ronald reagan told mr. gorbechev to tear down that wall and it came down along with the evil empire hiding behind it. great rhetoric matched by great words. only one president attained the same level of success and he had some things in common with ronald reagan which is why i started thinking about that as i wrote he this review. abraham lincoln -- well, basically, he expressed himself in a way that the vast number of his fellow countrymen, without ever hearing his voice, he burned his image into their souls and he had a lot in common with ronald reagan. they bottom came from modest backgrounds and ronald reagan became president at a time when you needed presidential speech writers because of the incredible number of speeches you had to give. legal pad, handwritten and very few corrections would come out of whole speeches. but ronald reagan had done himself. that is not true of many a president, i know. the other thing is, abraham lincoln was a man of mossest evaluation, self-educate, but very bright. repu

i think ronald reagan was the happy cold warrior. he fought the cold war but he was not a belligerent man. he was a man of strong principles with a moderate personality in the sense of -- he was close to people instead of being closed to people. which is why he was able to reach out to people politically. a whole new term spwerld the vocabulary, reagan tkpwrat, starting in the '80s. those are some of the things that made it possible for him to do the things that he did. the review just ran in the washington times a few days ago, tuesday. it was a book about abraham lincoln. as i looked, and i know this is virginia. i'm not asking you -- it's too late to have to vote for or against abraham lincoln, so don't worry. but lincoln was a master of words. in fact, a titled the review "abraham lincoln k. a man of his words," with an s. as i will explain in a minute, he and ronald reagan and a few others was a president pore his words. he will be remembered for his words because of his gift for expressing his ideals was quite powerful. and i t

i think ronald reagan was the happy cold warrior. he fought the cold war but he was not a belligerent man. he was a man of strong principles with a moderate personality in the sense of -- he was close to people instead of being closed to people. which is why he was able to reach out to people politically. a whole new term spwerld the vocabulary, reagan tkpwrat, starting in the '80s. those are some of the things that made it possible for him to do the things that he did. the review just ran in the washington times a few days ago, tuesday. it was a book about abraham lincoln. as i looked, and i know this is virginia. i'm not asking you -- it's too late to have to vote for or against abraham lincoln, so don't worry. but lincoln was a master of words. in fact, a titled the review "abraham lincoln k. a man of his words," with an s. as i will explain in a minute, he and ronald reagan and a few others was a president pore his words. he will be remembered for his words because of his gift for expressing his ideals was quite powerful. and i t

i think ronald reagan was the happy cold warrior. he fought the cold war but he was not a belligerent man. he was a man of strong principles with a moderate personality in the sense of -- he was close to people instead of being closed to people. which is why he was able to reach out to people politically. a whole new term spwerld the vocabulary, reagan tkpwrat, starting in the '80s. those are some of the things that made it possible for him to do the things that he did. the review just ran in the washington times a few days ago, tuesday. it was a book about abraham lincoln. as i looked, and i know this is virginia. i'm not asking you -- it's too late to have to vote for or against abraham lincoln, so don't worry. but lincoln was a master of words. in fact, a titled the review "abraham lincoln k. a man of his words," with an s. as i will explain in a minute, he and ronald reagan and a few others was a president pore his words. he will be remembered for his words because of his gift for expressing his ideals was quite powerful. and i t

[applause] [applause] >> now republican candidate for president spoke at the ronald reagan library in march 2013. his book is "immigration wars" forging an american solution". [applause] >> our beloved president ronald reagan passed away almost 10 years ago but as many know, seems nearly impossible to follow political views without hearing a reference to the president. his memory, his name and fortunately his legacy seemed to be ubiquitous as the country grapples with the challenges of our time. for midyears -- many years after reagan and left office there was a question when there is a problem facing our country. what would reagan to? it is a good question to ask because while times and technology have changed since president reagan was in office speaking to we are as americans have not but governor jeb bush understands this. and it is one of the reasons just six years ago to remain an extremely important voice in the republican party. as we prepare to welcome the governor let's first take stock that we know against the words and deeds of jeb bush with the same critical topics today.

in the republican presidential candidate spoke about immigration policy at the ronald reagan library in simi valley, california, in march of 2013. this book is "immigration wars: forging an american solution." >> now, our beloved president ronald reagan passed away almost 10 years ago, but as many in the audience know, it seems nearlys impossible to follow political ma newsny without hearing somese reference to our 40thimpossle president. is memory, his name, andtical v fortunately his legacy seem to be ubiquitous as our country grapples with the challenges of our time. u for many years probably startint with a day after president reagan left office in 1989 there's been a famous questionfe often asked winners ande was particularly vexing problem facing our country. when there is a problem facing our country. what would reagan to? it is a good question to ask because while times and technology have changed since president reagan was in office speaking to we are as americans have not but governor jeb bush understands this. and it is one of the reasons just six years ago to remain an ex

remember ronald reagan? ronald reagan rebuilt our military and put our enemies on notice and we were respected again. when he sat down with tip he had just saved social security from bankruptcy. it needs to be done again. i will be the ronald reagan if you can find me a tip o'neill. i want to work with democrats. i am running to be the republican nominee but i want to be the president of all of us. tell me how you can save this country without the parties working together? tell me how you can fix medicare and social security without anybody on the other side helping you? you cannot. ronald reagan into the middle had a drink every night. when i am president we will drink more. -- and tip o'neill had a drink every night. when i am president we will bring more. [applause] senator graham: and after the drinks we will stop the bs . if you're president you should openly embrace the other side if they will work with you. we are running out of time. the american dream is going to die on our watch if we do not do som

ronald reagan. >> it's sort of easy to explain -- one of the things i always start with, ronald reagan was a democrat and he was sort of liberal. i knew him. i knew him well. he liked me, i liked him. he was a great guy. and he was a democrat with a liberal bent and he became a great conservative, in my opinion. >> one of the greatest presidents. >> and a great president. and a great leader. he had something very special. but if you think of it, he was a little bit less conservative actually than people think. he had a great heart. and i have a great heart. >> with me now, a man who actually did know ronald reagan, arthur laffer who served as reagan's economic adviser. welcome back. >> thank you very much, carol. are you going to be out there at the reagan library, by the way? >> oh, i wish. can you talk to jeff zucker for me? >> you should be. >> i know. i just wonder, do you ever grow tired of candidates comparing themselves to ronald reagan? >> i just love it. i just want to make sure they compar

the ronald reagan who raised taxes 11 times as president. and when he signed that gas tax increase to pay for highways, it was the first gas tax increase in 23 years. ten years later, bill clinton signed a gas tax increase that was actually smaller than ronald reagan's gas tax increase, and has now been 22 years since the gas tax has been increased. which led new york times columnist to offer this question which he hopes someone will ask tomorrow at the republican presidential debate. as part of a 1982 president ronald reagan agreed to boost the then four cent a gallon gasoline tax to nine cents. do you believe reagan was right there and would you agree to raise the gasoline tax by five cents a gallon today so we can pay for our highway bill which is now stalled in congress over funding? former reagan administration official bruce bartlet said in an essay that the best thing that can happen to the republican party is for donald trump to win the republican presidential nomination and then lose the election in a landslide. bruce bartlet wrote,

. >>> former california governor ronald reagan is about to hold a press conference in washington where he is expected to announce that he is a candidate for the republican presidential nomination. >> one of the thing that was a problem for ford the fact that his party was coming apart at the seams. reagan was able to mount a formidable challenge to ford in the '76 republican nomination contest. >> i am running because i am growing increasingly concerned about the course events in the united states and the world. >> reagan was the great two-term governor of california. and he goes after gerald ford as being weak. >> i am quite critical of our foreign policy right now. matter of fact i think that it is all most anchorless and all almost aimless. >> he is a good actor. but he also is a formidable challenger. >> ronald reagan was challenging a sitting president in his own party, relatively conservative president and basically calling him a liberal sellout. >> in the texas primary reagan wiped out the president in a stunning victory. >> in august of 1974, this country had some very difficul

let's begin with taxes you know, ronald reagan spent much of his life for the average american and is convinced not a man or woman on the street knew how to spend the dollar more wisely when bush was in office he cut taxes by $20 billion. and when ronald reagan was in the white house he reduce the rate of growth in federal spending in the size of the federal government. when it bush was in office he vetoed more then 2.3 billion dollars of earmarks and reduced the size of the government table by 13,000 people. when ronald reagan cut taxes on the national level he did it with a purpose in mind to create opportunity and provide incentive for businesses to grow. and 20 million new jobs were created. the similar philosophy and economic programs created and ran a economy where new net jobs were added. their other fundamental important issues with the rise of health care with school choice and accountability to address the issues falling immigration. just like reagan years ago to resonate important topics in our lives which governor bush has demonstrated much needed leadership today with the

ronald reagan became not just a republican but a conservative republican. not the most but a pretty conservative republican. he is someone i knew and liked and he liked me and helped him. i think when you get right down to it, people do evolve on different issues. and i've -- you know, i'm pro-life and i was begrudgingly the other way. i have to say when those questions were asked and that was many years ago, i wasn't a politician. >> should some form of abortion always be legal? >> for me i have exceptions. rape, incest, if the mother is going to die. and ronald reagan had those same exceptions and many republicans had the same exceptions. >> what about the health of the mother? >> i said if the mother is close to death. i'm talking about death. if, you know, because then you sort of say, well, maybe she's not -- >> what is the constitutional right between the -- between the mother and unborn child? whose constitutional rights matter more? >> my statement on that happens to be -- you know, if the mother will die and you're going to know that. the problem w

on the american side ronald reagan and george shultz. on the soviet side because gorbachev and his foreign minister shevardnadze and. one of the questions that one has to ask about the process of ending the cold war is what was it that made the ussr jump? why did they resist western pressure particularly the american pressure for so many years in the 14th, 15, 60s and 70s and yet they started to make massive concessions in the second half of the 1980s. what i found was contrary to what mikail gorbachev bikes to suggest. the change of attitude to the problems of the soviet internal crisis did not occur only when he came to power in 1985. the materials showed the politburo repeatedly looked at the fundamental economic, social, religious and indeed imperial problems with relation to eastern europe that it confronted, problems that it couldn't afford to solve than the old way of as the soviet economy was going through the plughole. it was draining away resources particularly after the invasion of afghanistan at the end of 1979. so repeatedly

sounds a lot like ronald reagan in 1980. but 60% of americans fearing their kids are going to be worse off than their parents. steve, can we bring it back again? >> absolutely. i'm old enough to remember the 1970s, the malaised decade in decline, and in the 1980s thank to ronald reagan we came roaring back and leading the world, inspiring the world. we can do it again. one of the things even though governor kasic gave tham wonderful thing, the candidates in the debate on thursday night passioned up the opportunity to hammer home how will we revive the american economy the way ronald reagan hammered it home in the 1980s and criticizing president obama for trashing the american economy. reagan hit carter hard in the 1980s. they have to make that issue foremost, and i don't think they really did it on thursday night. >> interesting. do you think they did it on thursday night? >> i agree with steve. they didn't put much specifics to it. if we had just grown 1% per year since the end of world war ii, the economy today would be tw

is also the ronald reagan that was a democrat in his youth. do you see a fairly direct line for what he became or do you see man who was adjusting as he went? >> well, there is a direct line, but it has a big bend in it. >> when it comes to political philosophies. reagan's first political hero was franklin roosevelt. and as a young man, he voted four times for franklin roosevelt. reagan's political philosophy eventually went 180 degrees the other way. so he became a conservative. but his idea of being president, his model for being president, remained franklin roosevelt. he understood that roosevelt's power came from roosevelt's ability to convey a vision to the american people and to share that vision, and reagan, when he became president, did exactly the same thing. >> what role do you think he has today. >> reagan remains this anchor for conservativetive political philosophy today. if you want... if you are a conservative and you want to know what the conservative agenda should be, go read reagan's speeches. on the other hand, if you want t

he told congress, we man into a one man battalion, ronald reagan. it was later learned to be funded by moscow. two men tried to lay gasoline bombs and throw into their home where nancy and their son was sleeping. they slipped away in the darkness. to his everlasting congress when he testified on unamerican activities he didn't say aoe convicting communists in the united states. he said the united states is strong enough to tolerate all points of view as long as they were peaceful. that stood him out from robert taylor and other actors who were cooperating with huac. but there is an irrefutable fact. in 1980, we were losing the cold war. by 1989, we were winning the cold war. as jeane kirkpatrick said about the san francisco democrats "from the fall of sigh gone in 1975 to january 1981, soviet influence expanded dramatically in laos, libyan, syria, madagascar, seychelles, nicaragua, grenada." not all were pro soviet and anti-american to be sure. there are many good anti-american democrats. but for whatever reason a number of democrats in the 1980s, c

peace is what ronald reagan left behind. that is the legacy of a good and great man. [ clapping ] >> in our time as well, it is strength and will and clarity of purpose that will make all the difference. good things happen when america is engaged with friends and allies, alert to danger, resolved to deal with deaths before they become kat as strofies. we see how each of those is in our security. when it counted most, we are missing. to grasp what the next president will face, we have to look candidly at policies that have gone wrong. above all, what we used to call the war on terror. despite efforts by the administration to avoid calling it by name, one of the greatest threats comes from radical islamic terrorists. the terrorists are pszed. >> the terrorists are possessed by the same violent ideology that gave us 9/11, and they are on the offensive and gaining ground. it is not true and was wishful thinking to claim that the tied of wars was receding. even notice nationst facing of the west, finding recruits in the united st

>> i was a child of ronald reagan. >> ronald reagan. >> ronald reagan. >> ronald reagan. >> ronald reagan. >> after that last mention by rick perry, the internet exploded with ronald raven with former president superimposed on a baltimore player, ray lewis, and replacing raven simone. rick perry's campaign is denying he accidently said ronald raven. he said he clearly said ronald reagan. we'll be right back. take zzzquil and sleep like... you haven't seen your bed in days. no, like you haven't seen a bed in weeks! zzzquil. the non habit-forming sleep aid that helps you sleep easily, and wake refreshed. because sleep is a beautiful thing. fact. advil is not only strong it's gentle on your body too. no wonder doctors and patients have trusted advil... for their tough pains for over 30 years. relief doesn't get any better than this. advil. >>> donald trump was not the only person responsible for fireworks in the debate last night. perhaps the most aggressive candidate on the stage was rand paul who mixed it up with both trump and chris christie. including one particularly testy exchange with

ronald reagan, actor, came from hollywood. other than that, you can see the tone is very different from donald trump and ronald reagan. ronald reagan was a very inspirational figure, especially for the republican party, donald trump comes out strong and very brash and with a very different tone than a ronald reagan. i think it's kind of interesting he made that comparison. >> an actor, entertainer as well? >> maybe. we're living in a new political reality. >> all right, that is true. mercedes schlepp, thank you very much. i appreciate your time. >> good to see you. >>> more developing news out of california. we're getting preliminary reports of a 4.2 earthquake. that is near piedmont, california. that's about three miles northeast of oakland. here's a live look at a very foggy oakland. you can't see too much of the skyline. no reports of damage so far, but there are up to 10-minute delays along the transportation system there known as bart. we'll try to find out more as that 4.2 earthquake shakes oakland, california. we'll bri

i will be the ronald reagan if you can find me a tip o'neill. iwant to work with democrats, want to be the republican nominee but i want to be the president of all of us. tell me how you would say this country without the parties working together. tell me how you fix medicare and social security, with nobody on the other side helping you. you cannot. ronald reagan and tip o'neill had a drink every night. [applause] sen. graham: after a couple drinks we are going to stop the bs and we are going to work together. you have to be willing to openly embrace working with the other side if they will work with you. folks we are running out of time. the american dream is going to die on our watch if we don't do something about it. the enemies of our nation is getting stronger -- are getting stronger. there is no problem without a solution. some of us have got to sacrifice to save this nation. the 1% who are fighting this war, you have to be willing to go back and i know you well. what more sacrifice can you make but to go back there so they don't come her

ronald reagan created twice as many jobs, 15 million to 7 million, ronald reagan's gdp grew about 32% during his term, president obama has grown about 9%. also ronald reagan had less spending a percentage of gdp. i think historically this shows that it works. most importantly, when you talk about job creator, ask my friend chuck rocha how much tax he pays and it will make you absolutely sick, that he will pay this much as part of a small business when the big companies in this country are paying a tax rate of 22%, 23%, because they've been able to buy off politicians over decades. it's why we have a 72,000-plus-page irs manual, why they pay such a low rate and the people that get stuck with the bill can't influence politicians and that's your small business, and that's who creates jobs. >> let's ask chuck. >> i'm going to agree with everybody on the panel about this piece and i am a left-wing liberal from texas. >> no. >> i'm also a small owner of an llc and i get taxed on my individual rate. and i live in d.c. another 9% on that. if i'm going to hire, sure, i want to have a tax break

the start about ronald reagan's foreign policy. let's talk about ronald reagan's foreign policy. on one of theased most high profile summits that took place. was the all, why location for the summit -- reykjavik the location for the summit? james graham wilson: it would be a prelude for gorbachev coming to the united states. it was a, let's get together in a compromise country between the east and the west and have an informal conversation about how to move forward. this turned very quickly into a rather dramatic few days in which reagan and gorbachev spoke very seriously about getting rid of all nuclear weapons. end of the stumbling block right stumbling block right at the end was gorbachev asking reagan to limit testing of sti, something that was very dear to him. so this encounter ended with scenes of reagan slumped over, very emotional, gorbachev looking very disappointed. i think that ultimately as the two sides realized what had gone on they thought it should be regarded as a breakthrough in the history of arms control. book begins by talking about reagan's bid for the whit

is essentially ronald reagan's policy of engagement with the u.s.s.r. particularly after gorbachev declined to intervene in the east revolutions and the achievements of this process cannot be understated. the arms reduction treaty became possible and was signed in 1988. eastern europe was evacuated with by the red army and the non-communist governments were far -- formed in the largely peaceful way. the world communist movement fell apart it had been any way but with the world movement people of -- people in russia in those republics had new freedoms to communicate with each other other, a travel abroad, listen to tv and radio from foreign countries , the agreements were made from conventional weaponry in europe and in that short space of time time, half a decade the end of the '80s, extraordinary decisions were taken to bring an end to the most terrifying nonmoral is in human history. there have been hundreds of cold war's but the british and the french specialized in the cold war and having engaged in many hot war as well but no cold war before the co

ronald reagan got things done. i think we have great leaders that we should look back an and maybe try to model what they did because washington is really broken right now and it doesn't serve anything if they're not going to get anything done right now. they have a 13% approval rating. if we did actually get some things done bipartisan way that we would have a better opinion in general. >> we were wondering you told your stanford when did you go back to school? >> it was so important for me to go and get my degree, i did have tv opportunities where i had not gone back. that wasn't even an option for me. the greatest joy in my life from the similarship scholarship money i won so i went back and graduated actually with my freshmen because i had been gone that long after being gone the year before the year of being miss america and sometime after. but getting my degree was -- that was an automatic. >> right over here. >> hi, gretchen, i'm from minnesota as well. >> wow great. what town. wow, you really know what cold

remember ronald reagan? ronald reagan rebuilt our military and put our enemies on notice and we were respected again. but he sat down with tip o'neill and he adjusted the retirement age to save social security from bankruptcy. it needs to be done again. i will be the ronald reagan if you can find me a tip o'neill. i want to work with democrats. i am running to be the republican nominee, but i want to be the president of all of us. tell me how you can save this country without the parties working together? tell me how you can fix medicare and social security without nobody on the other side helping you? you cannot. ronald reagan and tip o'neill had a drink every night. when i am president we will drink more. [applause] senator graham: and after a couple drinks, we are going to stop the bs and we are going to work together. if you're running for president of the united states, you should openly embrace the other side if they will work with you. folks, we are running out of time. the american dream is going to

you talk about ronald reagan being a transformative political leader. i did not mention his name. >> your husband did. >> i'm here. he's not. >> if your candidacy is going to be about words than they should be your own words. that's a simple opposition. lifting whole passages from someone else's speeches is not change you can believe in. it is change you can xerox. >> he's very likable. i agree with that. i don't think i'm that bad. >> you are likable enough, hillary. >> thank you. >> i appreciate it. >> you don't believe senator obama is a muslim? >> of course not. there's no basis for that. i take him on the basis of what he says. there's no reason to doubt that. >> he said you take it -- you don't believe it. >> no, there's nothing to base that on, as far as i know. >> as far as i know. you are likable enough. i take him at his word. . heading to the 2008 election, hillary clinton was the obvious and unquestioned front runner for the democratic nomination. starting in october of 2007, senator clinton led in basically every poll. she led in dozens and

it is a fitting tribute to president ronald reagan, our 40th president. up next, "the o'reilly factor." >>> tonight -- >> he wants to save this country. he does want to save the united states. >> the trump train speeds full steam ahead but does he have what it takes to win the presidency in. >> we'll analyze this election season's political phenomenon. it's huge. >> what marco rubio said has as much of an impact in terms of where the republican party is today as anybody else on that stage. >> hillary clinton lashes out at marco rubio while bernie sanders draws enormous crowds. can hillary clinton handle political challenges from the left and the right? >> i am not remiss to say from washington, d.c. to sacramento there is a blood trail into the bedroom of marilyn ferris. >> the illegal immigrant who raped and murdered a 64-year-old woman. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. "tegins right now. >> i'm in for bill o'reilly. thanks for watching tonight. let's get to the top story. can anyone stop donald trump? two new polls out from iowa and nat

it felt like ronald reagan, maybe it was anecdotal, maybe it was coincidence, but when ronald reagan started to cut those taxes it was a new morning in america. we did come to life after those miserable years. even bill clinton was smart enough to go through the middle, lower taxes and those are great periods for our economy. >> yeah, and there was this dude named franklin delano roosevelt who greatly raised taxes and we had the largest growth in productivity and personal income that we've ever had. got a lot of spend noug too. the question is do we want more deficit spending or do we want to cut taxes. we're stimulating the economy like crazy with deficit spending right now. by the way, let me get this 75,000 tax code pages, the ordinary citizen deals with seven pages of tax code. the 75,000 pages affects very few people indeed. i don't think the correlation has ever been made between cutting middle class taxes and national growth. >> the reagan thing was -- >> we could debate whether reagan or the military buildup -- >> we know that world war ii -- >> out of the great depression. >

you talk about ronald reagan being a transformative political leader. i did not mention his name. >> your husband did. >> i'm here. he's not. >> if your candidacy is going to be about words than they should be your own words. that's a simple opposition. lifting whole passages from someone else's speeches is not change you can believe in. it is change you can xerox. >> he's very likable. i agree with that. i don't think i'm that bad. >> you are likable enough, hillary. >> thank you. >> i appreciate it. >> you don't believe senator obama is a muslim? >> of course not. there's no basis for that. i take him on the basis of what he says. there's no reason to doubt that. >> he said you take it -- you don't believe it. >> no, there's nothing to base that on, as far as i know. >> as far as i know. you are likable enough. i take him at his word. heading to the 2008 election, hillary clinton was the obvious and unquestioned front runner for the democratic nomination. starting in october of 2007, senator clinton led in basically every poll. she led in dozens and d

ronald reagan would not approve. because living a life of dignity with the success of the nation. first elevated not just for immigrants although that is important. [applause] but for all of us. so the foundation of our nation to have shared values the only way is for people to embrace them and understand them that shouldn't just be for immigrants but for all of us. it is maddening to see the polls that show people don't know the three branches of government or the constitution is confused with the declaration of independence because summer schools restorer civic education and that should be part of a strategy. [applause] in economic leave driven energy strategy to get pretty close to that growth with the rebirth of my country but to be sure that every child gets that kind of education to be successful and sadly today we have more then in a country in the world by the time they complete their journey. but if they go to a community college they will have to redo english and math. and for what they'd didn't learn the first time and that is not acceptable for a country that wants to

you heard him compared donald trump to ronald reagan. is he ronald reagan? >> no. that's insulting to reagan. it's true, people discounted reagan when he ran. but not because he was out on campaign trail calling people bimbos and slobs is and jerks. they discounted him because he was unproven. they didn't know if he was presidential material. they asked very hard, good questions and got some good answers. people think donald trump is a clown and an idiot because of the way he behaves. when they ask hard questions, they don't get good answers. the other interesting thing though from the poll isn't necessarily where trump stacks up amongst the other republicans, it's that he is still being beaten by clinton, biden and sanders in a head to head matchup. so i think if republicans want a republican in the white house, they should be looking at that as much as they're looking at where he is in relation to 17 other republicans in august of 2015. >> go ahead. >> to borrow from an old debate line of lloyd benson, i knew ronald reagan, he knew donald trump. the gallop poll s

for example ronald reagan wasn't going to office and will back the regulatory state because he didn't have the authority to do so. >> host: can i ask you to be concreted up something that means different things to different listeners that in your view is in place, probably shouldn't be in place and could be ruled out. with the social security be an example? >> guest: i'm referring to their victory over - regular suspects into some of the other agencies and all of the cabinet offices have some element of the regular - >> host: he could end - couldn't remember the name that is the kind of the same sentiment? >> guest: what is the regulatory state to complete the font? the education department does a lot of things that are not involved in the regulation but also does a lot of things in the country. this is what you have to do if you want to get federal funding. the regulatory state is with all of the executive branch. under two and i want the listeners to be quite clear on this some regulations are okay because it advances the public goods. the epa is fulfilling the constitutionally appr

i appreciate the hospitality of the ronald reagan presidential library. i bring greetings from the wonderful guy who is still very proud to have been ronald reagan's vice president. >> [applause] mr. bush: that competition turned into friendship. and the better my dad got to know ronald reagan, the more he admired and loved him. on the way here this afternoon, and made a call to mrs. reagan to thank her for this honor and to let her know that many, many americans love her very, very much. >> [applause] mr. bush: in many ways, that's name and the qualities it brings to mind is still the standard. a leader of clarity and resolve, not given to idle words, it was president reagan who took command of events, rebuilt america's strengths, and moved to the world towards peace. and morally, he conceded nothing to america's enemies. he believed that the cold war not justone -- won endlessly managed. and in the end, he put an end of an age of conflict behind us. we don't always give out peace prizes for that, but peace is what ronald reagan left behind and that is t

but ronald reagan. would get the leadership that he provides that actually resulted in the dissolution of the soviet union. without firing a shot. statesmanship, working across the aisle, he was able to work with the democrats. >> uc any leadership like that right now? >> i think there is potential but i keep speaking out because i want people asides to understand that. >> host: what did he think of the clinton presidency? >> was very pleased he could work with the republicans. of course, you know, the whole history of that. >> his affair is an argument >> but that was good. ended don't spend a lot of time talking negatively about people. what i would rather do is spend time talking about how to resolve a problem? we have the capability. we are smart people and innovative but we have to create the environment of honor and hard work. >> you bring up yourself in this book after the national prayer breakfast at what about ben carson for president? so why wouldn't you consider it? >> the reason first apolog

-- ronald reagan governed. within moments after having been shot and arriving at the george washington hospital in washington, d.c. and then learning about what happened to him, one of his first acts was to say a prayer and ask for the forgiveness of john hinckley, jr., his would be assassin, because he believed so much in the redeckive power of forgiveness and prayer. and then, as he recovered a few weeks later, from his wounds back at the white house, he askask ed the deputy chief of staff to set up a meeting with him, with a man of faith and quickly, there came the archbishop of the catholic diocese in new york, straight to the white house to meet with the president. he overheard them talking and heard reagan say, whatever happens to me now, i'm going to serve god. my life is in his hands. and then he quickly translated that into a belief that it was his job as the president of the most powerful nation on earth to rid the world of nuclear weapons. he'd been somewhat of a nuclear abolitionist, and that's been

reagan, an awful lot of people said a lot of nasty things about ronald reagan when he was running. i don't recall the person picking fights with individuals, men and women. he just said, ridiculous, attitude. it may show a little thin-skinned on donald trump sport. roger ailes and donald trump are pretty savvy as far as ratings. i'm not minimizing roger ailes. when he says you should apologize. donald trump being somewhat sincere when saying you are unfair to me. the political class complaints about the voters being silly and distracted @the political classs about the voters being silly and distracted but all these shiny object. who is covering this accidentally? is a political class, reporters obsessed with what, what trump set about megyn kelly. trump understands that. he sort of picks fight with him and makes up and explained he didn't really need of a fight with within. always been good. he likes this person giving images 24/7. the poor guy doesn't like to me he spent a lot of time with them. he's clever in the way he handles that. i sort of thing the media comes out, i do -- o

for example a ronald reagan could not go into office and rollback purgatory state because he didn't have the authority to do so. >> host: can i ask you to be concrete about something within this regulatory which probably means different things to different listeners that in your view is in place and should be in place in your viewing could be rolled back? with social security be an example of? you mentioned helvering. >> guest: i'm referring to by the revelatory state the usual suspects osha, eta fda and the cabinet offices of some element. >> the education department? >> guest: it has lots of regulations. >> host: is this little bit of a variance on rick perry comey couldn't quite remember the name but close this department that department education department and i'm not saying you agree but is that the same sentiment? >> guest: point number one is what is the regulatory state? the education department has lots of things that are not involved with regulation and sometimes lots of things that don't last that the country. you want to get federal funding and of course everybody does so th

and ronald reagan was here every year and his wife performed famously singing secondhand clothes to the tune of secondhand rose and turned her image around. everybody had her as a big stuffy and standoffish and everybody agrees that america appreciated her more afterwards. and that was one case where motos did -- photos did leak out somehow, we think through the white house. >> and president of the gridiron club this year, thank you for your insights. >> and thank you for visiting. >> now more on the history of the gridiron dinner with national journal white house correspondent george condon. >> george condon, white house correspondent for national journal. we're here in your office overlooking the potomac and the kennedy center. you also have another title. historian for the gridiron club. and let me ask you about the dinner itself. it is the most formal in washington, d.c. white tie and tails, why? >> we consider white tie and tails casual. you don't spend a saturday at home in white tie and tails. i'm kind of shocked. but with the gridiron club, it is tradition. that is what they wor

we need a president who will stand up, just like ronald reagan did. we need someone to stand up and defend our military against our enemies and stick with strong american values. if you think this is true, -- [cheering] this is why i am in iowa -- [indiscernible] -- right here and right now. that is the status we have now. [inaudible] for my children, i want to make sure we have clean air and clean water. but we also need not only sustainable economy. we need an environment while standing up for a strong environments. i want my children to enhance good land and water but i also want them to have a job. [inaudible] gov. walker: the question was what will you do about -- money is power in washington. whether it is in education. we take her from washington and send it back here and ultimately to your school boards across america. you know better at the local level. it is more efficient. [inaudible] gov. walker: the question was about college and college education and affordability. i am proud to say in my state, we froze tuition at all university of wisc

the 39th president, from plains, georgia, was denied a second term, losing to ronald reagan in the midst of the iranian hostage crisis. but his post-presidency, one of the busiest ever, filled with the work of the carter center. president carter has canceled his schedule so he can stay in atlanta for treatment. he will possibly reveal more about his condition next week. the current occupant of the white house, president obama, says he and his wife are hoping for a fast and full recovery for president carter. david kerley, abc news, washington. >> as is much of america. thank you, david. >>> turning now to china and the aftermath of those massive explosions that lit up the port city of tianjin in the middle of