to his credit, ronald reagan never shied away from being an actor. some of us were not as convinced. he respected the movie business and said he did not know how anyone could see succeed is being president without being an actor. i may not tell you how some the press use that against him. one day i asked him what he meant and he explained that in the television era, it was necessary to learn how to communicate with large audiences. how to express it could convey a message more effectively than what you spoke. and he understood and mastered the technical demands sound, lighting, and staging. the been very pleasant for people like me will will working we have to wait while the photographer adjust his lancer lighting. it almost immediately launched into a story about how something similar happened in his previous profession. he was never irritated and allow professionals to do his job. so i set out to take readers behind the scene into the living room of the reagan's essay watched and for the most part enjoyed so many iconic movies of the '80s like top

ronald reagan's first victory and the decisive turning point in american politics.first, here's richard nixon accepting the republican nomination for president. at the gop national convention in miami beach, august 8, 1968. >> we make history tonight, not for ourselves, but for the agents. the choice we make a 1968 will determine not only the future of america, but the future of peace and freedom in the world for the last third of the 20th century, and the question that we answer tonight, can america meet this great challenge? for a few moments, let us look at america. let us listen to america. to find the answer to that question. as we look at america, we see cities enveloped in smoke and flames. we hear sirens in the night. we see americans dying on distant battlefields across. we see americans hating each other, fighting each other, killing each other at home. and as we see and hear these things, millions of americans cry out in anguish, did we come all this way for this? did american boys die in normandy and korea and in valley forge for this? listen to the answ

one of the guest said that ronald reagan was electable goldwater.oldwater was a vocal opponent to segregation and the civil rights act. he one his home state of arizona in five states in the deep south. alabama, georgia, mississippi, south carolina. mississippi does repeat itself. this country has a history of racism and classes in. and if it's left unchecked it's going task they should metastasize. >> that's a widespread view, that i don't agree with. atwater was not significant in regards to the 1968 election. he came later in the 80s. i have to say that i'm in a go back to what i was saying earlier. the country was struggling with these issues, i think we're still struggling with these issues. but in a much different way. not as intense. and it represents a racial progress. some callers are suggesting there hasn't been any progress. >> the collar pointed out wallace. in terms of the popular vote. nixon one with half 1 million votes. what was the nixon strategy ? >> just try not to talk a whole lot of specifics. didn't really have a plan for how h

may be this con man is the era of ronald reagan and maybe it's not so bad. you have this compromising values i can tell a lot of you are as old as i am i am old enough to remember when republican actually said character matters. do you remember that? that moment there was a moment i was watching cable television and education secretary says get over your moral vanity i will use the word i was actually thinking that he wrote the book of virtues the book of freaking virtues and now donald trump so to watch a movement that claimed it was about fiscal restraint and small government and free trade in american exceptionalism that would be offended by the idea russia was attacking our democracy remember when conservatives thought that would be a bad thing? but now we saw an embargo by people that i worked with then you get diverse desire and things that you want and you conservative judges and tax cuts and regulatory reform but then you find out the cost is greater than you expected. so i sat down to answer the book what did i miss? what did i ignore? what just hap

delegatejerry ford's against ronald reagan was killed in an automobile accident.y needed a new delicate. i didn't know anything about delegate hunting. i found out about it. david: in 1976, gerald ford was president coming here never been elected, he was going to run for election, and his main opponent was ronald reagan. it came down to a very tight convention. your job was to get the delegates for president ford. how did it go? truly that was the last contested national convention of either major political party. in this country. down to the last ballot. it was very tight. chasing a very small pool of uncommitted delegates, reagan was very strong, he almost knocked off an incumbent president. but we were able to prevail. the full resources of the white house. i told -- i used to tell people that i've been to more state dinners and anyone in the world because as a delegate hunter for president ford, i used to bring uncommitted delegates to state dinners than i had to go to every state dinner. david: the election is carter's way ahead. he catches up toward the end

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i became a conservative because of ronald reagan. i entered college in 1985 as a liberal and i left as a conservative in large part because of reagan. i think even more because of this dynamism, all the best arguments and all the best writing was on the right. i became convinced. if a ronald reagan is even possible today or if we expect too much because of not only has the media landscape fragmented, the whole idea of authority has fragmented. back in the 1980's, you read national review, the american spectator, other magazines that you read and people you look to as authority figures to tell you what conservatism meant and what conservatives were to do. today, do we even have that? is that even possible? i think part of the answer to these questions is where we go and what we might do to is askingconservatism ourselves what we have to give up from the reagan era or from what we idealize from the reagan era? what do we have to give up in order to conserve what really matters go i don't have the answer to that either, but i think we h

that is the conversion of ronald reagan to supply side economics. i think that is a key to understanding the history of conservatism since 1976. when reagan ran for president, supply-side economics was a budding thing. it was not a significant point of view politically. it was brought to reagan's attention during that campaign by bob barkley and others. he didn't bite. he wasn't interested. he did, by the time he ran in 1980. we all know essentially what that is. it had to political ramifications for reagan that i think their notice. -- bear notice. one is that it actually worked. after reagan got through the recession of his early presidency, which was an induced session, it was not one that just happened, it was the federal reserve chairman basically going to reagan and saying i'm going to squeeze and plays in -- inflation out of this economy, are you going to fight me on it? it was a political gamble on reagan's part and took a tremendous amount of courage. after he got through that recession, he generated an annual average gdp growth rate of 3.8

in.i'll jump >> yes, please. >> i became a conservative because of ronald reagan. entered college in 1985 as a liberal and i left as a large part in because of reagan but i think of all the cause intellectual arguments, and all the best writing was on the right. and i became convinced, i onder, though, today, if a ronald reagan is even possible or if we expect too much, not nly has the media landscape fragmented, the whole idea of authority has fragmented, back 1980, you read national review, you read the american spectator, and there magazines that you read and people you looked to as authority figures to tell you conservatism meant and what conservatives were to do. that?, do we even have is that even possible? nd i think part of the answer to these questions, about where we go what we might do to conservatism, is asking ourselves what do we have o give up from the reagan era or from what we ideal lies from the reagan era, what do we have conserve in order to what really matters? i don't have the answer to that either, but i think we have to not to be too backwar

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in 1981 during this month, i got to see ronald reagan speak. it was his first public appearance after his near assassination. he spoke on may 17 at the university of notre dame. i was only -- it altered my life. i was thinking about the soviet union and where america stood. it opened up a lot of things for me. i guess likely, even though we are -- like lee, even though we are different generation, i see myself walking between what is libertarianism and what is consumerism. the only way that the right has been successful in american history is when we have seen those two aspects of the right, at least none ideological left thinking come together. what are we trying to conserve? if we are conservatives, what we want to conserve? i worry about this a lot, not because of heritage by any means, but quite the opposite. when i turn on the radio and i hear so much of what is being passed as conservatism as either crassness or commercialism. in some way there is this populism that pervades everything and i find it disgusting frankly. it doesn't strike m

a spontaneous interview with governor ronald reagan of california. governor reagan will be questioned by cbs news correspondent martin. we will resume the interview in just a moment. >> our governor can we go back to that question. do you still maintain that you're not a contender ? >> i am not a contender for the latter for the vice presidential office. technically you would have to recognize that anyone who is a favorite candidate. even though he is a favorite some candidate in the sense of directing a delegation or hoping to. technically at the convention he is a candidate. he is entered a nomination and would be a candidate if the party chose to consider him as such. >> you're technically more than a candidate ? >> you mean now ? >> well i'm certainly not now. have not injected myself into this race. at this convention i use the word technically because it is true. you actually are placed in nomination. that is true of me as well as another -- number of other candidates. i have said for some time that i believe that this is going be an open conve

a spontaneous interview with governor ronald reagan of california. governor reagan will be questioned by cbs news correspondent martin. we will resume the interview in just a moment. >> our governor can we go back to that question. do you still maintain that you're not a contender ? >> i am not a contender for the latter for the vice presidential office. technically you would have to recognize that anyone who is a favorite candidate. even though he is a favorite some candidate in the sense of directing a delegation or hoping to. technically at the convention he is a candidate. he is entered a nomination and would be a candidate if the party chose to consider him as such. >> you're technically more than a candidate ? >> you mean now ? >> well i'm certainly not now. have not injected myself into this race. at this convention i use the word technically because it is true. you actually are placed in nomination. that is true of me as well as another -- number of other candidates. i have said for some time that i believe that this is going be an open conve

estÁ planeando resucitar una norma de la era de ronald regan. >>buenas tardes.instituciones que ofrecen su salud reproductiva resultarÍan afectadas por la propuesta de la administraciÓn de donoso que busca recortar fondos federales a clÍnica que refieran a pacientes a otros lugares. >>han seÑalado que serÁ una regla. es un programa que estudies todo tipo de cuidado mÉdico preventivo. la iniciativa presentada pory servicios humanos es similar a otra de corte conservador promovida durante la reacciÓn del presidente ronald regan. >>ellos dicen que no podemos ser elegible para este programa. >>el final que afectarÍa a 1 millÓn de californianos, no sÓlo mujeres de otros recursos. >>con de programas, problemas cuidados de reproducciÓn. la regla propuesta afectarÍa a otras organizaciones que ofrecen servicios. >>4 millones de las personas en todos los estados unidos, un tercio son latinos. prohÍben el financiamiento ustedes. pero quieren limitar los fondos. >>continuarlo para hablar. no solamente da relaciÓn, sino que ayuda a las vÍctimas de violencia Ética. >>buenas t

let me read and exhibitor -- let me read and exert from the new york times about the opposition ronald reagan faced in negotiating with the soviets. to what weamiliar have been hearing today from president trump. here is what they said about president reagan. " already right wing groups have started a campaign, opposing it. recordings,rculated attacking him. they are preparing to run newspaper ads against president reagan, saying he is a new neville chamberlain for signing a court with hitler's -- with hitler's -- hitler. while opposed with some of the time, i doubt people would look back today and say that president reagan's negotiations were not in the best interest of america's national security. so here we are today, mr. president. president trump plunging us into uncertainty when it comes to an iranian nuclear weapon and the credibility of america's work around the world. this is not good timing. if we hope to bring peace to the peninsula. korean what will president trump do if iran restarts its nuclear weapon program? is he prepared to face the prospect of another war in the midd

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he was ronald reagan's personal lawyer, but you get in that justice department, better be straight.i've never seen a justice department when i i was there t went after anything but issues. we all rolled our eyes a lot when he set up a pornography -- but it was issues. it wasn't about personality. it wasn't going after somebody. that was back in the hoover days. >> host: >> we can get back to j. edgar hoover because that figures highly in mr. comey's book. maybe we should engage her moment on this point about bullying because you write to identify this story which comey

>> please. >> i became a conservative because of ronald reagan. entered college in 1985 as a liberal and left as a conservative because of reagan and the intellectual dime mitchell and all the best arguments and writing was on the right, and i became convinced. wonder if today, if a ronald reagan is even possible or if we expect too much? not only has the he media landscaped fragmented but the whole idea of authority has frommed. in then 8's su yesterday three national review and american spectator and magazine outside read and people you looked to as authority figures to tell you what conservatives meant and to do, and today do we have that? is that even possible? i think part of the answer to these questions is, where we go, what we might do to resurrect conservativism, is asking ourselves what do we have to give up from the reagan era or what we idealize from the eight eight era, what we have to give up in order to get -- we have to be not too backward looking and forget that reagan emerged out after specific time and specific place to confront

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in reagan's first midterm, republicans lost 26 seats in the house. >> ronald reagan was trying to be as upbeat as possible. still, it was a conciliatory president who met with reporters, one who talked about seeking bipartisan solutions with the new congress. >> there have been concessions and compromises in both directions, on all of the major issues and we expect to continue to work with the congress in that way. >> top aides admit, the election results were a shock. by white house count, only 50% of the candidates mr. reagan campaigned for won yesterday. >> that was ronald reagan in the first midterm of his presidency, 1982. eight years later, on november 8th, 1994, the curse of the first midterm visited president bill clinton, in an epic, historical loss for the democrats at the time. >> tonight, the sound you hear is the sound of a moving van backing up to the united states senate, preparing to move in a republican majority. at this hour, the republicans have picked up the seven seats that they need to take control of that chamber. we still do not have a reading on the house of

for those of you that i have not met my name is joann drake i serve as chief administrator for the ronald reagan presidential institute i want to welcome you all here. it is a tradition in honor of our men and women who wear the uniform around this world we ask that you stand to the pledge to the flag and ask that you remain standing if for honor of our first lady barbara bush. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. thank you. be seated. i want to thank all of you for coming out and bearing with us you life in southern california you know what we're up against there. you know, in addition to our honored guest this is evening sheila tate, we have a few special guests, and i want to point out first oask we have roommate dr. john you'll is with us tonight. [applause] we also have of my former colleague and sheila former colleagues and colleagues of the white house from different era ares herer with us tonight. one of sheila's very close colleagues barbara fab

one of the guest said that ronald reagan was electable goldwater. goldwater was a vocal opponent to segregation and the civil rights act. he one his home state of arizona in five states in the deep south. alabama, georgia, mississippi, south carolina. mississippi does repeat itself. this country has a history of racism and classes in. and if it's left unchecked it's going task they should metastasize. >> that's a widespread view, that i don't agree with. atwater was not significant in regards to the 1968 election. he came later in the 80s. i have to say that i'm in a go back to what i was saying earlier. the country was struggling with these issues, i think we're still struggling with these issues. but in a much different way. not as intense. and it represents a racial progress. some callers are suggesting there hasn't been any progress. >> the collar pointed out wallace. in terms of the popular vote. nixon one with half 1 million votes. what was the nixon strategy ? >> just try not to talk a whole lot of specifics. didn't really have a plan for how

they never gave the nobel peace prize to ronald reagan who ended the cold war.academic and the democrats had always had this event. isn't there a common sense problem here. they are easily erased by the next president. and hillary was to preserve the legacy. it's exactly right. imagine if she had one. all of that would have been preserved and that's why he wouldn't go to the senate. he didn't think he needed to. it's why there are black in a career woman to be have have of the cia because it's not good enough they want pro- democrat in those positions. you have to have a position. cnn is accusing the president of getting those out of north korea to distract from other scandals. captivating exteriors dynamic lighting elevated comfort powerfully efficient and one more thing the world comes with it ♪you can go your own way... the 2019 jeep cherokee i had severe fatigue, went to a doctor. became diagnosed with hodgkin's lymphoma. i had to put my trust in somebody. we recommended chemotherapy, and then a stem cell transplant. when his disease progressed, i thought th

bret baier on similarities between donald trump and ronald reagan. reporter that exposed theranos. howie: time for a deeper dive on the coverage of president trump's foreign policy. i sat down this morning with bret baier. , the author of "three days in moscow." the cancellation of the summit with kim jong-un after taunting him as little rocket man, and now the summit is back on. do all these moves in foreign policy make it difficult to cover donald trump? bret: yes. you don't know what's going to happen. also the logistics of following and covering a president. we were scheduled to go to singapore and planning ahead to how that was going to work and the travel and the shows. covering this summit to be. so as it fell apart, do you cancel the ticket, do you not, do you hold on. right now we are in limbo and we'll see. >> you know, when the president threatens to pull out of nafta and he doesn't. he says he's going to withdraw his troops in syria then he pulls back. you have a group of commentators and analysts who say he's strategic and others say he'

entre esta costarricense y este boricua; no han perdido su sentido del humor especialmente ahora que ronaldresponsabilidades que normalmente hacía... >> lo único que no me gusta es que siente que le cocina... (inentendible). >> a veces no cocina como boricua. >> a pesar de esta pequeña falla, esta pareja ahora está más unida que nunca, después de que lucy fuera diagnosticada con alzheimer. >> cuando me pongo a escribir se me olvida y me pone de mal humor. no puedo hacer lo que hacía antes. >> los doctores me hicieron ver todo lo que se necesita para apoyarla a ella; y es a partir de ese momento que me doy cuenta que tan importante es ella. >> ronan es un residente permanente pero bajo esta administración del presidente donald trump; ronald dice que teme que por cualquier error pierda su residencia y se ha separado de su esposa. >> que nos persigan como nos están persiguiendo que nos consideren ciudadanos de segunda; lo cual nos hace a nosotros en que hay que tener la ciudadanía. >> dice que comenzó a informarse y a buscar ayuda ya que no tenía el dinero para pagar los ilicitud de ciudadanía

fair, balanced and unafraid from ronald reagan's presidential library. >> martha: great stuff, thank you so much. breaking tonight, will north korea summit actually happened? and the president demanding answers from the intel community and the obama administration now amid stunning reports about an fbi informant with leading questions and odd outreach to some members of the crime campaign. i martha maccallum and this is "the story" tonight. my from our nation's capital. earlier today i sat down with the vice president, got his take on all of these big developments here in d.c. today in our exclusive interview and right as we sat down and actually we learned that both the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein and the fbi direc

in reagan's first midterm, republicans lost 26 seats in the house. >> ronald reagan was trying to be as upbeat as possible. still, it was a conciliatory president who met with reporters, one who talked about seeking bipartisan solutions with the new congress. >> there have been concessions and compromises in both directions, on all of the major issues and we expect to continue to work with the congress in that way. >> reporter: top aides admit that the election results were a shock. by white house count, only 50% of the candidates mr. reagan campaigned for won yesterday. >> that was ronald reagan in the first midterm of his presidency, 1982. eight years later on november 8th, 1984, the curse of the first midterm president bill clinton in an epic, historic loss for the democrats at the time. >> tonight, the sound you hear is the sound of a moving van backing up to the united states preparing to move in a republican majority. at this hour, the republicans have picked up the seven seats that they need to take control of that chamber. we still do not have a reading on the house of repres

ago donald trump signed into law the largest investment in our national defense since the days of ronald reagan. [applause] >> our president promised to enforce our laws and secure our borders. we have taken on sanctuary cities. we are ending to end catch and release and close the dangerous immigration loopholes in our laws. the pres. signed into law the biggest funding increase for border security in a decade and ordered the national guard. under this pres.'s leadership we doubled the arrest of vicious gang members, ms 13, and thanks to the leadership of donald trump congress approved funding for the first 100 miles of the border wall. [applause] >> i will make you a promise. when it comes to that big border wall, we are going to build it all. [applause] >> this president has also stood for the god-given liberties enshrined in our constitution and i have to tell you i couldn't be more proud to serve alongside a president who stands without apology for the sanctity of human life. [applause] >> to protect all our inalienable rights, donald trump promised to appoint strong conservatives to

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i think that was ronald reagan. i don't remember a lot about jimmy carter. obviously it would give more at the bottom of the list. ronald reagan captures the upbringing of the person that lived in the place that i lived in was looking for something to be inspired by and that's what really got me involved. >> we've got ford and nixon. >> you've got something right. [laughter] discovery can and carter. carl, up to you. >> nixon is at the bottom because he was a criminal president. he was a criminal president from the day he took office until the day he left in his unique in our history in that regard. what your question goes to really is a commitment by the president of the united states to the common good, to the national interest. the first president i covered with kennedy. and all presidents have their successes, their failures, but the two that stand out in retrospect, in commitment to the common good, putting the interest of the country over their own interest without huge character flaws that have brought them. i go to gerald ford are the reasons that bo

their stories are categorized in media, you have significant players, the governor of california, ronald regan. >> this is the 21 year old david hume kennerly and ronald regan, he was the governor of california, he had been a democrat and then was a republican, i had a long history with him. he was the governor there then he ran against my boss when i was the white house photographer, they had their show down at the republican convention in 1976 then rayingon went on to become president, i covered the first four years of his administration, one of the beautiful things about my career is i have seen people progressing through it, this is ronald regan in 1968. then i covered his funeral. these are people that i got to know. >> ronald regan and the influence he had on that year. >> into 1968, i do not think his influence on the war and domestic events was so great. it was later that he picked up a head of steam. at that time, as david was saying, he was a young politician on the rise, on the make, he had not yet become the governor of california. >> he was governor at that time. >> a young

he was great, ronald reagan was the best. what i took from that is the person i looked up to most in my life loved everything about this country, but he was not from here. every little crumb about what i loved is what you have and i do not. and so, i have not sat through many -- noce -- as offense, as many presidents as you all have. >> that is the advantage of being older. someone asked us once, what was calvin coolidge like russian mark >> i'm thinking more abraham lincoln. [laughter] >> but when i look at presidents and the former chief of staff gave me a reprieve because he took president trump up the table. i look at who is inspiring this country. i look at ronald reagan and the feeling he gave americans across the country, republicans, democrats, a lot of people inspired by the american dream about something beyond legislation, how we feel as americans and making people proud again. i don't remember a lot about jimmy carter, other than what i read. he was at the bottom of the polls when i grew up, and he seems like a go

ronald reagan never said, called me frado. neil: that is a great analogy. i'm stealing that as my own. touche, david. have a great safe memorial weekend my friend. >> okay. neil: this is a little bit of news but probably too late for your driving this holiday weekend or early part of the summer at least. gas prices are high right now. but if oil is any indication, they can be coming down soon if this sticks. because two prominent oil producers, two big ones, have said you know what? these caps, they're so not working. after this. i got scar tissue there. same thing with any dent or dings on this truck. they all got a story about what happened to 'em. i could feel the barb wire was just digging into the paint. two bulls were fighting, hit the truck. another ding, another scratch, another chapter in the story. chevy silverado. the most dependable, longest-lasting, full-size pickups on the road. it's the chevy memorial day sales event! get a total value of over $10,000 on this silverado all star when you finance with gm financial. find new roads at your local

president jimmy carter on behalf of the ronald reagan campaign now the f.b.i. in the department of justice will not confirm that he was indeed working for them whether he was a mole they have quibbled however about terminology they've said that this is an informant not a spy they're very specific about the term that they want to use but they won't confirm whether or not mr helper was indeed working for them now mr helper has a long reputation of working with intelligence agencies however at this point they will not release the information and it's not clear why they won't release that information you know it's not clear with his widespread reputation if they were confirmed that he was indeed working for the agency to get information on trump you know that probably wouldn't put any lives in danger it wouldn't you know it's widely known he worked with these intelligence agencies but at this moment we don't have a confirmation that the media seems to have pointed to mr helper as the individual who infiltrated the donald trump campaign so a lot of questions remain

the national rifle association has a new top gun, oliver north, a former aide to president ronald reagan. he is widely known for his role in the so-called iran contra scandal, also dubbed irangate. it was a major controversy of the reagan administration. peter o'brien has more on the retired u.s. marine colonel seen as a hero by many republicans. peter: a vietnam veteran, a best-selling author, decorated for his presidential service as well as his pistol and rifle expertise, gives an almost evangelical address to the u.s.'s influential gun lobby. oliver: give us the perseverance to guard all of our god-given liberties enshrined in our bill of rights, or protect those who serve the cause of freedom. peter: after retiring from the u.s. marines, oliver north worked for the national security council. he was a key figure in the iran contra affair of the 1980's, in which senior u.s. officials illegally facilitated arms sales to iran. north was allegedly responsible for the second part of the plan, where proceeds from the scales were sent to find the sociaialit government in nicaragua. you admi

i'm perfectly happy to use the jfk-ronald reagan idea that rising tide lifts all. >> brennan: a trickle down guy. >> it's incentives. don't punish success, reward success. you've heard me say this for about 25-something years. you know some, all i'm saying is, right now we're a year, year and half into it it looks like we're working or it's working. >> brennan: larry, good to talk to you. we'll be back in a moment with a

they weren't even born when we saw what ronald reagan did at reykjavik. yet, we conservatives believe reagan's tough negotiations against mikhail gorbach gorbachev, and yet you negotiated. you negotiate and take a tough line for a long time and then you get concessions. here's donald trump bumbling in, he wasn't even a good dealmaker in new york city. that's why he was $9 billion in debt, right? he bumbles in, like we've always accused liberals of bumbling in in negotiations with communists and tiyrannical regimes. and this sort of bumbling is what we're fearful of, we're always skeptical, especially of communist regimes. and yet donald trump bumbles in. this is not a surprise to us real conservatives. i know nikki haley is going to have to say what she has to say at the united nations. but this is not surprising to nikki haley. she comes out of the tradition of ronald reagan as do i and so many other people that are not surprised by this at all. >> right. and i think what trump thinks, just to try to filter through his mind to the extent that's ever poss

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he worked for ronald reagan -- -- worked for ronald reagan, john mccain, i think others. he is out there fighting on fake news cnn. i think nbc may be more distorted and worse. headline -- have a it's called a witchhunt. i said give me that article. i want to read it. just happened a few minutes before i walked on stage. a federal judge questions special counsel robert mueller's authority to tax and bank records unrelated to the 2016 elections against former trump campaign manager chairman paul manafort. he was therefore a short while, but he is a good person, he is. the judge, who is really something very special i are from very -- many standpoints, he's a respected person, should -- suggested the charges be put before the court which is designed to pressure manafort into giving information on president donald trump. i have been saying that for a long time. it's a witchhunt. none of that information has to do with information related to the russian government coordination and the campaign of donald trump. it's from years before. then, how does this have anything to do wi

and -- you know, you have to trust but verify ronald reagan taught me that a long time ago. i like the direction we're going in. >> there's also no mention in the communique telecom firm zte. the president tweeted last week saying he wanted to find way to get it back into business. they have been subject to sanctions. a bipartisan consensus on capitol hill that that would be a mistake. where does that stand? >> president xi asked president trump to take another look at it. this may be part of the overall trade discussion. but it really is an enforcement action. a legal enforcement action. the process being run by the commerce and justice department. i don't know how this is going to turn out. wilbur ross is having a careful look at this. let me just say with as much clarity as possible, if any of the remedies are altered, they're still going to be very, very tough. including big firings, compliance measures. new management, new boards. the question is whether there are perhaps some small changes around the edges. i think president trump is doing this because there's good fee