is still the only complete set of china at the white house, eople for dinner you now have the same china to serve them on. you know, she got dinged for it but she recovered. i think the people let her recover from it. she did this great spoof at the national press club dinner where she dressed up as a bag lady and i think after that washington sort of gave her a pass. washington was very suspicious of these west coast people. as was said before she set about to make kay graham one of her very good friends even though her paper was dinging her husband on a daily basis. and so the art of friendship was really embedded in her. she knew how to do it. she forged the kitchen cabinet how through the car pool line at her kids' school she met mary jane wick and betsy blooming dale and the kitchen cabinet was born. and it was really through these friendships that she paved the way for the president, for ronald reagan to become a great president. >> one final question. if you look at the white house as kind of a downtownen abby in our country and the reag

reagan once her husband became president nancy reagan was a powerful force behind the scenes at the white house china i think you will present obama is also paying tribute to nancy reagan today the president ordered flags at the white house and all the season at military posts to fly at half staff preparations are underway for people to pay respects to the former first lady mourners in washington d c lined up to sign the official condolence book for mrs. reagan. her body will lie in repose at the ronald reagan presidential library where thousands are expected to this she died very peacefully it was her time she was one of the greatest first lady is extraordinary human being reagan championed the just say no campaign back in the eighties and by the end of the reagan administration and eighty nine more than twelve thousand just say no club had been formed worldwide and this is a look outside the reagan home in the bel air neighborhood in los angeles people are paying respects and they placed flowers at a nearby tree for president jimmy carter sharing some good news see no longer needs cancer treatments

. >> during their tenure, you know, there were some of those controversies, the white house china, which by the way, was paid for by private funds. >> she got a very bad rap in the beginning. she was a very classy lady and wanted to bring glamour back to the white house. i can tell you, having been there from the beginning of the reagan term -- i don't want to cast any aspersions on the carters, but the place had kind of fallen apart. and they hadn't kept it up in the way that historical monument that it was. they hadn't replaced the china. she was a very glamorous woman. there was never a time when i wasn't in the room that you weren't attracted to her beauty and her intelligence. i think to a certain extent she felt this was the people's house and there should be something very, very special. she obviously had many friends from hollywood, new york and elsewhere. and i think to a certain extent she added glamour, again. but the key thing that she did every single day is she was -- she was his comforter. she was his person that he could go to at the end of the day and interestingly, he w

the white house. she ordered new china any paid for by private funds and she said the white house needed that china. she was involved with state dinners and they had 48 state dinners during the reagan presence inny, compare that to just six during george w. bush and she was very involved with staff and she made sure that everybody tended to her husband and she was watching out for him all of the time. >> compare her to some of of the other first ladies. >> you know, she attempted to bring i would call it almost royalty. when she moved into the capitol in sacramento with then governor reagan, she looked at it and said it's in shambles. we can't live here so they moved into private housing and it wasn't good enough for them or the state, she said. when they moved to the white house the second and third floors the plaster was falling off and she called for an entire overhaul of the second and third floor residences, again, funded by private funds and it isn't worth of americans. the dresses she wore, the attire and always regal, very expensive and she really thought of the presidency and her role in tha

the assassination attempt in 1981. and his bouts with cancer. she was attacked for ordering $200,000 white house china during a recession. the president defended her. >> there has been no new china for the white house since the truman administration. >> there was perhaps no greater example of how close the reagans were, than when the president was asked a question, and the first lady fed him an answer. >> we're doing everything we can. >> thank you, sir. >> hello. >> nancy reagan used her influence as first lady to set up a campaign to try to keep kids from taking drugs. >> i can't hear you? louder! that's wonderful. >> five years after the reagans left the white house the former president announced he was battling alzheimers disease. mrs. reagan spoke about it in an interview with mike wallace on "60 minutes" in 2002. >> that's the worst part about this disease, there is february to exchange memories with. from public view, his best supporting actress moved to center stage. awe >> she went to his birthday party alone. >> i would like to propose a toast to my fella. >> reporter: she signed his books f

the white house. patty talked about her style, the china incidents where she purchased hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of china for the white house that was paid for by private contributions. some of the gowns that she wore to very expensive designer gowns, to white house state functions also criticized. feminists criticized her for that but she had a side of her that was known perhaps de-ricively as the dragon lady pulling strings of being sort of a martinette behind the scenes. >> after the reagan administration, it was revealed as was rumored at the time she helped engineer the ouster of one of the chiefs of staff, donald reagan. it was her legacy over the last 20 years or 30 years sense president reagan left office, it is her husband's legacy that she has been most protective of and most concerned with. >> she was fiercely protective of ronald reagan after he was shot. has the white house so far issued a statement concerning nancy reagan's death? >> she was protective after he was shot to the extent she kept people around and urge urged president reagan not to run for reelection in 1984, an

say, i watched every episode of the far.s so lady,was not the first the first lady that wanted to bring new china to the white houses happy to hear that was other first ladies that wanted that. speaking about the china. it didn't go on for a week or month. it went on almost a year that china story. her.edia really ran at i have to mention, mother friend who was an expert in protocol, such an expert that the queen of england at one time reported refer to for consultation. friends like this with poise and grace. think nancy is mr. cannon mentioned earlier, when you have much poise and grace you will have some enemies. every wife has a administration has a very close friends.e of it seems like the reagans had fierce loyal supporters. they wondering how did engender and cultivate all of those people that were so loyal and her husband? >> good question. two.e's a perfect size >> size two. >> not to spend too much time on dress size. little different with reagan and nancy. he was a movement leader. a beloved conservative leader. conservatives have been waiting far guy like this for a generation. they're still waiting a g

the assassination attempt in 1981. and his bouts with cancer. nancy reagan had her critics. she was attacked for ordering $200,000 white house china during a recession. the president de fended her. >> there has been no new china for the white house since the tru man add mtion. >> there was, perhaps, no greater example of how close the reagans were than when the president was asked a question and the first lady fed him an answer. >> thank you. >> hello to all of you listening. >> nancy reagan used her influence as first lady to set up a campaign to try to keep kids from taking drugs. >> i can't hear you. louder. >> just say no! >> theas' wonderful. >> five years after the reagan's left the white house, the former president announced that he was battling alzheimer disease. mrs. reagan snoak about it in an interview with mike wallace on "60 minutes" in 2002. >> that is the worst part about this disease. there is nobody to exchange memories with. >> reporter: so as one of reagan's faded from public view, his best supporting actress moved to center stage. she went to his birthday party, alone. >> i would like to propose a toast to my f

the nail and is receives hammer. >> she was ordering $200,000 set of white house china during the recession. >> nancy has taken a bit of a bum wrap. >> he stood up for her. >> there has been no new china for the white house since the truman administration. >> when the first lady was attacked for consult ago psychic her husband stood up for her again. >> this is my wife and i won't answer the question because i don't know enough about it. >> there was, perhaps, no greater example of how close the reagans were than when the and the first lady showed him an answer. >> everything you can. >> thank you, sir. >> and hello to all of you who are listening. >> she used her influence as first lady to set up a campaign to try to keep kids from taking drugs. >> i can't hear you, louder. >> that's wonderful. >> and then the white house -- were open. >> it went so quickly. it went so quickly, eight years. >> ron and nancy are home! >> but the golden retirement in california went with dark in 1994 when ronald reagan told the world he had alzheimer's. >> it was very short, the golden years. >> mrs. reagan spoke to mike wallace on 6

the assassination attempt in 1981. >> how are you feeling? >> reporter: and his bouts with cancer. hncy reagan had her critics. rde was attacked for ordering $200,000 white house china during a recession. the president defended her. >> there has been no new china for the white house since the truman administration. a reporter: there was perhaps no greater example of how close the reagans were than when the president was asked a question and the first lady fed him an answer. >> doing everything we can. >> we're doing everything we can. thank you. >> and hello to all of you who are listening. >> reporter: nancy reagan used her influence as first lady to set up a campaign to try to keeps from taking drugs. drlouder. >> just say no. >> that's wonderful. >> reporter: five years after ehe reagans left the white house, the former president renounced that he was battling alzheimer disease. mrs. reagan spoke about it in an interview with mike wallace on "60 minutes" in 2002. >> that is the worst part about this disease. there is nobody to exchange memories with. >> reporter: so as ronald reagan faded in public view, his best supporting actress moved to center stage. she went

believes that the white house and the american people needed a touch of glamor so she did things that fm nest and democrats beat up open her over whether it was the $200,000 white house china she replaced with donations from her wealthy friend not from the federal budget, but she was determined to create a new era and fooling about washington and about the white house and she did that. she was the first protector, the first partner, the first friend and her vision of exercising power was through a man which was during the time of rising memorial nix anathema to so man william but she never veered. she did it enormously skillfully. it is a different time today and hard to imagine with hillary clinton running that she would talk about the joys of exercising powers through a man but innocence reagan was a very formidable power will woman as donald regam and other found out. it was a different time. >> howie we look at this through a picture of looking back decades but you think of the press and how they handled the reagan white house. >> i was flooded with emorys because the sad news broke while my program was on the air in the 1980's i covered the administration nancy reagan

the white house. >> mr. president -- >> they endured an assassination attempt on the president and multiple controversies in which the first lady was the target. she once came under fire for ordering $200,000 white house china during a recession. the president came to her defense. >> there has been no new china for the white house since the truman administration. >> mrs. reagan famously launched a campaign against drug abuse. >> just say no. >> reporter: following the president's 1994 alzheimers diagnosis she controversially advocated for stem cell research. in 2002 she spoke about their bond with 60 minutes correspondent mike wallace. >> you were always political he depended upon you? >> well that could be, i wasn't a politician, mike. >> well, nancy. >> no. no, i wasn't. >> reporter: no moment caught that partnership better than when nancy told her husband huh to answer a reporter's question. >> we're doing everything we can. >> we're doing everything we can. >> at the president's funeral, she emotionally kissinged his casket and visited his grave at the ronald reagan presidential library every year after. she too will be laid to rest in simi valley alongside her husband of more than five decades. on sund

life of privilege, she was often portrayed as an elitist, targeted for remodeling the white house and replacing the chinathe money was donated, like her gowns, but that didn't crop the critics. >> she famously urged kids to: >> just say no. out of the white house, she did impact stem cell research. she pushed republicans to abandon their moral objection and it was enough to force president george w. bush to find a compromise, allowing some research to be done. her life, she said, really began the day she married her husband. her intense love and devotion to him and his legacy will in many ways define her own. >>> al jazeera's mike viqueira joins us now live from washington. good morning. what impact did nancy reagan have on our understanding of the role of first lady? >> well, good morning to you, stephanie. in many ways it was a contribution because there were aspects of her term here in washington that were very traditional and others where she helped redefine the role. she was a traditional supportive spouse working behind the scenes in terms of her personal style, in terms of her tastes in decorating

the nail and is receives hammer. >> she was ordering $200,000 set of white house china during the recession. >> nancy has taken a bit of a bum wrap. >> he stood up for her. >> there has been no new china for the white house since the truman administration. >> when the first lady was attacked for consult ago psychic her husband stood up for her again. >> this is my wife and i won't answer the question because i >> there was, perhaps, no greater example of how close the reagans were than when the president was asked questions and the first lady showed him an answer. >> everything you can. >> thank you, sir. >> and hello to all of you who are listening. >> she used her influence as first lady to set up a campaign to try to keep kids from taking drugs. >> i can't hear you, louder. >> that's wonderful. >> and then the white house -- were open. >> it went so quickly. it went so quickly, eight years. >> ron and nancy are home! >> but the golden retirement in california went with dark in 1994 when ronald reagan told the world he had alzheimer's. >> it was very short, the golden years. >> mrs. reagan spoke to mike wallace on

that the white house and the american people needed a touch of glamour and so she did things that feminists and democrats beat up on her enormously over whether it was the $200,000 white house china she replaced with donations by the way from her wealthy friends and not from federal budget, but she was determined to kind of create a new era and new feeling about washington and about the white house. she did that. she was the first protector, the first partner, the first friend and her vision of exercising power was through a man which was of course during the time of rising feminine. she never veered from that and did it enormously skillfully. it's a different world today. nancy reagan was a formidable, powerful woman as others who crossed her found out. it was a different time. >> howie, we look at this through a picture of looking back decades. you think about the press and how they handled the reagan white house. she did not have an easy time. >> that's a great point. i was flooded with memories of nancy reagan because sad news broke while i was on the air. in the 1980s, and i covered the administration, nancy reagan did not have a great image. it wasn't just at the outset of

in a life of privilege and often portrayed as ee leftist, targeted for remodelling the white house and replacing the china. the money was donated to charity long with her gowns. she urged kids to just say no. her anti drug message brought the usage numbers down for a bit but in the long run made little difference to the statistics. out of the white house she did promote stem cell research. she pushed republicans to abandon their moral objection and it was enough to force george w bush to allow some research to be done. her life really began the day she married her husband. her intense love and devotion to him and his legacy will in many ways define her own >>> a reminder that you can keep up-to-date with all the news, all the time, on our website, aljazeera.com hello. you're at the listening post. these are some of the media stories we're looking at. super tuesday comes and goes and what count more in the u.s. election, the votes or the ratings? in turkey a show doom looms involving the president courts and media. the reporting of the refugee story in germany by germans and by the refugees themselves. plu

the white house. >> mr. president -- >> they endured an assassination attempt on the president and multiple controversies in which the first lady was the target. ordering $200,000 white house china during a recession. the president came to her defense. >> there has been no new china for the white house since the truman administration. >> mrs. reagan famously launched a campaign against drug abuse. >> just say no. >> reporter: following the president's 1994 alzheimers diagnosis she controversially advocated for stem cell research. in 2002 she spoke about their bond with 60 minutes partners weren't you? >> well that could be, i wasn't a politician, mike. >> well, nancy. >> no. no, i wasn't. >> reporter: no moment caught that partnership better than to answer a reporter's question. >> we're doing everything we can. >> we're doing everything we can. >> at the president's funeral, she emotionally kissed this casket and visited his grave at the ronald reagan presidential library every year after. she too will be laid to rest in simi valley alongside her husband of more than five decades. on sunday, her stepson michael wrote -- nancy is where she has always wanted to be with her ronnie

. >> we will get in to the glamour of the white house and the china and redogging of the executive mansionhe service itself, beginning with the civil war era, battle hymn of the republic and the reading of proverbs and the letter from the former president to his wife, in terms of the details in how she planned this, reading about this, i know she wanted to be buried inches from her husband as though they were holding hands. >> she paid attention to every detail. in the first lady i had a butler tell me she would sit at the west hall at the rose garden to see if the president's blazer was the right blazer. if it one the right one she would grab the right blazer and say bring him this one. she wanted to make sure the white house was as lovely as any european palace. i talked to a white house usher and he said at night he would bring the president his schedule for the next day. he would go up to the residence and the two would be sitting there holding hands in floral dh chairs watching a sitcom together. and holding hands and no one else would have seen that, that private moment. >> the notes

life of privilege, she was often portrayed as an elitist targeted for remodeling the white house and replacing the chinae money was donated like many of her expensive designer gowns. >> didn't stop the criticism. as first lady, she championed pairing the elderly with at risk youth and famously urging kids to: >> just say no. >> her anti-drug mexico brought the usage down for a bit but in the long run made very little difference. out of the white house, she did impact the debate over stemsell research convinced it could provided health to her ailing husband, she pushed republicans to abandoned their moral objection. it was enough to force president george w. bush, to find a compromise allowing some research to be done. her life, she said, really began the day she married her husband. her intention love and did he have devotion to him and his legacy will in many ways define her own. >> nancy reagan. so more on everything we are covering right there. comment, analysis and video on demand, you can find it all on aljazeera.com. out of some key places. like ramadi in iraq and aleppo in syria. what's more, i.s

life of privilege, she was often portrayed as an elitest, targeted for remodeling the white house and replacing the china. the money was donated, like her gowns, but that didn't crop the critics. >> she famously urged kids to: >> just say no. >>> not long run, it made very little to the statistics. out of the white house, she did impact the debate over stem cell research, convinced it could have provided help for her ailing husband, she pushed republicans to abandon their moral objection and it was enough for president george w. bush to find a compromise, allowing some research to be done. er had life, she said really began the day she married her husband. her injection devotion and love for him and her legacy will in many ways define her own. >>> north korea has threatened to launch nuclear strikes against south korea and the u.s. it's in response to joint u.s. and south koreaen military exercises. tension on the korean peninsula has heightened since north korea's nuclear test in january. >>> grieving relatives have met the deadline to file lawsuits over the disappearance of malaysian airlines flight 37

through her husband's time in office, nancy reagan often appeared in she redecorated the white house, bought any china. she stayed close to her husband's side, even more so after an assassination attempt. she conducted an astrologer for his safety. her lasting legacy as first lady, her campaign against drugs. >> what should you do when someone offers you drugs? >> say no! >> reporter: the just say no anti-drug campaign swept across the country and into schools and broughtler to the united nations as the first first lady to address a generally assembly. it became after a young girl asked mrs. reagan for advice. she said just say no. >> it served a purpose. >> reporter: after president reagan was diagnosed with alzheimer's she was his devoted caretaker. >> that's the worst part about this disease. there is no nobody to exchange memories with. death in 2004, she was at odds with other republicans. campaigning for funds for stem cell researcher to find a cure for alzheimer's. >> we have lost so much time already and i can't bear to lose any more. >> reporter: she attended former first lady betty ford's fu

the white house. >> reporter: they endured an assassination attempt on the president and multiple controversies in which the first lady was the target. ordering 200,000 white house china during a recession. the president came to her defense. >> there has been no new china for the white house since the truman administration. >> reporter: mrs. reagan famously launched a campaign against drug abuse. >> just say no. >> reporter: following the president's 1994 alzheimer's diagnosis, she controversially advocated for stem cell research and in 2002 she spoke about their bond with "60 minutes" mike wallace. >> he depended upon you. >> well, that could be. but i wasn't a politician, mike. >> reporter: well, nancy. >> but -- no! no, i wasn't. >> reporter: no moment caught that partnership better than when nancy told her husband how to answer a reporter's question. >> doing everything we can. >> doing everything we can. >> reporter: at the president's kissed his casket and delivered his grave every year after at the ronald reagan presidential library. she, too, will be laid to rest along her husband. >> thank you for the bottom of my heart. >> reporter: at the 1996 republican co

the white house's expectations of this visit? is this going to be he obama's nixon going to china moment? >> well, the white house has said many times that what they're trying to do is give a feeling of permanence of what the president has done. which could be reversed when his successor is sworn in. the president said he's confident that will be a democrat, but if it isn't the republican would have every opportunity to reverse what the president has done in normalizing relations. it was a dramatic announcement on september 17, 2014, when simultaneously the cuban government and the united states government in a surprise announcement announced intentions of normalized relations. the cuban embassy was opened. what the house and the president are trying to do through these pictures we'll see over the course of yesterday, today and tomorrow, and the fact that they're doing this early whyer in the year as opposed to later when frankly the presidency or this administration is less and less relevant. they're flying to put this sense of permanence in this new relationship, this new diplomatic open

raised in a life of privilege she was targeted for remodelling the white house and replacing the china. the money was donated, but that didn't stop the criticism. as first lady she championed pairing the elderly with at risk youth and urging kids to just say no. here anti drug message brought the numbers down for a bit, but in the long run made different to the statistics. out of the white house she did impact the debate over stem cell research. she pushed republicans to abandon their moral objection and it was enough to force the president to find a compromise allowing some research to be done. her life really began the day she married her husband. her intense love and devotion to him and his legacy will in many ways define her own >>> michael shaw is at the presidential library where she will be buried alongside her husband. give us an idea of what the scene is like >> as you can imagine there's a lot of press here, there's helicopters playing over head, people going to work on the area where the former first lady is going to be intered. there is a meeting here. as well as the annoyi

she redecorated the white house and bought new china. she reviewed his schedules and event consulted an astol ger for advice on security. >> i was so obsesseded with his safety that anytime he wouldn't out of the house, i think my heart stopped. >> reporter: her lasting legacy as first lady, campaign against drugs. >> what should you do when someone offers you drugs? >> reporter: the just say no antidrug campaign swept across the country and even into schools. it began after a young girl asked mrs. reagan for advice. she simply said, just say no. >> i didn't mean that that was the whole answer, obviously, but it did serve a purpose. >> reporter: after president reagan was diagnosed with alzheimer's, she became his devoted care taker. >> that's the worst part about this disease. there's nobody to exchange memories with. >> reporter: following his death in 2004, she put herself at odds with other republicans, campaigning for federal funds for stem cell research to find a cure for alzheimer's. >> we've lost so much time already, and i just r

targeted for renovating the white house and updating the china. but the money was donated. she would pair the elderly with at-risk youth and famously urging kids to-- >> just say no. >> her message brought numbers a bit, but in the long run made very little difference in the statistics. out of the white house she promoted stem cell research feeling that it could have helped her husband. and it was enough to press president george w. to find a compromise, allowing some research to be done. her intense love and devotion to her husband and his legacy will in many ways define her own. >> one of the world's technological pioneers has died. ray tomlinson is credited for e-mail. he mate thmade the @ symbol what it is today. >> he worked out how to send a message from one user to another on computers that look very different from what we use now. he worked on e-mail standards and chose the @symbol to separate the users names. now 200 billion e-mails are september every day. tomlinson was inducted in the internet hall of fame in 2012. >> now, i'm often asked did i know what i was do

raised in a life of privilege, she was often portrayed as oon elitist, remodelling the white house and replacing the china. the money was donated like many of her expensive gowns, but that didn't change the criticism. she paired the elderly with at risk youth. her anti drug campaign brought the numbers down for a big but in the long run made very little to the statistics. she did enter the stem cell research, and burned republicans to abandon their stance. some research was allowed to be done. her life really began the day sympathy married her husband. her intense love and devotion to him and his legacy will in many ways define her own >>> one of sudan's most prominent politicians has been laid to rest. he helped bring the president to power in a 1989 coup. >> reporter: thousands turned up for his funeral. he was one of the most influential men in sudanese politics. >> translation: it is a big loss for sudan and the islamic nation which lost a man who served our homeland. >> translation: he has been a pioneering character. >> reporter: he helped orchestrate the coup that brought bashir to power in 1989. 1

life of privilege, she was often portrayed as angie lightest targeted for remodeling the white house and replacing the chinathe money was donated like many of her expensive designer gowns. >> didn't stop the criticism. as first lady, she championed pairing the elderly with at risk youth and telling kids to? >> just say no. it brought the numbers down for a bit. in the long run made very little distance to the statistics. out of the white house, she did impact stemsell cell research convinced it could have provided help to her husband, pushi a compromise allowing some research to be done. her life, she said, really began the day she married her husband. her intention love and devotion to him and his legacy will in many ways define her own. nancy reagan died at the age of 94. still ahead, the victims of an arkansas aic childbirth practice in ireland criticized the compensation scheme. >>> swapping checkins for checkers. we visit the south korea ian treatment center for youth addicted to smart phones, plus: >> davis cup disharmony. why two biggest tennis stars have fallen out. details coming up with joe in spo