let's listen to ron reagan talk about life inside the ronald reagan household from his perspective. >> we were conscious, i think, growing up. i was. there were really two sets of people, to definite and distinct sets of people involved in the family. there was my mother and father, and there was everybody else. and while we were all part of the family, when push came to shove, there was a distinction to be made. it wasn't like, be seen and not heard, but it was -- you know, we were expected to put ourselves in second place to whatever they were doing. >> what can you add to this part of the story? >> ron reagan junior, the family calls him skipper, and he tells the story about emotional distance. there's a kind who looks out the window and sees a kid playing football, and has to go and join the game, and there's the kind that goes back to his work. as he went on he said his dad was the kind who came out and played with the kids. you find yourself wondering, what was there beef? you keep hearing about this emotional distance that reagan had with his children. but he played ball with a

reagan's son -- ron reagan -- spoke with nbc's matt lauer this morning. he said his parents were inseperable -- they were in love -- and stayed in love for 52 years. and that is what he wants the next generation to know about his mother: 1:43--54 (s/ voice of: ron reagan/ son of ronald and nancy reagan :12) "i think that she knew how to love somebody, that would be- and you could do a lot worse than that in life. that's what i think of when i think of my mother. i think of her relationship with her husband." funeral services for the husband at the presidential library. nancy reagan was 94 years old. on the campaign trail -- a win - of sorts -- for republican presidential candidate ted cruz -- after a new york judge dismisses a petition claiming cruz is not eligible to run for president because he's not a "natural born citizen." ruling -- saying the petition was not filed on time. the case in new york is just one of several "birther" lawsuits going on across the country -- encouraged by g-o-p frontrunner donald trump. he has openly questioned whether the t

it's funny because you hear ron reagan talk about how she is now presiding over the reagan library. the busiest, if not the&est presidential library the country and has become like a shrine to republican candidates. there are debates held here and anybody who wants to run for office has to come and be beholden to the shrine, to get their, for lack of a better word, their blessing from this place before they go in office. that's the reagan library has become and will continue to be a very strong force in the republican party for many, many years to come. >> sure our viewers saw when the photographer was panning from the sweeping vista and then under the tent to the mourners there, the building itself is strikingly and unassuming ranch. it's not a great column cathedrals type place. it's a california hill. >> the shining city on the hill that ronald reagan talked about, and when i first came here 12 years ago and then came back here this week for nancy reagan's funeral, they put is in the hangar for air force one, which was not here 12 years ago, and they had this amazing plane that r

everybody in this great auditorium tonight, we are all tremendously pleased and honored to have ron reagan and nancy reagan come down. [applause] >> we are all part of this great republican family that will give the leadership to the american people to win on november 2. i would be honored on your behalf to have my good friend governor reagan to say a few words at this time. [applause] host: as you look at ronald reagan, what turned the tide for president ford? are there lessons? mr. ginsberg: there are certainly lessons. there will be fewer unbound delegates in 2016 then there were in 1976 because of that rule we just talked about. it depends how close the front runner is to getting a majority of delegates, on how big that pool is but this produced a great moment of unity in an otherwise divided convention. that would, i hope be a lesson , for whoever is in what position in 2016. host: mississippi turned the tide for general ford. mr. ginsberg: they were the delegates who stayed as a group and were able to put president ford over the top. host: if selected delegates in undecided states, f

patty davis and ron reagan talk about their mother's devotion. >> when my father was shot and went to the hospital she was told she could not see him. she said i have to. you don't understand how it is with us. >> reporter: chris martinez cbs california. >> the reagan's tomb faces west towards the pacific ocean. relatives of every president dating back to john f kennedy attended the funeral. >>> after a bizarre week in a st. pete courtroom, hogan's 10 news reporter jennifer titus has been on top of the trial all week. she is live at the courthouse. the jury has a lot to consider. we have not heard the testimony from the defense yet. >> reporter: today experts speaking about gawker's use and work. with hogan's testimony they have to consider if hogan is a victim and suffered $100 million worth of damages. with two witnesses taking the stand wednesday. >> the true likely value they got from posting sex tapes is just over $15.4 million. >> reporter: hogan's team rested in a case that brought national attention involving a former wrestler, his sex tape and first amendment rights. >> the j

we heard ron reagan jr. say earlier today what a bunch of us were talking about on sunday when the news first came that mrs. reagan had passed and that is there likely would not have been a president reagan if he did not have nancy there by his side pushing him and really being the other half of this incredibly powerful partnership. >> thanks, jake. by the way, congratulations on last night. you really had a wonderful debate with the republicans. most substantive debate that we've had. but as to the two reagans, jim baker said this right off the bat in his remarks today and in the eloquent tribute, that there would have been no reagan presidency without nancy reagan, and that's because she was not only engaged in this wonderful love story but as baker and others said, she was a political wife. and she embraced that as to what his career was going to be and she was going to help him make that successful. she was part of an old tradition about a wife helping in that way. and she was astute politically and she k

reagan requested that contributions be made to the ron reagan presidential library and foundation forple -- for more information, reagan library.com. joanne, i hope to see you again sometime under better circumstances, but we so appreciate your memory and your thoughts about mrs. reagan. thank you joanne. >> thank you so much. >>> coming up on "the real story," new possible evidence found on the former property of o.j. simpson, which could shed light on the murders of nicole simpson and ron gold nano. >>> insight from geraldo rivera. he will join me live. at mfs investment management, we believe in the power of active management. by debating our research to find the best investments. by looking at global and local insights to benefit from different points of view. and by consistently breaking apart risk to focus on long-term value. we actively manage with expertise and conviction. so you can invest with more certainty. mfs. that's the power of active management. thank you. imagine if the things you bought every day... ...earned you miles to get to the places you really want to go. wit

among those who spoke at the service, nancy's son, ron reagan junior. >> my mother had one great talent and i think it was that she knew how to love and she loved one man more than the world. >> mrs. reagan has been buried beside her husband, former president ronald reagan. meanwhile president obama made to be at the funeral instead he spoke at the sxsw festival. mr. obama is the first sitting president to ascend that festival. >>> when fox 5 local news at 11:00 continues, a possible glimpse into the future home of the washington redskins. there is what might be their next stadium. what fans are saying about this design. >> and coming up a bit later, you guys know what today is, right? it's friday, so it's time to say cheers to the weekend! that is shelly from ted's montana grill. she is making something called a newly fashioned. we're going to get the recipe and hear from her coming up tonight a little bit later here at 11:00. >>> heads up for anyone planning to head down to the district this weekend. tomorrow there will be several street closures because of the rock and roll marathon.

the first lady's son, ron reagan, jr., talking about her touching love with mourners. >> in later years after my father had gone, she used to ask me if i thought she would be with him again when she died. i'm not a believer in the supernatural but i always assured her wherever dad had gone she was surely going to go there too. david: i'm joined now by nancy reagan's chief of staff during the final three years of the reagan administration tenure in the white house, jack cordamanche. thank you for joining us. we all know their love affair was something for the ages but explain how important she was to the presidency of ronald reagan. >> they were really one, they were two as one together. they were just connected in every which way and, it was a very true, true love and, it was shown in some different ways. you know, today's service brought back so many memories for me. seeing two of them together and so for the. david: jack, peggy noonan wrote a very touching piece today about her relationship with nancy reagan and of course about how she helped the presidency but she did talk about how

. >> lynn: nancy reagan is survived b b her two children, patty davis and ron reagan. >> danielle: well, heavy rain across parts of the country proving to be too much to handle. roads wrecked. collapsing under the waste rising water. relentless rain pounding day. >> lynn: residents there aren't the only ones dealing with a flood of trouble. reporter rick la miewj has more. >> reporter: water rescues underway in louisiana where residents have been plagued by heavy rains. this road you rocked by a swollen rimplet a car almost totally submerged bit flooding. >> what do you think about this? ever seen anything like it? >> it's been a long time science i've seen t ts much water. >> reporter: this is causing state. road could looping under the waste rising water. >> we looked down and part of this con dreet was all gone and so it was like a huge water fall was going down. flooding also hitting arkansas and texas. and folks in king wootd texas said they we prepared to deal with the conditions. started moving our cars and boats and toys and twairt arted coming up faster than we thought. we got

their son ron reagan, saying she was a large part of what made his dad the man he was, his fiercest protector, his most trusted advisor. >> i think that she knew how to love somebody. and you can do a lot worse than that in life. that's what i think of when i think of my mother. i think of her relationship with her husband. >> mrs. reagan will be buried at library in simi valley, california, next to her husband. funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. eastern on march 11th. >> extraordinary woman. >>> still ahead on news 4 new york at 5:00, fighting the so-called tampon tax. lawmakers in the tri-state are considering ending the extra cost for women's products and why it could be a tough sell. >>> plus, it is time, he says, a two-time super bowl winning quarterback saying good-bye after 18 extraordinary seasons in the nafl. fl. up next, bruce beck with peyton manning's emotional words. >>> and more news about the warmup for the tri-state area and the possibility of record high temperatures this week. i'll have all the details in the storm team 4 seven-day forecast. >>> still ahead, a remark

expected to speak at the funeral, patty davis and ron reagan. and james baker and nbc news special correspond end tom brokaw. you can watch special coverage of the funeral of nancy reagan at 1:00 p.m. right here on msnbc. >>> time to get you up to date on sports right now. an end of an era. nba legends kobe bryant and lebron james facing off for the last time against each other. look at this, monster dunk from the king against the home team. it is kobe's turn facing off, going head to head with james outside the arc. he's thinking about it, nails it. nails that three-pointer. the cavs coasted to the easy victory and we'll miss seeing them facing off. >>> blaine barber hitting the second shot on the par 4 tour. it's in, eagle has landed. nicely done. >>> maybe you think that was impressive, how about this. the shot of the day. that's harlem globetrotter buckets blake. 350 feet up and do you see it? go right in. nails it. think steph curry can do that? probably. >>> and a pennsylvania man hunt for two shooters heats up. >>> there are homes in louis

the black list as a suspected communist, she turned to the president of the screen actors guild, ron reagan help. they married a few years later. >> the admiral should have told me not to worry. >> they did one movie together. they raised their 2 children and to help his mrirl political career from govern of calendar to u.s. president elected in 1980. >> i think i may have helped a little maybe. >> there were often questions about how much she helped. this incident reinforced the idea that she was really running the show. >> doing everything we can. >> thank you, sir. >> she denied having that much control, but later admitted she did play a role in her husband's presidency. >> i was more aware always of people who were inrunning him and he wasn't. so she often clashed with his staff, much more so after this assassination attempt when she demanded final say over his schedule. it made headlines when it was revealed she was consulting an astrologer first. as a first lady, she was often controversial raised in the life of privilege, she was often portrayed as an elitist targeted for remodeling

lucy baines johnson talking to ron reagan.n speak to this. the fraternity of people who have known what it's like to wake up and go to sleep in that structure on pennsylvania avenue, at least as pennsylvania avenue used to be. >> they have something in common that no one on the outside can never understand, and the impact of that, you can just see because nancy reagan, for instance, her husband ran against gerald ford. she developed a relationship with betty ford. all these people had all these political conflicts, but in the end they do really try to help one another. >> peggy noonan there, john huntsman who tried very hard to be a member of that fraternity, but failed in his own run for president, former ambassador. how good of mother nature to hold off on the light rain until the end. but we were just looking at the weather radar for simi valley, california, and sadly, there is a big angry mass of precipitation coming in off the shore. good and bad location. it is a sweeping view of the valley below, quite an altitude, but

the reagans' children patty davis and ron reagan, jr., reflected on their mother's devotion. >> wheny father was shot and my mother rushed to the hospital they at first wouldn't let her see him. i have to, she said. you don't understand how it is with us. >> she will once again lay down beside the man who was the love of her life, the one she loved until the end of her days. >> reporter: nancy reagan will rest in peace inches from the former president on the library's grounds. chris martinez, cbs news, simi valley, california. >>> well, dark skies massive waves in pacifica today. beaches are closed. cliffside homes blocked off. in fact, demolition starts tomorrow at the red-tagged apartments along esplanade avenue. there's heavy equipment ready to go. the building of course at risk of tumbling off the eroding cliff. demolition has been delayed because of the storms. that process is expected to take several days. >>> julie watts is in for paul deanno this evening. what's it looking like right now? >> very wet, very windy. we have kind of two big weather stories although the wind advis

reagan's children, patty davis, and ron reagan, jr., will also speak. the first lady passed away last weekend at 94, after a battle with heart failure. she will be laid to rest next to her husband at the reagan library in semi valley, california. president obama will not be attending those services, the first lady instead will represent the family. the president will be giving the keynote address at the annual south by southwest festival. he is expected to discuss technology and civic engagement in the 21st century. >> canadian prime minister justin trued owe wood the white house you might say at state dinner last night. president obama and the first lady welcomed he and his wife, nearly 200 guests including some of hollywood's elite dined in the east room. the 44 year old leader brought excitement to capitol hill, the press is dubbing, trudeau main y former montgomery county prosecutors bruce castor, he wants the case file on the bill cosby sex assault allegations but the current d.a. says else not entitled to those files. castor's defending himself in

and this morning on the "today" show, while pespeaking with mat lauer, ron reagan jr. agan was a woman who was totally dedicated to her husband. and i know that that sounds, you know, anti-feminist, but i don't really mean it in that way. she loved her husband. more than anything in the world. and i think that you can make the case that the ronald reagan that we all came to know as president would not have existed without nancy reagan. >> nancy reagan was deeply involved here at the reagan library. up until the very end, people here say she was a boss. she was like a mentor. in fact, there is an exhibition that was slated to open yesterday about the vatican and she play eed a key role in bringing that exhibition here, even reaching out to the pope and the vatican to help make that happen. she's deeply missed by everyone who worked here. they say she treated everyone with respect, whether it was the person who worked the elevator or someone who was on the board of the foundation. erica. >> joe fryer for us this morning. thank you. >>> nbc's andrea mitchell covered the re

bush and three former first ladies, the reagan's children patti davis and ron reagan, jr.lected on their mother's devotion. >> when my father was shot and my mother rush to the hospital they at first wouldn't let her see him. i have to she said. you don't understand how it is with us. >> she will once again lay down the beside the man who was the love her life. the one she loved till end of her days. >> nancy reagan will rest in peace inches from the former president on the library's grounds. >> relatives of every present dating back to john f. kennedy attend the funeral along with hundreds of odd dignitaries, journalists and celebrities. the reagans hillside team faces west toward the pacific ocean. >>> he served our country almost 50 yours ago in vietnam and tonight his friends, family and even some strangers came out to thank him with a therapy dog. glassboro resident dan connelly says he suffers from post traumatic stress disorder for decades didn't night he joined forces with ike a ptsd therapy dog. the head chef at petey's diner presented connelly with thing. >> i'm

bush and three former first ladies, the reagan's children patti davis and ron reagan, jr.eflected on their mother's devotion. >> when my father was shot and my mother rush to the hospital they at first wouldn't let her see him. i have to she said. you don't understand how it is with us. >> she will once again lay down the beside the man who was the love her life. the one she loved till end of her days. >> nancy reagan will rest in peace inches from the former president on the library's grounds. >> relatives of every present dating back to john f. kennedy attend the funeral along with hundreds of odd dignitaries, journalists and celebrities. the reagans hillside team faces west toward the pacific ocean. >>> he served our country almost 50 yours ago in vietnam and tonight his friends, family and even some strangers came out to thank him with a therapy dog. glassboro resident dan connelly says he suffers from post traumatic stress disorder for decades didn't night he joined forces with ike a ptsd therapy dog. the head chef at petey's diner presented connelly with thing. >> i'

wednesday at the ron reagan presidential librairie. reagan passed away -- library. reagan passed away sunday. with her loss coming during a divided time in the republican party some channeled her advice for the candidates. >> i think she would say clean it up. clean it up and do what it is you are supposed to do. say no to the things you are supposed to say no to and stand for what's right. >> in a statement yesterday president obama called the former first lady gracious and charming and a woman of comfort and strength. >>> government investigators will start release being new details on their investigation into wrongdoing of v.a. hospitals nationwide. the inspector general has said it found evidence of wrongdoing at 51 different v.a. hospitals and clinics. but specific information about what happened and where it happened has not been released divorces are working to protect the identities of sources and patient information. >>> weather and traffic every 10 minutes. >> here's meteorologist keith monday in severe weather center 9. we are already starting off pretty

as america said goodbye to nancy reagan to you interests james baker and ron reagan junior both claim to that without mrs. reagan there would've been no president reagan. i'm not a real fan of iunterfactual history conduct have expressed that same view regarding mary lincoln. is underscore this morning by sidney blumenthal. i have attended lots of events like this. i've heard many presentations on mrs. lincoln from friends and foes of this controversial first lady. love her or hate her. there is little doubt in my mind that they love each other deeply and supported each other for better or worse in sickness and in health. her support was an indispensable elements of his ambition. our next speaker knows more about this just about anybody. of this bookthor on mary lincoln. it traces the complex and often tragic life of mary lincoln. i encourage you to read the book. her guest blog on christian mcwhorter's blog about the civil dr. mcdermott's expertise the americaneyond legal system in the 19 century. her phd dissertation on juries in the antebellum midwest formed the basis of her 2012 b

some of the comments were so outrageous, they can't even be fact checked but ron reagan working with full effect pulitzer fact -- politifact was able to find some truth. >> reporter: -- >> this guy has been number one absentee record in the united states. >> your proposed taxes -- >>reporter: we have heard this before. politifact put it to the truth check. marco rubio has the worst attendance record for the past year with 125 missed rollcall votes. that's 41%, more than any other sitting senator. ted cruz though isn't far behind with 36% absentee right -- weight -- rates but both marco rubio and ted cruz missed 14-18% overall. so, donald trump's claim is mostly true. what ohio governor john kasich clinton is coming up.>>> as for the fraud investigation involving trump and his trump university, the case is moving forward despite his lawyer's attempts to have it thrown out. eric schneider while the fraud lawsuit against trump, calling it a bait and switch skiing. he says trump was just the pitchman for the school, which thousands of students registered for an were defrauded out of mill

i think that ron reagan eluded to that. she understood the people who were not there to serve ronald reagan. he did not. he was so genial and liked everyone. he didn't have that political antenna, but she did and she protected him. she was the chief protector, and she reached out, as well, to democrats, to others, to come in and talk to him so he would not be isolated in the white house. she was responsible, also, of course, for the exit of donald, who was charged for a lot of things, like letting the iran-contra affair happen under his nose. >> tom, don't you think nancy's reputation and the way this country felt about her changed over the years? in the early years, people were tough on her. >> they were tough on her because she brought her hollywood elegance and the whole white house. i felt she knew what her role was. other people had ideas of the first ladies. when they first got elected, i said some things in the press that she thought were far too critical about -- not his childhood, but when he was a young man, he mad

white house chief of staff james baker as well as the reagan's daughter , patti davis, and son, ron reagan. we will have live coverage from the lak reagan library right hee on c-span. >> i think what it's so unusual is -- if i could be sappy for a acond -- to be able to have professional and personal partnership over more than 15 years is a really unusual thing. great temperament and division in terms of editing are something i don't have and never really spent any time on. -- i stuck to the grunt side of the equation. >> sunday, susan glasser and peter baker join us to talk about their marriage, their careers, and their upcoming move to israel. >> it's going to be a great adventure. we have done the overseas thing together before, but we have never spent time in jerusalem or israel, and i think we are looking forward to learning a lot. it's going to be a real adventure. it's a part of the world that has so much history to it, and it's a vital part of today's issues. we have spent a lot of time in washington on a but we have .ever been on the ground susan: i will be helping to lead our edi

everybody in this great auditorium tonight, we're all tremendously pleased and honored to have ron reagan and nancy reagan come down -- cheers and applause] we are all a part of this great republican family that will give the leadership to the american people to win on november 2. i would like -- i would be honored on your behalf to ask my good friend, governor reagan, to say a few words at this time. cheers and applause] host: as you look at ronald reagan, what turned the tide for president ford and are there lessons from 1976? mr. ginsberg: there certainly are lessons from 1976. there will be fewer unbound delegates in 2016 than there were in 1976. because of that rule we just alked about. host: how does that play into the delegate totals per candidate and those that may not be obblegailted to vote a certain way? mr. ginsberg: interestingly enough, on june , the day after the last of the primaries, when california and nming and three other states are done voting, you'll know to a highly accurate degree what each candidate's totals are. that's six weeks until the convention begins on jul

reagan's life, her son ron reagan and patty davis and tom brokaw and treasury secretary james baker. lauren lister. newschannel 5. >>> an investigation you will only see here. we have all seen the startling headlines about heroin addiction. an epidemic that reaches across the country. >> there's a special edition tonight 2020 breaking point, heroin in america. joins us in a crisis tearing apart families. >> reporter: in manchester, new hampshire. the deadliest year from heroin. in more than a year we are with a s.w.a.t. team about to go out on a bus. in this apartment, authorities money for their next fix. and if you think that's not my family, we met so many parents, families, blind-sided. sabrina. >> spencer's world was football. the boy loved to play. >> reporter: doug griffin. >> courtney was a lot of fun and bring a smile to everybody's face. >> reporter: four out of five new heroin users begin with prescription pain pills. >> spencer got hurt in a game, oxytocin. >> we see no boundaries, rich, poor, middle class, pills and heroin. >> spencer switched to heroin. >> the police ca

she went to the president of the screen actors guild, ron reagan, to help. she put her career aside to raise their two children, and help his career, from governor of california to u.s. president in 1980. >> i think i may have helped a little. maybe. >> there were often questions about how much she helped. this incident reinforced the idea that she was really running the show. >> doing everything we can. >> doing everything we expect. >> she denied having that much control. glf i was aware always of people that were end-running him and he wasn't so i would step in and say, you've got to watch out for him. >> that meant she often clashed with his staff much more so after the assassination attempt, when she demanded final say over his schedule. it made headlines when it was revealed, she was consulting an astrologer. raised in the life of privilege she was often portrayed as an elitist. targeted for redesigning the white house she championed pairing the elderly with at risk youth and famously urging kids to: >> just say no. >> brought the numbers down a bit bu

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reagan's life during the service, daughter patti davis and son ron reagan, president reagan's treasury secretary and chief staff jamesbaker. lauren lifter. >> janine stanwood: police are having to protect dem list crews as more families are being out of herr thunderstorms. the first evacuated started in 2013. 800 families were told their homes had to go because the favela was blocking the access road to the olympics pararwhich is still under construction. mayor of rio said the hsing project underway for the families who are still left, he promoses it will be completed by the time the olympic games kick off in just five months. >> calvin: the time is now 5:09. let's get a check on rush hour traffic on this friday with traffic reporter jenise fernandez. >> jenise: we'rereatching this accident on i-95 southbound. let's step aside because you cansee accident is blocking the left lane. again 95 southbound at northwest 119th street, being seeing a backup as a result of that as we zoom on in this is i-95 southbound at northwest 119th street with speeds clocking in at 32 miles per hour. and we

. >>> we're all tremendously pleased and honored to have ron reagan and nancy reagan come down. >> youw, that was the last republican contested convention and we could be facing something similar to that. back in 1976. some say that very divided convention that ended up at least on an amicable ending note, very classy of ronald reagan to come down and graciously accept the defeat, support the president who went on to be defeated by jimmy carter. that prospect that it could happen again this year. wait until you see. burt, historian extrodinaire, on playing out the possibilities. i noticed, first, the party always talks about saying it would not be a brokered conventi convention. the idea of brokers inside rooms and smoke-filled rooms sorting this out is wrong. that's why we don't agree with that description. it would be a contested convention in that event. the trump people say that if they get 1,237 delegates, the minimum you need, there should be no reason to contest. are they right? >> yes, they are right. if donald trump wins those 1,237 delegates he wins on the first ballot, in th

reagan planned much of the service, choosing everything from flowers to pallbearers and guest list. ron reagan, jr. >> and when my father was shot, at first they wouldn't let her see him. i have to. you don't understand how it is with us. >> and first lady michelle obama represented the president there today. former president, george w. bush was there and three former first ladies. >>> and flood warnings raise alarms and prompt evacuations across the south. after heavy rain, forces rivers and streams up and around the banks. one of the areas, is build your city louisiana. thousands have been forced and there's growing fear that levees will be broken. >> turning into an evacuation right now. >> and the national guard has already rescued hundreds of people from their homes. anything get if you're doing everything right but find it harder and harder while our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1%. my plan -- make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. i'm b

. >> ron reagan said the most important thing people should know about his mother was she knew how to love someone. she said his inseparable and they stayed in love for 50 years. >>> on the nbc washington app, you can see photographs of her through her early years and also her career as an actress. you can find that and a whole lot more by searching nancy reagan on the washington app. >>> candidates are already focused on the winner take all primary next week. but first in the midwest, michigan's primary is happening tomorrow. the key issues candidates are campaigning on include water and jobs. john kasich is the only republican stopping in the state today, and he is last in the polls right now. democrats bernie sanders and hillary clinton will both be in michigan today. last night they sparred on stage. >> it is raining lead in flint, and the state is derelict in not coming forward. >> should understand that his irresponsible. he should resign. donald trump who is leading in the polls in michigan has a rally planned in north carolina today. marco rubio is already in florida ahead of

eulogies will be given by nancy's two children, ron reagan junior and patty davis. dozens of dignitaries including former president george w. bush, jimmy carter and four of america's first ladies are to attend. in what promises to be an especially emotional moment no one ever her husband's love letters to her about the event at the ceremony. lauren: that is so sweet. tension escalating in a fight between apple and the government. in a new court filing the obama administration argues no single company despite its success and profit should be able to disregard the law entered out of which publicly refused to grant a request to unlock the iphone used by one of the terrorists accuse the government is taking a cheap shot intended to smear the corporation. the justice department meanwhile echoing the white house admit and the court order is modest and apple's argument not hold a good a former aide to vladimir putin has died of blunt force trauma to the head according to medical examiners. he was found dead in his washington d.c. hotel room also suffering injuries to his n

patti davis and ron reagan. >> my parents were two halfs of a circle closed tight around a world. while they might venture out and include others in their orbit, no one truly crossed the boundary into the space they held as theirs. >> they were co-equals. they complemented one another. individually they may have gone far, but did go anywhere. >> nancy reagan, who died sunday at 94, was buried beside her husband on the library grounds. >> tonight a dc mother is remembering a very personal experience that she had with a former first lady. their connection takes us back to 1983 when the come's eight-year-old son was involved in a hit and run accident in northwest. ronika clearry picks up the story. >> he was very smart, very intelligent, he liked animals. loved his family. >> reporter: that's katy describing her son. he was a third grader and after leaving school one day he was hit by a driver who fled the scene. after the accident he was in a coma and when he emerged he had a request. >> after he came out of the coma, he had asked to see nancy reagan. and i said, th wife? the first

reporter: the iconic image of nancy reagan saying good-bye may sum up her public life of ron -- ronald reagan. there were many layers to her. her early years did not mirror the glamorous life depicted in movies, nicknames nancy as a child, she was raised in a broken home. by her mother, an actress, she had little contact with her divorced at a young age, and here mother remarried, nancy and her stepfather had a strong bond, he adopted her, and she took his last name. she appeared in plays in new york before she caught a break, she moved to hollywood, where she appeared in 11 films, here she is in donavon's brain, it was only after a trade paper reported that nancy had communist ties in fall of 19 49 she metronnal reagan. >> that afternoon, phonerage, nancy davis, this is ronald reagan from screen actors guild, i have some answers for you, if you are free for dinner, perhaps we can talk about it i stammered, i think i can can manage it. reporter: they connected fell in march 4, 1952, daughter patty was born in october that same year, son ron was born in 1958. >> they were the most marri

hubiese sido dibujado a su alrededor, indestructible, inpenetrable, una isla para ellos dos" sot ron reagantally she will once again lay down beside the man that was the love of her life, the one she loved to the end of her days." la inmortalidad la hara una vez mas descansar al lado del hombre que fue el amor de su vida, el que ella amo hasta el ultimo de sus dias": track: la mayoria de los invitados fueron elegidos por ella misma , entre los mas destacados estaban los ex presidentes george w. bush y jimmy carter, asi como tambien la primera dama michelle obama y sus predecesoras hillary clinton, laura bush y roslynn carter. sot michelle obama/ primera dama de los estados unidos 0:32 na12f "mrs. reagan was a woman of incredible strength and grace and she was a passionate advocate for so many important issues." "la señora reagan fue una mujer con una fortaleza y una gracia increible, asi como una apasionada defensora de tantos temas importantes" track: nancy murio por un fallo cardiaco mientras dormia a los 94 aÑos de edad en su casa de los angeles . ella y ronald reagan se conocieron en el

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. >> reporter: among the manned speak ares, nancy's two children, ron reagan and patty davis. >> she told me once she was not afraid to die. she said i don't want it to hurt. i'll see rony again. >> reporter: it is that love that so famously defined the first couple through their decades in the limelight and out of the public's eye as ronald reagan was slowly taken by alzheimer's. >> the love story with her husband. i think i respect that so much that, besides anything else, that they were one. they were one. >> reporter: and now they will be one genocide by side in death as they -- and now they will be one again, side by side >> the love letter will be led by former canadian prime minister brian mulroney who beam a close friend of the reagans. blast-- who became a close fend of the reagans. >>> a helicopter crashed last year and seven were camp lejeune marines. the tribute march spans 770 miles between florida and camp lejeune. >>> north korea responded to new sank shop sanctions by south korea by firing missile into his the sea. the moves are the latest in an escalating standoff be

everybody in this great auditorium tonight, we are all tremendously pleased and honored to have ron reagan november 2. i would like, i would be honored on your behalf to ask my good friend, governor bracken to say a few words at this time. [applause]. and kansas city if you look at one oh ronald reagan he went on to get the nomination four years later. what are the type or president forward and are there lessons? >> there certainly lessons. there will be fewer unbound delegates in 2016 then there were in 1976 because of that rule we just talked about. but there will, depends on how close the front runner is to getting a majority majority of delegates on how big the pool is. this produced a great moment of unity in an otherwise divided convention. that, i would hope would be a lesson for whoever is in what position a 2016. >> mississippi turn the tide for general ford, correct. >> , correct. >> yes. they were the delegates who stayed as a group and they were able to put president ford over the top. >> if delegates were selected in june for example caucuses in iowa or you have on pledged, ho

of staff for ronald reagan as well as "nbc nightly news" anchor tom brokaw and reagan children, ron reagandavis. nancy reagan and patti davis had very public falling out in the 1980s. but when the former president was diagnosed with alzheimer's they began to mend their ways. they reconciled fully by the time nancy reagan passed away. in fact they were very close. who will be here who will not. michelle obama will be here. both the bushes. all the living former first ladies will be on hand. president carter will not be here. and president obama will not be here either to this event. david. david: he will miss quite an event. sound like every detail is picked out by nancy reagan. thank you very much. trace gallagher. appreciate it. >> slammed by association. trump supporters are the new target of presidential race but that is not stopping them. >> i'm not backing down. i'm putting up a larger sign. i'm probably going to buy more signs to put up. i want to do this to show them they're not going to stop me as early as possible. melissa: steve moore said leave trump fans alone. we'll get his ta

the eulogies will be given by first tom brokaw, the former "nbc nightly news" writer, ron reagan and patti davis will speak. when ronald regan was diagnosed with aflts in the '90s, they reconciled. at the time of nancy reagan's death they were very close. the celebrity list is very long from mr. t to tom celek and of course the former first ladies along with michelle obama will also be on hand. gretchen. >> we will look forward to that. trace, thank you. >>> defense attorney said he was attacked at the santa than courthouse in southern california. he claims an investigator with the da's office was behind that horrific bruise. james crawford saying the incident started when the investigator told him defense attorneys are sleazy and can't be trusted. he said he didn't throw a punch but wound up with that black eye and a bloodied shirt after his face was slammed into a bench. a juror in the building snapped a picture on the floor. the da's office says it is cooperating with the police. they're calling crawford's account one sided and simile not zwru one of the biggest duties for the nex

reagan. the former first lady's son, ron, speaks exclusively to nbc news about her legacy. >> i think that you can make the case that the ronald reagan that we all came to know as president would not have existed without nancy reagan. >> coming up, we'll talk to two former reagan white house chiefs of staff, james baker and ken duberstein. and a look backstage at the reagan white house with former top aide gayle burt. plus the reagan love story, captured in a letter from the president to mrs. reagan that she read for an nbc special. >> dear first lady, as president of the united states, it's my honor and privilege to cite you for service above and beyond the call of duty and that you have made one man, me, the most happy man in the world for 29 years. >> good day, everyone. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. today the nation is remembering nancy reagan. she died in her los angeles home yesterday of congestive heart failure. she was 94 years old. mrs. reagan will be buried later this week beside her husband at the ronald reagan presidential library in simi valley, california. she's being rememb

the former nbc news anchor tom brow co, and the children, ron reagan and pati davis and the bats betweengan and her daughter, patty davis, in the 19 0s again we ronald reagan was diagnosed with alzheimer's they recoks%1% and the oft -- by the time of her death. >> isn't the funeral tomorrow night? >> it was, they were trying to replicate the funeral we had here 12 years ago. anybody can see that video, nancy reagan, when she laid her head on the case set after being so strong and finally breaking down on the casket. this was the most emotional moment. so they were trying to replicate the timing of that. but there's rain in the forecast, and they're trying to get this thing in in the morning, prior to the rain and the afternoon, but rain or shine, this gill on. if it rains they'll shuttle everyone under big tens, republicans and democrats. >> they're expecting 10 or 12 inches of rain in oxnard the next couple of days. it's coming in a noon soon. -- monsoon, the fox weather alert says rain every hour, all day long. the total rain they're expecting, a quarter áe÷ inch. they do rain differen

we heard from ron reagan jr. parents' incredible love story while speaking with matt lauer on the "today" show. >> nancy reagan was a woman who was totally dedicated to her husband. i know that sounds, you know, anti-feminist, but i don't really mean it in that way. she loved her husband. more than anything in the world. and i think that you can make the case that the ronald reagan that we all came to know as president would not have existed without nancy reagan. >> nancy reagan remained very involved with the presidential library here until the very end. even though she couldn't visit it as often later in her life, she was still very active and had a lot of influngs. people here referred to her as the boss, and also a mentor and someone who treated everyone with respect. now, just a little bit ago, flags at the white house were lowered to half staff in honor of nancy reagan. the flags here at the presidential library will also be lowered to half staff in about an hour and a half. tamron. >> all right, thank you v

eulogies come from ron reagan her son and patti davis.is wrote op-ed yesterday, relationship, very tumultuous relationship she had with her mother in the '70s and '80s. patti davis compared it to the cold war back then. when ronald reagan was diagnosed with alzheimer's they reconciled. they're watching today, harris whether or not the rain will come in. they're calling for 100% chance of rain at the time of the funeral. we're keeping our fingers crossed. a thousand people here to pay their respects to nancy reagan. harris? harris: it is the day the lord made, whether it rains or shines it is perfect in his eyes. trace, thank you. >>> endorsements galore as we move on to politics as remaining republicans try to build support ahead of primaries last week that will play a huge part who is the gop nominee. just this morning donald trump winning the support of former gop rival dr. ben carson. >> he is actually a very intelligent man who cares deeply about america. there are two different donald trumps. there is the one you see on the stage and

this morning, ron reagan reflected on the influential role his mom played in his life and his father's presidency. >> she loved her husband more than anything in the world. i think you can make the case that the ronald reagan that we all came to know as president would not have existed without nancy reagan. i think she knew how to love somebody, that would be -- you could do a lot worse than that in life. that's what i think of, when i think of my mother, i think of her relationship with her husband. >> 52 years of marriage. ronald reagan and nancy reagan, and dana, you've been in the white house, you know how these relationships work between a husband who's in a position of power like that, and a wife. how do you look back on nancy reagan? >> very fondly. and one of the first things i thought of was that -- just a little bit of a sense of relief that they were reunited. there was such a strong love. she in her own right had a big impact in my life. i got a chance to tell her that. her just say no to drugs campaign, i was 8 years old or something when that started. but it had a big imp

the blacklist as a suspected communist she turned to the president of the screen actor's guilt ron reagan for help. they married a few years later. they did one movie together, but then she put her career aside to raise their two children and to help his political career from governor of california to u.s. president-elected in 1980. >> i think i may have helped a little, maybe. >> there were often questions about how much she helped. this incident reinforced the idea that she was really running the show. >> we're doing everything we can. >> she denied having that much control but later admitted she played a role in her husband's presidency. >> i was more aware of people who were end-running him, and he wasn't. so i would step in and say, you got to watch out for him. >> she often clashed with his staff, much more after this assassination attack when she demanded more on his schedule. it made headlines when it was learned she was consulting an astrologier first. she was often much portrayed as an elitist. targeted for renovating the white house and updating the china. but the money was don

when she was put on the black list as a communist, she turned to ronned reagan for help. they married a few years later. they did one movie together, but then she put her career aside to raise their two children and to help his political career from governor of al-california to u.s. president elected in 1980 >> i think i may have helped a little, maybe. >> reporter: there were often questions about how much she helped. this incident reinforced the idea that she was really running the show. >> doing everything we can. >> reporter: she denied having that much control but later admitted she it play a role in her husband's press dan see. >> i was always aware of people who were running and i would step in and say you've got to watch out for him >> reporter: that meant she often clashed with his staff, especially after this when she said she wanted final say over his schedule. she was often controversial, raised in a life of privilege she was often portrayed as an elitist, modelling the white house and replacing the china. the money was donated like many of other gowns, but th