look, is that reagan was an intellectual. reagan was thoughtful. reagan was an american conservative. reagan was kind. he was gentle. he was thoughtful. even in his diaries, he wouldn't swear. he wouldn't write -- he would write d dash dash dash instead of writing damn. that's how genteel he was. there was a story that when he was president, you know, he had one of the first second female secret service agents. and he kept standing aside as he's walking through the door to let the secret service agents go first. and his mother -- he said, my mothers told me ladies always go first. and the head of the treasury department had to sit him down and say, mr. president, she is not a woman. she is an agent. she is a professional and you have to allow her to do her job. but reagan was very reluctant. i can't imagine anybody ever saying anything like that about donald trump. reagan was a populist. he was an american conservative. he was committed to his principles, but he was also flexible. he was -- he was kind. he was thoughtful. not always particularly th

and the way reagan has been mythologized, the way we think about reagan today, reagan the icon, reagan the symbol. we were at a reception and don divine who's head of the civil service in the reagan administration made some comment about the reagan administration to marcus, and marcus came back and said actually reagan did not cut domestic spending and they kind of got into this argument about how much reagan actually cut, and it was a funny moment for those of you who have seen don divine on television, he's a very adamant person. and marcus is as well, so it was a pretty robust argument and a very exciting one to be standing next to. reagan's image was to a great degree self-made. he was very aware of his legacy and sought to frame narratives about his presidency. during his presidency the cold-water united in a sort of fusionist way. some of you may have recalled the fusionist project. well, that united people as libertarians and neo conservatives and evangelicals and they all came together because of a common enemy. but after the cold war we sort of lost that fusionism. we have neo

and reagan and mrs. reagan were saying, no, we're running. >> well, you didn't mention ford in much detail here. >> sure, sure, sure. >> tell me what is his view of gerald ford? is ford simply the establishment? >> first of all, ford and reagan don't much like each other. and mrs. reagan and mrs. ford can't be in the same state with each other. that's how little they liked each other. gerald ford, of course, ascends to the presidency by way of the 22nd amendment when nixon picks him after spiro agnew resigns for taking kickbacks in maryland while governor of maryland. and still taking kickbacks even when he was vice president of the united states. so nixon needs somebody who is going to placate all elements of the party but yet somebody who is not going to threaten him, not going to cause him to look over his shoulder. so he quickly deduces that gerald ford fills the bill. gerald ford, his lifelong dream was to be speaker of the house and by 1974 that's never going to happen, so becoming vice president i

and these guys were all half reagan's age, reagan is now 69 years old.ese guys are all in their thirties and forties. the trailing him around to all these events. and finally at the end of one day there just wiped out, they hang a big sign saying free the reagan 44. >> he was unbelievable, the energy that he displayed. actually, some of the polling that we had before had reagan taking a slight lead over bush. but it was -- so your two days out from the tuesday primary, this is supposed to be a saturday night debate. and the race is still in doubt at this point. it's a convoluted series of developments >> yes. >> i don't want to go into all of that. but the point is -- >> a lesson in the reading for the class. >> assigned the reading, but to do it now doesn't make any sense. but the point was that regan showed emotion. he was angry when the moderator suggested that his microphone be turned off. his famous line, i paid for this microphone mr. green. it was a genuine sign of flash of emotion and it just electrified the entire audience. there was still a deb

, reagan flame, reagan legacy, in america today. frank worked on the '76 reagan campaign. he worked on the '80 campaign. he worked in the reagan white house. he worked on the '84 campaign. and he, also, has been longtime chairman of the reagan ranch, which is one of the three major vantage points, touchstones, in american politics today. if you know anything about ronald reagan, there is a library, simi valley, and of course, we learned about eureka college last week in illinois. so, frank, thank you for being here. let me get right into it. and then, the students, of course, are going to ask questions. is -- you organized the very first conservative political action conference in 1973. >> '74. >> '74. and reagan spoke. >> right. >> was -- was -- was the keynote speaker was the star attraction. >> right. well, first of all, thanks very much for having me and it's great to be here with all of your students. you know, the -- there -- the -- the great baseball player used to play for the new york yankees. yogi barra had a tendency to m

the way we think about reagan today. reagan the icon, reagan the symbol. marcus and i were at a philadelphia society meeting once, and we are at a reception and don divine, who was the head of this he made some comment about the reagan administration to marcus, and marcus came back and said actually marcus a said he did not cut domestic spending. and they got into this argument about how much reagan actually cut, and it was a funny moment for those who have seen don divine he is know how television he is a very animated person, and adamant person. and marcus as well. and it was a robust argument, and exciting to be standing next to. like so reagan's image was to a great degree self-made. he was very aware of his legacy, and sought to frame narratives about his presidency. during his presidency, the cold war united conservatives in a sort of fusion is to, some of you may recall the fusion as project as it was articulated by frank meyer, and that united you know as disparate libertarians, and evangelicals and they all came together because of a common enemy.

fbi and reagan said no. christian: appreciate it. please unmute yourself. a brief question. >> i have read the book so i want to ask you to talk more about the relationship between reagan's strategy and reagan's doctrine. thank you. christian: thanks. please unmute yourself. >> george schultz in his memoir said that the day pershing to arrived in germany was the equivalent of d-day for the reagan administration. one of reagan's iconic moments was what he said in berlin, mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. this was arguably not a message to mr. gorbachev so much as an effort to influence many other audiences, so i would like any comments you would have on the public diplomacy effort during the 1980's to make the imf issue compatible for resolution, given the fact that european governments had assigned on, more or less, to this decision in 1979, but they had domestic opposition. any comments on the role of public diplomacy on the imf issue. christian: thank you very much. we are past our time, so simon, a quic

reagan is very involved in this. in thistively engaged question, he is producing policy documents on this issue. his views change, though. over the course of the 1980's, his views change on gorbachev. at this early time, he is in the thick of it. christian: i want to give elizabeth a chance. questionsng in two that came to us through the email. ,ne is from philip brown interesting that the archives are open these days, given the example of paul whelan, american president in russia. , a question by brad morris, how do you evaluate the significance of reagan's attempt to impose sanctions on the western allies regarding the pipeline with the soviets? also, was reagan abandoning this plan? simon: let me answer the first question with a no. unaware of any of bute issues, i have nothing nice things to say about the archivists and other folks at the moscow archives. that being said, i do take care to comply with all the visa rules, etc. fascinating issue, kind of apropos of mary's earlier question about imf because this is

are not you've lived here for a long time what makes reagan's berg so unique. this is a that's a good question if you're stuck i have a very strong emotional bond to the city and i feel at home here. for i always have it was like when i stepped off the train in rome the 1st time and felt i'd been there before you marshal or i'm just now i'm half and half roman so to speak and you start here in this city is very much worth living in because it's preserved it's historical structure both in stone and in spirit. the whole world was in reagan's book during the perpetual diet but he comes across this mixture of presidential and cosmopolitan is really something that beautiful i mean facetious you don't see that and you're working hard to keep it that way. what would you say to the 1st time visitor here and i think it's for whether they come by cruise ship or from somewhere else in germany where would you send them what's your top recommendation. it was under saddam i would put it differently i wouldn't give any tips you know instead i'd recommend just coming here and

is missus reagan. he hangs up on missus reagan on something he doesn't want to do. jim baker is about this and he was fired not much longer after that. at the same time, sometimes they get involved in the. >> i ask you to give advice to a president, incoming president especially in respect to how you deal with conflict in the white house. is it necessary? you need to manage it? does it depend on who the president is? what is your advice for president knowing examples from the book would be great. >> is a continuum. on one side, you have no conflict you see in the johnson administration, you hear opposing forces and there are some people at the state department uncomfortable with the vietnam policies and they formed a group to discuss alternative policy options but they were so nervous johnson might find out that they call themselves non- and they met secretly so johnson wouldn't be aware of it take revenge. it's way too much conflict. on the other hand, there's too much conflict and with the ford admin

to find out what the growing popularity of cruise ship tourism means for reagan's burg. and we'll catch up with our globe trotter in the city of kharkiv in columbia. the fact that reagan's berg is such an old and well preserved city is largely thanks to it not having been destroyed in the wars and its importance 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 as the facade also depicts the crueler side of the middle ages. the church vilified jews. this culture shows them suckling from a pig a deliberate insult and humiliation as pigs are considered unclean in judaism. even so the building as a whole is an impressive monument. next to the one in cologne regensburg cathedral is considered to be germany's most extraordinary gothic cathedral. reagan's burg was not only important because it became a bishop seed fairly early on the danube was a significant trade and traffic route and here on its banks in the old town hall the perpetual

will find out what the growing popularity of cruise ship tourism means for reagan's burg. and world catch up with our globe trotter in the city of kharkiv in colombia. the fact that reagan's bird is such an old and well preserved city is largely thanks to it not having been destroyed in the wars and its importance as an imperial city in path 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 as the facade also depicts the crueler side of the middle ages. the church vilified jews. this culture shows them suckling from a pig a deliberate insult and humiliation as pigs are considered unclean in judaism. even so the building as a whole is an impressive monument next to the one in cologne ring and cathedral is considered to be germany's most extraordinary gothic cathedral. reagan's burg was not only important because it became a bishop seed fairly early on the danube was a significant trade and traffic route and here on its banks in the old town hall the perpetual die

reagan: thank you. thank you all. and not alone for the gifts, though they are wonderful and particularly this last one, because he's already taken over this white house. i'm glad he's got one of his own now, and you know something, he doesn't get kicked out of it in two terms. [laughter] [applause] there aren't any words that can properly tell you how bittersweet these days are, and the things we would like to say to all of you. you know, i keep remembering back and not too far when someplace along the line, there would always be a picture of a president standing in the oval office looking out the window, usually the picture from behind and he's standing there and then his words are quoted as a tag for that picture about this is the loneliest place, lonely and so forth. i don't know about them. i haven't been lonely one minute. [applause] i think both of us have been aware every minute we are here that we are surrounded by you, by others who may not be here in this room today, but here in this house, over there in th

will find out what the growing popularity of cruise ship tourism means for reagan's burg. and we'll catch up with our globe trotter in the city of kharkiv in columbia. the fact that reagan's berg is such an old and well preserved city is largely thanks to it not having been destroyed in the wars and its importance as an imperial city in path 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 as the facade also depicts the crueler side of the middle ages. the church vilified jews. this culture shows them suckling from a pig a deliberate insult and humiliation as pigs are considered unclean in judaism. even so the building as a whole is an impressive monument. next to the one in cologne rainsford cathedral is considered to be germany's most extraordinary gothic cathedral. reagan's berg was not only important because it became a bishop seed fairly early on the danube was a significant trade and traffic route and here on its banks in the old town hall the perpetual d

reagan. so if you go to the next slide, you will see that we have an oval office, and what's a presidential library without an oval office. but a funny story, about this is because when the president wanted to have a full scale oval office, and when they decided on the design, it was going to be the outside this santa barbara mission style. well the architects, we're in a bit of a quandary, and came to the president said mister president, now i wasn't there but i'm being told this, so bear with me but basically they said, we cannot fit the height of the oval office into the architecture. we do not know what to do. and the president looks at him and says dig a hole. 3h-÷u!so that is classic ronald reagan. so if you go to the next slide, it will show a close-up of the resolute desk. and many people know about the resolute desk, but after the presentation were going to ask a bit of a trivia question, and there are two modifications that have been happened to the desk. okay so next slide priests

reagan. during iran-contra scam scandal, he hangs up when she asks him to do something that he doesn't want to do. and baker heard about that, and says you don't hang up on the first lady. sometimes they get involved in conflict. >> great. so, if i asked you to give advice to a president, an incoming president and especially with respect to how you deal with conflict in the white house, is it a thing that's necessary? do you need to manage it? is it good to have a little? what would you say to a president? does it depend who the president is? what's your advice for a president to run a white house well knowing potentially strong conflicts that you detail in the book and again, some examples of the book would be great. >> yeah, sure. they're described as a continuum. in the johnson administration, johnson didn't want to hear opposing voices on vietnam, he marginalized people who tried to raise counterveiling voices. and there are in who were uncomfortable with the foreign policy and they forme

i, ronald reagan do solemnly swear -- president-elect reagan: i, ronald reagan do solemnly swear -- chief justice burger: that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states -- president-elect reagan: that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states -- chief justice burger: and will to the best of my ability... president-elect reagan: and will to the best of my ability -- chief justice burger: preserve, protect, and defend -- president-elect reagan: preserve, protect, and defend... chief justice burger: the constitution of the united states. president-elect reagan: the constitution of the united states. chief justice burger: so help you god. president-elect reagan: so help me god. ♪ >> the president of the united states. [applause] pres. reagan: thank you. thank you. senator hatfield, mr. chief justice, mr. president, vice president bush, vice president mondale, senator baker, speaker o'neill, reverend moomaw, and my fellow citizens -- to a few of us here today, this is a solemn and most momentous occasion. and yet, in the history of our

i mean reagan's work in bavaria. to be honest the bridge doesn't look that old that's because it's been completely restored over the past few years after all right ensberg has a title to defend its is 2006 its old town including this bridge has been a unesco world heritage site today i want to get to know regensburg what attracts is interest to this unesco world heritage site and what does the constant influx of tourists mean for the city this much is certain it's going to be a journey through 2000 years of history. will also show you nearby belgium book. we'll find out what the growing popularity of cruise ship tourism means for reagan's burg. and we'll catch up with our globe trotter in the city of kharkiv in colombia. the fact that reagan's berg is such an old and well preserved city is largely thanks to it not having been destroyed in the wars and its importance 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 cat

administration you had ed who was a true conservative advisor to reagan very close to reagan but did not get the chief staff job because he was disorganized and his briefcase was known as a place for papers go in and never come out so they called it the black hole but the only object in the nickname is as briefcase in the cold of the leak case. they would find their way with james baker but unilaterally stepped out of the fighting in that he said i will not leak because leaking against baker was not only but also for the president and sometimes they have a higher stand for what they accomplish from a policy perspective and they say i will not necessarily leak but i will do what i can to help the administration unilaterally disarming so i think personalities and you can't have these without personality but and then on the policy side if you have strong disagreements about policies and direction you will be fighting personality and consistency is a variable. >> good, another question and actually i think we should [inaudible] this is from herbert and the question is what are factors th

reagan: i have a little problem. they just took the stitches out. mrs. reagan: here, i'll hold it. [gasps] [applause] [cheers and applause] pres. reagan: thank you very much, and when i get home, i understand the navy and mounted police are delivering a horse and this will take care of that. oh, thank you very much. ask anotherlike to original plank owner, elaine kristen to present mrs. reagan with a gift from the staff. [applause] >> if anyone noticed, she knows i'm not going to get through it. we've tried these things before and initially i had prepared a long list of accomplishments. everything from restoring this grand old house and making us proud of the residence of it and the place itself to a million to drugsthat say no because of you and everything that goes between it but i wouldn't get through it, so instead, as a person who hasn't allowed you to keep any secrets in the last 40 years, i'm presenting you your gift, -- i'm presenting you your gift. it is a wonderful collection of boxes but it is special because love andmmed full of hugs you can share and it has a bit of ma

was in the reagan era. given the current political climate i had forgotten that but there was a hostage crisis in lebanon someone released and then reagan went on television and this is what he said. he slept with that we began they talk about earlier from a press conference to say after seeing rambo last night i know what to do the next time this happens because of the president of the united states is now basically threatening to bomb and cause havoc. people were very alarmed at that but reagan had an ability to get away with that but no other president had been able to get away with that so let's talk about the invention ronald reagan about that idea for you get to him. >> i like to call him the entertainer in chief and that rambo play is how difficult it was for him to keep the fantasy world of movies in the real world and then to govern through entertainment and in some ways there is something of a connection in the most recent president that is trumps all about to be the tv star but as background of g

reagan's book, she knows i'm not gonna get through it. we've tried these things before and originally i had prepared a long list of accomplishments. everything from restoring this grand old house and making us proud of the residents of it and the place itself to 1 million children that say no to drugs because of you and everything that goes between it. but there was a time i wouldn't get through it, so instead, as a person who hasn't allowed you to keep any secrets in the last 40 years, i'm presenting you your gift, from the staffed. and letting you know what's inside. it's a wonderful collection of boxes but it is special because it is crammed full of love and hugs you can share and it has a bit of magic to it because no matter how many times you open the box, it will always replenish itself, because we are not going to forget you. we will always be thinking about you and that love will come across for miles and always be in. they're so you can just open it, say yes, give us a hug, and we are there for you. (applause) naturally, i didn't

completely restored over the past few years after all reagan's work has a title to the bend and since 2006 its old town including this bridge has been a unesco world heritage site today i want to get to know regensburg what attract visitors to this unesco world heritage site and what does the constant influx of tourists mean for the city this much is certain it's going to be a journey through 2000 years of history and. we'll also show you nearby belgium book abby. to find out what the growing popularity of cruise ship tourism means for regensburg . and we'll catch up with our globe trotter in the city of kharkiv in colombia. the fact that reagan's burg is such an old and well preserved city is largely thanks to it not having been destroyed in the wars and its importance as an imperial city in past centuries. a testimony to its former significance. as the gothic cathedral construction began in the 13th century. and the cathedral tells us a lot about that time as the facade also depicts the crueler site of the middle ages. the church vilified jews. this culture shows them suckling from

reagan ended up winning 44 states.esident carter carried only six, but carter four years before in his inaugural address had begun his remarks by thanking president ford for all he had done to heal the nation. ronald reagan at the beginning of his inaugural address thanked jimmy carter for his assistance in the transition. from then on inaugural addresses have had exquisite thanks to the outgoing president. host: ronald reagan's chief speechwriter for this, let's listen to a minute and 14 seconds. [video clip] ronald reagan: the economic woes we have suffered have come upon us and against they will not go away in days or months but they will go away. and they will go away because we as americans have the capacity now as we have had in the past to do whatever needs to be done to preserve this last and greatest bastion of freedom. in this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem. government is the problem. [applause] my intention to curb the size and influence of the federal establishment and to dema

reagan with a gift from the staff. [ applause ] >> if anyone noticed mrs. reagan's look she knows i'm not going to get through it. we've tried these things before. and originally i had prepared a long list of accomplishments, everything from restoring this grand old house and making us proud of the residence of it and the place itself to a million children that just say no to drugs because of you and everything that goes between it, but there isn't time, and i wouldn't get through it. so instead as the person that hasn't allowed you to keep any secrets in the last four years, i'm presenting you your gift from the staff and letting you know as you open it what's inside. it's a wonderful little box for your collection of boxes, but it's very special because it's crammed full of love and hugs you can share, and it has a bit of magic to it because no matter how many times you open the box, take out a little hug from us, it will always replenish itself because we aren't going to forget you. we'll always be thinking of you and that love will come across the miles

right next to be a story stonebridge you'll find the votes to cool the sausage kitchen a true reagan's bird classic in the 12th century the building was used as a storage room for construction equipment later it was turned into an eatery and since the beginning of the 19th century it's where reagan's words most famous bratwurst or charcoal grills sausages are made. just just. a young girl i've been told that your restaurant isn't to be missed what's so special about it but it is also based on this as once it actually here i also suggest which we make plus our khattala which we also make ourselves december . second south coutts 6 on sauerkraut is the name of this typical dish. i'm full but really good and just right if you're feeling package on your tour. after being declared a unesco world heritage site in 2006 the reagans were experienced a full blown tourism numbers of visitors have soared ever since and one of the main reasons for that is the growing popularity of river cruises on the dam you some of the locals on the other hand aren't too enthusiastic about their new found fame. in

joe says, are you sure it's reagan? yeah, reagan, if you say reagan, you'll be fine. boy, thanks. you lifted a huge load off my shoulders. as he's walking back, he again trips over the dog. and she says, what kind of dog is it? a bagel. [ laughter ] so this is ronald reagan's approach. and it characterizes a large part of where i'm going to be going with my talk. by the time reagan was president, humor was considered a necessary part of the political arsenal of a president, of a candidate. and this, because, well, you know, i told you this story and no one would say it's an enormously clever story. it's enough to get a ha ha ha. reagan recognized for those years on the rubber chicken circuit, if there's an audience that doesn't know you, might be skeptical about your message that you're conveying, if you can get them to laugh, it loosens them up. it makes them feel that you're a real person and not simply this flak for ge. and it represents something of a culmination of a trend that had been going on for a long period of time. so i'm going to cover some of that trend.

in reagan's case, this is a really a port in question to ask about ronald reagan, after they lost, what happens next? reagan was very good about confining the soviets to the ash heap of history, but he would -- never asked what the ash heap would look like. george bush gets the ashes, he comes to power at a moment when most american security analysts and policymakers had come to the conclusion that ronald reagan had gone too far. in fact, it is fascinating to go back and look at the republican presidential primaries in 1988 and see just how far every single person on the stage is trying to distance himself from reagan's legacy because they thought reagan had been too trusting. reagan had looked at gorbachev, looked him in the eye and leave he was actually meeting the reforms he wanted. and reagan, who had become quite frightened at the way the cold war had almost turned hot in 1983, reagan decides he will reach out his hand and gorbachev reaches out too and they both begin this revolutionary and quite important and of opening of the possibility of change. and because he is limited, reag

that was reagan's logic.and because the soviets recognized in the mid-1980s that they could not keep up and because they decide to reform and surrender ultimately, there has built up a large american narrative that this is all because of reagan. this i think -- the best analogy to understand this is that reagan in this context was as though the person who called for the sun to rise and when it rose took credit or was given credit because reagan said we will build up and they will collapse. we built up and they collapsed. what we now know from the documents from behind the iron curtain, and one of the things that's been amazingly fun about this project has been to see all the newly revealed documents from all the major capitals of the world. our project was based upon finding american documents. we at one point had more documents under review for this project than all the other presidential libraries combined which is a fact that -- a fact that was told to me by one of the archivists and a fact that you think

>> i do, but i see it as a realignment initiated president reagan. when president reagan ran, he he believed the party could get bigger bigger by disaffected democrats and those who would win against the soviet threat. in america now, i think that president trump is leading that next great realignment where we will not invade everywhere, invite everyone across our border illegally and impoverish our country with the trade deals. i think in a way it represents how the geographical map is changing and ideological map is changing and core principles. party are different now than in sort of the neo libertarian days of the republican party that follows after president reagan. >> i bet you believe that president trump's going to win this upcoming election. but let me paint a world for you, even if he wins four years from now he'll be och on-- off on his way to do something else. will matt gaetz be a different kind of congressman without a president trump? >> i can't imagine serving in a world where president trump wasn't there to create this new path for a

[laughs] here is another reagan idea.u might recall that reagan's fundamental strategy for winning the cold war was we win, they lose. this, by the way, is texas senator ted cruz's strategy for anything, he likes to point out. i like to say that is an aspirational, not a strategy. a strategy requires a form of implementation. in reagan's case, this is an interesting question to ask ourselves. after they lost, what happens next? reagan was very good about saying we can signed the soviets to the ash shape of history, but he didn't actually ask with the ash people would look like. george bush gets the ashes. he comes to power in 1989, at a moment when most american security analyst and policy analyst said come to the conclusion that ronald reagan had gone too far. it's quite fascinating to go back and look at the republican presidential primaries in 1988, 87 into 80, eight and see just how far every single person on the stage is trying to distance themselves from reagan's legacy, because they thought reagan had been too trus

. >> gorbachev did most of the work to change the soviet union, but reagan met him halfway, reagan encouraged him. reagan supported him. >> freedom of the press, which we'll get to later i should just mention, madison originally called it freedom of the use of the press and is indeed freedom to print things and publish things. it is not a freedom for what we now refer to institutionally as the press. >> lectures in history on c-span3 every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. lectures in history is also available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> coming up on american history tv, a conversation with john sununu who served as george h.w. bush's white house chief of staff and andrew card, who was chief of staff for george w. bush. they discuss the father and son's leadership styles and approach to world events such as the fall of the soviet union and 9/11. >> i want to welcome you to nole wood farm, and i'm terribly happy to have andy card and governor sununu in this room. this stage has welcomed over the last 100 years some very interesting people, and tonight we're making hist

host: you started with a comparison to ronald reagan. would you put trump ahead of reagan? caller: that is a tough question. reagan certainly was more personable and a lot easier to like than trump was. policy wise, i think trump probably did more. make america great has become a slogan -- we can't say the election was stolen, and there was irregularities as they want to call them, some pretty glaring ones. we are never going to know because it is not going to be investigated. we are never going to know about it because it is never going to be investigated. paul ryan stabbed trump right in the back. just one more, and i know i'm getting a little more time than i expected. why is it that networks, including c-span, can always find a rhino to attack republicans? do they realize what a casio or to his -- ocasio-cortez is trying to do with free speech? what big tech is trying to do? these are the same tactics the liberals doing today are the same tactics that the nazis came to power in germany in the 1930's. host: that is john in california. anthony and west palm beach, florida

this is a picture of president reagan and mrs. reagan in the building. can clearly identify the columns. it is very recognizable where the event is being stage. he is standing on a platform that is over that fountain. followed by president and mrs. bush. the first president bush and barbara bush. you see the columns, these are wonderful identifications because we can see where they are standing when that happens. president and mrs. clinton in this one. very similar to what they did in 1993. again, here in the building. again, very patriotic theme. for some reason this room lends itself to patriotic themes. here are two pictures, this one is the first inauguration. this is not in the building, but this is the second president bush and laura bush's beautiful gown in 2001. here they are dancing in 2005. you can see no columns in this one. you can see that very distinctive carpeting in the background that shows that the space they are dancing on is where the fountain is. with the presidential seal on top of it. finally we get to president and mrs. obama. her

he was first of all a very good dietary keeper and a very good writer as was reagan.he said a lot of things that give you the inner conversation. one of the things i found interesting and it's different than i think most people's perception of truman because he's famously thought of as this the buck stops here, he made a decision and never looked back on it. he never looked back on this. he defended and said i would keep doing it again and again. but as he is doing this with stalin in july of 45, he was really struggling with the decision. he was having trouble sleeping at night. he complained of headaches that he had whenever he was under stress in his career. and in his diary he keeps talking about a terrible weapon. and he describes it in an apocalyptic term. he describes a it as the fire destruction prophecies in the bible so you know, he made the decision and never looked back. he gave it the inner turmoil and struggling that i think he should have. he wrestled with it. >> tough job to be a president. >> oppenheimer, robert oppenheimer. talk to us about him. i'm

reagan.e said a lot of things in those diaries that give you the inner conversation. one of the segments i found interesting is, and it's different than most people's perception of truman because he is famously thought of as this very decisive man, the buck stops here. he made a decision and he never look back on it. he never looked back on this. it always defended and said i would do it again. but as is making the decision in germany at a summit conference with churchill and stalin in july of the 45, he was really struggling with this decision turkey was having trouble sleeping at night. he complained of fierce headaches which he had whenever he was under stress in his career. in his diary he keeps talking about this terrible weapon and he describes it in apocalyptic terms. he describes it as the fire destruction prophecy in the bible. he made the decision and as i said he never looked back but this was an enormous decision and he gave it all of the weight and all of the inner turmoil and st

bush, dwight eisenhower, ronald reagan. watch american history tv this weekend on c span 3. >>> each week american history tv's american artifacts visits historic places and museums. the national building museum in washington, d.c. was known as the pension building in 1885 when grover cleveland's inaugural ball was held in the still unfinished building. composed of over 15 million red bricks, the building contains a great hall that's 316 feet long and 160 feet high. american history tv visited the building to learn about the inaugural balls of several presidents, including william mckinley, jimmy carter, ronald reagan and barack obama. >> thanks very much for joining us today and welcome to the national building museum. my name is gene and i'm a volunteer tour guide for the museum and we're here today to go through what we call the presidential inaugural tours. we do this every four years at inauguration time, because this building, which was built as a federal office building over 120 years ago, turned out to be a wonderfu

reagan met him halfway, reagan encouraged him, reagan supported him. >> freedom of the press, madison originally called it freedom of the use of the press, and it is indeed freedom to print things and publish things. >> lectures in history on american history tv on c-span3, every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, lectures in history is also available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> ronald reagan gave his first press conference as president on january 29th, 1981, nine days into his presidency. this was half an hour. >> how do you do? i have a brief opening statement here before i take your questions. yesterday's secretary of the treasury donald reagan sent to the congress a request to raise the debt ceiling to $985 billion. this represents a dramatic jump of $50 billion over the previous debt ceiling. the administration took this action with great regret because it's clear that the massive deficits our government runs is one of the root causes of our profound economic problems, and for too many years this process has come too easily for us. we've lived beyond our m

work to change the soviet union but reagan met him halfway, reagan encouraged him, reagan supported him. >> freedom of the press, which we'll get to later i should just mention, madison originally called it freedom of the use of the press and it is indeed freedom to print things and publish things. it's not a freedom for what we now refer to institutionally as the press. >> lectures in history on american history tv on c-span3. every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern. lectures in history is also available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. >>> during the last full year of his presidency, ronald reagan sat down with the bbc for a conversation about his two terms as president. the video of this 1988 interview is from the ronald reagan presidential library. >> mr. president, can you recall your feelings when you took the oath of office as president for the first time. >> well, it won't be easy. i do recall that day with great clarity and all, but all of it, the coming to the white house first, the -- being taken down to the scene and then appearing before those thousands and t

. >> gorbachev did most of the work to change the soviet union, but reagan met him halfway, reagan encouraged him, reagan supported him. >> freedom of the press, which we'll get to later, i should just mention madison originally called it freedom of the use of the press, and it is indee freedom to print things and publish things. it is lectures in history, every saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, lectures in history is also available as a podcast. find it where you listen to podcasts. ♪♪ ♪♪ >> highpark, new york, where in 1882 franklin delano roosevelt was born. following a political career in his native state, roosevelt became assistant secretary of the navy in 1913. in 1920, he campaigned unsuccessfully for vice presidency. georgia proved a haven of health when illness interrupted the ascendency of his political career. when the country appeared to be in a whirl of glowing prosperity it was urged by democratic party leaders to become a candidate for governor of new york. 1928 saw him governor roosevelt served two terms. liberal measures marked his administration. governor roosevelt became the c