and nancy reagan truly represents that ideal. mrs. reagan will be the sixth the first lady honored with the us postage stamp. the previous stamps will issued for martha, washington. the first american woman ever featured on a postage stamp. dolly madison abigail adams eleanor roosevelt and lady bird johnson nancy reagan was an inspiring individual. she was an important part of one of the most pivotal presidencies of the 20th century as a wife. champion and trusted advisor to our 40th president of the united states ronald reagan in addition her legacy of public service and her willingness to confront difficult and often highly personal topics throughout her eventful life. made her one of the most influential and admired first ladies and modern times. to recognize her many contributions to our nation. we will officially issue the nancy reagan commemorative forever posted stamp on july 6th. the dedication ceremony will be held at the ronald reagan library in simi valley, california. postal service takes great pride in our mission to bind

through the issuance of the nancy reagan stamp. we hope to provide the means for the public to come together. in remembrance and commemoration of this great and impactful american i along with 650,000 women and men of the united states postal service and proud to honor first lady nancy reagan with this stamp. thank you. now participants for joining us if you is now my pleasure to introduce fred ryan chairman of the board of trustees of the ronald reagan presidential foundation and institute. fred served as an assistant to president reagan at the white house and as chief of staff for former president ronald reagan from 1989 to 1995. police. welcome fred. thank you postmaster good, dr. biden. and i have the feeling someone's looking over my shoulder. and it wouldn't be the first time. it's a pleasure to be able to join you this morning to pay tribute to a remarkable woman and a truly great american. 38 years ago today on a windspeed cliff in normandy france president reagan delivered one of his best known speeches commemorating the 4

nancy reagan. nancy reagan truly represents ideal. mrs. raegan will be the sixth first lady honored with a u.s. postal stamp. the previous stamps will be issued for martha washington, the first american woman ever feast or on a postage stamp. dolley madison, abigail adams, eleanor roosevelt, and lady bird johnson. nancy reagan was an inspiring individual. she was an important part of one of the most pivotable presidencies of the 21st century as a wife, champion, and trust adviser to our 40th president of the united states, ronald reagan. we mission, her legacy of public service, and her willingness to confront difficult and often highly personal topics throughout her eventful life made her one of the most influential and admired first ladies of modern times. to recognize their many contributions to our nation we will officially issue the nancy reagan commemorative forever postage stamp on july 6th. the dedication ceremony will be held at the ronald reagan library in simi valley california. the post

nancy reagan. the president himself said of nancy, i can't imagine life without her. at the same time, nancy worked hard to advance her own initiatives. she was an advocate for foster grandparents, and a champion of the arts. she poured herself into restoring and re-modeling the white house, enhancing its elegance and beauty. now at a time when elected officials had not only working relationships, but true friendships across the aisle, democratic speaker tip o'neal praised her efforts on a visit to the executive residence saying, the white house has never looked better. nancy reagan cared deeply about the health and well-being of fellow americans. perhaps her best known initiative was leading americas campaign against drug abuse. it is a bit ironic that the woman who would never take no for an answer would ask an entire nation to just say no. while still serving as first lady, she received a frightening diagnosis, breast cancer. through her own personal trial including public decision to undergo a

nancy reagan. nancy reagan truly represents that ideal. mrs. raegan will be the sixth first lady honored with a u.s. postal stamp. the previous stamps will be issued for martha washington, the first american woman ever featured on a postage stamp. dolley madison, abigail adams, eleanor roosevelt, and lady bird johnson. nancy reagan was an inspiring individual. she was an important part of one of the most pivotable presidencies of the 21st century as a wife, champion, and trusted adviser to our 40th president of the united states, ronald reagan. in addition, her legacy of public service, and her willingness to confront difficult and often highly personal topics throughout her eventful life made her one of the most influential and admired first ladies of modern times. to recognize their many contributions to our nation we will officially issue the nancy reagan commemorative forever postage stamp on july 6th. the dedication ceremony will be held at the ronald reagan library in simi valley california.

davis, and later nancy reagan. hers is a complicated and often very painful story, but i think that ronald reagan chose well in his partner for life, and i do think that the country owes him a debt for that. >> what do you say about someone who gives your life meaning? what do you say about someone who who is always there with support and understanding? someone who makes sacrifices so that your life will be easier successful. but what you say is that you love that person and treasure her. [applause] >> i simply can't imagine the last eight years without nancy. the presidency wouldn't have been the joysi it's been for me without her there beside me, and that second floor living quarters in the white house what it seemed a big and lonely spot without are waiting for me everyday at the end of the day. she once said that a president has all kinds of advisors and experts who look after his interest when it comes to foreign policy or the economy, or whatever. but no one looks after his needs as a human being. well, nancy

nancy reagan. eagan truly represents that ideal. mrs. reagan will be the sixth the first lady honored with the us postage stamp. nancy reagan truly represents ideal. mrs. raegan will be the sixth first lady honored with a u.s. postal stamp. the previous stamps will be issued for martha washington, the first american woman ever feast or on a postage stamp. dolley madison, abigail adams, eleanor roosevelt, and lady bird johnson. nancy reagan was an inspiring individual. she was an important part of one of the most pivotable presidencies of the 21st century as a wife, champion, and trust adviser to our 40th president of the united states, ronald reagan. we mission, her legacy of public service, and her willingness to confront difficult and often highly personal topics throughout her eventful life made her one of the most influential and admired first ladies of modern times. to recognize their many contributions to our nation we will officially issue the nancy reagan commemorative forever postage stamp

nancy reagan, first lady of the united states. and i invite her to make her statements. >> thank you, mister chairman. i am delighted to be here as a member of the u.s. delegation to speak before the third committee of the united nations general assembly on a matter of urgent importance to all of us. the third committee is now considering agenda items on youth, families, and crime prevention. i want to talk to you about the illegal use of drugs and the direct impacts it's having on families and children. i come before the united nations today as a wife and a mother, and one who has had a unique opportunity to see the impact of the drug problem, not only in the united states, but in many areas of the world. i worked on this problem with many distinguished people represented on this committee. i've had the opportunity to travel to many parts of the world, and have seen the problem firsthand. i've also been privileged to work on two occasions with mrs. perez de cuellar. in 1985, she joined me and 29 other first ladies from around the

this is nancy reagan in her own words. second hand clothes secondhand closed they're all the rage at the spring fashion shows. even my two new trench coat with for color ronnie bought for 10 cents on the dollar. secondhand gowns old hand-me-downs. the china is the the only thing that's new. even though they tell me i'm no longer queen. did ronnie have to buy me that new sewing machine. secondhand closed second-hand clothes, i sure sure hope ed me so i guess i came around. to thinking well, all right. we'll try. i mean it can't be worse than it was you know, and so she said originally they had thought that i would make fun of the press. and i said, no no that i'm not going to do that. the only the only way we could do this is if i make a fond of myself. i make fun of myself. then maybe i have a 50/50 chance here. as you well know. that first year was not. nobody was really crazy about me and i don't think i'd have been crazy about me reading what i did. about me press was rough. press was rough. i and i i and i really don't

nancy reagan on the board. and also do things and then within the administration one of the things she does their the end of the presidency and george schultz told me this, is she gives a speech where at that point the reagan administration tried to crackdown to supply drugs to the country and nancy reagan against thehe wishes of many of the own husband's administration that is only part of it. we are cracking down also looking at the investment banker who goes out on his lunch hour and scores a little cocaine. the demand side also has to be dealt with and schultz told me that afterwards and then just think her for delivering a message even her own husband's administration did not want to hear. and that isme the demand and this is the law enforcement issue to change attitude toward drug use. >> just going back to the cold war for a minute. and ending the cold war above all the others it with the soviet relations become the special cause of reagan despised everything about communism and was poised to do somethin

nancy reagan asked john travolta to ask her to dance. she was very much trying to make her husband and his family proud, but if these moments when her star shown so bright it just overshadowed everything that he was doing and he could not hide his disgust. >> charles had been to the united states a number of times and everywhere he went he was the center of attention, of adulation. when he was in los angeles meeting a group of women. they squeezed his hands so hard, the diamond rings he was wearing cut into his hands. >> i shook his hand. that's enough for me. i mean, it's just unbelievable. >> that was the backdrop against which his visits to the united states with diana have to be seen. the more she took the spotlight from him the more inadequate he felt. >> charles felt outshone and diana felt her efforts to enhance the couple's reputation were completely unappreciated. increasingly her public success was making their private relationship a lot more difficult. they only cover select cities with 5g. and with coverage of over 96% of int

we say this because even during nancy reagan's time, when there were intimations that nancy reagan was too powerful, wore the pants in the reagan family, journalists at the time called upon edith wilson and suggested to nancy reagan that she was going to make a misstep akin to mrs. wilson's. there are many, many, many first ladies who are very powerful, but i think that the answer would probably start with edith wilson. >> so i'm going to make this case. >> i knew she would. >> i'm going to do it. so, it's the end of the war of 1812. been in this war -- nothing. this is a war that should not have even -- it ended before it began. the british conceded. don't make me explain it. they conceded. we had the war anyway. at the end of it, the loss of treasure, lives, nothing gained. capitol burned to the ground. yet, the celebrations of this war -- this was right at the end of the madison presidency. james and dolley go off in a golden glow. in fact, they can't leave town after the inauguration because people just want to give them parties. everyone is celebrating this war. it's making the am

reagan's time when they were intimations that nancy reagan was was too powerful wore the pants in the reagan family too many times journalists at the time called upon edith wilson and suggested in nancy reagan that she was going to make a misstep akin to mrs. wilson's there are many other i mean many many many first ladies who are very powerful, but i think that the answer would probably start with edith wilson. all right, so i'm gonna make this case i knew she would i'm gonna do it. so it's the end of of the war of 1812. been in this war nothing this is the war that shouldn't have even ended before began. they conceded the british conceded don't made me explain it they conceited but we had the war anyway, and at the end of it loss of treasure lives. nothing gained capital burned to the ground. and yet the celebrations of this war this is right at the end of madison the madison presidency and james and dolly go off and a golden glow. in fact, they can't leave town after the inauguration because people just want to give them parties and everybody is celebrating this warm. it's making t

nancy from facebook asks, i know that president reagan and nancy reagan rode horses when they were at camp david. is there a stable layer and what other activities are available besides swimming? [inaudible] the only time we had a stable there, a coral, the pony macaroni was kept there for the kennedys. otherwise, horseback, i had one, chelsea wanted to go horseback riding, we used the back gate into the wilderness. the secret service on horseback as well, to go by the nearby woods. horseback riding impossible. but there is no corral today. there is heat shooting, driving course, cross country skiing, golf range, president want to go golfing they go to the nearby golf course. nearby fishing holes on private lands that [inaudible] a bowling alley, a movie theater, a game room, a library, a bar lounge, recreation shop et cetera. >> david asks have hikers ever from the mountains accidentally approached the perimeter of camp david? >> it happens and there are some warning signs subtly put around the camp, and you can drive by the road to camp but most people know not to go down it. we hav

nancy from facebook asked i know president reagan and nancy reagan rode horses while they were at camp david. is there a stable there? what other activities are available besides swimming? >> the only time we had a stable there, a corral's during the kennedy years the pony macaroni was kept there for the children, the kennedys. otherwise horseback, had one incident where president clinton and chelsea wanted to go horseback riding. so the national park service from d.c. brought the horses up we use the back gate into the wilderness with secret service on horseback to to go to the nearby woods. horseback riding is possible but there is no corral for their skeet shooting, trap shooting, mini golf course, a driving range, snowmobiling, cross-country skiing, presidents want to go golfing to go back to the nearby golf course. if they want to fish this nearby fishing hold on private farmland so we arranged to take them. there is a bowling alley game room, rex david asks, never approach the perimeter of camp david? >> it happens and there are some warning times. you could drive by the roads in

nancy from facebook asks, i know that president reagan and nancy reagan wrote horses while they were at camp david. is there a stable there? and what other activities are available besides swimming? >> the only time we've had a stable there with a coral was during the kennedy years. most people know the pony was kept there for the children, the kennedys. otherwise, horseback i had one incident where president clinton and chelsea went horseback riding. the national park service from d.c. brought the horses up and we use the back gate into the wilderness, the secret service on horseback to, to go through the nearby woods. horseback riding is possible, but there is no corrals. there is keep shooting, trapped shooting, mini golf courses, a driving range, snowmobiling, cross country skiing. if the president want to go golfing, they go to the nearby golf course. if they want to fish, there is nearby fishing holes on the farmlands that we arrange these. there is a bowling alley, there is a movie theater, there is a game room, there is a library, there is a bar, recreational shop, et cetera.

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gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> partly influenced by nancy reagan, the president worked to get the talks back on track. the next year, gorbachev gave list first american television interview to nbc's tom brokaw. >> are you going to run the risk of a recession and inflation? >> translator: no. . >> he charmed crowds by getting out of his armed limo to shake hands. sang along with a pianoist at a state dinner. personal diplomacy produced an arms treaty. the two men walked together through red square. 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. perhaps gorbachev's greatest moment was letting the berlin wall come down in 1989 without sending in soviet for which he was awarded the nobel peace prize, but his economic reforms at home were wildly unpopular. shortly after an attempted coup gorbachev resigned, he said to avoid a bloody civil war. years later i asked him about reagan. >> what did you think when you first met him? how did he strike you? >> translator: i

it wasn't nancy reagan's policy. just like they're not jill biden's policies. she was honoring a predecessor of hers. you know, she took some heat. it surprised a lot of us. it was not something that we expected. but, you know, she can take the hits. >> when you're in the job, do you end up being on the defense a lot more than you expect? >> no. >> you implied that in an interview recently. you were talking about we had all these plans but we had to respond to so many crises. >> there are challenges. she would be the first one to say that. but i think it goes back to this frustration and whether the press is going to continue co-er the substance or -- substance isn't sexy, right? it's not confrontational or controversial. it's -- you know, can you write -- i'm sorry, can you keep analyzing the president in a way that focuses on the substance and his accomplishments, of which there have been many, over the last 18 months? and it's been unprecedented to see. >> so you want coverage of steak, not sizzle. let me ask one sizzle question. mauer rereen dowd's column i

but by december of 1987, partly through the influence of nancy reagan on her husband, they were at the white house signing a treaty to reduce the threat of nuclear weapons the same year, gorbachev gave his first american television interview to nbc's tom brokaw. and by the next year, a return summit in moscow the two were walking arm in arm in red square later, gorbachev let the berlin wall come down without sending in russian tanks, for which he won the nobel peace prize in 1990. americans were charmed by this new kind of young soviet leader with his ideas of openness and economic restructuring, and his very modern wife, raisa. but back home his kremlin colleagues tried to overturn him in a three-day coup and failed gorbachev returned from house arrest in crimea to find boris yeltsin in charge and soon resigned, he said to avoid a bloody civil war in a country saturated with nuclear weapons. mikhail gorbachev, the man who changed the world but could not save his own country from falling apart >> boy, andrea, it was a different time you can't help but contrast the relationship between

and as it was mentioned in her piece, nancy reagan was one of the trusted advisers. i think her role should not be overlooked here. and just one more thing, george h.w. bush managed to land a plane with the dissolution of the soviet union, with the end of the cold war. that was a treacherous period and he handled with enormous deftness. i'd be curious to hear what my partner david ignatius has to say with the series of gorbachev that has enabled him to do the legacy that he's left. david? >> so, if i can respond to that, susan, i do think that george h.w. bush was a master at playing out the end game with the soviet union was crumbling. all of the weakness that gorbachev had seen coming down around him. but to keep that debris from causing enormous damage. to see the change all the way through that without it erupting was an amazing achievement done by baker, done by his national security adviser, baker, his secretary of state, and then bush himself. i just want to note, thinking of something that joe said in 1983, i went to the soviet union, i went to moscow. gorbac

, his wife, the former 1st lady, nancy reagan. this is one of her big policies. and ultimately, the war on drugs essentially gave washington caught blonde to go anywhere in the world claiming it was fighting narcotics, and those who produce and deal them. but with this new program book, a tar aims to promote institutional human rights based on international norms. now it's going to be working with america on this multi $1000000.00 program. don't take me wrong here, but do you think america is a positive role model for something like this in the wake of allegations of police brutality. for example, one of the you of what was on the freedom summer 2020 was and more than 20 cities around the country. math protest mass request for federal system when it comes to the issue of police brutality and african american and latino communities. pursuant to that, we've seen absolutely no action on the federal level, the george floor, justice and policing has been sitting in front of congress for over 2 year to the beginning of the body administ

reagan. it has expanded its intellectual heft and that it now reaches washington d. c. with its reagan institute just steps from the white house. our staff their works every day to keep ronald reagan's policies and values alive and well in washington and the world. to complete president reagan's unfinished business we have grown the foundations endowment in the last ten years to over 200 and $50 million. and of course, this incredible library serves as the final honored resting place for both the president and mrs. reagan. importantly, presidential libraries are living institutions. for they are the repositories for the papers records and historical materials of our nations presidents. as such it is truly fitting to have with us today mr. david ferriero the tenth archivist of the united states. a position he has held since 2009. and i might add, with veterans day only a few days away david previously served our nation as a naval hospital corps men during the vietnam war. so david thank you fo

would that be more like laura bush or hillary clinton or nancy reagan? and the truth is those same questions would have been posed to any candidate's spouse. that's just the way the process works. but as the potentially the first african american first lady i was also the focus of another set of questions and speculations, conversations, sometimes rooted in the fears and misperceptions of others. was i too loud or too angry? or two emasculating? [applause] or, was i too soft, too much of a mom, not enough of a career woman? and then there was the first time i was on a magazine cover. it was a cartoon drawing of me with a huge afro and a machine gun. [laughter] now, yeah, it was satire. but if i'm really being honest, it knocked me back a bit. it made me wonder, well, just how are people seeing me? or you might remember the on stage celebratory fist bump between me and my husband after a primary when that was referred to as a terrorist fist jab. [laughter] and over the years, folks have used plenty of interesting words to describe me. once said that i exh

reagan. it now reaches washington, d.c. with its ragan institute. our staff there works every day to keep ronald reagan's policies alive and well and washington and the world. to complete president reagan, we have proven the endowment for over $250 million. of course, this incredible library serves as the final resting place for both president and missus reagan. importantly, presidential library's are the repositories for the papers. records and historical materials of our nations presidents. as such, it is truly fitting to have with us today mr. david, the 10th of the united states. i might add with veterans day only a few days away, david previously served our nation's as a hospital corpsman during the vietnam war. so, david, thank you for your service to this great nation. your time in vietnam. healing the wounded. taking sure all presidents legacies including ronald reagan's are preserved and protected for the american people. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming mr. david. [

so did nancy reagan! >> brian: for the rankings, the people that lived among us, japan, singapore tied at 85, switzerland 84, germany 81, the u.k. living to 80 and we lived a 76. >> dana: can we get greg's answer though? >> greg: i forgot what the question was. >> brian: people prescribed opioids and then once they get off them. >> greg: it's rare, i think it's over prescribed for a while, but then people tapered off. >> brian: because they can afford it? >> dana: now because doctors aren't prescribing it as much. >> greg: any other questions? >> harold: if dana gets mad at you, you don't want to be here. >> greg: kamala harris bail fund released a guy out for murder. find out next. ♪ ♪ felite. we'll replace your glass and recalibrate your vehicle's camera, so automatic emergency braking and lane departure warning work properly. don't wait--schedule now. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ ♪ so i climbed into the cab, and then i settled down inside ♪ ♪ i've been everywhere, ma

. >> thank you for joining us on american history tv for this special look at nancy reagan in her own words. next week, hillary clinton, and apparently political first lady who successfully ran for the united states senate, service secretary of state, and then campaign for the presidency herself. american history tv's first ladies series is also available as a podcast. you can find it wherever you get your podcasts. t ladies dot c-span.org. i think most americans know that issues like the family and medical leave act that senator dodd has championed. that's a family >> i think most americans know that the issues like the family and medical leave act that senator todd has championed, that is a family value issue that president bush is about to veto again. a good job as a family value issue, decent health care so you don't have to worry about what happens to the members of your family, that is a family value issue. family values are very important, but we need to look at what is going on in the lives of families of america, and come up with positive solutions to help them. >> you have t

the ronald reagan presidential -- conference on first lady nancy reagan's work, life, and legacy. one of the topics discussed was her time in the white house as it was captured beautiful top of his lens. here's a portion of that program. -- >> the two of them sat down on the yellow catches -- the green catches -- and she talked about the hires of seeing children who are just utterly destroyed. and what could we do to help, and how do you do this, and how do you live with the implications of children who don't make it? and our lost their families? i see my photo right there -- my editor right back, and you made a big argument, i like the wide sofas. and i said, i have to go tighter. but we have a whole staff that makes sure we're doing our jobs right. if we don't, we hear about it. but that was, i thought, such a touching moment. just the two of them with the crowd outside, thundering along. but they talked, 1 to 1, about the drugs and the evil, and how you offer -- >> p, did you ever have any times when they were reluctant to have you around? you've got some wonderful, intimate mo

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? >> 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 fair. i think s

but by december of 1987, partly through the influence of nancy reagan on her husband, they were at the white house, signing a treaty to reduce the threat of nuclear weapons. the same year gorbachev gave television interview to tom brokaw. and later, he let the berlin wall come down without sending in russian tanks, for which he won the nobel peace prize in 1990. americans were charmed by this new kind of young soviet leader with his ideas and openness and economic restructuring and very modern wife, but back home his kremlin colleagues tried to overturn him in a three-day coup and failed. gorbachev returned from house arrest in crimea to find boris yeltsin in charge and soon resigned. to avoid a bloody civil war in a country saturated with nuclear weapons. mikhail gorbachev the man who changed the world but could not save his own country from falling apart. >> mikhail gorbachev, extraordinarily important historical figure. >>> still ahead on she show, president biden lays out his plan for a safer america. we'll show you what he had to say yesterday. >>> plus the latest back and forth b

jill biden yesterday unveiled a new postage stamp that honors former first lady nancy reagan. the stamp will be very helpful when you need to figure out which birthday card came from your grandparents. [ laughter ] let's see, flower, flower, snoopy, gay pride -- oh! here go. [ laughter ] transportation secretary pete buttigieg announced yesterday that he has tested positive for a breakthrough case of the coronavirus unfortunately, he's still not old enough for the vaccine [ laughter ] according to reports, former president trump's advisers are divided on if trump should announce his re-election campaign before this year's midterm elections, or wait so he does not take attention away from other candidates. oh, 'cause he'd hate stealing attention. [ laughter ] trump's like a bridesmaid who keeps mentioning in her speech that it's her half-birthday. [ laughter ] according to reports, former president trump may launch his re-election campaign on july 4th, so step aside, dogs, it's our turn to hate that day [ laughter ] that's a good -- that's a very good scared-of-a-fireworks dog