but what happened after that, ronnie reagan. the biggest union buster that we have ever had in the world, not only did he bust up the unions and take away our advantage of building our things, he got greenspan to create $6 billion in money. did that ever kill our country. this is where we are at. i don't know where we are ever getting it back again. the only way we are ever getting a back again is to start evening the playing field a little bit. it is exactly right, companies have way too much power over the human condition i lived in the south of france 35 years ago. the worst mistake i ever did was come back. the europeans know how to treat their people. i tell you what. if we had workers going back and forth away your past, you would want to live like a european. they enjoy life. they want to work hard. they just don't want to get ripped up by conflict. is america would experience that, we would probably reshape our whole ballgame. host: before hugh:. how much did you paying -- before you go, how much did you paying union due

reagan. it's hard to believe that it's been 40 years since that day. that crisis changed everything especially for nancy. nothing can ever happen to my ronnie, she wrote. my life would be over. while the world didn't know at the time how close he came to death, ronald reagan was spared and believed there was a premise to his life. nancy on the other hand was haunted by the horror of all of it plagued with fear something like that could happen again. tell us about that moment and how she learned the news and carry that afterward. in that chapter i did try to take the reader at some point minute by minute of what that today reflects for her. the head of her secret service detail hears over the command center in the oval office that there's been a shooting and at that point they are told he's fine. he hasn't been hit. but he knows nancy reagan has got to get this news from him, she doesn't want to hear it any other way so he sprints up to the residence, doesn't even wait for the elevator. he gets there and as soon he senses that there's been a shooting, she starts heading for the elevator and says i've got to get to him. he says he's at the ho

reagan she was leaving an event. it's hard to believe but it's been 40 years since that day, if something happened to ronnie my life would be over. while the world didn't know at the time how close he really came to death, ronald reagan was spared and he believed there were suddenly higher purpose to his life. going forward, he would be dedicated to that nancy, on the other hand, was haunted by the horroror of all of it plagued wh fear that something like thatng could happen again. tell us about that moment, how she learned the news and how she had to carry that horror with her "afterwards". >> in that chapter i really did try to take the reader at some time minute by minute by minute of what that day was like for her. the head of her secret service detail hears over the commands i can't under the oval office the shooting pain, he hasn't been hit. he knows george does that nancy reagan is got to get this news from him that she doesn't want to hear it any other way so he sprints up to the residence, he doesn't even wait for the elevatorfo and he gets there and as soon as he says there's been a shooting she starts heading

ronnie, my life would be over. while the world didn't know at the time how close he really came to death, ronald reagan spared beliefs there was 70 and higher going forward, he would be dedicated to that. nancy, on the o other hand, was onto product for of all of it, plagued with your something like that could happen again. tell us about that moment, how she learned the news and how she had to carry that with her "afterwards". >> in that chapter, i really did try to take the reader minute by minute i minute of what that day was like for her. the head of her secret service detail he hears over the command center under the oval office. has been a shooting. at time they were told the president's code name, he's fine, he hasn't been hit but he' knows that nancy reagan has got to get this news from him, she doesn't want to hear it any other way so he sprints up to the residence, he doesn't even wait for the elevator and he gets there and as soon as he says there's been a shooting, she starts heading for the elevator and she says i've got to get to him and he says he's at the hospital and she said if he's not hurt, why is

ronny who always understood and to my children who i hope will understand one day. >> i would just explain the lineage and their place in their lives. >> nancy davis, when she meets ronald reaganllywood actor, he is coming off a divorce from his worst -- his first wife. it absently devastated him. -- absolutely devastated him. she got bored with him and walked out of the marriage. there are two children in this marriage, there were actually three. they had a daughter, the son, michael who they adopted and then a baby daughter, christine that jane weinman and vinyl reagan have late in their marriage. this baby was born prematurely, she lived less then a day. coming into her courtship of ronald reagan, these two kids, maureen and michael are part of the package. shortly after the reagan's were married, she had her daughter, patty. all you heard was that she was very attentive to the two children, maureen and michael. that changed as the political career progressed. she began to write them out of the script. susan: -- susan: you said that she began to write them out of the script. karen: remember, ronald reagan is running for governor in the mid 60's, a divorce politician is -- d