this is a lie about ronald reagan. aids crisis -- we thought it was only a fake -- afflicting haitians and hemophiliacs and it only became to realize what it was about. in 1985, reagan was not only talk about the aids crisis in a union address in 1985 but he put millions of dollars into aids research and he and mrs. reagan did a lot of work for the aids pediatric foundation. the actor paul glassner, his wife tragically died of aids through blood transfusion. one of the first people that he heard from was the reagan's reaching out to him expressing their compassion and sorrow in their prayers for he and his wife. the idea that reagan was insensitive to this issue, to the scourge of aids was untrue. it was a bully pulpit but he committed millions of dollars to research. host: cincinnati is next, democratic caller. caller: good morning and thanks for c-span. i have an opinion of ronald reagan that a lot of people have. i think president reagan really is responsible for a lot of what's going on today. the dog whistles that

this is a lie about ronald reagan. crisis -- we thought it was only a fake -- afflicting haitians and hemophiliacs and it only became to realize what it was about. in 1985, reagan was not only talk about the aids crisis in a union address in 1985 but he put millions of dollars into aids research and he and mrs. reagan did a lot of work for the aids pediatric foundation. the actor paul glassner, his wife tragically died of aids through blood transfusion. one of the first people that he heard from was the reagan's reaching out to him expressing their compassion and sorrow in their prayers for he and his wife. the idea that reagan was insensitive to this issue, to the scourge of aids was untrue. it was a bully pulpit but he committed millions of dollars to research. host: cincinnati is next, democratic caller. caller: good morning and thanks for c-span. i have an opinion of ronald reagan that a lot of people have. i think president reagan really is responsible for a lot of what's going on today. the dog whistles that he us

but senator obama, when speaking, used ronald reagan, president ronald reagan as an example of change. now now, my view is i would never use ronald reagan as an example of change. i mean you think about what ronald reagan did to america, to the american people, to the middle class, to working people. he was openly open only intolerant of unions and the right to organize. he openly fought against the union and the organized labor movement in this country. he openly did extraordinary damage to the middle class and working people, created a tax structure that favored the very wealthiest americans and caused the middle class and working people to struggle every single day. this direction, the environment, you know, eliminating the regulation of companies that were polluting and doing extraordinary damage to the environment, whether it was damage to the union movement in the organized labor movement, damage to the middle class, the tax structure that favored the wealthiest americans and the biggest corporations in america, or the incredible devastation to the environment. while he was in p

today is ronald reagan's 113th birthday. was born on february 6, 1911 thereby making the 1911 one of the greatest all time years in american history because reagan was one of our greatest presidents. he reversed america's declining economy and stature around the world. he restored the idea of freedom. you could say he was the first make america great president in nearly a century. take a listen to this. >> freedom is a fragile thing and it is never more than one generation away from extinction. larry: all right, there you have it, freedom a fragile thing. anyway there is way too much you want write talk about praising ronald reagan but let me throw out a few historic snippets in honor of today his birthday. reagan's foreign policy aimed scare live defeating soviet communism and he succeeded. peace through trent. we win, they lose. tear down this wall. reagan wouldn't even talk to soviet leaders in his first term because of their bad behavior. many of them were dying off anyway n a second term he did meet with gorbachev. basi

there's way too much you can write and talk about praising ronald reagan. let me throw out historic snippets in honor of today his birthday. reagan's foreign policy aimed squarely at defeating soviet communism and he succeeded. peace through strength. we win, they lose, tear down the wall. reagan would not talk to soviett leaders in his first term because of their bad behavior and many were dying off anyway. in a second term he did meet with garbage off saying he would never give up star wars technology that protected us against soviet or enemy missiles.th the global media laughed and star wars but today it's an absolute cornerstone of ournc national security. on his radio program he warmeddu up saying we will bomb moscow in 15 seconds and of course he said just kidding, was he, the communists were afraid of him.na reagan understood the immigration of economic and national security policy. reagan/taxes and deregulated industry while working with paul volcker to slay double-digitof inflation the supply side, rescue the faltering dollar and strong growth untru

ronald reagan is his president. and i'm not just that, because i'm at the reagan library, which is obvious. it's he chose that bible. but mike started out as a democrat and when he was in high school, he was like democrat youth coordinator in bartholomew county. and when he went to college, he majored in history. he took classes on the constitution portion and he started listening to ronald reagan. and that's when he became a republican. and he loves tell the story. it might in his book. it's not in mine, but when we were running in 88, we went to a candidate school in washington and we must try to pay very good attention i guess we didn't win but we had the honor of going to the white house and all of the candidates got to sit down for like you know 20 seconds with the president get their photo they could take back to their campaign and mike said you know i i just want to tell him how grateful we are for what he did our country. and that's what he said when you sat down with him. he said, i just you to know how grat

break news, today is ronald reagan's 113th birthday. he was born on february 6, 1911 thereby making 1911 one of the greatest all time years in american history because reagan was one of our greatest presidents and first american for the economy and stature around the world and thwarted with the idea of freedom and the first make america great president in nearly a century and take a listen to this. >> freedom is a fragile thing and never more than one generation away from extinction. liz: there you have it. a few historic snip its in honor of his birthday today. he succeeded and going for strength. we win and they lose. tear down the wall. reagan wouldn't talk to soviets in the first term because they're bad behavior and they were dying off anyway. in a second term he did meet with gorbechov and liberal media laughed at star wars but today it's an absolute cornerstone of the national security. on his radio program, he once warmed up by saying we'll bomb moscow in 15 seconds and of course said just kidding. was he? understanding the immig

back america historians and historians and i'm one of the great historians in the reagan era with ronald reagany and it's very important there are lessons we can learn from reagan his presidency, his candidacy that i think are crucial today and people are running around mostly people the never supported reagan and never would support reagan telling us what reagan thought. our buddy is craig shirley the search for reagan, why did you write this book and how would it impact us today. >> i wrote it because there's so many lies about reagan over the years and napoleon once said histories lies agreed-upon i want to refute about his compassion in his handling of gorbachev and so many issues but also i wanted to write it because i wanted to explore reagan's considerable intellect and compassion both of which he had a great deal of. >> how do we apply this today, i feel like a lot of republicans and conservatives think the world began with them and by the way that's how marx's used to think but we conservatives believe history is crucial the ronald reagan to biggest landslides in the republican party h

and a lot of his issues whether abortion attacks cut strong national defense they all came from ronald reagane back america you'll hear the supporters of gerald ford, richard nixon and mitt romney whose father opposed reagan and all these people talk about we wish reagan were back we were reaganites or what would reagan do and even get this from chris christie which is laughable since he worked for bush but all of that aside craig shelley you are the historian isn't donald trump ready to get the same people the same institutions, the same establishments trying to cripple him. >> absolutely this is an age-old problem with the republican party going back to taft versus eisenhower back in 52 and flashforward to goldwater work and traverses rockefeller to ford versus reagan and reagan versus bush and reagan versus the republican establishment there's always been an outside element to the republican party in the insider republican establishment and you and i witnessed during the time that we worked for reagan we saw the fights of the republican national committee in the fights within the reagan ad

but ronald reagan distraught. as long as breath on this earth, i will defend american exceptionalism to serve kentucky and the fact they my life. leave my republican colleagues the privilege. >> mcconnell's health and ability to serve has been under the microscope lately after the 82 year-old was filmed, kind of freezing up during speeches and public events. while mcconnell is stepping down as minority leader, he is not leaving the senate. he indicated that he plans to finish out his current term, which wraps up in january of 2027. lots of reaction to what some say will be big shoes to fill in senate leadership. kron four's catherine heenan is in the newsroom now with what our political analysts are saying about mcconnell's decision. catherine? >> well, it is big news grant not considered surprising go. mitch mcconnell turned 82 last week. he does have health problems. as you pointed out, equally significant. the traditional reagan style republican has found himself more and more out of step with the more isolatio

>> ronald reagan running, the ronald reagan that i knew and voted for in 1980, wouldn't recognize how do even run in the primary we had. i can't imagine that ronald reagan would've raised his hand at the first debate as six of the eight people dead and say i would support donald trump even if he were convicted felon. i think ronald reagan would've taken donald trump on directly. >> in the book you said many republicans abandoned their common sense and jumped into a shabby cult, ignoring, facts promoting conspiracy theories, and pledging allegiance to a blustering loser who can't remotely be called a conservative and who cares solely about himself. it's about as far as you can get from ronald reagan. >> i like that. that's pretty good. >> and yet this is the party you want to head. >> look, when i want to do is change it. listen, anderson, if you took those words and you went to any number of leaders of our party privately and asked them if they agreed, the problem is they don't want to do the hard work that is necessary to lead and change the party. it means if you don't raise your ha

you know, i as a child, worked for ronald reagan.estroy soviet union and soviet communism. but, after their leaders stopped dying on him, and found one who stayed alive, gorbachev, he talked to him. and negotiated with him. and used it as a tool to bring the soviet down, i don't understand why we can't apply that logic today. >> thank you, larry, red, happy valentine's day. larry: you too. >> we both know donald trump pretty well. in sent he reaches out to people, you need to do that, that old adage, keep our friends close and enemies closer, he would do that, that was important characteristic of donald j. trump. president biden has not spoken to vladimir putin. 2 years, two years. only met him once, that is a big mistake, i can show you track pattern with biden, he has done it with a lots of world leaders, you have to keep the dialogue open, i saw trump talk to chief of taliban a couple times, we saw him talk with xi, and talk with kim jong-un. talk with vladimir putin, i was fortunate enough to be on we used to call drop line, on t

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you also talked to kristie about his book on ronald reagan. bit about what he said about the republican party past and present. >> reporter: in the bookie right many republicans have abandoned their common sense and discernment and jumped into a shabby cult. denying reality, pledging conspiracy theories, and pledging to an abuser who cares solely about himself. it's about as forward as you can get from ronald reagan? >> i like that, that is pretty good. [laughter] >> reporter: and yet this is the party that you want to head? >> look, what i want to do is change it. and listen, anderson, if you took those words and you went to any number of leaders of our party, privately, and ask them if they agree with it, they say they did. the problem is that they do not want to do the hard work that is necessary to lead and change the party, it means that if you do not raise your hand at the debate in milwaukee, you are going to get booed. they would be willing to do that? >>> he is talking there about raising your hand on the debate stage, and saying that

ronald reagan did not have any classified documents and that reagan read something already marked read by someone else that is classified. what ronald reagan did was every night, he went to bed with his wife nancy. he would write a couple of lines, not drawing up reports on just what he saw or felt that day. that became the reagan diaries. other presidents have different ways of doing these things. bill clinton had taylor branch come to the white house and a journalist, and they would make these tapes. taylor would go off with him. it was all of these presidents after watergate -- we are trying to find a way to keep some of the stuff read in regards to donald trump and joe biden, there should never be classified documents being taken out of the white house, whether stuffed in a notebook or stuffed in a briefcase. >> it is interesting. there is another section of the special counsel report that said that then vice president biden saw himself as a historical figure and that is why he kept these documents. i suppose a lot of politicians view themselves in that way. but he also went out of

>> i don't think -- ronald reagan running as the ronald reagan i knew and voted for in 1980 wouldn't recognize how to run in a primary like the one we had. imagine -- i can't imagine ronald reagan would have raised his hand at the first debate, as six of the eight people did, and say, i would support donald trump even if he were convicted. i think ronald reagan, as we saw, would have taken on donald trump directly. >> you write many republicans have jumped into a shabby cult, ignoring facts, promoting conspiracy theories and pledging allegiance to only himself. >> that's pretty good. >> yet, this is the party you want to head. >> look, i mean, what i want to do is change. listen, anderson, if you took those words and you went to any number of leaders of our party, privately, and asked them if they agreed with it, they would say they did. the problem is, they don't want to do the hard work necessary to lead and change the party. it means if you don't raise your hand at the debate in milwaukee, you will get booed. you have to be willing to do that. >> when lukook at the battle border,

i would make the analogy mortar ronald reagan. reagan ran 76 and created a faction within the republican party that said, okay, it's our turn now, nikki is setting yourself up that. even if she loses what she owns, shirley will barring some deus ex machina. she setting herself up at minimum to be able to say, i told you so as someone who has very little concern about the republican party these days, but does want a healthy right of center political party in this country. you need some check on trump if he's going to be the nominee and creating a faction within the party that is not not associated, that is not automatically pro trump in every regard is a good thing for the country, then the perilous trump's moved to declare the race over by challenging president biden to start debating. now. but trump skip the gop debates and biden has dismissed trump as someone outside political norms who tried to overturn the last election, lulu should biden debate trump. >> yes. and i'm saying this as a journalist because i believe and also as so

but ronald reagan distraught. as long as breath on this earth, i will defend american exceptionalism to serve kentucky and the should move ally. leave my republican colleagues for shutdown. the privilege. >> coming up, cross for locker to hear from david mcewan, who is the chair of the political science department at so the state about the significance of mcconnell's departure and as you know, kron four's your local election headquarters. president biden and former president donald trump have not won their party's primaries in michigan. former south carolina governor nikki haley says she will stay in the race despite a commanding lead by former president donald trump. trump has now swept the first 5 states on the republican primary calendar. the trump campaign is looking to lock up those 1215 delegates needed to secure the republican nomination sometime in mid-march. and despite a vigorous uncommitted campaign that was organized by activists were unhappy with biden's handling of the war in gaza in excuse me, the p

now you can see why ronald reagan loved him so much. one of reagan's great lines among, many, many of them was the only proof of eternal life in washington. is government program. i like to say that easier to kill a vampire than a government program. but the analogy is a good one because both suck lifeblood out of their homes. so what i make up for an intellectual death, i try to cover up with humor, property and, profit, coolidge believed were keys to national prosperity. when government attacks, such things would weaken nation and government itself. don't expect to up the weak by pulling down the strong, he said in his 1914 inaugural address as president of the massachusetts state senate. oh, if that philosophy were only embraced today in our age of envy, greed and entitlement it remains a powerful rebuke to the current welfare state which believes in punishing the rich by ever higher taxation in order to subsidize the poor and thus perpetuate them in their poverty, the normal must take care of themselves. serves coolidge believed what

keith, i as a child worked for ronald reagan and ronald reagan's stated goal was to destroy soviet union on him and found one who stayed alive, namely mikhail gorbachev, he talked to them and negotiated with them and used it as a tool to bring the soviets down. i don't understand why we can't apply that logic today? >> yeah, larry, thanks. by the way, red, happy valentine's day. larry: you too. >> you and i both know donald trump pretty well in the sense that he reaches out to people all the time and you need to do that. what is that old adage, keep your friends closer but your enemies closer and he would do that and i think that was an important characteristic of donald j. trump. look president biden has not spoken to vladmir putin in two years, two years. he only met him one time. that's a big mistake. i can show you the track pattern with biden how he has done that to a lot of word leaders. at least keep the lines of communication open. you have to keep the dialogue open. i saw president trump talk to the chief of the taliban a couple of times. we saw him talk to xi. we saw him talk t

. >> doug, you've written extensively about former president ronald reagan. listening to senator lindsey graham, you hear the tension now in the gop when it comes to foreign policy. is this reagan's party at all anymore? is it all now in the imprint of trump, especially when it comes to issues like putin, russia, foreign affairs, ukraine? >> it's trump's foreign policy. the days of reagan are over. reagan has more in common with bill clinton's presidency or barack obama's. ronald reagan always despised russia and the soviet union because he saw it as totalitarian. he bet on that as a governor in the 1960s, giving speeches, democracy will prevail. famously went and gave his speech at normandy, peggy noonan speech, among others over there and said we liberated the first half in world war ii of europe and now we have to liberate the second half. the breakup of the soviet union happened under bush 41 in 1991, that's the kind of thing ronald reagan loved and reagan would be ill and his former great secretary of state george shultz to see this militarization and sp

that's ronald reagan. what's so funny about _ grave. that's ronald reagan. about that _ grave. that's ronald reagan. what's so funny about that interview - grave. that's ronald reagan. what's so funny about that interview is - so funny about that interview is tucker carlson actually got the normal earful from flattery b putin, his lengthy historical lecture he talks about how ukraine, russia and belarus are all part of one, and he couldn't get a word in edge wise, which must�*ve been nervous making for a news man, wouldn't you say? when you've got so much time for an interview and the first half of it is taken up by a historical lecture, that's always a problem, you're right. but this issue of ukraine funding, he really has bent the party to his will on this, and particularly house republicans— 60 billion euros of funding still in the balance, where are we with that " $60 billion. the balance, where are we with that -- $60 billion. its the balance, where are we with that -- $60 billion-— -- $60 billion. its $50 billion, the house leadership, _ -- $60 billion

i did not like ronald reagan, but he was a good man. i did not agree with the george bush, but george bush was a good man. his father was a good man. how can your party support when they know he is a bad man? my mother taught me never to be on the side of wrong. host: let's get the governor to respond to that. gov. cox: thank you. as i stated before, i believe there is a failure in our country. both major parties, republicans and democrats -- by the way, there are more unaffiliated americans than there are republicans and more unaffiliated americans than there are democrats. major failure by both parties. many do not want joe biden or donald trump. i think we are making a huge mistake as a country. there are a lot of incredible public servants, amazing governors, who i think could make wonderful presidents. the first major party to figure this out is going to win by 10 points, but i do not know which it will be. i hope it will be mine. host: when you say you do not support either candidate, do your constituents in utah agree? gov. cox:

ronald reagan was asked if we were at war with iran. he chuckled and said no, they wouldn't be that stuff. that's the way to avoid a war. the way to get into a war. >> is the hesitate distant half measures that joe biden has implemented over the last three years. >> bret: would deterrence, we talk a lot about deterrence. clearly, iran pushing these funds to iranian proxy groups was not deterred over recent weeks. really since the beginning of october. in these attacks, more than 165 of them. how would you do it differently? how do you think a trump administration would do it differently? bret, let me say not just the 165 attacks since october 7th in attack in israel. did. secretary austin admitted last year when i questioned him at the armed services committee that there had been something like 75or 80 attacks and we only responded four times. usually blowing up empty buildings in the middle of the desert. when you couple that anemic response with tens of billions of dollars sanctions relief thought they could get away with these attack

i am a ronald reagan republican and i have always said that. i think my party has made some mistakes and i can give you a laundry list on the left. we could sit here and point out the flaws of each other. i would ask you, have you ever changed your heart and mind when someone attacked you? the answer is no. i still believe in persuasion and i believe the way we persuade each other is to treat each other with dignity and respect not just when the other side treats us with dignity and respect. i consider myself a student of martin luther king jr.. we have been studying his speech on loving your enemies. it's not one of his more well-known speeches but i encourage people to read it. he talks about the power of loving people who not only disagree with those for ojeda's and thus the only way we can change this country. that is exactly what my messages and something i'm trying to emulate. i don't always get this right. i am up for reelection and i screw up all the time including this week when i responded in anger to an attack and is something i have

you juxtapose that, speaking with the daughter of ronald reagan, the late president, that is not ronald reagan's republican party. >> no, trump does not have to take the steellike direct intervention, because so many republican senators have moved in that direction. there may be 10 willing to move this forward in the remnants of the ronald reagan party that saw the u.s. standing up against aggression, russian aggression, as a central part of the gop identity. you know, this is part of what i was saying, we are not really at a point where there has been much discussion or debate about what a donald trump second term would mean. he says he would settle the ukraine war within 24 hours. most people understand that to mean he would force ukraine to accept russian control over a significant part of the country by threatening to cut off aid. i think that is one of many critics in the republican party in vision. it is one of many. we could talk about tariffs. we could talk about using the insurrection act, to send federal forces into blue cities to fight crime, or roundup the homeless, there is

ronald reagan was the oldest president at that time.e scrutiny if about joe biden right now as the oldest president at this time. doctor, do we have you? >> you do, yes. neil: i apologize. that's great, i was getting worried there. so let me ask you, if we can fine tune this, doctor, is there anything in the way joe biden is comporting himself or, you know, where he misses names here and there, we all do that, but he's getting a lot of scrutiny for it because he seems to be picking up the pace. is that the case? do you worry about that? >> you know, i do a lot of capacity evaluations for the court, and what we look at is function. so does he understand what the discussions of policy are, you know, can he then say that, you know, the next day he tell you what the policy issues are. neil: and he can, right? from your vantage point, he can do that. okay. all right. i apologize for all this. it was a great idea for a segment, guys. we wanted to pursue that. i apologize. again, we are monitoring this. i think a lot of people are leaping on t

ever that america's global leadership is essential to preserving the shinning city on a hill that ronald reagan discussed. for as long as i draw breath on this earth, i will defend america's exceptionalism. when i was thinking about when i would deliver some news to the senate, i always imagined a moment when i had total clarity and peace about the sunset of my work. a moment when i'm certain i have helped preserve the ideals i so strongly believe. that day arrived today. my goals when i was narrowly elected to the senate in 1984 were fairly modest. do a good job for the people of kentucky, and convince them by doing so they might rehire me for a second term. that was it. that was the plan. if you would have told me 40 years later that i would stand before you as the longest-serving senate leader in american history, frankly, i would have thought you lost your mind. i have the honor of representing kentucky and the senate longer than anyone else in our state's history. i just never could have imagined -- never could have imagined that happening when i arrived here in 1984 at 42. i'm filled with

abe lincoln ranked first, fair, and obama 17th and biden came in 14th, beating ronald reagan who cameare avery tower elites. >> lisa: history can be written. this list is bogus, everybody knows obama is not that high, he was a terrible president. just my thought bubble. you don't know what is going on in here, it's a lot. the president is not supposed to have this much power. the constitution granted limited authority. i hope we go back to a government where the president has less power and go back to time where the people hold the power and not the people in charge. we the people. >> kayleigh: i saw this disconnects, we had scholars from right and left and i was there in 2016 and 2015 and it was different from the feeling you got on the ground. talk reality and bring in gallup, joe concha. during president biden's third full year in office, january 2023 to january 19th, 38% of americans approved, only jimmy carter fared worse. >> joe: jimmy carter was last one-term democratic president, right? >> lisa: god willing, get him out. >> joe: i was walking in here gingerly, i broke two ribs

i'm old enough to remember ronald reagan's presidency and how the republican party was different back then. feel free to chime in and tell me if i'm getting it incorrect in any way. your father was more moderate on the issue of immigration. i remember when he did a speech an talked about the statute of liberty and how immigration strengthens america. much more moderate than a lot of issues at the same time more hawkish on russia than what you're seeing from the modern day republican party. do you have any insights on that? >> i'd like to answer the question from a bigger view than the current political scene. i'm not a political strategist and quite frankly i'm so tired of hearing about the grand political scene. i think when i just said that, thousands of people are going, yeah. . >> that's true. >> you know, but so in a larger sense i think that he would be heart-broken and horrified about where america is and how mired we are in anger, in violence, in disrespect for one another. i think he would be heartbroken. i think he would be scared. i think he would see that, maybe i'm just i

i can hear ronald reagan giving a speech, passionately asking the senate to vote for aid to ukraine. we spent half a century safeguarding the free world against the malicious spread of communism, against tyranny, against those who have tried to undermine our values. those very same issues of western democracy, of the sovereignty of free nations, of the safety of our troops, our citizens, are on the line yet again in the 21st century. they are the very things that stitch this supplemental together. it is why we are here with this bill before us in the first place. there is only one right answer for the senate today to address the great challenges we face. there is only one path forward to fulfill our obligations to the american people. there is only one way senators, democrats and republicans, both sides of the aisle, should vote today, and that is for us to move forward on the package of national security. i yield the floor. amendments. thank you, mr. president.

to the prime minister of poland if ronald reagan were alive we wouldn't have the broken border i would have helped ukraine i want to help make it stronger nato. but my country is on fire. we've had 7 million people come across the broken border. how would you field it 7 million came illegally into poland would you have this attitude to put ukraine ahead of poland? i'm not going to put ukraine, israel -- or anybody else ahead of america. .... now i yield. >> of course for. >> thank you. mr. president it's useful to take a couple of moments and do a quick refresher on how the house-senate process and procedure works. in the united states senate when the bill is introduced it when it comes to the floor we have to do it was called a motion to proceed. the motion to proceed at a motion to vote cloture is a 60 vote threshold and the united state senate. the 60 vote threshold is the filibuster. folks in this body might remember how deeply i care about the filibuster. because it requires compromise and it requires individuals of different parties to work together to solve problems. and often i

ronald reagan in his inaugural speech said that government is not the solution to problems, government is the problem. now the tea party came along and kind of supercharge that idea and now there is the freedom caucusing capitol hill that has supercharge that idea. it's an issue of perspective. it sounds like you think the government should be doing a little more to help people in their daily lives. if you asked the freedom caucus, they would say the government would only screw up if they tried to help. it would not be a solution and they would exacerbate the problem in the best way for government to help -- the economy, foreign policy, education, health care is to get out of the way. deregulate, get out of the way and past fewer lows -- laws and that would be the solution. it's an issue of perspective and there is zero agreement on that. we don't anticipate there will be agreement anytime soon. what you do see is the potential of them swinging back and forth between which of those perspectives has more power on capitol hill. for example, when one party has control of both chambers of

to the prime minister of poland if ronald reagan were alive we wouldn't have the broken border i would have helped ukraine i want to help make it stronger nato. but my country is on fire. we've had 7 million people come across the broken border. how would you field it 7 million came illegally into poland would you have this attitude to put ukraine ahead of poland? i'm not going to put ukraine, israel -- or anybody else ahead of america. .... now i yield. >> of course for. >> thank you. mr. president it's useful to take a couple of moments and do a quick refresher on how the house-senate process and procedure works. in the united states senate when the bill is introduced it when it comes to the floor we have to do it was called a motion to proceed. the motion to proceed at a motion to vote cloture is a 60 vote threshold and the united state senate. the 60 vote threshold is the filibuster. folks in this body might remember how deeply i care about the filibuster. because it requires compromise and it requires individuals of different parties to work together to solve problems. and often i

i think he would harbor different attitudes later on in his relationship with ronald reagan. but that's that's how it began in anyway. in 1965, the party was desperate for change and. so ford, good old jerry, you know, the don and sergeant, they get along, go along. guy. what you see is what you get surprised everyone by taking on the current republic. minority leader charlie halleck and beating him, beating him with the help of donald rumsfeld, congressman from illinois. and bob dole, congressman from kansas. dole delivered the four votes that provided the margin of victory. as i say, 11 years later, ford repaid the debt with compound interest when he put forward on the ticket in 1976 and ford really came to national prominence then with the evan jerry show. what was his relationship up with everett dirksen? yeah, everett dirksen was great showman. and as a young boy, he'd met william jennings bryan and they never got over it. i mean, he was william jennings bryan reincarnated. you know, he'd get up and give these great full throated speeches extolling the virtues of the bar