i think it nancy reagan, no one could be more excited than nancy reagan to see what lies ahead in this next chapter, thank you. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the chief executive officer of the boys and girls club of pasadena, ms. lisa kathie eight. >> thank you, i was just transported karen. maybe think of a couple stories i'm going to tell that are short. when the reckons left the white house to come back to california i the pleasure of serving them to the nancy reagan foundation for close to ten years. we had other places we continued on with her work. i was really blessed to spend that time with her. today i want to recognize a couple of other people a few other people in fact you are here with this. first of all barbara marandi with juice stand and raise your hand? barbara ran for many years the first just say no effort in l.a. county. we are really pleased with what you did. and then john gustus and ann jamie walsh who were on our team at the nancy reagan foundation. [applause] first quick story, interview day, dress it to the nines in my 20s, new hairdo, new

i think that nancy reagan -- no one would be more excited than nancy reagan to see what lies ahead in this next chapter. thank you. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the chief executive officer of the boys and girls club of pasadena, mrs. lisa cavaliere. >> thank you. i was just transported, karen. it made me think of a couple of stories. i'm going to tell them. they are short. when the reagan's left the white house to come back to california, i had the pleasure of serving them through the nancy reagan foundation for close to ten years. it wound down and then we had other places that we went and continued on with her work. i was really blessed to spend that time with her. today, i wanted to recognize a couple of other special people who are here with us. first of all, would you stand or raise your hand? barbara started and ran for many years the first just say no effort in l.a. counties. we are really pleased with what you did. also, john and jeanne, who are on our team at the nancy reagan foundation. first quick story -- interview day. dressed to the nines. i'm in my 20s. new hair

this is nancy reagan in her own words. second hand clothes secondhand closed they're all the rage at the spring fashion shows. even my two new trench coat with for color ronnie bought for 10 cents on the dollar. secondhand gowns old hand-me-downs. the china is the the only thing that's new. even though they tell me i'm no longer queen. did ronnie have to buy me that new sewing machine. secondhand closed second-hand clothes, i sure sure hope ed me so i guess i came around. to thinking well, all right. we'll try. i mean it can't be worse than it was you know, and so she said originally they had thought that i would make fun of the press. and i said, no no that i'm not going to do that. the only the only way we could do this is if i make a fond of myself. i make fun of myself. then maybe i have a 50/50 chance here. as you well know. that first year was not. nobody was really crazy about me and i don't think i'd have been crazy about me reading what i did. about me press was rough. press was rough. i and i i and i really don't

nancy reagan. first lady of the united states. i invite her to make her statement. >> thank you mister chairman. i am delighted to be here as a member of the u.s. delegation to speak before the third committee of the united nations general assembly on a matter of urgent importance to all of us. the third committee is now considering agenda items on new families and crime prevention. i want to talk to you about the illegal use of drugs and the direct impact it is having on families, especially children. i come before the united nations today as a wife, mother, and one who has had the unique opportunity to see the impact of the drug problem. not only in the united states, but in many areas of the world. i have worked on this problem with many distinguished people represented on this committee. i have had the opportunity to travel to many parts of the world and have seen the problem firsthand. i have also been privileged to work on two occasions with mrs. perez to cuellar. in 1985 she joined me in 29 other first ladies from around th

nancy reagan. >> she supported ronald reagan to such a

we say this because even during nancy reagan's time, when there were intonations that nancy reagan was too powerful or the pants in the reagan family, journalists at the time called upon edith wilson and suggested to nancy reagan that she was going to make a misstep akin to mrs. wilson. there are many, many, many first ladies who are very powerful, but i think that the answer would probably start with edith wilson. >> i'm going to make this case. >> i knew she would. >> i'm going to do it. it's the end of the war of 1812. they have been in this war -- nothing. this is a war that should not have even -- it ended before it began. the british conceded. don't make me explain it. they conceded. we had the war anyway. at the end of it, the loss of treasure, lives, nothing gained. the capital was burned to the ground. yet, the celebrations of this war -- this was right at the end of the madison presidency. james and dolley go off in a golden glow. in fact, they can't leave town after the inauguration. people just want to give them parties. everyone is celebrating this war. it's making the ame

reagan's time when they were intimations that nancy reagan was was too powerful wore the pants in the reagan family too many times journalists at the time called upon edith wilson and suggested in nancy reagan that she was going to make a misstep akin to mrs. wilson's there are many other i mean many many many first ladies who are very powerful, but i think that the answer would probably start with edith wilson. all right, so i'm gonna make this case i knew she would i'm gonna do it. so it's the end of of the war of 1812. been in this war nothing this is the war that shouldn't have even ended before began. they conceded the british conceded don't made me explain it they conceited but we had the war anyway, and at the end of it loss of treasure lives. nothing gained capital burned to the ground. and yet the celebrations of this war this is right at the end of madison the madison presidency and james and dolly go off and a golden glow. in fact, they can't leave town after the inauguration because people just want to give them parties and everybody is celebrating this warm. it's making t

i mean, there was an easy caricature created of hillary clinton and of nancy reagan and barbara bush, you, all of the first ladies. how wide was the gap between the press perception of you and who you really were? who you felt should be convey to the press? >> -- there was a page collected in the washington post -- and they were haystacks. we had on straw hats and -- >> [laughs] >> and that i went from that to being a steel magnolia. i thought that was pretty good because steele is tougher and magnolia's southern. and then i was fussy. and then i was the most powerful. so, i had a full range of images. i didn't think i was any of that. i was from the south. i hope i was tough. i didn't think i was fuzzy. when we came to washington, i knew what i wanted to do. i had worked on mental health problems. i've been the governor's wife. i had my projects. i had entertained ambassadors and heads of state. i'd entertain georgia legislators instead of congress people. there was a lot that i learned. and i couldn't wait to get to work on mental health. i had a chance to do it in the whole country

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hillary clinton a there was an easy caricature created of hillary clinton and of nancy reagan, of barbara brush, a view. of all of the first ladies. how much, how wide was the gap between the press perception of you and who you really were? who you felt should be conveyed to the press? >> after jimmy was elected, there was a cartoon in the washington post with, jimmy's mother, me, and there were haystacks, we had on straw hats, there was strong between our teeth. [laughs] then i went from that to being steel magnolia. i thought that was pretty good. steele is tough, magnolia's southern. and then i was fuzzy. i was fuzzy for awhile. and then i was most powerful. i had a full range of images. i did not think i was any of that. i was proud i was from the south. i hope i was tough. i didn't think i was fuzzy. when we came to washington, i knew what i wanted to do. i had worked on mental health problems while jimmy was governor. i had been the governor's wife, i had had my projects, i had entertained ambassadors instead of heads of state. i had entertained georgia legislatures and said of cong

like nancy reagan. she wanted her one of the things she wanted hillary to do was to go. i think it was on. i want to say tool time. it was i think that was the name of the tool time with tim taylor there. it was a very popular sitcom at the time. she really there was there's a whole it's it's a fascinating document in the clinton library where you can see this whole media strategy for using popular culture at the time. of course, there wasn't instagram or facebook or twitter at the time when hillary was first lady, but the idea of going around the mainstream media to create a more likable image with something that i think. um, both presidents and first ladies have done and other elected officials have done. we have a question. danny asks our living first ladies afforded appropriate coverage by the media. i guess that would be both the incumbent in any of the others. i think it depends on the first lady. i think it really depends on the first lady because some first ladies just want to kind of go back to their private lives. remember the first ladies don't always choose t

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can i just add quickly that after president reagan died after president ford died after nancy reagan died. all joanne wrote long memos to me president ford who the man in charge of his funeral a man named greg will wrote me along memo. they became my bible of how to do a funeral it saved my life. and and i did the same for the chiefs of staff of president bush 43 obama. clinton and carter i wrote this long memo. what went right what went wrong and we can talk about later some of those big challenges, but those memos saved my life. yeah in a moment. we'll talk about the sharing of those memos, but this is one of those the best laid plans of men, and i want to put a photo up for and ask gene to comment. here we go. gene best laid plans. sometimes there are surprises big surprises that might occur unexpected moments in presidential funerals. and here's just one. this is one of the best unexpected moments. of president bush's funeral if many of you will remember that president bush and bob dole were big political rivals. they had a very nasty 1988 republican primary contest and both says

ford died, after nancy reagan died, all joanne wrote in long memos to me, president ford, and a man named greg willard, they wrote in a long memo that became my bible of how to do a funeral. it saved my life. and i did the same for the chiefs of staff of president bush 43, obama, clinton and carter. thosi wrote this long memo wet , right, and we can talk about some of those big challenges. but those memos saved my life. >> yeah. in a moment we'll talk about the sharing of those memos. but this is one of those, the best laid plans of mice and men -- and i want to put a photo up and ask jean to comment. here we go, jeanne, best laid plans. sometimes there are surprises. big surprises that might occur, unexpected moments in presidential funerals. and here is one. >> this is one of the best unexpected moments of president bush's funeral. if many of you will remember that president bush and bob dole were big political rivals, they had a very nasty 1988 republican primary contest. and both said some things that they probably wish they hadn't said. they became huge friends. and when senato

i don't think anyone penetrated that smile people like to say nancy reagan did but i'm actually not so sure about that either. yeah, i think i think ronald reagan was absolutely self-contained. and it's very unusual. for someone like that. he was always on stage. but he had other qualities as well, which i think making important and consequential. one was that he was? his beliefs were very consistent over the decades reagan shows up in my story in 1947. he's testifying to whoack in his capacity as president of the screen actors guild. and had a hopper who was a hollywood gossip columnist she interviewed him about ron and what he thinks and what he's talking about about freedom and democracy and american exceptionalism in 1947 is almost word for word what he says in his farewell address to the nation and january of 1989 very little in his basic belief system. changes i think part of that has to do just briefly the fact that he was he was very old he very old. he was born in 1911. he doesn't become a republican until he's 51 years old. right he votes for fdr four times. but he had in his

has the republic and party become a cold and does nancy pelosi really want reagan's republican party back? >> she wants a party back that completely agrees with her on every single issue is what it sounds like which i would like a unicorn party but i don't think republicans are more of a cult than anyone who watches politics nonstop 24/7 screaming at people on twitter. i think both sides can be guilty where as lindsay said earlier, they are not effective or voting for convincing their neighbors but to call republicans a cult and look at zombies wandering down the streets of supreme court justices, it is a bit much. kennedy: maybe everyone has lost their minds. >> but us. >> i don't think colt would be appropriate but i would agree both sides, there are some cultlike behaviors certainly but she's not alone with republicans, i have many republican friends, greg republicans, but they long for the day when they felt their party wasn't as religious, they felt their party was socially more in line with majority of american people, wasn't so divisive. we see divisions on democrats and also

nancy pelosi has been around since the reagan era. biden since the knicks son era. pelosi trucks out a new plan to battle inflation? think will decide what causes prices at the pump? price controls cause fuel shortages. why do we have continuing incompetent policies coming out of democratses who have been in office for decades? >> they're trying to put the blame out on other people. for nancy pelosi trying to preserve a house democratic majority, her pole to get goal to get american people not only blaming oil companies but also blaming republicans. they're trying to dare you, trying to dare me to calling balls and strikes here. then they will claim, look at them, they're out defending oil companies. the reality is, the average american out there is smart enough to realize if you cut off russian oil imports you shouldn't run off to iran and venezuela. you should be ramping up domestic energy production. the average american is smart enough to realize, watching the piece with hillary vaughn, a loaf of bread, you have to pay more for diesel, when you buy chicken it wi

can you imagine if nancy had that neck? they'd be putting her in a nursing home for turkeys. >> they had given me this 23 minutes to address whatever topic i want, and it's such a privilege, it's more than the president of the united states gets, and it's kind of thrilling to have that every week. i would be lying if i said i didn't put my opinions in the show. >> excuse me, but you lovely ladies look like you are in need of a little male companionship here. >> trust me when i tell you that you have completely misassessed the situation at this table. >> moving on to scene "d." >> i am a woman and i am a writer, but i don't really enjoy being called a woman's writer. i think labels are harmful to us. >> with "murphy brown," just about everything about that program felt new. the civil rights movement and the women's movement had just begun to sort of be reflected in the programming that you saw on television in the '80s. >> murphy, you know the dunfree's club is for men only. >> and they have great dinners with great guests,