mona charen is the policy editor for the bulwark and former speech writer from nancy reagan. they both join me now. first, let me just start with your response to this thesis, that they are embedded in the institutional interest of the republican party, as a conservative party, in a democracy, for democracy to continue. and that liz cheney understands this and, at some level, is doing something that she thinks adherence to the benefit of what we have come to think of the republican party. mona? an party mona >> i have a slightly different perception of liz cheney from you. >> right. >> i think that she is being far less concerned about republicans and the fate of the republican party, and she's really all about the fate of the country, recognizing that donald trump's descendants is a threat to our very democratic system, and therefore, she has really shed a lot of her partisan concerns. i mean, you can hear it in the interviews, that you said she hasn't become any less partisan. i don't agree. if you listen to her, she is really just about unity now. >> yeah, i think that's f

can i just add quickly that after president reagan died after president ford died after nancy reagan died. all joanne wrote long memos to me president ford who the man in charge of his funeral a man named greg will wrote me along memo. they became my bible of how to do a funeral it saved my life. and and i did the same for the chiefs of staff of president bush 43 obama. clinton and carter i wrote this long memo. what went right what went wrong and we can talk about later some of those big challenges, but those memos saved my life. yeah in a moment. we'll talk about the sharing of those memos, but this is one of those the best laid plans of men, and i want to put a photo up for and ask gene to comment. here we go. gene best laid plans. sometimes there are surprises big surprises that might occur unexpected moments in presidential funerals. and here's just one. this is one of the best unexpected moments. of president bush's funeral if many of you will remember that president bush and bob dole were big political rivals. they had a very nasty 1988 republican primary contest and both says

ford died, after nancy reagan died, all -- joanne wrote long memos to me. president ford, who the man in charge of his funeral, a man named greg willard, wrote me a long memo -- they became my bible of how to do a funeral. it saved my life. and i did the same for the chiefs of staffs of president bush 43, obama, clinton, and carter. i wrote these this long memo, what went right, what went wrong, and we can talk about, later, some of those big challenges. but those memos saved my life. >> yeah. in a moment we'll talk about the sharing of those memos. but this is one of those, the best laid plans of mice and men -- and i want to put a photo up and ask jean to comment. here we go. jean, best laid plans. sometimes there are surprises, big surprises that might occur, unexpected moments in presidential funerals. and here's just one. >> this is one of the best unexpected moments of president bush's funeral. if many of you will remember that president bush and bob dole were big political rivals, they had a very nasty 1988 republican primary contest. and both said s

people like to take nancy reagan did but i'm not sure about that. i think ronald reagann was self-contained and very unusual for someone like that. he was always on stage but has had other qualities as well which is important and consequential. one was that his beliefs were very consistent over the decades. reagan shows up in my story in 1947. his capacity as deal in the hopper, a hollywood gossip columnist, she interviewed him about ron and what he's saying and what he's talking about, freedom and democracy in american exceptionalism in 19479 almost word for word what he said in his farewell address in the nation's january of 1989, very little in his basic belief system changes. i think part of it has to do briefly, the fact that he was very old, born in 1911, doesn't become republican until he's 51 and vote for fdr four times but he had in his had a picture of what america was like before the new deal. again it's about practice rather than theory. for him, dixon illinois was america as it should be in that five the river was how america should liv

i don't think anyone penetrated that smile people like to say nancy reagan did but i'm actually not so sure about that either. yeah, i think i think ronald reagan was absolutely self-contained. and it's very unusual. for someone like that. he was always on stage. but he had other qualities as well, which i think making important and consequential. one was that he was? his beliefs were very consistent over the decades reagan shows up in my story in 1947. he's testifying to whoack in his capacity as president of the screen actors guild. and had a hopper who was a hollywood gossip columnist she interviewed him about ron and what he thinks and what he's talking about about freedom and democracy and american exceptionalism in 1947 is almost word for word what he says in his farewell address to the nation and january of 1989 very little in his basic belief system. changes i think part of that has to do just briefly the fact that he was he was very old he very old. he was born in 1911. he doesn't become a republican until he's 51 years old. right he votes for fdr four times. but he had in his

gorbachev, tear down this wall >> reporter: partly influenced by nancy reagan, the president worked to get the talks back on track. the next year gorbachev gave his first american television interview to nbc's tom brokaw. >> are you going to run the risk of recession and inflation >> translator: no. >> reporter: later visiting the u.s., i charmed crowds near the white house by getting out of his armed limo to shake hands and later sang along with a pianist at a state dinner. personal diplomacy produced an historic treaty and return summit in moscow where the two men walked together through red square and reagan said he no longer believed the soviet union was an evil empire gorbachev was widely credited with ending the cold war and overseeing the end of the soviet union. but perhaps gorbachev's greatest moment is letting the berlin wall come down in 1989 without sending in soviet tanks for which he was awarded the nobel peace prize. but his economic reforms at home were wildly unpopular. shortly after an attempted coup, he resigned. he said to avoid a bloody civil war. years later i ask

this visionary, unlike the other people who preceded gorbachev, nancy saw the possibility of reagan being the great peace maker of the 20th century. it didn't work out in the way they hoped, but it came out one heck of a lot better and you didn't have this sort of really bloody internal revolution. >> you'll remember in '88 reagan talking about going into potentially a new era -- >> yes. >> -- with russia. let's play that moment, the unforgettable moment that so many in the west associate with gorbachev. here is former president reagan. >> mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> so that's what we saw, david. but we didn't know him. you knew him. what was he like on a personal level? >> well, i wouldn't claim to know him and be close to him. i was part of a staff that worked with him and with his people around him and some in a journalistic capacity. but he was a -- he was a very brilliant man in a lot of ways. and well educated. you compare him to krushov. gorbachev was more urbane and had a vision that extended far beyond what most other leaders did. so you have to give gorbachev a lot of

biden has been around since six none, nancy pelosi and schumer since reagan, george h.w. bush era. they keep doing the same thing and it is hurting everybody else. >> yeah the cost will -- congressional budget office i think cbo or joint tax, sent a letter to jason smith, the ranking republican on the house budge committee that the drug price controls, will, are you ready for this? increase drug prices, increase drug prices as many of us predicted. so everything in this bill is phony. everything in this bill is the reverse of president trump put. everything in this bill is against prosperity and price stability. look, american vote remembers against it. american voters -- elizabeth: larry, you and i, we've been covering business, since the '80s. i covered the irs for decades. when you have 87,000 new irs agents harassing people to pay for their spending, again are they going to 6:00 the irs agents on the climate change boondoggle? that is where the money is. >> no they will sic the irs agents on you, and me and uber drivers and small business owners. they will sic the irs agents on

. >> one of my very first mothers was nancy pelosi. >> richard nixon was president, ronald reagan, governor of california. people were protesting the vietnam war. san francisco was the heart of the hippie movement. bellbottoms were in. the beatles disbanded. in ms. tilly was about to become a household name among many families in san francisco. >> it's a lot of years. most of my life. >> she did not always teach children between the age of three and 12. at a young age, she joined the san francisco ballet and taught there. she then decided to start her own skill. >> it's a question of learning how to -- having them learn how to follow rules, and how to respect each other. because so often, children will get in little groups and make fun of somebody else, and that was never allowed in my school. >> my sister also did ms. tilly's. >> she was in one of her classes, and most recently, her daughter. >> really just his total nostalgia. she has the formula down and she has just been doing that for years and years. >> but unforeseen circumstances have now forced her to retire at the age of 82. >> th

. >> one of my very first mothers was nancy pelosi. lyanne: richard nixon was president. ronald reagan, governor of california. san francisco was the heart of the hippie movement. bellbottoms were in. the beatles disbanded, and miss tilly was about to become a household name among many families in san francisco. >> it's just a lot of years. it is most of my life. >> miss tilly did not always teach kids between the ages of three and 12. at a young age, she joined the san francisco ballet, even taught there. she then decided to start her own school. the children left learning much more than ballet. >> it is a question of learning how to -- having them learn how to follow rules and how to respect each other because so often, children will get in little groups and make fun of somebody else, and that was never allowed in my school. lyanne: alana young was in one of miss tilly's classes, and more recently, her daughter. >> really, this total nostalgia. i think miss tilly has the formula down, and she has just been doing that for years and years. lyanne: but unforeseen circumsta

nancy pelosi is the highest ranking american official to visit taiwan in 25 years. something that china says, it is a direct attack on its sovereignty. in an extreme escalation of its already provocative behavior in the region in recent days, china has increased military exercises, including lodging five missiles into japanese waters, two of which flew over taiwanese air space shortly before those missiles were fired. the chinese foreign ministry said it also didn't recognized japan's economic rights to those waters. it seems china is not everyone right now. china also says it is dumping all dialogue and cooperation with the united states on issues including that climate, drugs, and military relations. the biden administration says that the chinese actions are quote, irresponsible unintentionally provocative, and are meant to intimidate not only the u.s. but americans regional allies, as well. some extra content for, context for china's extremely rocket actions. later this year, china's ruling communist party will convene its major congress gathering where president

aircraft carrier ronald reagan and it strike group in the area to monitor the situation. he said that will make standard transit through the taiwan strait and the next few weeks. this is the u.s. ronald reagan where i visited the aircraft carrier in the philippine sea. five missiles transiting into the japanese exclusive economic zone, four of those went over taiwan territory. shery: let's talk about those regional dynamics, because we know speaker pelosi is moving to japan. >> the last stop on her trip will be japan today after south korea. china as canceled a face-to-face meeting beginning -- between foreign minister. a g7 statement expressing concern about beijing's threatening actions over taiwan, pelosi will have talks with her japanese counterpart in tokyo today. shery: stephen engle there joining us from hong kong. we are watching a spacex rocket, which was carrying south korea's first moon mission. we are waiting for the falcon nine first stage booster two land back on earth. it is the first stage booster engine and that is supposed to land on a drillship in the n

she says, according to people traveling with her, nancy pelosi will be visiting taiwan today. >> i'm sorry, brent, but kennelly backtracked a bit to talk about the white house press secretary. you haven't seen any of these reports? were not talking about a classified briefings. we could see the spokesperson is actively talking about threatening the united states and you haven't seen any of it? >> is not something to be defensive about to the prize. it's something she should say that if that happens this is an act of war, we will retaliate. >> just flip them already. we know for a fact now at this point that there is a communication crisis going on at the biden administration. they brought caribbean to help out a little bit. just let them stay there. >> she doesn't do the work, she doesn't make the calls, she has no answers. that's lazy. or there is a lack of attention there. now one thing, if you want to know how to respond i thought marco rubio nailed it today in a tweet. trying to remember advice, when anger arises think of the consequences. we may have deep domestic political diff

former reagan economist art laffer, former chairman of the council of economic advisors kevin hassett are here breaking down inflation fears. independent women's forum foreign policy fellow claudia rosett look at implications of nancy pelosi's planned trip to taiwan. former acting director tom homan weighs in as biden tries to fix the border wall. the speaker kicking off her high-profile asia trip in singapore. fox news correspondent aishah hasnie has the latest. reporter: jackie, here is the latest from the hill. we're getting several reports out there, media outlets are reporting that the speaker will travel to taiwan even as beijing continues to warn about the seriousness of the situation. take a look at last check. the speaker tweeting she is in singapore. she greeted u.s. marines there and met with the president of singapore. now over the weekend she released her official itinerary. this is the public list of places she is going to visit. you can see here taiwan is notably missing. that doesn't necessarily mean that there wouldn't be an effort for an off the record, off the radar