ronald reagan's first victory and the decisive turning point in american politics. first, here's richard nixon accepting the republican nomination for president. at the gop national convention in miami beach, august 8, 1968. >> we make history tonight, not for ourselves, but for the agents. the choice we make a 1968 will determine not only the future of america, but the future of peace and freedom in the world for the last third of the 20th century, and the question that we answer tonight, can america meet this great challenge? for a few moments, let us look at america. let us listen to america. to find the answer to that question. as we look at america, we see cities enveloped in smoke and flames. we hear sirens in the night. we see americans dying on distant battlefields across. we see americans hating each other, fighting each other, killing each other at home. and as we see and hear these things, millions of americans cry out in anguish, did we come all this way for this? did american boys die in normandy and korea and in valley forge for this? listen to the ans

one of the guest said that ronald reagan was electable goldwater. goldwater was a vocal opponent to segregation and the civil rights act. he one his home state of arizona in five states in the deep south. alabama, georgia, mississippi, south carolina. mississippi does repeat itself. this country has a history of racism and classes in. and if it's left unchecked it's going task they should metastasize. >> that's a widespread view, that i don't agree with. atwater was not significant in regards to the 1968 election. he came later in the 80s. i have to say that i'm in a go back to what i was saying earlier. the country was struggling with these issues, i think we're still struggling with these issues. but in a much different way. not as intense. and it represents a racial progress. some callers are suggesting there hasn't been any progress. >> the collar pointed out wallace. in terms of the popular vote. nixon one with half 1 million votes. what was the nixon strategy ? >> just try not to talk a whole lot of specifics. didn't really have a plan for how

reagan but even when reagan became president the conservative movement sometimes broke with ronald reagan. anyway i got off on a tangent but that's a central point for you to leave here is to understand that conservatism is american conservatism is timeless if you believe in individual rights and freedom and dignity and privacy because it stems from the individual and the american conservatism is derived from the enlightenment. if you want to lower, i think, the amount of vitriol and if you want to lower the amount of yelling and screaming and hatred and nastiness is to give people back power and take it away from the elites of corporate america in government and that's the best way to bring around civil discourse. thank you. kathy mark. >> i would recommend to bring back civility and respect to our democracy that we establish a better ethic of listening and encourage listening. by that i fully acknowledge that right now it's not safe for everyone to listen to their opponents. take for example i will just take for example the very obvious existence of racism in this country and because of

to his credit, ronald reagan never shied away from being an actor. some of us were not as convinced. he respected the movie business and said he did not know how anyone could see succeed is being president without being an actor. i may not tell you how some the press use that against him. one day i asked him what he meant and he explained that in the television era, it was necessary to learn how to communicate with large audiences. how to express it could convey a message more effectively than what you spoke. and he understood and mastered the technical demands sound, lighting, and staging. the been very pleasant for people like me will will working we have to wait while the photographer adjust his lancer lighting. it almost immediately launched into a story about how something similar happened in his previous profession. he was never irritated and allow professionals to do his job. so i set out to take readers behind the scene into the living room of the reagan's essay watched and for the most part enjoyed so many iconic movies of the '80s like top

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delegatejerry ford's against ronald reagan was killed in an automobile accident. they needed a new delicate. i didn't know anything about delegate hunting. i found out about it. david: in 1976, gerald ford was president coming here never been elected, he was going to run for election, and his main opponent was ronald reagan. it came down to a very tight convention. your job was to get the delegates for president ford. how did it go? truly that was the last contested national convention of either major political party. in this country. down to the last ballot. it was very tight. chasing a very small pool of uncommitted delegates, reagan was very strong, he almost knocked off an incumbent president. but we were able to prevail. the full resources of the white house. i told -- i used to tell people that i've been to more state dinners and anyone in the world because as a delegate hunter for president ford, i used to bring uncommitted delegates to state dinners than i had to go to every state dinner. david: the election is carter's way ahead. he catches up toward the

that is the conversion of ronald reagan to supply side economics. i think that is a key to understanding the history of conservatism since 1976. when reagan ran for president, supply-side economics was a budding thing. it was not a significant point of view politically. it was brought to reagan's attention during that campaign by bob barkley and others. he didn't bite. he wasn't interested. he did, by the time he ran in 1980. we all know essentially what that is. it had to political ramifications for reagan that i think their notice. -- bear notice. one is that it actually worked. after reagan got through the recession of his early presidency, which was an induced session, it was not one that just happened, it was the federal reserve chairman basically going to reagan and saying i'm going to squeeze and plays in -- inflation out of this economy, are you going to fight me on it? it was a political gamble on reagan's part and took a tremendous amount of courage. after he got through that recession, he generated an annual average gdp growth rate of 3.8

i became a conservative because of ronald reagan. i entered college in 1985 as a liberal and i left as a conservative in large part because of reagan. i think even more because of this dynamism, all the best arguments and all the best writing was on the right. i became convinced. if a ronald reagan is even possible today or if we expect too much because of not only has the media landscape fragmented, the whole idea of authority has fragmented. back in the 1980's, you read national review, the american spectator, other magazines that you read and people you look to as authority figures to tell you what conservatism meant and what conservatives were to do. today, do we even have that? is that even possible? i think part of the answer to these questions is where we go and what we might do to is askingconservatism ourselves what we have to give up from the reagan era or from what we idealize from the reagan era? what do we have to give up in order to conserve what really matters go i don't have the answer to that either, but i think we h

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in.i'll jump >> yes, please. >> i became a conservative because of ronald reagan. entered college in 1985 as a liberal and i left as a large part in because of reagan but i think of all the cause intellectual arguments, and all the best writing was on the right. and i became convinced, i onder, though, today, if a ronald reagan is even possible or if we expect too much, not nly has the media landscape fragmented, the whole idea of authority has fragmented, back 1980, you read national review, you read the american spectator, and there magazines that you read and people you looked to as authority figures to tell you conservatism meant and what conservatives were to do. that?, do we even have is that even possible? nd i think part of the answer to these questions, about where we go what we might do to conservatism, is asking ourselves what do we have o give up from the reagan era or from what we ideal lies from the reagan era, what do we have conserve in order to what really matters? i don't have the answer to that either, but i think we have to not to be too backwar

in 1981 during this month, i got to see ronald reagan speak. it was his first public appearance after his near assassination. he spoke on may 17 at the university of notre dame. i was only -- it altered my life. i was thinking about the soviet union and where america stood. it opened up a lot of things for me. i guess likely, even though we are -- like lee, even though we are different generation, i see myself walking between what is libertarianism and what is consumerism. the only way that the right has been successful in american history is when we have seen those two aspects of the right, at least none ideological left thinking come together. what are we trying to conserve? if we are conservatives, what we want to conserve? i worry about this a lot, not because of heritage by any means, but quite the opposite. when i turn on the radio and i hear so much of what is being passed as conservatism as either crassness or commercialism. in some way there is this populism that pervades everything and i find it disgusting frankly. it doesn't strike m

and president ronald reagan negotiated with the soviets while that nation have thousands of nuclear warheads pointed at the usa. they were occupying eastern yet president reagan sactown and negotiated with them. let us recall how many on the right of the political spectrum saw this. let me read and exhibitor -- let me read and exert from the new york times about the opposition ronald reagan faced in negotiating with the soviets. to what weamiliar have been hearing today from president trump. here is what they said about president reagan. " already right wing groups have started a campaign, opposing it. recordings,rculated attacking him. they are preparing to run newspaper ads against president reagan, saying he is a new neville chamberlain for signing a court with hitler's -- with hitler's -- hitler. while opposed with some of the time, i doubt people would look back today and say that president reagan's negotiations were not in the best interest of america's national security. so here we are today, mr. president. president trump plunging us into uncertainty when it comes to an iranian nucle

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he was ronald reagan's personal lawyer, but you get in that justice department, better be straight. i've never seen a justice department when i i was there t went after anything but issues. we all rolled our eyes a lot when he set up a pornography -- but it was issues. it wasn't about personality. it wasn't going after somebody. that was back in the hoover days. >> host: >> we can get back to j. edgar hoover because that figures highly in mr. comey's book. maybe we should engage her moment on this point about bullying because you write to identify this story which comey

>> please. >> i became a conservative because of ronald reagan. entered college in 1985 as a liberal and left as a conservative because of reagan and the intellectual dime mitchell and all the best arguments and writing was on the right, and i became convinced. wonder if today, if a ronald reagan is even possible or if we expect too much? not only has the he media landscaped fragmented but the whole idea of authority has frommed. in then 8's su yesterday three national review and american spectator and magazine outside read and people you looked to as authority figures to tell you what conservatives meant and to do, and today do we have that? is that even possible? i think part of the answer to these questions is, where we go, what we might do to resurrect conservativism, is asking ourselves what do we have to give up from the reagan era or what we idealize from the eight eight era, what we have to give up in order to get -- we have to be not too backward looking and forget that reagan emerged out after specific time and specific place to confront

in reagan's first midterm, republicans lost 26 seats in the house. >> ronald reagan was trying to be as upbeat as possible. still, it was a conciliatory president who met with reporters, one who talked about seeking bipartisan solutions with the new congress. >> there have been concessions and compromises in both directions, on all of the major issues and we expect to continue to work with the congress in that way. >> top aides admit, the election results were a shock. by white house count, only 50% of the candidates mr. reagan campaigned for won yesterday. >> that was ronald reagan in the first midterm of his presidency, 1982. eight years later, on november 8th, 1994, the curse of the first midterm visited president bill clinton, in an epic, historical loss for the democrats at the time. >> tonight, the sound you hear is the sound of a moving van backing up to the united states senate, preparing to move in a republican majority. at this hour, the republicans have picked up the seven seats that they need to take control of that chamber. we still do not have a reading on the house of

bret baier on similarities between donald trump and ronald reagan. a reporter that exposed theranos. howie: time for a deeper dive on the coverage of president trump's foreign policy. i sat down this morning with bret baier. , the author of "three days in moscow." the cancellation of the summit with kim jong-un after taunting him as little rocket man, and now the summit is back on. do all these moves in foreign policy make it difficult to cover donald trump? bret: yes. you don't know what's going to happen. also the logistics of following and covering a president. we were scheduled to go to singapore and planning ahead to how that was going to work and the travel and the shows. covering this summit to be. so as it fell apart, do you cancel the ticket, do you not, do you hold on. right now we are in limbo and we'll see. >> you know, when the president threatens to pull out of nafta and he doesn't. he says he's going to withdraw his troops in syria then he pulls back. you have a group of commentators and analysts who say he's strategic and others say h

one of the guest said that ronald reagan was electable goldwater. goldwater was a vocal opponent to segregation and the civil rights act. he one his home state of arizona in five states in the deep south. alabama, georgia, mississippi, south carolina. mississippi does repeat itself. this country has a history of racism and classes in. and if it's left unchecked it's going task they should metastasize. >> that's a widespread view, that i don't agree with. atwater was not significant in regards to the 1968 election. he came later in the 80s. i have to say that i'm in a go back to what i was saying earlier. the country was struggling with these issues, i think we're still struggling with these issues. but in a much different way. not as intense. and it represents a racial progress. some callers are suggesting there hasn't been any progress. >> the collar pointed out wallace. in terms of the popular vote. nixon one with half 1 million votes. what was the nixon strategy ? >> just try not to talk a whole lot of specifics. didn't really have a plan for how

they never gave the nobel peace prize to ronald reagan who ended the cold war. so academic and the democrats had always had this event. isn't there a common sense problem here. they are easily erased by the next president. and hillary was to preserve the legacy. it's exactly right. imagine if she had one. all of that would have been preserved and that's why he wouldn't go to the senate. he didn't think he needed to. it's why there are black in a career woman to be have have of the cia because it's not good enough they want pro- democrat in those positions. you have to have a position. cnn is accusing the president of getting those out of north korea to distract from other scandals. captivating exteriors dynamic lighting elevated comfort powerfully efficient and one more thing the world comes with it ♪you can go your own way... the 2019 jeep cherokee i had severe fatigue, went to a doctor. became diagnosed with hodgkin's lymphoma. i had to put my trust in somebody. we recommended chemotherapy, and then a stem cell transplant. when his disease progressed, i thou

a spontaneous interview with governor ronald reagan of california. governor reagan will be questioned by cbs news correspondent martin. we will resume the interview in just a moment. >> our governor can we go back to that question. do you still maintain that you're not a contender ? >> i am not a contender for the latter for the vice presidential office. technically you would have to recognize that anyone who is a favorite candidate. even though he is a favorite some candidate in the sense of directing a delegation or hoping to. technically at the convention he is a candidate. he is entered a nomination and would be a candidate if the party chose to consider him as such. >> you're technically more than a candidate ? >> you mean now ? >> well i'm certainly not now. have not injected myself into this race. at this convention i use the word technically because it is true. you actually are placed in nomination. that is true of me as well as another -- number of other candidates. i have said for some time that i believe that this is going be an open conve

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a spontaneous interview with governor ronald reagan of california. governor reagan will be questioned by cbs news correspondent martin. we will resume the interview in just a moment. >> our governor can we go back to that question. do you still maintain that you're not a contender ? >> i am not a contender for the latter for the vice presidential office. technically you would have to recognize that anyone who is a favorite candidate. even though he is a favorite some candidate in the sense of directing a delegation or hoping to. technically at the convention he is a candidate. he is entered a nomination and would be a candidate if the party chose to consider him as such. >> you're technically more than a candidate ? >> you mean now ? >> well i'm certainly not now. have not injected myself into this race. at this convention i use the word technically because it is true. you actually are placed in nomination. that is true of me as well as another -- number of other candidates. i have said for some time that i believe that this is going be an open conve

: ronald reagan in the fall of the soviet empire." former secretary of state george scholz expand to me president reagan's method for dealing with the soviet union and mikal gorbachev and his negotiating style. schultz told me it could translate today. >> had a system of going about things. number one. be realistic, don't kid yourself. no rose-colored glasses. number two, be strong. not just military strength. economic strength. you can have military strength if you don't have economic. more than that, strength of purpose so people see what you are doing. number three, figure out what it is you want. don't start thinking about what other people want. just what you want. then when you have that straight, sit down and negotiat negotiate. then you've got a hand to play. it can take more than 10 years to develop a single medication. and only 1 in 10,000 ever make it to market. but what if ai could find connections faster. to help this researcher discover new treatments. that's why she's working with watson. it's a smart way to find new ho

as my second favorite president, ronald reagan, once said, freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. make no mistake about it, this is a pivotal year in the life of our nation. and this year i want to challenge all of you, all the men and women of the national rifle association here and across the country, stay in the fight, exercise all of your fundamental rights, live out the citizenship in a way that made the nra one of the most potent forces for good in the united states of america and this year. [applause] >> carry freedom forward, support men and women in public office and support our liberties and talk to your coworkers, neighbors, friends and family that worship and at work. talk to them about the progress we have made together. and all that we can do in the days ahead. tell our story. tell what donald trump has meant to this nation in restoring our strength at home and abroad. remind them that we cut their taxes so they can keep more of what they earned. remind them that we are restoring american strength at home and abroad, standing with law enforcemen

in reagan's first midterm, republicans lost 26 seats in the house. >> ronald reagan was trying to be as upbeat as possible. still, it was a conciliatory president who met with reporters, one who talked about seeking bipartisan solutions with the new congress. >> there have been concessions and compromises in both directions, on all of the major issues and we expect to continue to work with the congress in that way. >> reporter: top aides admit that the election results were a shock. by white house count, only 50% of the candidates mr. reagan campaigned for won yesterday. >> that was ronald reagan in the first midterm of his presidency, 1982. eight years later on november 8th, 1984, the curse of the first midterm president bill clinton in an epic, historic loss for the democrats at the time. >> tonight, the sound you hear is the sound of a moving van backing up to the united states preparing to move in a republican majority. at this hour, the republicans have picked up the seven seats that they need to take control of that chamber. we still do not have a reading on the house of repres

i think that was ronald reagan. i don't remember a lot about jimmy carter. obviously it would give more at the bottom of the list. ronald reagan captures the upbringing of the person that lived in the place that i lived in was looking for something to be inspired by and that's what really got me involved. >> we've got ford and nixon. >> you've got something right. [laughter] discovery can and carter. carl, up to you. >> nixon is at the bottom because he was a criminal president. he was a criminal president from the day he took office until the day he left in his unique in our history in that regard. what your question goes to really is a commitment by the president of the united states to the common good, to the national interest. the first president i covered with kennedy. and all presidents have their successes, their failures, but the two that stand out in retrospect, in commitment to the common good, putting the interest of the country over their own interest without huge character flaws that have brought them. i go to gerald ford are the reasons that bo

president jimmy carter on behalf of the ronald reagan campaign now the f.b.i. in the department of justice will not confirm that he was indeed working for them whether he was a mole they have quibbled however about terminology they've said that this is an informant not a spy they're very specific about the term that they want to use but they won't confirm whether or not mr helper was indeed working for them now mr helper has a long reputation of working with intelligence agencies however at this point they will not release the information and it's not clear why they won't release that information you know it's not clear with his widespread reputation if they were confirmed that he was indeed working for the agency to get information on trump you know that probably wouldn't put any lives in danger it wouldn't you know it's widely known he worked with these intelligence agencies but at this moment we don't have a confirmation that the media seems to have pointed to mr helper as the individual who infiltrated the donald trump campaign so a lot of questions remain

in reagan's first midterm, republicans lost 26 seats in the house. >> ronald reagan was trying to be as upbeat as possible. still, it was a conciliatory president who met with reporters, one who talked about seeking bipartisan solutions with the new congress. >> there have been concessions and compromises in both directions, on all of the major issues and we expect to continue to work with the congress in that way. >> reporter: top aides admit that the election results were a shock. by white house count, only 50% of the candidate mrs mr. reagan campaigned for won yesterday. >> that was ronald reagan in the first midterm of his presidency, 1982. eight years later on november 8th, 1984, the curse of the first midterm president bill clinton in an epic, historic loss for the democrats at the time. >> tonight, the sound you hear is the sound of a moving van backing up to the united states preparing to move in a republican majority. at this hour, the republicans have picked up the seven seats that they need to take control of that chamber. we still do not have a raeeadin on the house of re

the national rifle association has a new top gun, oliver north, a former aide to president ronald reagan. he is widely known for his role in the so-called iran contra scandal, also dubbed irangate. it was a major controversy of the reagan administration. peter o'brien has more on the retired u.s. marine colonel seen as a hero by many republicans. peter: a vietnam veteran, a best-selling author, decorated for his presidential service as well as his pistol and rifle expertise, gives an almost evangelical address to the u.s.'s influential gun lobby. oliver: give us the perseverance to guard all of our god-given liberties enshrined in our bill of rights, or protect those who serve the cause of freedom. peter: after retiring from the u.s. marines, oliver north worked for the national security council. he was a key figure in the iran contra affair of the 1980's, in which senior u.s. officials illegally facilitated arms sales to iran. north was allegedly responsible for the second part of the plan, where proceeds from the scales were sent to find the sociaialit government in nicaragua. you admi

some ways, carter's success paved the way for ronald reagan. reagan and the republicans going back to nixon at the beginning of the decade had taken up sort of the new language of conservatism, and it had a very broad appeal, as wallace himself had shown as early as 1964, nationally, and as carter had shown in 1976. so, that is sort of our review of the 1970's. any questions? all right, thank you all for coming. i will see you all wednesday. announcer: what's our special world war i centennial, the u.s. in france, 1918. live at 8:00 a.m. eastern. and on american history tv on c-span3. our guest is the author of "thunder and flames, americans in the crucible of combat, 1917-1918." towill look back 100 years france, where american army soldiers and marines saw their first major combat on the western front and more than 10,000 americans died or went missing. i centennial,r the u.s. and france, 19 18, memorial day starting at 9:00 easternastern -- 9 a.m. and on american history tv on c-span3. this weekend, on american artifacts, we look back to ame

they weren't even born when we saw what ronald reagan did at reykjavik. which the press hated, liberals hated, europe hated. and yet, we conservatives believe reagan's tough negotiations against mikhail gorbach gorbachev, and yet you negotiated. you negotiate and take a tough line for a long time and then you get concessions. here's donald trump bumbling in, he wasn't even a good dealmaker in new york city. that's why he was $9 billion in debt, right? he bumbles in, like we've always accused liberals of bumbling in in negotiations with communists and tiyrannical regimes. and this sort of bumbling is what we're fearful of, we're always skeptical, especially of communist regimes. and yet donald trump bumbles in. this is not a surprise to us real conservatives. i know nikki haley is going to have to say what she has to say at the united nations. but this is not surprising to nikki haley. she comes out of the tradition of ronald reagan as do i and so many other people that are not surprised by this at all. >> right. and i think what trump thinks, just to try

. >> throughout the 1980s, her majesty enjoys an especially friendly relationship with ronald reagan. he is the seventh president to hold office during elizabeth's reign as queen. >> her favorite is undoubtedly ronald reagan. they had an affinity when it came to horses. >> reagan and thatcher got along famously. and the queen, too, who kind of offered this kind of glittering spectacle when reagan came for state banquet. so it was an interesting me menagetwe, i guess. >> in an attempt to thwart a potential communist threat, the british government is completely unaware of the operation. >> we communicated to the united states our doubts that her majesty's government had about initiating action. >> i'm absolutely convinced that was one point where the queen and mrs. thatcher who didn't see eye to eye on everything certainly saw eye-to-eye. >> america has always been a great ally. so when the u.s. went into grenada and didn't let the queen know, that was a tricky motion. >> this lasts just four days. >> i think you better look at the shots of the queen and ronald reagan riding at windsor

i'm perfectly happy to use the jfk-ronald reagan idea that rising tide lifts all. >> brennan: a trickle down guy. >> it's incentives. don't punish success, reward success. you've heard me say this for about 25-something years. you know some, all i'm saying is, right now we're a year, year and half into it it looks like we're working or it's working. >> brennan: larry, good to talk to you. we'll be back in a moment with a

he worked for ronald reagan -- -- worked for ronald reagan, john mccain, i think others. he is out there fighting on fake news cnn. i think nbc may be more distorted and worse. headline -- have a it's called a witchhunt. i said give me that article. i want to read it. just happened a few minutes before i walked on stage. a federal judge questions special counsel robert mueller's authority to tax and bank records unrelated to the 2016 elections against former trump campaign manager chairman paul manafort. he was therefore a short while, but he is a good person, he is. the judge, who is really something very special i are from very -- many standpoints, he's a respected person, should -- suggested the charges be put before the court which is designed to pressure manafort into giving information on president donald trump. i have been saying that for a long time. it's a witchhunt. none of that information has to do with information related to the russian government coordination and the campaign of donald trump. it's from years before. then, how does this have anything to do wi

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he was great, ronald reagan was the best. what i took from that is the person i looked up to most in my life loved everything about this country, but he was not from here. every little crumb about what i loved is what you have and i do not. and so, i have not sat through -- no advance -- as many -- no offense, as many presidents as you all have. >> that is the advantage of being younger. >> but when i look at presidents and the former chief of staff gave me a reprieve because he took president trump up the table. i look at who is inspiring this country. i look at ronald reagan and the feeling he gave americans across the country, republicans, democrats, a lot of people inspired by the american dream about something beyond legislation, how we feel as americans and making people proud again. i don't remember a lot about jimmy carter, other than what i read. he was at the bottom of the polls when i grew up, and he seems like a good man. ronald reagan got me involved in politics. that is really what got me involved. leon: i assum

and -- you know, you have to trust but verify ronald reagan taught me that a long time ago. i like the direction we're going in. >> there's also no mention in the communique telecom firm zte. the president tweeted last week saying he wanted to find way to get it back into business. they have been subject to sanctions. a bipartisan consensus on capitol hill that that would be a mistake. where does that stand? >> president xi asked president trump to take another look at it. this may be part of the overall trade discussion. but it really is an enforcement action. a legal enforcement action. the process being run by the commerce and justice department. i don't know how this is going to turn out. wilbur ross is having a careful look at this. let me just say with as much clarity as possible, if any of the remedies are altered, they're still going to be very, very tough. including big firings, compliance measures. new management, new boards. the question is whether there are perhaps some small changes around the edges. i think president trump is doing this because there's good fee

and you know, i didn't think it was ronald reagan, because he already named jim brady, and so -- i got there, and i was so nervous that i had to sit on my hands like this because they were like shaking. i mean i never met a first lady before. and she was very kind to mess, and she asked me a few question but mainly she wanted to talk about what she was interested in doing, and she kept telling me how, how concerned she was about the whole problem of youth, drug abuse. and i remember thinking, but what are your qualifications for that issue? you know what -- wasn't sure that that from a pr standpoint that that would be viable option. but i forgot about how powerful a first ladyy can be. and what a platform she has. and so anyway -- the next day i got a call and they set me up with a series of meetings with mike deafer and ending with my personal hero jim brady, and he, he said you know it's down to two people. and i said well in this case, i'm your girl. i want the job. [laughter] and he said well i'm voting for you.an and two hours later she called to offer me the job. and that was a f

so ronald reagan deserves all the credit for taking tough positions but the ultimate collapse of the soviet union, but president carter created the foundation with both human right, democracy promotion and hard power upon which president reagan build. host: let's get to your phone calls. harold is joining us on the republican line from florida. good morning. caller: good morning. look, nobody would argue that jimmy carter wasn't in some ways a fine man. the problem is for those of us who are old enough to remember him. he wasn't exactly a successful president. he was a man who couldn't see the forest through the trees. it's just unbelievable. he spent his time trying to figure out who should play tennis on the white house tennis court. i mean, this is crazy. he just didn't get the job done. and when you say that he, you know, somehow built up american strength and did these things overseas, look, there was a reason that ronald reagan got elected. there was a real reason. and if you want to look at the armed forces and how they were doing, try to see it as it actually was. there were

. >> throughout the 1980s, her majesty enjoys an especially friendly relationship with ronald reagan. he is the seventh president to hold office during elizabeth's reign as queen. >> her favorite is undoubtedly ronald reagan. they had an affinity when it came to horses. >> reagan and thatcher got along famously. and the queen, too, who kind of offered this kind of glittering spectacle when reagan came for state banquet. so it was an interesting me nan menaget menagetwe, i guess. >> in an attempt to thwart a potential communist threat, t british government is completely unaware othe operation. >> we communicated to the united states our doubts that her majesty's government had about initiating action. >> i'm absolutely convinced that was one point where the queen and mrs. thatcher who didn't see eye to eye on everything certainly saw eye-to-eye. >> america has always been a great ally. so when the u.s. went into grenada and didn't let the queen know, that was a tricky motion. >> this lasts just four days. >> i think you better look at the shots of the queen and ronald reagan riding at

ronald reagan had a degree of followership that jimmy carter could only have dreamed that he would have and that has been true of every succeeding president. maybe students of congress will appreciate that contribution we made. >> thank you. bob, let me nudge you a little because it still mentioned carter's human rights record and he was the first president to put human rights on the map as a tenet of foreign policy and it something everybody, i think in this room, cares about. could you make comments about that and think about ways in which people have forgotten his role there or maybe that is a bright spot in the carter presidency where it has been for four decades. >> first we speak to your original question but what will help reframe carter's presidency? single word, time. already mentioned president grants but time plus memoirs like this and this is an important critical building block and historians will be important and you just touched on something we talk about human rights which is people looking back and looking at today and understanding a couple things as we go forward abou

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reagan. this president promised to take the fight to terrorists on our terms on their soil, and due to the courage of our armed forces and commander of chief, isis is on the run and the caliphate has crumbled, u.s. coalition has captured the most wanted and will some drive them out of existence once and for all. [applause] [crowd chanting: u-s-a] vice pres. pence: you're at home, president trump promised to stand on the thin blue line of law enforcement, and every day of his administration we have worked to give our law enforcement personnel the resources and tools and respect that they deserve every single day. [applause] our president promised to enforce our laws and secure our borders and he signed biggest funding increase for border security in nearly a decade. he set the national guard to this southern border and secured funding for the first 100 border walls. -- 100 miles of a new border wall. [applause] [crowd chanting: build that wall] [applause] vice pres. pence: i promise you when i

thene of he worked for ronald reagan -- then what happened? he worked ronald reagan, he worked for john mccain come i think others. fighting on fake news cnn. i think nbc may be more distorted and worse -- i think nbc may be more distorted and worse. it's called a witchhunt. i said give me that article. just happened a few minutes before i walked on stage. federal judge questions special counsel robert mueller's authority to -- unrelated. nobody knows that. the 2016 elections against former trump campaign .anager chairman paul manafort he's a good person, he is. judge, who is really something special i hear from any span -- many standpoints, he's a respected person, should just did the charges before the charges suggested the be put before the court -- into giving up information on president donald trump. i been saying that for a long time. it's a witchhunt. none of that information has to do with information related to the russian government coordination and the campaign of donald trump. it's from years before. does this have anything to do w