i came very close to beating ted cruz. i won more votes than any democrat had ever won. young people lead the day. voter turnout was up 5% over the last election. whether it is reproductive choice, climate change, access to health care, fighting back against this pandemic, young ,eople are on the front lines coordinating the conversation and the change that needs to follow. so at the ballot box, we are counting on young people right now. margaret: you think the biden campaign really understands what the opportunity is or really believes it's as close as it is? do you expect him to court texas in the campaign and the convention? rep. o'rourke: now. but that is nothing new. texas has really been on its own . it has been 44 years since texas voted for the democratic nominee for president. we have been left to our own devices for the majority of that time. but there has been an extraordinary reliance born of texans, withy texans reaching out to their fellow texans. 18 before the election or be they 19 and this might be the -- 90 and this might be the last election day vote i

in the nine districts we picked up we won more votes than ted cruz, so we know it is possible. 17 african-american judges were all elected in harris county, all of them women. in 2018. so this state is moving in the right direction moving in the , right direction quickly. and then you have the extraordinary failure of leadership in texas. in the midst of this pandemic that has cost more than 10,000 of my fellow texans their lives. as we all know, this is not affecting all of us equally. it is disproportionately impacting and in fact decimating the latino population in texas. you look at the rio grande valley, star county, those are 90% to 95%, and they have run out of space in the morgues and funeral homes. they are stacking the dead bodies in refrigerated trucks right now. this failure of leadership, of epic, monumental proportions, is not lost on the electorate of

todd: sparks between ted cruz and maisie hirono, ted cruz is concerned about radicals. >> i hope this is the end of this hearing and we don't have to listen to more of your rhetorical speeches. thank you very much, i am leaving. jillian: she says protesters need protection from federal officers sent into us cities to keep the peace. our next guest was among those testifying at the hearing. >> reporter: should not be an acceptable excuse for law enforcement, federal, state or local to tolerate overthrowing the constitution. antifa will execute this behavior unless it is checked. >> joining us live is director and senior analyst for homeland security and counterterrorism epicenter for security policy, thanks for coming on, we appreciate it. we saw the exchange with hirono and ted cruz. give us the general feel of the meeting overall. >> i don't think the two parties could be further apart on the issue of how to deal with antifa or even as we saw in the case of the democrats whether antifa even exists in one of the things i was hoping to show yesterday is clear evidence of antifa as an o

and ted cruz is one of them, but so are pretty much all the spineless republicans in the senate.one of them have stood up and pushed mcconnell to do the right thing. >> mcconnell and ted cruz both married wealthy women, they're fine, they're going to eat well so they don't have a problem. show you a picture, exemplifies the attitude we've seen toward people who are struggling. in this case this was melania trump, climbing into motorcade in june, wearing this jacket about i really don't care, after visiting border with men and women locked up and mistreated and exposed to coronavirus. then you have donald trump doing -- i don't know what you call it in new jersey, a cheering section of the super rich to cheer him saying i'm going to give you more tax cuts for capital gains and things. you served with the congressional version of trump, is it just because they're rich and don't relate to regular people or some sort of ideological disdain and hatred for the poor and struggling? >> and it's got to do with race, as you know, joy. it's all of that. plenty of wealthy people in the senat

sanctions in hong kong, targeting prominent senators marco rubio and ted cruz.lear of hitting white house figures. global virus cases approaching 20 million with 750,000 deaths. a study suggest young people are not as immune as some, including president trump, have claimed. the bank of new zealand faces a tough policy decision this week. balancing a rebounding domestic economy against the increasingly uncertain global picture. shery: happening now, president trump speaking at the white house. he abruptly left, escorted by security. he is back in the briefing room. he says there was a shooting outside the white house and it is now under control and someone was taken to the hospital. pres. trump: he reported he heard shots. he was outside and he heard two shots. we don't know yet. they are going to find out. >> do you know if the individual said something? pres. trump: we don't know that. >> the secret service? pres. trump: it seems to be. . >> where you take into the bunker? pres. trump: no, to the oval office. just told me when he came up, you saw it like i did.

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sanctions on hong kong, targeting prominent senators marco rubio and ted cruz.eijing steers clear of hitting top white house figures. global virus cases approach 20 million with 750,000 deaths. to break trump has yet the stimulus long gem. softbank backs the virus handed record losses in may at a drop of the value, some may change with earnings later. let's get a quick check of how the markets are trading. we are seeing u.s. futures under a little bit of pressure, down 1/10 of 1%. we have president trump's executive actions on stimulus measures boosting sentiment. that weighed in indices. the s&p 500 saw the highest close in six-month in the longest winning streak since 2017. aska futures at the moment japan comes back from mountain day holiday. i mentioned softbank earnings coming back later. the japanese yen holding around the weakest in more than two weeks. the bloomberg dollar index unchanged at the moment. this after it touched a one-week high. watch out for some data this morning. we are getting south korea's 10 day trade data. we are getting japan numbers

said you're with ted cruz, how can you take a picture with ted cruz?that? some people are, like, i don't agree with your politics but as captain america i would like to take a picture with you. you may go i hate this policy you enacted on human beings, but as captain america i understand you would like to take a picture with me. how do you plans balance that and go to you, chris, how could you do that? >> in a circumstance with a child, i'll always take a picture of a kid. in general, even sitting down with certain politicians there's extreme on both parties where there's no wiggle room for that. i would argue, if this person wasn't in power or writing bills that affected your life, shun them, scream loud at them. but we can't pretend they don't have some sort of say. i find it far more pernicious to become stubborn and retreat to your corner and say i wholeheartedly disagree with you and infringe on human rights, something that offends me as a person. i would like to talk about ideas. otherwise, everything spirals and no one listens and i don't think

ted, please? senator cruz: we appreciate you being down in texas once again and let me say something i just told the fema administrator a few moments ago which is that the consistent report i've gotten from the governor, from local officials and state officials is the responsiveness of the administration throughout this hurricane has been extraordinary. we had a blessing with this hurricane in that it could have been much worse. there was significant damage but compared to what we have seen in the past, texas could have gotten hit much worse. we grieve that our neighbors in louisiana took the brunt of this storm and just as louisiana stepped up and helped texas, in particular with hurricane harvey but others as well, but we are now stepping up to help our neighbors in louisiana who are really suffering. one of the things that is impressive and is -- that is impressive is the level of coordination. we havelaughing at how an inadvertent and unfortunate expertise in that texas has been through some major, major d

when exchange became heated between ted cruz and hawaii democratic senator maisie hirono when she got up and walked out. >> i hope this is the end of this hearing and we don't have to listen to anymore of your rhetorical speeches, thank you, i am leaving. >> appreciate as always kind and uplifting words of senator hirono and i would also note that throughout her remarks she still did not say a negative word about antifa nor has any democrat here. shannon: before her abrupt exit she said it is the protesters who needs protecting. >> we seem peaceful protesters in need of protection from federal officers. no one is condoning violence. >> testimony by secretary ken cuccinelli painted a picture, 140 officers sustained injuries during violent demonstrations outside the federal courthouse in portland and 97 arrest of protesters during the last two month. >> you're welcome to say something negative about antifa right now. she declined to speak so that is the position of the democratic party. >> someone who does have something to say, journalists and the know who was attacked by antifa last y

a fiery hearing on capitol hill, republican senator ted cruz accusing democrats of facilitating violences cities and refusing to criticize antifa, causing democratic senator mazie hirono to walk out of a meeting, a hearing. there she is. senator cruz later said this to our sean hannity. >> what's happening, unfortunately, it is not free speech. those who are peaceably protesting are seeing their protests hijacked by violent anarchists, by marxists who are engaged in acts of terror. at the end of the day, none of this is complicated. don't assault your fellow citizens. don't firebomb a police car. don't loot and destroy small businesses. don't murder police officers. >> harris: i want to bring in former house oversight committee chair on fox news contributor, jason chaffetz. decent, great to see you today. i'm curious here, with senator hirono, what are the rules for walking out of the hearing without medical emergencies? leasing centers do it, but in this instance, what do you make of it? >> senators come and go. there are multiple committees. in this particular case, the senate is suppo

senator ted cruz is with us. also, condoleezza rice slamming the thought police on the radical left. we'll explain that. also, we start tonight with the developing story out of, yes, joe biden's basement bunker. tonight, there are currently three presidential debates in the works. the biggest bands in the media mob are now begging him not to . i've sources telling me tonight that his team missing, can we bring notes? they clearly believe that joe biden is too weak and too feeble. they are worried that he will be destroyed by president trump, and fake, conspiracy news theorists. cnn's own humpty dumpty tweeting that this story is far removed from reality. oh, okay, there is no violence in seattle or portland and it's just a summer of love and festive atmosphere. i guess they forgot about their own networks coverage, or maybe they're just psychotic liars over there. one top political analyst, fake news cnn actually pleading with biden, please don't debate donald trump. here's "the new york times" op-ed entitled "le

consist of i don't think ted cruz has too many accounts bank accounts in china that are going to closedown most or taken over by the chinese government so it's a bit unclear what those sanctions really mean in practice but i think it's largely symbolic at this stage so i think we can only hope that it stays that should stage remain symbolic but in the broader picture really is that with hong kong now being more fully integrated into china hong kong's liability is a big financial center in asia is really under threat and in a very big and very serious way and i think obviously markets like singapore and taiwan will step into that and sort of pick up the slack there in particular singapore will be sort of the destination for those funds coming in the coming ranks and yes some are already seeing part of that quick quick answer here kristie political tension they continue to escalate here there's putting investors in a tough spot on where to put their money they usually try to ride on chinese investment real estate that is what's happening here. any year over year because sales volume of u

a man who has been there when we need him and has been incredible for texas and in my friend, ted cruz. thank you. we have spent a lot of time before and we are working to get texas everything they need. and --sman brian babb babbin, a warrior and terrific guy. and where is randy? randy weber, congressman. thank you very much. a couple of people who have been friends of mine, i won't mention them too much, but they got a shot of the covid and i understand they will be perfect, absolutely fine. i want to say hello to becky ames, you are doing good, right? where you hit hard? >> not as hard as we could have been. we are recovering and appreciate you being here, mr. president. pres. trump: thank you very much, i hear you are doing a great job we were talking before and it could've been much worse. louisiana took a hard hit, but it could've been a record-setting hit. 175. 150 miles per hour when it hit but even worse than that. it came quickly, it came very quickly -- i guess you would say they were looking at that as a storm and all of a sudden the storm became a monster. 185 andfrom a st

a man who has really been there when we need him and he has been incredible for texas, ted cruz. we spend a lot of time before and we are looking to get texas everything they need, we will bring it back. congressman brian babb and --babbon, thank you very much. randy weber, thank you very much. we have a couple of people who have been friends of mine, i won't mention too much, but they get a shot at covid and i understand they are going to be absolutely fine. i want to say hello to becky ames, thank you very much, you're doing good, right? were you hit hard? >> not as hard as it could've been a -- it could have been a lot harder we are recovering. >> thank you very much, becky, i hear you are doing a great job. we are talking about the path, the path could've been much more because the power was incredible. louisiana took a hearted, but even louisiana was lucky because the power was record-setting. and 175, 150 miles an hour when it hits, but it was even more than that. it came very quickly. i guess you would say they were looking at it as a storm and all of a sudden the storm be

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china has imposed sanctions on 11 high profile americans including senators marco rubio and ted cruz it's in response to the u.s. freezing the american assets of hong kong's chief executive kerry lamb and 10 of the senior chinese officials washington says beijing's crackdown of pro-democracy opposition voices in hong kong is could tailing political freedoms china's accuse the u.s. of interfering in its affairs. the opposition in belarus is disputing early election results saying president alexander lukashenko has landslide victory was raked protesters have taken to the streets demanding a change of power with more than 80 percent of the vote looks set to win a 6 term extending his already 26 years in power so that i'd taken off sky of the opposition leader says she is gathering proof that the poll was fixed. and at least 19 people have been killed after an armed group attacked several villages in the democratic republic of congo took place in the troubled northeastern province of it turi fighters from the political and religious sect is called a coast slashed people with machetes che

do you do i act like ted cruz i mean are you kidding me. you're not going after my wife or my family was entering to do that in the mop ok so i said that's it and i took the gloves off and i'm ready and i think we can punch him through the ropes i think he is universally disliked he's arguably one of the most hated people in our civilization globally and i think at the end of the day he's universally disliked we just have to convince that 40 ish percent of the people wait a minute you can be able of your life there's really not that big of a culture war underage obeid in presidency you're going to be ok trump the president is talking about riots and all this there's a it's happening under his regime if anything we may be able to dial this down under a biden administration of anything we may be able to have more cooperation between the social services the social organizations in the police force in the cities and see if we can reduce violence and increase racial awareness so to me. that's where i am but you said something that i just want to

>> guest: obviously there are speakers like ted cruz that still remain a. of there are also looking outside of the traditional politics they are trying to find new voices and there are younger members like tim scott who are looking for voices and don't simply replicate everything that has been done. like ted cruz it is a more polished way and right now those are the voices that are being grim. >> the question from an attendee, did you interview newt gingrich your self. my question is are you waiting for his response to the book. >> guest: i try again each time i had a meeting it was through the secretary that postponed. i did have lunch many years ago when he was at princeton. it was all there in front of me so they have to speak about the book that i actually got a firsthand all the documentation they all have different interpretations and i'm sure i suspect his view and i suspect he won't disagree with what i wrote. he believe jim wright was corrupt and he will hold to that argument. i am not praising myself going ^-caret yes how he responds. but right no

china's impose sanctions on 11 well known americans including senators marco rubio and ted cruz that reciprocates u.s. action because of china's crackdown on hong kong the u.s. has frozen the american assets of hong kong's chief executive kerry lamb as well as 10 senior chinese officials. but u.s. court has received a summons against the saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon in relation to a former intelligence agents subtle job the court order also covers 13 other people including residents of the u.s. on jeopardy filed a lawsuit accusing saudi crown prince mohammed bin selma of sending a hit squad to kill him 2 years ago he's now in canada where the police and private security guards are reported to be giving him increased protection bruce finds a former u.s. associate deputy attorney general he says the summons is an important step in this case the summons delivers the complaint to the various defendants that obligates them under our federal rules to answer within 20 days so it means that now the case is gearing up 20 days is not a long time. but i think having myself litigated

ted cruz: you said earlier the nobody was trying to get president trump. and if you read the respecte tht pretty. sally yates: i have any found that he did not find any evidence. ted cruz: with all due respect, the inspector general found 17 material missed statements in the fisa applications including a lawyer from the fbi who fraudulently altered a document and submitted it and in fact, at the question, was carter page asset from the fbi for the cia. the cia said yes. he altered the document and he changed it to a no. you're telling me that nobody wanted to get top . about that lawyer the fraudulently altered to document to get the surveillance. sally yates: i am telling you is inspector general, 170 interviews and reviewed lots of documents. to be able to make political motive or not pretty. [inaudible]. ted cruz: me make a final observation pretty you mentioned in your testimony. the principal to career men and women in the department of justice and the fbi. you're right, there are tremendous principles whose integrity has been called into question byi

the reason is senator ted cruz of texas. his state has had over half a million cases of coronavirus with more than 7,000 people in the hospital and almost 9,000 people dead. testing has plummeted. there is an increase in testing by all accounts. senator ted cruz's state is a hot spot and this is what he tweeted today. quote, why be so cheap? give everyone a million dollars a day every day forever and three soy lattes a day and a foot massage. we have a magic money tree, we should use it. senator cruz was met by this tweet from senator ed markey, democrat of massachusetts. it's not a goddamn joke, ted. millions of families are facing hunger, the threat of eviction and the loss of a job every day. hears get real. senator ted cruz is right and senator markey is wrong. there is a magical money tree and you can eat its fruit and you can sit in its shade if you are rich or hold stock or are a major american corporation. if you're lost your job or about to lose your job, there's no money tree for you and that in a nutshell is why w

about 35 miles from the texas border paredes joined by senators and ted cruz. [background sounds]. >> i want to thank everybody for gathering with us here today. especially want to thank senators cornyn and chris for taking the time to join us today and being part of the aerial overview that we were able to take to get a better assessment of the entire region. as well as to work with here on the ground. also want to thank the two local area congressman, and the congressman, as well as the governor dan patrick. in the state senator nichols, and local representatives stephen - think all of them for being here. of particular want to thank the county judge. thank you for hosting us and for being with us. it is been a pleasure. and working with you through this pretty so thank you for being here . >> of course . >> and mayor, i want to thank you for being here. and i want to express a special thank you to the admiral. for providing the coast guard that provided a very helpful tour. of the entire region. as we flew around the region and about 1000 feet. we could see

actions. 11 americans, including marco rubio and ted cruz, sanctioned, after the u.s.s sanctions on 11 chinese officials. we will discuss the back-and-forth later on in the hour. amanda: the ongoing talks around stimulus and the tension between china and the u.s. perhaps preoccupying investors but it appears across broad markets, energy is the focus in a positive way. we have seen a selloff getting markets to an all-time high. the nasdaq is the week spot. we are not seeing big momentum in any one direction across the broad s&p 500. energy, industrials, materials are the powerhouses higher. tech and health care are the weak spots. crude at $42 a barrel. we heard from saudi aramco today. it is what they said about demand that may be spurring enthusiasm. even as we see the told the price has taken on many of these big energy companies, saudi aramco signaling that demand may be returned to pre-covid levels. that has some feeling enthusiastic. take sherman is the ceo of tectonic advisors. saudi aramco has some very saudi-specific things about the way that it works, how it p

it includes senators marco rubio and ted cruz and it comes hours after hong kong police arrested the tycoon and democracy activist jimmy lai. for more on the national security law fallout with karen light, bloomberg's china government ever -- editor. is this the beginning of a bigger china response? this is al, you know, day hong kong didn't think it would see even six months ago, between the jimmy lai arrest and the sanctioning of officials. we just saw 10 minutes ago, china sanctioned 11 u.s. figures in response to the 11 official sanctions here over the weekend by the u.s. and they include a number of interesting people, including the president of freedom has an the organization itself and the director of human rights watch. so china making a bit of a statement with that number. this is going to fuel u.s. anger over hong kong, especially coming on the back of the arrest this morning, and the things we saw this morning and hong kong with hundreds of officers storming the offices of the largest pro-democracy newspaper here, one of the most popular publications in hong kong has reall

ted cruz is telling reporters it's a competitive state.g for re-election that's not going to be a walk. and yet you have ted cruz trying to stop any relief bills along with tom cotton and others running for president in 2024. what does that do to john cornyn in the state of texas? especially with houston now seeing coronavirus cases still exploding and up to a 20% positivity rate there for testing. >> you're so right to pay attention to texas. i was with the president in texas last week. there's this image politically of texas being a rural state. i was in odessa, texas, home of "friday night lights" when you look at texas i love being in on d decemb odessa, but that's not necessarily the political map, it's major metropolitan areas in texas. those voters in 2018 and recent other years moved the state more to the left. you see senator cruz is right when he says it's a battleground state. but governor abbott is sticking with president trump. this is a state we've seen in races it's starting to turn and that makes president trump have to run

whether it's ted cruz, or or mike pence or mitchell hostile.anyone who tries to advance the rights and freedoms of privacy. 's >> we have a question in the back. what devised, you know back maybe we should control the distribution and use of drugs, hallucinogenic's but it should be done by the states and localities and not by the federal government. i think that's probably closest to what the blending of his philosophy in libertarianism, and also as a traditionalist. >> i think this is a powerful question, at the moment given what we are seeing from the attorney general jeff sessions. and sessions wants to go back to the war on drugs. but you see many republicans, including some republicans that might surprise you, hard-liners that say we have too many people incarcerated in the country, and it's not economically rewarding, and it's cheaper to send them to college than to put them in jail. good and i'm just wondering, if when you hear this question, you think again this is a departure from ronald reagan's attitude. his willingness to work with

>> we are feeling good about what senator ted cruz has done in trying to pass new legislation under the reclaim act which allows us to sioux city three times our losses so with that we see a potential fixture coming from his legislation. we have narrowed our choices in our between scottsdale and tucson, arizona and looking at that hard but also looking at what the new legislation from senator ted cruz might bring to us. shannon: have you heard from many businesses nearby where you shop is located, neighbors who think they are thinking of moving or getting out? >> we have which we've heard from a lot of people that are absolutely devastated that some of these small business owners aren't as lucky as we are to have multiple locations and have one location they put their heart and soul into so it's difficult to make that decision to just up and close it be forced to remain close because of the discourse going on downtown. what we need is new leadership and new leadership fast and that is in the form of us voting for the right side. shannon: thank you for joining us under these circumstance

. >> speaking of inheritance, would you say that ted cruz and the freedom caucus or political legacies of reagan? >> reagan was motivated by certain things. freedom, and valuable vigilante in the future. he was a romantic. he believed in the philosophy eventually in alignment. he corridor mers, and he quoted pain so much of the lightning is about those elements and by the time reagan is an adult he started to fully form fellas philosophy centered on maximum freedom consistent with law and order. anyone who articulates that or understands that is the air to the reagan philosophy whether it's ted cruz or mike pence or mcconnell. anyone who tries to advance the rights and freedoms of privacy. we have >> we have a question in the. back >> many recovered minutes now join liberals and questioning the war on drugs and its aftermath and the human toll it's taken. if reagan or alive in mentally well today, do you think he would've have some of the same reservations? >> that's a tough one. that's a good question. it's a tough one. because reagan was in many ways libertarian. it did an interview

run for president and maybe that's our answer, i'm not sure the grooming people from within, like ted cruzthey have been somewhat isolated in a cleaned up version of what donald trump is trying to do, those are still some of the seniors i looked at, as is continue with an outside traditional politics for the people who are the future and i say tucker carlton is kind of a joke but our president really came out of reality television but i would not be surprised if some leave office and were there trying to find new voices and there are younger members like jim scott who i'm sure some republicans are looking for numerous voices that don't replicate everything that has been done, then there is also tom cotton who like ted cruz are champions, they just do in a more power way, right now those of the places that are being firm. >> we have time for one more and then i'm gonna throw my question onto the end of this, the question from an ominous attendee, did you interview newt gingrich herself? >> my question is, are you bracing for newt gingrich response to the book? >> on the first question i did

i know giving a lot of answers, tom cotton like ted cruz, they are trump's, they just do it in a more polished way in right now those of the voices that are being groomed although i'm sure the party will live broadly. >> we have time for one more and then i'll go on with my own question, i know the answer to this. the question from an anonymous attendee, did you interview new green grange herself. my question is are you bracing for newt gingrich is response to the book. >> on the first question i did not come i tried many times and each time i had a meeting it was during the secretary postponed or canceled so after several years i finally gave up, i did have lunch with him many years ago when he was at princeton but before i was writing this book with a group of people but i don't know more important, his lawyer granted me access to his archives and for his story in the heart and soul of what we do, his papers were unbelievable, they are the best congressional papers ever use in their strategy memos, they have handwritten notes from him, they of communication within the party, it's a

ted cruz was on stage delivering a speech. i don't think it was the most flattering speech directed towards the nominee, trump, but he walked into the arena, and every head turned away from ted cruz, and they looked at president trump in that arena, and that's kind of what we're seeing again today. he is the trump show, hour after hour. >> i agree. we just saw a few moments ago, when he gets off the helicopter north carolina, and he was supposed to deliver a short speech at the convention site in charlotte. he ended up speaking for an ho hour. it is clear that having watch the democratic convention for the last week, that donald trump is supercharged. as barack obama used to say, fired up and ready to go. we've heard him several times, we will hear him one more time. he's making at least two appearances tonight during the convention, and he may show up more than that. i think donald trump things, and the reason he shouldn't, that the best weapon donald trump has and the thing that appeals most to the trump base, is donald trum

china has imposed sanctions on 11 well known americans including senators marco rubio and ted cruz that reciprocates u.s. action because of china's cracked out in hong kong the u.s. has frozen the american assets of hong kong's chief executive kerry lamb as well as 10 seanie a chinese officials the us court has issued a summons against the saudi crown prince in relation to a former intelligence agent sato job brain is now in canada who filed a lawsuit accusing prince mohammed bin salman of sending a hit squad to kill him 2 years ago lebanon's finance minister has become the 4th cabinet minister to resign following widespread public anger over an explosion in beirut last week protests to say they want a complete overhaul of the political system the cabinet is expected to meet this hour in belarus one person has been killed and dozens hurt in protests following the presidential election which the opposition says was rigged 3000 people have been detained by police early official results show a landslide victory for president alexander lukashenko that would extend his 26 years in power to a

. >> so speaking of inheritance, would you say that ted cruz and the freedom caucus are political legatees of reagan's? >> i think anybody who -- reagan was motivated by certain things. freedom. individuality. and the future. he was a romantic. he believed, you know, in the philosophy of the enlightenment. he quoted emerson. he quoted payne. and so much of the enlightment is about those elements. reagan by the time he's an adult, he's got a fully-formed philosophy that is. centered on the maximum freedom -- he said maximum freedom consistent with law and order, privacy, dignity for the individual. so anybody who articulates that or understands that is the heir to the reagan philosophy, whether it's ted cruz or mike pence or mcconnell. anybody who tries to advance individual rights and freedom and privacy. >> we have a question in the back. >> many republicans now join liberals in questioning the war on drugs and its aftermath, the human toll it's taken. if reagan was alive and mentally well today, do you think he would have some of the same reservations? >> that's a tough one. it really is

whether it's ted cruz or mike pence or mcconnell. anybody who tries to advance individual rights and freedom and privacy. >> we have a question in the back. >> many republicans now join liberals in questioning the war on drugs. and its aftermath, the human toll it's taken. if reagan was alive and mentally well today, do you think he would have some of the same reservations? >> that's a tough one. that really is. that's a good question, that's a tough one, because reagan was in many ways a libertarian. he did an interview with a magazine in 1975 which he said that libertarianism was the fundamental basis for american conservatism. but he was also a traditionalest. i'm sure he would have devised maybe -- yes, i think we should control the distribution and use of drugs, of hallucinogenics, but it should be done by the states and localities. we can't do it by the federal government. i thing that's probably closest to what the blending of his philosophy of libertarianism and also as a traditionalist. >> i think this is a powerful question