i worked for ronald reagan. my wife worked for ronald reagan. we were there in the 1980's in washington. and i have given many lectures on reagan, and i have written pieces on him. i am deep in ronald reagan biography. and you have to say, if you look at him, even if you do not like him politically or ideologically, you have to say, is that -- is the goals he set wereo conquer, to achieve, they all done? he wanted to restore the nation's morale. 1980, the soviet union was in afghanistan. they were in africa. cambodia,in laos, south vietnam -- they had all fallen to communism. we were retreating. the american economy was in a horrible shape. the worst economy since the great depression. we were contracting, jobs were disappearing. combined with that was we had an economic condition with economists say in the book did not exist. we had an economy with high inflation, which it they said was impossible to exist. 60%, 20%was upwards of 20% a year and the value of the dollar dwindled down greatly in the carter administration. so, carter -- or ronald r

>> i think it has to do with what richard nixon and ronald reagan talked about. it had not so much to do with climate change, even though this was information given to me when i became governor, and i met with the scientists and university leaders that delved into the subject. but to me it was much more about smog and about pollution. and i remember ronald reagan created resources for that back in 1967, '68 because of pollution. he did not talk about climate change, we didn't even know about those kinds of things at that time. but it was pollution. he was a common-sense kind of man that said, look, i see pollution out there. i don't see a republican pollution or democratic pollution, i just see pollution, and i want to get rid of it. i think it's our responsibility to do something about it. the same is true with richard nixon. look, i go out to california, they have the oil spills. remember in '68, '69, the oil spills dried up and the president came out here and inspected the hugest oil spill out here, and i remember walking around on venice beach and having my f

>> i hired mary nichols to run the resources created around ronald reagan. i hired her because ronald reagan was smart enough that he hired a scientist, one of the brightest people on this subject, he hired to lead the air resources at this time. it was not a political appointment. it was not a political hack or someone that took over. it was really an extra in resources, so i felt i should do exactly the same thing and i should follow through with it and really hired the number one expert. and mary nichols is fantastic. she, i got to become the head of the air resources board. since then, she has done such an extraordinary job. because as everyone knows, politicians get together and they negotiate, democrats and republicans, and then we come up with a very good legislation, let's say. but there is someone that has to follow through. it's one thing to pass a law as we have seen now all over the world. in 2015, you know, cop 21 in paris, there was the paris agreement. the whole world signed on to this u.n. agreement that says we're going to reduce greenhouse

ronald reagan. >> they needed each other. they made each other possible, and they played on the world stage together very well. >> i ronald reagan do solemnly swear that i will -- >> almost 30 years later, nancy holds the bible as her husband is sworn in. it's the first inauguration to be held on the west side of the capitol, closer to california. >> and will to the best of my ability -- >> it was very glamorous and very hollywood. >> all these social people in their fur coats and their big jewelry. i think something like 704 private jets landed over the weekend. >> she wanted him in a morning suit, and then she was in a very expensive dress. so, yeah, it might have been a little overdone, but nancy did it her way. >> watching the new first lady, so comfortable and elegant on the world stage, few could imagine just how far she had traveled to get here. >> nancy was born in 1921 in flushing, queens. >> her mother was an actress named edith luckette. her father was kenneth robins, a sort of aimless car salesman. >> they divorce

reagan line. >> i believe that ronald reagan had it right. >> i agree with ronald reagan. >> the most feared words in the english language. >> the most terrifying words in the english language. >> the scariest words in the english language. >> the most frightening words in the english language are "i'm from the government and i'm here to help." >> i'm from the government. >> and i'm here to help. >> i'm from the government. >> and i'm here to help. >> i'm from the government. >> and i'm here to help you. >> i'm from the government. >> and i'm here to help. >> i'm from the government and i'm here to help you is one of the most frightening lines in america. it's no longer a joke. no longe. >> 2020 was perhaps the year we needed help from the government the most, and yet government was nowhere to be found as a public health crisis exploded in this country, president trump and his administration went from pretending the coronavirus didn't exist to not being honest with the american people about what they knew, to completely dropping the ball on testing, to not advocating for policies that

classic ronald reagan. the next slide will show a close up of the resolute the resolute desk. after my presentation, there are two modifications that have happened. i will ask about the two modifications that have happened to this desk. throughout the museums, we have a number of interactions. this is one about dining in the white house. in the background is a mirror, but you can see the red cases. that is where we house many of the presidential gifts. they are quite spectacular and some of the presentation. if you go to the next slide. one of my personal favorite displays in the museum is the president's personal diary. what i find interesting about this, is that almost every day of his presidency, he actually wrote in this diary. there are five volumes. the reason they did that, is that when they left the mansion, they did not remember a lot of this stuff. they said, ok, we are going to write this down. it was never really meant to be published. it was just his thoughts and feelings. but there is one entr

inemember ronald reagan 1967-68 talking about lucian. he did not talk about climate change, we did not know about that at that time. he was a common sense kind of said, i see pollution out there, i do not see a republican pollution or a democrat pollution. i want to get rid of it. the thing is with richard nixon, he thought the same way. i go out to california and they have the oil the most bills. lima spills. he was walking around the beach and had his feet covered with tar. keepingoncerned about the world clean, keeping this country clean, getting rid of fossil fuels and hiding the things that pollute our cities, our oceans, and our country. to be, it was about that. then, getting rid of fossil fuels and switching to renewable s. later on, it was also the climate change business was going to have on the future. a sign of how advanced those guys were. nixon reagan and richard -- the important thing that you do with this program is that people have to learn about people,ory because most they remember nixon from watergate. his i remember

that never would have happened with ronald reagan. he never appeared in the oval office except when he was completely pulled together, suit, tie and treating the oval office as the temple that in a way it is. >> every day in the bill clinton white house was chaotic, this day more so than most. there is a quality disorganization. the white house staff wasn't really pulling together. partly it was the way they handled the transition. it's a lesson for future white houses. if you have a bad transition and you are late in creating the white house staff, then you're not going to be as successful in getting up and running quickly. >> i would think people looking back on these first 10 0 days would say he had a very ambitious agenda, knew whaet he wanted to accomplish, worked hard, pushed his staff well. >> there were pride points to be sure, but it's not a straight line. >> there were no limits on what i could ask him at that point. the hard part was always trying to get him to not just be in a campaign mode, but be in a presidential mode s

and i remember ronald reagan, created the -- back in 67 and 68 because of pollution. he did not talk about climate change, we didn't know about those kind of things back then at that time. but it was pollution, it was a common sense kind of a man and he was, and he said i see pollution out there, i don't see republican pollution or democratic, pollution icy pollution. and i want to get rid of it. i think it's our responsibility to do something about it. and the same of richard nixon, he felt the same way. i go to california, and remember the oil spills and you know 68 and 69. and right after he became president he came out here, and he inspected the oil spill out here, and i was walking with him and i was out there my feet was full of tar, and so he was concerned and it shows you that he was concerned about keeping the world clean, keeping this country clean. getting rid of fossil fuels. and finding those kind of things that pollute our cities and our oceans and our country. so to me it was about that. it was like let's get rid of pollution. and that a lot of times me

what message does ronald reagan teach joe biden? >> read your mail. that was the one unspoken piece of history about ronald reagan or under reported piece of history is that he assiduously read his mail, not all of it because he got thousands of pieces of mail on a monthly basis, a daily, a weekly basis. he would get, his secretary would pick out three or four letters from the hate pile, three or four letters from the love pile and three or four letters from the hurting pile, and he would read all of them. this was his way of getting past the washington elites the way jackson wanted to get past the elites and reach the american people and see what was on their minds and what was going on in their lives. and often he wrote letters to them, private letters, personal letters, you know, offering advice, offering solace, giving, you know whatever he can. sometimes he sent checks to people who were hurting. one time he sent a check to a woman and she didn't cash it for a month, and finally he called her. he was balancing his checkbook in the white house, an

ronald reagan was pretty ideological. i was his treasury secretary. and so it's a question of balance, i think. you -- the commitment to values that i mentioned earlier with 'he james mcgregor burns definition of leadership, it's a commitment to values. and those values are ideological. usually, for the most part. and so you have to have some ideological component in your policy and your worldview, but it's a question of balance. i think if you're overly ideological, you're going to be too strict and too wedded to the ultimate. governing and international negotiations, even, for that matter, are a matter of balance. you need the ideological. you need to be -- you know, there is a conflict in american foreign policy, for instance, well known, between realists and idealists. have some realism in your foreign policy but you also gotta have some idealism. now, ideological fervor, i don't know exactly what you mean by that, but you'd better have some idealism in our foreign policy, america's foreign policy is built on idealistic principle. talmage: i heard

let me tell you something about ronald reagan in 1976. after he was finally and officially defeated, he walked into a room of supporters and with that grim, said, mom, we had a good fight but the other boy won. he moved on. he understood that in politics there are winners and losers. he, as you say dedicated himself to republican causes and to the ford ticket. he came back because he handled it properly. there was no bitterness. there were no charges of fraud. yes, this election is imperfect. there is no such thing as a perfect, flawless election but that doesn't mean it was fraudulent. it doesn't mean it was rigged. it doesn't mean it was corrupt. and it is interesting to note that every recount the trump campaign has requested resulted in what, more votes for biden. it's time. neil: all right, now more votes in some states for biden but in others the gap narrowed a little bit but to your point not nearly enough to win the day. >> right. neil: for donald trump. i would be curious, do you think if ronald reagan were battling something lik

[gil troy] ronald reagan in 1984 wins, and not just wins but he wins in a landslide. [bethany mclean] the champagne is flowing, the good times feel like they can only continue. by 1984 the message was clear: america was back and for that we could thank the almighty dollar. [man] the president of the us, accompanied by john j fallon and donald t reagan. [cheering] [ronald reagan] the last time i visited the new york stock exchange was in 1980 and the mood sure was different then. but in the last five years we've moved from malaise to hope, confidence, and opportunity. new york becomes a symbol of the great success, of america's return politically, culturally, but at the end of the day it's america, economical. [bell ringing and cheering] reagan felt that people should be given the opportunity to get as rich as they can get. [ken auletta] ronald reagan's message was that giving tax breaks to the wealthy is fine because it trickles down. we need to get regulations out of the way. and donald trump and leona helmsley and ivan boesky and wall street and a lot of very wealth

he served as ronald reagan's white house chief of staff and treasury secretary. he's interviewed by attorney and historian talmage boston, baylor university law school hosted the conversation and provided the video. brad: hello. my name is brad toben, the dean at baylor law school. thank you for joining us today as we have a virtual front-row seat to listen in on a fascinating discussion between our friend, talmage boston, and former secretary of state, james baker iii. as you know, secretary baker was a powerhouse in washington, d.c., in the beltway, and literally around the globe as he served as the united states secretary of state and also further served four united states presidents over the course of three decades. secretary baker was scheduled to be our capstone speaker at the 2020 vision for leadership conference. however, he and mrs. baker contracted covid-19. i'm pleased to report that they now have covid-19, the illness, in their rear view mirror. today the secretary will be interviewed by talmage boston. talmage in his own right is a high-profile perso

ronald reagan as well. my father said good gave you two ears and one mouth and he said i was vaccinated with a phonograph needle because i talked to much. what do you think of that, leonard? >> you have to learn to listen. i have two new phrases, which is the key to success. number 1, be kind. number 2, listen. if you can be kind and listen and deal with your people with respect, you cannot believe how much you can accomplish and how much you'll be remembered and followed and celebrated. >> neil: there's no substitute for hard work. no matter what you're doing, there's no substitute for it. obviously you have amassed over $12 billion. i'm sure you don't keep track of it. i suspect your children or grandchildren do. how do you instill that work ethic? how do you -- for people that are a part of your family and are among the world's richest to still have that sweat equity since of purpose? >> i must say, my father always beat me to work. he was always there earlier, before me. at the end of the day, he came h

and fdr knew that innately, and so did ronald reagan. ronald reagan, you know, had been a democrat longer when he was elected in 1980 than he had been a republican. so he often made appeals. that's what produced the reagan democrat because he made cultural appeals to democrats after the democrats in the cities -- but he knew that a president can't just lead from his base. he has to lead from a sizable majority of the american people. if you look at the history of the american presidency, most successful presidents led for a majority of the american people, not just from their base. >> richard haass, what makes today so different is the war that we're facing right now, i mean, it is a common enemy, everybody is challenged by and threatened by the coronavirus. yet, the nation is so divided about it. >> craig and john correctly pointed out a reluctance in american history toy go to war. there are two other lessons joe biden ought to take from today. one is the risk of prevent the strike. japan won the battle that day but lost the war as wel

that and you mentioned ronald reagan, and a word you didn't use in your talk, at least if you did it escaped me. is the word liberal or liberalism. i wonder whether in your view your liberalism is the dominant political ideology today, and if it is would you talk about it a little bit? and does it really originate in some sense with margaret thatcher, with ronald reagan, this idea as ragan said the government is not the solution to your problem. the government is your problem. and is that sort of where we are today with that sort of legacy and that sort of dominant ideology? three important by which i have this ideology and property basically any and all. [inaudible] it lit very extreme situations no no odd results in conversations and and i mention slavery because and you know today you can go back and see. [inaudible] [inaudible] investments so you know it is not a choice it might sound extreme but no no odd. [inaudible] i think it's maybe a bit complicated. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] you know people who are really the multi- something. [inaudible] look i. [inaudible] the

ronald reagan does not get credit for ending the cold war, i'm sorry. you heard it here first, and i'm sure people are clicking off their zoom right now, but hear me out. hear me out. that's not to take credit away from him. he played a crucial role in the winding down of the cold war, and i want to stress this. it used to be said that reagan came into office a super-duper hawk and that he turned into a dove. he changed his mind and became -- he wanted a litany of peace and so on. that's not entirely crew. scholars have shown us that's not quite right. reagan came into office as a hawk and he left office as a hawk, but he also came into office as an idealist. he was a truly idealistic person who wanted to end the cold war. he thought the cold war was immoral, and in that sense he actually had quite a bit in common with the hippies in america who were also calling an end to the war. reagan brings together some things we don't often find. yes, he was a cold warrior and he built up the defense establishment considerably, but he was genuinely interested in

as you mentioned, ronald reagan. a word that you did not use is the world liberal or new liberalism. whether in your view, whether it is the dominant political ideology today, and if it is, would you talk about it a little bit and doesn't really originate with margaret thatcher, ronald reagan, this idea that, as reagan said, the government is not a solution to your problem, the government is your problem. the ideology. >> in terms of, i tried to recognize in my book -- [inaudible] a concentration of what is acceptable. [inaudible] natural resources are a product of big investment. [inaudible] it is a bit complicated. [inaudible] people from different countries and something very different and managed to complete that, some people -- [inaudible] there is never doing completely, you know,. [inaudible] [inaudible] may be show my movies in russia, china, and away of, and russia, teach in russia -- [inaudible] putin and russia, russia and china. people who are very close. [inaudible] [inaudible] in a country that is ruled

ronald reagan the us president during the 1980 s. was the 1st to understand that this modest budget gave him political leverage over the organization. unhappy to see the balance tipping towards developing countries he decided to reduce the united states financial contributions. united states and other countries the global war losing control of the policies an agenda of the w.h.o. and so they began to act in very punitive ways towards the w.h.o. an effort led by the united states in 1980. froze the budget and the reagan administration actually cut its act its contribution to 20 percent of its stoops so dues were frozen 1st which in a world of inflation. of additional expenses meant essentially in effect a decrease in the budget. in an attempt to boost its financial resources the w.h.o. began to diversify its sources of income the obligatory contributions from member states represent only 20 percent of its budget the rest comes from voluntary contributions donations mainly from member states but also from private sector institutions an

he ran the campaign against ronald reagan for george h.w. bush and yet ronald reagan chose him to be his white house chief of staff the scene is probably the most successful person at that job of this modern time. how did he do it? >> that's a great question because he didn't have a background that would necessarily suggest he is going to be successful. he had been a lawyer until -- he ran, ended up running gerald ford's campaign 76 coming in from nowhere in the wreckage after watergate were no republicans left of his generation. the previous group had been convicted, sent off to jail in the nixon scandal. it opened up a world for people like jim baker, dick cheney, red skull crop and holy generation of people who came to the floor. in this case an example of a president that is ronald reagan seeing what makes sense for him. he was an outsider coming into washington but he wanted to get things done so we didn't pick ed meese with his confident. jim baker. another present president woule guy who ran not one but two campaigns against him as hi

no less than ronald reagan said to us, freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. we don't pass it down in the bloodstream, it must be fought for, protected and passed on, or one day in our sunset years we'll be telling our children and our children's children what it would look like in america when women and men were free. that's not going to hatch happen. it stops here buzz of you. [applause] we know, history tells us this price of socialism is freedom. with your help, we're going to save -- win georgia, save america and ensure socialism never runs through the the state of georgia. thank you. now, it's my high honoring guys, to introduce somebody to you today i am proud to be running. with kelly loeffler is the real deal. she's a fourth generation farm girl, y'all. we know what that that is like in georgia. she's a self-made person. she's a businessperson. and this was the thing i liked the best, she's an outsider, y'all. that sound familiar? god bless y'all. help me welcome the next united states senator, kelly loeffler! everyone's watching to see what you will

we don't have to worry about this but we can listen to what people have already told us, ronald reagan said to us freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. onif we don't it must be fought for and protected and passed on or one day in our sunset years we tell our children and our children's children what it would look like in america when women and men were free. that will not happen. the line stops here because ofpp you. [cheering and applause] we know history tells us the price of w socialism is freedom. with your help we will save to win georgia and save america and make darn sure the road to socialism never runs to the state of georgia. thank you. [cheering and applause] it is my high honor, guys, to introduce someone to today i'm proud to be running with, kelly loeffler is the real deal. she's aboard fourth-generation farm girl you all. we know what that is like in georgia. she's a self-made person in a business person and this is the thing i like the best, she's an outsider. that sound familiar? god bless you all. help me welcome the next united states senato

he ran a campaign for ronald reagan for george hw bush and yet ronald reagan chose him to be his white house chief of staff. and he was seen as probably the most successful person at that job of this modern time. how did he do it? >> that is a great question because he didn't really have a background that would necessarily suggest he was going to be successful. he had been a lawyer up until he ended up running gerald ford's campaign in 1976 coming in from nowhere after watergate and at that point the previous group had been sent off and opened up a world for people like jim baker, dick cheney, brenda scowcroft and a whole generation of people who kind of came to the floor. in his case, an example of seeing what made sense for him outside coming into washington but he wanted to get things done so the organizational skills and as you said i can't think of another president who ran not only once but two campaigns as the chief of staff ended up being a smart choice on his part. >> what was that quality in jim baker that made him successful and he went on to become treasury secretary and pu

he's going to be the first non-ivy league president since ronald reagan who went to eureka college and knew his way around the global stage as well. and the domestic stage. but lbj, a man, obviously, that you knew a great deal about and wrote so eloquently about, another man who wasn't a harvard or yale man. he went to southwest texas teachers college. can you -- have you thought what it was about these men with modest educations? what it was about them that made them so much more effective with lbj it was working congress, same with harry truman and ronald reagan. what was it about these men with modest educations that were so effective? and those three gentlemen, probably three of the most effective presidents of the last 75 years. >> it's a great question, joe. i think in some ways, you take lincoln and then you take harry truman. never having had that college education, they were life-long learners which meant they are reading, thinking, learning the entire time. not as if the clock struck 12:00 when you graduate from a place like harvard or yale. and with lbj his father said, you'

the right of center principles ronald reagan used to rebuild the confident america to beat communism, the federal government, states, neighborhoods or our lives but lamar alexander's career confirms conservative governance is not a contradiction in terms. there are genuine public goods the government's job to secure. public roads, public land, public education, certain aspects of public health. he is dedicated himself to making those things better and stronger especially for those who need opportunity the most. this vision allow the greatest traditions of the republican party and american fishing, government that is limited but effective and smart. a system where power stays close to the people and working families can thrive and prosper. these principles made our colleague a nationally known leader long before he was sworn in as a senator. they reached full flourishing with chairman alexander's astonishingly effective leadership right here in this body. students, families, teachers benefit every day from the every student succeeds act. chairman alexander's historic bipartisan makeove

i do want to get right to ronald reagan. he is the president most associated with the end of the cold war even though it did not happen right on his watch. president who told gorbachev to tear down this wall in berlin. he is often credited with winning the cold war. do you think that is true? is may benk that he most important cold war president? >> i will break the hearts of at least half the audience. the answer to that question is "no." ronald reagan does not get credit for ending the cold war. you heard it here first. i am sure that people are clicking off zoom right now. that is not to take credit away from him. he played a crucial role in the winding down of the cold war. there was a reagan reversal. really actually not true. a lot of scholars have shown us that that is not quite right. reagan came into office as a hawk and left office as a hawk but he also came in as an idealist. persona truly idealistic , he wanted to end of the cold war. he wanted to get rid of nuclear weapons. he was a nuclear abolitionist. in that

ronald reagan does not get credit for ending the cold war. you heard it here first, i'm sure people are clicking off right now, but here me out. that is not to take credit away from him. he played a crucial role. in the winding down of the cold war i always stress it used to be said that reagan came into office as a super duper hawk any turn into a dove. that he had a reversal, he wanted to have a legacy of peace. that's not actually really true. a lot of scholars of showed us that is not quite right. reagan came into office has a hawk and he left office as a hawk. but he also came into office as an idealist. it was a truly idealistic person who wanted to end the cold war, he thought the cold war was immoral. he wanted to get rid of nuclear weapons, he was a nuclear's nuclear war abolitionist. the head piece in america and europe were also calling an end to of nuclear weapons. that would makes making so compelling. he brings together some things we don't often find. yes he was a cold warrior, and he built up the defense establishment consider

the right of senator principles that ronald reagan used to rebuild a prosperous america. indeed communism. the federal government is not meant to take of our states and neighborhoods or our lives. lamar career is also confirmed in the conservative governments is not a contradiction in terms. there are genuine public goods that the government's job to secure. public land, public education in certain aspects of public health. his dedicated himself to making those things better and stronger especially for those learning opportunities to most. this vision allies of the greatest traditions as the republican party and indeed of american history. the government that is limited but effective and smart. a system or power stay close to the people working families. and they can prosper. these principles made her colleague national leader long before he was sworn in as the senator. but they've reached full flourishing and astonishingly effective leadership right here in this body. students, families, and teachers benefit every day from the every student succeeds act. chairman alexand

about ronald reagan the map -- man? >> yes, i have three or four -- maybe four occasions to interact with him at some length. they were also very rewarding because he not only grasped and was interested in the issues but always had an appropriate story with which to illustrate his points. i learned a lot in every one of those encounters, even antitrust, my own field, when he talk but the dish gave presentation to the cabinet, and -- about legislative reofficial for the antitrust laws and he said, let me tell you what happened when the trust laws breck up the studio system in hollywood. the case was i think in '45 -- '46 and it stayed that the studios -- the main films could not own exhibitors that are -- distributors or the exhibitors that the movie houses and totally changed the industry, and i had the opposite effect of what it was intended. of course it was intended to make the industry more competitive and to stop some anticompetitive conduct or so it was thought at the time. he explained hough it concentrated the i

ronald reagan the us president during the 1980 s. was the 1st to understand that this modest budget gave him political leverage over the organization. unhappy to see the balance tipping towards developing countries he decided to reduce the united states financial contributions. the united states and other countries of global worth while losing control of the policies and agenda of the w.h.o. and so they began to act in very punitive ways towards the w.h.o. an effort led by the united states in 1980. froze the budget and the reagan restoration actually cut its act its contribution to 20 percent of its assessed do so those were frozen 1st which in a world of inflation oh broth of additional expenses meant essentially an effect of decreasing the budget. in an attempt to boost its financial resources the w.h.o. began to diversify its sources of income the obligatory contributions from member states represent only 20 percent of its budget the rest comes from voluntary contributions donations mainly from member states but also from private

reagan of california. delegates to this republican convention, i am honored by your nomination and i accept it. [applause] we will wage a winning campaign in every region of this country from the snowy banks of plains of to the sandy georgia. >> badly trailing democratic candidate jimmy carter in the polls, ford knew he had his work cut out for him. >> he was a very good governor and he had broad views on a number of national and international problems and challenges. of anain, it was a race outsider against the establishment in the nation's capital. and because of watergate under nixon, because of the war in vietnam during the kennedy-johnson-nixon period, outsiders had some advantage. they could be very critical of the national scene because they had not been a part of it. >> betty ford and the rest of the family would all pitch in, together, they reached out to touch the nation. the president had yet to receive the mandate that comes with victory of the polls, it was a goal he fervently hoped to obtain.

she representative Ãbwhere the ronald reagan library as. she seemed to me to be like a talented and tough operator. i wonder if in your mind she's not the kind in my mind to have just folded up her tent when things got tough. did she have to hit the road because the democrat and leadership and speaker pelosi were concerned or do you think she really came to that conclusion that it was best as an individual to head home?>> yes, her husband releases private photos they had taken that were deeply embarrassing and she did resign from congress, i encouraged her not to. i said, and acknowledge the fact that you took photos that maybe you shouldn't have but that you are there to put the people first and she said each and every day she was riddled with anxiety over what the next photo or next admission might come out about that form a relationship and what surprised me so much is that of all the women in the united states congress there wasn't one who stepped up to defend her initially. the sisterhood of the traveling pantsuit wasn't there for one

only after he beat back a divisive challenge from conservative champion ronald reagan of california. >> mr. chairman, this republican convention, i am honored by your nomination and i accept it. we will wage a winning campaign in every region of this country from the snowy bangs of minnesota to the sandy planes of georgia. >> he knew he had his work cut out for him. >> it was a very good job, and he had views on a number of national and international problems and challenges. but again it was a race of the outsider against the establishment in the nation's capital. and because of watergate under nixon, because of the war in vietnam. during the kennedy, johnson, nixon period, outsiders had some advantage. they could be very critical of the national scene because they had not been part of it. the rest of the family would all join in. it was a goal that he hoped to attain. election night, 1976. >> that is the way it stands, president ford, 137, 270, to more than he needed, he is the next president of the united states. >> in the end he fell short by less than two percentage points but he

reagan. >> i am honored by your nomination, and i accept it. [cheers] wage a winning campaign and every region of this country, from the snowy banks of minnesota to the sandy plains of georgia. trailing democratic candidate jimmy carter in the polls, ford knew he had his work cut out for him. >> he was a very good governor, on ae had broad views number of national and international problems and challenges. again, it was a race of an outsider against the establishment in the nation's capital. and because of watergate under nixon, because of the war in vietnam during the kennedy, johnson, nixon period, outsiders had some advantage. ofy could be very critical the national scene, because they had not been a part of it. rest of ford and the the family would all pitch in. together they reached out to -- to touchture and the nation. he had goals that he fervently hoped to attain. election night, 1976. >> that is the way it stands. ,lectoral votes, president ford 1037. jimmy carter is the next president of the united states. --in the end he fell force

ronald reagan became president while the clark ticket mustered around one percent of the vote in a turning point in a cup strategy the brothers now decided to pull the strings from the background. his running for vice president was a real lesson as he has said the way to impact their policies the way to impact their profit margin was not by running for office but by financing all these other ways. taking on the big money behind the oil lobby is a tough proposition amid concerns about the impact of the nature pipeline project on the standing rock reservation in $27000.00 lawyer and activist chase iron eyes took action. this is our country this isn't trump's country. and we're going to stand up. in peace and dignity. to miami. miami. the protests in north and south dakota against the construction of oil pipelines became almost a daily occurrence in the meantime a 3rd pipeline is under construction which the native american people living here see as a threat you know. i don't have a choice. it is either i write these guys or my sugar we're in hell. when i was born. the latest project is calle

ronald reagan successfully persuaded a lot of middle-class swing voters, especially white and some black folks that he was the advocate for them in their struggle. , you held him here conservatives talk about it. workingme gap between class americans and upper-class has widened and widened. i use the example of growing up in southern ohio i was able to work at a steel mill to pay my tuition to ohio university. when i started school it was only $750. drop now but the last time i checked tuition was about $14,000 to $15,000. that's a good state university. same thing across the country. that was my avenue into the middle class. that i was from a blue-collar family. after college i was able to have entry into the middle class. the group that had the only despited real income inflation has been those who have at least two years of schooling past high school. that is different than it used to be. we saw this coming intellectually but it is here and it has been here for years. a failure to address that is a big reason why democrats are beginning to lose working-class americans and they are att

there are a few to give us a more private side of ronald reagan. and to see the president in unguarded moments i think is priceless when we haven't had a chance to listen to franklin roosevelt for instance. roosevelt is a staged as any president that we can remember. shortly, our image of him which is of course the image that he wanted everyone to see, not in a wheelchair, but the audio as well, we hear roosevelt in conversations with civil rights leaders. saying things that are a little surprising today perhaps. perhaps not for the time. but it's a unguarded roosevelt we never get a chance to hear. there is a incredible degree of democratic capability, and because of the associations in watergate, you see them uncover some of the elevations. you think about it, it's a remarkable legacy for the few administrations that we can go back and do this kind of research. not just in a memo that can be shaped. what was actually said in that room? >> i'm going to put an a plug for the students that worked in the miller city project. i say if you want to lear

ronald reagan as well. you had mentioned my father frequently said god gave you two ears and one mouth. of course, he also said i have been vaccinated with a pho phonograph needle because i talk too much and i learned to listen, but through listening, i learned. we don't do a lot of that, i hate to say it, even in my business. what do you think of that? >> listen, you have to learn to listen. i have two little phrases which is the key to success. number one, be kind and number two, listen. if you can be kind and listen, and deal with your people with respect, you cannot believe how much you can accomplish and how much you will be remembered and followed and celebrated. that's the way to go. neil: you know, leonard, but you know what's remarkable about your career, i'm not blowing you smoke here, but you were way ahead of the wave that people didn't appreciate at the time, or take for routine now, they appointed a female executive and the rest. you had said that not only is it a good idea to have women on yo

ronald reagan's presidential memoirs -- he got an advance of around $7 million. they lost quite a bit of money on that one. since about 2000 or so, publishing has figured this out. you mentioned the obama's advance, which was astronomical. michelle obama's books is one of the best-selling in american history at this point. i have to imagine that barack obama's book will do equally well. even better. publishers have started to realize they can sell these books in a certain way. blockbuster publishing is working for them, which is why i don't think it is going anywhere anytime soon. susan: you mentioned donald trump's "the art of the deal." we have a clip from peter osnos. this is him telling the story of signing the book "the art of the deal." [video clip] >> it's one of the few times someone has intervened at random house. he said i want to do a book with this guy. i arrived at random house with a mandate of doing books of this kind -- biographies of high-profile figures. so i was, i like to put it, tasked. i went to see trump with this publisher. i took a big ru