she will be buried alongside her husband at the ronald regan presidential library. cbs news, california. >> funeral arrangements for mrs. regan are still being worked out. the regan library says the public will have opportunity to pay their respects. >>> for more tributes to nancy reagan visit our website 11alive.com. >>> a spokeswoman for former president jimmy carter says the 91 year old no longer needs canner treatment. in august he revealed he had been diagnosed with melanoma that spread to his brain. doctors will continue to perform scans and mr. carter will resume treatment if needed. now carter reportedly shared the good news with members of the sunday school class he >>> the east brunswick township council is set to meet to decide the fate of a pet store after its owner was issued 267 counts of animal cruelty. cbs 2 reported on the just pup store last week after families accused the store of knowingly selling sick animals. several dogs died after being purchased from just pups. the owner may lose his license today after allegedly he allow healthy animals to b

you know, you're absolutely right, and i tell people that before ronald regan was ronald regan, ronaldas in the '60s and '70s he was often derided by the eastern elites, by academia, by the establishment of the republican party, he was considered the george wallace of the republican party, a grade b actor with premature orange hair. >> right. >> in 1980 as he started to break loose and head towards the nomination, the party elders in a panic, you know, ring the fire alarm, break the glass and go see gerald ford. dick cheney went to see him. henry kissinger tried to go see him to get henry ford to get back in the race to stop ronald regan. >> i don't know if that was true or was it that they wanted ford in the administration? i think by then -- >> no, tom, that was later. that was the whole famous detroit compact, which you covered, of course, in detroit in 1980. the famous or infamous, depending on your point of view, the reagan/ford co-presidency. there was sincere effort, stu spencer and others, to try to get ford back in -- to get ford to run against ronald regan to stop reagan from

first lady michelle obama will be among those attending and then she'll be buried her husband, ronald regan who died in 2004. >> as somebody who's been lucky enough to have an partner in my life as well, i know how much she meant, notpresident regan, but to the company as a whole. >> he's ordered flags lowered at half staff at the white house and all federal >>> members of the al-shabaab strike in somalia. targeting militants at a training camp preparing for an imminent large scale attack. it's unclear if any senior-shabaab leaders were killed. >>> a woman disrobed and danced naked on the cab of an 18-wheeler.alled for reports of an accident and arrived as the woman was undressing. authorities aren't sure why she truck but they were able to coax her down after about two hours s hours. >> she was talking about all sorts of things, street, the cia. custody. the incident created a traffic s >>> a powerful storm system hail on monday. captured a semi almost taking out another semi. and nbc meteorologist here with that forecast. >> we had some severe weather yesterday but not a big outbrend of t

today's private funeral, outside the regan library and her body will be buried next to her husband, ronald regan. and expected to speak, nancy's two children and baker bro kawhi brokaw. you with watch live coverage on >>> and let's talk with bill karins. >> sunday willthis storm is still over south florida. we're waking up to torrential rains in louisiana andnd it's just pumping up all the moisture out of the golf ulf. throughout the day today. we've been in flood emergency to almost 36 to 48 hours. and 14 million people aree watches, 1.8 million are in the warnings. inches. area. and where all the rivers are at record stages in northern louisiana, we're only expecting another inch or two. but there's already been 16 inches in some places.midadd northeast. and heavy rains throughout the deep south, gulf coast. and notice we really off much over the upcoming but we'll start to dry out in the flood zone on sunday. now a closer look a so, one more day of very warm conditions up through the southeast and midatlantic. still 80s up to and up into new england as we start to feel like march.ughts are st

. >> mikea turner is live in front of the ronald regan building where the conference will be happening this weekend. >> reporter: mike, andre y the institute has been around since 2005, and this hate group will not be the only one in town on saturday when they arrive. more than a dozen hate groups are in the district, and in virginia, there's plenty more. >> reporter: the arrival of what 1078 are calling the hate group sheds light on other groups around the country, and in total there's 892 hate groups in the u.s., and this is according to the southern poverty law center's website. dc has 18. maryland has 15. virginia has 32. many of the groups are again certain racists, and there's more than 100 people back live on this location, registered for this event that will take place this saturday at the event where donald trump will be discussed, and a few other details at hand, and a few other issues at hand. reporting live from the district. mikea turner, wusa 9. >>> meanil not be participating in tonight's debate. the neurosurgeon says he sees no political path forward following his disap

anniversary. >> late sunday the hearse carrying the first lady's body she will be buried at the ronald regan presidential library in simi valley, california, next to her husband ronald wilson reagan. she died of congestive heart failure sunday morning. her daughter patti davis released a blog. my mother died peacefully in her sleep. it was how she wanted to go. nancy reagan is being remembered this morning as a formidable first lady who was a 5'4" towering figure behind ronald regan. president and michelle obama said she redefined the role of first lady. former president and laura bush called her influence on the white house complete and lasting. from both sides of the political divide, donald trump called her an amazing woman. hillary and former president clinton, an extraordinary woman. ordinary people are streaming to the reagan library with flowers and memories. >> she always seemed so kind and sweet and proper and the way you expect a first lady to be. sweet and proper exterior was a soul of steel hardened following the assassination attempt against the president just 69 days into his f

when ronald regan was diagnosed with aflts in the '90s, they reconciled.the time of nancy reagan's death they were very close. the celebrity list is very long from mr. t to tom celek and of course the former first ladies along with michelle obama will also be on hand. gretchen. >> we will look forward to that. trace, thank you. >>> defense attorney said he was attacked at the santa than courthouse in southern california. he claims an investigator with the da's office was behind that horrific bruise. james crawford saying the incident started when the investigator told him defense attorneys are sleazy and can't be trusted. he said he didn't throw a punch but wound up with that black eye and a bloodied shirt after his face was slammed into a bench. a juror in the building snapped a picture on the floor. the da's office says it is cooperating with the police. they're calling crawford's account one sided and simile not zwru one of the biggest duties for the next commander in chief is how to fix the department of veterans affairs. which candidate has a plan for

private funeral services will take place at the ronald regan presidential library in jim she will be buried next to her husband. we will have live coverage starting at 2:00 p.m. on wral. james baker and tom brokaw are among the speakers. the service will last about two hours. >>> president obama will not attend the reagan funeral. he's headed to austin, texas, to speak at the south by southwest music festival. the president is the festival's keynote speaker and first lady michelle obama is expected to speak on wednesday. officials say they will deliver a conversation about civic engagement in the 21th century before an audience of entrepreneurs. this is the first time that a sitting president and first lady have participated. >>> hillary 4:37. the federal government has a lot of unpaid money that belongs to you, the taxpayer. >> the clock is ticking. what you need to know if you're at risk of losing that money. the number of cases of zika in are trying to keep >> man, iis tin tos lime this m goin ab inveh t altodabu ve tter wi re lees ok atempathe hr da lo atis rn. s this aernoon. wi

first lady michelle obama will be among those attending and then she'll be buried her husband, ronald regan who died in 2004. >> as somebody who's been lucky enough to have an partner in my life as well, i know how much she meant, notpresident regan, but to the company as a whole. >> he's ordered flags lowered at half staff at the white house and all federal >>> members of the al-shabaab

the ronald regan presidential foundation announced she will lie in repose today and thursday and will be burr ied next to her husband at the ronald regan library. >>> north carolina's primary is less than a week away. we're looking at how much each candidate has raised. >> governor mccory will not say who he supports for the republican nomination. last night, he instead focused on his own re-election campaign. >> i want to be a resident of wayne counties another four >> the state democratic party has tried to tie the governor to donald trump to hurt his re- election campaign. the governor didn't take any questions after his speech. >>> today, channel 9 will speak with the tsa about increased security ahead of spring break travel. the agency predicts 7 percent more travelers this year compared to last. so far this year, officials in our region say agents found 13 lotted guns in carry-on bags. the tsa worked to increase security after a government report last year thought it missed mock explosives and weapons during tests. >>> airlines for america will reveal the forecast for spring tra

. >>> and in the washington post, trump crushes ronald regan's republican party. it says donald trump easily won by working class voters who feel republican party. a he says rubio and rest of gop field were left watching in horror as trump crushed all comers at the polls and used the victory speech to hawk steaks, wine and the most fabulous mag genes s zeens you will ever read. >>> and sexual transmission of the zika virus is more common than previously thought. according to the who director general. and authorities are currently investigating over a dozen cases of sexually transmitted zika in the u.s. >>> quick reflexes by a dad saved his son a world of hurt landen were taking in the at lant baseball games. >> i didn't really realize how close it came. i knew the bat hit my arm but didn't realize how close it came to my son's face. i didn't have a lot of time to think about it, i just -- the only thing i can describe is dad mode. >> amazing reflexes there. >> it helps that the dad's forearms are biggest than most bats. it would have hit the kid in the nose. >> so

washington post reports one person, just one is responsible for most of the noise complaints at ronald regan national airport. the authority said that 6500 of the 86, 700 points came from the same unidentified person. that's like one person making about 18 calls every day for a year. someone with a the local news of time hands. they argue changes in the flight patterns have created noise problems but officials say that they are addressing them. >> i want to meet that person. >> or do you? do you really? >> do you really want to know that person? >> talk your ear off. >> you are my favorite person today. you brought a very good forecast. >> one more tomorrow and then he we have to pay the piper a little bit. not a huge deal. let's start with the three degree guarantee. i think we are okay. >>> 79. the computer was going as low as 72 and 73. live look outside. 65 right now. very pleasant. winds out of the south at ten. just a few high midlevel clouds, tomorrow record highs are likely. high around 80. both are 78. we will show you them in a second. bus stomp temperatures 53 to 66. another great

today's private funeral, outside the regan library and her body will be buried next to her husband, ronald regan. and expected to speak, nancy's two ciildren and baker and tom bro kawhi brokaw. >>> and let's talk with bill karins. >> sunday will be better but this storm is still over south florida. this is three days in a row we're waking up to torrential rains in louisiana and mississippi aisnd it's just pumping u all the moisture out of the golf ulf. and that's going to continue th froughout the day today. we've been in flood emergency to almost 36 to 48 hours. and 4 million people are in these watches, 1.8 million are in the warnings. an additional to two to four inches. southern mississippi to mobile area. d where all the rivers are at record stages in northern l.a. l louisiana, we're only expecting another inch or two. inches in some places. showers in the midadd antic and northeast. and heavy ains throughout the deep south, gulf coast. and notice we really don't cool off much over the upcoming weekend. but we'll start to dry out in the flood zone on sul ay. no--w a closer look at your day

but what she really brought to -- ronald regan, in particular, was the art of friendship. when i went for my interview with mrs. reagan, mike deaver took me to lunch prior to the interview, and she said, don't forget, when you go upstairs, ronald reagan would not be president, were it not for nancy reagan. and her friendships made in the carpool line of her kid's school led to the kitchen cabinet, which led to his great support for running for president. and i think it also helped him very much in governing. he had great friendships with the g-7 and the g-8 leaders. i mean, really good friendships. not just meet once a year friendships. he and brian mullroney traded irish limmerics all the time. he supported them during a very difficult time and of course the legendary friendship with thatcher. these were friendships when the cruise michelssile debate and everything else was taking place, these friendships really mattered, and that's what she was really about, she knew how to -- she knew the art of friendship and she used it through the art of entertaining, and she never l

nancy will be buried next to president ronald regan at the library. she died sunday at the age of 94. >>> next week, a popular restaurant will honor an employee who was hit by a car nearby. they will dedicate the patio to kelly putnam. there will be a dedication ceremony next monday night. . police say a man hit and killed her when she was walking in january. he is charged with felony death by vehicle and dwi. >>> finalizing plans for an expansion in rock hill. the church there finalized the deal for the developer for the $9 million project in the city's river walk community. the church has been meeting at a middle school, but says it's outgrown that. it is expected to be done by december. >>> despite the governor back early to fight charlotte's non-discrimination ordinance, 15 thy they're not walk -- some say they're not waiting. >>> a community is mourning the death of a beloved mother of two killed in a horrific crash in lincoln county. >> it's heartbreaking. >> at 4:45, remembering her and the driver -- and the charges the driver who hit her is fa

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. >> i was with ronald regan and i was there when he rebuilt the economy and i was there and i workedh him. i knew ronald regan. >> reporter: after the trash talk in center stage. >> breathe, you can do it, breathe, i know it's hard, i know it's hard but just. >> when they are done with the yoga can i answer a question? >> you cannot. >> i really hope we don't see yoga on this stage. >> he is very flexible so you never know. >> reporter: everyone agrees they would support donald trump if he was the nominee. >> if he is the republican nominee. >> yes because i gave my word i would so if he ends up as the nominee sometimes it makes it a little bit hard but you know i will support whoever is the republican nominee for president. >> reporter: but donald trump is not the nominee yet, the next two weeks of the campaign will be vital with several win or take all contests starting march 15th. now both marco rubio and kasich have to win home states of florida and ohio respectfully to remain viable candidates. >> that is right and diane tell us what was going on outside of the debate and there

two years after ronald regan revealed he had alzheimer's, she spoke at the 1990 con revenges. mrs. reagan became his caretaker until his death in 2004, seen here casket one last time. honor. a large funeral service is now being planned for nancy reagan here at the ronald reagan presidential library. she will be laiai to rest right next to herhusband. brandi hitt, abc news, seem see valley, california. >>> former president jimmy carter says he no longer needs cancer treatments. the former president said he will seeoctors regularly and will also resume any treatments, if necessary. back in december he was declared free from an aggressive form of melanoma that had already spread to his liver and brain. >>> speak laying continues to build for supreme court justice antonin scalia. he is a cuban american who grew up here in south florida. federal i circuit court judge since 196. >>> 22-year-old trai mason plays for the rams. he's spending his offseason here in florida. two tourists saw what was happening and then stard snapping pictures. >> my husband and i being photographers and coming

regan presidential library in california. >> reporter: it was 12 years ago nancy reagan gave this emotional goodbye to her beloved husband, hugging ronald preparations are under way for the former first lady to be buried next to him. after she died sunday morning of heart failure in her home. >> she died very peacefully, it was her time. >> the regans love story spanned more than 50 years, from hollywood all the way to the white house. mrs. regan never leaving her husband's side. outside the ronald regan presidential library families are leaving flowers as condolences pore in from around the world. former first lady barbara bush saying we take comfort that they will be reunited once more. president obama adding nancy reagan once wrote that nothing could prepare you for living in the white house. she was right, of course. >> she was one of the greatest first ladies, extraordinary human being. >> nancy reagan was her husband's most trusted advisor and launched the just say no about i-drug campaign. >> what should you do when >> just say no! >> she later became the presidents devoted caretaker during his battle with alzheimers. >> if a dea

@services will take place at the @ronald regan library. @>>> 5:31 now john and we're @changing gears talking about @feeling cooler, not too chilly @and certainly nothing unusual. @in fact we are still even with @the cool down above normal. @upper 30s to near 40 degrees at @9:00, 43 at noon time today and @will end up close to 50 @degrees. @the reality is i do think that @it going to take until later @today like 5:00 for most of you @to really be seeing a ton of @sun, but by that point we will, @and 50 degrees that's a pretty @big difference from the 70s and @60s we've had so much of this @week so from there this is what @it feels like as you're waking @up. @upper 30s to near 40 degrees @it's a really good estimate as @you get yourselves ready and @kids out the door to the bus @stop so jackets are definitely @a necessity. @good news is the winds are @light so it's not going to be @wind chills and things like @that to worry about. @tracking rain and yes, for part @of the weekend i'll let you @know exactly when. @that's minutes away. @danny has a look at the tgif @commute. @>> we have a

@services will take place at the @ronald regan library. @regan was 94 years old. @>>> time right now it is almost @6:26. @let's talk about our weather @here getting into the weekend @so it's kind of a hit and miss @weekend. @>> yes. @we'll go half and half. @you'll have plenty of time to @get outside and we'll talk some @really good things too. @today is cooler but still @trending a few degrees above @normal even with the cool down. @lots of cloud cover through @this morning and we'll @transition to some sunshine @this afternoon. @now if you're along the lake @shore i think it's probably the @most delayed for you but around @50 degrees and 40s near the @lake. @on the travel maps there's a @lot of rain, john so we'll be @tracking more of it for the @weekend. @i'll let you know exactly what @part of the weekend this has an @impact on coming up. @coming up at 6:30 bed ford @police won a cold case from the @80s back in the headlines the @update just ahead. @and we are just four days a we @from the ohio primary and today @over a lawsuit filed b

it was going back to ronald regan with conservative principles. >> was it more conservative leaning? >> very conservative activists? >> establishment? >> oh, gosh, no. conservatives who have been fighting mitch mcconnell for years but they're willing to fight donald trump and donald trump values because we don't share those values. this is an issue of morals and values and our principals trans sent the republican party. >> i want you to listen to newt gingrich on your meeting today. he's speaking right to you. here he is. >> i'm not sympathetic at all to the erick erickson's of the world. if they want to form the let's elect hillary clinton club, fine. they ought to be honest on it. any effort to help anybody but the republican nominee helps hvg. if you think giving hillary clinton the supreme court, having hillary clinton run the foreign policy, support the unions to rule our children in schools, if you think that's acceptable, then do it. >> is he right? >> i think newt shut be honest. the same polling that donald trump krooits, it's consistently showing that he's the only republic

she was married to ronald regan beginning in 1952 until his death in 2004. was an iconic figure in her own right. one of more glamorous first ladies. nancy reagan, age 94. she was a singular figure in the sense she had her own identity. she was certainly always very supportive of her husband. some people used to gently make fun of the way she looked at him when he was president, but she also is the woman who has sort of kept the reagan reagan legacy alive since ronald reagan's death a decade ago. >> just the other day, i was thinking i wonder what ronald reagan is thinking of what's become of the party today. it's like really a benchmark. someone who reinvented the party and brought together so many diverse factions of the republican party, and fast-forward to where we are today, the other end of the book end is a party in complete disarray. >> spinning in his grave is what he would be doing. because he run the coalition in a again -- genial way. >> let's talk about nancy reagan's role. it's interesting in this campaign, you still routinely invoke shining ci

you know, ronald regan used to quote a scottish philosopher who predicted that democracies and civilizationsn't last much longer than a couple hundred years. and john adams wrote this. remember, democracy never lasts long.it soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself. there never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide. that's john adams. i believe that america has proven these dire predictions wrong for two reasons. first, we've been blessed with great presidents. with giants among us. men of character, integrity and selflessness have led our nation from the very beginning. none were perfect. each surely made mistakes. but inevery case they acted out of the desire to do what was right for america and for the cause of freedom . the second reason is because we are blessed with a great people. people who at every critical moment of choosing have putthe interests of the country above their own . these two things are related. our president time and again have called onus to rise to the occasion . john f. kennedy asked us to consider what we could do for our country. lincoln drew upon the b

more importantly, ronald regan could get enough of the populus voters in.altogether and won elections. that's not there with donald trump. >> interesting you say that. and what i think a lot of folks haven't recognized is that we have been in this post reagan era since reagan left office and this has been the internal underlying struggle within the gop. who are we definitionly? what do we believe? what are our value systems? because the establishment class is pretty much played the political game and not attended to answering those questions for a restless base -- >> yeah. >> -- donald trump comes in and he stands there almost like a joan of arc figure saying this way. >> she got burned at the stake. >> this is my point. they try to torch him and he's resilient to that. >> he gets out trump hot dogs and -- while the fire is going. >> your point. >> almost 60% of the people voting in the republican primary in michigan said that they had been abandoned by the republican party. >> that's right. >> full resolve. this is the result of the republican party ignori

not just the future of america but also the future of the conservative movement. 36 years ago ronald regan defined conservatism for a generation. it is not a convinced that so many young americans my age and a few years older are all people who believe in the american dream and in the conservative message. because we are the children of the regan revolution. we believe in free enterprise, we believe in a strong national defense, we believe in limited government, we believe in the constitution of the united stat states. we believe the world is a better place when america is the strongest country on earth. and we know that america is strongest when it stands with its allies, like israel. we will always be on side. we stand for freedom in cuba and venezuela and nicaragua. [ cheers ] >> these things are not negotiable. [ cheers ] >> these things are not negotiable, but some in this race are not strong on these issues. donald trump was asked will you take sides with israel in face of its enemy. he said he is not taking sides. he wants to be impartial. i want you to know something. when i'm pres

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been 40 years since the ford/reagan primary where north carolina saved the political career of ronald reganepublicans got to weigh in in such an important way as they did tonight. and it's just so thrilling to see good candidates come here and compete for north carolina. and we are sure that we've weighed in on the side that's going elect the next president come november. >> so, dallas, i'm from north carolina, born and raised in charlotte, and a bunch of my relatives all live in hickory, north carolina, and listening to donald trump as he was speaking there, was that just yesterday or the day before? the days run together with the elections. but anyway, he was there speaking. chris christie was there with him. i know that hickory, north carolina, along with a lot of other areas in north carolina had been hit hard by manufacturing losses, jobs going overseas. do you think that was one of the keys in terms ever who people chose once they got to the voting booth? well, it may have a bigger effect of where mr. trump wins. that is certainly an area that has been hit hard by trade and it's been

but the country as a whole. >> reporter: regan is being remembered for her love and support for her husband, ronald reagan as an actress in the '40s and '50s she met regan in hollywood, married 52 years she was by his side on the silver screen, governor's mansion, white house and battle with alzheimer's. she was a fierce protector of her husband's image and the chief influence behind his political political career. >> i don't think there would be a ronald reagan as we knew him without nancy. >> reporter: throughout her years as first lady, her name was with style, and class. later as a passionate advocate for stem cell research and the fight against alzheimer's. as the nation and world pause to mourn the loss of the former first lady, funeral arrangements are being made at the regan library where she will be laid to rest next to her husband. mrs. regan is survived by her two children as well as a stepson. now the library here will reopen to the public as museum on sunday. live in steamy valley, jinah kim. >> thank you. >>> tomorrow four more states choosing their presidential nominees, the biggest

in fact, nancy regan said her life really began when she met ronald reagan. she was an actress. she gave up acting to be a full time wife and mother, but soon took on a new role as first lady. she was fiercely protective of her husband, her influence occasionally caught on camera as it was here when president was having difficulty answering a question. she drew heat for her expensive designer wardrobe and while the nation was in the middle of a depression. nancy kept the many love letters from her husband. this would be the letter that would change her life, a letter in which the former president would tell the world he was suffering from alzheimer's disease. nancy became an advocate for research into the disease. the love story that began in hollywood ended on a hilltop in california. it had been a wonderful life, she said. she will be buried right next to her late husband, ronald reagan. >> in lieu of flowers, she's requested that contributions be made to the ronald reagan >>> now the race for 2016 campaigning in the buckeye state, trying to gain momentum ahead of the primary.

president barack obama described her as the woman who redefined the role of first lady nancy regan the wife of ronaldn has died at 94 and we look back at her life. >> reporter: in this moment nancy reagan symbolized the grief of a nation burying her husband after a long battle of alzheimer's and her devotion to rona ronald reagan and born in 1921 nancy was a nickname and she was an actress but when she was on the black list as expected communist she turned to the actor ron reagan for help and married a few years later and did one movie together and put their career aside to raise the two children and help his political career from governor of california to u.s. president elected in 1980. >> i think i may have helped a little maybe. >> reporter: there were often questions about how much she helped. this incident reenforced the idea that she was really running the show. >> doing everything we can. >> thank you. >> reporter: she denied having that much control but later admitted she did play a role in her husband's presidency. >> i was more aware always of people who were running him and he wasn't. so i

. >>> as the clouds broke, flags outside the ronald reagan presidential library were lowered to half staff. the president and mrs. regan believe in freedom and democracy, and whenever president regan saw the american flaing, he saluted. to have it lowered. it meant a lot. i felt both of their spirits. >> friday, mrs. regan will be buried alongside her husband, the 40th president. every detail of the funeral planned by the former first lady herself. melissa giller is the library spokesperson. for those walking with the kaz get. family members and the people participating, they are hollywood people, government people, friends of the family. >> the funeral will be a closed service. 1,000 invitations have been mailed. two days before the funeral nancy regan will lie in repose so members of the public can pay final reports. >> the presidential library is closed. outside well-wishers left flowers and notes. inside a look at the gallery. here you see the glamor of old hollywood. mrs. regan's famous gown is on display. warned to poke fun that she was too fancy and lavish during economic times. >> she showed up at a dinner in a

regan. she passed away from congestive heart failure this weekend... she was 94. nancy and ronald reagan were married for 54 years.. the former president died in 2004. as first lady - she made an impact on the public wherever she went. 9news reporter victoria sanchez talked to a local professor - who says nancy inspired him as a young boy living half a world away. as an 11-year-old in bejing -- jing sun watched as president reagan and the first lady visited china in 1984. jing sun/ university of denver associate professor of political science 10:25-25 "i was actually left speechless." the polticial science associate professor at du said as a child, he saw nancy reagan single handedly change the american image in the eyes of the chinese public. nat cspan children cheering jing sun/ university of denver associate professor of political science 11:34-49 "i just remember this lady dressed in red doing a number of things that usually, it just never occured to me that a first lady could actually hug someone." sun described her elegance, charm and sincerity as holding nearly as much polt