ronald reagan worked really, really, really hard. he lived during a time where people didn't have at love money. it was during the depression. his mother would invite friend to the home and give them a meal and ask them to stay. a lot of people lost their home or didn't have enough money to buy food. mrs. reaganing with his mother, had a big influence she took him to church every sunday and made sure he learned to be kind to other people in his community. so we talk about that in this book. if you see these illustrations, you might -- read highlights magazine the artist works for highlight magazine. you might recognize the type of artwork. he became life guard too. he saved 77 people by pulling them from the rock river. you know how we know this? he a stick where he would mark 77 or left 77 marks for each person he pulled out of the river. he went off to be an actor in hollywood. he was nervous but he went and tried to be an actor and made 35 film. he also was a radio announcer. he would times do baseball game, where he was not even

including the ronald reagan building and international trade center, the uss ronald reagan nuclear aircraft carrier, and the ronald reagan airport in washington, d.c., a city named for our first president who i believe should be renamed the ronald reagan george washington. now unfortunately there are still many knowns out there that are not preceded by its words "ronald reagan" but the memory of our best, greatest president might be getting bester and greatester thanks to california representative and definitely not a contract killer darell issa. mr. issa new bill without rename the waters off the coastal u.s., pretty of all of those waters, actually, after mr. reagan. this slice of the world right here includes the united states and its territories it. there in the dark green. and the areas in blue extending from 3 to 200 nautical miles offshore are called the exclusive economic zone. darrell issa wants to rename them the ronald wilson reagan exclusive economic zone. >> stephen: folks, let's this makes perfect sense. i've always known the ocean was conservative like the republican party, i

so the country said good-bye to ronald reagan in 2004.his legacy lives on, and our hope is that you all will read about him. in our book we have highlights from his time when he was president and things that he did that were very special to help humans around the world. in fact, you can meet people today who say ronald reagan was one of the people who helped make them free when he told the communists to tear down the wall. he used to write a lot of letters. a good reader is often a good writer, and ronald reagan would tell you to read as much as you can. and we have a letter that he used to write letter toss boys and girls who would write to him. can you imagine getting a letter from the president just to you? he also gave a lot of funny quotes or interesting quotes in his lifetime because he was called the great communicator, and you can read these in the back of book. i like one where he said there's nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse. if you're working really hard, sometimes you get sore from riding a ho

the shooting of ronald reagan, next. >>> on january 20th, 1981, ronald wilson reagan was sworn in as the 40th president of the united states. >> i, ronald reagan, do solemnly swear -- >> as with most new administrations, reagan's first couple of months are rocky. >> and this is the 70s day of reagan's presidency. things were not going particularly well. he had a very low approval rating, the lowest of any president that early in his first term. it's a monday and reagan has one big event that day, to deliver a speech to afl-cio. it's 2:00, kind of gray day in washington. and ronald reagan's motorcade has just arrived for a speech at the vip entrance reagan walked into at 2:00 p.m. when he arrived. >> government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives. >> the event is covered by all the major networks. for abc news photographer hank brown, it's a routine job. >> we're the pool crew that travel with the president wherever he goes. we wanted to get the picture of the president walking out of the on hotel and getting in the limo. >> 15 feet from that door was a rope lin

the shooting of ronald reagan, next. zeerchlgt on january 20th, 1981 ronald wilson reagan was sworn in as the 40th president of the united states. >> i, ronald reagan do solemnly swear. >> waz most new administrations, reagan's first couple of months are rocky. >> this is the 07th day of reagan's presidency. thing were not going well. he had the lowest of any aproovl rating that early in his first term. it's a monday. >> it's 2:00 kind of gray day in washington. ronald reagan's motorcade has just arrived for his speech at the washington hill hotel, which is behind us. this is the special entrance back here. the v.i.p. entrance that reagan walked into when he first arrived. >> government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives. >> it's carried by all the major networks. for hank brown, nbc news photographer, it's a routine job. >> we're the pool crew that traveled with the president wherever he goes. >> we wanted to get the picture of the president walking out of the hotel and getting in the limo. you se

the shooting of ronald reagan, next. >>> on january 20th, 1981, ronald wilson reagan was sworn in as the 40th president of the united states. >> i, ronald reagan, do solemnly swear -- >> as with most new administrations, reagan's first couple of months are rocky. >> and this is the 70th day of reagan's presidency. things were not going particularly well. he had a very low approval rating, the lowest of any president that early in his first term. it's a monday and reagan has one big event that day, to deliver a speech to afl-cio. it's 2:00, kind of gray day in washington. and ronald reagan's motorcade has just arrived for a speech at the washington hilton hotel which is behind us. and this is the special entrance back here, the vip entrance that reagan walked into at 2:00 p.m. when he arrived. >> government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives. >> the event is covered by all the major networks. for abc news photographer hank brown, it's a routine job. >> we're the pool crew that travel with the president wherever he goes. we wanted to get the picture of the presi

the shooting of ronald reagan, next. >>> on january 20th, 1981, ronald wilson reagan was sworn in asnew administrations, reagan's first couple of months are rocky. >> and this is the 70s day of reagan's presidency. things were not going particularly well. he had a very low approval rating, the lowest of any president that early in his first term. it's a monday and reagan has one big event that day, to deliver a speech to afl-cio. it's 2:00, kind of gray day in washington. and ronald reagan's motorcade has just arrived for a speech at the vip entrance reagan walked into at 2:00 p.m. when he arrived. >> government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives. >> the event is covered by all the major networks. for abc news photographer hank brown, it's a routine job. >> we're the pool crew that travel with the president wherever he goes. we wanted to get the picture of the president walking out of the on hotel and getting in the limo. >> 15 feet from that door was a rope line. all that the cameramen, everybody's laughing. >> it was unsecured, no i.d. checks. people thought

and darrell issa wants america's coastal waters renamed for ronald reagan. >>> tonight, i'm proud to declare that the area between 4 and 7 feet off the ground the ronald wilson reagan economic breathing zone. right up there. >> much more of that tonight in the side show. this is "hardball," the place for politics. new roc® multi correxion has an exclusive 5 in 1 formula it's clinically proven to hydrate dryness, illuminate dullness lift sagging diminish the look of dark spots and smooth the appearance of wrinkles together these 5 elements create ageless looking skin roc® multi correxion 5 in 1 it's high performance skincare™ only from roc® ♪ now you can give yourself a kick in the rear! v8 v-fusion plus energy. natural energy from green tea plus fruits and veggies. need a little kick? ooh! could've had a v8. in the juice aisle. >>> tea party wants to know, will you vote with mike lee and meadows here to defund obama care, yes or no? >> would you like to hear the thoughtful answer? no. let me tell you why. you got your answer. let me tell you why. it takes 60 votes. we only have 12 vot

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>> ronald reagan in amnesty, as well. the problem is that ronald reagan would never have been supported by the tea party. that's a fact. >> that's not true. that's completely wrong and you know that. that is why we keep having moderates as the head of our ticket because of people like you. ronald reagan -- >> john: do you have a question? >> my other question is based on the poll that you said is if we keep having tea party, supposedly the people that vote in primaries, how did we get mitt romney? >> that's your side. >> my side is bigger than your side. we secure the border which we should, okay. >> it should already be done. the law is already in place thanks to ronald reagan. >> so we secure the border. what would you like to do with the 11 million undocumented people here today? >> well, ideally, it would be let's send them back to mexico. >> john: they're not all from mexico. >> from some other places. the majority of them. we need to find a way that makes an honest way to citizenship. what we have right now is broke

this report -- smiles as queen elizabeth met ronald reagan in the early 1980's. but away from the cameras, her ministers were preparing for this. .he cold war was at its height nuclear war was a real possibility. to classified as of thursday, along other top-secret documents reveals what elizabeth would have said to her subjects had world war iii actually broken out. this madness of war is once more spreading through the world, and our brave country must again prepare itself to survive against great odds. >> fighting the cold war, a warm friendship in the west. question of the soviet union being able to divide the united kingdom from the united states. >> ronald reagan and margaret thatcher's names became synonymous with each other in the 1980's. they danced to the same tune on many issues. these top-secret files reveal what many already suspected, that the leaders of the uk and u.s. were out of step on others. like a military strike on lebanon. reagan wanted to retaliate after a truck bomb on you at -- on trucks.itary the iron lady won the day. what these docume

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that's part of ronald reagan a lot of people don't know. >> that's right hand reagan. >> steve: thate you go, you got to tell bus this bag. >> they give out 30,000 of these bags every year. there is 400,000 kids taken out of their homes every year because of neglect and abuse. i work with child help usa because what's happening is school is starting. we really need to institute aaron's law to make sure that every school in america has a place where kids can go learn about this and have a safe haven, if you will. i would ask people to go to childhelp.org or call 1-800-4 a child. i was abused as a child. i had no place to go. so i worked on this on a regular basis to try and help kids understand that there needs to be a safe haven. we need to institute aaron's law across this country. >> steve: that's a great bag and it will be put to good use. the web site is? >> mystuffedbags.org. >> steve: michael reagan. thank you very much for joining us live today. straight ahead, we've heard stories like this, a husband who dies right after his wife because he can't bear to live without her. but

we need another ronald reagan. you're the closest that i've seen. >> thank you, if you're going to run, we'd support you. >> you're the only one i'd go to the wall for. >> we have to do it together. the only way to turn it back is we bring the american people together. >> and i have to be honest and with the right -- you're on the right track. >> thank you. >> thank you, i appreciate it. >> nice to meet you. i would vote for you for president today in a blink. you and i are on the same page. i want to real quickly say seeing immigrants and obama care. and i spoke to kelly ayotte and marco rubio. will you please -- going to ruin us, he will not obey that law. you and i know that. i don't know what it is about republic republicans on that issue alone. and marco rubio, i communicated with him. but there are too many republicans that will not represent. they will not tell the truth. that's what i like about what you're doing. you're telling the truth. i'm so -- >> i think the only way it will change is if you hear from

more than 50 years ago, the year i was born, 1961, then private citizen, ronald wilson reagan issueds cautionary speech about how government intervention and health care could lead the country down a very slippery slope. >> one of the traditional methods of imposing statism or socialism on a people has been by way of medicine. it's very easy to disguise a medical program as a humanitarian project. most people are a little reluctant to oppose anything that suggests medical care for people who possibly can't afford it. james madison in 1788 speaking to the virginia convention said, since the general civilization of mankind, i believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachment of those in power than by violent or sudden use and patience. now in our country under our free enterprise system, we have seen medicine reach the greatest height that is it has in any country in the world. today, the relationship between patient and doctor in this country is something to be envied anyplace. the privacy, the care that is given to a pe

ronald reagan made it clear the political party has got to stand for something. we cannot have a tent so big nobody knows what we believe in, but we have to be able to articulate our beliefs. we have to be able to say we believe in the free enterprise system, and we believe in it not only because it makes people wealthy. we believe in it because it has raised more people out of poverty than any other system invented by men. we are the people of opportunity. we know the american dream can be real again, but it is not going to be real if every single young person falls under the well of a rock obama and the democrats, who are attempting to say, let's give you assistance all along the way. as a mother of five kids, it is amazing for me to sometimes think about the fact that none of them when know what the soviet union was if i was not telling them. there is a history that seems recent to many of us, but to get today they did not live through the fall of communism. they did not live through watching nations try to control every aspect of their citizens lives fall apa

. >> first of all, it's a ronald reagan program and then a george bush program. call it obama phones. it's intended to help people that are looking for a job that need a phone number that people can call to reach them. if they have a job available. this is the best of america that we encourage people to get jobs. we give them the opportunity to step up. these phones are only, by the way, only valued for about a buck or two before they run out. it's not an endless deal. >> eric: let me say, $2.2 billion. >> it's not tax dollars, eric. >> eric: let me begin gotta wayne, carlos slim, worth $72 billion, second richest man in the world, his company made $450 million off the obamacare phone program? >> let me tell you. obama picked up the phone and called eric holder, eric you remember fast and furious, i got a new program, it's called slow and stupid. [ laughter ] >> and we're doing this one with carlos slim because he was a big donor to our campaign. so we're going to buy the phones from him. by the way, hillary is in on it because she said nobody cares. and lois ler

never heard before, what ronald reagan told richard nixon.hat ronald reagan told richard nixon. >>> folks will call for immediate action, jumping into stuff, that does not turn out well. gets us mired in very difficult situations. we have to think through strategically what's going to be in the long-term national interests even as we work cooperatively internationally to do everything we can to put pressure on those who would kill innocent civilians. >> big decisions on syria. let's get into it with our roundtable. we have george will, donna brazile, washington post chief correspondent, dan balz, and author of the excellent new book, collision 2012, and our own cokie roberts. this morning, the white house is saying there is very little doubt that the syrian government was behind this chemical weapons attack. does the president really have any choice but to intervene militarily? >> he does. because we have to read what he has said about this as carefully as he stitched a loophole into what he said a year ago. he said a red line for us is when

ronald reagan, the president, he had the authority to do what he did. don't think that structure exists here in california. >> what about a no strike laws? muni drivers in san francisco aren't allowed to go on strike. why not one for bart? >> washington, d.c. just had a settlement there, but they can't strike there. again, it's a creature of public law. if someone wants to change that, it will take an act of legislature. >> i spoke with the state senator and he is proposing that. interestingly enough, he says he gets resistance from both sides. both union and management. why? >> there could be a clause in there that would require mandatory arbitration and often that doesn't play out well for the management side of cities and counties, so they would resist that. >> another question of folks out there is, why do they keep putting it off, these 30-day delays? or why not just give us another 30 days to negotiate? >> maybe it's just human nature. we all tend to procrastinate. i don't think this is going to extend it again and again. also, it's not going to g

some would say ronald reagan's appeal. ars ago this week that president reagan officially accepted the nomination. as august rolled around, reagan's presidency was on an upswing at the time. having survived a struggling economic recession of the early '80s, reagan was basking in the globe. the gains that had racked up in los angeles just weeks before when our athletes didn't have to compete against anybody. when it was his turn to address the gop convention in dallas, he reminded the crowd of how much america has changed in such a short time. >> four years ago, we raised a banner of bold colors. we proclaimed a dream of an america that would be a shining city on a hill. we cape togethme together in a cr crusade to make america great again. now it's all becoming together. we're in the midst of a springtime of hope for america. greatness lies ahead of us. >> at the time, reagan was enjoying a double-digit lead over walter mondale. 1980, reagan game voice to the idea that government was the problem, not the solution. in doing

ronald reagan and his predecessors and successors kept focused on the policy differences and focused on the big issues and let the personal stuff go to the side. >> bill: i think putin is a blooter. karl rove everybody. >> that's good for you to say. not for the president. >> bill: i will tell you about my trip to it alaska. stay right there, rove. last week it was spectacular. and it was even danger involved. but coming next, president obama's vacation a little less stressful in alaska. we will take you live to march that's vineyard where the party has begun. the factor returns in just a few moments. test >>> president obama on vacation in martha's vineyard. an affluent island off the coast of massachusetts. this is the fourth year the president stayed in a private home on the island. the first first lady, the two daughters and the family dog bo will all make the trip. and joining us now from the island of the swells, fox news white house correspondent. now, i've went going to martha's vineyard forever. i went there when it was like poor people on the island. now they've thrown them

well the time has come you've seen the map reagan is our projected winner ronald wilson reagan ronald reagan's reelection provided greater impetus for the political plans of anti castro exiles in florida having understood that violence alone could not bring down the cuban government jorge muskaan also founded the cuban american national foundation with political action committees and lobbyists with reagan support moscow and also encouraged cuban americans who shared his agenda to run successfully for congress we are really the voice of the cuban american community in miami and we hope to have to convey to the all that fellow anglos our feelings about communism and why we're here in this country. is happening in cuba is not a failure of the cuban people it's a savior of sidel castro one of three. thousand nine hundred eighty seven the soviet communist system was very sick but fidel castro refused to give up the burning wall. coast along in. the fall of. the soviet union comes to an end in november one thousand nine hundred one the economy is going into a freefall and they. decide that

well the time has come you've seen the map reagan is our projected winner ronald wilson reagan ronald reagan's reelection provided greater impetus for the political plans of anti castro exiles in florida having understood that violence alone could not bring down the cuban government jorge moscow and also founded the cuban american national foundation with political action committees and lobbyists with reagan support moscow and also encouraged cuban americans who shared his agenda to run successfully for congress we are really the voice of the cuban american community in miami and we hope to have to convey to the all that fellow anglos our feelings about communism and why we're here in this country. it's happening in cuba is not a failure of the cuban people it's a failure of sidel castro one of three. one thousand nine hundred eighty seven the soviet communist system was very sick but fidel castro refused to give up the burning wall. coast along in. the fall of. the soviet union comes to an end in november one thousand nine hundred one. he's going into a freefall and a.q.i.m. decide t

he opened the door and start running it well the time has come you've seen the map reagan is our projected winner ronald wilson reagan ronald reagan's reelection provided greater impetus for the political plans of anti castro exiles in florida having understood that violence alone could not bring down the cuban government jorge muskaan also founded the cuban american national foundation with political action committees and lobbyists with reagan support moscow and also encouraged cuban americans who shared his agenda to run successfully for congress we are really the voice of the cuban american community in miami and we hope to have to convey to the all that fellow anglos our feelings about communism and why we're here in this country. that's happening in cuba is not a failure of the cuban people it's a failure of sidel castro one of three. one thousand nine hundred eighty seven the soviet communist system was very sick but you don't castro refused to give up the berlin wall. the fall of night in eighty nine the soviet union comes to buying and in november one thousand nine hundred one the economy is goi

the most conservative we ever nominated to run for president, ronald reagan, wins in a landslide and the republican party is trying to figure out how to not dish. >> neil: moderate is not the way to go. >> why support a moderate when we have obamacare, dodd frank, all these other things being done that are truly ripping at the heart of the nation, hollowing another the military. what does moderate mean? what does the republican part stanford? >> neil: who too you like? >> i like the conservatives and the more conserve testify the better. ted cruz. i like mike lee. i like rand paul. i like -- well, that may by be it. there's some governors i like. walker has been pretty good and a few others. i'm not here to nominate anybody. i'm here to say, american, it's time to put nixon, ford, rockefeller, scranton, help us or we're going to get our lunch handed to us again. it's time to embrace constitutional covertive jim -- conservative jim because the countries in dire shape. >> neil: you hear from tea party types they would rather lose on principle than win with mediocrity. to your point. mo

when you go back and talk about ronald reagan this is a man that stood up for freedom around the worldood up for what he believed in. the left likes to go after him as someone who didn't know what he was talking about when we can look at clips as today. >> sean: the president sold this one way. then, of course, people, it's 164% increase in california. 88 in ohio. most states are seeing dramatic increases. >> new york state is not. neither is maryland. >> businesses are now making the decision that they might have to put hem p people on part time instead of full time because they can't afford it. everything the president promised do you remember he said if you like your health care, you can keep it. what did we hear today from acting director of the irs. we like our health care and with obama care we're not going to be able to keep it. >> sean: great point. your reaction. >> people can keep thifr health care. >> sean: what about the irs individual said they're going to be funneled into the system. >> funneled on to exchanges but exchanges are still a health care system. >> sean: but th

ronald reagan and his predecessors and successors kept focused on the policy differences and focused issues and let the personal stuff go to the side. >> bill: i think putin is a blooter. karl rove everybody. >> that's good for you to say. not for the president. >> bill: i will tell you about my trip to it alaska. stay right there, rove. last week it was spectacular. and it was even danger involved. but coming next, president obama's vacation a little less stressful in alaska. we will take you live to march that's vineyard where the party has begun. the factor returns in just a few moments. [ male announcer ] if you suffer from a dry mouth then you'll know how uncomfortable it can be. [ crickets chirping ] but did you know that the lack of saliva can also lead to tooth decay and bad breath? [ exhales deeply ] [ male announcer ] well there is biotene. specially formulated with moisturizers and lubricants, biotene can provide soothing relief and it helps keep your mouth healthy, too. [ applause ] biotene -- for people who suffer from dry mouth. biotene -- ♪ (woman) this place has got r