the republican party still has the imprint of the late president ronald reagan, today would have been his 108th birthday, we celebrate his life and long-lasting legacy. you probably saw the reaganesque flourishes in the state of the union but the mention of reagan by tom brady. 's longtime assistant who wrote the book on reagan with a tribute to the late president you cannot miss. covering virtually every part of your manufacturing business. & so this won't happen. because you've made sure this sensor and this machine are integrated. & she can talk to him, & yes... atta, boy. some people assign genders to machines. and you can be sure you won't have any problems. except for the daily theft of your danish. not cool! at&t provides edge to edge intelligence. it can do so much for your business, the list goes on and on. that's the power of &. & this shipment will be delivered... - [voiceover] this is an urgent message from the international fellowship of christians and jews. there is an emergency food crisis for elderly holocaust survivors in the former soviet union. - this is a fight aga

ronald reagan. recognizing that vitality, the optimism, the hope, the courage, the determination to make the future better for their children and the next generations, and those are american traits. those people, all of our ancestors, parents, grandparents, maybe some of you in the room, make america more american with that optimism, hope, courage and determination. he goes on to say, we must not close doors. you really have to read his speech. it's just remarkable. and he, george herbert walker bush, president clinton, president george w. bush in his heart, in his head was all there with immigration but we couldn't convince others in his party at that time. he really -- maybe the best in terms of his full appreciation personally as a representative, as a governor of a border state and, of course, barack obama. and so this administration is a departure from the bipartisanship that has always existed, the recognition of who we are by and large a nation of immigrants unless we are blessed to have been

ronald reagan. they started tossing it and i will never forget the scene top man said it over and over. ronald reagan, ronald reagan. he paused for a long moment and declared i like it. so i became ronald reagan. debates continue about f.d.r.'s impact on his age and hours, but to my mind james mcgregor burns caught the core when he included in his list faith in the people. the months before f.d.r. took office are far behind us now. we forget what they were like. the pink slips handed out at factories across the land but no jobs anywhere if you lost yours. soup kitchen in every city and look of desperation in people's eyes and we forget in the unprecedented economic craves crisis people were questioning democracy itself. and then along came f.d.r. who put his faith as he said in the forgotten man, the ordinary american. i remember that voice of his as we heard it here today coming over the radio its strength and optimism. i wonder how many of us in this room know that to this day no program in the hi

reagan: so i became ronald reagan. debates continue about fdr's impact on his age and hours, but to my mind, james macgregor burns got the core of president roosevelt's contribution when he included in his list faith in the people. the months before fdr took office are far behind us now. we forget what they were like, pink slips handed out at factories across the land no jobs anywhere if you lost your spirit the soup kitchen in every major city, the look of desperation in people's eyes, and we forget that in the unprecedented economic crisis, many people had begun to question our basic institutions, including our democracy itself. then along came fdr, who put his faith, as he said, in the four gotten man, the ordinary american. i remember that voice of his, as we heard it today, coming over the radio. its strength, it's optimism. i wonder how many of us in this room know that to this day, no program in the history of radio has ever equaled the audience he had in his fireside chats. i remember how a light would snap on

ronald reagan this is the last speech year 02 young. this is the last speech i will make as president of the united states. he talks about the statue of liberty and what it meant, what it meant to his -- to families in look and say that what's my grandparents, my grandparents my ancestors saw when they came to the america and there she is. what it means to newcomers still coming to america to see this beacon of hope to the world of welcome to newcomers to america. and then he goes on to say, you have to read the speech directly because i most certainly will not do it justice. but then he goes on to say, the vital force america must recognize that the vital force of our preeminence in the world is every new generation of new immigrants coming to our country and once america fails to recognize their contribution we will fail to be preeminent in the world. ronald reagan recognizing that by vitality optimism and in hope to make the future better for their children in the next generations and those are american traits. those people, all of o

reagan -- >> ronald reagan. >> in 1964 made the promise and donald trump should throw ronald reagan under the conservative republicans base and he should say reagan was for, you should be for it, let's make it happen. >> that's really -- i'm thrilled -- that's why we need henry here to tell us that history. that's really, really interesting. [laughter] >> i didn't know that, that's fascinating. >> he said it for years before and that's what unearthed on my research my book, the commitment to the idea that everyone should be able to have health care even if funded by the government, shouldn't be government run. >> that's right. i used that phrase. universal free market healthcare, contradiction, no, the universal is everyone covered but delivered to the market. >> ronald reagan was there in 1961. >> you know, the medicare for all, that's popped up this week as an argument among the democratic presidential contenders, what does that really mean? does it mean that government is throwing the whole thing and closing down private insurance and, you know, there's this argument going on abo

i am wondering, i was wondering about, i remember ronald reagan , i remember ronald reagan put wars in the sky to stop the nuclear missiles from russia from coming in to america back in the early 1980's. i was wondering, can y'all do that? prevent this from happening? do another star wars to block the missiles from coming into america like ronald reagan did a long time ago? wondering if that could work, you know? pedro: thanks. daryl: the quick answer is no. first of all ronald reagan had , the concept of building a shield to defend the united states against the soviet union's many nuclear arms missiles. that never came to fruition even though the united states has spent billions of dollars on strategic missile defense. we today have 44 strategic interceptors that can hit a small number of missiles from a country like north korea. as i said before, the success rate is not 100%. so you know, missile defense is not in the long-term our defense against north korea's ballistic missiles. and north korea's response to a more robust defense would be to build more off of ballistic missiles tha

three when the republican party still has a deep imprint of thee president ronald reagan. today would have been his 108th birthday. tonight, we'll celebrate his life and long lasting legacy. you probably saw the reagan esque flourishes in his speech. but did you see the reference in the super bowl? we have a tribute to the late president you cannot miss. ♪ woman: this is your wake-up call. if you have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis, month after month, the clock is ticking on irreversible joint damage. ongoing pain and stiffness are signs of joint erosion. humira can help stop the clock. prescribed for 15 years, humira targets and blocks a source of inflammation that contributes to joint pain and irreversible damage. vo: humira can lower your ability to fight infections. serious and sometimes fatal infections including tuberculosis, and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened, as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. tell your doctor if you've been to areas where certain fungal infection

[laughter] so this is ronald reagan's approach. and it characterizes sort of a large part of where i'm going to be going with my talk because by the time reagan was president, humor was considered a necessary part of the political arsenal of a president, of a candidate. and this because well i told you this story and no one would say it's an enormously clever story but it's enough to get a ha, ha, ha. reagan covered that if there's an audience that doesn't know you, if there's an up and audience might be kept cal about the message you're conveying, if you can get them to laugh it loosens them up. it makes them feel like they're a real person. it worked for regan as governor. for reagan as president of the united states. and it represented something of a culmination of a trend that had been going on for a long period of time. so i'm going to cover some of that trend. now, while i was -- after i told gleaves the topic that i was going to speak about tonight, i thought about t. i happened to be teaching last month, i teach this course

some presidents, like ronald reagan, have chosen a farewell address. but none since carter have formally had a state of the union in january of their final couple of weeks in office. but note also the wilsonian conception here. not only is he moving it into primetime so that millions of americans can watch him, and while he acknowledges, you know, it's never get together perfectly, total respect is important, and what that means institutionally is respect for the presidency. and its policy initiatives. and in 1969 of course we're coming off of pretty significant legislative enactments by johnson in previous congress. so this is really the height of an activist federal government during johnson and the state of the union was designed in part to harness the power of the executive. well, the opposition party wasn't going to allow an increase in viewership to happen without a response. literally. in 1966, republican congressional leaders gave the first official response to a state of the union address. a 30-minute, televised address by republican senators

ronald reagan was magnificent at giving speeches. ronald reagan understood actually he was very good at pivoting. one of the things that people don't fully remember about the reagan era is that reagan raised taxes without being held responsible for it. he changed his policy toward the soviet union without people saying he was a flip-flopper. he had that and. he had t he had the ability of bringing americans together. he had in a sense other than time a soothing effect on the american people. donald trump is always divisive, always seeking to make his base happier and everybody else angrier. if he chooses to be reaganesque, i'm not sure it would be all that believable, but if he chooses to be reaganesque, we might see his numbers go up about. if he talks about infrastructure and actually did something, he might find democrats supporting him. but so far he has approach incapable. >> thank you for choosing greatness and deciding to be with us. >> choosing "early start." nice to see you. >>> the inaugural committee has been subpoenaed by

. >> jeff, ronald reagan's administration, you talked abou. innovati some would say his policies were innovative, but they creatednd of a confidence level for businesses to take risks, and thd resulte in a significant gain. >> absolutely. ronald rea the wave of demographics of the baby boom generation. ronald reagan came intoen effec aby boomers were hitting prime earning years early i that cycle so he had that tailwind behind them. then he enhanced tha with lower regulation, lower taxation, which gave those business owners coidence to thenreinvest in their business. capitalxpenditures break even were a lot shorter and that gave them confidence to make investments. hence, investors followed that, prognosticating that the investments would doell over time. >> bill clinton also had the luck of the draw. he was president during the dotcom boom of the '90s and that improved his performance as well, righut >> wit doubt. if you remember very famously he came into the offic with the slogan the economy, stupid. it was a very frustratingly slow pace of

i edited ronald reagan's diaries and done three books on president reagan. all these right-wing people that call in here act like any time you try to be a centerist or try to talk honestly on president's day -- presidents' day that you have an agenda, part of their tree-state paranoia. reagan would fabricate things and he would read or misremember and say things that took place in a hollywood studio and act like he was there. i don't think it was malicious but just became a rt 5 of his personality and persona. donald trump, i don't mean to criticize him but i don't know who would not say he's been a blow hard a lot of his life and being a blow hard, you have to sell things. you know, you're selling a building and you call it a mansion. and that's what he did as a developer and he's continued that practice into the presidency. but i'm not making a critique on how that plays out in his presidency. and i think there's -- all presidents don't like newspapers and all feel they're getting a raw deal but only donald trump has called the press the enemy of the peopl

that's the only way they come back the next day. >> neil: of course, he is tip o'neal, ronald reagan, developed a personal relationship that often meant negotiating in the night of the white house residence. some alcohol would be involved there. whatever works, right? >> right. >> neil: i'm wondering whether this president and nancy pelosi could enjoy the same type of relationship. doesn't seem likely. >> it doesn't seem likely. that's okay. they're different people. it's a different time. that doesn't mean they can't work together. they're both politicians. they are both there to do the business of the people and make the country better. if they work to find what they have in common, not what divides them, they'll get it done. >> neil: i don't know whether ronald reagan did this. maybe you can help. the idea that look, we make progress on this, look at the other areas where we have pretty broad and bipartisan agreement. >> dana: lowering drug prices, infrastructure. what do you think? that was a teaser? >> maybe so. progress begets progress. if they go one success under their belt an

reagan signed in 1986 and all of you have seen the footage of ronald reagan and george bush in the presidential debate where they are talking about practically strengthening the relationship between the united states and mexico. and in 1979 when ronald reagan made his announcement for president, he almost talked about open borders. so, nobody's talking right now about open borders or not having border security. all we are talking about is doing border security effectively but also treating people compassionately inhumanely and in a way that is in keeping with the great nation that we are. where do you propose they go? >> the democrats have been willing to put money in border security. they passed legislation as soon as democrats took over they passed legislation that mirrored a check on the en him and the se republicans i don't think democrats should support funding for the border wall just because what they should support and do support is an investment in border security that actually makes sense and the president has let his ego gets the better of him and he's using the border wall as a poli

some presidents like ronald reagan have chosen a farewell address. none since carter formally had a state of the union in january in their final couple of weeks in office. note the wilsonian conception. not only is he moving it into prime time so millions of americans can watch. while he acknowledges it can never get together perfectly, total respect is important. what that means respect for the presidency and its policy initiatives. in 1969, we are coming off of pretty significant legislative enactments by johnson. this is the height of an activist federal government. the state of the union was designed, in part, to harness the power of the executive. the opposition party was not going to allow an increase in viewership to happen without a response. in 1966, republican congressional leaders gave the first official response to a state of the union address. it was a 30 minute televised address by everett dirksen and gerald ford. the republican leaders of the house and senate. this tradition takes off. in fits and starts they did not always do in the e

>> ronald reagan started it. >> ronald reagan started that tradition. there will be criminal justice call outs. >> it's the best moment of the speech. >> i agree. >> trump in the past has done a good job, unlike other presidents that waited to the end, he sort of moved them into the speech and did a really nice job of that and actually one of the things that republicans aren't very good at is humanizing their policy and their message and he did an excellent job of that. i expect he will do that again tonight, and that can be lasting. now, i agree, he has to follow through on the policy. he did a great job last year and he got a solid bump and i think he can do it again. >> the members of the supreme court are being welcomed in. >> there you see chief justice john roberts, justice kavanaugh for the first time is walking in as well with other members of the supreme court. not all of them, jake, are there. several of them decided to sit it out. but there's a nice representation. >> that's right. we have chief justice roberts, k kagan, kavanaugh, and gorsuc

>> i don't see how people can say the debate has moved to the left when in 1986 ronald reagan signed an amnesty bill that impacted millions of undocumented immigrants. ronald reagan, the republican president most republicans cite as their inspiration today, signed an amnesty bill in 1986. the debate that we're having today is whether babies should be in cages or not. if anything, we've moved completely in the wrong direction. we've moved in this direction of scapegoading and creating fear and paranoia about people back here. we don't have to choose between having good border security and treating people well. we can treat people humanely and compassionately and process their asylum claims, their refugee claims, and also have good border security. i don't see it. i don't see, you know, that we've moved much to the left. i think we've just moved -- we're just raising an issue of common sense and compassion and what this country has been about and that was exemplified by republicans and democrats that passed legislation that ronald reagan signed in 1986. all of y'all have seen the foota

can you block the missile from coming into america like ronald reagan did a long time ago? host: thanks. guest: the quick answer is no. ronald reagan had the concept of building a shield to defend the united states against the soviet union's many nuclear arms missiles. that never came to fruition even though the united states has spent billions of dollars on strategic missile defense. we have 44 strategic interceptors that can hit a small number of missiles from a country like north korea. 100%.ccess rate is not missile defense is not in the northerm defense against korea's ballistic missiles. north korea's response to a more robust defense would be to build more off of ballistic missiles that can hit not just the u.s. but our allies in south korea and japan. it would be an offensive defensive arms race that neither side could win. the goal ought to be to negotiate with north korea a lasting agreement that eliminates the capability to deliver nuclear weapons on ballistic missiles. what is success for the second summit then? guest: that is a tough question in the sense that

chiefe worked as economist at burns turns, served in the administrations of ronald reagan and george h.w. bush. while we wait for the president to make an appearance, let's go back to molly and keep discussing the debt markets. we have seen money managers recommending increasing credit exposure. i'm sorry, we now see president trump entering. we will now listen to his speech as he announces his candidate for the world bank presidency. president trump thank you very much. it is a lot of fun doing this one because we are dealing with a very special man, very special person. today it's my pleasure to announce my choice for the next president of the world bank, mr. david malpass. i have known david for a long time, very extraordinary man. with us today are david's wife adele, as well as his three children robert, emily, julia. i want to thank you all for being here. i want to congratulate you all. thank you. [applause] we are also pleased to be joined today by secretary steven mnuchin, wilbur ross, alex acosta, ben carson, as well as ambassador bob lighthizer, who is right now negotiatin

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i said to him ronald reagan wouldn't have done it this way. gerry: you're also critical of jared kushner, president's son-in-law, you criticize his lack of experience. to be fair, you admit you have a bit of history with the kushner family. you, essentially, sent to jail jared kushner's father. people say, well, that's inevitably going to color your view of the way the administration is performing. >> well, listen, i have absolutely nothing against the kushner family. i did my job. i got presented with a set of facts, and it might surprise some of your viewers to know, i've never met charles kushner. i prosecuted him, i saw him in court three times, we never exchanged words, and up until the chapter that's entitled jared's meltdown when he came in up invited to a meeting with me and donald trump, i had never met jared. and so i have nothing against the kushner family, and as far as jared's concerned, what i did in the book was just tell the stories. gerry: what do you think of his -- i mean, he's been given a lot of responsibility in the admin

. >> in december of 1987 ronald reagan and mikhail gorbachev came to a dramatic agreement. at the height of the cold war they agreed that the united states and the soviet union would eliminate all land-based missiles with ranges between a few hundred and a few thousand miles. after the treaty was signed more than 2,000 missiles were destroyed between the two countries. for over 30 years the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty or inf has served as a check on ambitions of the two largest nuclear powers on earth, until today when secretary of state mike pompeo announced that the trump administration is suspending the treaty effective tomorrow. in six months if they don't find that russia has come into compliance with the terms of the inf, they will terminate the treaty altogether. the president managed to put a positive stand on the affair saying, we stand ready to engage with russia on arms control negotiations that meet these criteria, and, importantly, once that is done, develop, perhaps for the first time ever, an outstanding relationship on economic, trade, political

around 1978, first with jimmy carter and then ronald reagan, the federal government decided to get those policies. policies.se what we have seen is a new geographic inequality. incomes between my hometown and think -- in st. louis and new york city were coming closer and closer together. country true all of our country.er the most of the country is now falling behind a couple metro states and cities. if the democrats want to solve their geographic problem, both parties need to get behind solving the geographic inequality problem. host: if you look at the traditional base of the democratic party going back to franklin roosevelt and john kennedy, winning the farm belt, what changed? what happened? guest: that is a very good question. a lot has happened since democrats did well among middle west farmers. a lot of middle west farmers are longtime republicans as i learned, but i think that the fallen behindve timeetro areas for a long and in their desperation, democrats did not seem to be providing answers to their problems. republicans offered answers to their problems. you can presume those

the landmark treaty was signed in one nine hundred eighty seven by then leaders ronald reagan and mikhail gorbachev and it's been one of the pillars of international security since that ban nuclear capable missiles of intermediate range however thirty years later president trump facing constant accusations of collusion and not being tough enough on russia decided to withdraw from the treaty citing alleged violations by moscow now with the two countries to quit the deal fears are growing over a new arms race and research remarks by trump aren't helping to quash those concerns perhaps we can negotiate a different agreement it being china and others. or perhaps we can't in which case we will outspend and out innovate all of those by far russia has denied any violations and said that it's been open to washington for any necessary checks but that didn't help and for now the treaty has been suspended by both sides paving way for a potential arms race if not worse and now till see gabbert is trying to impede trump's move and it's not the first time she's taking action against a foreign policy th

president ronald reagan signed the i.n.f. treaty it marked a change of cools off to decades of nuclear tensions during the cold war years. the treaty banjul brown. don't do much to miss i was with ranges of between five hundred and five and a half thousand kilometers those who felt most at risk during the cold war were countries across europe. but even germany's foreign minister heiko must recently held talks with america's secretary of state mike pompei if it meets the treaty it's no longer a working. order going on and without the nuclear missile treaty there would be less security but we recognize that this treaty has been violated by the russian side and that during the last sixty days unsuccessful attempts have been made to clear up the accusations for more transparency and more information. in so far as this is a treaty between two signatories and that one is in violation of it the treaty is de facto suspended. all star craft because the. pressure is mounting on russia to save the treaty but for now it appears to be dea

reagan and deputy assistant secretary of state under president george h w bush. asdistinguished himself staff director of the point economic committee of the united states congress. ofwas named to the boards many notable institutions and charities. highly respected man. including the council of the americas and the economic club of new york. the wall street journal just said today in an editorial that david malpass is an excellent choice, which is true. america is the largest contributor to the world bank, giving it over $1 billion every year. my administration is -- has made it a top priority to ensure that u.s. taxpayers, the dollars are ,pent effectively and wisely serve american interest and defend american values. david has been a strong advocate for accountability at the world bank for a long time. david was also critical of the creation of the world bank's women's entrepreneur, and they know, you know about the world bank's initiatives, he will make it a priority to continue empowering women all across the globe. it is very important and very important if

reagan was the governor and a sighted, and agree, but if you are blaming ronald reagan for homelessness in modern california, you are not looking at yourself in the mirror and admitting may be my dumb ideas have something to do with it, i mean, honestly. >> ethan: now we have new ideas. a new bill has been passed experimenting with conservative ship and mayor london buried in san francisco and in los angeles addressing head on. actually got funding to finally build some housing that was a requirement from the federal courts before we could do something about getting people off of the streets. >> tucker: just because, so you are saying, hold on, very quick the driving problem profound mental illness, but we want to put profoundly mental ill, schizophrenics and their own housing unsupervised? that is a good idea, do you think? >> you have mental illness on one hand but you also have the issue of severe shortage of housing and the courts prohibit anything beingd done. so we have housing built in the mayor is working on this. >> tucker: great to see you, ethan, thank you very much. the u.s.

the tradition of the president bringing guests and technology them in the chamber begin with ronald reagan. 13 of thehere will be president's guests. each there to help him make an argument for his priorities. , you can see the list on whitehouse.gov. daughter, granddaughter and great-granddaughter of gerald and sharon david who were murdered by an illegal immigrant. up on the list is matthew charles, in jail since 1996 for selling crack cocaine. he was recently released as a result of the present reform bill signed into law by the president. hase's a nine-year-old who a brain tumor. ashley avenue and struggles with opioid addiction. hernandez, an agent who focuses on human trafficking. joshua trump, a student who has been bullied in school because of his last name. members of congress get to bring guests tonight. steve king of iowa tweeted out, having only one ticket i invited one of two guests for the state of the union tonight. diamond and silk, both will be my guest speakers at cos tomorrow morning. said, eachssman lawmaker only gets one ticket. take a look at the ticket. , atalked wit

this is the way we reported it on the "today" show back when we were covering ronald reagan. earlier, the day's centerpiece, the new treaty eliminating medium range missiles. gorbachev was not afraid to interrupt when he repeated his favorite russian maxim, "trust but verify." >> you repeat that at every meeting. i like it. >> gorbachev, to neutralize right wing opposition to future treaties, reached an agreement with a conservative president. >> admiral stavridis, that sort of flashback friday tells you how far back this goes. many would say this intermediate range missile treaty, so hard fought, to stand firm against ronald reagan, to get gorbachev to sign that, why not try to negotiate harder? >> well, let's begin with who is in the wrong here. this really is a case of trust but verify. we have unequivocally verified russia is the guilty party here, we need to put that up front. to your point, andrea, there are three terrible potential outcomes here, one of which you've mentioned, a strategic propensity to set off a new arms race. the second is, it's very difficult, it's i

president ronald reagan and russia's mikhail gorbachev in one thousand nine hundred seven most agree it's not perfect it did halter the escalating arms race between the two superpowers still us president donald trump has long been a critic of the tree to be sure but not tobar he took a hard line presumably to deter russia from expanding its arsenal russia has violated the agreement they've been violated here for many years and i don't know why president obama didn't negotiate or pull out. that we're not going to let them violate a nuclear agreement and go out of their weapons and we're not allowed to still there's concern the u.s. did not exhaust its diplomatic options and is trump pressures north korea to give up its nuclear arsenal many question why he would relax any missile restrictions on russia it actually opens the door for russia to deploy more of these missiles and opens the door. for a new european missile race some analysts have speculated the trumpet ministration isn't just worried about russia. china is not bound by the treaty there's criticism it's been gaining military

reagan at the library's anniversary in 1989. >> fdr renewed the charter of the founders of our nation, the founders that created a government of we the people through a depression and a great war, crisis that well could have let us and in other direction and strength in the charter. >> on american history tv on c-span3. >> next on the civil war, john marszalek discusses grant's process for writing, his discussion with abraham lincoln, and why he focused on the civil war and excluded his presidency. this is about an hour. >> i am frank williams, your co-chair. every other year, we have the john and craig show.

more conservative than ronald reagan. people admitan that. our theme is what makes america great, so our theme is not maga. it's an event where we talk mostly about policies and so ourative solutions, theme is not going to be make america great again, it is going to be, what makes america great, and go back to talk about the foundational principles of america, this great country, why so many people want to come and partake of our economy and our culture and our people and our society. what makes us so truly special? and the main reason is we all know is a written constitution where the american people are the sovereign, and they limit their government. it doesn't mean the government should be weak, it should be strong and aggressive in the areas that are clearly written, like national security, but in other areas government should be humble and in many areas there should be no role for government at all because we can solve our own problems. that is what we are going to talk about. alexis: will the group endorse fort 2020