing history? ronald reagan would be one of those. ♪ happy birthday to you >> reporter: david kerley, abc news, washington. >> sometimes, the legend can be different from the facts, right?

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. >>> this week has been a celebration of president reagan's life. sandra hughes shows us the biggest event at the ronald reagan library in ventura county. ♪ happy birthday to you >> reporter: a patriotic celebration in simi valley to mark ronald reagan's 100th birthday. ♪ i'm about to be an american ♪ >> reporter: can canons boomed a 21 -- canons boomed a 21 gun salute, spider jets streaked across the sky and nancy reagan made a rare appearance. >> i know that ronnie would be thrilled and is thrilled to have all of you share in his 100th birthday. >> reporter: ronald reagan's presidential library will reopen monday after a $50 million renovation. 30 years after taking office ronald reagan's endowment which funds the library and its foundation hit $100 million his political legacy still influences. president reagan said you can't be for big government, big taxes and big bureaucracy and still be for the little guy. and that's been left out in the cold today. >> there were those who didn't like ronald reagan's politics or his policies, but they couldn'

i knew ronald reagan pretty well. time and again i was invited into the white house during his presidency, sometimes for serious policy reasons and sometimes just to have a drink and chat. and i remember in be 1986 -- '88 i dropped him a note, and i said, you know, you've had me over to your house so often, wha don't you come to my house?o and out of the blue i get a letter back, he wants to come, and he's going to come on july if it's all right. and i think this is a story about ronald reagan on the centennial that tells you a little about what kind of a guy he was. house, the secret service came, started two weeks ahead of time, to prepare the house, we had 13 telephones, strung into the house, and, the garage became a command center, the kitchen was not my own, but, it all was nearing the great date and then, on the day, july 26, there was a terrific storm hope to east coast, and nancy was stuck in new york, and the plane bringing some of my guests down was stuck in new york and so i had to get a few more guests at

about the reagan legacy. he was the assembly speaker during reagan's tenure as california's government and said reagan never refer to the government as being the problem and not the solution. words which later defined his presidency. >> he learned about government and the operation of government and what government could or could not do in the eight years he spent as the governor of the state of california, and they were really incredible learning years for this extraordinary, gifted person. it doesn't surprise me, by 1981, he would be saying the word we're still living with and trying to address it today. >> alan: black history month was observed in san francisco with a special conversation between distinguished members of the african-american community. enid lee and three others set down for an open discussion of their experiences. colbin was the first person to resist bus segregation in nam alabama nine months before the rosa parks case. >> they were trying to go in, and a case that they people would hear

ronald reagan the fortieth president of the united states may be gone but his one hundredth birthday saw the mainstream media elevate him to sainthood he stuck to his principles he was authentic which is i think one of the reasons why he is so admired after all of these years but he knew when he needed to compromise this sunday a president ronald wilson reagan would have turned one hundred years old the reagan presidential library is concerts a giant birthday cake and the opening of a new museum roundtable discussions on his significance from a historical perspective he knew when to hold them he knew wonderful them he was a gordon early five negotiator he had learned all that as the head of the screen actors guild well he's. the most significant republican probably since one of the best things about a president who's dead and gone is it's ok to have a selective memory about what he actually did while in office under reagan the number of employees in the federal government grew from two point eight million to three million national debt grew from seven hundred billion to three trillio

the day ronald wilson reagan was born in illinois. reagan was credited with 77 rescues. after graduating from eureka college, reagan found work first as a baseball play-by-play announcer and then as an actor in hollywood. >> hey, you. >> osgood: his role as the dying notre dame football star george gipp in the 1940 knute rockne all american won him a lifelong nickname. >> win just one for the gypper. >> osgood: ronald reagan went on to become the president of a union, the screen actors' guild. the hoflt of tv shows such as the general electric theater, and an increasingly prominent spokesman for conservative causes. >> yet our government continues to spend $17 million a day more than the government takes in. >> reporter: he was elected governor of california in 1966. and although his 1976 challenge to president gerald ford ford's renomination fell short, he was back again four years later winning both the republican nomination and the white house itself. >> mr. president, once again.... >> osgood: in part because of his dramatic confr

former first lady nancy reagan ask that i serve on the ronald reagan centennial commission and i was very honored to accept. today i join senator jim webb, also a member, and orrin hatch to continue president reagan's spirit of bipartisanship, and we have invited senators on both sides of the aisle to join us here on the floor. from seemy valley in california to our nation's capital, americans this month are honoring president ronald reagan. these centennial events are intended to reach all americans, including many born after president reagan left office. those to remember ronald reagan as governor or as president know how he impacted history. but there are some who may not realize that the society we live in today is, in part, due to the policies of president reagan. young adults today grow up without the fear of nuclear war in the back of their mind, and students of tomorrow will work to achieve president reagan's dream of a world without nuclear weapons. it can be said that every great president can be remembered in just one sentence. some sentences, "he freed the slaves." oh, "h

el centenario del nacimiento ronald reagan estÁ siendo celebrado en todo el paÍs.mos con liliana escalante en vivo con los detalles de los tributos. >> nos encontramos hasta las instalaciones de la biblioteca reagan en donde se celebraron las actividades de lo que hubiera sido el cumpleaÑos 100 del ex presidente norteamericano. hasta acÁ llegaron amigos, familiares, miembros de su partido y tambiÉn su viuda. ella agradeciÓ de manera muy especial los homenajes que se realizaron en su nombre a lo largo de esta semana. dentro del protocolo cuatro aviones f18 no sobrevolaron los cielos de este Área. tambiÉn este homenaje ha servido para relanzar a lo que es el museo ronald reagan para lo cual se han invertido $ 15 millones, dentro de esta renovaciÓn el museo que es parte ademÁs de sistemas de bibliotecas presidenciales de estados unidos que fue inaugurado el 4 noviembre de 1931 puede decirse que se guardaban los archivos de los aÑos de su gobierno. una nueva tecnologÍa permite hacer un recorrido a travÉs de toda su vida, muchas exhibiciones ahora son interactivas y se

you know, some of the reagan -- we think of the reagan landslide as inevitable. we forget in september it was pretty even where reagan and carter are, and it's not until the final week after the famous debate between the two of them where reagan is, i think, pretty decisively a victor that the vote starts to swing dramatically to ronald reagan. and if you read the diaries which i do urge you to read, within the administration they're still pretty confident in september that they have a good race on their hands. and i don't think it's just because they're not sensing what's going on out there. i don't think, you know, the reagan landslide was as clear and inevitable as it later looks to be. had carter been able to broker this agreement a month earlier, i think it could have had a big impact. this was kind of the major foreign policy challenge of the day, and if carter had had them released early on, you know, it could have had an impact. after the soviet invasion of afghanistan, carter's polls

ronald reagan died seven years ago.hroughout his two-term presidency, ronald reagan would often retreat to his california ranch. "today in the bay' "today in the bay's" patrick he'lly takes us to casa del sol. >> reporter: from central california it's a 45-minute ride up a twist and bumpy road, into the mountains and an idyllic piece of history, the rachblg of the sky, president reagan's western white house. >> he just loved this place. he just loved it, and he was relaxed up here. >> reporter: john bar let toe was chief of president reagan's security detail and his horseback riding companion. >> heart and soul up there. >> reporter: occasionally during his presidency from 1981 to '89, mr. reagan invited reporters to the ranch, but most often this was his getaway place for r&r with his beloved wife, nancy, and it took a long telephoto lenz to get video of the president out riding or chopping wood or building fences. what strikes you is how small and unassuming it is for the western white house, the vacation home of the

>> guest: con the hundred anniversary of ronald reagan day, the culture smog has dealt with reagan as best it can. it dealt with him for his presidency, it dealt with him as an inalienable guns for the end of his presidency and now is trying to present ronald reagan has kind of a liberal. to stealth politician, liberal values. i knew ronald reagan. i had him in my house. i was in his house. ronald reagan was a movement conservative. i am a movement conservative. i am not governed by any particular praetorian guard. i have my freedom of action and he thought it was time to negotiate and he negotiated. the only movement conservatives, the point i will make with my next book is ronald reagan was -- ronald reagan and the conservative movement have come to the floor and thrust liberalism aside. now liberalism is dead and that is going to be my next book. >> why in your riding, in all of your books, you capitalize liberal and liberalism? >> guest: i don't think it is liberalism. it has come to me and social democracy. and obama approved it this time around. it has been less then liberal for

[laughter] we are all grateful to our co- sponsors, the reagan foundation and reagan ranch.es as we close this first week of the centennial. i am so sorry to have missed the opening of the centennial. what an inspired choice, the beach boys. it is the beach boys centennial, too. [laughter] those of us who served president reagan were taught to show constant respect for the presidency and whoever occupies it, but the term they president tends to connote just one of those 44 men with whom god bless america 100 years ago this week. god bless his memory. [applause] the co-sponsor is meaningful tonight. it is no secret that they two foundations have not always been cooperative or collaborative, sarah it is a tribute to the diplomacy of -- that they have come together to produce so warm a moment as this. yes, the israeli-palestinian conflict will be solved. [laughter] well done. nobel peace prizes have been awarded for far less. [applause] i bring greetings from a place called indiana. [applause] they may think of it as a fly over state or one of those "i" states. perhaps a summar

there is michael reagan, and now michael reagan. po file off. he's still a soap maker, living with a bunch of other poor irish youths from southwest of ireland. and on bentley street in south london. i know he's going to marry catherine mulcahey while he's there. and i wonder, is she in senses. and sure enough there's catherine mulcahey living kitty corner across the street on bentley for michael reagan. so they must've met right there. she's a gardener, living with again a poor young irish people from the poor southwest including one young woman is identified as a heather picker. we don't see too many heather picker these days. so this is where this sort of family that he came from. michael reagan comes to america. he has some children, one of which is john michael, reagan now for the first time who beget jack reagan, john edwards reagan and that's my father's father. so what did i find when i started looking at my father, getting past all the family? well, we think of him i think i do as a sort of big strapping confident kind of guy, not afrai

was the century since the birth of ronald reagan we look at his legacy and the gross change in picture being painted by i think the west media. but first as protests in egypt enter a third week thousands of demonstrators are keeping up the pressure on president hosni mubarak to step down caro's main square has been the scene has seen i should say amounts to the crowds are being pushed back by the army to get traffic moving banks and some businesses are now reopening but schools remain closed and the night curfew is still in force president mubarak has ordered a reform committee to be set up with the task of changing the constitution meanwhile the country's vice president is being courted by the last to replace mubarak presidency is paul the slayer reports washington is considered a questionable mediator in egypt itself. it's important to support the transition process announced by the egyptian government actually headed by now vice president. omar suleiman hardly the words of a neutral burka and who are far removed from the people heard ministration kane's to be listening to. dr meg he