ken joined former president san clemente to work on his memoir and his chief police researcher for nixon interviews. in ronald reagan 19presidential campaign he enhance speeches and in the white house he was president reagan's chief speech writer are. among the many memorable and historic speeches ken wrote for the president reagan, was his stirring and moving farewell address to the republican national convention in 1988. ken then worked also worked then in vice president bush's successful campaign. today, in his veteran of 9 presidential campaigns. he's been an advisor and strategist for governors and jurors of many of california's most distinguished public servants. he served for many years on our richard nixon foundation board of directors. and continues to advise and contribute in his current ford capacity rule. thank you, ken. [applause] ken still lives in san clemente and remains active in law and politics, and in community life. we're delighted that ken and his wife meredith are here todays. and don't get me started on meredith's impressive biography. [laughter] now please join m

he still lives in san clemente and remains active in law, politics and community life. we are delighted he and his wife, meredith, are here today and don't get me started on meredith's impressive biography. please join me in welcoming the great american, gray california and great friend of the nixon family and nixon foundation, kenneth khachigian. [applause]. >> 50 years ago i was a student and columbia law school. i had seen an article in the "new york times" about the staff that was surrounded the then potential candidate richard nixon and among that was members of the staff was a fellow named pat buchanan. i had written-- so i wrote a letter to nixon asking if i could help of the 68 campaign and mentioning that maybe one of these fellows i could work with them and i didn't get a letter back the first time, so i wrote it again and meredith worked on wall street about three blocks from the nixon office, so she handcarried it there and so a few weeks-- it took a while, but a few weeks later i got a letter back from one of his assistants and that assisted happened to be

host: john from san clemente, california on the republican line. you are on with alina polyakova. caller: good morning. question -- as far as the hacking by the russians, the liberal media, they are saying the dnc was hacked by russia but there is no proof, number one. assangewo, julian basically told us who was the source. how you feel about that? there is no proof and it will not give over the server. a little fishy, don't you think? guest: i may have to disagree with you. i strongly believe our intelligence community. the cia, the fbi, other intelligence agencies have concurred that there was russian meddling, specificly russian meddling in the dnc system. it was attributed to russian-backed hacker groups, the so-called fancy bear and cozy bear groups. i have no reason to doubt the findings of professionals who serve the u.s. government. so why have our intelligence community agencies not turned over the more smoking gun style evidence? they released a report in early january of this year, a classified report that discussed what their findings were not revealing the methods. th

starting s for you with ron san clemente , california. ou are first up with representative steve russell. caller: pedro, thanks for call. the this is matter of national ecurity, air traffic control, virtual border across this globe know, one thing i look t is the actual air traffic controllers themselves who are -- many of them, many are prior service, spent their whole life dedicated this process. you know, privatization these guys, i mean this goes back to reagan days, when he fired everybody for having too much controllers. i think we've dealt with that, but the issue at hand is one are the actual people that are running our air traffic control system, the best that we can possibly get and should be always that way. and hould be part of national security. number two, the actual technology. put money into technology, let's have the best technology, that takes years, as say, years of planning to do that. with this rward concept of privatization slowly. people like usly elan musk and space x have been the nasa aspect of space exploration,

ken still lives in san clemente and remains active in law, politics and community life. we're die lighted that ken and his wife, meredith, are here today, and don't get me start on meredith's impressive biography. please join me in welcoming a great american, a great californiaon and great friend of the nixon family and nixon foundation, ken. [applause] >> 50 years ago as a student at columbia law school, i had seen an article in the "new york times" about the staff that was surrounding then-potential candidate richmond nixon. among that was members of the staff was a fellow named pat buchanan. i wrote a letter to nixon asking if i could help on the '68 campaign, and mentioning that maybe one of these fellows i can could work them. didn't get a letter back the first time so i wrote it again, and meredith worked on wall street, three locked from in the nixon office so she hand-cared it there and so took awhile but a few weeks later, i got a letter back from one of his assistants. that assistant happened to be pat buchanan. have that letter here, pat. 50 years ago. [applau

and along the california border also from paul springs back over to fallbrook, oceanside and san clementen a few near delmar the opening day of delmar. we have a lot of fog this morning even into napa valley that will not last long. plenty over the bay mainly from san francisco south while it is disappearing rapidly also a little bit holding on the parts of the santa cruz coastline. water temperatures are very cold , bodega bay 50, san francisco 51 and when the lows overnight get into the lower 50s it is because of the water temperatures. 60s, 70s and 80s we are running warmer today than yesterday. concord is up nine, santa rosa up eight, santa rosa positive by six so it is warmer. we dropped 15% from yesterday and then we go back up. there is not enough of a delta breeze, vacaville showing the offshore breeze with all this thunderstorm activity and this weak sister to the north it could brush us tomorrow so every day we get cooler and warmer 60s and 70s for some and others 80 near 90. so we called off yesterday now it is sunny and warmer. a little cooler tomorrow and back warmer friday a

south of san clemente, oceanside down to san diego and del mar. that is moisture stream in from arizona. even las vegas. if you have travel plans there, what the -- well, there you go. it looks like it will stay down there and not come up here. not yet. san mateo, santa cruz coast, the bulk of it is down there. 60s, 70s and 80s. some inland areas warm up. so we had the widespread fog yesterday. there is just not enough of a delta breeze. a little cooldown for some yesterday. a big cooldown for others will give way to warmer temps today. near average temperatures today. every day just kind of subtle changes. a little warmer one day and cooler the next. no extreme here. that is good. quiet is good. >> yes, it is. >> yes. >> thank you, steve. >> you're welcome. >>> travel experts say it is not too late to go on a summer trip without breaking the bank. august 21st and 22nd are called magic dates. august 21st is a great day for international travel. that's when the average ticket price for trips across the atlantic will drop. and august 22nd is the bes

it was given to me in the afternoon in san clemente. and sally and i rewrote that. and i rewrote the 6,000 words. it was about 8:00 in the morning that i got them all done ant sent them down. sally said send them down to kissinger's office and that's what she told me going right across the room. xon as halderman writes he loves the bullet points of all he weapons captured by vietnamese and really made the case -- it made the case with the documents and facts and information made it well instead meandering se things. and nixon said i want all the papers done like this in this form after this. he said it was terrific. so i felt very good about it. after reading halderman's memoirs -- brian: you've got lots of memoirs. this is patrick j. beau can's nan revenge. he's waited all these years to public all these memos to say he was right. mr. buchanan: i was stunned by the chinese trip. but i have held those for a long time in my fimes and everything. and they really represent what i believed in. there's a threat of consistency certainly on political strategy all the way u

so he held it off and it was 6,000, it was given to me in the afternoon out in san clemente and sallynd i went to work on that and i rewrote this 6,000 words all night long and it was about eight in the morning that i had them all done and sent them. i said to sally, "take it on down to dr. kissinger's office." and that's what she came back and told me. he had thrown it right across the room, but the odd thing is, nixon as haldeman writes, he loved the job i had done, putting you know these items up, bullet points of all the weapons captured from the north vietnamese or casualties, exactly how many rockets in the borders and the ammunition and really made the case -- it made the case where the documents and facts and information made it well instead of one of these long meandering things that you got out of the nsc. and nixon said that was -- i want all the papers done like this in this form after this, and he thought it was terrific. so i felt very good about it and after reading haldeman's memoirs. [laughter] brian: you have got lots of memoirs in here. there is a couple of points i

beaches in san clemente were closed in may.re were two dozen sightings there. >>> if you've had a few uninvited guests around your home, you're not alone. because of our extreme weather, this year wasps and yellow jackets are breeding more than usual. pest control companies are buried right now. there is a way to get rid of them for free. >> so i was here and i'm squirting this thing and i thought that's cool. i got it. >> a bug problem. a few days ago armed with this can of spray insecticide he went toe to toe with a mound of yellow jackets buried in his front yard and lost. >> yeah, the guy at home depot said you better have an escape route and i had my honda parked over here, i had the door open and i ran like heck but they fly faster than i could run. and they stung me on the back of my neck. through the shirt, actually. >> our wet winter and hot, dry summers have proven to be the perfect breeding ground for yellow jackets and wasps. inspector controls have been overwhelmed. nearly double the calls. >> we've been very busy

we have san clemente island, a naval training ground where they have ship-to-shore firing range. we have abundant wildlife in the district. on top of that, sea level rise and extreme weather threatens neighborhoods and businesses all the along the coast of my district. with so much activity happening, it simply makes sense to have the various stakeholders at the table. to make sure ships come in and out of ports safely, to ensure that our thriving economy stays thriving, and to give mill -- the military space to train. we want these collaborations to happen because we want to have a sustainable ocean economy. and by developing regional plans and having a framework for multistakeholder involvement, we can promote a robust ocean economy that also conserves our precious ocean resources. the country and my district need as comprehensive approach to our ocean resources, which the national ocean policy provides. i urge my colleagues to vote yes on this amendment and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the chair recognizes t

. >>> san francisco says it's role clement street and the richmond district is expected to see the changes as early as this fall when spaces are scarce the price will go up by $.25 per hour. right now the city says about 25% of the meters have flexible pricing with more to come. >>> san francisco's minimum wage goes up to $14 per hour starting tomorrow. it's a way to help low-wage workers. today the mayor mark the occasion with a tour from a clothing manufacturer. the owner says that none of his employees currently makes minimum wage but the new law will give six of his workers an increase which is something the mayor appreciates. >> living in a city like san francisco has become so expensive and that increase was really one of many ways but a very solid way to help with income inequality and a lot of workers who are struggling to afford this expensive city along with increasing the minimum wage, the mayor says it's more important to have more affordable housing. the ways goes up to $15 per hour this time next year. >>> is a halfway point of the major league baseball season. a look at how

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. >>> san francisco says it is now rolling out flexible parking meter pricing to get another neighborhood. clementand the richmond district is expected to see the changes as early as this fall. and when spaces are scarce, the price will go up by an extra 25 cents an hour. and when the area is less crowded, the price goes back down. right now, the city says about 25% of its meters have flexible pricing. with more neighborhoods to come. >>> well, it looks like the warriors guard steph curry is receiving a pretty big bump in pay later this week. the agent says the steph will sign the largest contract ever in the nba. five years, $201 million. that is a big bump from his $11 million a year salary he is making right now on his contract. curry will average over $40 million a season. and no one has ever done that. in any sport. and two-time champ and two-time mvp, plans to sign that deal on thursday. >>> and everyone in england, showing off a new addition to the family. two eastern black rhino calves were born in the last two weeks, they only took a few moments to get up and start running. a big help for