if talking about margaret thatcher and her influence. here is a picture from the "newsweek" cover story that amanda foreman wrote. here is margaret thatcher with her best political ally, ronald reagan. the numbers are on the screen. you could go ahead and start dialing in if you have questions about margaret thatcher. we will begin taking your calls in just a minute. what was the importance of her relationship with ronald reagan? guest: oh, thatcher's relationship with reagan, i think, is one of the great defining relationships of the late 20th century. they understood each other totally, and they supported each other totally, and they shared a vision of an enterprise society where every man and every woman had a right to rise and the right to better themselves and that government should not be redistributing wealth, government should be creating a level playing field where anybody could create wealth for themselves. and they also had a vision of a democratic society spread throughout the world, and wanted to see the end of the soviet un

. >> meryl streep takes on margaret thatcher on the big screen. she talks exclusively to the bbc about her role as the iron lady. >> i wanted to in some way capture what everett was that drew people to her. >> welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the u.s. secretary of state made history when she dined with nobel laureate aung san suu kyi. hillary clinton is the most senior official to visit the country in more than half a century. she met with the most famous political prisoner. is there a lasting guarantee that this new openness will last? >> an american secretary of state shaking hands with burma's president, thein sein, a former junta leader. then, face-to-face with aung san suu kyi. this was all unthinkable even a few months ago. this is a sign that things might be changing in this country. in the morning, at the capitol, the burmese president laid out his program for reform. he seemed keen on this outside expertise on change. the american diplomat gave some praise but said that more work was required. she offered inc

. >> meryl streep takes on margaret thatcher on the big screen. she talks exclusively to the bbc about her role as the iron lady. >> i wanted to in some way capture what ever it was that drew people to her. >> welcome to our viewers on pbs and around the globe. it is not too often that you get dinner with an icon of peace but today the u.s. secretary of state makes history when she had dinner with the nobel prize laureate, aung san suu kyi. hillary clinton is the most senior official to visit the country in more than half a century. where is the guarantee that this new openness will actually last? our reporter is traveling with mrs. clinton and her report has flash photography. >> an american secretary of state shaking hands with the president's, thein sein. then a meeting with the opposition leader, aung san suu kyi. both were unthinkable merely months ago but this is a sign that things are changing. the burmese president laid out his program. he seems keen on the outs had expertise on this unfamiliar path towards change. -- he seemed keen on the

>> safer: margaret thatcher is 86 now. her daughter carol has written openly about her mother's slide into the darkness of dementia. the film tackles the issue head on. did you have any concerns about showing this once remarkably vital woman having lost it all? >> streep: well, that was the part that most intrigued me. first of all, i don't... i don't feel there's any shame in dementia, in people that suffer it. >> and you're not prime minister anymore. >> streep: to tell an honest story about a big life in its ebb, you have to... you have to deal with this part of it. >> safer: there's one observation that gets her back up-- when people note that she's played a lot of strong-minded women. >> streep: no one has ever asked an actor, "you're playing a strong-minded man." we assume that men are strong- minded or have opinions, but a strong-minded woman is a different animal. >> safer: she's the public face of a movement to build a national women's history museum in washington. >> streep: margaret thatcher said, "if you want s

that's exactly how margaret thatcher really speak. >> meryl transformed into her. ronald reagan sent alexander haig to buy her off the falklands. you do not need to do this, keep it peaceful, and we'll cut a deal. that's the turning point for reagan, he had such incredible respect. in a charming way, she showed alexander haig the door. >> i met her a few times. i've written something about her she didn't like, it was about some economic policy she had. she came up and began jabbing me with her bony finger really hard. listen to me, young man. boom, boom, boom. she had this huge tumbler of whiskey. it's uncanny, she looks like her, and speaks like her. that's exactly how margaret thatcher really speak. >> meryl transformed into her. ronald reagan sent alexander haig to buy her off the falklands. you do not need to do this, keep it peaceful, and we'll cut a deal. that's the turning point for reagan, he had such incredible respect. in a charming way, she showed alexander haig the door. >> i met her a few times. i've written something about her she didn't like, it was

margaret thatcher made tough decisions. she put people line of work and stood up to labor unions and a lot of things i did not like. some of that turned out to be the right decision. here is a principal leader. this is where i am avoid by the fact that conservatives love this movie and liberals love this movie. at the beginning, as the movie was progressing, you had a situation where they would not see the movie. people close to you her would say, how dare you. because they read the script and we did not center. the liberals would say, if you do not demonize her, i do not show up. you will see one of the most awful bloodied performances in movie history. barbara walters said, and she was leaving the theater, it was one of the best performances she had ever seen. it is also a movie that deals with the top staff. tavis: i am not a margaret thatcher fan, either. but because it meryl streep as an amazing actor, i want to see what she does. to the question i wanted to get back to, this notion of how it is, it is a good fortune t

the topic is margaret thatcher. >> good morning. i wonder if this foreman's article covers the brutal and illegal occupation of northern ireland while thatcher was in power. does it cover the number of catholics who were sent to prison based on falsified their permission and she was in power? and what about the 13 peaceful marchers a were shot to death on bloody sunday in northern ireland was she was in power? nothing but fun refer. at the she is an evil woman who does not deserve to be given any kind of good status. >> dr. forman. >> could you concern for me the date a bloody sunday? ipod the west in the early 70's. and i believe that it was something that happened before 1979. i think that what one can look at indeed answering was the good friday agreement which brought dublin and london on an index for will path toward reconciliation and commitment to peace which was sealed this year whip the queen's visit to ireland which was certainly, for me in my lifetime one of the great moments of reconciliation and to see a british monarch

>> tell me about margaret thatcher. i had the pleasure of knowing mrs. thatcher and met her quite a few times, actually. and she was a formidable woman. i mean, she's still alive, obviously. but she's in her dotage now. but at her peak really one of the most impressive, formidable people i've ever met in my life. >> when i first came on the show, i said i don't know if anybody will ever invite me out to a dinner because the conservatives told us if you do not saint her, do not expect to go anywhere on our side of the fence. and the liberal friends of mine to me if you do not demonize that woman then don't expect anything. so i figure i'll be in a cave somewhere. >> let's watch a clip from the movie. let's see meryl streep in action here. >> we will stand on principle, or we will not stand at all. >> but margaret-w all due respect, when one has been to war -- >> with all due respect, sir, i have done battle every single day of my life, and many men have underestimated me before. this lot seem bound to do the same. but they will rue the day. >> i mean, i -

. >> tell me about margaret thatcher. these are the days of thatcher. thatcherism is rising in america. >> this terrific piece by the historian amanda foreman who wrote one of the best five books of the year. she's an amazing writer and spent a lot of time talking to all the leaders. she's got an interview with cameron, all about how mrs. thatcher is actually becoming more relevant than ever. there's this big new movie out with meryl streep who is absolutely good in the movie. but what i think is interesting is one of the points she makes is how thatcher has been completely rejected in a sense by feminists even though you could say she's one of the great feminist icons. in 2009, the deputy leader of the labor party launched this poll which talks about the 16 most influential women in british history, she was left off the list, which is unbelievable. >> that's a joke. >> she's never been claimed in a sense as a woman as well as a leader. >> well, because she's a conservative. it's because she's a conservative. it's just like conservative minorities who a

it is being revealed that margaret thatcher was advised that regenerating the area was an advantage. it is a surprise to those who live in the area and remember the trouble. >> the government was trying to deal with militancy. in their eyes, they were losing ground no matter what they did in liverpool. there was nothing to lose. >> government documents referred to advice given to the prime minister. she was warned not to overcommit and send economic resources to liverpool. the option of decline here is one that should not be forgotten. the chancellor at the time said economically abandoning liverpool was never seriously considered. >> i was not advocating managed decline. it was a misunderstanding of specific objectives. >> following the riots, the conservative leader this is in liverpool and supported degeneration. what the documents do we feel is that financially abandoning a bridges city over a time was discussed at the highest levels. >> this is bbc world news. top stories at this hour. syrian security forces are reported to have killed at least 35 people. an explosion in nigeria

that's exactly how margaret thatcher really speak. >> meryl transformed into her. ronald reagan sent alexander haig to buy her off the falklands. you do not need to do this, keep it peaceful, and we'll cut a deal. that's the turning point for reagan, he had such incredible respect. in a charming way, she showed alexander haig the door. >> i met her a few times. i've written something about her she didn't like, it was about some economic policy she had. she came up and began jabbing me with her bony finger really hard. listen to me, young man. boom, boom, boom. she had this huge tumbler of whiskey. she'll slug it back, bang you with her fingers, very churchillian i always thought. >> and she lasted longer than churchill. the great thing before -- and the research is, the name the iron lady -- it came from the red army newspaper because she made a speech that was anti-soviet. >> that's right. >> so they called her the iron lady. the great thing about margaret thatcher it was meant as an insult. she loved the name. she sent a letter back to them and said, i totally ap

then the police show marget thatcher was -- margaret thatcher was warned more was to come. what started in liverpool in july spread to other cities and continued tire days. this shows how quickly is due cart to reconstruct at the time was exactly what crowded their minds. not least the flickering moment when they chose to arm the theaters then changed their minds. >> every new year here at the national archives, secret government papers from 30 years ago are released. i've been looking at them over the past year and this is never did -- overshadowed are the events. this year, like 1981, will be scarred by the riots. "bbc news." >> you're watching "bbc world news." with me, david eades. the headlines this hour. in a bid to improve trade ties with australia and new zealand, is a moet et has moved time zones crossing the international date line skipping out friday entirely. north korea's new lineup warns foolish politicians around the world, there will be no change in its policys with the sfreem new leader. now london olympics getting closer, aren't they? seven months ago befo

newly released files showed the prime minister, margaret thatcher, was warned of worse to come. a secret paper said spontaneous disorder was likely among ethnic minorities. it started in liverpool in early july and spread to other cities. files showed's own how closely she followed the events. >> it's very hard to reconstruct. it is exactly what she knew and when and the thoughts that went through their mind in terms of possibilities, not least that flickering moment when they considered using the army. >> instead, she made certain the police had the equipment they wanted, including plastic bullets, water cannons. >> every year, a secret government papers are released from 30 years ago. i have been looking at them for about the last decade or so. this is the first year i can remember where there has been such a close parallel between events and then and now. civil disturbance on this scale overshadows other events. this year, like 1981, will be scarred by the riots. bbc news. >> >> let's get the headlines on "bbc world news." after one week of building violence across syria, rep

. >> andrea: margaret thatcher should be number one. >> kimberly: i said guys and you said margaret thatcher. >> andrea: sorry. abilit.billy graham. bill clinton. there is margaret thatcher. we are all over the place. >> kimberly: okay. we're going over the men. what do we got -- a full screen for the guys? president barack obama is on top. then president george w. bush coming in second. third, president clinton followed by as andrea referenced reverend billy graham and the warren buffett in that order. i can't believe buffett is that high. >> greg: no carrot top. >> kimberly: who cares about that? >> bob: eric said while you talk about that, this is what we're doing. when the men are up, we do men. when the women are up, we do -- >> eric: i'm confused. >> bob: you are on top of this game. >> eric: there are some women that may be -- i don't want to go there. >> greg: are they allowed to offer generic, it doesn't have to be a famous person. it could be like somebody that you know has a parent or -- they never do. who gives them the list. >> kimberly: medal of honor -- >> bob: when people, al

margaret thatcher. it is called the iron lady. >> plus, have you gotten a parking ticket in d.c. lately? if so, you're helping to contribute tens of millions of dollars to the city coffers. makes you happy, doesn't it? we'll be right back. >>> welcome back, everyone. you definitely need to bundle up, stepping thought morning. forecast stays chilly. temperatures in the 20s and 30s. our day planner will keep us in the 40s later on this afternoon with some increasing cloud cover and then another cold night tonight. monika? >> taking a look live at the scene of a deadly crash in langley park inside the beltway. university boulevard at piney branch road, it happened overnight and it will remain closed in both directions of university boulevard here at piney branch road for several hours. please plan early for your alternate routes. i'm also getting word of an accident on the beltway in tysons. i'll have that coming up at 5:48. >> d.c. is writing record. as of parking tickets compared to other cities of a sim

i think we need an american margaret thatcher, an american iron lady. i am presenting myself as that candidate to be a very strong, resolute woman who will stand up for our country. i know exactly what needs to be done. i will do it. i will repeal obamacare. i will repeal dodd/frank and put in place a pro-growth tax code. as a former tax lawyer, i know exactly what to do with that. i am looking forward to being america's next, hopefully, margaret thatcher. >> monica: there are a lot of negative ads, newt hitting mitt and ron paul mitt hitting everybody, apparently. have you focused on running a very positive campaign and very strong in the debate. you have hit romny and gingrich on policy. but your whole campaign has had a very positive note to it. given the fact that negative campaigning really does work, and we are seeing it in newt gingrich's numbers starting to slide because he's getting hit, do you regret staying positive and not going negative? >> you know, i think, again, the best way to campaign in iowa is person to person. we are working extrem

and in it margaret thatcher was talking -- who doesn't? in 1975, margaret thatcher was talking about how the tories lost two elections in a row. and she said the reason why we lost two elections in a row is because we were more focused on macro economics than we were on average britons. and she said we can never again lose sight of how policies impact average britons. >> yeah. first of all, i listen to my margaret thatcher speeches on audio book, not read them, we're a little different, i guess. >> it is a generational thing. that's where republicans sit. even if they were right in substance, they were wrong -- >> i think we need to step back for a second and look at where we started, which was obama came out and said, pass my jobs bill. $450 billion jobs bill roughly. and he said, pass it, i want it passed in full, so on and so forth. republicans were able to get him to only pass $30 billion of that, that's 1/15 of the jobs bill. and yet they come out of this debate looking terrible. and the reason why is because they stopped focusing on

do you have right margaret thatcher-like woman in mind? >> i think that we have to look for people who are very confident and capable and tough enough mentally to do that. i like susanna martinez, the governor of mexico. she was a prosecutor. her husband was the deputy sheriff. she has done a fantastic job. >> would you consider condoleezza rice as a running mate? >> the only question i has is if you've never run for office, it is a different business. but she is very smart. she is one of the people you would look at in terms of sheer talent and sheer knowledge. >> thank you. >> our national survey shows that moms tend to be more conservative, they do agree with the occupy wall street sentiment that government and business operate to the benefit of the 1% and that they are part of the 99%. what do you have to say to the armchair occupiers? >> the genius of the american system is you could have a huge impact by calling into talk radio, voting, the kind of questions you asked candidates. the federal reserve has spent trillions of dollars in

this just an amazing picture of meryl streep portraying margaret thatcher. of course, the first and only female prime minister of the united kingdom. the film takes a look at the times from meryl's ascension to her role there. the struggles that she faced to overcome classism and sexism. a clip from one of the more dramatic scenes she has dealing with some of the members of parliament. >> we will stand on principle, or we will not stand at all. >> margaret, with all due respect, when one has been to war -- >> with all due respect, sir, i have done battle every single day of my life. and many men have underestimated me before. >> and from that performance, rotten tomatoes gives this one 66%. from "l.a. weekly" saying the film fudges the damning and incidental as relevant on this, saying it gives justification for thatcher's life as a real in 60 years. >>> another option you have is "war horse," one of the new steven spielberg movies opened up over christmas weekend. basically a story about the loving relationship between a young boy, albert, and his horse, jo

stay tuned for insomniac theater. >> it is like an uncanny resemblance she has to margaret thatcher. >> she is great in everything she does. let's face it. we are talking meryl streep. >> the pro. first this friday morning, a dramatic rescue of a man and his dog dangling from a cliff in southern california. >> it started with littering and involved a dog a little too trained. abc's clayton sandell reports from a rugged hillside in los angeles. >> reporter: it started as a normal family hike that in an instant plunged 19-year-old ivan into a nightmare. ivan was hiking with his brother and father when his dad threw a bottle over the edge of a 300 foot drop. that's when lola, a german shepard mix, fetched. she slid down the side of the ravine, 150 feet from the bottom. ivan tried to rescue her and then needed his own rescue. >> the terrain was very steep. >> 35 fire fighters responded as ivan and lola waited 90 minutes dangling as rescuers inched closer on an unstable hillside. they wanted to use a helicopter to hoist them out but the wind from the rotor blade forced them to plan b. >>

i think she will win for portrayying margaret thatcher. >> that is her and not margaret thatcher and plays the iron lady and a marvelous performance. >> i actually have seen the descendants with george clooney and i will predict best actor. not just a pretty face. he is fantastic. >> i saw that and he was greatt in that but you are all wrongg. best picture will be a movie which you may not as well heard called the artist. it is a black and white movie and it is a silent movie and it is absolutely delightful and go see it and it will win best picture because of my pick and not chipmonk i will beat steve in the oscar pool. >> the economy. >> the economic growthh will be under two and half percent. you can on look at it and suggest you are in the beginning stages of a recover and ready to exemployedd. and i don't think it is it going to take off. >> and on election day nemployment. >> 8.5 percent. >> i will go with what i said for politics. despite all of the voltility. we'll see status quo. unemployment where it is the and stock market will probably end where it is also still driven by

thatcher. today, she's the most nominated actress in the history of the academy awards. ae's tossed aside more than few stereotypes along the way. each of her roles is different, and different from what we expect meryl streep to be. as she says, "i've picked the weirdest little group of personalities, but i think they've all deserved to have a life." for giving life to those characters and joy to so many of us, let's give meryl streep a round of applause. [applause] one final honoree is something of a regular here at the white house. i was telling him we need to give him a room. [laughter] the blue room, the red room, and the yo-yo ma room. [laughter] we keep inviting him, and for some reason, he keeps on coming back. [laughter] when yo-yo ma took his first cello lesson, there wasn't a chair short enough for him, so he sat on three phone books instead. by the age of 4, he was learning the bach suites. at age 7, he was performing for president kennedy in this room. today, he has 16 grammys and i

today she compared to herself to britain margaret thatcher. griff jenkins talked to her and she talked about what iowa voters are saying on the trail. >> it's like an electric light switch that went off the last debate. after the sioux city debate in iowa, they could see the way i talk on ron paul. on whether or not iran could have a nuclear weapon, that is very important issue. they want to make sure we don't have a problem with national security and a of all the candidates in the race i am most current with national security experience. the world is a problematic place right now. we are probably more vulnerable than we've been in 40 years. so the next president is very important they see me somebody can stand up for the country. together we need to stand up for ourselves across the world but stand up with the economy. >> reporter: if you don't finish in the top tier, top three or new hampshire as you go, at what point do you begin to evaluate your bid and go back and run for congress so you can continue the fight that you've led in washingto

that leaves feel like margaret thatcher? arnold: yes. brian: how did margaret thatcher become for 11 years of prime minister of great britain and why was she so strong? arnold: i believe they are remarkable people that they were able to do that. but it's kind of interesting. i also point out most of these women are referred to in masculine terms. for example, well, i can't use -- i'm concerned about using a world on television. they've got what men have. they know how to kick butt. they're described with masculine types of traits. it's also interesting that even though they've gained power that their cabinets are most all men. that the leaders of the military are all men. that at every level below when women there, there are not women filling in these slots. all their advisors still are men. but, again, you're right. these are remarkable women. brian: where did you get the title of this book? arnold: it dawned on me that's what it's all about. "king of the mountain" is striing for dominance. the striving to -- the striving for dominance

you lived in great britain during the time that margaret thatcher was in power. what was so fascinating about her to you? auto >> she was a complex, extraordinary, multifacetted personality and she loomed large over britain. while i was there, i was studying at the university, very left wing, extremely controversial. i would say she was loathed, in fact, by many of my fellow students and i found myself admiring her tremendously. i was there when she resigned. there were celebration when's she resigned. i became more interested in her after her time in power looking back on her retrospectively. because i saw that she had changed the world. she had changed the world permanently. she had changed what everyone believed was possible about the repeal of socialism before thatcher, before reagan, it was not -- many people believed that once you went that direction, you couldn't go back. >> that's very interesting because now we're looking at present day but let's go back first to when she took over, the economy in great britain was chaotic to say the least. what did she

had in margaret thatcher to restore our united states leadership. i will be that strong leader, and i will be that president of the united states.

i want to be america's margaret thatcher. somewhere in the back of my head, i heard ronald reagan saying i knew margaret. she was a friend of mine. michele bachmann, you're no margaret thatcher. was she serious? >> i think she is serious, but she has a terrible problem. she's spending a lot of time here. she won the ames straw poll just a couple months ago. but she looks like she's headed to the bottom of this pack in this very fluid race. it's been remarkable. we interviewed the seven candidates. five of them have lead in iowa at some point in the past few months. rick santorum is now on the r e rise. it's been quite a race here. >> you talked to mitt romney. we have heard over the last day or two, he's been maybe even a little giddy on the campaign trail. yesterday he was saying let's have the caucus now. i'm wondering how he seemed to you. the wrap on him is that he has this shell. there's a coldness to him. a slickness i guess. >> he's had some troubles connecting with an audience. when i interviewed him on his campaign b