ronald reagan is denied that. and so it's really -- a becomes nancy reagan's job to make sure that what history sees of him is true to him. it's true to his value. it's true to his vision. and so, the library becomes extremely important to her in doing that. she wants to make sure that it is-- it has the resources it needs. she also finds other ways to sort of make sure that history remembers ronald reagan in a way that is true to ronald reagan. she is suspicious of all of the sort of reagan wannabes who sort of want to co-opt and use his name and his image for their own agendas. and she does something, too, that i found fascinating, which is this, while on the one hand, among conservatives, ronald reagan becomes this icon, not only in ways that make her comfortable, now, she resists when they want to knock fdr off the dime and put ronald reagan on it. but she also knows that there's still this perception of him among liberals, liberal scholars, historians, his opponents. that he was just an actor, you know, he was

ronald reagan is denying that so it is it becomes nancy reagan's job. it's important to her in doing that. she wants to make sure that it has the resources that it needs and she also finds other ways to make sure history remembers ronald reagan in a way that is true to ronald reagan. she does something that i found fascinating which is while on the one hand, conservatives ronald reagan becomes this icon. but she also knows that there is still this perception among the liberal scholars and historians that he was just an actor reading lines other people wrote for him. his value and belief in his own handwriting so you see he begins to publish his diaries, something very few presidents have ever done in keeping real-time diaries so people can see in his own hand at the crucial juncture. he publishes his letters and all the speeches that he was writing as he was getting ready to run for president and you can see in his own hand that these were his thoughts and values she didn't want it to be a monument just to the past but also to point to the future which

i think when you look at that and when you look at the instability of ronald reagan's childhood as the son of an alcoholic who took the family from one uncertain situation into another, you really realize what is the basis for this incredible love story? this incredible bond between the reagan's that is that in each other they finally found the security, the validation and the love really the two of them had craved. so while this also explains the insecurity of nancy reagan, the complexity of nancy reagan, i think it also explains her business. how she was absolutely fearless when she detected anything that could possibly jeopardize the happiness and wholeness that she and ronald reagan finally realized in each other. >> that leaves perfectly into my next question is that we all read and heard so much about how the reagan's met and the evolution of their love story and as you revealed in the book ronald reagan was not in a great place in his life or his career when the next area of your book nsuggested that he was broken inside and that his heart was in the freeze, you say but she was

ronald reagan is denied that. t becomes nancy reagan's job to ensure that what history sees is true to him and his vision. so the library is extremely important to her and's doing that. she wants to make sure there's the resources that it needs and also finding other ways the history remembers ronald reagan is true to ronald reagan she is suspicious of all the reagan wannabes for those who want to use his name and image. on the one hand with conservatives, ronald reagan becomes an icon. she raises one —- resist when they want to put reagan on the diamond knockoff fdr but there is a perception of him and he was reading lines that people for him. but then to put out his thoughts and thoughts and values and beliefs inwn his own handwriting.ha so he decided to publish his diaries very few presidents have done keeping real-time diaries so people can o see in his own hand and then publishes his letters and at one point all of the speeches he was writing when he was getting ready to run for president with his thoughts and

yes this is ronald reagan signature. agan later the next month is bouncing his checkbook at his desk in the oval office and he noticed this woman he donated the check to not deposited the check. so he got on the phone course the white house gives indication office's famous essay i knew this girl she had brown hair and get on the phone five minutes later. without a name, address or anything like that. same as for checking on people. track this womanot down, got her on the phone and asked her why and she said i'm sorry mr. president i want to keep it asir a souvenir reagan to look at him and send you another check, don't catch both of them. they were moments of great tenderness he would donate personal effects to the college we went to school, so many times he showed affection and warmth and kindness to peopleli. like for instance white house staff is big things like that. one department was the speechwriting department. he probably had the best set of speechwriters in the history of america with the exception of ted sorens

at the ronald reagan presidential library in california. this speech is part of the libraries time for choosing series which began last year to address the future > of the gop. >> [applause] >> now, before we begin, i just want to share that we received word that there may be folks here today -- tonight to intend to disrupt our guest. i, i share your view. and frankly, i would be surprised if that were to happen and i had the opportunity to participate in every single one of these events and this has not happened, but i think you would agree that this audience, would agree that there is no place here for the cancel of culture or -- this took -- this is a place where --[applause] frese each drives. as president reagan wanted where we have real debate. good evening everyone. i'm roger, director of the reagan institute. as you probably know, it is the home of the reagan foundation in washington dc. across from lafayette park in the white house. and, we had our grand opening. we are 100% ready for every single one of you to visit us in washingt

i can first i would like to say thank you to the ronald reagan presidential foundation and institute for hosting us today and for celebrating nancy reagan mrs. reagan had a terrible first year and it was a variety of things certainly the attempted assassination of her husband made her much more cautious. she was already a cautious woman the media seem to hit her on everything she trying to do whether it was white house restoration, china. dresses a lot of things the previous first ladies had gotten compliments for she was getting criticized for and i think there's a very telling comment that catherine graham. they then owner of the washington post told her years later and catherine was definitely a liberal democrat and she came to her defense pointing out that the most scorching articles about her had been written by younger women who were caught up in the feminist movement. they just couldn't identify who you were they couldn't i represent you represented everything they were rebelling against so i think that is one ingredient when you think about it a lot of the very negative articl

their effect on ronald reagan's thinking. >> it cannot be measured. in fact both of them reagan was a personal friend of bill buckley. they exchange many, many, letters bill buckley was also friends with mrs. reagan, nancy reagan. they exchange many randy letters. they got together socially, things like that. the national review is a magazine i could not be underestimated in its role in fueling the conservative movement beginning in the 1950s refining conservatism and protecting they john berke society, of the things like that. as part of the american conservative movement very were extremely close friends obviously avid readers. milton friedman as reagan bone freeman of course won the nobel prize for economics, when he was teaching at the university of chicago. he row a few things a was a national celebrity. i remember in the 70s when pbs was running a series on economics, it contained a lot of interviews with milton freeman. his thinking inspired a lot of reagan's policies, including the tax cuts and budget policies that helped restart the economy le

the dedication ceremony will be held at the ronald reagan library in simi valley, california. postal service takes great pride in our mission to bind the nation together. through the issuance of the nancy reagan stamp. we hope to provide the means for the public to come together. in remembrance and commemoration of this great and impactful american i along with 650,000 women and men of the united states postal service and proud to honor first lady nancy reagan with this stamp. thank you. now participants for joining us if you is now my pleasure to introduce fred ryan chairman of the board of trustees of the ronald reagan presidential foundation and institute. fred served as an assistant to president reagan at the white house and as chief of staff for former president ronald reagan from 1989 to 1995. police. welcome fred. thank you postmaster good, dr. biden. and i have the feeling someone's looking over my shoulder. and it wouldn't be the first time. it's a pleasure to be able to join you this morning to pay tribute to a remarkable woman and a truly great american. 38 years ago

he said look at it this way you won't be working for ronald reagan. you'll be working for ronald mcdonald. and then he said as all your kid would say and i like that clown a whole lot more. so i told the president i did i told the president he laughed and he says well there's a step up and this is reagan gave me that look the look pete just look. so, oh, thank you ken. i have i'm going to share a quick one about interviewing. i i was in france during the administration with our ambassador to france and came back and got a call. in fact gail. you helped he that up for me at some point you and your husband at the time did that for me? and i went in for my interview and i had the new hairdo the new suit i can visit i can envision it like it was yesterday pumps the whole thing and i walk into the suite, you know through the back hallways of the hotel. i sit down in the big suite i'm ready to go and she comes bouncing through the doorway of the bedroom in running shoes blue and an oversized sweater. and i thought wow. okay, this is just real. and that's the

ronald reagan famously forgave you. what message do you have for the reagan family now?well, for the reagan family, for the brady family, for the families of the other two victims, for jodie foster, i apologize for what i've done, for what i did 41 years ago. i'm truly sorry. i really am. i'm not sure they can forgive me. and i probably wouldn't even blame them if they don't forgive me. if i could take it back, i surely would. and i pray, i pray for the family every night. >> i remember that day as if it was yesterday. >> reporter: danny sprigs was a secret service agent on president reagan's detail, seen here that day. he was uninjured and became hinckley's arresting officer. >> i believe in rehabilitation for individuals for certain crimes. in this particular case, we had two individuals who received injuries that disabled them for the rest of their lives. i wouldn't necessarily say he's earned the right to be free. >> he extended his apologies not just to the reagan family, the brady family, jodie foster, and all the agents on that day. do you accept his apology? >> i

applause] >> is now my pressure to introduce greg ryan, chairman of the board of trustees of the ronald reagan -- he served as an assistant to president reagan. please welcome him. [applause] >> thank you postmaster and dr. biden after throwing -- and i have a feeling someone is looking over my shoulder and it would not be the first time. it is a pleasure to pay tribute to a remarkable woman in truly great american. 38 years ago today, president reagan delivered one of his best-known speeches, commemorating the 40th anniversary of the outlined liberation. there was a set of four v -- virtues, faith, belief, loyalty, and love. those were the virtues who inspired the women who stood by her as she sat that day and who we honor today. these qualities made nancy reagan a extraordinary first lady. she brought her work and sense of style -- more --warmth and sense of staff. while her husband was busy at work, and strengthening our defenses in promoting freedom, this is reagan was a crucial competent and an essential competent -- partner. she exhibited devotion to her husband and the 40th president of

i was not registered to vote i missed voting for ronald reagan by two and a half months. that's right because you're born in january 20th, and that's right being able to vote for him. i was still 17 for his re-election. you're absolutely right the first words in my entire book. here's the deal donna, you know, by every imaginable metric. i should have been a democrat and liberal and a feminist and probably a man hater too. my father left the men in my life my uncles my cousins. they expanded family members all these great male role models in my life who stepped in and and stepped up for me. they pretty much were all members of the private trades carpenters and welders and iron workers plumbers and who you know graduated high school with their skill certificate and their high school diploma went to work right away and have had those jobs for decades being able to support themselves and their families the most wonderful people so, you know, they tend toward the democratic party irish and italian catholics at that time. i think, you know not to over generalize. they absolute

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raig shirley author craig shirley, you have written for biographies of ronald reagan. how did you divide them up? >> interesting question, peter. they were divided up by chapters in his life. mostly political. the first book ever did was reagan's revolution. that was about the 1976 primary

>> i was not registered to vote i missed voted for ronald reagan by two and half months. i was born january 20 is not able to vote for him. i was only 17 for his reelection. the first word of my entire book by every metric i should've been at democrat and a man hater taperedn my father left -- but the men in my life my uncles, cousins, extended family members put all these great mail role models in my life is stepped in and stepped up foror me. they were all pretty much members of the private trade. carpenters, plumbers, graduated high school went to work right away and have had those jobs for decades being able to support themselves and their families. this wonderful people. they tend toward the democratic party. i was an italian catholic not to overgeneralize, they had an affinity to the democratic party. john kennedy, the height of feminism. roe versus wade. i talk about that. ronald reagan not like many other people in my generation inspired me with a very optimistic message. i also felt he was not scornful toward other people. his very inclusive in his words. house o

were excited until you met ronald reagan. >> i was. to back up, summer of 1984, republican and democratic jnational convention going on. democrats went first, party outd of power and i was so enthralled. there she is just like the women who raised me, i italian catholic woman, congresswoman from queens, democratic nominee, tapped her and she's going to get her a primetime speech and accept the nomination, first woman ever on a major party ticket. i listened to her and i thought she was a great messenger but the message didn't hit me the way president reagan's message the next week at his. calling out communism, i think he just had a joyful way of communicating free-market capitalism of communicating a life important to invest in military strength, why it is important going back to an honest day's wage for an honest days of work. >> were you attracted to the fact that youse have a sense tht he could leave, his instincts? >> the election m cycle, he won every state and the district of columbia, i got to meet himmp because at that time, r

ronald reagan is in that neck of the woods right now. >> there are a lot of trip wires out there, neil. clearly kim jong-un is threatening his seventh nuclear test and the japanese just recently radically increased their defense spending and may change their constitution. the taiwanese of course are being rather provocative themselves, understand, they're under the gun. of course, we've had some missteps, some gaffes by the president, mr. biden, with regard to taiwan and that has, of course, stirred the pot and beijing for president xi. so we need to recognize, yes, whether it's what happened in leading to world war ii or world war i or much further back in history, we've seen a series of steps here. let there be no doubt that president xi is in charge of china. he had as a very clear mandate. he's a marxist leninist in spite of what some of our economic advisors would like to think, everything is rainbows over there, it's not. they're very hogmonic. and listen to south com who said the other day that she sees strategic choke points arou

that's not the ronald reagan. i negotiated with i i yes will consider it because serious people have raised it, but i don't think that is a priority and if and he looked around at the two of us that were there and if either of you say think otherwise, let me know. we went on a matter of business a year later jane mayor donald mcmanus wrote landslide. they had access to that transition report and we had a three or four day firestone. of we had were hiding important information for the from the american people and and/or that we were spying on the president two decades later bill o'reilly. and killing reagan writes the same story. the same document and and again we i when we spent howard and spent more time. we spent days refuting that there was a coup or a cover-up or anything else than then the 10 minutes. we spent being briefed about potential 25th amendment issue. so it's a third the point i'm trying to make is the president's health is the third rail for white house staff. it is the third rail and that is and t

ronald reagan wouldn't want much to do with donald trump right now.fact is, this party, ever since trump started his ascent, or decent, down the escalator, whatever you want to look at it, and the party went along with him, everyone said, this fever will break at some point. we are seven years in. the candidates are getting more, and more, trumpy. the big theme of the book here, is it didn't have to be this way. there were many off-ramps, many opportunities for courage for republicans, whether it is kevin mccarthy, or mitch mcconnell, or lindsey graham, or marco rubio, or whoever, to actually go a different direction. yet, donald trump seems incapable of being rehabilitated of everything from starting an insurrection, or fomenting an insurrection, to, actual, defeat in his reelection campaign. it keeps going, eric regions, herschel walker, all seemed to be the immediate future of the party. >> we talked about mitch mcconnell, and kevin mccarthy, they contend the insurrection immediately, said trump was responsible. mitch mcconnell, reportedly, and one

were going to have abraham lincoln, ronald reagan, theodore roosevelt combination. to make up for this. >> any interest in saying who you would like that person to be? >> i want the person to be someone who can articulate a plan, who has experience and a record that shows they've done it before, and love america, and have a way of making sure it matters. america loves them. so whoever that might be, listen. there is no question, president trump, he did a lot of tremendous things. between a strong military he may be, he may come out in the the candidate, but there are others out there as well. people like ron desantis come to mind. but there others. the first thing we are going to do is when the majority in the house because this is very crucial. there indebted to the wrong direction. we have articulated some of those policies. it is the wrong direction. we could secure the border. we can lower the price of gasoline and be more energy independent, which is not just an economic and -- issue, it is a security issue. we can help small businesses. that is as we've discus

>> the ronald reagan stripe group operates in the pacific normally. there is nothing unusual about sailing in that area. they just came out of a port call in singapore. where they were headed was on the schedule already. i wouldn't make that much of it. certainly if the speaker is going to make the trip, the military will take normal precautions that it does take when the speaker is traveling anywhere given her succession in line to be president of the united states. there is always extra precautions for her taken regardless of where she is traveling. >> we as a nation have been behaving -- i use your words, general -- as if we don't want to aggravate china. it is china that has changed its behavior in the region. quoting back to you, intimidating and coerceing and harassing the united states. what else do we need to do in terms of standing up to this threat? >> the old paradigm we've used for years, which is self-censorship and self-deterring in our relationship to china all because we don't want to spook them. we don't want to aggravate them. that p

of this situation is that the americans sent an aircraft carrier so with the proverbial named ronald reaganhere is the entire strike group, including changes, these guided missiles and a missile cruiser, it is noted that on july 25, he left singapore, heading northeast towards the south china sea, so where is ronald reagan now? will guard the visit er nen happened throughout it until the end as far as i understand so that is he will stand there and there himself demonstrate that they are ready to guard her visit so that there are no provocations from the chinese side. another question is whether in fact, again, there will be a visit to taiwan. that is, this is still an unresolved issue, but nevertheless, they will definitely demonstrate a willingness to protect one of their leaders, and there will also be a question of prestige, that is, many people are in a formal position now conservative, republican . i apologize for the party in the united states of america, they make statements that if these pinos are not caught, they will not visit taiwan. this will demonstrate their weakness and that

neil: they talk about 40-year highs, ronald reagan was president at the time.deral reserve aggressively raising interest rates one point at a time on many occasions. are we in for that again. >> last time i was asking for a higher fomc rate hike to signal the markets that they were serious about this. they have the conviction to fight inflation, they need to brandish the knife, a clear need for 100 basis point hike. they can guide markets and not change the terminal rate, this would be more front loading. it will take more time for these conditions to feed through into the economy and slow price growth if that is their objective. going back to 40 years ago a lot happened in 40 years and a lot that was happening 40 years ago is not happening today, major forces, exploitation of new energy forces, stale economies picking up, to reverse as non-fed decisions, decisions by other politicians are reversing and the disinflationary engine being removed from the economy, in the higher run in stable prices. neil: i hope you are wrong. great catching up with you. thank you

we're governor ronald reagan had signed into law the most liberal law amazingly enough liberalizing abortion. you can have an abortion through 20 weeks and it was open also to non-residents of california, but she can't afford that and she can't afford the clinic she texas it's $500 and she's distraught her adoption attorney then says hey guess what? i just remembered. i went to law school with someone named linda coffee a brilliant lawyer was helped me. he says fight the sodomy laws in, texas. and she's looking to challenge the abortion laws here in texas. i don't know if that'll mean you can have an abortion, but let me introduce you he does incidentally. linda coffee the lawyer henry mccluskey and norma were all gay and that's not a coincidence. there was a great overlap in the fights for sort of women's rights and also sort of gay rights at the time. well one of the sort of thrilling things for me about stumbling upon norma. she was the perfect sort of prism through which to tell the largest story of abortion in america. because she switched switches size as i mentioned later on. so her l

it was a concept president ronald reagan campaigned on. in case you forgot what actual strength looked like. here is a quick refresher. >> mr. gorbachev, open this gate. mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> i can hear you, the rest of the world hears you. and the people who tore down these buildings down will hear all of us soon. >> last night the united states brought the world's number one terrorist leader to justice. abuakar al-baghdadi is dead. you don't have to agree with everything those three men did. you don't have to agree with their politics, you don't have to agree with them getting elected. at least it was the strong what they did. what's the opposite of strength? obviously weakness. what happens when american leaders constantly show their weakness to their enemies. they watched, they can smell fare. remember when joe biden made this promise? >> america can no longer afford to be absent any longer on the world stage. we are a country that does big things. american diplomacy makes it happen. our administration is ready to take

you can hearken back to former president ronald reagan.ld come from within. listen. >> all through our history our presidents and leaders have spoken of national unity and warned us hat real obstacle -- that the real obstacle to the boundaries of freedom, the only permanent danger comes from within. it's easy enough to dismiss things as a kind of familiar ex40ation -- exhortation, yet the truth is if even two of our founding fathers once learned this lesson late in life. they worked so closely together in philadelphia for if independence that once that was gained and a government was formed, manager called partisan politics began to get in the way. rachel: but that's not the end of the story. he's right, they did work together to, you know, start our country, the formation of our country. and then partisan politics did make them enemies. and then there were these remarkable letters that they taliban to exchange that we now also know about. and there was this brotherhood, and i think that's the lesson in that speech. in the end, that brothe

negotiations with raw materials, especially after the oil crisis of the seventies in february 85 ronald reaganf saudi arabia at the white house the conspiracy theory claims that reagan convinced the arabian monarch to collapse world oil prices in order to deprive the soviet union of foreign exchange earnings, the author of this idea is called an influential director. cia by william casey however, a similar version arises every time the price of oil falls in the eighties - this happened due to a significant decrease in demand after the oil crisis, the seventies, western countries revised their fuel use strategy and adopted it, energy-saving technologies benefited from falling prices in the united states japan western europe and third world countries but it hurt the members, the opeks, the oil-producing countries of northern europe and the soviet union in 2016. guardianship. russia and 10 other states have expanded the format of participation. so there was a guardian. plus the cartel members decided. regulate the situation, but against the backdrop of a pandemic, a decrease in demand in march 20

that's what we will celebrate all night. >> somebody didn't pick ronald reagan.servative legend and a great communicator. somebody who stood for family values, deregulation, lower taxes. it feels like we are in a duplicate time of the carter administration where you have somebody in the white house saying don't worry. put a sweater on. maybe there will be a repeat of reagan come next presidential term. we will have to wait and see on that one. my favorite american is ronald reagan, but also dolly parton. >> everybody loves her. >> she's a perfect person. she is so talented. going back to unity, she doesn't get political. she is somebody that everybody can love. she is a real american icon. >> if you go to dollywood which is not far from me, she has a cabin she grew up in that she moved to dollywood and it shows you she has not forgotten where she came from. she has a book program where she sends books to schools. there so many things that she does. i don't know what her politics are, but she does love people and she cares about people. >> no one says a bad thing

but in ronald reagan you sell something else. a lot of other democrats saw that but at the time you were not registered to vote. >> my uncles, my cousins stepped in and a stepped up before me. they pretty much for all members of the private trade. ironworkers, farmers and who graduated high school but the certificate and diploma went to work right away and head of those jobs for decades to support themselves and their families. john kennedy, the height of feminism, no roe v wade. i talk about that and ronald reagan like many other people in mye generation inspired me witha very optimistic message. he was inconclusive in his words and i grew up my mother's oldest sister and a big mentor at the age of 66 and 20 years ago. singing and dancing was gusto she was in eighth grade public school math teacher. i believe she was pro-choice. of allgr backgrounds and all affiliations looking back we didn't know. people felt comfortable to be in my house and nobody felt the need to say but they were comfortable and i loved growing up that way

or , for example, ronald, reagan's attack gives rise to a cluster of suspicions, all for a reason for a psychopath. someone stands differently, but one story has been verified, the more thunderstorms in the world atmosphere, the higher the risk of all forms of inappropriate behavior of even countries, even people. finished this week the brightest political performance. boris johnson , the brexit leader and probably the most colorful prime minister in british history, left the post, he fought like a lion, fighting off a train of scandals, but was forced to retreat collective obstruction of both the conservative party and his own government. they stabbed him in the back. leftist newspaper, gordianskari, which is set with johnson in the guise of the british sex group pistols god save the queen. says a man who looks like boris this is the song of the same name by a rock band and adds mine rotten regime in english, rotten rotton. it's the pseudonym of sex pistols frontman johnny rotton peter brooks for the conservative times newspaper 9% inflation reads the headline. oh it's too close to n

that was ronald reagan's genius.link economic faith with faith in america. >> no sitting president had ever visited the new york stock exchange before. but it seems safe to say no recent president would have beaten reagan for the honor had a vote been taken among traders. they gave him round after round of cheers. >> we're going to turn the bull loose. >> the whole world, from reagan's white house on, was basically saying wall street is the engine of our economy. it represents growth. it represents opportunity. it represents the american dream. so these guys were basically saying, we're going to go do it. >> this is the big draw on wall street, the smell of money. >> this is where the action is. this is the over-the-counter trading for shearson layman. more than 17,000 daily transactions involving millions of shares and millions of dollars, made and lost here every day. and it's a game for young people. >> when you get home at the end of the week and you look back at what you've done sitting at this desk, what gives