barbara walters, that's excellent. yeah, you know. three three characteristics of the three women done biographies of our two i've done and when i'm working on complicated barbara bush barbara bush. yes. i did a biography of barbara bush. called the matriarch barbara bush nancy pelosi and now barbara walters one. they're complicated. to their consequential they had an impact. and three no good biography of them. so a lot of you know, yeah, there's kind. and feel on that. yeah. hi my question. that that item that you talking to speaker pelosi about in the ninth interview. what was that item actually in in your included in your book. was yeah and what? what was that? so not gonna poke the bear by telling what it was but you know, i'll tell you this. this actually makes me look smart when potentially could make me look stupid. so i'll tell this story when when i was when i was starting both books. i didn't. contact the subject of the books beforehand to see if they would cooperate. which i think potentially could be very stupid. both of

walters and they are complicated, and inconsequential they had an impact, three know good biography them. >> is there's open field on them. >> my question is the items that when you were talking to speaker policyhe about, was that item including both. >> its w was yes. >> and what was it. >> i'm not quite about the bear telling what it was but until you, this actually makes me look smart, when potentially could make me feel stupid so i will tell the story and one of the starting both books, i didn't contact the subject of the book to see if they would cooperate which i think potentially could be very stupid both of them cooperatedh i did interviews wih barbara bush and then the ten interviews with pelosi for this book and then an 11th interview for the hardback for the paperback which is him out a couple weeks ago the reason that i did not ask him if they would cooperate is that i thought that if they said no, mcchicken out and i thought if they said yes, my think they had some control over what i wrote him became to them and i i said, i signed a contract to go biography with you, i

this was a taping for barbara walters special agency. thanks you yeah. and as as part of that they had them watching this movie in the family theater matter of fact mary. ann was also there when i was photographing this i photographed it in. white marion photographed it in color. i don't know if you remember that. no, i don't this is when this was when the producer was saying mrs. reagan. can you please be looking at the movie? and mrs. reagan said but pete's head is in the way so i had to duck down a little. more maryann nancy reagan did a number of things in the public sphere that yes the diplomatic sphere. what's the story about her at the united nations? she went to the she did in fact organize that international summit and we took two plane loads first. ladies up to new york and spoke at the united nations advocating that the countries become more involved. and of course, that's a political hot potato because there are several nations who depend on the income from drugs is their product and so she had george schultz with her when we went up there an

i never seen anything like it and anne knows and and knows i mean barbara walters katie katie couric, diane sawyer anyone you could possibly think of as there and and the roofs of every single every single building had already been determined which network would have but it was in it was such an honor and the media had such a feeling for president reagan and the money that they put into it and the time that they had all put into it we had. never done that before and we never done it since anyway, and you like to say that to my friend joanne drake all the chi has done for all of these years with the reagan agreed joanne. beautiful are there other questions? over here. yes. so i wanted to i don't think that's on. it's on i wanted to ask about one high and one low and the sort of behind the scenes influence of the first lady the low being bitburg and the high being tear down this wall in berlin. yeah, so right after ronald reagan was reelected. you all may remember bitburg that happened. um, and it was we was pretty aggressive. and and he ronald reagan really got creamed for it. um we an

walters about meeting maples for the first time. >> she said i'm marla and i love your husband, do you? >> yes. >> what did you say? >> i love my husband very much. >> reporter: known for her resilience later on display with a cameo in the 1996 film "the first wives club." >> and, remember. >> what? >> don't get mad. get everything. >> reporter: she eventually maintained a friendship with her ex-husband as she explained to our amy robach in 2017 for her memoir "raising trump." >> the two of you have remained good friends. how does that happen? >> donald during the divorce he was brutal and he treated the divorce like a business deal and cannot lose, he has to win. it took two years and after the situation was straightened up, he was just don and we were friends. >> reporter: the two still speaking frequently after he was elected president and offered to name her ambassador to the czech republic which she turned down. >> i had the direct number to white house but i not really want to call him because melania is there and don't want to cause jealousy or something like that because i'm fi