reagan, who else and that for you? reagan, i am trying to think.owadays, trump is trying to show strength. he is not giving in any other countries. he worried about looking good with the other countries, obama. iran the money. he worried about america, but, like trump, believe it or not, he is putting america first. c-span presidential historian survey, one category , oneistorians were asked of the categories was that of moral authority. on top of that list was george washington, followed by abraham lincoln, and then franklin d. roosevelt and eisenhower. theodore roosevelt, thomas , barack obama, woodrow wilson, and james madison, harry truman, and it goes on from there. that is available on our website. people have been telling us about the qualities that fit best for a u.s. president. massachusetts, independent .ine, joe go ahead. it is high time we have a woman president. for every elective office in this country, we should elect women only. host: why do you thing that will make a difference? areer: obviously women definitely smarter than men. w

ronald reagan's influence. eastern, thet 3:25 commissioner of the fcc on identity theft and emails found in the public comments section during the debate on net neutrality. after that, the new director of the secret service discusses modernizing the agency and its expanded mission. later today, a preview of our landmark cases series. live from the national constitution center in philadelphia. the president and ceo, jeffrey rosen, yell law professor, and st. thomas university professor michael paulson review the 12th historic cases featured in the series. live at 6:30 eastern. you can listen live on the free c-span radio app. unveilinghe ceremony the portrait of former president barack obama and first lady michelle obama. joined by the artists at the portrait gallery, home to the only complete collection of national portraits outside of the white house. here is a preview. >> each of these artists had to walk into the oval office -- yikes! i almost wanted to start each conversation by apologizing for putting them

reagan: how did they manage it? any statistical comparison of the two recent administrations which start with 1977 until 1981 and 1981 until 1987, that sounds reasonable enough, but our opponents have a new approach, one that would have embarrassed even the emperor's taylor's. you take the years 1977, go up to 1983 and then stop. not only do 1984 and 1985 get counted, but they include in -- not get counted, but they include in this administrations economic record four years of the past administration. as was pointed out in an article in the washington times, all of the foreshortened reagan gains are nullified by the carter losses so they look like no gains at all or worse, losses. our successes are statistically buried under the other administrations failures. the truth is otherwise. under the last administration, real per capita disposable income rose at 1% annual rate. only half the 2% increase under this administration. a gain that has totaled 12.4% in six years. under the last administration, median family incom

reagan didn't. there's a common misperception at the time, later and even today, that reagan came into office focusing entirely on building up u.s. and allied strength, deferred negotiations until a new type of soviet leader emerged. in fact, reagan attempted early on to engage with brezhnev and his successors, and at times, giving real emphasis on the role of history in russian foreign policy. the russian role of history and lives of the russians he was dealing with. in thinking through this letter, he wrote in february of 1984, i have reflected at some length on the tragedy and scale of soviet losses and warfare throughout the ages. surely those losses which are beyond description must affect your thinking today. i want you to know that neither i nor the american people hold any offensive intentions towards you or the soviet people. when it came to policy decisions, i think just as importantly or even more importantly, reagan put out on the table zero option on intermediate nuclear forces treaties

reagan didn't. there is a common misperception at the time, later, and even today that reagan came into union when it comes to office focusing entirely on building up u.s. and allied strength, deferred negotiations until a new type of soviet leader emerged. in fact, reagan attempted early on to engage with brezhnev and his successors and above and povhis successors, yuri andro chenenko.ntin at times, giving real and to the role of history in russian foreign policy, the role of russian history and the lives of the russians we were dealing with. in a letter, he wrote in 1984, i have reflected at some length on the tragedy and scale of soviet losses in warfare throughout the ages. truly, those losses, which are beyond description, must affect your thinking today. i want you to know that neither i nor the america people hold any offensive intentions toward you or the soviet people. when it came to policy decisions, just as importantly or more importantly, reagan put out on the table, zero options on int

they were describing president ronald reagan. lot of you here today and some of you watching across the and youare younger think, wow, the 80's, i wish i was there fighting for conservatism in the 80's, there was flag-waving and shares and all on the same side and people are more unified and democrats have much of republicans. as a there in the 80's, college student, and i had the great pleasure of working with the reagan administration. yount to tell all of nothing could be further from the truth about how easy conservatism was in 1980's. they resisted ronald reagan every step of the way. night live mocked him, they said he hated gay people, intelligentsia opposed reagan's tax cuts and smeared good and energetic man like attorney general ed meese. when it mattered that supreme court was going to did the balance of the court, they tried to destroy and ultimately derailed robert bork. this and ronald reagan is going they had noworld, nukes conferences all over the world saying he was going to lunch the first strike against the for

reagan didn't. there's a common misperception at the time later and even today that reagan came into office focusing entirely on building up u.s. and allies strength, deferred negotiations until a new type of soviet leader emerged. in fact reagan attempted early on to engage with brezhnev and his successors yuri andropov and constantine chinyenko. and given the role of history in -- well, the role of history in the lives of the russians he was dealing with later he wrote to chinye in,ko in february of 1984 "i have reflected at something length on the tragedy and scale of those losses. surely they must affect your thinking today. neither i nor the american people hold any offensive intentions toward you or the soviet people when it came to policy decisions, i think reagan put out on the table zero option on intermediate nuclear forces treat y treaty. he put that out in 1981 and there was a wide perception that it was purely cynical because the u.s. and nato did not have pershing two. a lot of people

better than 49% of reagan's. you explain the context of that saying that's simple not true. >> it's -- no, i mean if you look at what reagan achieved in terms of reviving the economy, cutting regulations, taxes, growing the military, reviving the nation's spirits, creating that morning in america mood. there is no comparison. donald trump simply is has not achieved movie of the agenda. he passed a tax cut. didn't repeal obamacare. he hasn't gotten mexico to pay for the wall. hasn't revived the military. he makes a lot of promises. he doesn't actually deliver. >> this is part of president trump's speech at c-pac today let's play it. >> honestly -- i'll use the word my administration as opposed to me -- my administration i think has had the most successful first year in the history of the presidency. i really believe that. i really believe it. i really believe it. so i mean judges, regulations, everything. and the beautiful thing -- the beautiful thing about the tax cuts is nobody thought we could do it. >> so i'm

yeah reagan campaign so-called october surprise. four hundred forty days the u.s. hostages being held in the embassy former embassy in tehran and bumper he made a convincing case just shoe leather journalism that in fact the reagan administration ahead you know vien with iran saying you know you can get a better deal from us if you don't give jimmy carter the release of those hostages until after the election and in fact symbolically and notably those hostages were elected or rather released you know gratian day for on the break and these are the kind of stories that bob insisted on doing meticulously going through documents and really granular level of research there earned him a lot of disrepute among the mainstream media he simply became a pariah and that was more and more the case not only for the right wingers in the media and government to adore it ronald reagan but it also became true of those who adored barack obama yeah i'll get on to the growth in a second i know you want the d. that i'm not sure if you see this steven spielberg hanks film the post but it

yeah reagan campaign so-called october surprise. four hundred forty days the u.s. hostages being held in the embassy former embassy in tehran and bumper he made a convincing case just shoe leather journalism that in fact the reagan administration ahead you know vien with iran saying you know you can get a better deal from us if you don't give jimmy carter the release of those hostages until after the election and in fact symbolically and notably those hostages were elected or rather released on you know a gratian day for on the break and these are the kind of stories that bob insisted on doing meticulously going through documents and really granular level of research there earned him a lot of disrepute among the mainstream media he simply became a pariah and that was more and more the case not only for the right wingers in the media and government to adore ronald reagan quote it also became true of those who adored barack obama yeah i'll get on to the growth in a second i know you want the day that i'm not sure if you see this steven spielberg film hanks film the p

reagan: thank you. thank you all, thank you very much. thank you. [cheering and applause]

as their own reagan deliberately delayed the return of the u.s. hostages from iran yeah reagan campaigned so-called october surprise. four hundred forty days the u.s. hostages being held in the embassy former embassy in tehran and bumper he made a convincing case just shoe leather journalism that in fact the reagan administration ahead you know vien with iran saying you know you can get a better deal from us if you don't give jimmy carter the release of those hostages until after the election and in fact symbolically and notably those hostages were elected or rather released on you know a gratian day for on the reagan these are the kind of stories that bob insisted on doing meticulously going through documents and really granular level research there earned him a lot of disrepute among the mainstream media he simply became a pariah and that was more and more the case not only for the right wingers in the media and government to adored ronald reagan but it also became true of those who adored. obama yeah i'll get on to the growth in a second if you

for someone who affected change who really believed in the art of symbolism reagan stood out in that sense he reached out to his fellow democrats worked with his own party to try to get legislation passed people know the famous stories between him and tip o'neill speaker of the house back then where they were able to debate on the scene sometimes very aggressively but they everybody knew behind the scenes they both respected one another so it was a beloved figure in that sense obviously very controversial for some policies given what happened with the deficit and the debt and whatnot but really iran kannan iran contra as well but he knew how to reach out he was that symbolic president who knew that it mattered to reach across party lines and also from the press in some cases he wasn't there wasn't as much antagonism between the press and the president back then as we had as we can. no by now i remember a great story that chris matthews told of his book. tip and the gipper i think it called a couple of years ago where she talks about president reagan being in the what was essentially

that's where you bond with the reagans. >> this is the one side of the reagans that's never been seene. no one has written about being at camp david with them weekend after weekend. watching movie after movie. golden oldies movies and some of their movies. it's a piece of their life mrs. reagan my was writing about, was very excited about. the last interview with her before she died and she told me how she felt about movies. kennedy: nancy reagan was instrumental in her husband's presidency. she was protective of him and more involved in policy than people realized. there are comparisons to be made between her and hillary clinton. do you think mrs. reagan could have run for president and could she have won? >> they were different people. she said that's ronnie's area. that's the west wing, it's not for me. at camp david tsunamis they would whisper to each other, but she never sat in on a cabinet meeting. kennedy: but there are ways of influencing outside of that sphere, the intimate marriage is something more influential. you watched war games together. was he scared by that movie? >>

activists and nancy reagan turned this conversation around. pot wasn't about adults rights anymore because about the right of a child to grow up drug-free. it doesn't matter what an adult thought he or she couldn't do because as soon as the drug trickle-down and children were starting to use it, that adults use became problematic and dangerous. if all drug using adults were dangerous to drug-free kids, they are also worthy of being locked up, criminalize for their marijuana use. the movement gets really hot and pot begins the demon drug of the 1980s because office in numerous very special episode of punky brewster, different strokes, guest starred the first lady numerous other programs and i'm forgetting other names right now. even though rates of adolescent drug use our plumbing at the same thing. pot is so scary because assisted, rates of other drug use are dropping. when does nothing scarier being abused, that's a time when marijuana becomes our target drug of choice. marijuana is reputation of the passages has become and target predicate w

and the reagan presidency but that was one of the saddest things. >> so the reagan administration was the downfall which was kind of remarkable because they come together and it is influential nancy reagan embraces that but then starts to realize that larger emphasis that it should be so small you can drown it in the bathtub so they work very hard on working on adolescent drug abuse going to schools and form community groups so the drug budget is slashed remarkably even though these parent groups like parents for drug for use actually become very dependent on federal grants to do their work so activism isn't free but to print material and to travel so while they are celebrating the parent movement as community-based activism they are spending a lot of money to the federal government so the budget gets slashed and slashed than they are strangled becoming very upset promoting this as a free program benefiting the country while there is oodles of money with tennis competitions on the south on at the white house, people are donating checks anywhere between $10,500,000 all the money is com

for someone who affected change who really believed in the art of symbolism reagan stood out in that sense he reached out to his fellow democrats worked with his own party to try to get legislation passed people know the famous stories between him and tip o'neill speaker of the house back then where they were able to debate on the scene sometimes very aggressively but they everybody knew behind the scenes they both respected one another so it was a beloved figure in that sense obviously very controversial for some policies given what happened with the deficit and the debt and whatnot but really iran contra iran contra as well but he knew how to reach out he was that symbolic president who knew that it mattered to reach across party lines and also from the press in some cases he wasn't there wasn't as much antagonism between the press and the president back then as we do as we can. by now i remember a great story that chris matthews told of his book. tip and the gipper i think it's called a couple of years ago where she talks about president reagan being in the what was essentially a

he's mocked as reagan was. he's ridiculed by the hollywood establishment like reagan was. things, anti-immigrant, anti-this, anti-that. but what he is, he's the president of all the people, of the middle class of the forgotten men and women, of the people i came from. [applause] >> so i say to all of you today, do not let this false narrative take hold, that kind of brings you down on a daily basis that we're all going to hell in a hand basket and the country is going down the drain, perpetual protest mania, the russians are going to ruin our election process for the next 30 years. that's nonsense. this is a great time to be an american. this is a great time to invest in america. [applaus [applause] >> this is a great time to innovate in america, this is a great time to be a college conservative in america. it is a great time. [applaus [applause] >> it's a great time to be someone struggling to make his or her life better because of these policies which are being pushed, and, yes, resisted by this administration is bringing up the standard of living for more americans. so,

, illinois reagan known as great communicator. just spout words. his words literally changed the world. he labeled the soviet union the evil empire and against the advice of his staff, he told the soviet general secretary, mr. gore ba chevy, tear down this wall. weighs certain given a push the whole communist edifice would crumble beneath its weight. at every turn, though, most of the media thought reagan had lost his mind. he was a warmonger. but the gipper held fast to his principles. and he fearlessly pressed forward. the berlin wall fell and so did the soviet empire and reagan did it all without firing a single shot peace through strength in the end. for all his achievements, reagan never lost his amiable wit. >> mr. president in talking about the recession tonight you blame mistakes of the past and you blame the congress. does any of the blame belong to you? >> yes, because for many years i was a democrat. [laughter] >> laura: i remember like it was yesterday the day i ended my service at the white house and heading off to la

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

how did he get reagan's blessing over objections of reagan's aid? >> i'm not sure that vice president bush was totally onboard this one yet so records unclear. but national security counsel and the state department which were or -- not holy but in some ways captured by particular anticommunist heart liners particularly nfc did not want graham to go the embassy in moscow felt he was being used he had been invited over for essentially a peace conference and propaganda against the employment of some entire mediate nuclear weapons in moscow so they invited billy to speak, and -- mr. graham accepted. and then he realized he was about to be used. the administration said don't go. you just playing right into their hands. but mr. graham played a lot of about it and decided thaty -- i'm going to be used. yes, i'm going to be a feature of the propaganda but i'll kick this door open and once i get invited toe preach in moscow i will be invited to preach all over eastern europe and he was. he went. it was ugly week for him. they kind of -- you know bundled them

by that time nancy reagan is in california she has millions of dollars in the nancy reagan drug abuse fund. there's not a lot of track about where that money goes to. in the same way that activists got too close to the carter administration the parent administration does the same thing it gets too close to the reagan administration and that it doesn't work out. the last chapter of my book i have six recommendations whether you support or oppose access to marijuana. one recommendation is not to get too close to the white house. administrations last 4 - 8 years. drugs can or can't be a very good platform for officials. it's hard to pin your hope on whoever is or is not in the white house. the parent movement had a success because of the reagan administration but then it caused it to self implode all because of money. >> did the dare program in the mid to late '80s was that now come, where they riding the wave of that? i read recently it wasn't successful. der has had a lot of problems. if you're familiar with it it's a drug resistance program caps on covered to classrooms and talk about

reagan's behind the scenes ghents about jane fonda.es he say in the privacy of camp david about her? former reagan special advisor mark wineberg joins us exclusively tonight. don't miss it. coming up next. >> are you still haunted by the whole hanoi jane -- is that still there. >> i think that most people in this country feel enough already. that was 15 years ago. dues have been paid. but if tha', we have more than 8000 allys looking out for one thing: you. call in the next ten minutes... and if that's not enough, we'll look after your every dollar. put down the phone. and if that's not enough, we'll look after your every cent. grab your wallet. (beeping sound) (computer voice) access denied. and if that's still not enough to help you save... oh the new one! we'll bring out the dogs. mush! (dogs barking) the old one's just fine! we'll do anything, seriously anything, to help our customers. thanks. ally. do it right. we the people... are defined by the things we share. and the ones we love. who never stop wondering what we'll do or wher

great short role reforms are in the reagan administration. president reagan campaigned on the need for easing regulatory burdens, making government more accountable. in the very opening weeks of reagan's first term, his task force created this new apparatus, this structure for white house oversight of agencies. it was immensely controversial at the time. the white house took on a sustained campaign in support of their reforms. furthermore, the white house undertook a sustained investment of resources in seeing those reforms succeed. there is a great article in the affairs" of "national where he traces the history of these reforms through the reagan administration and beyond. the reagan administration by formulating sound reforms,, by standing behind them expendingly and capital to see them succeed in the world managed to entrench major success in regulatory reform. so much so, when president clinton was elected and democrats assumed he would rollback, he did not roll back. that is the power the bully pulpit in, nation with constitutional powe

and ronald reagan ended his presidency stocks more than doubling. and jonas max ferris with us, david asman. to that point, david, we should at least put this in perspective. we're not crashing here and percentage terms are still up a lot, but is there a risk? >> sure, there is, absolutely. it's much smarter, i think, if you're president to focus on what the economy in general is doing. ronald reagan, as you mentioned, he did back away from touting the market as his gain. it was the market's gain, but because he was able to focus on gdp growth at 8 and 4% in '83, 7% in '84, he focused on what helped the overall economy. i think, as a president, that's a smarter indicator to look at. neil: you know, jessica, i can understand the businessman who is steeped in the markets and knowing them to quote them because certainly the mainstream media and you aren't going to do that. >> i'm my own category now. neil: your own category. there's a risk to it? >> i think, maybe for anyone else, but donald trump. i don't think he'll acknowledge it. neil: it's based o

for someone who affected change who really believed in the art of symbolism reagan stood out in that sense he reached out to his fellow democrats worked with his own party to try to get legislation passed people know the famous stories between him and tip o'neill speaker of the house back then where they were able to debate on the scene sometimes very aggressively but they everybody knew behind the scenes they both respected one another so it was a beloved figure in that sense obviously very controversial for some policies given what happened with the deficit and the debt and whatnot but really aren't common iran contra as well but he knew how to reach out he was that symbolic president who knew that it mattered to reach across party lines and also from the press in some cases he wasn't there wasn't as much antagonism between the press and the president back then as we'd as we can. you know by now i remember a great story that chris matthews told of his book. tip and the gipper i think it called a couple of years ago where she talks about president reagan being in the what was essent

that was ronald reagan's genius.s able to link economic faith to faith in america. >> no sitting president had visited the new york stock exchange before. no president would have beaten him for the honor had a vote been taken among the floor traders. they gave him round after round of cheers. >> we're going to turn the bull loose. >> the whole world, from reagan's white house on, was basically saying wall street is the engine of our economy. it represents growth. it represents opportunity. it represents the american dream. so these guys were basically saying, we're going to go do it. >> this is the big draw on wall street, the smell of money. >> this is where the action is. this is the over the counter trading. more than 17,000 daily transactions involving millions of shares and millions of dollars, made and lost here every day. and it's a game for young people. when you get home at the end of the week and you look back at what you've done, what gives you a sense of satisfaction? >> i guess making a lot of money. >>

presidents dating back to reagan have used across the board executive orders to oversee and channel the agency process, but this executive order and these particular tools were new and i think an important and welcome innovation in redoubling the white house efforts to oversee, manage and limit the regulatory process across all executive agencies. because it's a new approach, especially at the federal government, it will take some ironing out in practice, but it's an innovative and important development. second, in addition to that across the board executive order, president trump issued many executive orders targeting specific agencies or policies for reform. in executive order 13772 he announced new core principles for financial reform, for financial regulators to vindicate, an executive order 13783 he announced new policies for energy independence and economic growth to be pursued first and foremost by the epa's reform of obama's unlawful and excessive clean power plan. these are two of several examples i could offer of executive orders that ex emp phi the administration's approach t

worked for reagan was appointed by reagan could tell us a little more about that sullivan. well what is interesting is that he has his involvement with the stevens case apparently really affected him you know brady brady material is understood prosecutors i was one we knew this before a judge to say oh and by the way. press the cuter wallace i want to remind you of your duty yet judge i know this no no no i want to remind you we have a standing order think well no kidding he apparently is very allergic to judicial enjoyable show manic and it makes my heart sing because remember you know the power of being a federal judge appointed for. you know and if you think impeachment of a president stop getting rid of a judge you know once they put that robot. i don't care if they were republican and are whatever there is a sense of autonomy they're not they're not they're run for reelection they're there for life presidents come go they stay and it's that kind of sometimes imperiousness which can be a problem but it gives you autonomy and it lets you really show who you are and this

it was hard to imagine with nixon as president and reagan as governor that would ever happen, and rsa matter of fa and, as a matter of fact, they were staunch in the resolve not to cooperate with terrorists. >> what about the release of the two prisoners, do you think they should be exchanged for patty hearst? >> no, if you do anything of that kind, open the prison doors, where does itop? you signed a warrant if you did that that meant kidnapping becomes a common occupation. >> i was put in a closet and blindfolded, and being interrogated, insulted, and just that over and over again. >> i mean, what would you? you're in your apartment one minute and the next you're in a closet blindfolded for days on end with radical revolutionaries. the fear must have been absolutely overwhelming. >> good evening. patricia hearst sent her parents a message and her captors sent her a unique and high priced ransom note. >> there was crowd outside as the morning mail was opened. there was a letter, and newsmen rushed to hear it read on air, and as they listened in their home, a tape recording was playe

back on 1888 when a president reagan spoke at a dinner. >> the american people know what limited government, tax cuts, deregulation, and the lean toward privatization meant. he'ss been the largest time expansion in our history, they want to throw it away with a return to budgets. >> watch american history tv, every weekend on c-span3. earlier today, deputy attorney general rod rosenstein announced charges against 13 russian nationals and three russian companies are committing crimes aimed to interfere with the united states political system, including the 2016 presidential election. from the justice department, this is 10 minutes. mr. rosenstein: good morning. the indictment charges 13 russian nationals and three russian companies for committing federal crimes while seeking to interfere with the united states political system, including the 2016 presidential election. the defendants allegedly conducted what they called "information warfare" against the united states with the stated goal of spreading distrust towards the candidates and the political system. according to the allegations of th

. >> my father was criticized for supporting reagan and jimmy carter was a sunday school year. most evangelicals come along just like they did with trump and saw this person might not be the best choice to be my pastor or teacher, but he takes the right position on policies best for our country. reagan won for that reason and trump one for that reason. >> never stop fighting for what you believe in and for the people that care about you, carry yourself with digging a and pride and the unafraid to challenge entrenched entrance challengeests -- entrenched interests. >> what they don't understand is evangelicals would want to -- or the most antiestablishment of any group. jesus spent more time condemned the religious belief of the establishment that he did of anyone else. and privilegeupt and pun of the government of europe. it was evangelicals who left europe because they were antiestablishment. when evangelicals supported trump more than any of president, what a press never understood is two things. one, they hate the establishment. independent and don't want the good was to run

president reagan said interesting but you did not go far enough. he instituted by executive order family fairness. and in the family fairness continued under president george herber walker bush. two -- herbert walker bush. two great presidents for immigration in our country. what they did protected with their executive orders, which stood the test of court cases, with their executive orders protected a higher 3ersage -- percentage of people than what president obama did. two republican presidents, two great champions on immigration. even after congress acted they said you didn't go far enough. president obama had to act would not act. then we come forward with president clinton following in that tradition. president george w. bush, great president on would not act. imm couldn't convince his own party to pass comprehensive immigration reform, but his statements, his values-based policy on immigrants is something to this day and his current statements are so beautiful and inspirational. about treating people with dignity and valuing their worth as we

i was a child of the reagan revolution. i will tell you i remember my , dad as an entrepreneur in 1977, 1978. what he was facing to grow and economy, and then president reagan came in and the light started shining. i will tell you we are living in a similar time. president trump is leading at a time so consequential for future. think about how you felt november 8, 2016, how you felt after. it's an exciting time. ray nagin to become energized and excited about what is happening. we are on the trajectory to see great things. he is truly about making america great again. >> ladies and gentlemen, please help me in thanking the administrator of the environmental protection agency, the honorable scott pruitt. ♪

associated with president reagan. he of course was shot in 1981. he survived of course, though it was very close. more dangerous perhaps than we realized at the time. and this was the car president reagan was getting when he made the speech at the washington hilton to the union when he was shot. and almost ironic as the president was getting into the car, more probably being pushed into the car by secret service agents, not hit by a direct bullet but by a bullet that riccio shayed off the armored panel. perfect shot for better term. the went through the grap between the door and a body. if it moved it's quite possible he may not have been hit at all. of course pushed into this car and then sped off into the hospital and was able to make a recovery. the car continued to be used, any damage it seechd that day would have been minor. but that's something we don't think about. they did win rough lives, pushed around, banged up and scratched. they were also sometimes getting hit by paint or by rocks by protesters. it's part of the american way of life. w

it has to do with an economy that doesn't give a rat's ass about them. >> ronald reagan was governorcalifornia at the time. and the press came to me and they said, we'd like you to respond to something that the governor has just said to the press. one of them read and he said well governor reagan said today that he hoped that anybody who took food from your program got botulism. so i used a pejorative, that started with m-f-er. >> obviously if i agreed with them, i wouldn't be here today sending out to 13 locations. >> the day that the people in need program started, i was assigned to follow a. ludlow kramer. he was staying at a downtown hotel in san francisco, and i assumed i would meet him there and we would immediately go to one of the outlets. but we met, and he said he knew it was all going to go so smoothly, so he and i would have breakfast. and i remember he had eggs benedict and meanwhile there were riots that were occurring at the people in need program. >> what was on tv was bedlam. the trucks, they're throwing food at the people standing in line, fish and eggs and bread, a