and this time we're going to let ronald reagan be ronald reagan. >> the mantra let reagan be reagan ise of what we've got. the strongest thing we have our best political asset is ronald reagan being himself, communicating with the american people. when he was showing his personality, his ideas and rhetoric, he generally succeeded. >> going into about the's debate, a new poll indicates the race continues to narrow. >> i think the audience out there tonight will be looking at ronald reagan in a new way. i think in louisville, the myth or the mystique of the great communicator was dented, perhaps irreparably. >> president kennedy had to go days on end with very little sleep during the cuban missile crisis. is there any doubt you'd be able to function in such circumstances? >> not at all. and also, i will not make age an issue of this campaign. i am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience. >> it brought down the hour, and it was his house by then. >> there were several times during his first term when i thought this man is not going to be re-elected

however, i can see why ronald reagan is ranked as high as he is. he has become the leader of really, conservatives around the country. our national airport is named after him. partold war was a defining of american history and reagan seems to have come out of the cold war better than any other president, talking about the historic negotiations with gorbachev, his meetings in geneva and moscow. the fact that the world seemed to be a safer place after ronald reagan left power. margaret thatcher had famously said, ronald reagan won the cold war without firing a single shot. there's hyperbole attached to that. there were crisis with libya generalhat period, but point is ronald reagan is now seen as a great peace president. and he had read edward morris' book, "the rise of theodore roosevelt," and t.r. is ranked number four and he won a nobel peace prize and never got america into a war, even though he was known as a hawk, same as ronald reagan. he talked all the time about the evil empire and for much of his presidency we were afraid he was going to be

i would like to comment on ronald reagan. as a person who has made a career as a scientist, i was disappointed with his decision to not go forward with the metric system. i think in part that has contributed to a lot of scientific illiteracy in the u.s.. i was disappointed with ronald reagan overall. thank you for taking my call. host: doug brinkley would july to take that? disappointed with reagan over the metric myself. ranked ase why reagan high as he is. he has become a leader of conservatives around the country . our national airport is named after him. the cold war was a defining part of american history, and reagan seems to have come out better than any other president, talking about the historic negotiations with mikael gorbachev, he is meetings in the. of the -- wreck of thatcher had family sleep said ronald reagan won the cold war without firing a single shot. there is hyperbole attached to that, there were crisis is with grenada and others. ronald reagan is seen as a great piece president -- peace president. roosev

and you brought up ronald reagan before. and i think donald trump's biggest challenge is that, look, he's a very good communicator. i don't know if he's as good of a communicator as ronald reagan was. ronald reagan was relentlessly positive. his message was important. donald trump already has gotten himself in trouble as you pointed out by just sort of acting. and this is just not the job where you want to act quickly, necessarily, and i think he's going to learn that the hard way, and i hope it works out okay. >> he loves his tweeting. >> the clock's clicking, and it's called the next election cycle. neil: really? he's two weeks into this. >> i know. no like like the present. neil: gary, what were you going to say? >> i'm just saying he loves his tweeting. if ronald reagan was alive today, i'm sure he would be tweeting too but a lot smarter. neil: i don't think reagan would be tweeting. >> i'm not sure. neil: i don't know. [laughter] ronald reagan impression there. in the meantime the mainstream media is up on the president

description of this that my colleague and director has written about is called "the paradox of ronald reagan." it was masterfully explained, reagan,dox of ronald the president, nothing contradictory or publicly or sincerely of attacking the evil empire it rather uncomplimentary into the next moment writing a personal letter and is on hand to the general secretary of the seven communist party there he privately expressing his desire for a nonnuclear world, better seven relations. ronald reagan's vision of a nuclear apocalypse and his rootedrelated -- conviction that nuclear weapon should be abolished -- though not until after the 1983 war scare had showed his strength. two other brief examples of this paradox of ronald reagan. his military buildup. he wanted to get a soviet leader in the room but they kept dying on him. that may be true but on the other hand his actions militarily said the opposite. these soviets were very startled by his rhetoric. i want to mention the use of psychological operations or had as, which also great impact on able archer 83. ronald reagan started secretly conduct

is donald trump in that same form as ronald reagan?ll he has -- ronald reagan had an advantage. when we started we were in a deep, deep hole. an so just coming out of the hole led to very substantial growth and very substantial revenue. liz: are you saying we're not in a deep hole? that president obama managed to over the past eight years figure out a way to scratch out of some of that? >> i wouldn't say he did. i would say the fed gets most of the credit for it but we're at essentially full employment now. in 1982 when i joined the reagan administration the unemployment rate was nearly 11%, more than twice what it is now. and during the next eight years, well it came down from nearly 11% to a little over 5%. so that produced 4% real growth and that produced a lot of extra tax revenue. but you know ronald reagan was not afraid to slow the growth of social security. the 1983 social security legislation said, well, with a lag, with a delay, very gradually, we will start to raise the retirement age from 65 to 67. and that is what the legi

the first president to do so since ronald reagan. heather: that's right, a rousing first day with headliner mike pence rallying the crowd. rob: good morning, griff. >> hey, rob and heather, good morning, i'm outside the hotel where cpac is being held because the secret service has cleared the building and sweeping it in anticipation of the important and historic speech in the many ways because president trump will be the first president to speak to cpac in first time and that's exactly what vice president mike pence did last night. take a listen. >> folks, this is the a team, president trump has assembled the conservatives cabinet in my lifetime. an opportunity that only comes in a few generations. >> mercedes sclapp said that what mike pence said it brought together the populist and conservative establishment in which they believe that trump's agenda is a good movement and important one and a lot of people are excited about it and we heard from a rare person in the white house, steve bannon from the senior adviser last night who tal

ronald reagan actually watched this days before able archer 83. he said it was an advanced screening. in his diary, he wrote that it was a very well done movie and left him feeling very depressed. i have spoken with reagan watchers and they say it is probably the only or one of the few -- i could not find any more -- instances of him writing depression, great fear. he also watched a movie that is a little bit more uplifting than this. matthew roderick's "wargames," and he greatly enjoyed that one as well. talking about movies, there is called one from 1983 "threat" from the u.k. that was also actually based on parliamentary inquiry, british about what would actually happen , after a nuclear war. essentially, five generations lost. that one was even weaker than this. this fear of nuclear war was widespread in the united states. and in the soviet union, as we will talk about. it was also manifested in a protest movement that worked well and largely received the -- achieved its objectives the , nuclear freeze movement which also had an effect on pres

ronald reagan liked this. he had jim maker and ed miese. tension in the region white house but good tension. >> the difference is they came to the office with a fully formed world view and this president doesn't. he didn't. he was -- he was like the largest donor to chuck schumer a couple years ago. now he's the -- >> he's always said sort of the same things like this. >> no, he was very progay and pro-choice. >> on the social issues he's changed but economic issues, he's anti free trade and more populous and that's where you're right -- >> was able to find cause with him. i was really struck in the world view steve bannon has. it's all black and white, right and wrong, good and evil, and that's not how the american government works. ronald reagan was the master -- >> steve bannon came on board late in this. steve bannon had a radio show with breitbart and interviewing then candidate trump and he's the one who is relatively of all the people close to donald trump, it's steve bannon is relatively late and yet, clearly has the president's ear

in eight years as governor and then as president, ronald reagan made an indelible mark on american history, tear down this wall. >> reporter: reagan left office after eight years as a historic success. by the time i interviewed him in his final week in august, ronald reagan had surprised just about everyone. >> did you begin to think you made it as a lucky star hovering over ronald reagan that luck will be part of your life in some fashion? >> whether i call it luck or answered prayers, i realized that i was very blessed. >> well, there's a long list of possibilities -- >> i have covered 24 conventions. >> we will have to wait and see. if donald trump captured the party he will change the gop. >> in 2004, i first interviewed an illinois state senator named barack obama. >> i think that the biggest issue is restoring a sense of hope and possibility among voters. >> election nights are my favorite. >> lets go back to the 2000 election. there's a lot to talk about that one. but what strikes in your mind? >> in 2000, tim russert and i were like brothers. we were morning, noon and night politic

but when you go on and you write it, listen, i'll just say this, i parodied ronald reagan, i satirized of our great presidents in the gipper, man. you know what the reagans did? invited me to the white house. >> and? how was he and how was she? >> great question, mr. smerconish. changed my life, man. he was so warm. when i went up to ronald reagan and i shook ronald reagana, wha do you say to the president? there was a fire behind him in one of those warm rooms of the white house, i said, hey, nice fire, mr. president. and he said, "well, we've got people to do that for us." i turn face to face with nancy and she looks at me steely-eyed and goes "hello, joe." i knew why i was there, man. >> the spouse is always the tell. let's watch your work. this is joe piscopo as ronald reagan. >> yes, you'll receive all this, the economic recovery, the ginzu knives and land based missile system,thousands sold in europe already, the amazing tv president from ronco. >> you were ahead of your times. how far away are we from that with this guy? >> it may have came from mr. sinatra or maybe mr. sinatra

president ronald reagan.] i believe president trump is giving voice to the aspirations and frustrations of the american people like no leader since reagan. i just knew our new president would reignite our cause and renew it in our own day. and he did just that. a historicrump won victory all across the united states of america. [applause] mr. pence: think about it. 30 out of 50 states, including state and no republican had carried in a generation. president donald trump turned up the blue wall red. [applause] mr. pence: and you know what? the establishment never saw it coming. i mean the media, the elites, the insiders, everybody else who saw preserving the status quo, they dismissed our president every step of the way. in dismissing him, they also dismissed millions of the hard-working, forgotten men and women who make this country great. worse yet, they are still trying to dismiss him. they are trying to dismiss all of us. what they should have learned on election day is, this is not a government of the eli

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i parodied ronald reagan, i satirized one of our great presidents in the gipper, man. and you know what they did, the reagans? they invited me to the white house. >> and? how was he and how was she? >> great question, mr. smerconish. changed my life, man. he was so warm. >> really? >> when i went up to ronald reagan -- >> i'm going to show that in a minute. >> what do you say to the president? what do you say to reagan? he was just a warm guy and there was a fire behind him in one of those rooms in the white house and i, what can i say, hey, nice fire, mr. president. he goes, well, we've got people to do that for us, joe. then, michael, then i turn away from the president and i go face-to-face with nancy and she says to me, she looks at me steely eyed goes hello, joe. boom, i knew why i was there. >> yeah, the spouse is always the tell. let's watch your work. this is joe piscopo as ronald reagan. >> yes, you'll receive all this, the economic recovery, the ginsu knives, the magic cards and the land based missile system, thousands sold in europe already. the amazing tv p

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some of you may have been at the ronald reagan speech, and ronald reagan come it took him a very longrstand that this disease needed attention. because he and his staff would not even say the word aids for so long, and tell rock hudson died of the disease, and then it became real to ronald reagan. but before that i was kind of a loan with this handful of people fighting for funding for aids because we couldn't get a penny. and i remember walking in the door to the chairman of the appropriations committee, and he was so old he must have been my age now. but to me he looked so old. and i said, i have to tell you about this terrible disease. i said, i don't think you really know about it because you're from kentucky and you and your enteral digit. he said i don't know much i said it's hitting gave people. and he was so incredibly wonderful and he said barbara, i don't care who these people are if you need them and their hurting and their suffering, we will double the funding of age. and he did. now, he took it from 6 million to 12 million. now it's tens of billions but i was there right

a quote ronald reagan delivered at the library here when it began.r inviting us into your home tonight. that is it for this "special report." fair, balanced, and unafraid. "the first 100 days" hosted by martha maccallum starts right now. ♪ ♪ >> martha: breaking tonight, president trump making good on his promise to remove illegal aliens. that is firing up the resistance tonight. but who departed more illegals? this administration or the prior one? we will show you the numbers on a day full of palace intrigue at the white house. lots going on. i'm martha maccallum, it is day 25 of the first 100. first, president trump dropped wow -- he is doing extreme vetting, which as you know, tied up in the course, some breaking news on that. as well as a cracked on by i.c.e., immigration and customs enforcement agency arrested nearly 700 illegal immigrants, 75% of whom homeland security says have committed violent

ronald reagan made a speech. you can see next to him while he was giving the speech they had the big cooler of water. just in case. there had been a big parade downtown to welcome to governor and dignitaries. they had not just the majorettes from the middle school, they had the high school band, too. look how many people were there. look at that. thousands of people turned out for the dedication of the oroville dam. i think we have one picture of the crowd in color as well. look at that. who are the ladies in green? what was their role in the dedication? you look at photos like that it makes you realize being a governor has its ups and down. at the one hand you get to see stuff, take your family and go on cool behind-the-scenes tours, the local bands will come out to meet you when you do something. then there's the little indignities, right? this, for example, is what they gave ronald reagan as his soenirrom that day at the dedication. i know it kind of looks like a snow globe or a polished piece of granite or so

. >> host: you are serving because of the ronald reagan immigration policy. you were 8 years old when you came here. >> my father traveled for many years. never planned on staying here. eventually he stayed here, working on the fields of california, farmworkers around the time ronald reagan passed the first immigration reform of 1986. my father took advantage of that. my father was one of those folks who benefited. he brought us to the us and my father's goal was never to have a son or daughter in congress which is goal was to have them have an equal opportunity. he knew in mexico that opportunity was not going to exist. we didn't come from a political family. my father was a teacher in mexico but teachers in mexico don't make much money. a taxicab driver here will make more money and so my father left his family back home for two years. a couple days ago when i got sworn in, this one is for you. that is what they wanted. one of their kids is a congressman. another one is an attorney. the other two have good jobs. we are living the american dream. we are the

he's not ronald reagan. in fact he is more like richard nixon than ronald reagan. >> host: what was his response? was he surprised by that, hurt, angry? >> guest: i think he was unhappy but he was later on i think quite generous towards the center and i think he accepted his later endorsement with good grace. >> host: that you had gone back and forth and traded insults. there was donald trump's declaration that ted cruz father had been in conversations with the kennedy assassin pick you write a little bit about that in yourbook. what do you make of that quick some people say why are we talking about this? it's not relevant. but you make a part of your book. book. can you talk about that? >> guest: i believe that senator cruz his father did, in fact, no lee harvey oswald, baker who was indisputably an associate of oswald writes this in her book. she set it multiple interviews. th.the photograph you've seen cs from the warren commission, not from the "national enquirer." i think donald trump to it after to get

you worked with him. >> i think what ronald reagan, what ronald reagan would have done is the same thingd after the horrible events in lebanon where the iranians were behind killing 240 marines. he reached out to try to work with them so that wouldn't happen again. i think that is the key thing. that as i mentioned, iranians are helping us right now in iraq. without their help the iraqi government would not be able to fight isis. without their help we would not have been able to defeat the taliban. there are other areas wherewer don't work with them. but the key thing is, is the nuclear thing. you do not want iran to have a nuclear weapon, and because of international diplomacy, including china and russia, they agreed to st their nuclear program and the inspections show they're keeping it. liz: well, i just, hard to belief, especially when they hide a lot. larry, thank you very much you have. you've been on the inside especially the point where we had hostages released from iran, thank you very much. larry korb. >> you're welcome. liz: center for american progress. senior fellow. worked

it always has been.as ronald reagan said, we have come to a time to choosing. resident reagan challenged us that we accept the responsibility for our own destiny or we abandon the american revolution and confess that an intellectual belief in a distant capital can plan our lives for us better than we can plan our own lives.how refreshing is that simple concept that we know the course of our own destiny.it's better than some congresswoman from california . better than some judge from joplin and they know it sitting in a panel and washington making a decision that can undermine all of our great efforts. how refreshing to see that return to that respectful thought. they can see and errands the arrogance that was at 1600 pennsylvania avenue before january 20 2017. [applause] president donald trump, we have chosen a leader. a leader who i expected many of you know i can ambiguously support the highest office in this land. [applause] he was a candidate that most other supported. some may have opposed the measure and that's fine. it's a voice to the pride that i found

i heard that when he was a refusnik, he heard of ronald reagan's speech. gulag, and he heard ronald reagan's speech where he alls out the soviet union as the evil empire, and the story had a profound impact on him, and everything in the gulag, both prisoners and alike. why? because the notion that the was calling ident something what it was was basically for them a foreshadowing of the beginning end.he when there was clarity about what was being discussed, it had impact.nd he heard that story and goes, even ssman, the story is better than that. when i had a visit with president reagan in the oval and e, he described this told president reagan this, and at that point, reagan apparently called in his staff because he to hear this ff from sheranski, probably the staffers that told him, don't in the speech. it's too controversial. [laughter] rep. roskam: so where are we? his is the value of naming things. this is the value of reflecting, nd this is the value of recognizing where we are. we have a tax code that doesn't work. we have an inversion problem that is

so reagan went out and raised the money and aired the speech himself. >> ronald reagan: and this ideahas no other source of power, except the sovereign people -- is still the newest and the most unique idea in all the long history of man's relation to man. this is the issue of this election -- whether we believe in our capacity for self-government or whether we abandon the american revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far distant capital can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves. >> mann: the speech was called "a time for choosing," which may be ronald reagan's best speech ever, and that's saying a lot for ronald reagan, 'cause he gave a lot of great speeches. but this speech was a masterpiece. and it probably made the best case for barry goldwater that anybody, including barry goldwater, had made for himself. >> our democratic opponents seem unwilling to debate these issues. they want to make you and i believe that this is a contest between two men -- that we're to choose just between two personalities. well, what of this man that they w

. >> tonight, the first addresses to congress from presidents ronald reagan, george h.w. bush, bill clinton, george w. bush, and barack obama. that is tonight at 8:00 eastern time here on c-span. announcer: watch c-span as president donald trump at delivers his first address to a joint session of congress. : this congress is going to be the busiest congress with had an decades. announcer: live on c-span and c-span.org on february 28 at p.m. >> vice president pence was in brussels for meetings. he met with donald tusk for a news conference. topics included the cease-fire between russia and ukraine. this is 15 minutes. pres. tusk: mr. vice president, dear friends, let me first of all thank you for this meeting. we all truly needed it. much has happened in the last month in your country. many surprising opinions have been voiced about our relations and about our common security. for us to pretend that everything is the way it used to be. thank you for being so open and frank with me, mr. vice president. today i had words which are promising of the future. words that explain

as some of you may know, today is president ronald reagan's birthday. he was born february 6, 1911. in his words, and i quote, we americans don't want war, and we don't start fights. we don't maintain a strong military force to conquer or coerce others. the purpose of our military is simple and straightforward. we want to prevent war by deterring others from the aggression that causes war. if our efforts are successful, we will have peace and never be forced into battle. there will never be a need to fire a single shot. ladies and gentlemen, that remain ours focus today and we are enormously grateful for the strong support we received from our national leadership, starting right at the very top with our commander in chief. we are incredibly fortunate to have him here with us today. president donald trump has been in office for just over two weeks, 18 days, to be exact he wanted one of his very first trips to be here to macdill air force base to visit the commands and spend time with our men and women in uniform. i cannot overstate this, this is a very big deal and a real testament t

rounding out the top ten choices, harry truman, thomas jefferson, jfk and ronald reagan. lyndon johnson jumps up one spot this year to return to the top ten. james buchanan is ranksed dead last in all three c-span surveys. there's bad news for andrew jackson as well. he found his overall rating dropping this year, from number 13 to number 18. the survey had good news for outgoing president, barack obama. he was placed at number 12 overall. george w. bush moved three spots up to 33 overall. with big gains in public persuasion and relations with congress. how did our historians rate your favorite president you can find all this and more on our website at c-span.org. >>> roger shimamura and his family were detained in idaho. later in life, he became an artist whose work focuses on issues such as ethnicity, race, and the japanese american experience throughout the 20th century. an excerpt of modern history. the japanese american legacy project, this is an hour.

. >> neil: don't forget ronald reagan.e was looking like a one-termer because it took awhile for the tax cutting bang back then. and he had the wind at his back. very good. always a pleasure catching up. >> thank you, neil. >> neil: as we touched on here, andy puzder is withdrawing his nomination as labor secretary. that was widely expected as more and more republicans were peeling off. it comes a day after the general flynn situation and what happened to the president's foreign policy staff and his foreign policy agenda. the former white house chief of staff, president clinton, so much more, leon panetta. great to have you. thanks for stopping by. >> nice to be with you, neil. >> neil: let's talk about this. just getting a scattering of headlines. chaos at the white house, "the new york times." everything out of control, "usa today." bedlam in the corner office. always having to do with this notion that it has a frantic feel to it in the white house. i'm thinking to my everybody, it's barely four weeks old this white hous

ronald reagan in 1968 of the opening ceremony of the dam. but this is the moment that they broke dam. this was 1957. this was good win night and he has a shovel full of dirt. somebody at the ground breaking had the for sight to safe that exact shovel full of dirt. they dump it in an empty fish bowl or something, they saved it for the dam when it would be complete and running. they saved this amount of dirt from that and they gave it to ronald reagan. they sent him back with a giant jar of a previous governor's dirt. that's for visiting, mr. governor. it's like you moved into a new apartment and the landlord give you a bag of dirt. the orville dam, they dedicated it in 1968. it's a big deal. it's thealest dam in the united states. it's 770 feet tall. it's one of those large things that we humans made. you can see the giant reservoir, it's basically the central thing in the grand plan that made california work as a state with a huge population. this centerpiece that moves water down into the central valley to irrigate the productive farmland i

>> i'm going to say ronald reagan, one of the greatest presidents ever. >> between ronald reagan or margaret> margaret thatcher? >> think about it, the left portrays foreign women, but we have a conservative rock star who came over here, loved american worked with us on things. i think she's pretty awesome. >> awesome. a >> who is the conservative that you admire the most? >> at the moment, i love kellyanne conway, what comes to mind is kellyanne conway. she is the woman who perfectly embodies how you should be a woman in power and politics today. >> the conservative i admire the most was living his president donald trump. >> ♪ >> he's aligning the conservative movement. >> i love dana perino. she's a strong woman, and i hope i get to be press secretary one day. >> i would have to say jesse watters, 2g's hen that category, you're in good company. >> donald trump still have's troublesome and conservative presents, what you think that is what you mark >> i think it's mostly pride and ego? >> i think with donald trump the big issue is, is he really who he says he has? republicans campaign ads c

that's the way it would come out with ronald reagan. his ability to have the american people so supportive of him for such an extended period of time, i suspect when the president , ites office in a few weeks will be in excess of 65%, maybe 70% popularity. phenomenal given all the things he has been through. brian: speaking of adversaries, what is the difference in your relationship with tip o'neill and jen -- jim. tip o'neill and i have a special relationship. we both like to play golf and cards. he was such a great storyteller. i have to be envious of my contemporaries who were such good joke tellers. the president, of course, absolutely phenomenal. turn a tight moment and lighten it up a little bit. , we knew and another for an extended time. it was just kind of automatic that we would have to be adversaries during the work hours and still be the good friends after work was concluded . it remained that way until he left. the currentow speaker as well as i knew tip o'neill personally. i guess all of us are it comes of our own individu

>>> you said today that you have biggest electoral margin since ronald reagan. in fact president obama got 365 -- >> we are talking about republican. >> president obama 332. george w. bush 426 of the why should americans trust you -- >> we had very big margin. >> why should americans trust you when you accuse the information they received of being fake when you're providing information that's not honest. >> it was a substantial victory do you agree with that. >> that was exchange with peter alexander pointing out an item the president made was wrong. the president took an opportunity to air his grievances in general about the press. >> much of the media doesn't get it but they don't write it. much of the media along with new york and los angeles speaks not for the people but for the special interests. the best has become dishon oes -- dishonest we doesn't talk about it. the press is out of control. the level of dishonesty is out of control. i see tone, you know the word tone. the tone is hatred. tomorrow they will say, donald trump rants and raves at the press.

it really became ronald reagan's republican party. he brought the conservative movement to the fore. donald trump won the nomination. he won the presidency. now he is bringing in his movement and also changing the conservative movement that was there. i think the way to think about it is, nationalism. >> yeah. >> just like bannon said. it's now a primarily nationalist movement. >> it's a different republican party. >> it's a very different republican party. you are talking about nationalism, you still have the holdouts, conservatives. what about the libertarians and tea partiers and neo cons who people believe helped to create trump, or now tpac today. and tomorrow particularly. here is the issue. when you talk about reagan. reagan was talking about fiscal responsibility. the conservatives believe in that and still believe in that, even as president trump is talking about cutting the waste and belt-tightening. at the same time you have this wall. that's where the conservative piece is lost with president trump. this wall that's going

ronald reagan was president. some of you may have been at the ronald reagan speech. when it took him a very long time to understand that this disease needed attention because he and his staff would even say the word aids for so long. it became real to ronald reagan. but before that i was kind of alone with this handful of people. we can get a penny and i remember walking in the door to the chairman of the appropriations committee and he was so old he must've been my age now. i have to tell you about this terrible disease i don't think you really know about it. you are in a rural district. he was so incredibly wonderful and he said i don't care who these people are if you need them and their hurting and suffering we will double the funding of aids. and he did. he took it from 6 million to 12 million. i was there right in the middle. what a great incredible surgeon general. very conservative person. she he refused to treat this in an ideological way. if people were sick they were going to get treated. but it put me in quite a situation and that. of time when the reagan

ronald reagan arrived, and ronald reagan had a very simple plan for america. he was going to do three things fundamentally. number one, massive tax cuts for the wealthiest and biggest corporations in america. two, simultaneously increasing defense spending massively. three, to simultaneously pledge that he was going to balance the budget while unleashing massive economic growth in our country. well, what he did then was to put together a team who had a remarkable ability to harness voluminous amounts of information to defend that knowingly erroneous premise. you cannot say that you are heading towards balancing the budget if you are simultaneously saying i'm going to give massive tax breaks to those who need them the least and massive defense increases which are going to further lead to federal expenditures, because then you have to turn and you have to cut programs. you have to cut medicare. you've got to cut social security. you've got to cut the e.p.a. you've got to cut head start. you've got to cut food stamps. you've got to cut programs for the poorest. y