i borrow a great deal from ronald reagan. i know you are especially commemorating at this meeting the idea that we should reduce the size of government, get government spending out of control. i learned that from having the honor of working with ronald reagan. the president appointed me as associate attorney general. before i was appointed but after i was designated that went for my senate confirmation hearing, before they were -- i had breakfast with 19 other people including president reagan and got to know him. the day i had that breakfast was the day he was almost assassinated. i have a picture of my shaking hands with ronald reagan that morning on the day he was shot. i spent rest of that day trying to get hinckley out of the hands of the washington metropolitan police and turned over to the fbi because we were very worried maybe something would happen to him. the idea of lee harvey oswald and what happened to him was fresh and everybody's memory. the attorney general at that time was william french smith who believe hin

that was ronald reagan. his approval rating shot up and not because of the sympathy but because we had a sense of who he was. we like him. it helped him get a lot more stuff down later in life. introduce -- interviewed lou cannon and david broder before he died. david broder may be the best political columnist who ever lived and he said this is a day that ensured he would never be out of office for stuff like iran-contra and other scandals that would have killed another president. people said i can celebrate reagan the person from reagan the politician and they like the person. i think that helped them. reagan also viewed, thought he'd been spared for a purpose. he was very spiritual, very religious and he believed he had been spared for a purpose. he told many people that. but no talk about ronald reagan can end on something like that. it has to end with clips. reagan quips and reagan stories. i would like to tell you if you. for example i hope we are all republican. for years people thought what a spontane

ronald reagan found the size of government ridiculously large. he was a new deal democrat who converted to republican is them, because he thought the new deal and the great society went so far the extent became an -- so far that it became counterproductive. many people were locked in poverty, and he did everything he could to change that, which he did by lowering taxes, beginning the ideas that eventually led to welfare reform, changing the way government reacted with our economy, moving much closer to a free-market economy, and he did something else we badly need today puree get all of that led to a resurgence -- we badly need today. all of that led to a resurgence of american pride, the idea that we were not at the end of the american empire. in the late 1970's, a lot of books were written and a lot of speeches were given about how america was out of gas and we would be overtaken by japan. we would be overtaken by other countries, and that we had to run our course and our country of unlimited possibilities -- and we are a country of unlimited p

ronald reagan and george bush were right there as well. so he's very typical, very similar to the most recent presidents in the new model of public religion in that respect. let me give you another way similar to read this 1i think will some obvious at first but there's a little new ones that i will try to add. barack obama if you listen to any major address he has given - since he came into office. he will close that address by saying god bless america. usually god bless you and god bless america. and that is as i said pretty obvious because every president it seems closes, not president but politician closes a major address in that fashion. it turns out also that freezing, that signature closing mind now as presidential speeches accretion of the ronald reagan presidency as well. in fact that had been used one time prior to ronald reagan taking office in any major presidential address that happened to be richard nixon after he was closing the address during the watergate situation. [laughter] and this is here. perhaps they sought after th

ronald reagan. while we remember him more as the 40th president than a comic, he didn't get that great communicator title for nothing. in getting ready for the centennial celebration, the reagan library came across a treasure. his material, jokes, quotes, one-liners, all kept in a box. author and historian douglas brinkley has edited a book out tomorrow called simply "the notes." tonight, he tells us what he found. >> thank you. >> anybody who knew ronald reagan knew he kept the note cards because he would keep them in his desk, he would pull them out, and they were the tools of his trade. he would record the jokes he heard and liked the best. some he invented himself. in speeches, it wasn't done with the teleprompter like you do today. these note cards are reagan's security blanket, if you like. >> it is said that politics is the second oldest profession, and i have come to realize it bears a great similarity to the first. >> some of the jokes have a conservative flavor to them, about the wastefuln

ronald reagan obviously is your honoree for your meeting. he charmed us with his humor and blessed us with his leadership. my task as chairman of this party is to help elect a republican president who shares ronald reagan's vision, his vision of an america that removes the government's intrusive obstacles to opportunity, an america built on principle and purpose, an america that is strong, safe, and free. that is the america ronald reagan created, and i fear that is the america we're losing with each passing day under our president barak obama, and that's what -- [applause] and that's what i want to talk to you a little bit about today. there's no doubt about it. the president is a gifted politician, but good politics do not inherently yield good policies. good speeches do not create good jobs, and winning debates does not implicitly mean that you're winning the future. the president says that he wants an america to live within its means. the president says we need to reduce the deficit and address the debt ceiling. the president says that w

that is the america ronald reagan created. and i fear that is the america that we are losing with each passing day under our president barack obama. [applause] >> that's what i want to talk to you a little bit about today. there's no doubt about it, the president is a gifted politician. but good politics do not inherently yield good policies. good speeches does not create jobs. and winning debates does not mean you are winning the future. the president says that he wants an america to live within its means. the president says we need to produce the deficit and address the debt ceiling. the president says that we need to reduce wasteful washington spending. i agree. we all agree. in this debate in washington, the president has said a lot of things. but here's the problem. the results don't match the rhetoric. the president says and he says and he says but this is what we've seen. every day washington borrows roughly $4.5 million just to pay it's bills. 43 cents on every dollar spent in america is borrowed. when my children are

c-span: there's a photo in the book of ronald reagan--not actually of reagan, the president, but a--a poster that he's holding up--a woman--or a woman is holding up. it just brings up the whole issue of ronald reagan. his impact eight years as president? what do you think? >> guest: will continue to be debated. i--after the years of doubt which proceeded ronald reagan, we call--we call our reagan chapter, if you will, a new morning. and i think that's a pretty easy description. i think they'll go on debating forever whether the end of the cold war is a result of ronald reagan or happened on his watch. but there is no question whatsoever in anybody's mind that--or there should be no question, in my view, in anybody's mind that ronald reagan gave the country, after a very dark period of time, a new sense of feeling good about itself and feeling strong about itself. and i keep thinking about the hostage crisis, which is at the end of jimmy carter's watch and at the beginning of--you know, and ends with the beginning of ronald reagan's, how at the time of the hostage crisis, we thought am

you remember what happened when ronald reagan survived john hinckley and survive with humor. i hope you adopt this role in public and i don't care what your politics where you had to hear an enormous sense of relief for him and the country that we were scared another one. robert kennedy had a sense of humor and he responds to this with humor and the dynamic of that primary changes. had there been nothing like that hubert humphrey would have won and my argument is that shakes things loose. if you imagine, as one history of that campaign that mayor richard daley was prepared to endorse bobby, he thought the war a disaster on every ground including political. what happens to the demonstrations? you don't have thousands of people. you have marginalize radical protests. that is very different. what about president johnson? would he have been so angry that his nemesis was repeating that he might try to get the nomination back? that sounds pretty absurd except in real life he did. there were five johnson operatives at the chicago convention including postmaster general and chief pol

reagan was governor of california before he ever became president or thought about running for president so it's this weird mix of you know the sort of media culture that we live in this eagle maniacal guy and one other thing i would throw in which is that the republican field right now is extremely ambiguous there is not a clear front runner which leaves this opening for somebody like trump alex if i go to you in washington how did and it's really really early days and he hasn't even declared ok. but how is this going to start shaping the campaign how much of an impact will trump's being there threatening to run if you wait after this these are these so-called deadline i guess is before june i mean how does it start shaping the republican debate before we go much further into the election. and i think it does really start to shape it for this reason i look i don't take them seriously as a candidate i think the entire thing is a testament to me might be alone in his own particular brand of media fascination but what out what it does is this kind of trump theater of the absurd takes an al

reagan is the greatest one that is this point on this program he was elected governor of california before he became president are we moving steadily into the age of celebrities fusing in with politics is this just a trend that's going to get continue. yes i think so and you know the names that you mentioned are really only scratching the surface there really are two categories that these people come from one would be the entertainment world the other would be the sports world there are tons of former athletes that are now filling the halls of congress the state houses of of the fifty states of the u.s. cetera et cetera in addition to a number of entertainers that have made the transition what's so interesting about trump in all of this is that you know he's coming in supposedly as a business celebrity but he really is an entertainer and as was pointed out earlier i mean his business career if you really scrutinize it is nothing to write home about so i mean you know he's coming at this from the standpoint not even of an actor but a reality television star and that's a whole new sor

reagan the greatest example i can give if this was ronald reagan or abraham lincoln bungling this i'd be even more upset if it was my guy so this is a set by bipartisan position on take a nonpartisan position they had this thing orchestrated down to the nanosecond they were practicing in a mock up of this compound for for months and months you would think they would have a contingency plan set up because they knew they were going to take photos they knew what the aftermath was going to be in terms of photos and a thing and hey if we get in we're going to get a muslim burial and all this stuff how in the world can they be but business was a potential massive victory i don't know i honestly have no idea i and i are going to leave it at that with those. that would radio you can tell you conservative t.j. mccormick now why the united states is touting the killing of osama bin laden as justice served and tucker right is that a turning point and the war on terror as a result archie correspondent marina porton i ask what difference really will differ make in the war that's going on on the gr

reagan was governor of california before he ever became president or thought about running for president so it's this weird mix of you know the sort of media culture that we live in this eagle maniacal guy and one other thing i would throw in which is that the republican field right now is extremely ambiguous there is not a clear front runner which leaves this opening for somebody like donald trump alex if i go to you in washington how did and it's really really early days and he hasn't even declared ok. but how is this going to start shaping the campaign how much of an impact will trump's being there threatening to run if you waits after this these are the so-called deadline i guess is before june i mean how does it start shaping the republican debate before we go much further into the election . and i think it does really start to shave it for this reason i look i don't take them seriously as a candidate i think the entire thing is a testament to name i.d. alone in his own particular brand of media fascination but what i what it does is this kind of trump theater of the absurd takes an

reagan was governor of california before he ever became president or thought about running for president so it's this weird mix of you know the sort of media culture that we live in this eagle maniacal guy and one other thing i would throw in which is that the republican field right now is extremely ambiguous there is not a clear front runner which leaves this opening for somebody like donald trump alex and i go to you in washington how did and it's really really early days and he hasn't even declared ok. but how is this going to start shaping the campaign how much of an impact will trump's being there threatening to run if you waits after this these so-called deadline i guess it's before june i mean how does it start shaping the republican debate before we go much further into the election. and i think it does really start to shape it for this reason i look i don't take him seriously as a candidate i think the entire thing is a testament to me my below and in his own particular brand of media fascination but what i what it does is this kind of trump theater of the absurd takes an alread

reagan was governor of california before he ever became president or thought about running for president so it's this weird mix of you know the sort of media culture that we live in this this eagle maniacal guy and one other thing i would throw in which is that the republican field right now is extremely ambiguous there is not a clear front runner which leaves this opening for somebody like donald trump alex if i go to you in washington how did and it's really really early days and he hasn't even declared ok. but how is this going to start shaping the campaign how much of an impact will trump's being there threatening to run if you waits after this these are these so-called deadline i guess it's before june i mean how does it start shaping the republican debate before we go much further into the election. and i think it does really start to shape it for this reason i look i don't take him seriously as a candidate i think the entire thing is a testament to name ideal known in his own particular brand of media fascination but what i what he does is this kind of trump theater of the absurd

i ronald reagan do solemnly swear. [ male announcer ] ...or governed a state... you and i have a rendezvous with destiny. [ male announcer ] ...he inspired our company... with his optimism, his belief in innovation, and his entrepreneurial spirit. [ man ] for general electric, here is ronald reagan. ♪ >>> hundreds of people of all ages were at union station today for a celebration of riding the rails. national train day is a free coast-to-coast celebration of train travel. union station activities including exhibits of train equipment, model train displays and live entertainment. that was gladies knight. not sure if is sang "midnight train to georgia." >>> milling and paving. get ready for a rough ride along wilson boulevard between route 110 and north oak street and along north arlington ridge road between 19th street and wilson boulevard. that work slated to run from 9 p.m. in the evening until 5 a.m. in the morning and should stop in time for the monday morning commute. >>> coming up on 9news now. firefighters pull back their efforts against a raging brush f

i ronald reagan do solemnly swear. [ male announcer ] ...or governed a state... you and i have a rendezvous with destiny. [ male announcer ] ...he inspired our company... with his optimism, his belief in innovation and his entrepreneurial spirit. [ man ] for general electric here is ronald reagan. ♪ ♪ >> a little call tonight. >> a little chilly. here are some rambo pictures. a lot of folks got a nice look of a double rainbow. we will be back into the 60's and 70's. the weekend looks nice. up to monday. >> have a good night. i'm your biggest fan. you know that. aww. you're the best mr. snuggles. [ thinking ] another pet name? you're right puggle-wuggle! [ voice on phone ] hey, wiggly. all right, i'm smart enough to notice that my favorite fresh-brewed mickey d'sckweet tea is now on the dollar menu, along with that juicy mcdouble. so i'm smart enough for this. you're the best, toooo. sweet tea... pie? aww, chipmunk. nicely done, chipmunk. nnmale announcer ] sweet tea and the mcdonald's dollar menu. the simple joy of being smart. ♪ ♪ promise me low prices.

which means in 1980 ronald reagan was undeniable and no longer willing to run against incumbent but to succeed against the unpopular republican and in 2008 to when you try to succeed it is almost never done that when a person in power and you have a headache. on the democratic side they assume carter is the nominee and here i turned 22008. the most prominent figure and everybody assumes this person is a nominee could i find the equivalent of the first-term young firebrand senator who could be the change candidate? and maybe if you take a poll to do it is, i think it is gary hart. believe me, i talked to his aides to figure how that is plausible you can judge that for yourself but to wrap up and he was not put the missiles in cuba and not been for the nomination anyway or four would have lost. the whole purpose of the exercise of the then be accumulating enormous wealth. [laughter] is to give the altered history that what they could concealed from us that history could just as easily have gone this way or that way. so to shake your head you're not your head i have done what i have set o

ronald reagan did it. i was part of that. we know how to create jobs. we did it when i was speaker. and the way you create jobs is you have lower taxes, you have less regulation, you have litigation reform. when the new york stock exchange puts its headquarters at amsterdam, holland, and by the way, follows 40 other companies in the last year, when general electric pays zero in taxes, there's something fundamentally wrong with the current system. the obama system of the national labor relations board basically breaking the law to try to punish boeing and to threaten every right-to-work state, the environmental protection agency trying to control the entire american economy by bureaucratic pheaa. the obama system is going to lead us down the path to detroit and destruction. i think we need a new path that's a path of job creation. and one of the central themes of this campaign is going to be paychecks versus food stamps. >> let me ask you about another hot-button issue in the republican primary, health care. mitt romney having to defend that he was a proponent of universal health car

i ronald reagan do solemnly swear. [ male announcer ] ...or governed a state... you and i have a rendezvous with destiny. [ male announcer ] ...he inspired our company... with his optimism, his belief in innovation and his entrepreneurial spirit. [ man ] for general electric here is ronald reagan. ♪ ♪

and ronald reagan found that to be totally wrong. not a correct view of his country and he changed in a very short period of time how we felt about ourselves. and do you know something? that's the most important thing a leader does. the thing i'm proudest of being mayor of new york city is not reducing crime, which i'm very proud of and i'm glad we're able to do it, or changing welfare. we moved 600,000 people off welfare, most of them to work. or changing the tax system and creating surpluses. all of those were building blocks and something much bigger than that. when i became mayor of new york city, the "new york times" took a poll, and the poll said something like, 68% of the people in new york city don't want to live in new york city anymore. they want to live somewhere else, if they could. and about 65% of the people in new york city thought new york city was going in the wrong direction. that is the most disturbing thing that can possibly happen because it means people have started to lose hope. and when people start to lose ho

reagan was governor of california before he ever became president or thought about running for president so it's this weird mix of of you know the sort of media culture that we live in this this eagle maniacal guy and one other thing i would throw in which is that the republican field right now is extremely ambiguous there is not a clear front runner which leaves this opening for somebody like. alex if i go to you in washington how do you and it's really really early days and he hasn't even declared ok. but how is this going to start shaping the campaign how much of an impact will trump's being there threatening to run if you waits after these these these so-called deadline or i guess it's before june i mean how does it start shaping the republican debate before we go much further into the election. and i think it does really start to shape it for this reason i look i don't take them seriously as a candidate i think the entire thing is a testament to maim ideal loan in his own particular brand of media fascination but what i what it does is this kind of trump theater of the absurd takes

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look at ronald reagan. he was optimistic, positive. >> alaska is very authentic. this whole thing movie out there of total upbeat optimistic stuff. she knows this and she is going to work on that. chris: before we break speaking of sarah palin one person praying for it is the sat nightlife superstar tina fey. >> i'm going to be running for president every four years for the rest of my life. it is my olympics and i intend to win a whole bunch of silvers. chris: seriously, palin recruited a conservative film make tore make a full length movie to resuscitate her reputation. it opens soon it iowa and is entitled the undefeated. producer says it will catapult her back to the front ranks of candidates. it was shot in deep secrecy it alaska and uses her most out spoken critics as foils and relies on loyalists in alaska to retell the story positively of her giveship and uses graphic images to attack those that brought the ethics complaints. this is how it apparently ends. there is a suggestive message from here i can see november and it winds up with this vintage combativ

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i ronald reagan do solemnly swear. [ male announcer ] ...or governed a state... you and i have a rendezvous with destiny. [ male announcer ] ...he inspired our company... with his optimism, his belief in innovation, and his entrepreneurial spirit. [ man ] for general electric, here is ronald reagan. ♪ >>> 50 years ago today the first group of freedom riders left the district bound for new orleans. their goal, challenge segregation in the big easy. but their journey came to an abrupt end in alabama. in the most violent outburst more than 1000 white people attacked the third bus injuring more than 20 of the riders. >>> the soon to be anchor of the cbs flagship newscast paid a visit to us right here at channel 9 today. scott pellley made the trip to washington a day after it had been announced he will be taking over the anchor chair for the cbs evening news and we had a pretty nice visit. pelley received a warm reception and outlined his vision of where the newscast will be heading in the future. >> we will cover hard news, we will be aggressive about that, leanin

i ronald reagan do solemnly swear. [ male announcer ] ...or governed a state... you and i have a rendezvous with destiny. [ male announcer ] ...he inspired our company... with his optimism, his belief in innovation, and his entrepreneurial spirit. [ man ] for general electric, here is ronald reagan. ♪ >>> today marks one year since the so-called flash crash on wall street. that was the day the dow dropped nearly 1000 points in just 20 minutes and that sent the world financial markets into a bit of a panic. turned out the problem was one trader whose transaction just overwhelmed the market's servers. back in 2007 the economy was booming. stock market set a record high unemployment about half what it is now but c. e. c.e.o.s were not making as much as they are now. about 24% higher last year. the average pay package for the head of a company in the s&p 500, $9 million in 2010. bonuses, stock options and other perks as well. that analysis comes out the same day as the latest unemployment numbers. last month employers added 244,000 new jobs. and that was the bigges

i ronald reagan do solemnly swear. [ male announcer ] ...or governed a state... you and i have a rendezvous with destiny. [ male announcer ] ...he inspired our company... with his optimism, his belief in innovation, and his entrepreneurial spirit. [ man ] for general electric, here is ronald reagan. ♪ >>> scott pelley will take the reigns of the cbs evening news when katie couric leaves next month. we asked him what his plans are for his first show. >> we're going to have a lot of great things coming up in the broadcast, but what you will see on june 6, you're going to see the news. that's what we're going to cover. >> scott pelley has been with cbs since 1989. he worked on 60 minutes. he's all set to begin anchoring the evening news on june 6. >>> well the best teacher in the country is right here in our own backyard. today michelle shearer of frederick county's urbana high school was named the 2011 teacher of the year. she got the award from president obama. >> the 2011 national teacher of the year. >> michelle shearer's students aren't surprised their teache

i ronald reagan do solemnly swear. [ male announcer ] ...or governed a state... you and i have a rendezvous with destiny. [ male announcer ] ...he inspired our company... with his optimism, his belief in innovation, and his entrepreneurial spirit. [ man ] for general electric, here is ronald reagan. ♪ >>> who needs the caps, we got the nets, right? >> i want the capitals to do well. and i also want the nationals to do well. you know, you never get a second chance to make a first impression. except in major league baseball. they play 162 games. so, a team can always improve. especially true for the nationals. the nats have gone 11 straight games without scoring a run in the first inning. tonight against the marlins another chance to make a good impression right off the bat. we're in miami. first inning, no score, adam laroche at plate with no outs and the bases loaded. he delivers. base knock into center. roger berndina called in today. desmond. starting with a 2-0 lead. gorzelanny pitching to stanton with a runner on, lifts one down the line to right field. it

ronald reagan. and there aren't very many ronald reagans around in american history. >> dr. larry gerston, thank you very much for joing us this morning. you can check out what larry has to say on our website, the prop zero blog on nbcbayarea.com. >>> much more ahead on "today in the bay." your game report on bay area baseball this weekend. >> good morning, i'm mike inouye, there's lots to do "today in the bay" if you're blowing through town this holiday weekend, which heading to san ramon. we're not talking art and wine this time, we're talking art and wind, today and tomorrow in central park, the air and wind festival will have kite-flying champions from around the world. artists and kite makers from china and hot air balloon launches as well. even a dedicated kid zone. and not just a zone, but an entire festival, the bay area kid fest 2011 continues today and tomorrow in downtown concord. just up 680. parents may learn a thing or two from the 100 different crafts and activities and exhibitses there. you can have your picture taken with the smurfs. parents, you might have

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know what they're doing best and to hell with the workers ronald reagan clear war on organized labor in one thousand nine hundred one when he went after patco and it's been going on ever since you can really take it back to the one nine hundred forty seven when congress in the election of forty six when the republicans took control of both the house and senate for the first time in a long long time in a decade now and past half tartly which made it you know created this thing where individual states could opt out of food provisions of the wagner act the national labor relations act of one hundred thirty five and thus we could have the so-called right to work for less states but it's the philosophy which every time it's tried around the world whether it's forced on countries by the by the world bank or the i.m.f. or whether it's being forced on us by republicans. and conservative democrats for that matter as is philosophy it doesn't work this whole this whole libertarian notion of we can have you know that somehow we the people doesn't count that big government is not of by and for th

ronald reagan himself back in one thousand nine hundred seven even the patron saint of the republican party would have wanted a clean bill to raise the debt ceiling today so let's stop playing games just raise the damn debt ceiling and then we can argue about how republicans want to screw over working people next week. as the big picture for more information on the stories we covered visit our website at tom hartman dot com archie dot com also check out our youtube pages at youtube dot com slash the big picture our t.v. and you tube dot com slash part and this entire show is available as a free video podcast on how to and don't forget the markers he begins with when you get out there and get active tag your it will see the most. wealthy british soil. that's not on the. market why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with my stronger for a no holds barred look of the global financial headlines tune into khan's report on our t.v. .

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ronald reagan beat carter -- ronald reagan carried more states against carter than fdr carry guns torpor to overpower the reason was reagan had spent years getting to a clear message. -- ronald reagan carried more states against carter than fdr carried against hoover. reagan said a recession is when your brother-in-law is unemployed. a depression is when you are unemployed. you might imagine as a historian that it may come up with one name change sometime next year. one more question and then i will go to the news media. >> thanks for being here. my name is judy and i live in peace kingston, new hampshire. i have just received my medicare card through the mail. so i have become interested in medicare. i was wondering how you would change paul ryan's plant. >> good question. let me start by saying, to show you how despicable the democra'' campaign is, a picture of paul ryan pushing a grandmother off a cliff. i don't thinthink every americad condemn a campaign showing something so false. it is disgusting. [applause] yesterday i was at a medical center and a man walked up who works there. h

ronald reagan in 1980. these were politicians who had been out of politics for quite a while. he thinks that he can play this role but he has a lot of baggage. >> not that he's been out of politics. >> there's other baggage. he's gaffe prone which i think is a serious problem. he's creative but not disciplined. these are not a good mix of skills for a presidential campaign where discipline is quite important. message is quite important. he's often off message. >> let me ask you about where the president stands now. we all know we're doing a snapshot in time, things change. is he -- in terms of past presidents running for re-election, strong position? >> you know, i actually think if you look at numbers in composite, there's kind of a remarkable story there. i saw a number this week that said 29% of the country thought the country was going in the right direction. the bellwether number. gas prices are above $4 a gallon. the bellwether economic number as far as how people feel about their own economic security. and anywhere 50% to 60% of the country approves of the job the presi

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i ronald reagan do solemnly swear. [ male announcer ] ...or governed a state... you and i have a rendezvous with destiny. [ male announcer ] ...he inspired our company... with his optimism, his belief in innovation and his entrepreneurial spirit. [ man ] for general electric here is ronald reagan. ♪ ♪ >> , under recall expands to include hundreds of thousands of vehicles. airbags can deploy too forcefully. they are recalling 2003 and 2006 accords and some acura 3.2 models as well. one death is attributed to the problem. honda plans to notify later this month. >> >>> rescuers were searching for them boy scouts. parts of the forest was flooded. after they reunited with their parents. >> i needed to know where he was out. >> another day at camp. >> the rescue took place feet from an area where 20 people died last year during an overnight flash flood. you can see where the families were concerned. >>> the pressure to stop floodwater is led to a dramatic move. we have the latest on the flooding and tornadoes cleanup. >> the mighty mississippi and swollen. many par

reagan was governor of california before he ever became president or thought about running for president so it's this weird mix of you know the sort of media culture that we live in this this ego maniacal guy and one other thing i would throw in which is that the republican field right now is extremely ambiguous there is not a clear front runner which leaves this opening for somebody like donald trump alex if i go to you in washington how did and it's really really early days and he hasn't even declared ok. but how is this going to start shaping the campaign how much of an impact will trump's being there threatening to run if you waits after this these are these so-called deadline i guess is before june i mean how does it start shaping the republican debate before we go much further into the election. and i think it does really start to shape it for this reason i look i don't take him seriously as a candidate i think the entire thing is a testament to name ideal known in his own particular brand of media fascination but what i what it does is this kind of trump theater of the absurd take

they tried to scare people about ronald reagan. and ronald reagan carried more statses than fdr carried in '32. they tried to scare people in '96. they were the first elected house republicans since 1928. if we have the courage to stand toe to toe and say this is a fiscal crisis, we have every right as a country to talk through how to get to a better medicare system and it is shameful for the democrats to lie about it, we will in fact win that debate for the first time in my lifetime. >> schieffer: let me ask you about a mandate that people ought to be required to buy insurance. you at various times in your career have said that they should. that everybody ought to pay and have some part in paying for medical care. do you believe in a mandate? >> no, i do not believe in a mandate. >> schieffer: you do concede you have said in the past. >> the heritage foundation have said they were for it at one time. all of us have wrestled with two problems. how do we maximize individual freedom and how do we make sure that people some some respo

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