and it begs the question then of what did ronald reagan believe. be this poster boy, this face of conservativism, the sort of standard bearer and icon of the republican party, what did he believe? what did he actually believe? all right. so with that reagan, reagan never really gave a definition of conservativism. i think he was afraid to try. as soon as he tried to do this, he'd get all sorts of create ings and so forth. but february 6, 1977, which was his 66th birthday, and he spoke at cpac. reagan spoke there, i think, 13 times. i give the day da in my book. every year of his presidency reagan spoke to cpac. and here in this particular address which this the back of the book i have the full february 1977 reagan cpac speech, it's a gem. he said: conservativism can mean different things to those who call themselves conservatives, and it can. really the essence of conservativism if you want a kind of definition from me and then i'll give you sort of reagan's definition, conservatives seek to conserve and preserve the time-tested values and ideas tha

c-span: now did--did you go into this project with a certain idea of who ronald reagan was? and have you changed your mind? >> guest: i didn't, and so i didn't go in with a certain view. i think had i--had i had a s--fixed view of reagan, i don't know that i would have even asked for the papers. i was much more inter >> guest: yes, i am. and i didn't have the easiest time, the andersons and i, getting a contract for the book with a big publisher. i don't think most of them thought there was anything there to publish, just some old radio broadcasts by reagan. and so it took a while, and so this is a surprise. c-span: how did you do it? >> guest: hard work. c-span: well, first of all, it's published by free press. >> guest: by the free press. simon & schuster is the parent company. a lot of hard work selling the book, selling the idea, believing in it, and really working with the documents and trying to present them in an interesting way. and i think what was most convincing to people--and that's why i brought a copy of the actual yellow sheets, or a draft of it, so that you co

ronald reagan made all that ifference. i dwelled a little on president reagan, because having spoken to marco rubio a number of times, i can tell you that first of all, he is a ronald reagan epublican. and secondly, when you really talk to him, you find out he truly was inspired by that great resident, ronald reagan. we are republicans for a number of reasons. we are republicans because we believe in the individual. the privacy of the individual over the overreach of the state. we are republicans because we believe in smaller government. we are new hampshire republicans because we have enjoyed the full benefits of truly smaller overnment for generations in this state. and we are republicans because we understand that in order for us to be enjoying what we have now, it is because of free enterprise and capitalism and freedom and a constitution that makes the difference, and we understand what made this nation great, and at this point in time, we understand the jeopardy that this nation has. that is why i am thrilled to be d

but only in the late '70s under the leadership of jerry falwell, ronald reagan, they reached out andbrought social conservatives into the conservative movement. now we're sitting on the three-legged stool. and that changed everything.Ñi we began to get 51, 52, 53% of the vote. so now we're winning, but we're not governing america. and in my opinion in recent years, there's been a fourth leg of that stool that's been added, and that fourth leg is the tea party. and sometimes people say, well, isn't the tea party just like the economic conservatives? they believe in lower taxes, less government, balanced budget. yes, but there is a big, big difference. and the difference is this: a few years ago i was a friday night keynote speaker in dallas, texas, for about 125 conservatives who had gathered for a training session for the weekend. so first of all, i go out on the stage and look at my watch and tell 'em, say where you been? i've been waiting for you. i've been waiting 50 years for you people, you know? [laughter] but it's all very true. but anyway, i met in my hotel room maybe with 12

and faircloth and tom is a lawyer in north carolina and tom ellis and jesse helms literally told ronald reagan and his team in 1976, reagan before he got to north carolina had lost four five primaries, lost the florida primary, new hampshire primary, things were looking really dark. so, ellis and jesse helms said don't come, we don't want you here, we will handle the campaign. end take care of it but if you insist on coming in we have to do four things and jesse helms and tom ellis told reagan four

i like to think of something ronald reagan is credited with he's not a 20% traitor. and i think we have to keep reminding people about that because i think that is just so important command at least contributed a chapter in the heritage foundation and talks about that at great length and i think that there is a lot there to be said. i don't know how we keep reminding people. maybe we tattooed on every single member of congress and every state legislator but i just don't know how we do it. >> if i understand you are teaching is that right? >> yes i will be teaching at cambridge next year as well. >> so my question relates to -- relates to your observations about young people over the years. have there been changes in their attitudes that either encourage or discourage you with regards to conservatism? >> great question. the president has said that he wants colleges and vocational schools to train people for jobs for our society. i'm waiting for kids to come back telling them that they are being trained. i think that they are recognizing that given what is happening in

since when are the republicans against ronald reagan?roblem.s part of the we've gotten so partisan, everything's becoming political. they're more interested in saying no because they're they'd have maybe to be at a bill signing with me at actually doing a job that they know would be good for america. to stope for folks running around saying what's wrong with america. sleeves and let's get to work and help america rebuild. [cheers and applause] what we should be doing. we don't need a can't do spirit. can do spirit. that's what governor cuomo has. it sounds like the state legislature was willing to work with him on this. we need congress to work with us issues. it doesn't mean they're going to agree with us on everything. i guarantee you they will have disagree enough to with me about. but let's not fight on something makes sense. after all, we're the people who the depressionf lifted a great bridge in california and laid a great damn lifted upe southwest, rural america. we shrank a sprawling continent when we pounded in that final railro

. >> i wouldn't mind bringing ronald reagan back as a hologram. >> now she's thinking. >> obama is prettyuch a hologram. >> oh! >> i didn't watch the billboard music awards. i fell asleep at 8:30. but i did watch that. i watch the video of this. cool. >> i'm a huge jacko fan. i'm not embarrassed to say it. i had the glove when i was little. i was doing the moon walk. i have the glitter and the zipper jacket. i don't think it was creepy at all. >> can you have -- >>> did you have sleepovers at your house too. >>> godzilla crushed box offices this week bringing in a massive $93 million. the remake of the 1950s classic japanese film, blew away its predictions. godzilla is a god that tapped into people's worries about global warming. are you kidding me? >> take a look at the ticket sales. it will show you how many people are worried about global warming. he's exactly right. i'm glad he made it. the rest of you -- >> that's why they went? >> that's true. >> it's always more of this hollywood whacko hypocrisy. >> it's all about the money. you have environmental with matt damon taking money from

and i can tell you, she would never -- ronald reagan would never have been president without her. i spent a lot of time interviewing lynn. i spent a lot of time interviewing people who worked for mrs. reagan and ronald reagan. that was really a symbiotic relationship. jack kennedy would have been president with or without his wife. that was a different situation. that was driven by the father. the bushes, i really felt conflicted, because i found myself almost taken in by the grandmotherly image of barbara bush, and the statesmanlike position of george herbert walker bush, who i will still say on foreign policy he was pretty good, terrible on domestic policy. and so i, too, had to fight that public image. and i came out of it quite conflicted. >> host: nicole is in michigan city indiana and nicole, your are on booktv with kitty kelley. >> caller: thank you, ms. kelly. i'm really enjoying the program and i just admire you and i love your approach to writing unauthorized biographies. i'm an aspiring writer myself and i would like to know, how do you start your day, the whole process

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the reason i could find it in the ronald reagan library is because she kind of new difference between the new code into the old codes. but i still have stories outstanding in the clinton at tn library and outstanding at the george bush library in texas and of course the george w. bush library opened so i didn't have the opportunity to look at anything there. >> host: was there a point in time when the story started to sharpen in terms of the nature of some of these relationships where you started to realize while, this actually goes deeper than perhaps either your self as well as the public would have imagined or might even still imagine? >> guest: yes and because i didn't really far at the beginning i kind of looked more on geography and the flight pattern. i was doing a little bit of jumping back and forth and so for example i would go to the lbj library and i would see his relationship with sandy weinberg was thwho was the chairman of gn sachs at the time and at the fdr library to see how they have been very close friends because something lbj had decided during the 60s -- we were

fdr, the spirit of unity and purpose that we had then and what she saw as ronald reagan's dismantlingf consensus and policy. obviously it echoes today because you have parts of the right not all of the right. but parts of right that really do say explicitly they want to go all the way back, not just social security, go all the way back and take apart the new deal. >> can i just take a moment to marvel at the timber and quality and the poetry just of maya angelou's voice. just the quality of her speaking voice was incredible. everything she said, was poetry. that having been said. this was a woman, an activist. activist, compatriot, friend of malcolm x, martin luther king, the poor people's campaign, so who actually acted out her beliefs about what should be done to help the poor and the disadvantaged and disenfranchised. so she was herself an activist. it was interesting saying the things to merv griffin, friend of the reagans, republican, and reagan was pushing through the draconian budget, three taxes in '282, '83, that eviscerated lyndon johnson's great society programs, ended spen

ronald reagan called on the government to get out of the way so people could help themselves. an administration budget director, david stockman, told congress that the job corps had flunked the cost/benefit test. too much cost, not enough benefit. the cost? $15,000 a slot, he said. more than a harvard education. it made me laugh to see david stockman resurrecting that old canard this year as a justification for closing up the job corps. that was all discussed back in the '60s. the fact is it's not true. the actual costs of the entire job corps operation per enrollee is about 6,000 bucks. now, that's a lot of money. i'm not trying to minimize it. but the question is, is it better to spend $6,000 to transform that young man or woman and turn them into a taxpayer, or to leave them alone save the $6,000, and then spend $26,000 or $46,000 a year taking care of them in jail? schoumacher: job corps benefits were as minimal, david stockman said, as its costs were high. over the past 15 years the welfare state entrepreneurs who have dominated policy have, i think, proven themselves far

s ronald reagan building here using a hydrogen and nitrogen powered jet pack.was part of the smithsonian magazine's second annual the future is here festival. it does appear that the future is here. george jetson would be so proud. >>> time to get down to business with cnbc's sima modi. good morning. >> frances, facebook is reportedly developing its own video chat app to rival snap chat. the financial times says the app would allow users to send short video messages using a touch screen. >>> google is reportedly striking a deal to buy the gaming site twitch for more than $1 billion. the report from variety said the all cash deal would be announced imminently. >>> and good news at the pump. the average price of a gallon of regular gasoline in the u.s. has dropped 3.5 cents over the past two weeks, this according to the latest lundberg survey. frances? >> sima, thank you very much. >>> drug giant pfizer raised their offer to buy british rival astrazeneca. but just this morning astrazeneca's board rejected the offer. pfizer said they would walk away from the deal

mitt romney got the highest amount of votes coming back from ronald reagan.is not the problem. you need to expand your demographic. you need to look to the hispanic community, which means immigration reform. you also need to look to appeal to women. you don't need to take social issues off the agenda, but for example abortion. let's talk about abortion the right way. we have 1.2 million abortions a year, which is hideous. we should be talking about adoption. it has dropped to such low levels and has become so socially off and unacceptable that the government has even stopped counting the number of domestic adoptions. there are ways to talk about these issues that aren't divisive. jenna: some people, sums it why even talk about these at all? what is clear as we ought to be focusing on economic security for the future, not dividing social issues. that plays into the democrats hand. so should the issues whether it is abortion or immigration policy be the issue that the g.o.p. is trying to rally around? >> it with every issue that will win the senate in november

was constitutionally required was appointed by ronald reagan. this is not a democratic or republican or liberal or conservative. judges are interpreting the equality. >> when you say it like that, i wonder why that didn't happen 10 years ago? >> that is what my children and grandchildren are asking me: why did it take so long? why does anybody believe that people ought to be discriminated against based upon sexual orientation? why does anybody believe that you ought not to be able to marry the person you love? it's only the people grown up in eras in which they didn't know people of different sexual orientations because the kind of discrimination that existed rivard people to hide their sexual orientation so type of. those are the -- those are the hearts and minds that win. >> the young people who have grown up in a different era, the them. >> when you look back at the two big cases, bush versus gore and this case, how do you compare them in the impact that they have on this country? >> well, they each had a tremendous impact. i think the marria

i have now written four books on ronald reagan. two have been published and one is with the publisher being edited now and i'm finishing up the fourth. i wanted to take a little bit of reagan and reaganism it in his presidency for many years. i always was interested in this period of time from the civilian standpoint. gordon craig wrote the definitive book on pearl harbor. nothing will ever surpass it. that was the greatest look written on december 7, 1941. there were various folks written on how a change from december 7 and december 31 and the rest of the war. as i tell people i grew up in an andy hardy movie in upstate new york. .. i would listen to my grandparents, about it and you would hear my grandfather's say i'd thought that before the war but didn't sell it until after the war and they would talk about margarine and mixing in the guy and how awful it tasted and think coffee and all those things. the other thing is my family was like most, everybody here was very much immersed in what was called the war effort. if you were n

brian, over to you. >> this is one way in which ronald reagan dealt with russia. >> mr. gorbachev. wall!ç >> president reagan delivering a challenge to soviet leader mikhail gorbachev. as the current conflict with russia gets more intense by the day, what can president obama learn from reagan. who better to talk to than ken adelman, the author of reagan at reykjavik, 40 hours during the cold war. ken, you're here now. what happened in iceland that brought down the soviet union? >> first of all, the story of reykjavik is a great story. it's like anç agatha christie mystery. in an isolated house, creeky and old house, two men met over the weekend and come up with amazing things. what happened there is ronald reagan stood up to the soviet union, he stood up to mr. gorbachev on the stpreupblg defenseinitiative. -- on the strategic defense initiative. >> it was not supposed to be this historic event but things got on track quick. usually staffs get together and tell everybody what you're going to sign but this got personal because ronald reagan said i'm going to get rid of nuclear wea

dwight eisenhower had a terrible heart problem or ronald reagan not just about ronald reagan's age butn 1981 and almost died and our country pulled behind him. we shouldn't be talking about health as fair game. >> you think it is a fair issue to discuss. >> it's a fair issue to discuss. it's a fair issue to discuss. we don't want to hammer people on their health woes. hillary clinton would be 69. that's the new 50, 69 now. >> you do make a good point. it's not 69 of 20 years ago. it's 69 of today's world. >> women have a longer life span than men. if the republicans the currents of our time. >> i just don't know what the gain here is, unless there's some incident that happens during the campaign. she doesn't come across as someone wozho's going issues. >> i think there's a fear in the republican party that she's godzilla she's going to stomp on their party. this is a very important midterm election going on right now. and they need to show their base the republicans, that they're not going to give a corenation or anoint hillary. they're not going to be timid. what karl rove is doing is

was like for someone to questionç someone's age when they would be president. >> look back at ronald reaganor reelection in 1984. he loses his debate to walter mondale and i'll never forget the night richard threlkeld, the question was on the air as to whether reagan was okay. there were questions about his mental acuity at that point which he managed to take care of in the next debate. but all president's health records become public. age sharpens the issue. hillary clinton will be the age ronald reagan wasç when he was running in 1980. >> that's right. essentially i think what we have seen is a preview of perhaps a presidential election. if you pick on hillary for any reason, some will say you're picking on her because of her age, so you're an ageist. if you're picking on her because she's a woman, you're a sexist. >> she knows what it is like to be the target when she ran against obama. i think she is going to get competition. governor o'malley of maryland is going to go at it. let's see if he starts calling out hillary maybe that she's too old or more of the same. later on the show we'

why this book in because i have now written four books on ronald reagan, two have been published, one is with a publisher being edited now, and i'm finishing up a fourth. but i wanted to take a little bit, i'm immersed in reagan and reaganism and his presidency and all those things for many, many years, but i always was interested in this period of time from the civilian standpoint. and that's what i tried to write it from. gordon praying wrote the definitive book on parallel harbor -- pearl harbor with. that was the great best book ever run on december 7, 1941. but i discovered that there were very few books written from the perspective of civilian life and how it radically changed between december 7th and december 31st and then throughout the rest of the war. and as i tell people, i grew up in an andy hardy movie in upstate new york. my grandfather was a very prominent businessman like judge stone, and, you know, we used to get together for, you know, sunday dinner when i was a child after church. we would be at my mother's house or my grandmother's or an aunt's house, and everybody

is sort of a relationship between thin speaker tip o'neill and president ronald reagan, and it is the story of a time that now sings law long ago, unfortunately, in which republicans and democrats actually could come together and make a difference for the coach. i think everybody who works out in capital out to read the book and take it to heart because a lot got done because of that relationship they didn't always love each other but they're willing to reach across the aisle and get things done. a wonderful book on the history here in congress of the adoption of the civil rights act of 1954 cents a can up with the 50th anniversary written by todd purdum called an idea whose time has come. if you really like the engine of the how legislation happened, this is almost and hour by hour recount of what was going on and who did what. and again, it makes one a little sad because in those days republicans were at the forefront of protecting civil rights in america and had a lot to do with the passage of the 1964 civil rights act. most of those kinds of republicans argue anymore but it's a wo

quite frankly i don't see another ronald reagan charismatic person. >> then you are agreeing with the media. >> they are saying that they think it's going to be hillary. so if you ask the media how many of you guys and gals are going to vote for hillary, it would be 95%. but that number is accurate. she is the leading candidate in the strongest candidate right now. >> yes, she's going to bed this going. >> i like to bush, but i don't think it will be him. >> is but soberly, why is there such a percentage for hillary. >> she is the only democrat running. >> do you think that the benghazi thing, but they are eventually going to be the stumbling block. >> to the average. >> clogging up traffic. david: maybe grover norquist is on to something. david: it looks like grover norquist started a trend. now we have an anti-amnesty group that is working in anti-immigration, looking to get republicans were against him this week to go on record or it looks good to the man who started it all, grover norquist. >> what they missed was this has been out there for 25 years. it is a single sentence. it i

obviously, it is a book about tip o'neill who was speaker and ronald reagan president, how the two of them had diametrically opposite views over it was to forge a relation ship and get it done. the present-day congress can use a little of that ice. i'll be very interested to see how it relates to the present day inaction of congress. i look forward to reading up. i also have some other books i've been very much mesmerize by the new deal through the years, fdr in the new deal. it is really a multifaceted. iraq had also read the book called. self, the new deal and the origin of our time. he looks at the politics of the new deal and how at er put together this coalition of northerners coming northern liberals in southern conservatives at a time when communism and socialism, fascism, not the assembler rising all over the rest of the world. also with the new deal, there is a book called america's out the balance by greatly one sees this for. the moral disgrace to the american heiress to proceed. i have long felt that the state department and at er himself frankly didn't do enough to rescue

i debated ronald reagan once and he agreed with me against corporate welfare. i said i tell my business friends not to put their hands in the washington trough. this before he was elected president. i debated milton friedman. he was against licensing for doctors. i said what about barbers saying they are doctors and surgeons. he said people would figure it out but i got him on pollution. he said you have to have either taxing pollution or regulation of pollution. host: which liberal in history would you put at the top on the pedestal and which conservative? guest: i like fighting bob lafollette and eugene debs. a reporter said to debs what do you most regret fighting for working people. he said i regret that under our constitution the american people can have almost anything they want but it just seems they don't want that much at all. wow! see. the way to control people is keep their expectation level down. host: what about a conservative? guest: obviously edmund burke is a great conservative. but even on some areas even robert taft from ohio he opposed the in

the story is the relationship of the then speaker tip o'neill democrat and president ronald reagan republican. it's the story of a timed it seems long ago unfortunately in which republicans and democrats actually could come together and make a difference in the country. i think everybody who works here on capitol hill are to read this book and take it to heart. a lot got done because of that relationship. they did now is love each other but they were willing to reach across the aisle and get things done. a wonderful book with a history here in congress on the adoption of the civil rights act of 1964 as we are coming up on the 50th anniversary written by todd purdum and it's called an idea whose time has come. if you really like the ins and outs of how legislation happens this is almost an hour-by-hour recount of what was going on in hooted what and again it makes one a little bit sad. in those days republicans were at the very forefront of attacking civil rights in america and head of what to do with the passage of the 1964 civil rights act. unfortunately lots of those kinds republicans aren'

quite frankly i don't see another ronald reagan charismatic person. >> then you are agreeing with theedia. >> they are saying that they think it's going to be hillary. so if you ask the media how many of you guys and gals are going to vote for hillary, it would be 95%. but that number is accurate. she is the leading candidate in the strongest candidate right now. >> yes, she's going to bed this going. >> i like to bush, but i don't think it will be him. >> is but soberly, why is there such a percentage for hillary. >> she is the only democrat running. >> do you think that the benghazi thing, but they are eventually going to be the stumbling block. >> to the average. >> clogging up traffic. david: maybe grover norquist is [ male announcer ] if you're taking multiple medications, does your mouth often feel dry? a dry mouth can be a side effect of many medications but it can also lead to tooth decay and bad breath. that's why there's biotene. available as an oral rinse, toothpaste, spray or gel, biotene can provide soothing relief, and it helps keep your mouth healthy, too. remember, whi

the administrations of presidents ronald reagan, george h.w. bush were the architects of many of our most successful and enduring arms control efforts. let me affirm that the united states is committed to maintaining strategic stability between the united states and russia and to encouraging mutual steps to foster a more stable, resilient, predictable and transparent security relationship. that said, russia's illegal actions in ukraine have undermined trust. while diplomacy between the united states and russia continues, no one can ignore that russia's actions in ukraine have violated the very principles upon which cooperation is built. further, as we consider arms control priorities this year, or in any year, we will continue to consult closely with our allies and partners every step of the way. our security and defense, as well as that of our allies and partners, is nonnegotiable. we will only pursue arms control agreements that advance our national interest. during the cold war, washington and moscow found it in our mutual interest to work t

ronald reagan made all that difference.applause] i dwelled a little on president reagan, because having spoken to marco rubio a number of times, i can tell you that first of all, he is a ronald reagan republican. [applause] and secondly, when you really talk to him, you find out he truly was inspired by that great president, ronald reagan. we are republicans for a number of reasons. we are republicans because we believe in the individual. the privacy of the individual over the overreach of the state. we are republicans because we believe in smaller government. we are new hampshire republicans because we have enjoyed the full benefits of truly smaller government for generations in the states. and we are republicans because we understand that in order for us to be enjoying what we have now, it is because of free enterprise and capitalism and freedom and a constitution that makes the difference, and we understand what made this nation great, and at this point in time, we understand the jeopardy this nation has. that is why i a

quite frankly i don't see another ronald reagan charismatic person. >> then you are agreeing with the. >> they are saying that they think it's going to be hillary. so if you ask the media how many of you guys and gals are going to vote for hillary, it would be 95%. but that number is accurate. she is the leading candidate in the strongest candidate right now. >> yes, she's going to bed this going. >> i like to bush, but i don't think it will be him. >> is but soberly, why is there such a percentage for hillary. >> she is the only democrat running. >> do you think that the benghazi thing, but they are eventually going to be the stumbling block. >> to the average. >> clogging up traffic. david: maybe grover norquist is stick with innovation. stick with power. stick with technology. get the flexcare platinum from philips sonicare and save now. philips sonicare [ male announcer ] when fixed income experts... ♪ ...work with equity experts... ♪ ...who work with regional experts... ♪ ...who work with portfolio management experts, that's when expertise happens. mfs. because there is no expert

the mutual radio lated when i laid i used to stay up american i was just married i worked for ronald reagan as an advance man and i stay up late at night to listen to you have the best guests on and you would really dig deep on really substantive issues of the day your father was up in the nixon white house he sure did a famous huntsman's like to be we called i know i asked this of ugly stevenson what he preferred governor or ambassador he always wanted to be governor what do you like you know ever lerman who was the governor of this creates. state and our ambassador to the soviet union during the cold war was asked that question he said you know i like governor because that was given to me by the people and i think that kind of resonates with me being governor is the best job in the world there's nowhere to hide there's no way to opt the skate you're out there on point you've got to present a vision to your people and get it done and if you don't you're over one of the about no labels in a while but first some current things how do you think the president is handling the ukrainian. well we

the democrats didn't call for a select committee to investigate ronald reagan and his administration for incompetence. we didn't darkly hint there was a conspiracy by the reagan administration to hide the facts to deny terrorism had occurred. we were patriots and came together and mourned our losses and worked with a republican president to make it better. that's the spirit in which we should approach this issue. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: at this time, i would like to yield three minutes to the gentleman from nebraska, mr. terry. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. terry: thank you, mr. speaker. this bill is absolutely necessary when we look at the facts as we know them currently and we look at the information that we are uncertain about. number one, we have lost four people in an attack that we now know is a terrorist attack. now know that some things cod have been done, but for some reason, to save these people, but they weren't done. now beirut has been raised a couple of times showing

quite frankly i don't see another ronald reagan charismatic person. >> then you are agreeing with thedia. >> they are saying that they think it's going to be hillary. so if you ask the media how many of you guys and gals are going to vote for hillary, it would be 95%. but that number is accurate. she is the leading candidate in the strongest candidate right now. >> yes, she's going to bed this going. >> i like to bush, but i don't think it will be him. >> is but soberly, why is there such a percentage for hillary. >> she is the only democrat running. >> do you think that the benghazi thing, but they are eventually going to be the stumbling block. >> to the average. >> clogging up traffic. david: maybe grover norquist is david: maybe grover norquist is on to something. [ female announcer ] it's simple physics... a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay i

quite frankly i don't see another ronald reagan charismatic person. >> then you are agreeing with theia. >> they are saying that they think it's going to be hillary. so if you ask the media how many of you guys and gals are going to vote for hillary, it would be 95%. but that number is accurate. she is the leading candidate in the strongest candidate right now. >> yes, she's going to bed this going. >> i like to bush, but i don't think it will be him. >> is but soberly, why is there such a percentage for hillary. >> she is the only democrat running. >> do you think that the benghazi thing, but they are eventually going to be the stumbling block. >> to the average. >> clogging up traffic. david: maybe grover norquist is on to something. really... so our business can be on at&t's network for $175 dollars a month? yup. all five of you for $175. our clients need a lot of attention. there's unlimited talk and text. we're working deals all day. you get 10 gigabytes of data to share. what about expansion potential? add a line anytime for 15 bucks a month. low dues... great terms... let's clo

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quite frankly i don't see another ronald reagan charismatic person. >> then you are agreeing with theey are saying that they think it's going to be hillary. so if you ask the media how many of you guys and gals are going to vote for hillary, it would be 95%. but that number is accurate. she is the leading candidate in the strongest candidate right now. >> yes, she's going to bed this going. >> i like to bush, but i don't think it will be him. >> is but soberly, why is there such a percentage for hillary. >> she is the only democrat running. >> do you think that the benghazi thing, but they are eventually going to be the stumbling block. >> to the average. >> clogging up traffic. david: maybe grover norquist is i'm rdy, and i quit smoking with chantix. as a police officer, i've helped many people in the last 23 years, but i needed help in quitting smoking. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix varenline is pron to help peop quit smoking. chantix reduced the urge for me to smoke. it actually caught me by surprise. [ male announcer ] some people had changes in behavior, thinking

>> i think toç compare it with the cold war and the çperformae of ronald reagan is remarkable.ç andbama could make that parallel with a straight çface. the world is obviously safer since the end ofbecause there i threat of nuclear exchange. it isç more dangerous and unstable in the last five years of the presidencyç than it has been. when you look, the mistake we made by not loving a force behind in iraq which is the same thing we are about to do inç afghanistan. the black flags of al-qaeda fly over the city of fallujah where the bloodiest battle of the iraq war and we lost 96 marines and 600 wounded and the whole syria and base for al-qaeda. our director of national intelligence said they will be planning attacks on the united states of america. that is a direct result of a policy. we are not weak, but we are unreliable. when the president of the united states made the statement if they crossed a red line and he established that redline and he made that choice, we would choose to attack assad and he didn't. that reverberated aroundç the globe. >> the president said something t

ronald reagan got inaugurated at 69.hen he starts at 69 and leads at 77, i think about ronald reagan. that's not a bad thing. >> there anything that they can device to try and diminish hillary clinton, they're going to use brain damage, benghazi, boko haram now. that's what this is. >> that's all this is. >> jim peters -- go ahead. >> i was going to follow up on what nicole was saying, she's exactly right, this is not accidental. hillary's health is something that democratic strategist have been whippering about for about a year now, when they talk about what can ruin her candidacy, it's always a question of her health. here's a case of the most public visible case really spilling out into the open. now, one thing i think this is not, and you've heard some of this chatter over the last couple of days, i don't think this is sexist. i think you would have had these questions come up about biden. >> it's ageist. >> nicholl, remember i told you, they released that ad, how many houses did john mccain have? well, he can't quit

. >> this goes back to ronald reagan and george bush, the v.a. has been in trouble -- >> do you know how many veterans will go to the v.a. for just their prescriptions and go to another doctor to get treatment? >> i thought andrea said they're lousy prescriptions. >> but they're cheap. go to the v.a., go the dock toer at another -- >> or get the pain meds. >> they can't find good doctors at the v.a.? >> i'm saying that they're not the cream of the crop. by far. i'm sorry. >> no, there are good doctors, but any time you take -- disinvent size people to work hard, you get slower service and you add more people because of the towards you brought up, there's no incentive to perform. >> the vast people of people working at the v.a. perform exceptionally well. >> i think doctors are frustrated by it too. and many of the reports detail -- for example, a cardiologist will see two patients a day and in private practice eight patients a day. >> this goes back a long way, but the difference here, bob, that the media is different. the media is no longer func

sees approaching the age where ronald reagan had reached when he ran for president in 1980.bviously it's something we are going to be dealing with at some point. john mccain had to deal with it. others have as well. >> clinton has yet to say if she will run in 2016. >> a a passenger ramp collapses at see at ill aattle airport as arrives. southwest airlines gave way crashing to the ground. the flight had just arrived in albuquerque. no one was hurt. it dropped from the level of the plain's door and fell to the ground. >>> angry alec baldwin is at it once again. the hot head actor arrested after cops caught him riding on his bicycle in the wrong direction. he lost it when the officers asked him for id that's when they cuffed him and hauleded him away in a cop car. he ranted saying new york city is a mismanaged carnival of stupidity desperate for revenue and anxious to criminalize behavior once thought benign. back in february he threatened to leave new york but has never followed through on that threat. >> on a similar note, while you were sleeping, justin bieber had another b

once,ted ronald reagan and he agreed with me against corporate welfare. i told my business friends not to put their hand in the washington trough. i debated milton friedman once. he said people will figure it out. then am i got him on pollution. he said, you have to have either taxi pollution regulation of pollution. i like the fight in bob follett. eugene debs once told reporters there at the end of his career, 20 must figure in your -- regret said undereer? he our constitution american people and have almost anything they want. it just seems to want that much at all. the way to control people is to keep the expectation levels down. >> what about a conservative? automatically admitted burke is a runaway. he was only one in congress against roosevelt. wage.was for a living used for public housing. they believed in public works. againstd taft-hartley working people. choose later he realized he tipped the balance too much and wanted to reform it. huge breeding ground for justice and forward-looking. that is why wrote the book. it is a short book. it is like

ronald reagan argued this is all about lifting tu ining opportun less reliance on the government.hey countered a lot of republicans fear today they don't want to be on record as saying we're going to tear programs away from the poor. so how do they find a proper middle ground? we're showing medicare. a lot of them like medicare. what do you do? >> let's just go back to jack kennedy. no one would consider him to be heartless. when he said that the best form of well fare is still a good high paying job. growth is the answer to the democrats, to this french guy. growth is the answer to these problems, neal. no american has ever made better off by trying to pull a fellow american down and we're all made better off when any of us are made better off. >> but if you're one of the beneficiaries of those programs you are less inclined to support the guy who wants to take them away. >> i don't think that's true. i don't think people are proud to live on well fare. i think they would much rather have a good high paying job. i'm really surprised people in the republicans, romney wanting to ra