but reagan was not interested. in many ways, the more expensive, the more dangerous is busting a patco was, the more that act was bound to improve one audience that reagan was determined to impress, soviet leaders. and so came to pass that jack maher, so came to pass the moment that jack maher and so many others thought would never come, the mass firing of more than 11,000 skilled specialists and management not only from their jobs but from their careers. for there was no other employer, people of his training in the united states. in many ways i think we're still picking through the wreckage from that collision that occurred 30 years ago now. one of the last legacies of that fateful event, it turns out, was the rapid dissolution of all u.s. workers ability to use strikes as leverage in dealing with their employers. when reagan came into the rose garden on the first morning at 11 to lay down his ultimatum, he was quick to distinguish the patco strike from strikes in the private sector. he steadfastly supported priv

reagan., and i highly recommend you look at it when you get a chance. before i get 1000 calls back in washington that it does not work, the dvd is designed for your computer and not the one attached to your television. [laughter] i'm so excited to hear the fantastic speakers that we lined up today. i want to close. before i do that, i want to recognize a couple of current and former senior cia officers in attendance today. peter clemons, r. deputy director for intelligence today is here. our chief information officer is here with us today. without her leadership, events like this do not happen. our former duprey director of central intelligence is with us today, and you will hear from him on the podium as well. and we have a gentleman who at cia needs no introduction at all, because he is a legend. former officer in the office of strategic services and charter member of the cia 1947, major- general john passing cloud peridot -- major general johnsinklow. [applause] thank you for coming today.

[laughter] this strikes me as classics ronald reagan prose. some people have said he must give written this in response to being told about the alarm over the exercise in moscow about the war scare. i don't think that is necessarily the case. tensions were very high. it could be just a response to the more general situation. this is, i don't thinks a conversion on the road to damascus. already in 1983 he had been seeking ways to build a channels to the soviet leadership to discuss how to deal with difficulties and move forward to a better relationship. but i think what is very striking to my mind is that his response to reports, however they came or whatever their substance, about fear and paranoia in moscow was to seek to provide reassurance as the basis for moving forward. it is a critical turning a in his policy towards the soviet union and ultimately paid off in the greatest way when he formed his relationship with mchale gorbachev. -- it is a critical turning point. thank you. -- mikhail gorbachev. [applause] >> now to our final speaker,

how has the reagan democratic era worked out for them? where were the reagan democrats? let's take a look at my favorite chart again. let's see, when was reagan elected? i think it was back in 19 -- 1981. that's when it was. well son of a gun, look at this. our chart started in 1979. here's 1981. this is when we were told that the reagan democrats, the working folk of america, were going to turn against the democrats and go vote for ronald reagan because he had the american flag behind him and he talked about how great america could be. there wasn't a lot of substance. then they started drinking the kool-aid, you know? let's see. how did this whole thing work out for these reagan democrats, these hard working class americans who decided to turn against the democrats and go with reagan? looks to me like the working folks stayed on the blue line. in the meantime, the top 1% and 2%, their income has gone up over 300% over the last 30 years. let's fast forward to 2011 now, going to 2012. ask yourself the question, you reagan democrats, if you're still alive, how's that whole

i studied under ronald reagan. i first met him in 1974. reagan faced the same problem. and he found that consistency really worked. that if you take key positions -- take food stamps versus paychecks. the gap here is so wide, it is very hard even for the elite media to distort it. so, -- american energy versus by brazilian entity. the president goes to brazil and says i want to be your best customer. the president is not assigned to be a far purchasing agent. he should sell american products. that is a gap that is so big between purchasing agent of brazilian oil and selling u.s. manufacturing goods -- it is pretty hard for them to distort it. plus, my experience is the american people have got a lot smarter. we have hundreds of sources of information. we have lots of ways of having conversations. and people get used to reading things. let me give you one example. when i first became speaker, there was an enormous shock to the establishment. no republican had one in 40 years. they knew it could not be good. you could see that shocked on election night in their eyes. poin

it is ronald reagan's america. it's that special city on a hill, and i believe it is in that shining city where we might meet ronald reagan again one day. and be able to take his hand and thank him for the nation he preserved for us. as a western governor, let me close with this famous prophecy of an english poet, one that margaret thatcher quoted to ronald reagan as he headed to his california ranch in his retirement. and not by the eastern windows only, when daylight comes, comes in the light and the sun climbs slowly, how slowly, but westward look. the land is bright. thank you and may god bless you and your families and may god always bless the united states united states of america. [applause] thank you. thank you so very very much. [applause] >> we have time just for a few questions and then the governor will be signing books for those of you who would like to get one. you still can get one. if i can ask one favor before you ask your question. if you would raise your hand. you see we have staff in each of the

it is ronald reagan's america up. it is that a special city on a hill. i believe within that shining city where we may be to ronald reagan again one day. to be able to take his hand and take him for the nation that he preserved for us because the western governor i will use the same philosophy as a english call with one quoted to ronald reagan as he headed to the california ranch in his retirement not by the eastern windows only when daylight comes, since it comes slowly, how slowly but westward the land is a bright for coughing keogh and may god bless you and your family and may god always plus united states of america. [laughter] clap. [applause] [applause] [inaudible] [laughter] >> we have time for just a few questions then the governor will be signing books. before you ask your question if you could raise your hand for the stooges hold up the hand to give you a microphone to introduce yourself. >> i am from burbank and i am wondering if there is any possibility of using the resources to prosecute some of the people involved and "fast & furious"? [app

-- ronald reagan. you could reinstate that by executive order. there are things you can do within the law that are pretty powerful. >> do you think that the president -- using their orders to go around congress, aren't you doing the same thing? if it is not good for him, why would be good for you? >> any president uses executive order. it goes back to george washington. president obama was doing things at the margin. to be serious about it, congress should cut off the funding. they could say that no money would be spent on the czars. the constitution is designed for that kind of checks and balances. if you think that the wagon is in the ditch, the president will do some strong things. otherwise the wagon will stay in the ditch. that is a decision the american people have to make. if they want a timid president who operates in a way that avoids the fights in washington, that is fine. nothing much will be changed. if you want someone who says there will -- and fix these things -- i would move on the firs

i am the ticket director of their raw reagan presidential foundation. it's my pleasure to welcome all of your with me. in honor of our men and women in uniform and defend our freedom around the world of like to ask you to please stand in germany. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america them to the republic for which it stands will planation undergone with the -- indivisible and with liberty and justice for all. they keep. please be seated. before we get started that would like to recognize the special guests of we have with us this evening. i will start with the ventura county clerk. there you are. michael brewer, the son of governor brewer. michael. and, of course, our library director. >> okay. i would like to take you all back in time to just under three years ago in january of 2009 and play a little game with you. i want you to imagine waking up in the morning of january 21st that year to learn that you were about to become the governor of one of our 50 states. now, we are going to blindfold you and ask that you throw a big g

thought ronald reagan was too old, ronald reagan was an actor, ronald reagan was too right wing, and this would be kind of interesting, ronald reagan had a tendency to say incendiary things. these happened when he was president but all throughout. calling the soviets the evil empire, demanding that gorbachev bring down the wall, being against the panama canal treaty, that was before he ran for president. then the white house got what they wished for. they got ronald reagan and he won in a virtual landslide. he won by 8, 10%. if i were the white house i would take both of them very seriously. they both have substantial strengths that can play against obama's weaknesses. by the same token, there are negatives about both men that the white house can exploit. they're just different. my gut tells me right now as i look at it that gingrich might actually be the stronger candidate because i think he can make a broader connection than mitt romney, as i said, to the -- to those reagan democrats where you won't have this barrier of possible elitism that i think obama could exploit pretty effec

he did not mention the fact that he was a constant critic of reagan, and when ronald reagan and his historicummit meeting with mikhail gorbachev, congressman newt gingrich, republican from georgia, said this is the most dangerous summon to the west since adolf hitler met with chamberlain in 1938. >> that is what i'm talking about. >> in this week's "new yorker" it is written been good and which has compare themselves to lincoln, ronald reagan. tebow.s no tim >> house republicans did not want to carry that baggage. >> let's look the last debate before iowa. >> it is laughable but someone who campaigned with ronald reagan and jack kemp and has a 30-year record of conservatism is not a conservative? >> the evidence says that speaker gingrich took $1.6 million. if you do not need to be under the technical definition of being a lobbyist to the influence peddling. >> i know what it takes to get this economy going. qwikster you have a sample of the debate on -- >> there you have an example of the debate on fox. >> newt gingrich look a little petulant. you could feel though weathervane shift a littl

i helped ronald reagan and others develop supply-side economics. i led the effort to defeat communism in the congress. i helped the speaker of the house to balance the federal budget for four straight years, reform welfare as an entitlement. take whatever your list of conservatism is, there are places in my career where i have done that stuff. and i have been consistent about it. i was for ronald reagan long before people began to quote him. so that part is no contest. elect ability thing is how you think elections work. i think in the reagan tradition and 1984 and the contract, if you get a real contrast in a way that is two to one conservative, the liberal loses but you have to have the courage to fight through the new york times , cbs news and nbs, but you have to be steady. the person who is able to debate eobama and draw a defined contrast has an enormous advantage. young go to the middle, you bring the middle to you. american energy is a 79% issue. the new york times thinks the middle is between 79 and the 16% who aren't for it. i think the m

he did not mention the fact that he was a constant critic of ronald reagan, and when ronald reagan and historic summit meeting with mattel jordan did gorbachev, congressman newt gingrich -- mattel gorbachev, congress nicking -- , newt gingrich says this is the most dangerous summit since adolf hitler. >> this week, it was written that gingrich has compare themselves to lincoln, margaret thatcher, ronald reagan, and for sheer perseverance, co-chairmen. >> his note and tivo. .tim tebowno >> let's look at the last debate before iowa. >> it is laughable to say someone who is a 30-year record of conservative as some is not a conservative. >> the evidence is speaker gingrich took $1.6 million. you do not need to be within the technical definition of being a lobbyist to the influence peddling. >> i know what it takes to get this economy going. qwikster you have a brief sense of the first in a debate >> there you have a quick sense of the thursday night to break -- debate the debate. >> newt gingrich look a little hesitant. >> mitt romney did not have the target on his back. newt gingrich had

. >> michael reagan son of late president ronald reagan remembers how in his dad's campaign he tried to hide his past. >> when you go back to 76 and 80 maureen and i campaigned heavily but they were so worried about jane wine man's name from coming up they tried to hide us at different events so maybe they wouldn't see us. tooled it would become an issue. they would look at my father today and think about the things he did as governor. he did raise taxes as governor of california. he signed an abortion bill as governor of california. president ronald reagan woulden change his stand on abortion becoming pro-life but flip flop is fodder for a campaign ad. and got you moments during the debate like this one in las vegas earlier this year. >> you stood here in front of the american people and did not tell the truth. you had illegals working on your property. >> we went to the company and said we can't have illegals working. >> what things have come out that shocked you? >> well, you know i can't name any of the comply ents that i have had. but we have discovered children withandidate did

temperatures right now at reagan national at 33 degrees. i promise the rest of the area below freezing. humidity, 56%. winds out of the west at seven miles per hour and your pressure is generally on the rise. high temperatures in the mid- 40s. that being said, less windy and increasingly cloudy later this afternoon. back to you. >> thank you. >>> some of the top stories we are following, a deadly crash involving a metrobus. this happened just after 4:00 yesterday afternoon on rockville pike in bethesda just north of the nih campus. the driver of the pickup truck hopped the median and slammed right into the bus. the bus then crashed into a tree and the driver of the pickup died. eleven people were evaluated. the most seriously hurt is the bus driver. >>> police believe they are closing in on a man wanted for the slashing of rear ends of area malls earlier this year. fairfax county police say they believe the suspect fled to peru. they are now working with peruvian officials to determine if he can be arrested and brought back here to the u.s.

one thing reagan understood the love that he did not conflate the soviet union with russia one thing he was very appreciative of russian history he was very respectful of the victory in world war two but we were very much aware of stalin's purges the fact that stalin killed probably as many soviet citizens as hitler did now you're going to be more maybe more now you're going to call that about nine empire well it isn't him higher in the sense that you have various nations many of which taken by force. most well the caucasus at one time and weight is good in the baltics particular this and so on so we had to say it was an empire but but that was that was not the sum total . he hated communism and the system he did not hate russia and he gave full credit for the russian people in fact in his letters beginning with britain and he would say you know given this. given the sacrifices your people have made for. our victory over fascism you must be as interesting pieces i am and you know he would put it that way in a personal way so i think he was never hostile to the country as such he was

and including reagan.even though he had been in the carter administration and even though he had ron carter's campaign against reagan, nancy reagan arranged for strauss and the former secretary of state, republican bill rogers, to sneak into the white house one evening. they went into the treasury building and they went through the underground tunnel. bobbitt never been through this underground tunnel before and it sort of looked like a fallout shelter and there were beds lining the walls and he couldn't believe he was there. he went out to the residence of the white house and it buys the president on what to do about the iran-contra scandal. and he advised him to get rid of chief of staff don reagan and he said you need to bring in someone like howard baker, someone who could really, who had a lot of credibility in congress on both sides of the aisle, had a lot of relationships with the press and nancy reagan took this hard. at the time strauss didn't think of the president had really been listening to hi

and we called it four different areas we had said this is our agenda and when we put that together reagan said several things we're not going to seek superiority. we. we're not looking for military superiority we want parity we want to get the weapons as low as possible but we're also interested in things like human rights and. activities abroad by the military so. and yet everything we can ask at that point was we must cooperate to achieve an end now at that point. the soviet leadership gave very little attention to this i've been told by people who were in the central committee then they did not even give them a copy of that speech gromyko was in foreign ministry. cited there's not a change here is this right mr burton well you said yet test going to show you were the american ambassador you you were a man who didn't didn't have the right to to to make a major mistake so did you have since special trick to to really test gorbachev to know that he's not he's not cino that we're not doing something no there were no tricks at all what i said is my own testing him we said there were no tric

and of course president reagan -- president reagan! president reagan famously went to berlin in june 1987, and images of him here and in the museum exhibits that we toured earlier today, president reagan, there he is, standing in front of the berlin wall. there is helmut kohl, and this is the famous teardown this wall. but the actual opening took place two years later, november 9, 1989, after vice-president george h.w. bush was there in january 1989. it was at the end of 1988. the events of 1989 were as unexpected as what was going on now in the arab spring, and was very difficult to predict what would happen. of course we know now that what happened in 1989 in europe was peaceful, but bear in mind by comparison the example tiannamen square, the same day that poland had semi-free election, the same day that the chinese communist party decided to use the people's liberation army against the people to clear tianammen square. this was torn down by chairman mao and they had cleared the square. bear in mind that we know the outcome of the e

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. >> well, i would follow the reagan play book. i'm an idealist, a ro ma mam-- romantic and permanent opt test and that is the american tra dismingts how can you have judgement if you have no faith and how i can trust with you power if you don't pray. >> jon: so here's the thing, he's not-- he's more like a norman rockwell painting ofine rand kicking jimmy carter in the balls. (laughter) >> jon: right in the fountain heads. listen, reagan had a certain charm and gentility. gingrich is like what would happen if reagan had been abandoned as a child and raised by a family of cactuses. >> there is a gay and secular fascism in this country that wants to o impose its will on the rest of us. >> the secular agenda clearly is an american fundamentally different than america has been for the last 400 years. >> one of the great tragedies of the bush administration, -- >> the more successful they have been at intercepting and stopping bad guys, the less proof there is that we're in danger. >> it's almost like they should every once and a while

michael reagan wrapping newt gingrich in warm, fuzzy ronald reagan. in the end do we have any kind of idea who has taken the most incoming. is it newt gingrich? it seems to me that michele bachmann didn't particularly undergo, when she was the front-runner. it makes sense that they go after the front-runner, but i don't remember that many about rick perry who kind of did himself in the debates or against michele bachmann. >> the reason being is when they were the front runners, or at least one of the leading contenders at that time people were holding their money they were not spending on television advertising. if we look at rick perry, he came on in august. everyone thought rick perry would be the conservative alternative to mitt romney. that was the guy. he fell by the wayside. before that michele bachmann came out of the new hampshire debate in june. she was going take it home. she did herself in. herman cain came out of nowhere in the month of november. nobody was spending money at that time on television ads. they are now. >> we're closer to the

and ronald reagan and pivotal decisions that she may well in office. this is about an hour. .. >> mrs. thatcher, can you tell us how you wrote this book? >> yes. i had to decide first whether i wanted to do it in one volume or two. i had already thought that the first thing i must do is to tell the story of the years when i was in number 10 downing street. they were exciting years, purposeful years. we changed the entire economy. we had a war to fight. we had the libyan raid, the end of the cold war, we had the gulf. how should i do it? and so, i thought, instead of telling it in enormous detail, as some people do almost a diary of every day, i would take the main themes and follow them through and try to but them in a tiny frame of the three elections which i fought. the first thing i had to do was to get the whole structure of the chapters right. then i sat down and wrote as much as i could remember about each without, in fact, referring to documents, major leaguing a note of what i needed to look up. and then for accuracy, there are masses and masse

we are in the 40s. 45 at reagan national. humidity, 71%. forecast for today, high temperatures on the mild side. about 60 degrees and some rain showers developing this afternoon. more on the forecast coming up in just a minute. >> thank you. >>> some top stories we are