this is ronald reagan, president of the united states. i'm speaking to you, the peoples of the soviet union, on the occasion of the new year. i know that in the soviet union as it is all around the world this is a season of hope and expectation. a time for family to gather, a time for prayer, a time to think about peace. that's true in america too. at this time of year, americans travel across the country in their cars or by airplane to be

what did ronald reagan say at the same time? he was telling the british parliament that marxism was headed for the ash heap of history. he was absolutely right and by the end of that decade the berlin wall was down in the soviet union was no more. that sense of humor in decembe december 1981i wanted to present a copy of my book to him and my publisher said be sure to have a chapter of the attempted assassination so i did. and then said will they do something special on the cover? so in big black letters on a yellow background, complete through the assassination attempt. very tacky. i don't like that but think that would be great for sales. we went back and forth. so i come into the office and there is reagan who almost died in march this was december. a big smile building up his body was strong and made you feel so good and i said mr. president here is a copy of the biography. they are taking pictures and he looks down at the cover complete through the assassination attempt and says i'm sorry i messed up your ending. [laughter]

, ronald reagan, who inspired in me notjust a sense of service, but ronald reagan, who inspired in me not just a sense of service, but a sense of responsibility to my community, and what we can do to help the least. is it time for more republicans, who are minded like you and frankly disgusted by what they are seeing from donald trump in the white house to actually say they want no part of electoral politics right now? i'm thinking of senatorjeff flake for example who is outspoken in his criticism of donald trump, said recently there are times when we must risk all careers in favour of our principles and now is such a time, and he, realising because of his criticising, he was not going to get the nomination i think that's unfortunate and i've said so, i've told him that. even though, look, if what you're saying, hiroa great though, look, if what you're saying, hiro a great book on this, and if you really believe these founding principles hold true, you stay in the fight. what good is it to walk away and to lessen the authority of your voice, even though you may lose your voice, even t

, ronald reagan is the republican icon. he is the emblem of republican and he's called the great communicator. what is his most famous rhetoric, is standing at the brandenburg gate and saying to his soviet counterpart, mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. america at its best stands for both literally and figuratively tearing walls down, not building them. and then you have donald trump. [applause] , if i could take it just a little further, just look at ronald reagan's policy towards the soviet union which was trust but verify. when he was talking to gorbachev during those famous summits during the course of reagan's administration, he would say repeatedly, trust but verify. so much that he got sick of it. in fact he stood on the stage and talked about how sick he was of ronald reagan saying trust but verify with donald trump, his policy toward russia is trust. trust felt. not trust his own intelligence apparatus. that is remarkable. that is absolutely astounding that a republican would say this whole business about russian

it came out before ronald reagan picked james baker as his chief of staff. bar i thinkt the for chiefs of staff who followed. it's a very good early book on the subject. caller: he loved all of the early presidents -- lumped all of the early presidents together. starting in 1857, that was the modern day making of the presidential candidate -- cabinet. he said when george washington a fewesident, he had positions. they kept adding to it later. guest: the government has gotten much more complicated and unwieldy. it's fascinating to me as you point out, the early presidents didn't have a chief of staff. they didn't have somebody that was equal in the white house. that is a modern phenomenon. haldermanck to and nixon. what i discovered doing the book was every president since the end has learned sometimes the hard way you cannot govern effectively without an empowered white house chief of staff that is first among equals to execute your agenda. host: you touched on james baker, james baker and ronald reagan. what made jim baker so effective? guy, he had the secr

ronald reagan had the same problem and handled it well. so will i. i want to bring in callan from "the washington post." you have a piece out saying trump's ill-advised claim. what do you think they have wrong here? >> i think the comparison to reagan could apply but i don't think he should want it to apply. saying there's equivalence here, he's sort of opening the door to the idea that maybe there is some problem with his mental health. keep in mind when the press in the 1980s was writing about president reagan, the question wasn't whether he was stable or intelligence but in his 70s perhaps he was losing hi memory and whether that might impair his effectiveness as president. as it turned out in 1994 he was diagnosed with alzheimer's disease. his son, ron reagan, said he felt as though his father was experiencing symptoms of that disease, at least early signs of the disease, while in office. in other words, those questions reporters were asking in the '80s were at least somewhat vindicated by a later diagnosis. if the president wants to cast the que

look at ronald reagan and jimmy carter. jimmy carter was the most intelligent president of the 20th century. he thought he could run the white house himself without an empowered chief. ronald reagan was unfairly i think as a dunce. donald trump didn't understand during his first term. that is an outsider president needs a consummate inside tore get things done on capitol hill. that's just the reality of modern history. the modern history presidency since nixon. host: robert in greenville, texas. independent caller. you're on with chris whipple now. caller: very good show this morning. as far as gatekeepers i feel for jim kelly. it's hard to imagine with such a wonderful career getting involved with an organization such as the trumps, the evil that it's presenting to the united states with. i'm an independent. my god. the biggest thing in this world that we really need is be careful of is inequality of the united states and trump just exacerbates that with his rhetoric and the elites that he surrounds himself with. poor jim

forget the ronald reagan thing. it isn't even close. >> so the first line in the piece with your byline and maggie haberman's line is just that. this is a president whose erratic behavior, it's all -- and again, not one of us, except maybe donny, can diagnose this man. i don't know him. but it's the public facing thing. we are examining what faces the public. and what faces the public are tweets about nuclear war, or the title of the book came from a tweet about fire and fury, raining down on north korea. well, there's no fire and fehry in fury in north korea without grim casualties for the rest of the peninsula. this has not only been legitimized by the president's outward facing behaviors but the deafening silence of the people closest to him. >> you mentioned, is this difficult for reporters to even raise this question? and when we started off covering this president about a year ago, i thought this issue might come up at some point because we saw on the campaign trail, even republican opponents used words like c

what ed rollins of ronald reagan's fame, a big strategist. he said that regan was famous for having a sense of humor. would the president be wise to do that? he is the one in the driver's seat in this economy and the markets, whether you want to credit him or not. just to accentuate the positive and don't punch down on the negative. >> i understand what people say about his tweeting. at the same time, he needs to continue to tweet. one of the reasons why is this: if he was putting out only his economic numbers, there's a lot of young people specifically millennials that won't care or pay attention to that. >> neil: that's your generation. they have an attention problem. >> a lot of people, what brings him to their page is what he is tweeting. >> it's hurt him. >> and then they see the numbers he tweets about. >> it's hurting him. >> i don't think it's hurting him. if you want to say he's insane, that's the type of insane i want to see in the white house. it's working. >> it's not working. here's the thing -- >> it is working. >> why is his ap

those giants were in my opinion, ronald reagan, barry goldwater and bill buckley. and as a matter of fact, i wrote biographs of all three of them. studied them and so trying to sort of sumup what do they have in common? well, they consider charismatic leaders who could inspire an audience to action. they believed that free enterprise could bring more prosperity to more people than any other economic system. they looked to a transcendent being for guidance and inspiration. they weren't believers. they were practicing men of faith. they hate communism. that was one of the reasons why i wanted to write about them. and every other form of tyranny over the mind of man. and they used the constitution as their north star. it wasn't just something they did on their own. barry goldwater. i think if i were to ask the audience, either here or watching and listening and oh was barry goldwater, thy might have some vague idea of who he was. but he was essential to the conservative movement and to what we call the conservative revolution. matter of fact he sparked the conservativ

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reagan playbook and screaming mental stability and intelligence. actually, throughout my life my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart. crooked hillary clinton also played these cards very hard, and as everyone knows, went down in flames. i went from very successful businessman to top tv star, to president of the united states. on my first try. i think that would qualify as not smart, but genius, and a

reagan: this is ronald reagan, president of the united states. i'm speaking to you, the peoples of the soviet union, on the occasion of the new year. i know that in the soviet union , as it is all around the world, this is a season of hope and expectation. a time for family to gather , a time for prayer, a time to think about peace. that is true in america, too. at this time of year americans , traveled across the country in their cars, by train, or by airplane to be together with their families. many americans came to the united states from other countries, and at this time of year, they look forward to hosting friends and family from their homelands. most of us celebrate christmas or hanukkah, and as part of the celebrations, we go to church or synagogue, then gather around the family dinner table. after giving thanks for our blessings, we share a traditional holiday meal of goose, turkey, or roast beef and exchange gifts. on new year's eve, we gather again. like you, we raise our glasses in a toast to the year to come. in hopes for ourselves,

we have been producing it since 1981, first with ronald reagan. ronald reagan passed it out to his cabinet and it was a blueprint for leadership in this country. in his first year, donald trump has done 64% of our mandate for leadership. we were quite even couraged. for anyone who doubts whether we have a conservative president, we in fact do. >> that number is astonishing. when i first saw it, my first reaction was amazement. the state of the union coming up tomorrow. 64%. now the next part comes, what have you done for me lately. and what do you believe is truly in prospect for this administration. >> with all that the president has done, there is still work to be done. we'll be listening tomorrow for the state of the union and of course we'll be looking to see what's going to happen, how he's going to push forward his agenda on immigration. we are looking forward to welfare reform, we are looking forward to seeing what the plan is going to be on infrastructure. those are all issues we'll have a watchful ear and eye for tomorrow night. but given

. >>> our special segment in evening is a look at ronald reagan and the age issues. is he too old to be running for president? he'll be 70 years old next february and if elected will be the oldest man elected president. >> ronald reagan's supporters gave him a birthday party in new hampshire. a reminder he'll be the holdest candidate this year. >> each one stands for ten because this is 30th anniversary of my 39th birthday. >>> when ronald reagan ran for president he knew he'd be the oldest man sworn in as president and he tried laughing it off. but eventually his campaign decided to answer the issue head on. they gave an interview to the "new york times" which he pledged he would submit to psychological testing, he pledged if the doctor found mental deterioration in office he would resign. he said, if i felt i would and the felt my capabilities had been reduced i would step down. >> we don't know of any tests done on ronald reagan. he did get checkups but those records are closed. there's been discussion over the years that his mental abilities might have been compr

so reagan went out and raised the money and aired the speech himself. >> ronald reagan: and this idea that government is beholden to the people -- that it has no other source of power, except the sovereign people -- is still the newest and the most unique idea in all the long history of man's relation to man. this is the issue of this election -- whether we believe in our capacity for self-government or whether we abandon the american revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far distant capital can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves. >> mann: the speech was called "a time for choosing," which may be ronald reagan's best speech ever, and that's saying a lot for ronald reagan, 'cause he gave a lot of great speeches. but this speech was a masterpiece. and it probably made the best case for barry goldwater that anybody, including barry goldwater, had made for himself. >> our democratic opponents seem unwilling to debate these issues. they want to make you and i believe that this is a contest between two men -- that we're to choose just between

ronald reagan -- i brought ronald reagan up earlier. ronald reagan was not seen as somebody that had progressive views on race. in fact, if i -- if my memory serves me well, he was even opposed to the martin luther king holiday. i'm sure i'm going to get 1,000 e-mails from conservative in two seconds telling me that's not true, but i remember ronald reagan saying i think -- i think the kindest way i can say this about a guy that i liked in many aspects is if i don't -- if i remember it correctly, he had some pretty back ward thinking views about martin luther king and at times race and at times ending a apartheid in south africa, and yet america moved forward during reagan's era and reagan never as mike barnacle just said, presidents didn't usually pick at that scab of race the way donald trump does. i just wonder, the fact that he's talking this way openly about race in such an insensitive way, does that not allow us as a nation to have these conversations out in the open, to confront these challenges head on and to drive a stake throu

host: let's talk about the 4 presidents you worked with, beginning with ronald reagan. in a sentence or so, describe your interactions with them and what they were like as a boss, beginning with president reagan. elaine: president reagan, i was a white house fellow, i was so young at the time that if i caught a glimpse of the president that would have made my day. so i really did not have much interaction, but i will say that i think president ronald reagan's presidency was successful for many reasons. two i will cite that pertain to me. one is i was actually independent. i was not very much involved in politics at all. but president reagan's inaugural message, and his goals of smaller government, stable monetary policy, less regulations, really resounded with me. that kind of, kind of like touched a chord that made me realize i am actually conservative. so president ronald reagan was actually able to reach out to parts of the population that did not view themselves as republicans, who nevertheless connected with his message. secondly, because he had such simple but cle

that's a different kind of conversation than we had with ronald reagan. and ronald reagan, even his opponents realized brought a certain level of experience and command to the white house that we haven't seen thus far. so i don't think the comparison is exactly fair. >> i want to ask you about another investigation we've learned of recently. the fbi reopening an investigation into the clinton foundation. hoar's what congressman ada schiff had to say about this. >> if they are investigating hillary clinton it doesn't take a genius to see why. it's not because there's new evidence that's come to light. it's because they're being badge erred by the white house to do it. >> what are you hearing? are your sources giving you any reason for reopening the investigation, gabby? >> there are a number of questions that came out during the campaign about the activities of the foundation that were never resolved or answered. and that's one of the reasons why this has been a larger question about this foundation and whether or not it should be investigated by federal a

to take this further, if i may, just -- you look at ronald reagan. ronald reagan is the republican icon. he's the emblem of republicanism. and he's called, of course, the great communicator. what is his most favorite, famous rhetoric? it's standing at the brandenburg gate and saying to his soviet counterpart, mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. america at its best stands for both literally and figuratively tearing walls down, not building them. and then you have donald trump -- [applause] if i could take it just a little further, just look at ronald reagan's policy toward the soviet union. which was trust but verify. [laughter] when he was talking to gorbachev during those famous summits during the course of reagan's administration, he would say repeatedly to mikhail gorbachev, trust but verify. so much that gorbachev got sick of it. [laughter] in fact, gorbachev stood on this stage and talked about how sick he was -- [laughter] of ronald reagan saying trust but verify. with donald trump, his policy toward russia is trust. trust vladimir putin. not t

he should get the playbook of ronald reagan out. ronald reagan blamed jimmy carter for three years for the mess he inherited. and didn't dare start bragging until 1984 when the economy was back on a solid footing. trump is walking into a miserable trap that he is going to pay for dearly and the republicans. neil: all right. you know, you so upset people with that, that briefly our lights all when out, so, if you could just try to keep it on right side of somewhat cheery. you mentioned ronald reagan. they have been loathe to pounce on markets at any given time. reagan was particularly concerned about that this president has been saying, look what i got. media won't run with it. the media will run with it. you say that can come back to bite your heiny? >> of course. this is the craziest financial bubble we have ever had. this is suckers rally like never before. the stork market is trading, was, at a couple days ago, 26 times s&p 500 earnings. worse, 150 times the russell 2000. these are not sustainable. this is crazy. the economy isn'

i mean, david, you work for ronald reagan. you remember people would make this charge against ronald reagan and thinks kechup is a vegetable and things like that. i just think they're scoreless charges and anybody who doesn't think that donald trump is fit to be president after what he's achieved over the last two years, and his whole life, i think is smoking something. >> seriously? really? >> i know him. >> there's a categorical difference between ronald reagan and donald trump. so i don't think going there makes any sense. you know, ronald reagan was governor of the state of california, he ran successful presidential campaigns and won a majority of the votes. trump didn't. and nothing of what he claimed, in those three claims of, i'm such a great businessman who went bankrupt four times, a big tv star who was rated 63rd when he finished up his run. i ran for president once and won. well, that's not true. he ran in 1999, dabbled in 1987. he's been pretending to run for president for 20 years. so the relationship between trum

>> the media made similar claims about ronald reagan and george bush. what they have in common, they're republican presidents. >> it's tragic and unfortunate that steve would make these grotesque comments so out of touch with reality and, obviously, vindictive. >> i went to the best colleges for college. i went to a -- i had a situation where i was an excellent student. came out and made billions and billions of dollars. became one of the top business people. went to television and for ten years was a tremendous success, as you've probably heard. ran for president one time and won. >> i want all the girls watching here and now to know that a new day is on the horizon. >> oprah winfrey stealing the show with a powerful speech about truth and a new dawn. >> and when that new day finally dawns, it will be because of a lot of magnificent women fighting hard to make sure that they take us to the time when nobody ever has to say me too again. >> a speech so inspiring, many now calling for winfrey to add yet another title in front of her name. president. >> wi

that ronald reagan was idiot. donald trump was an idiot. interesting thing, bill buckley once called ronald reagan the smartest president in history because ronald reagan knew how to go over the head of the media and communicate directly with the public. donald trump has done that nobody can argue that. donald trump has done that as well. third one, he has to be senile. both have been attacked this way. so yeah, similarities really are there. and -- >> who is the better communicator. >> donald trump is right to bring it up. >> i don't think you can compare the great communicator to the great tweeter in donald trump. that is the difference here. donald trump is reviled by, let's give him the benefit of the doubt -- >> 65. >> 60% of the american public don't approve of him. >> that is not true. >> that is not true. >> that is not true. that is not true. >> no, yes it is. he is not the great communicator. the reason why ronald reagan was able to rise above it all is because he was at bottom, a well-read guy -- neil: and he didn't care. he didn

let's make a deal. >> i'm happy you mentioned ronald reagan because ronald reagan in 1986 got ruled. he was promised two things. border security and that employers are knowingly hiredwi illegal aliens would be heavily sanctioned. neither of which was done. republicans are determined not to make the same mistake. >> sean: i want to think you both. >> george w. bush got 44% of the latino vote. >> sean: welcome back, geraldo played a very powerful video of the day straight ahead. ♪ c nna call. answer them with zicam! zicam. get your better back. now in delicious fruit drops. which means everyone has access to our real reviews that we actually verify. and we can also verify that what goes down, [ splash, toilet flush ] doesn't always come back up. find a great plumber at angie's list. join today for free. the commute is worth it.me, the more you knows list. for all the work you pour into this place, you sure get a lot more out of it. you and that john deere tractor... so versatile, you can keep dreaming up projects all the way home. it's a longer drive. but just like a john deere, it's

ronald reagan rarely ever ever talked about the markets even though they were running up. it served him well at time of '87 crash. markets finished his eight years a lot higher than they came in. do you advise the president, boss i would go slow on this it is self-explanatory, we see market averages just be careful? >> we spoke about it. comparison to the reagan breaks down, the media was different. he can get a fair shake from you and couple other outlets. itch been on other couple other networks, beating on president non-stop. neil: i caught one of those. >> 90% of this president, 90% of the media coverage of this president has been negative since he took office. if he won't talk about his own successes practically no one else will. neil: i didn't want to jump on you there -- what is apparent with ronald reagan, his tax cuts, both of them, early '80s one and '86 one were ripped by the media at the time. the view of people who saw their net paychecks, that changed everything, the sentiment changed. do you expect the same thing to happen with your tax cuts? >> not just tha

the president ronald reagan said i don't remember anything house that you can't remember anything you were part of it you ordered it you authorized it so you see this goes all the way up to the highest ranks in u.s. government journalist and financial expert wolf is shown to find the explanation for such close ties between the cia and the panamanian company you only need to look into the colonial yoga most acts past. how it was on us and those on the three talk of us the father of your boss our. chefs falling off our phones like oh. i involved. in that up what i could be isn't this. the truth about his own father's past is also zooming documents from that unique archives for example one declassified f.b.i. report that includes a copy of the most expression interrogation. of national archives the doctor says they did this in the force nine hundred forty six. did indeed with the waffen s.s. in france or the former u.s.s.r. in ninety four to two czechoslovakia in forty three. then finland the way led to forty four in laos nine hundred forty five was captured by american troops later that

former president ronald reagan, his former press secretary once the academy to post ronald reagan and honorary oscar for his work in the industry. there has been some push back because he was a president because he was republican president. i don't know. did he think the academy would be willing to do this for ronald reagan? >> you know, what is happening is the of the academy has changed. i don't know if the people who are currently involved with voting would necessarily appreciate his body of work, especially because a lot of people remember him as a republican president than they do is a beloved film star, which is what he was. it is sort of how clint eastwood or different actors who get known for something other than the work that they do. it is a longshot at this point. cheryl: we will have to see if they come around. your general sense of the actors. any surprise in any of the categories? >> i think the biggest surprise could be in the best picture category. they could be -- it looks like shape of water, but i have to say can outcome the three billboards, they have a strong shot

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the 52 hostages who were , the dayon january 21 after ronald reagan's inauguration. they were showered with gifts and memorabilia. giftve a button that was a to and swift. -- ann swift. ann was part of the two women of the 52 captives. the button celebrates their welcome home and incorporates a yellow ribbon. as we know the yellow ribbon campaign was started by some of the family members to show solidarity and it really caught hold throughout the nation. targets, are still unfortunately. >> in 1998, there was a surprise attack in africa. we now know that this was an al qaeda attack on the embassy in tanzania and ken that -- kenya. we have a couple of items from that tragic event that are highly personalized. we really get a sense of the person and what it was like to be there during that time. cannot imagine anything more traumatizing than your office building exploding. ambassador who was our ambassador to kenya at the time. on the morning of the attack, she was in a meeting with the kenyan minister of commerce. his office was quite close to the embassy, just across

ronald reagan. wait until you hear what reagan's son has to say about that. he's going to join me next. for only $49.00. that includes security panel, keypad, key fob, entry and motion sensors and for a limited time, get a camera included and installed at no additional cost. we believe in food that's anaturally beautiful,, fresh and nutritious. so there are no artificial colors, no artificial flavors, no artificial preservatives in any of the food we sell. we believe in real food. whole foods market. >>> president trump hosting a bipartisan group of lawmakers at the white house today for negotiations on immigration. the session, nearly an hour long, was televised. a source telling cnn that was done on purpose to counter questions about the president's fitness for office. i want to talk about the trump presidency now, with ron reagan jr., the son of the former president, ronald reagan. he joins me via skype. thanks so much for joining us. we appreciate it. you know, after the explosive description of

. >> they said the same thing about ronald reagan in 1984 and he won every single state but minnesota, which he only lost by 3,000 votes. a lot of people thought ronald reagan was going to be in big trouble -- >> he was way ahead in the polls in 1984. >> people thought 1982, ronald reagan was going to be in a world of trouble, and in 1984, it was one of the greatest electoral landslides in american history. you know i? because let me quote the bill clinton team on this one, which w i'll never do again, its the economy, stupid, don't ever forget it. >> then why is alabama not represented by a democrat and why is -- >> because trump derangement syndrome! >> sean: you are going to blame trump for roy moore? he did not support roy moore in the beginning. >> he did support him. >> sean: excuse me, he wanted luther strange. with all due respect, roy moore had a lot of problems. >> true. >> sean: don't blame trump. you sound like the media. you have trumpai derangement syndrome. >> sean, can you give me a nomination for a fake news award? you know this president. >> sean: fake information aw

ronald reagan. wait until you hear what reagan's son has to say about that. he's going to join me next. >>> president trump hosting a bipartisan group of lawmakers at the white house today for negotiations on immigration. the session, nearly an hour long, was televised. a source telling cnn that was done on purpose to counter questions about the president's fitness for office. i want to talk about the trump presidency now, with ron reagan jr., the son of the former president, ronald reagan. he joins me via skype. thanks so much for joining us. we appreciate it. you know, after the explosive description of president trump's white house from michael wolff and the president pouring gas on the fire, we've been having a national discussion, ron, of mental fitness for office. what's your impression of the president's fitness for office? >> i have been saying since he was nominated, perhaps even before, that this is a man who is unfit for office. this is not a psychological diagnosis. i'm not particularly

they did the same things to ronald reagan. when ronald reagan became president, t they said he takes naps, he doesn't know. -- >> sean: that this bed. >> they called him a cowboy. the national news today is different. twitter and facebook and all of the social media just continues the narrative from the left and it is an unfair thing for this president. he is head down, doing the work that he got elected tohe do. that is the most important thing. if you look at the economy, look at the decimation of isis, our national security, the hope he has brought back to america, you see these companies giving these bonuses to their employees based on their tax bill. these are people who are going to p get to go tax cuts, not ony from the federal government, but they will get a second check. that is what the mainstream medium does not talk about. >> sean: it is so corrupt. there's so line going on to the american people. happy new year to you all, when we come back, the media has been caught red-handed spreading fake news on major stories

ronald reagan. he had eight years of experience as governor, but there is a history. >> she can self finance. >> think about her constituency. core democrats. who knows if she wants the frustration of this job. it would be a bit of a sacrifice potentially on her part to jump in the race, but she could do it. >> she is a very talented woman and worth $2.8 billion. >> face-to-face with robert mueller. new signs of a major development in the russia investigation. as the period gets ready for his physical check up this week, should mental exams be mandatory for a president? one president makes the case. ♪ keep it comin' love. if you keep on eating, we'll keep it comin'. all you can eat riblets and tenders at applebee's. now that's eatin' good in the neighborhood. they always refer to me as master sergeant. they really appreciate the military family, and it really shows. we've got auto insurance, homeowners insurance. had an accident with a vehicle, i actually called usaa before we called the police. u

this is ronald reagan. yes, sir. [laughter] >> actually i think it was my husband who set the interview up, to be honest with you. did he get a finder's fee or anything? >> i am still paying that finders fee. >> no one plays a song when you walk into the room anymore. [laughter] >> laura didn't bring the coffee. [laughter] >> would you fix your tie, please? david: well, people wouldn't recognize me if my tie was fixed, but ok. just leave it this way. alright. ♪ david: i don't consider myself a journalist. and nobody else would consider myself a journalist. i began to take on the life of being an interviewer even though i have a day job running a job of running a private equity firm. how do you define leadership? what is it that makes somebody tick? ♪ david: at what point did you realize that you had some skills that were maybe going to enable you rise up? >> my grandmother taught me how to read. so i grew up learning to read and read bible verses. the grace for me is that i did not spend a day in a segregated sch

[inaudible conversations] >> my first meeting with ronald reagan was october 1965. spending the last several months testing the waters to see if the people of california but i called him up as i was working in a profile i said can i come out and visit he said yes. so for two days myself and my wife traveled with him. she was active in new york politics and i valued her judgment she was also editor and fellow co-author with me. there are four of us in the limo with the driver and in the front seat and me in the back he and reagan was the tape recorder. i had a recorder that was this big. it is like a piece of luggage wheel to wheel and i had that between us. a great big microphone so i was asking him questions. i asked about his political philosophy. 1965. he quoted in 1947 interview in which he said coming from management or labor or government whatever imposes on the freedom of the individual is tyranny and must be opposed. i was his philosophy that he had come to over years of study and reflection. at the end of the second day we were convinced he's got it. he's r

. >> see if he can give a morning in america, ronald reagan speech. he's got a good story about the economy, even if you want to debate the credit he deserves. that's what he needs to do, whether he can rise to the occasion. we have to wait and see. that's the challenge. >> is it a missed opportunity not to hit the road after the speech? >> it could be, but that's been done with mixed results. i don't know that's a big miss. we'll see. but, it is important that he have a very strong, unifying message and follows up on that, whether it's on the road or however he does z it. it will be interesting to see what kind of speech steve miller writhe writes. >> it will be. govern governor, this all fits in the theme, this is a president that is anything but traditional. that's not a hot take, just plain facts. that brings me to an op-ed with fareed fare fareed. >> our government and institutions has never been lower and it is going down. that's a dangerous thing. people have to trust the rule of law and believe their elected officials are going to act within p

let me note, i was there with ronald reagan and, yes, he was sold a bill of goods. in 1986. he was told there are three million illegals in the country. and that's what we're going to do. we're going to legalize their status. he had a good heart. reagan had a wonderful heart. he saw these people were being exploited and living in the shadows and three million people, we can take care of that. but the agreement has to be that we are now going to control our borders and what's happened -- and what happened, of course, then, there was never even any question about whether someone was here illegally should be getting a government benefit or get treated just like a u.s. citizen. that wasn't even in the works. but ronald reagan said, ok, we'll secure the border and then we'll make sure that we have this -- take these three million people and save them. and instead how did it end up? there was no -- the border security was done not even half-heartedly. we ended up with -- when all was said and done, not three million people, but 11 million people who eventually came here based on t

. , as is not ronald reagan much as he talks about ronald reagan. ronald reagan was a pure conservative. trump is the populist. populist themes override the pure pro-business conservative themes at times. as much as he criticized immigrants for picking winners and losers in business, the populism of trump does the same thing. julia: we can tie this down. we have the disney fox deal which seemed to get a thumbs up. we have the at&t time warner deal which has not and regulators are saying they do not like it. the latter is a horizontal -- a vertical. the former is the opposite. there is a disconnect, a confusion for the industry. we were talking about this having a chilling effect. how do you deal with that? seen when trump tweets certain things and attacks certain companies their share price goes down. that is his bully pulpit -- bully pulpit. you are right, if there is a company or transaction that he likes or dislikes, it has an effect. historically antitrust review has been a political. >> how do you tackle this? as a company in particular this ha

now let's start with president ronald reagan. this is where our history lesson begins tonight. back in 1984. you might remember, it was a microphone check, he was doing a weekly radio address. oh, he's going to destroy russia with nukes. he was joking. keep in mind this was never in the actual, real speech. listen to this. >> my fellow americans, i am telling you today that i've signed legislation that will outlaw russia forever, we resumed bombing in 5 minutes. >> sean: of course, the audio was released, the media try to make it into a huge, international crisis even though it was a joke. take a look, back then, how nbc news reacted. >> it was the joke heard round the world, the one by president reagan about bombing the soviet union and it resulted in a soviet red alert and it became a campaign issue in this country. >> by august 14th, the story became world news, a major item on moscow television where the joke was not treated as a laughing matter. >> sean: look at the headline from "the new york times." "reagan's gaffe." it only gets worse from there. the media couldn't stan

reagan probably did that as well as any president is donald trump in a position to make the country feel good about itself tonight with what the market has done and these car companies that are repatriating dollars in the job numbers that are low unemployment numbers that are low for minorities latino's and african-americans this is really an opportunity for the president tonight isn't it yeah he has that opportunity ronald reagan did it and i knew reagan pretty good by embracing the tip o'neill's he never looked lean he never had enemies he had a political philosophy that many of i in many cases disagree with i was very close to nancy but you felt that he cared you a few felt he cared i don't know if we feel that with trump i don't know how we look at him and there was george burns had a great line once the secret to success in anything. is compassion and sincerity and if you can fake that you've got it made. let's go back to our panel tonight midseason scotty dale use the steve malzberg and holland column i'll let you pick up on that comment larry is correct when he says he's not