narrator: ronald reagan, governor of the most powerful state in the union. does he go from here? [applause] [applause] governor reagan: the people in our land want something better and i believe they will follow our party if we have the courage to stand for principle. do we know anyone who doesn't nurture in a corner of his heart a desire and a belief that government can be something worthy of our pride, that we can have government of, by, and for the people? government reflecting our faith in god as the author of our freedom. i want that for our children. i am sure you want it for yours. narrator: where does governor reagan go from here? in a government of the people, by the people and for the people, that is up to you to decide. >> the preceding political program sponsored by citizens for reagan committee. >> [crowd chanting "we want reagan"] >> watch archival films on public affairs on our weekly series "reel america," saturday at 10:00 p.m. and sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern here on american history tv. >> this is american history tv on c-span3 where each we

narrator: ronald reagan became governor of california january 2, 19 67. governor reagan was born and raised in illinois. >> i do. >> governor reagan, i declare you to be duly installed as governor of the state of california. narrator: as in eleanor republican said, government by thebe of the people, people, for the people. -- republicanillinois said, government should be of the people, by the people, for the people. [applause] government, of the people, by the people, for the people, arrived that night in california. j.b.: -- i am here with: those i love the most and ,riends to share this moment and i'm fully cognizant of the importance of this and what it means to so many people. someone back in our history, i think it was benjamin franklin, bringf ever someone could to public office the precepts of peace -- the precepts of the prince of peace, he would revolutionize the world and men would remember him for 1000 years. i could never be so presumptuous to think he could do that or follow those precepts completely . i can't tell you this, i will try very ha

george: the greatest misconception is somewhat dispelled that ronald reagan was unreflective. and hisrtin anderson wife published his letters. people saw an entirely different reagan. you are a presidential scholar and you know that presidential reputations are like sine waves, they come and go. reagan's has been on the upswing because they realize that he had an agenda that was rooted in considerable reflection. beyond that, he understood the economy of leadership. do not try to do everything. have three good things you want to do, say what they are and say it over and over again, and focus on them. you will be surprised what you get done. mark: you are one of our great recon tors -- storytellers, what is your great story -- what is your favorite story of ronald reagan? george: i thought he got gorbachev wrong and he was over his skis, and wrote as such. my phone rang from my office and it is ronald reagan. he says, george, i am not reading you with as much pleasure as i used to. [laughter] president, i am not enjoying you being president as much as i used to. down and let us

then martin anderson, former aide, and his wife published ronald reagan's letters. people saw an entirely different reagan. if you're a presidential scholar you knew that presidential reputations are like sine wave they come and go. reagan's has been on the upswing because people realized that a, he had an agenda that was rooted in considerable reflection. beyond that he understood the economy of leadership. don't try to do everything. have three good, big things you want to do say what they are. say it over and over again. focus on them. and you'll be surprised what you get done. >> you are one of our great raconteurs, what's your favorite story of ronald reagan. -- reagan? george: i thought he got gorbachev wrong. and that he was way out over his skis -- skis on detente and wrote as such. one day my phone rings in my office and it's ronald reagan, he said, george, i'm not reading you with as much pleasure as i used. to [laughter] i said, mr. president, i'm not enjoying watching you be president as much as i used to. and he laughed and said come on down let's talk a

example given is the example of the ronald reagan missile site and e.p.i. next to it. on the ronald reagan missile site is a vivid example of the united states golf courses and. swimming pools and all kinds of manatees. right next to it is what was called the slum of the pacific and said it's a challenge by. is in great need right now we talked about infrastructure one of the projects the u.s. is working with our australian colleagues and with the asian development bank is a sewer and water project desperately needed pretty by he buys overcrowded schools need repair actually the u.s. military did a survey back in the seventy's and found that the service didn't work and the water didn't run on the electricity wasn't there and only happened nor all that long ago they found almost exactly the same thing what why hasn't that been fix we've there's complete agreement that the by should be a priority and not only because of the current activities of the ronald reagan space and missile defense site but there's also now an additional component that is providing for global secu

from the ronald reagan presidential foundation in simi valley, this is just over one hour. [applause] [applause] [cheering] good evening, everyone. for those i had the chance to meet, i have the honor of being executive director of the ronald reagan presidential foundation. [applause] in honor of our men and women in uniform who defend our freedom around the world, please join me for the pledge of allegiance. 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. i will start with mark's wife julie and his son chase. [applause] marks mother-in-law. [applause] i wouldn't be at the library if they didn't recognize olsson and his wife. [applause] before the great one takes the stage, i want him to know how grateful all of us are that once again he has taken three days out of this incredibly busy life to travel all the way to california and back. [applause] by visiting us, i mean not only this crowd that is in this packed house before me, but also the hundreds of

, i support home defense is what joe biden has said as well i'm with ronald reagan, furthermore, we both worked for reagan. i must have missed this did ronald reagan push an assault weapons ban during his eight years? he and i both worked in domesti policy at the white house, i don't remember that personally. but maybe you do. your member that happening? >> i certainly don't. i would like him to elaborate a little bit more. >> go ahead. i don't want that to go. >> interestingly enough. he just treated out the video over ronald reagan speaking insane those exact words. >> he supported the brady bill as well after his presidency. so he clearly supported regulation of firearms to rate varying degree. a variety of regulations absolutely are supported under our first amendment and our constitution. it is time to end the mass shootings. the key thing that is consisten here in the united states that sets us apart from all of the other developed western nations which have until health issues, violent video games and all the other things it is high rate of fire. >> guns can be modified for its re

known as the ronald reagan test site it's a missile. the pacific ocean all the way to asia and china. here the people of the mushroom islands of once again being subjected to the testing of weapons of mass destruction designed for a coming war on. the basis part of a remarkable. knownas vision 2020 devised in the 990 s. it's amos described officially as full spectrum dominance. this means control and sea. cyber space and space 54321. from california almost 5. the u.s. air force tests its intercontinental missile by firing them at the marshall. imagine a missile coming screaming out of the sky it's absolutely terrifying there i think that there is there's really nothing. that i can imagine that that would be more terrifying than this and we're talking about. devices that any one of them could go off course. none of this disturbs life on the base where small town america has been recreated a wonderland of the suburban good. that realize that there's nothing better than living on a tropical island i'm pretty much of each property you know

take it from ronald reagan. you've seen ronald reagan's -- this is the last speech i'll make as president of the united states. the last speech. does that get your attention? ronald reagan, the last speech as president. i want to communicate a message to a country i love. look it up on google. it's so beautiful. or wherever you look things up. it's so beautiful. the vital force of america's pre-eminence in the world is every new generation of immigrants who come to america. and when america fails to recognize that, america will fail to be pre-eminent in the world. we cannot close the door to the vitality of our future, ronald reagan. it's better and more poetic than that. it's longer too. so our constitution, our people, our land from sea to shining sea, this beautiful patrimony, and beyond, god's gift to us. he degrades. he says, i'm not making any environmental decisions based on science. oh, really? oh, really? so dishonor the constitution. denigrate who we are as a people. degrade the environment. and devalu

furthermore, the great democrat ronald reagan, excuse me, republican ronald reagan said these things, i support this sporting rifles, i support home defense is what joe biden has said as well i'm with ronald reagan, furthermore, we both worked for reagan. >> wait minute, we both worked for reagan. i must have missed this.he did ronald reagan push an assault weapons ban during his eightma years? he and i both worked in domestic policy at the white house, i don't remember that personally. but maybe you do.? do you remember that happening? >> i certainly don't. i would like him to elaborate a little bit more. >> go ahead. i don't want that to go. >> interestingly enough. just treated out the video over ronald reagan speaking those exact words. >> he was also pro-choice and became pro life, he changed his mind on a lot of issues. >> he supported the brady bill as well after his presidency. so he clearly supported regulation of firearms to rate varying degree.justice scalia wa decision, a variety of regulations are absolutely supported under our 2nd amendment and constitution. it is time t

here was a conclusion he drew about ronald reagan.were talking earlier that there were not many chapters with conclusions. this one had one. ronald reagan was a modest man according to him that did not succumb personally to greed. and except for the iran-contra situation was law-abiding and acting within constitutional boundaries. do you agree with that assessment? james: i do. many were tripped up by accident. reagan was caught expressing an untruth. whether it slipped out of his mouth or not, one never knows but aside from that, he was an uncorruptible man. usan: and yet -- and the iran-contra which we mentioned. how does the president get himself into situations like this if he is basically law-abiding? james: the first way is by personality and disposition. a president has to be willing to make hard decisions to fire people. or to make certain that the congress gets all of the information, all of the evidence it needs to complete its own hearings on someone's honesty and corruptibility. that did not happen in the reagan administra

"ronald reagan: citizen governor" is a film about the tracing ronald reagan as a labor leader, spokespersonal electric, speeches and his conservative approach to government. ronald reagan lost the 1968 election to the eventual winner of the general election, richard nixon. the following political

"ronald reagan: citizen governor" is a film about the 1968 republican nomination.traces ronald reagan as a labor leader, spokesperson for general electric, speeches and his conservative approach to government. ronald reagan lost the 1968 election to the eventual winner of the general election, richard nixon. narrator: the following political program is sponsored by citizens for reagan committee. >> place your left hand on the bible and raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear you will support and defend the constitution of the united states and the constitution of

ronald reagan was an excellent public speaker and occasionally so was bill clinton. but it has been rare that we have had somebody as powerful as this as a speaker. i'm not sure what goes on. yes, you can have images. but i'm not sure. i'm of a certain age and i'm older than you where i am at the point where i want to say things are going to hell in a hand basket and young kids don't know squat. and i have one at home and it is true, they don't know squat. no, it is not true. he is very smart. this has all happened before and it will happen again. and it won't really change. so i don't know what the answer is. and i guess i prefer writing about history because it has happened and i don't have to worry about writing about the future or fiction which is so difficult that it is beyond my ability to think about. >> which means you won't like the next question. [laughter] >> what do you expect from an obama administration by the way of slogans and catch phrases and use of language? is that going to be a deliberate part of the strategy? will it happen spontaneously? >> i d

this is not ronald reagan, though.de this is president who doesn't get along with people. this is a president who can't manage policy except that the policy is his and his alone. and we've seen how disastrous s that sort of policy is, if you can sayy we have a policy, foreign policy is if you can say we have a policy. you name it, we're in disarray right now. john bolton wasn't responsible , for that disarray.to the president is responsible. d >> it's an interesting point that you brought up that ronald reagan had six in eight years. we're now at three in the time that donald trump has been in office. so maybe the time is not the issue. it's the who. you need a national security w advisor who's prepared to stand up and at the same time you've got someone who has a good strategic sense of national security policy. >> and compatibility with the president. if you want to look at the ideal national security advisor you look at george herbert walker s ecurity foreign policy t decision making team since eisenhower. m that's the way it's supposed to be. >> what makes that work? >

let's remember ronald reagan wanted to be president of the united states. regardless of what we think of ronald reagan, he wanted to be president of the united states. he had six national security advisers in eight years, no one said much about it. we moved all the way from the beginning to people who weren't allowed to see the president to at the end colin powell and frank who got in almost any time they needed to. this is not ronald reagan, though. this is president who doesn't get along with people. this is a president who can't manage policy except that the policy is his and his alone. and we've seen how disastrous that foreign policy is if you can say we have a policy. you name it, we're in disarray right now. john bolton wasn't responsible for that disarray. the president is responsible. >> it's an interesting point that you brought up that ronald reagan had six in eight years. we're now at three in the time that donald trump has been in office. so maybe the time is not the issue. it's the who. you need a national security advisor who's prepared to st

here was a conclusion he drew about ronald reagan. we were talking earlier that there were not many chapters with conclusions. this one had one. i'm not quoting directly, but is conclusion was that ronald reagan was a modest man who didn't succumb personally to greed, and except for the iran contra situation was law-abiding and acting within constitutional boundaries. do you agree with that assessment? james: i do. i think it is the case with presidents that those who are tripped up are tripped up accidentally. reagan was caught expressing an untruth. whether it slipped out of his mouth were not, no one knows. but aside from that, he was an un-corruptible man. susan: and yet, the hud scandal, the savings and loan crisis, then the iran-contra , which we mentioned. intooes the president get situations like this if he is basically law-abiding? james: the first thing is by disposition. a president has to be willing to make hard decisions to fire people or make sure congress gets all the information or evidence it needs to complete its own

one of the greatest disgraces of the noble peace ronald reagan was the nobel prize for peace. o decision in modern times has resulted in the liberation of winning n beings than the cold war. and yet, the same intelligence, the reagan ut administration said, soviet be defeated, immediately said reagan was a calling them or out, as soon as the soviet union collapsed, they said it was inevitable. it was always going to fall. of the y pulpit presidency is powerful. economic leverage of the united states. using them ons, strategically, using them irectly, to defend american interests is a powerful, powerful tool. year i passed into law sanctioning tion the nicaraguan government, communist daniel ortega, as long deny human rights and deny free and fair elections. passed into law separate legislation imposing economic sanctions and mandatory penalties on organizations and nation states that use human hields against america, our allies, organizations like and hamas. using the leverage we have and just a few weeks ago in the relations ign committee we took up legislation the i introduce

that would be older on inauguration day then ronald reagan was when he left office in989. 80's roughlyn his midway through his presidency. i think the issue -- there are a lot of liabilities that biden has. one of the things he has had going for him is the idea that a lot of democrats can't stand the idea of four more years of trump and they are desperate to see him out of office. them, they want to go for what they perceive as the safer choice. ofn it comes to perception who is the most electable, joe biden has been pulling while amaq never crowds. democratic voters perceiving him as the most electable. big argumentis a for him. if you want to beat trump, vote for me. but there has been a number of recent polls suggesting that other candidates do also -- are comfortably ahead of trump. it seems as though biden is pivoting away from the electability case. in this interview he kind of downplayed it a bit and said, well, almost anybody could be trump. in my view, that is risky ofause one of the benefits biden is you may not agree with me on everything but if you want to be trump i am your

next to it on the ronald reagan missile site. is a vivid example of the united states golf courses and. swimming pools and all kinds of manatees. right next to it is what was called the slum of the pacific and said it's a challenge by. in great need right now we talked about infrastructure one of the projects the u.s. is working with our australian colleagues and with the asian development bank is a sewer and water project desperately needed pretty by he buys overcrowded schools need repair actually the us military did a survey back in the seventy's and found that the service didn't work and the water didn't run on the electricity wasn't there it only happened nor all that long ago they found almost exactly the same thing why why hasn't that been fix we've there's complete agreement that the by should be a priority and not only because of the current activities of the ronald reagan space and missile defense side but there's also now an additional component that is providing for global security and that's the space fence project b

known as the ronald reagan test site it's a missile. the pacific ocean all the way to asia and china. here the people of the mushroom islands of once again being subjected to the testing of weapons of mass destruction designed for a coming war on. the basis part of a remarkable. knownas vision 2020 devised in the 990 s. its aim is described officially as full spectrum dominance. this means control of all land sea. cyber space and space 54321. from california almost 5. the u.s. air force times says intercontinental missile by firing them at the. imagine a missile coming screaming out of the sky it's absolutely terrifying there i think that there is there's really nothing that i can imagine that that would be more terror. trying than this and we're talking about. devices that any one of them could go off course. none of this disturbs life from the base where small town america has been recreated a wonderland of the suburban good. that realize that there's nothing better than living on a tropical island i'm pretty much of each property you

. -- six presidents, dating back to 1987 with ronald reagan. i'm wondering what it's like to work with this president on these issues? speaker pelosi: the other presidents, i worked as a member of congress. not so much with ronald reagan because that was kind of the end of his term when i came. but with president george herbert walker bush and george w. bush for two republican presidents, they believed in overnance. you could work with them because they believed that there is a public role in the lives of the american people. this president does not believe in science and governance. it is very hard to get anything done if you don't believe in the way to get it done or the reason to do something. this is quite different. i have respect for the office of the president and the presidency. i would hope they would respect article one of the congress of the united states. it was much different to work with the other presidents than with this president. it was much easier to work with them. >> the usmca deal, where does that stand? speaker pelosi: i'

. >>> the man that shot ronald reagan says that he wants to pursue his dreams.e is pushing for a cross- country move to the golden state. >>> i remember being in schools and nobody cared about me. >> >>> with breaking news tonight. the city of fremont voted just a few minutes ago to go ahead and build that first homeless navigation center. they're going to do it at city hall. the vote came after hours and hours of public comment. hundreds of people turned out tonight and voiced their opposition. >>> president trump is reportedly considering a plan to demolish homeless encampments and move people into government facilities. >> we are told that he has sent a team to los angeles. >> reporter: in downtown l.a., homeless encampments like this are now a bright light on president trump's radar. sources in the l.a. mayor's office confirmed that representatives of trump administration were the city today and wanted to learn more about the homeless crisis in southern california. >> we may intercede. >> reporter: this was the president back in july. president trump is part

>> ronald reagan. george bush is nice all the time. ronald reagan, a fabulous communicator.inviting. great understanding of how to verythings simple that are difficult. he could describe things well. and a joy to work with. please understand that people ask me frequently to compare the three presidents. i have to compare them in the context of who i was at the time. i was a young staffer for president reagan. working as special assistant to the president of intergovernmental affairs. governors with the was my primary job. ronald reagan was a governor and they were his friends. i was dealing with his friends. but every time i saw him come i felt i was going to see my grandfather. you know that if you disagree with your grandfather, you usually do not tell them. george h.w. bush was kind of like my dad. and when i would go see him and i had a close relationship with him, i could tell him that i disagreed with him but then i felt guilty the entire day. [laughter] george h.w. bush was like my brother. i could go see george bush and say -- what were you thinking? and he would yel

it is one of the great disgrace is of the nobel peace committee that ronald reagan was never awarded the nobel prize for peace. no decision in modern times has resulted in the liberation of more human beings then winning the cold war. and yet, the fame throughout the reagan administration said the soviet union cannot be defeated, immediately, a crazy cowboy for calling them out as soon as the soviet union collapsed they said it was inevitable. it was always going to fall. the bully pulpit of the presidency is powerful. so is the economic leverage of the united states. using sanctions. using them strategically. using them directly to defend american interest is a powerful, powerful tool. last year i passed into law legislation, sanctioning the government. as long as they denied human rights, denied free free and fair election. that same week i passed into law separate legislation imposing penalties on organizations and nationstates that use human shields against our allies. using the leverage we have in isjust a few weeks ago and the foreign relations committee, we took up legislation

>> ronald reagan. george bush was nice all the time.hat was by definition george hw bush was a nice person. he was very inviting, great understanding, that are very difficult so he could describe things well. please understand people ask me to compare the three presidents. i have to compare them in the context of who why was at the time. i was a young staffer for president reagan, working as special assistant for the president for intergovernmental affairs, liaison with the governors with the primary job, ronald reagan had been a governor, the governors were his friends. i was dealing with his friends but every time i saw him i felt as if i was going to see my grandfather and you know if you disagree with your grandfather you usually don't tell them. george hw bush was kind of like my dad. when i would go see him and i had a close relationship with him i couldn't tell him i disagreed with him but then i felt guilty the entire day. george w. bush was like my brother. i could see george bush, what were you thinking and healed back at me w

not so much with ronald reagan because that was kind of the end of his term when i came. but with president george herbert walker bush and george w. bush for two republican presidents, they believed in governance. you could work with them because they believed that there is a public role in the lives of the american people. this president does not believe in science and governance. it is very hard to get anything done if you don't believe in the way to get it done or the reason to do something. this is quite different. i have respect for the office of the president and the presidency. i would hope they would respect article one of the congress of the united states. it was much different to work with the other presidents than with this president. it was much easier to work with them. >> the usmca deal, where does that stand? speaker pelosi: i'm hopeful we will come to an agreement on that. we have made progress in some of the particulars of the bill. the essential point is enforceability. i voted for nafta the first time around. i've had my disappointments in it but there

this was ronald reagan and bill clinton's vision, to have the north american competent -- continent be a free-trade zone. it had to be modernized, and let us get that done. the frustration that the trump administration has is all we want from nancy pelosi and all we are asking for, bring that trade agreements to a vote, let us just have a vote. if it gets a vote, i believe it will be ratified and that puts more pressure on china to make a deal. there areou think drastic differences between old and new nafta? guest: there are modernizations and there are some things in the new nafta that i do not like, but i think it is an up needed version. how old was nafta? 25 years old? and needed to be modernized but it is not substantially different. all the more reason to get it done. it helps canada, new mexico, and u.s.. city, northlizabeth carolina. republican line, ray you are up first. caller: thank you for taking the call. first of all i want to thank the heritage foundation for all of their hard work that they do. it is excellent. guest: very nice of you to say that. i hope to people go an

this extraordinary deal between the united kingdom and saudi arabia in which ronald reagan wanted to sell the saudis billions and billions dollars worth of equipment these radios stopped it and congress wouldn't approve it because they feared the saudi would strengthen israel so ronald reagan handed the deal of their effectively to his political soulmate sacha un seen nothing yet was. a very tough act to follow. when we stumbled on the saudi arms. deal we really started to stumble on a central feature of british politics over the last 30 years his royal highness prince has been at the heart of many of the great load event of the polish time. i was always fish to see him when i was. minissha because he brought me a short great insight on bold proposal was. informed that you consider saudi arabia as a strong friend and would be willing to support taking them with whatever the kingdom needs and of discussion from there on everything else was going to get he explained to mr thatcher this was a deal with saudi arabia and therefore things were done differently. they wanted $43000000000.00

you've worked with six presidents dating back to 1980 with ronald reagan. what is it like working with this president on these issues? >> the other presidents, as a member of congress, yes, six presidents. not so much with ronald reagan because that was sort of the end of his term when i came in the senate, but with the president george herbert walker bush and with president bush, george w. bush, two republican presidents they believed in governance, and you would work with them because they believed there was a public role in the americthe lives of the american people. this president doesn't believe in science and doesn't believe in governance. it's very hard to get things done if you don't believe in the way to get things done and the reason to do something. this is quite different, but again, i have always respected the office of the president and presidency as i would hope they respect article one, the congress of the united states and it was much different to work with the other presidents than with this president. >> let's focus on some other issues.

susan: jeremy stories, going back to ronald reagan, and the iran-contra issue.e said it was the most significant issue since watergate. james: it was flagrantly illegal. to take money from one pot to promote policies that had not been committed to by congress. and covering up the whole business. and that is about as serious an unconstitutional step that a president or an administration can take. coverups are what have gotten presidents into hot water and they try to shield themselves from the truth which embarrasses them or might catch them up in corrupt or illegal dealings. it is an understandable and very common human trait to try to cover up what you have done wrong. you cannot do it if you are president. you try to and sometimes you get away with it and sometimes you do not. susan: back to our video library. this is a march 4, 1987 address to the nation where the president explained the situation. [video clip] ronald reagan: the facts and the evidence tell me it is not true. as the tower board reported, what began as a strategic link to iran deteriorated and

march 30, 1981, someone tried to kill ronald reagan. everybody knew about it. i am only talking about the things that showed up on the news for days. april 12, 1981, the first launch from the space shuttle in cape canaveral. january 29, reagan's tax cuts cost america $750 billion over the next five years. september 12, 1981, sandra day o'connor becomes the first female justice of the supreme court. these are big stories we couldn't not see. i am absolutely positive on some level these stories impacted or were in the awareness of august wilson. i don't say that it even necessarily impacted "fences," but these are some of the things he is thinking about. when you guys are thinking about what the themes are in "fences," and as we move from the deeply personal to the public, i want you to think about the way the public is becoming aware. because of the public's growing awareness of the world, nation, the national identity. march 2, 1982, the senate passes a bill eliminating busing. -- eliminating the practice of busing to achieve racial integration. busing stops in

ronald reagan had been a governor. and i was dealing with his friends.ry time i saw him i felt as i was going to see my grandfather. you know if you disagree with their grandfather, you usually don't tell them. george h w bush was kind of like my dad. i had a close relationship with him. i could not --i could tell him i disagreed with him, but then i felt guilty the entire day. and then the other bush was like my brother, and i could say what were you thinking? he would yell back, what were you thinking? we would have great conversations. the context was very different. george h w bush, truly the nicest. ronald reagan, the one who could translate very well. would make you feel comfortable. at making decisions and had the courage to make a decision and did not wring his hands in the process. >> of the three, who was the best painter? >> george w. bush, loved winston churchill. winston churchill's bust was in the oval office. when he found out that winston churchill, after he left office, became a painter, i remember him saying, i think i'm going to become

i evolved just like ronald reagan evolved. >> not that proud, i guess.nless you believe the more inefficient a car is, the better. so here are the facts. trump says reducing standards will make cars cheaper. not really. maybe the initial cost would come down, but a consumer reports analysis says it will end up costing you $3,300 more per vehicle because you're going to be paying more for gas. second, trump says lives will be saved because with lower car prices, more people will trade in old cars and buy new cars. but epa staffers say the administration trumped up the numbers, overestimating how many people would buy new cars because of removing efficiency standards. the most trumpy claim is that making cars less efficient will be good for the environment. he offers no proof because it's absurd. pollution from tailpipes is the number one source of greenhouse gas emissions in the u.s. lastly, the president says this will create jobs. wrong. again, he should look to his own administration. an environmental adviser picked by former epa chief scott pruitt put

and the congress i think it would be a huge plus because i think i love the vision and this was ronald reagan'svision and bill clinton's vision, democrat orrepublican to have the north american continent via free trade zone . it was great idea, it had to be modernized. let's get that done and the frustration i think that the trump administration has right now is all we want from nancy pelosi, all we are asking for is bringing our us-mexico canada trade agreement to a vote and i believe it gets a vote it will pass the house and the senate will be ratified and nd that puts more pressure on china to make a deal. >> you think there are differences between old nafta and new nafta? >> guest: not really, there's modernizations, there's things in the new nafta i th don't like but on balance i think it's an updated version . how old was that, 25 years ago? did need to be modernized but not substantially different. a little bit improved but all the more reason to get it done and it helps canada, helped mexico, helped the us and helps our strategic position in the world. >> host: a call from elizabeth in

so when, in 1983, ronald reagan stood up and called out the soviet union as an evil empire, was prisonersrage and moral clarity give hope to those who feared they had been forgotten. —— ronald reagan's courage. and that man was the first prisoner to be released by mickey gorbachev. we must keep the flame of freedom alive in the darkest corners of the bleakest jails. freedom alive in the darkest corners of the bleakestjails. for those struggling for the basic freedoms we ta ke struggling for the basic freedoms we take for granted. the rates you jealously guard to have your say, to hold your politicians to account. so we will not look the other way. when the people of hong kong are beating on commuter trains for exercising their right to peaceful protests. applause we wa nt we want to stand idly by whilst journalists are jailed or tortured oi’ journalists are jailed or tortured or be snap for criticising the despotic regime in venezuela. applause and we will never rest until all those bearing uk nationality, detained on a cruel whim in iran, are free to rejoin their loved ones at home. appl

on this bill that was signed by ronald reagan. 1981, someone tried to kill ronald reagan. everybody knew about it. it showed up on the news for days. the first launch from the space shuttle in cape canaveral. cutsry 29, reagan's tax cost america $750 billion over the next five years. 1981, sandra day o'connor becomes the first female justice of the supreme court. these are big stories we couldn't not see. or wereories impacted in the awareness of august wilson. these are the things he is thinking about. are thinking about what the themes are in "fences," and as we move from the deeply personal to the public, i want you to think about the way the public is becoming aware. s growingc' awareness of the world, nation, national identity. 19 82, the senate businga bill eliminating . busing stops in 1982. was racism fixed in 1982? no, i don't think it was. was initially built as a blacks andgrate whites. it had to do with equality. what do you know of that from history? we talked about this a couple classes ago. young woman who had to go to school in mississippi and the 5000 nati