reagan is dejected.e needs -- he meets the press and they asked about it being the 30th anniversary. reagan says my administration endorses the view of dwight eisenhower completely. we are dedicated to achieving what dwight eisenhower could not. and that is critical for history. six months later, it is the 40th anniversary of d-day. ronald reagan is the first president to travel to normandy to honor our slain troops, and whose troops is he honoring? eisenhower's troops. he says in that speech, i will forever stand for d-day veterans. they are my heroes like they were his. well, there's more. off the coast of normandy, while reagan is speaking, is the aircraft carrier uss dwight d. eisenhower. it sales past and it sends its aircraft over reagan to honor him while he is delivering his address. in return, at the end of his speech, president reagan boards marine one and flies over the aircraft carrier. he says that her row it -- her oic operation of d-day commanded by general eisenhower inspires heroic effor

he wants a lot more government than reagan. reagan is a pragmatic conservative. he thinks government is too big and he especially wants to reduce regulation, but they're both pragmatists. and when you view it that way, their visions of government are not as different as people remember. >> you mentioned that ronald reagan did a lot of his own writing as did obama. what kind of speech writing support did they have? did they have any particular individuals who might have been influential during the process? >> sure. you know, peter robinson he was a great speechwriter for president reagan. peggy newnen gets all the credit. she didn't come onboard until 1986, and she wrote the challenger address, which is truly wonderful speech. but i think of the great reagan speechwriters peter robinson would be the one i would pick out. by the way, peter robinson has a story that he tells that gives you an idea of the importance of the principle, the president. he talks about writing a speech for george h.w. bush, and he was going to give it in houston. and on the airplane there

except that's reagan. that's reagan from his final major speech. that's 1992. that's the houston speech. that's the speech only sum of you will remember pat buchanan giving a speech that night where he talked about a religious war for the heart and soul of america. reagan didn't believe in that. reagan's vision, not his policies, but his vision was inclusive, and, of course, obama's vision was equally inclusive and as -- as we saw again and again, let me just quote from the 2012 election night speech. "what makes america exceptional are the bonds that hold together the most diverse nation on earth. the belief that our destiny is shared. that this country only works when we accept certain obligations to one another and to future generations. and that freedom, which so many americans have fought for and died for, comes with responsibilities as well as rights, and among those are love and charity and duty and patriotism. that's what makes america great." it's the liberal democrat talking about duty and patriotism. their values aren't very different at all. now, th

reagan gave the speech. and peggy noonan says in her memoirs and pagan -- and president reagan said, maybe not so good. the speech is remembered as one of the greats of his presidency. few days later, president reagan gave a eulogy for the azure not in houston. at presidential eulogies, the lady in houston was much better. a eulogyt time for yet. it was time to hold in the pain, not express the pain. houston, -- president reagan knew how to give ceremonial speeches. he used the moment to do all of the things a eulogy is supposed to do. in a way, i think we see something similar to president obama. ofdid not see a great deal emotion from president obama. but then we have newtown chain -- we have newtown. we see him cry and we see him angry at our inability to protect children. i think we see the empathy with foraudience that was true both of them. they have different politics. but that sense of the country -- and by the way, obama was very aware of that with reagan. in the audacity of hope, he wrote in -- he

reagan was light years better than carter. reagan was a mere actor. except that i was an active college debate coach at the time. i could not get my very good college debaters scripted in rebuttals. it occurred to me the only possible explanation for this was that reagan was genuinely smart. [laughter] dr. rowland: it took me a while to accept that. then i did another study looking at all his speeches in the 1982 midterm campaign. i had a graduate student who had been a great debater at ku. , national debate champion roger payne. together we looked at the speeches. they all sounded the same. i knew as president that reagan had many speechwriters. i thought, -- the texts were very different. how could they all sound the same? it occurred to me the only way they could all sound the same was that if reagan were personally involved in the speechwriting process. and then i thought, he has no only smart -- he is a good writer too. since then, i spent a great deal of time with president reagan's words. i had a colleague, a friend, who was at pepperdine who w

on one of reagan. and is -- mr. of mr.n is the author reagan's 1968 dress rehearsal. the pepperdine school of public policy hosted the event. >> we are going to get started. good evening. i am pete peterson, dean of the pepperdine school of public policy. it is a pleasure to welcome you to our calabasas campus for tonight's discussion with dr. kopelson on the relationship of ike and reagan. maybe those of you who are reagan aficionados navy net -- may not have known he he was influential in his political career and a relationship that influenced many of the views he became known and praised for throughout the 1980's. some of you probably do know president reagan had a long-standing and deeper relationship with pepperdine university. president reagan first as governor but then as president made over half a dozen trips to our malibu campus and also to downtown los angeles and beverly hills for events in support of pepperdine university. i know our speaker tonight is going to be talking about some of thos

reagan is pissed about this. >> reagan wants to steal back the show with a televised debate. bush is weary. >> george bush knows right now he is the front-runner. so why should he put up with other challengers in the party taking potshots at him? >> hoping to sway his rival, reagan proposes a one-on-one debate. and offers to pick up the check. >> and now, bush can just share the stage with the great actor ronald reagan. and show how good he is on his feet. >> terms are agreed. but reagan has a trick up his sleeve. >> then at the last minute, reagan decide that instead of a one-on-one debate, he wants all of the republiceans who are running to be part of the debate. >> ronald reagan wants it opened up to the other challengers under the guise of fairness. >> but bush was very committed to the idea that he had given his word, and this was the way it ought to be. >> he challenged me to a one on one. that's what i'd like to do. >> and so there is a fight brewing before this debate about who is actually going to be included. >> the debate is scheduled for 7:30. and by 8:15, there's

[crowd chanting] >> we want reagan. we want reagan. reagan. >> we didn't achieve any narrow, partisan victory this time, we have many friends from the other party and independence. (applause) >> the governor met his first crisis, education. governor reagan made a reasonable statement about tuition. >> in higher education we have been and are providing a premium service, and education equal to the best and prorating a university budget we spend nearly $3000 a year to educate each student at the university level and half that much at the state college system. so far, those receiving this education have not been required to share in the cost, which makes us unique among states. we suggested that if these economies threatened equality or numbers, we might assess a reasonable tuition, 10% of the cost. at the same time, students for whom this would be a hardship would have access to scholarships and loans payable after graduation. when i say we suggested tuition i mean just that. the governor cannot impose tuition. only the regions can make

that someone turned out to be ronald reagan. >> but ronald reagan was not an easy man to convince. in 1948 the democrats had asked him to run for congress. he refused. in 1962 republicans approached him about running either for the senate or the state house. he refused. but this time too many californians wanted him. he couldn't refuse. >> i've come to a decision that even a short time ago i would have thought impossible for me to make. and yet i make it with no lingering doubt or hesitation. as of now, i am a candidate seeking the republican nomination for governor. >> did the people respond? they loved it. >> the next governor of the state of california, ronnie reagan. ♪ [ cheering and applause ] >> he gave the voters the facts. >> the administration of california's welfare is in such a snarl of red tape that it's becoming difficult for this program to fulfill its purpose. each new applicant for welfare must be greed by the filling out of 15 separate forms. this is followed then by a constant reevaluation and the submission of these reports to where counties have protested the fa

president reagan, never met president reagan. but i did get to know mrs. reagan a little bit. everybody about that. but her - - president reagan's transformative power was so amazing. jimmy stewart once said, if ronnie had married nancy the first time, he would have won an academy award. which is probably true. reagan's visual imagination was so important. so he as you know, his great phrase was a shining city on a hill. he's the only guy i know who can improve on jesus. because city on a hill is from sermon on the mount. but the addition of the word shining is so important. i have heard ministers from pulpits say, as jesus said, america shall be as a shining city upon a hill. how that was rendered in the original aramaic, i don't know. i've gotten to know mrs. reagan later in life. she always knew more gossip than you and sometimes it was even accurate. so i was always embarrassed because she knew far more about what was going on in washington than i did. so i just heard a minister say this couple weeks before about jesus and a shining city on a hill. she'd ordered that third

the fact that reagan's burn is such an old and well preserved city is largely things to it not having been destroyed in the wars and its importance and as an imperial city in past centuries. a testimony to its former significance is the gothic cathedral. construction began in the 13th century and the cathedral tells us a lot about that time. next to the one in cologne reagan's birth cathedral is considered to be germany's most extraordinary gothic cathedral. bringing berg was not only important because it became a bishop seat fairly early on the danube was a significant trade and traffic route. and here on its banks in the old town hall the perpetual diet was held for over 114 years. from the 17th to the early 19th century and reagan spoke was actually the capital of europe a bit like brussels today. that the natural diet was convened in 1663 just a few years after that that she is rules that my representatives from all countries from all cities gathered here they were supposed to discuss taxes and military issues but the talks then dragged on for so long that they never came to a fin

reagan and then greenwood saying this and it became the reagan anthem. >> it still strikes me becaused certainly as a fantastic singer and writer the song moves me. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] event to speak to a great country. it was pretty incredible. and with the mid- eighties and september w 11 president reagan i never met him but i did get to know mrs. reagan a little bit and wow. [laughter] i don't need to tell anybody here about that. [laughter] i have one - - you have scars from barbara bush i have them from nancy. [laughter] but president reagan's transformative power jimmy stewart once said if rodney married nancy the first time he one - - ronnie married her the first time he would get an academy award. so the great phrase was a shining city on ang hill. the only guy i know who can improve onro jesus. that the addition of the word shining is so important that i have heard ministers say as jesus said america shall be shining city how that was rendered i don't know. we were at lunch one day and .as you know sometimes it was even accurate. so i just heard a minister say this couple

and it became the reagan. and had amazing power today. >> such a great song, one of the best songs and itstill strikes me every time i hear it . because i associate with rolling up and being a country music fan and hearing that song and very patriotic and being very moving, restoring certainly lee greenwood is a fantastic singer and writer so even today when i hear thesong it still moves me , although sometimes it bothers me. >>. >>. >>. [music] >> lee greenwood, what a incredible song that to a great country. patronage is such a great country to do it in a popular way with a song like that. it was incredible assignment is incredible whenyou hear itself such a great piece of music . >> inextricably linked to the 80s and then to september 11. in many ways and president reagan, i never let president reagan to my great regret that i did get to know mrs. reagan a little bit and. [laughter] need help anybody here aboutthat . i have stars from barbara bush, you all have scars from nancy . but her president reagan's

in many ways and president reagan, i did get to know missus reagan little bit and,. [applause].rmative power so amazing. jimmy stewart once said that if ronnie had a nancy the first time he would've won an academy award. probably true. reagan's visual imagination was so important. so he as you know, his great phrase was a shining city on the hill. his only kino who can improve on jesus. because indian hills from from some amount. in the new testament. the addition of the word shining is so important in that. i actually, i've heard ministers from pulpit say that as jesus said, america shall be the shining city upon a hill. how is was rendered, i don't know. we are at lunch one day and as you all know, choice new gossip and sometimes it was even accurate. and so is always embarrassed because she knew far more about what was going on in washington that i did. so i just heard a minister say this. there was a couple of weeks before about jesus on the shining city and help. so i had lunch with her and she ordered that cobb salad at bel air not eaten it. nice and million you know, it's

without boulware, no reagan. if you think that now i would like to raise a theoretical glass of wine. remember him doing this work that you may be wrong. i'm standing right here in manhattan in 2019 with you three decades after the death of that ge executive. and everyone in this room is raising a mental glass to reagan, the public policy work, and also most of all, we are raising our glass to the name of boulware. thank you very much. [applause] now raise your glass, really. >> it's time to take a few questions. >> yes sir. >> when i think of a great society there are twsociety thes that come to mind.o lbj and the revolution in america. the civil rights, the riots in the street, lbj the response to it was a great society. helping blacks get out of poverty, helping blacks overcome the suicidal that was donation -- societal discrimination. what i remember about the racial strife in society is that lbj was abandoned by people that opposed the vietnam war. the only people that stuck with him as the -- my question to

the entire resolution reagan brought this morning in america came around to give those pamphlets. the long-term investment if no one remembered had paid off in the magnitude that was near unimaginable. markets thrived and we did get a strongly rising market. there were several lessons and that is one of 12 chapters in the book. first of all, the overarching lesson of the book is that the government is rotten and planning no matter how much it spends you get a perverse lesson. the private project that looks like a complete goof of failure may not turn out to be a complete failure in the end. sometimes it is just early and sometimes that is good. think of it from the point of view of the voters who learned about markets from when reagan gave talks in the cafeteria of factories. some attempted tens of thousands of meetings and understood what reagan was saying when he spoke as a publication that there was another way for the american worker they emerged as the famous blue-collar vote. another plaintiff more obvious that that is worth mentioning is the society offers a lesson on trust

and ending with george h w bush, i should say something about reagan because reagan turns out to be more interesting character and i covered as a reporter, turns out much more interesting in a good way and a weird way than anybody new at the time. first of all turns out reagan was a secret nuclear abolitionist. that is why he was so keen on the star wars defense, the shield that was shoot down every missile coming its way and therefore render nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete. he was one of 2 or 3 people who believed that was what that program was about. he's doing incredibly provocative things in his first year, the cia is doing incredibly provocative things, the nsa and then he gets wind that the russians are taking this seriously, they really think we are planning to launch a first strike and are taking steps accordingly, reagan is horrified and says that's not what he meant so he seeks out, we need to talk to them, there are transcripts of meetings, we need to dial this back, we need to reach out to these people. by the time that happens gorbachev is the head of the soviet u

and we think about the reagan era, it's important because ron walters looks upon reagan's ascendancy as the rise of white nationalism. he looks up white nationalism as something that can be racist and white supremacist and also something that can be just about white people trying to protect their group interests. he sees it as a combination of those things. he makes an argument that what political scientists and scholars never do, they look at black public opinion and latino public opinion and other group public opinion, but they don't look at white public opinion and think of that as an interest group, as a black group in this society, of white people trying to protect white interests. and in this case it is not just irish or italian interests, it is an amalgamation of white interests instructed throughout the 19th and 20th century. and when we think of white nationalism, by the 1980's what reagan does is push back against reparative claims, moral claims of black citizenship. they say affirmative-action is affirmative -- affirmative-action is reverse racism, they say black poverty i

so while reagan was doing this something else was going on subterranean world. a civilian and the pentagon named frank miller and when dick cheney became secretary of defense. he was very different then for what he was as vice president. he had a briefingef from omaha so he derailed all the doctrines written by the secretary of defense with a limited nuclear often's restraining use. and then he goes to cheney and says i don't understand what is going on. and then to go deep so those people in omaha and the went deeper than any civilian ever has. and that level of overkill is astonishing. . . . . and then td something even more profound, more disturbing. at that point, bush was negotiating the strategic arms reduction treaty and the contact if we reduce the number of weapons could you still perform your mission and the senior officer said we don't really ask that question. what we do is we take the weapons that we are given and assigned them to the targets on the list, so in other words, at no point in the actual operational level with how this is being handled,

even up to reagan and carter. and then i interviewed a lot of people. and with that looming force above us all and of nuclear war it is how various presidents with those euphemisms are seriously contemplated and how they have dealt with these issues. and to have a brief history of that tonight. how did this start? maybe towards the end of world war ii commander of the 21st bomber command at the time firebombing every city in japan. and the head of the army air force spring of 1945. that the japanese were fighting. then they go back to the staff and calculations and then there was the firebomb. it to say the war will be over by september 1st because that is when we will have bombed every square mile of japan. so that was the philosophy to bomb everything. now to adam bombs were dropped on japan. and with the strategic air command. and then then with this philosophy to the new and much more bomb. and by the end of the fifties the single integrated operational plan so this was the war plans and then to attack west germany even if they didn't use nuclear we

trump understood what reagan did. the press is going to be against him. [laughter].k.t.: i would absolutely argue that. danielle: i do agree that trump could have been channeled frankly. and george washington and run for a third term because he just could not be bothered with the newspapermen. k.t.: i think trump has understood the same way reagan did in i think all of our great revolutionary presence did is that you have to find a way to get to the american people. in the press establishment. and reagan did it by going around the country speaking to cities and towns all across the country going to local radio stations and local television stations. stations. and by talking on the radio, work of the market people so how does conduit. he understands they're not going to like him in fact they understand that they're going to lie about him and he knew but he's have a way to reach directly over the heads of those people directly to the american people tweeting and sometimes i don't want to tweet but it makes my skin prole on the hand, is been very effective for his abili

reagan was able to go to the soviet union and said let's cancel the send back.they had the threat of the defense missile system they knew they couldn't build and we thought we might be able to. and i thought that he had gone to the right place which doesn't mean you never have these but you have demanded negotiate them >> host: we have had a cycle and you describe this beautifully held accountable and noncommittal promises at least since the '90s were building nuclear weapons programs. what are your views on if this is a solvable problem and we have to live with the idea that they will have nuclear weapons? >> host: the priorities, so do you, what did you do differently? republicans, democrats. then they come to the negotiating table. i think trump has done the right thing. we had a review of the foreign policy at the beginning of the situation in and i called it the deputies of all of the agencies of government, the treasury, state, defense, intelligence, military and they basically have the same policies which to m pos basically doing nothing. come back to me

i'm going back to reagan event.ublicans have a legitimate proposal, democrats don't want to give them a win. i think we are in such a stuck place that how you solve it is pretty simple. it's just that nancy pelosi doesn't want to give president trump a win. >> - - also didn't invite her to the announcement. i think there is pettiness on both sides. do you think is worse than before? >> i was in the white house during watergate. i think the difference now is that we really are in a period where it's a revolution. a lot more about trump. trump want you to think it's all about him. but it's really not. it's the establishment status quo and the american people whether they are bernie sanders supporters or donald trump supporters say we want - - of this is a war that nobody wins. there's no middle ground. that somebody will be successful and the other side will fade into the background. it's not that the wall itself - - the wall is a symbol. to me it's about get control of your borders. what people care about now? the co

that gave out like the manhattan institute this actor, ronald reagan wasn't popular across ge eitheralking about western propaganda they complained about him but they could not stop bowl would send him all over around with the mimeographed pages with the future of industry and it might move west and so on and then they talk about the dangers of socialism and socialism the medicine is a bad idea maybe hydropower wasn't the only kind of power of the future of the united states and soon enough reagan the actor began to take the arguments seriously he even bought some ge stock so year in 1960 was a dark cloud over ge with the propaganda mill. the justice department was investigating the communist and the new attorney general robert kennedy pulled together a strong case ge was colluding like westinghouse to fix high prices the justice department went to court and the judge said the ge executive to jail so here was the propaganda department mouthing off about the free markets even as they cheated the american taxpayer. a terrible blow the company looks like the worst hypocrite in the world

when we think about the reagan era, real, really important because ron walters looks at reagan's ascendancy as a rivals white nationalism. really looks at white nationalism as something that can be racist and white supremacist and also something that can be just about white people trying to protect their group interest, right, so he sees it as a combination of those things, right. he sees -- he makes an argument, ron walters in his scholarship on white nationalism, that what political scientists and scholars never do, they look at black public opinion and latino public opinion and other group public opinion but not white public opinion and think of that as an interest groups, as a bloc group in this pluralistic society of white people trying to protect white interests. and in this case it's not just white or irish interests, tan's amalgamation of whiteness constructed are throughout the 1970s. when we think about whigs nationalism, by the 19880s what reagan really appeals to is this idea of pushing back against reparative claims, moral claims of black citizenship. they say that affirmative

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. >> so freedom of speech and freedom of the press so trump understands like reagan did tha that. [laughter] >> no but you can see some presidents get better and george washington talked about that with the newspaper men. >> trump has understood the same way reagan did i think all great revolutionary presidents did you have to find a way to get directly to the american people to jump over the heads of the establishment. reagan did it by going around the country into cities and towns across the country and local radio and television stations. fdr did the fireside chats directly to the american people trump did he understood the washington press corps does not like him. but he found a way to reach directly over the heads of those people by tweeting no say i don't like the tweets but on the other hand it has been very effective to get directly to the american people and so for that it's an institution that he and reagan and fdr and lincoln going all the way back have preserved the free speech of the american leaders to talk directly to the american people. >> how do we find that bala

my father, lou cannon, was reagan's best biographer and covered reagan. in sacramento and washington for "the washington post." he has written many books and lives in california now. peter: where did you get your start? carl: i grew up in california and my first newspaper job was paperboy, a profession that barely exists anymore. we would get on bikes and deliver newspapers. i delivered the san francisco chronicle. you would go to people's houses and give them the paper. i went to journalism school at the university of colorado and started my career at a small virginia newspaper and worked in georgia and california newspapers. i was sent here by the san jose mercury news. i thought i would be here a couple of years and go back to california. reagan was president when that happened and i have been here all that time. peter: you have written a couple of books. carl: my first book was called the pursuit of happiness in times of war. i spoke on this network about it with brian lamb. it is how leaders use the language of the declaration, the preamble to rally

, essentially embraced the reagan revolution. a democrat, rather than taking office and immediately try to swell the federal government and instantaneously raise taxes dramatically, took a more middle path. that, interestingly enough, like with eisenhower's embrace of fdr policies or policy framework, clinton's embrace of the reagan policy framework has essentially been the default setting for america subsequently. >> except one exception involving his greatest political defeat in the first few years, health care. he hoped to be the president who would provide the united states with a comprehensive, universal system of health care coverage. to join much of the rest of the world. he appointed his wife hillary clinton to lead that effort, and it leads to total defeat. why was it defeated? how was it defeated? what went wrong? because for bill clinton, i think for him, that in his mind would've been the crowning achievement as president. to be able to do that. to succeed where other presidents had failed. what politically went wrong

radio show, the reagan revolution was incredible.t after reagan we got h.w. bush and we lost our way a little bit. we raised taxes, the federal bureaucracy grew further after some of the people reagan pushed out and so i was fearful, what if we don't learn the lesson of the reagan revolution and we don't put into writing the doctrine of the trump era. i don't want post- trump, the republican party or conservative movement to go back to status quo ruling class technocratic government essentially philosophy. i think there's so special about this president and what he's done for our country. he has restored impartial justices, the economic success is unprecedented. the lowest ever unemployment, we are finally energy independent. 10million people off food stamps. mark: can i stop you right here, i don't think people realize this energy independence, what a big deal this is. this is something we have attempted to reach this point for half a century, and this president has brought us to this point and his opponents just blindly say i belie

on one of reagan. and is -- mr. of mr.n is the author reagan's 1968 dress rehearsal. the pepperdine school of public policy hosted the event. >>

the other thing was, they lost to ronald reagan. anybody would have lost to ronald reagan. the democrats to beat ronald reagan, frankel and roosevelt would have had to still be alive. he was not. the thing to me was maybe a considered to begin with. -- franklin roosevelt. but jessea moderate, jackson and al gore split the southern primaries. the northern states added their states and dukakis one dick gephardt and jesse jackson and al gore siphoned off votes in florida that might have gone to a moderate so dukakis one there. in the end it backfired and beured michael dukakis would the nominee on super tuesday of 1988. the law of unintended consequences. peter: 21 states in 1988. it is 14 states this year. it has been a variety of states every year. they come in and they go out. carl: the party tries to control it. eight years ago they punished these states, michigan, you move up or we will not seek your delegates. come on? how do not see their delegates? the national party really has little control. they have tried to exert control. the national party tries to exert control

after the reagan resolution, you and for me, the reagan revolution was incredible, and economic renaissancem head-on but unfortunately right after reagan we got h.w. bush and we lost our way, we raise taxes, the federal bureaucracy grew further with the people that reagan pushed out. so i am fearful that what if we don't learn the lesson of the reagan revolution and we don't put into writing the doctrine of the trump era. i don't want post trump, the republican party or the conservative movement to go back to status quo ruling class government essentially philosophy. i think there is something so special about this president, what he has done for our country. he has restored and partialnd judiciary, through portions and kavanaugh, the economic success is a president the lowest black, latino, and employment, we are finally energy independent, finally off food stamps. mark: can i stop you, i don't think people realize energy independence what a big deal this is, this is something we have attempted to reach this point for half a century. in this president has brought us to this point in his op

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by the way serious democrats when ronald reagan was running for re-election. we have the evidence. we start with the media mob's ongoing effort to now use a virus, an infectious disease as a political weapon all-to-to bludgeon president trump yet again. i have said many times if he cured cancer they would likely want to impeach him for curing cancer. now the coronavirus is a serious disease. now, should you and your family be concerned? of course. you should be concerned about the flu. you should be concerned about a cold. you should be concerned about any health risk. should you be informed? absolutely. do we all need to take necessary precautionary steps? yes. all of us. but the coverage we are seeing from the media and the mob is beyond despicable and political. for example, sunday, you got chucky todd boasting the coronavirus could actually help president trump like the iran hostage situation hurt jimmy carter. "the washington post" editorial calling it president trump's chernobyl and over there at state run conspiracy tvmsdnc poor liberal morning joe saying trump's stupidity w

ronald reagan of course president during the 1987 stock market crash. day. mark weinberg remembers it well. the best-selling author, close confident of ronald reagan was with him during that crisis. back with our panel as well. what i remember, mark, about president reagan at the time, i am not saying he dismissed it, but he certainly did not go crazy about it. he kind of shrugged his shoulders and expressed confidence that markets would go up, capitalism was fine, fundamentals were fine and moved on. >> that is right. he remained a confident person in the room. he thought that was his job as president. he had abiding faith in our system. he did feel bad for people that were disrupted by the loss of money and the financial planning that was associated with that. fundamentally, he believe the market would come back up and everything would be all right. he was right. >> what you make of that? that approach? >> i think it is a good approach. if you see the person in charge of the whole country getting nervous, you really get nervous. neil: i always get ner

they they depicted what alongside reagan reagan's epa administrator, another product of rocky mountains conservative politics as frankenstein and the bride of frankenstein. also, bonnie and clyde to the american environment. by the way, if the last name is familiar, she has children, one of whom is now in the u.s. supreme court, justice gorsuch. an artist depiction of the justices mother, a significant political figure in the politics of the 1970's and 1980's in her own right, all right? my favorite, just imagine ronald reagan national forest now the james watt had become secretary of the interior, all right? all right, getting as back from politics for a second here. american courts did eventually come up with a kind of solution to the standing problem, all right? over a series of cases, i am not going to go into doctrine in excruciating detail. the course did not allow environment organizations to sue on behalf of trees or themselves as membership groups. they did allow membership organizations to sue on behalf of a specific member who liked to hike or swim in the area under contentio

they thought in reagan -- reagan said, i will help you if i'm elected. once reagan was elected and they tried to negotiate, they found they were not getting what they wanted. they did go on strike. on august 3, 1981, they went out on strike in airports and control centers all over this country. about 11,000 of them. they basically froze air traffic for some days. what reagan did is exactly what maynard jackson had done in atlanta in 1977. you said you have 72 hours to return to work. if you don't, you are fired. they didn't return. they thought that the country couldn't possibly operate without them. they were fired. they were replaced. it took years to get the system back up to speed. but the government had the resources to do that. it constituted a huge turning point. to bring this around to a close then, a huge number of changes had occurred. the economy, the power of public sector workers, all of this had begun to change rather rapidly. by the 1980s and in the aftermath of the patco strike, you could see that some important barometers were measuring

the only one that did was reagan.d not to eliminate the third year of the tax cut 1982 and $98 million tax increase. he did that. we had the biggest boom ever and then in '87 huge crash, reagan said don't just stand there. undo something. and we continued on this prosperity for years to come. you don't do the silly, silly things. sorry. >> bill: it's okay. i need a quick answer. would you pass what was proposed this week and in the senate? >> i think the senate did a great job on not approving what was proposed. i don't want helicopter money. i don't want just the payroll tax cuts. liquidity lending, that is all you need and stand back. this economy will do very well. they are trying to do altogether too much in the stuff. i think the administration is starting to move very much in the right direction, but they need to move and they need to move to the right plan. and i think they will do it. this president, and my mind, the single best president in my lifetime. and he's a clear, thinking man who knows how to do thing

march 30th 1981, someone tried to kill ronald reagan. everybody knew about it i just talk about things it showed up on the news for days. april 12th 1981, watch first launch of the space shuttle and keep narrow. general 29th reagan's tax cut cost america 750 billion dollars of next five years. september 12th 1981, sandra day o'connor, becomes the first female justice, of the supreme court. these are big stories that we couldn't not see. i'm absolutely positive on some level, the stories impacted or were in the awareness of august wilson. i don't even want to say it necessarily impacted everyone, but as you think about the themes in fences, and we move from the deeply personal to the public, i want you to think about the way the public is becoming aware, because of the way that the public is growing awareness, of the world. of the nation of the national identity. march section march 2nd 1982, they illuminate busing, -- was races was racism fixed in 1982? no i don't think it was. busing was born as a way i think, it was built as a way to i