reagan enigma. thank you. [applause] your turn. >> 25 minutes, like you said. we do have a microphone. if you would please raise your hand i would be glad to call a new and we would appreciate you at least giving your name and affiliation if you are so comfortable. andrew we will start down here. >> tom thank you for being here. you have written two books the abyss on the nuclear express about the threat of nuclear terrorism and i was wondering if you could give us a brief update from where you ended up in those two books of whether we have made progress or lack thereof? >> the question is have we made progress for nuclear terrorism? that in a way is a long way from the reagan enigma but it's key because ronald reagan read revelations and he feared armageddon on his watch. that is what drove him we have got to end the cold war. it was a driving force in his strategic defense initiative and so forth. i think we have made progress because as the introduction to these books that you inquired about the

[laughter] like the reagan worship, the reagan hate lives on. i wanted to share this manuscript with a friend of mine who grew up in california in the '60s and '70s. she told me i'd best not send it she couldn't think straight about ronald reagan for her range. her beef was simple that all that turbulence in the '60s and '70sed that given the nation a chance to finally reflect critically upon its power, to shed its ignorance, to grow up. more these citizens -- for these citizens what reagan achieved foreclosed that imperative that americans might learn to question leaders ruthlessly throw aside silly notion that american power was always innocent, think like grown-ups. they had been proposing a new definition of patriotism. one built on questioning authority and unsettling ossified norms. i think some of those guys are in the audience today. then along came ronald reagan, encouraging citizens in his estimation to think like children, waiting for a man on horseback to rescue them and that this was a tragedy. the division was present even among hi

i remember even nancy reagan saying there are parts of reagan that i didn't even know. >> absolutely. he's become a beloved figure. i'm here in washington. you have reagan national and all of the rest. his presidential library is the most visited. the big reason why everyone talks about reagan and he generates such interest is because we may be living in the age of ronald reagan still. fdr told america that the federal government is there to help you and was there to plant trees with the shelter belt in the depression and here to feed the poor and do social security and the government won world war ii atomic bomb harry truman on continuing to create government. the pentagon. the joint chiefs of staff. the cia. dwight eisenhower interstate highway system. biggest public works project in world history. kennedy to the moon. all of this federal government even nixon creates epa and jimmy carter fema and then reagan. the revolution comes in '81. it's a rollback that reagan is talking about rolling back great society and some of the new deal programs and that's where we're at right now. >>

doctorine. >> even after the land slide for reagan.mer was not sure what to make of reagan the man. >> he invited me to lunch. i tried to engage him and what i am hearing from him is a story about when he and nancy were in the guest house of president marcos in the philippines there was a giant spider and the question was how to get off. >> i don't get it. he seems to be out to lunch what is going on. >> it was only later what eluded him about reagan. >> he had no need to share how smart he was. he knew, he didn't want to talk. >> and it would be sometime before krauthammer embraced the taxes and welfare and small government and other reganesque sins. >> i was skeptical of the tax cuts and by the end of the 80s i changed. >> what happened? >> i was trained in the evidence. if the treatment is killing your patient, you stop the treatment. i moved to the idea of limited society and smaller government. >> by this time, krauthammer's world was fall nothing place. his son daniel was born in 1985. two years later krauthammer won the pullit x

by 1985, tip o'neill had survived the reagan revolution of 1981 when reagan came into office.it was very hard for the speaker to stop reagan's policies, even though many democrats wanted him to, and he said we said, i don't have the votes. in the early years, the reagan agenda of cutting taxes and programs went through without much trouble. tip o'neill had a majority of democrats in the house, but there were always 40 or 50, sometimes 16 members of the democratic party that were conservatives that would frequently side with the minority. to o'neill did -- did not always control his own delegation. >> thank you. now here is tip o'neill on the opening day of the 99th congress. [gavel pounds] >> mr. doorkeeper. >> the house of representatives, speaker tip o'neill. [applause]

by 1985, tip o'neill had survived the reagan revolution of 1981 when reagan came into office and of course the senate went to republican in 1981. so it was very hard for the speaker to stop reagan policies even though many democrats wanted him to and he simply said, "i don't have the votes." so in the early years, the reagan agenda of cutting taxes and other programs went through without much trouble. and even though tip o'neill had a majority of democrats in the house, there were always 40 or 50, sometimes 60 members of the democratic party that were conservatives who would frequently side with the minority. so tip o'neill didn't always control his own delegation. >> thank you, ray smock. and now, here's tip o'neill from 1985, on the opening day of the 99th congress. >> the 114th congress gavels in mr. doorkeeper. the house of representatives, speaker tip o'neill. [applause] >> the speaker, my colleagues, and guest of the house, it has been traditional with a few notable exceptions since the founding of this institution for the vanquished to present to the victor and i consider it a high

. >> ronald reagan was in the white house in 1985. what was happening in the house of representatives? >> his relationship with ronald reagan was really quite interesting. both irishmen. after hours, they would have a drink together. they were twos and nail against one another. by 1985, tip o'neil had survived the reagan revolution. of course, the senate went to republican in 81. it was very hard for the speaker to stop reagan politics. he simply said, i do not have the votes. in the early years, the reagan agenda of cutting taxes and other programs went through without trouble. even though tip

by 1985, tip o'neill had survived the reagan revolution of 1981 when reagan came into office and of course the senate went to republican in 1981. so it was very hard for the speaker to stop reagan policies even though many democrats wanted him to and he simply said, "i don't have the votes." so in the early years, the reagan agenda of cutting taxes and other programs went through without much trouble.

we should learn from the real reagan not the mythological reagan. steve hayward has written a two volume history of reagan and his time is that reagan rarely made it a big selling point with the public, at large, that he had a program that con formed to conservative philosophy even though it largely did. he had a program that developed some conservative philosophy but he advertised it to the public on the basis of its practical add vantedage. lower crime rates, lower inflation, not face things. i think a lot of today's reagan invokers don't follow his example. >> they are concerned with ideological purity and sort of i think, maintaining, you know, this standard. i mean he was an innovator? >> right. it goes to what ramesh was talking about where there is this difference between the tea party and the establishment. i mean so much of this is tactical and, you know, and a. . i. udinal. unfortunately, we have gotten to this place where a lot of our conservative standard bearers are the ones that came up with the ideas we ran on are much more concerned

he was demanding to speak to president reagan. reagan was playing the 16th hole at the time. the president wasn't hurt. the hostages got away from the guy but the dude had a loaded gun on him. it was a weird weekend at augusta national that october weekend in 1983 on top of that president reagan had to call the widow of martin luther king jr. he had to call coretta scott king to apologize to her personally for things he had said about her late husband while he was expressing his opposition to establishing a federal holiday honoring martin luther king. john conyers first filed legislation to honor dr. king with the holiday four days after king was killed. he introduced legislation to honor him with a federal holiday. by the time he was at augusta national, by 1983 and the reagan president cy it had been 15 years of struggle to get that martin luther king holiday recognized. the conservative movement was really against it. up to and including president reagan. just before his weekend at augusta, a letter surfaced from president reagan to a leader in the far right, john birch so

reagan won in 1980. even though it was four years later, and he still had some antagonisms left over from '76. he did so by focusing thor wonderful years between '77 and '79 when he does those radios. there's a wonderful book by marty anderson who just passed who was reagan's domestic policy adviser who found the original script. what you see there is a very active mind who was focused on trying to define a positive image and a positive agenda for the future. what does he want to do when he runs for president a second time. actually, in this case a third time. briefly a candidate in 1968. and you see the mind of reagan as he explores the questions in his own handwriting. >> reagan in his own handwriting, i mean the best book about reagan you can ever read. you can see him crossing out things and putting in things. >> yeah. >> it's really good. let's talk on the democratic side. >> let me finish this point. reagan, i thought ted cruz hit it on the nose the other day when he said here's what we ought to be

caller: my political heroes are abraham lincoln, ronald reagan, and george bush. host: why reagan? caller: he was a very principled man that really advanced the christian social agenda. i really appreciate his service. host: let's try the next caller. caller: my hero is any of the political leaders that have stood up for the people instead of the money. stood for the people when they needed them the most, instead of the system of the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer. as a liberal, i would say that i believe in the second amendment __ the right to bear arms. i believe in a lot of things that a lot of americans believe, regardless of the political party. i think the people must wake up, and not be divided by the powers that be, , and make a change in our country. host: you mention ally characteristics at the beginning, who captures that for you? caller: i would say we have a few. i would go back to john f. kennedy. he had his flaws, made many mistakes, but have the heart of the people in his mind. i would go to the present day today, and say barack obama, hhe has the h

by 1985, tip o'neil had survived the reagan revolution. of course, the senate went to republican in 81. it was very hard for the speaker to stop reagan politics. he simply said, i do not have the votes. in the early years, the reagan agenda of cutting taxes and other programs went through without trouble. even though tip had a majority of democrats in the house, there were always 40 or 50, sometimes 60 members, who were conservatives and would side with the minority. >> now, here is tip o'neil from 1985 on the opening day of the 99th congress. [applause] >> mr. speaker. my colleagues and guest of the house. it has been traditional, with a few notable exceptions, since the founding of this institution, for the victor to be presented to the house. before doing so, may i make a few observations of my own. first, may i process my profound thanks and appreciation to our republican congress for again honoring me and my family as nominee to the speaker of the house of representatives. [applause] unfortunately, mr. speaker, as your presidential no

president reagan, that weekend, also had to call the widow of dr. martin luther king jr. he had to call her to apologize to her personally for things he said about her late husband while he was expressing his opposition to establishing a federal holiday honoring dr. martin luther king. john conners first filed legal conclusion -- legislation after he was assassinated. by the time he was at augusta national, it was 15 years of struggle to get that martin luther king holiday recognized. just before his weekend at augusta, a letter surfaced to president reagan to a leader from the far right john burkes society. he was similar opposed to dr. king being honored. they said it was based on an image, not reality. a conservative republican senator mounted a filibuster that lasted 16 straight days. at the press conference before the golf weekend, this is how he responded about jesse healms filibuster. >> senator helms was saying that he was a communist sympathizer, do you agree. >> we'll know in about 35 years, won't we? >> we'll know in about 35 years about this alleged communist

reagan. >> mann: reagan had this idea to give this nationally televised speech.didn't want to do it. so reagan went out and raised the money and aired the speech himself. >> ronald reagan: and this idea that government is beholden to the people -- that it has no other source of power, except the sovereign people -- is still the newest and the most unique idea in all the long history of man's relation to man. this is the issue of this election -- whether we believe in our capacity for self-government or whether we abandon the american revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far distant capital can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves. >> mann: the speech was called "a time for choosing," which may be ronald reagan's best speech ever, and that's saying a lot for ronald reagan, 'cause he gave a lot of great speeches. but this speech was a masterpiece. and it probably made the best case for barry goldwater that anybody, including barry goldwater, had made for himself. >> our democratic opponents seem unwilling to debate th

at reagan national airport outside, very bitter cold. it is awful, and nothing is a comparison of what is happening inning -- happening up to the north. boston massachusetts, there is a news vehicle with a camera in the vehicle, driving through the city. people have been warned to stay off the roads and there is not a lot of traffic right now. people are heating the warning and staying off the roadways. we know that the more cars are out there, the more accidents that will happen and they will get in the way of emergency vehicles. new york city, times square is practically a ghost town. pretty much the only folks in new york city right now are the folks who are shoveling walkways. that is an unusual sight, even in new york city. times square is normally bustling this time of the evening. certainly a dicey next few days across the country. this massive storm packing powerful wind is expected to be measured not in inches but in feet of snow. from philadelphia to boston, home to more than 35 million people. >> we have to do our best to resp

reagan.e really took up ideas that other people in the party __ a lot of the supply_siders on the economic front __ he was a champion for ideas and took up those ideas. ronnie could very well be a champion for ideas. i'm not sure i heard that from the clip. that does not mean any number of republican candidates cannot latch on, and learn from the intellectual power that is fueling the republican movement. i have not seen that in the past for mitt romney. i'm skeptical that what we see in the future for mitt romney will be any different. host: the 2016 gop politics, our topic for the morning. if you would like to make your thoughts known, call in. before, we heard from mitt romney, before that, jeb bush. what you think he would bring to campaign if he makes the official? guest: he brings an outside perspective. it is kind of ironic considering that he is a bush. he has not been in elected office since 2007. he served two terms as governor. he has been updated talking to people, giving speeches

that is the only one from boston that is still coming into reagan today.eporting live at reagan national richard jordan news 4. >> it should be easier to take a train to the northeast today. amtrak says it's restoring normal service between d.c. and new york. there will still be a modified schedule for trains continuing on to boston and on lines throughout new england. >> homeless shelters are quickly filling occupy. today d.c. will start its annual point in time count. more than 1100 homeless children are living with their families in d.c. shelters. earlier this month, we told that you d.c. general is at capacity. the city is leasing hundreds of hotel rooms now to handle the overflow. >>> today a meeting to discuss tighter controls at the montgomery county air park. neighbors are asking for the number of flights in and out of that airport to be reduced. six people were killed in december when a plane crashed into gaithersburg neighborhood. the county says they are considering reducing thess ss and changing operation times. since 2007 there have been three

ronald reagan signed the king holiday into law in october 1983. as a gesture of support to the moderate wing of his party led by bob dole and howard baker. both of whom had been very active in efforts to win the older middle and upper middle class black voters back to the republican party in the 1970's and 1980's. ronald reagan made a less well-known gesture to the anti-holiday forces five months before he signed the king holiday into act. after john ashbrook died, his supporters founded the ashbrook center at ashland university in ohio, which maintains an active program of internships lectures, and classes. president reagan, oh according to the center website, personally dedicated the center on may 9, 1983. i found no mention of the dedication in the national press. speaker at the annual fund-raising dinner have included dick cheney, margaret thatcher charlton heston, henry kissinger, clarence thomas, benjamin netanyahu, karl rove, glenn beck, john boehner, and mitt romney. thank you very much. [no audio] [applause] >> we now moved to our discuss

outside right now, 24 degrees at reagan national, 18 gaithersburg, 21 winchester. the windchill factor, what it feels like, single digits. feels like five degrees at dulles international. the immediate metro, once the windchill warnings come down the temperatures will fall to about 20 degrees, waking up early in the morning. the rest of the weekend, we are talking about the potential of snow, rain, sleet, and ice late sunday night. >> stay with abc 7 and wjla.com through the weekend for updates on the developing weather situation. we will also bring up-to-the-minute information on facebook and twitter. this just in from the district wtop is confirming there is a confirmed case of the measles and washington, d.c. the age and gender of the patient has not been released. wtop reports there were two cases of the measles in northern virginia last year. the last case of measles in maryland was in montgomery county in 2013. we don't know if that case was connected with the out break at disneyland in california. today the cdc said the outbreak probably came from overseas,

causing headaches more than 5,000 flights were cancelled again tuesday with 230 cancelled out of reagan international airport, leaving some travellers happy today that they weren't going anywhere north. have to get stuck in that, people were diverting to miami today they said just because they knew they was going to get stuck better to be stuck in miami. >> reporter: different airlines and different airports slowly resuming service as well as bus companies and amtrak, you do want to check though before you head out. at reagan national, stephanie ramirez, wusa news. >>> modified train service between new york and boston as of tomorrow, a full schedule of trains will operate between washington and new york. >>> not so much snow, but ice led to a whole lot of traffic accidents across the dc area, a car in germantown took out a pole and overturned, two people went to the hospital and in to potomac the driver went to the hospital after he overturned in the road. >>> police officers hammering their own commanders after they ordered the release of an armed robbery suspect who led a chase from

>> did i forget ronald reagan? >> how could you forget him. i think he's emerging. >> i think i might have forgotten him. >> it's in the stars as they say. >> there's his hair anyway. >> i interviewed reagan in the white house before soon after he was shot. and i thought it was wonderful that he would be willing to do an interview so soon after. but when i went in to sit down with him, i was studying to see if there was any sign of the stress or the trauma or the loss of weight or scar on his head or anything, any sign whatever. nothing. and i was within three or four feet of him. absolutely incredible. he looked not like an older fellow who has carefully been done up and touched up a little bit. not at all. he was intelligent and calm and as cordial as if we were old friends. and in no hurry and very, were likable. obviously a good sense of humor and a good sense of the fact that he had the job and he better do it. >> he liked the story, didn't he? >> he loved the story. >> yeah. >> i don't know if that's a sign of anything. >> utterly amazin

did i forget ronald reagan? >> i don't think so. how can you forget him? i think he is emerging. >> that is his hair, anyway. >> i interviewed reagan in the white house very soon after he was shot. i thought it was wonderful that he would be willing to do an interview so soon. when i went in to sit down with him, i was studying him to see if there was any sign of the stress or the trauma or the loss of weight, the scar on his head, anything, any sign. nothing. i was within 3-4 feet of him. absolutely incredible. he looked not like an older feller who has been carefully done up and touched up, not a bit. he was just as natural and as calm, as cordial as if we were old friends. in no hurry, very likable. obviously with a good sense of humor and a good sense of the fact that he had a job and he better do it. >> he liked the story, didn't he? >> he loved the story. >> he loved to laugh, love to smile. >> largest year. -- ear. i don't know if that is a sign of anything. >> utterly amazing. mi blocking your view -- am i blocking your view? [laughter] >> locale t

there was a fire behind ronald reagan at the fireplace.aid, wow, that's the most fire i've ever seen. well, i have people to do that, joe. nancy rolls in. locks in my eyes. not saying a word. i got it. she said -- i could see it in her eyes. frank sinatra asked if you get here. you mind yourself because i'm in charge. nancy was smart enough to reach out to the guy making fun of her president. i never made fun of him. i'm a huge reagan fan. now i'm a huge conservative. you won't see that today. neil: i think a lot of them bring -- the guys that do impressions of them, like richard nixon rich little. >> dana carvy. that got to be a great relationship. they don't like it, i don't think (?) but they better embrace it. >> yeah, keep it close like that. reagan was genuinely funny. neil: but you left out of that story, shoot him on the way out. [laughter] >> sinatra. had to be the old man -- ronald reagan -- neil: sinatra loved you. >> he used to call me the vice chairman of the board. neil: no one was better doing it. >> we still go out on the r

the reagan administration. would you be taking the president to court, would you be arguing that he acted unconstitutionally on the floor of the house? people didn't then. the i.n.s. developed a new form declaration of ineligible family member of legalized alien precisely for letting undocumented persons who did not qualify for legalization to request relief from the threat of deportation and authorization to work lawfully. according to a report at the time, the i.n.s. commissioner contemplated that the program could have affected as many as 1.5 million undocumented immigrants. explaining the rationale for expanding the earlier program he stated, it is vital that we enforce the law against illegal entry. however, we can enforce the law humanely. to split families encourages further violations of the law as they are. in the end, only a fraction of people eligible for relief under the family fairness program attained such protection. but that is only because the immigration act of 1990 was enacted less than one y

the speechwriter handed reagan his speech cards. vice president bush said, is that the first time you've seen this? and president reagan said yes. they get out of the car. reagan goes up to the podium and knocks it out of the ballpark. president bush tells us the story. he says don't ever think that you can do that to me. i want all speeches 48 hours in advance because i need to practice them. he knew his limitations as a speaker. he put in a lot of practice time. this date, he would be in the white house theater with a small group of staff practicing the delivery. textual changes were done by that point. guest: i think his day today will be better than the 15 days he was in a hotel room in hawaii. or the hours he spent in a windowless office. if you are fan of "the west wing.," it's a moment of glory for speechwriters. there's an episode where sam seabourn is announced into the room. he gets big applause. in reality he tells a story that in that room after one of these native the unions that was really successful, president clinton

inch of snow and we had .6 of an inch at reagan national airport. live stormwatch radar will show you a couple of lingering flurries and that's it. anything that's still falling right now isn't adding up any longer. it will be a gusty day and we're trying to break up those skies and clear them out a little bit. but those winds are making us feel colder than what the thermometer says. the wind chill factor at dulles is 19. 17 in gaithersburg. 23 at reagan national and 24 right now at culpepper. so moving forward, we have some significant changes. our nor'easter storm continues to crank across parts of new england. boston has had 14 1/2 inches of snow. parts of connecticut have seen two feet of snow and they've also had wind gusts which have exceeded hurricane strength so 74 miles per hour. that's a hurricane were that's pretty nasty. had that in nantucket last night. so while the nor'easter exits, we'll continue to see gusty winds with this. tonight, and through much of the day tomorrow they'll be tracking our wind chill factor your feel factor throu

. >> a thoughtful address by ronald reagan. >> thank you.tly have seen fit to follow another course. >> ronald reagan was an actor, but it was in 1964 that suddenly he explodes on to the national scene as a political figure because he gives the speech. >> in this vote harvesting time they use terms like "the great society," or as we were told a few days ago by the president, we must accept a greater government activity in the affairs of the people. barry goldwater has faith that you and i have the ability and the dignity and the right to make our own decisions. >> the campaign was always run optimistically. and when ronald reagan hit it out of the ballpark with his speech, we just knew we were going to win. >> according to a cbs vote profile analysis, lyndon baines johnson has been elected president of the united states. and the landslide has carried him in. >> we're going to devote our days and the years ahead to strengthening the republican party. >> after goldwater loses, all it did was to make the conservatives more determined than ever.

ronald reagan was not ronald reagan until he became ronald reagan. >> anthony conventional which is doy big particularly raising soft money will go with the bushes which he has obviously a family connect with. melissa: right. >> i heard that is not necessarily the case. he doesn't have the same relationship he had with the other bushes. he likes romney. is that a real, good analysis? >> i think karl, i know karl very well. he has been to the salt conference many times as you know charlie. i think karl wants to win. average republican wants to win. >> this is a headline he is not necessarily in the bush camp here? >> i don't see him as in either camp at this point. melissa: got to go. >> that is the headline right there. melissa: thanks, guys. no yelling in football. how one coaching staff is trying to change the game even when the championship is on the line. >>> plus, falling gas prices putting extra money in your pocket but that relief could be short-lived. new calls in d.c. to take that money right out of your pocket. "piles of money" coming up. ♪ i've been called a control freak...

the radiators at reagan national airport serves as this woman's bed tuesday. >> on the way here i flew into boston so i am glad i don't have a connecting because i would not be making it. >> reporter: flight cancellations up north due to the blizzard 2015, as short- lived as it was in some city, still causing headaches for the second day in a row. more than 5,000 flights were canceled again tuesday. 230 of those out of reagan national airport and 273 out of dulles international, leaving some travelers happy today they n't going anywheream glad i didn't have to get stuck in that. people were diverting to ey knew they would get stuck. it is better to be stuck in miami. >> reporter: others, however, are not as fortunate. >> i had a connecting flight from honolulu to atlanta, but my flight was canceled to newark so i flew into d.c. and now i will drive town newark. i am exhausted. i didn't sleep well last night on the flight. we will see how it gets with the traffic and everything. i hear the roads are pretty clear. >> reporter: the airlines are encouraging everyone to check their flights

noticeably cooler after the high today of 66 at reagan national. probably only about 39, 40 degrees, but sunshine. kind of eight gray and dreary weekend as we head into the day tomorrow. tomorrow morning, with the wind, it will feel like the 20's. prepare for that. even through the afternoon, as i mentioned. the high approaching 40 degrees, but the windchill at 2:00 forecast to be 28, 29, 30 degrees. definitely want to bundle up. tuesday, another cold front approaches. that will deliver the really bitterly cold air for the middle of the week. it will also bring the chance of light snow showers. i think further north of d.c. may get a coating on the ground. we will have to keep an i on it. i think the timing will be in the morning. by wednesday and thursday, blustery cold, 29 the high wednesday, 23 thursday. overnight lows in the teens. again, that is in the city. i don't think we will be quite record-breaking temperatures but nonetheless, regardless, it will be cold. feeling like january finally. join air base andrews will host an airshow after a t

that 50, by the way, that's reagan national. most areas are going to be in the low to mid-40s today. we forecast our highs for washington. 50 would be reagan national. if you're in upper montgomery in some of the hills, you may be lucky to get to 41, 42. in town 50. 43 by 5:00 on our way to the 30s this evening. tonight we'll northbound the 20s to about -- we'll be in the 20s to about 30. had the dense fog this morning, some advisories. that's all gone. the some snow flurries came through. all that is gone. the temperature up to 48 at national. the air park at montgomery county is only 37. the fog was thicker down south. still in the 30s. pax river 30. 40 in the shenandoah valley. you go south of luray now in the mid-40s. at reagan national, boy, it's a nice looking gaye day here in washington. that's our jefferson memorial. 48. sunny skies. winds gusting to 22 miles an hour. but they'll settle down tonight. so talking about the weather headline, another storm tomorrow night through saturday afternoon the way it looks now. the t

jackie bensen is live with team coverage from reagan national airport. hi jackie it's a ghost town out there. >> rep well you can see behind me there's nobody here. there's no one at the ticket counters because there's just no way to get people out of here with those delays along the east coast, but take a look over here. because it's something that just you don't want to be these people. yep, they've got to sleep here at the airport tonight. the departures and arrivals screens at reagan national airport told the story of the snowstorm bearing down on the northeast coast. ripple effects caused canceled and delayed flights from new york to los angeles and almost everywhere in between. by 8:00 p.m. ticket counters were deserted for the most part. only a few travelers remained desperately trying to get to their final destination. >> i need to get to school today. i have class tuesday morning, have to go. they're like the best we can do is send you to washington which i'd have to spend the night here. so i'm trying to get to florida. >> things were busier at

. >> the man who shot president reagan will not face new charges after the death of james brady.rady was the former white house aid that was shot in the head after john hinkley shot at the president. today they said they will not seek a new trial. >>> millions of people got a raise when states raised their minimum wage. for example georgia and wyoming have the lowest minimum wage in the country and they were not among the states that raised those rates. but as robert ray reports for us now some in georgia are trying to change that. >> reporter: on new year's day the minimum wage went up in 20 states and the district of columbia. >> still make it but i'm just getting by you know what i'm saying? who wants to just get by? >> for many a life changer and it comes almost exactly a year after president obama called for raising the federal minimum to $10.10 an hour. >> today a mom or dad working full time on the minimum wage doesn't earn enough to make ends meet. that's not right it's wrong. that's why it's long pastime for us to raise the minimum wage. >> the president's effort however

reagan advocated unapologetically, quote, he worked for reagan altogether the various ideas of freedom, democracy human rights moral order and the dignity of the human person were promoted not only by the president's rhetoric and personal moral -- by the administration as a hole in numerous forms. in the voice of america editorials radio free europe radio liberty broadcasts articles in the united states information agency published magazines targeted at certain populations, on the u.s. aid billboards on site outside the u.s. embassy in moscow, in american diplomat addresses at various international forums, the distribution of books to soviet audiences, there is a recent book that just came out on how the cia distributed dr. chicago comment and its influence and so on. to quote a some columnist from the economy is a couple weeks ago, quote, for all its flaws and missteps america represents not just economic and military might but an ideal to aspire to in a way that china does not and when american leaders appeared to give less weight to that ideal they not only diminish america's attrac

the emotion of it all takes control of reagan.ortunately for us we have the entire family with us via skype. travis you sho thisimes had this happened before? >> we were going up to the mountains the day before. we had that dvd on and she got super emotional. on the way home they wanted to watch the same dvd and we decided to film it and see if it happens again. >> what was it about the movie that made you so sad? >> the penguin. he lost his mommy. >> so austin your big brother, how many times have you had to watch this with your sister. >> two times in a row. >> what about you, austin. when you were watching and the penguin separated from mom, were you crying? >> no. >> your daughter's got a good pouty lip. can you say no to that face? >> pretty impossible to say no to that face. >> austin i suggest you learn to do the pouty lip, too to get whatever you want. >> bye-bye. >> that's our show everybody. have a happy new year. we'll see you for the next edition of "right this minut [ cheers and applause ] >>> live from new york city,

reagan's legs in this photograph? [laughter] >> at least i was holding the ladder. >> so colleen, the reagan years. >> well, i described them a little bit of hollywood demrits. -- hollywood glitz. mrs. reagan had a lot of gold and gold snowflakes. one of the things she did, if you remember, just say no, the campaign against drugs, she put her money where her mouth was. the decorators for several years during the reagan administration were recovering, young drug addicts who came and decorated the white house. there are many letters from these young people saying how much that meant to them that the first lady would bring them into the most important house in our land and entrust them with such a job. i found that to be a touching story. >> i never heard it before. >> i don't know if you can see it so well but nancy had these , shoes, with red pompoms on them. they are in a lot of her christmas pictures. i guess they were christmas shoes. but not these. and then mrs. reagan was also known for bringing a little bit of ce

to be secure. >> the general fought in three wars, and he was the chief negotiator for president reagan that ended the cold war with the soviets. he negotiated nuclear disarmament, and i can't help but point out the ribbon around his neck which is the korean medal of honor that he just received this past summer for helping to plan the invasion that recaptured seoul in the korean war among other great efforts he made in the korean war. >> general would you say that was the highlight of your military career? >> well, one of the highlights. i think probably the highlight was when president reagan cited me as one of the chief architects of peace through. i thought that that was the highlight of my career. another highlight was introducing our helicopters into vietnam, a very controversial item. and we finally got armament on our helicopters which change the way -- ever since that time. so it made a great difference in vietnam and in the gulf wars and in society and military ever since, to have helicopters and particularly armed helicopters. >> prior to that helicopters had primarily been us

it was describe reagan dedicated unapologetically, quote this is a quote, he worked for reagan, altogetherhe various ideas of freedom, democracy and human rights, moral order and dignity of the human person were promoted not only by the president's rhetoric and personal moral witness, but by the administration as a whole in numerous forms it into voice of america editorials, radio free europe, radio liberty broadcasts, in articles in the united states information agency, published magazine, targeted at soviet bloc populations, on the u.s. i a run billboards on the side outside the u.s. embassy in moscow. and american diplomats addresses at various international fora, in the distribution of books the soviet bloc audiences. there's a recent book which has come out on how the cia distributed doctor zhivago and its influence, impact it's had. and so on. to quote a nation columnist from the economist a couple weeks ago, quote for all its flaws and missteps, america represents not just economic and military might, but an ideal to aspire to in a way that china does not. when america leaders appea

reagan and cheney were very assertive on international authority. so a little different but the one thing chris manchin to read at the very end of president bush's term was near the crisis. i remember being there and i was never one to have the government or the fed or the treasury secretary but i was sorry to if the bank could cash the checks. the bank across the street. it was a scary time so anyway that was 2009 after i already retired but i do remember being frightened about that it did no secretary paulsen said i wanted this authority. congress did derided but he had a lot of authority. that was a scary time. nasdaq went for 5,000 down at 1,000. there was a lot of things happening in a very short period of time and people were worried of a financial collapse we had not seen in our lifetime. its was scary. >> we will have to wrap it up. thank you to the panel for a fascinating discussion in. [applause] and with the coming of the new congress is in jail jury not just to pass new legislation but to restore some of the powers and i hope people have