things happen that are perceived as impossible, inconceivable, cannot happen, and the emergence of ronald reagans one of those things that i soon as they do happen they become commonplace. the election of donald trump, the election of abraham lincoln. you know, when pat brown was running against reagan and he dismissed reagan come and try to make light of him, he said that he has no experience, he said i never flown airplane, but don't worry, because i've always been really interested in aviation. well, reagan won that election by almost 1 million votes, 900 -- and immediately, he is a major figure in american politics. and 68, he was the stealth candidate. he let his guys basically run him. he picked up 11% in new hampshire, he picked up 22%, maybe, and nebraska. he picked up 20% in oregon and he picked up 100% in california because he was the favorite son. i give him a base going into the convention and the only way , as we just heard, the only way he could possibly get the nomination is denying nixon on the first ballot the nomination. and nixon was not in a great position of strength going i

and i love ronald reagan. >> this institution is wonderful tribute to him. eading this book was a labor of love. >> curious with president reagan ever given an award by the academy of motion picture say at the oscars? >> no and you was not. that was a sore point. was one of the only times i saw him with his feelings hurt. he was a tireless advocate for the movie industry. he was proud of having come from hollywood. he was twice elected president of the screen actors guild. he led the first strike which changed actors relationships with their employers. he believed the movie industry was a good place. i was on the warner bros. lot today. i recall that's what he said he was happiest because it was a family. he loved the movie business. . . >> i'm sorry you had to do that. i started a petition a while back and it didn't happen but i can do tuesday if president obama or clinton had come from the industry if the academy would be so reluctant to honor one of their own. of course he wasn't one to dwell on the negative but i know it hurt his feelings they could still

a reagan biographer is presenting two books ronald reagan and every authorized biography the making of a reagan conservative. [applause] i will start asking the authors and the impact they hope it would have. >> it is a joy to be with you all. i am a scholar of public opinion with the conversations that i have liar people getting things wrong or making the choices that they are? in my mind if you take that to the extreme we are not capable to have that democracy so instead of asking what are they getting wrong how are they understanding their world? so the book is focused on wisconsin but people in rural small towns research was in wisconsin and to listen to people so i wrote the book so look at what the small places in my state to understand the feeling that many people have about not being respected and overlooked how that comes from real experience hoping for something better i hope the impact it would have to understand this concern of feeling like you deserve more wanting better for yourself people would understand not from people deserved to be treated this so i want to have a br

david: you were given a task by ronald reagan. james: to help with the debates. negotiate the debates and help prepare for the debates. david: was it difficult to prepare reagan for the debates? people were not confident he was a good debater. james: a lot of his close people didn't want him to debate. i wanted him to. i believe nancy wanted him to. i always thought he was terrific. in front of the camera. the red light goes on, he's perfect. david: reagan wins the election to what do you will be offered, if anything? james: i don't think. i don't know. name hadrd that my been surfaced as a potential white house chief of staff i said, that's not possible. who is't go to somebody running two campaigns against you and make him your white house chief of staff. guess what? i don't think it will ever happen again. not the way we are going today anyway. david: ronald reagan did offer you the job. you became chief of staff of the white house. was it as much fun doing the job as it later is talking about it? james: the worst job in government. i tell everyone that. i tel

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that is the conversion of ronald reagan to supply side economics. i think that is a key to understanding the history of conservatism since 1976. when reagan ran for president, supply-side economics was a budding thing. it was not a significant point of view politically. it was brought to reagan's attention during that campaign by bob barkley and others. he didn't bite. he wasn't interested. he did, by the time he ran in 1980. we all know essentially what that is. it had to political ramifications for reagan that i think their notice. -- bear notice. one is that it actually worked. after reagan got through the recession of his early presidency, which was an induced session, it was not one that just happened, it was the federal reserve chairman basically going to reagan and saying i'm going to squeeze and plays in -- inflation out of this economy, are you going to fight me on it? it was a political gamble on reagan's part and took a tremendous amount of courage. after he got through that recession, he generated an annual average gdp growth rate of 3.89

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

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

that is the conversion of ronald reagan to supply-side economics. that is key to understanding the history of conservatism since 1976. when reagan ran for president in 1976, it was being written about in the editorial page of the wall street journal and jack kemp was talking about it. it wasn't a significant point of view politically. it was brought to reagan's attention during that campaign. and he didn't bite. he wasn't interested. he did by the time he ran in 1980. we all know essentially what that is. cut taxes, marginal rate. it had to ramifications for reagan that bear notice. one is that it worked. it generated significant economic growth. after reagan got through the recession of his early presidency which was an induced recession. the federal reserve chairman went to reagan and said i am going to squeeze inflation out of this economy, are you going to fight me on it? and reagan said no. that was a remarkable political gambler -- gamble on reagan's part. after he got through that recession, he generated an average gdp growth rate of 3.89%. th

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

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

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

the same thing did happen to ronald reagan and to bill clinton in the first midterms of their presidencies. in reagan's first midterm, republicans lost 26 seats in the house. >> ronald reagan was trying to be as upbeat as possible. still, it was a conciliatory president who met with reporters, one who talked about seeking bipartisan solutions with the new congress. >> there have been concessions and compromises in both directions, on all of the major issues and we expect to continue to work with the congress in that way. >> top aides admit, the election results were a shock. by white house count, only 50% of the candidates mr. reagan campaigned for won yesterday. >> that was ronald reagan in the first midterm of his presidency, 1982. eight years later, on november 8th, 1994, the curse of the first midterm visited president bill clinton, in an epic, historical loss for the democrats at the time. >> tonight, the sound you hear is the sound of a moving van backing up to the united states senate, preparing to move in a republican majority. at this hour, the republicans have picked up the seven

howie: when ronald reagan was proposing the nuclear freeze, reagan says what did 20 years patience gets. it sounds like donald trump. bret: there are a lot of similarities twin trump and reagan in their personality and style. and the threats are very similar. change the paradigm in washington in foreign policy is very similar. reagan upset the apple cart as far as detante and foreign policy. howie: both were outsiders. a two-term governor. president trump a businessman and reality tv star. i heard echos in the 1980 campaign. a lot of reporters said ronald reagan was a war monger and we heard that when trump and kim jong-un were at odds and trading nuclear threats. bret: we were going to war with ask north korea three or four months ago, but the prospect of sitting down at a summit is there. some aggressive speech and tweets and rocket man and how big is your button. that's not reagan style. but he was saying communism would be to the ash heap of history and the soviet union was the evil empire. at the time those things were seen as inflammatory. howie: reagan got a lot of bad press, re

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

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

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

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

reason i'm here at the reagan library's florida event tonight on my new book "three days in moscow: ronald reaganthe fall of the soviet empire." former secretary of state george scholz expand to me president reagan's method for dealing with the soviet union and mikal gorbachev and his negotiating style. schultz told me it could translate today. >> had a system of going about things. number one. be realistic, don't kid yourself. no rose-colored glasses. number two, be strong. not just military strength. economic strength. you can have military strength if you don't have economic. more than that, strength of purpose so people see what you are doing. number three, figure out what it is you want. don't start thinking about what other people want. just what you want. then when you have that straight, sit down and negotiat negotiate. then you've got a hand to play. it can take more than 10 years to develop a single medication. and only 1 in 10,000 ever make it to market. but what if ai could find connections faster. to help this researcher discover new treatments. that's why she's working with watson.

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

as my second favorite president, ronald reagan, once said, freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. make no mistake about it, this is a pivotal year in the life of our nation. and this year i want to challenge all of you, all the men and women of the national rifle association here and across the country, stay in the fight, exercise all of your fundamental rights, live out the citizenship in a way that made the nra one of the most potent forces for good in the united states of america and this year. [applause] >> carry freedom forward, support men and women in public office and support our liberties and talk to your coworkers, neighbors, friends and family that worship and at work. talk to them about the progress we have made together. and all that we can do in the days ahead. tell our story. tell what donald trump has meant to this nation in restoring our strength at home and abroad. remind them that we cut their taxes so they can keep more of what they earned. remind them that we are restoring american strength at home and abroad, standing with law enforcemen

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

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

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

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

he was great, ronald reagan was the best. what i took from that is the person i looked up to most in my life loved everything about this country, but he was not from here. every little crumb about what i loved is what you have and i do not. and so, i have not sat through -- no advance -- as many -- no offense, as many presidents as you all have. >> that is the advantage of being younger. >> but when i look at presidents and the former chief of staff gave me a reprieve because he took president trump up the table. i look at who is inspiring this country. i look at ronald reagan and the feeling he gave americans across the country, republicans, democrats, a lot of people inspired by the american dream about something beyond legislation, how we feel as americans and making people proud again. i don't remember a lot about jimmy carter, other than what i read. he was at the bottom of the polls when i grew up, and he seems like a good man. ronald reagan got me involved in politics. that is really what got me involved. leon: i assum

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

seventh president to hold office during elizabeth's reign as queen. >> her favorite is undoubtedly ronald reaganhen it came to horses. >> reagan and thatcher got along famously. and the queen, too, who kind of offered this kind of glittering spectacle when reagan came for state banquet. so it was an interesting me menagetwe, i guess. >> in an attempt to thwart a potential communist threat, the british government is completely unaware of the operation. >> we communicated to the united states our doubts that her majesty's government had about initiating action. >> i'm absolutely convinced that was one point where the queen and mrs. thatcher who didn't see eye to eye on everything certainly saw eye-to-eye. >> america has always been a great ally. so when the u.s. went into grenada and didn't let the queen know, that was a tricky motion. >> this lasts just four days. >> i think you better look at the shots of the queen and ronald reagan riding at windsor to realize grenada was a hiccup. >> margaret thatcher and the queen may agree on the grenada invasion, but in 1986, an article surfaces regarding d

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some ways, carter's success paved the way for ronald reagan. agan and the republicans going back to nixon at the beginning of the decade had taken up sort of the new language of conservatism, and it had a very broad appeal, as wallace himself had shown as early as 1964, nationally, and as carter had shown in 1976. so, that is sort of our review of the 1970's. any questions? all right, thank you all for coming. i will see you all wednesday. announcer: what's our special world war i centennial, the u.s. in france, 1918. live at 8:00 a.m. eastern. and on american history tv on c-span3. our guest is the author of "thunder and flames, americans in the crucible of combat, 1917-1918." towill look back 100 years france, where american army soldiers and marines saw their first major combat on the western front and more than 10,000 americans died or went missing. i centennial,r the u.s. and france, 19 18, memorial day starting at 9:00 easternastern -- 9 a.m. and on american history tv on c-span3. this weekend, on american artifacts, we look back to americ

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

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

so ronald reagan deserves all the credit for taking tough positions but the ultimate collapse of the viet union, but president carter created the foundation with both human right, democracy promotion and hard power upon which president reagan build. host: let's get to your phone calls. harold is joining us on the republican line from florida. good morning. caller: good morning. look, nobody would argue that jimmy carter wasn't in some ways a fine man. the problem is for those of us who are old enough to remember him. he wasn't exactly a successful president. he was a man who couldn't see the forest through the trees. it's just unbelievable. he spent his time trying to figure out who should play tennis on the white house tennis court. i mean, this is crazy. he just didn't get the job done. and when you say that he, you know, somehow built up american strength and did these things overseas, look, there was a reason that ronald reagan got elected. there was a real reason. and if you want to look at the armed forces and how they were doing, try to see it as it actually was. there were som

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

successways, carter's paved the way for ronald reagan. republicans going back to nixon at the beginning of the decade had taken up sort of the new language of conservatism, and it had a very broad appeal, as wallace himself had shown as early as 1964, nationally, and as carter had shown in 1976. so, that is sort of our review of the 1970's. any questions? all right, thank you all for coming. i will see you all wednesday. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] >> join us every saturday at 8:00 and midnight eastern as we hear lectures on topics ranging from the american revolution to 911. website or download our podcast from itunes. this week on real america, columbia revolts, a film capturing the campus takeover by university students protesting the vietnam war in the school's plan to build a gym on a public park. here's a preview. on april 23, we will hold a demonstration to demand a pr

how about the governor of california, ronald reagan? >> the picture of the fairly young reagan at the time, that was 1968 and ronald reagan was governor of california, he had been a democrat and became a republican. i have had a long history with him because he was governor there and then he ran against my boss, ford, when i was the white house photographer. they had a showdown at the republican convention in 1976. then of course, reagan went on to become president. i covered the first four years of his administration. one of the beautiful things about my career, seeing people progress through it from the beginning to the end. in 68.s ronald reagan i covered his funeral. these are people i got to know. ronald reagan and the influence he had that year. >> in 1968, i do not think reagan influenced on the war and on the domestic events, was all that great. i think it was later that reagan picked up steam. at the time, he was still a young politician on the rise. he had not yet become the governor of california. he was governor at the time.

obviously went on to serve later to be chief of staff to ronald reagan. i think history never comes back tohi that profile in courage, wn he got in his car, comes to the capitol building to the oval office, to tell the democratic presidente you're right, amazin. think about it in today's terms. >> think about the idea of putting the country first, think about both parties. just thought i would say that. in the back, get to a few more questions. >> i get, i get -- >> very pushy panel. >> i get to mildly -- >> yes, burt. >> there is no question that carter had, everybody is surprised to see what a successful legislative record he had. one of these reasons is, that while we did have a reasonably successful legislative program, we had very little level of political support. i never forget going out to give a speech in 1979 i think in detroit, and detroit at that time i got a bunch of suburban newspapers. after i gave the speech i went with a drink for a reporters from five or six suburban newspapers. i said how we doing? you guys suck. how do you know that? b

military, restore democracy, and not long ago he signed the largest deal for our defense since ronald reaganthis president promised to take the fight to terrorists on our terms on their soil, and due to the courage of our armed forces and commander of chief, isis is on the run and the caliphate has crumbled, u.s. coalition has captured the most wanted and will some drive them out of existence once and for all. [applause] [crowd chanting: u-s-a] vice pres. pence: you're at home, president trump promised to stand on the thin blue line of law enforcement, and every day of his administration we have worked to give our law enforcement personnel the resources and tools and respect that they deserve every single day. [applause] our president promised to enforce our laws and secure our borders and he signed biggest funding increase for border security in nearly a decade. he set the national guard to this southern border and secured funding for the first 100 border walls. -- 100 miles of a new border wall. [applause] [crowd chanting: build that wall] [applause] vice pres. pence: i promise you when it