remember, as ronald reagan said, mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall, and history's proven reagan was right. joe biden and the democrats who wanted the nuclear freeze were demonstrably wrong. where would we be if their argument prevailed? that's a hard truth well told. it's republicans, not democrats, who've spoken up reliably and for freedom at home and abroad, freedom to travel and trade, freedom from oppression of high taxes, union abuses, and excessive government regulation. the freedom to worship and the freedom to believe. the freedom of opportunity with so many of these other freedoms depend on. those freedoms have helped america become what it is at its best, a strong, compassionate nation where individuals are allowed to make their own decisions and to succeed like they could nowhere else in the world. over and over it's been republicans who've spoken up for our essential freedoms. a hard truth well told. it's republicans who have told the truth about fiscal responsibility, not always a cheery topic. while democr

answer, ronald reagan. who, like goldwater wrote a letter with sharp critique. unlike goldwater, reagan did not mince words. by the time he was ready to announce his campaign for governor he was still warning republicans of what he called a lunatic fringe. his words. it was gaining influence inside the party. he would embrace the groups philosophy as was typical, ronald reagan had a deceptively simple response. quote, it would be my intention if i would see public office to seek the support individuals by persuading them of my philosophy, not accepting there's. everyone got the message. they are not us. reagan would stand up for the truth, not bend to it for political benefit. almost instantly his words were being echoed all over washington. people got it. the top republicans and house and senate called a press conference that reagan and buckley could not have scripted better themselves. they provided leadership for strength. ten years ago in this library, i told you that real leaders do not follow polls. a change them. reagan's rejection of extremism was an exa

the ronald reagan institute hosted this event and provided the video. reagan adjust -- addresses a joint session of congress on the economic health of the country shortly after his first inauguration. later, president bill clinton speaks to a joint session of congress nearly a month after his first inauguration. >> i want to start by thanking our guests for joining us today. it is an honor to be with this group, men and women who witnessed history up close. who fortunately live to talk about it and to join me in thanking god and very talented and doctors for saving the life of president ronald reagan and as lives of some with him almost 40 years ago today. we have come together today because the reagan foundation and institute is committed parading -- commemorating several significant anniversaries in 2021. 40 years have passed since ronald reagan became america's 40th president. we have the opportunity to introduce him as the remarkably important icon he was to a new generation of americans. we are calling this year 40 at 40, the 40th anniversary in --

answer ronald reagan. who, like goldwater, wrote a letter backing the sharp critique of the hearing in california. they'd been in arizona. unlike goldwater, they didn't mix words. by the time he was ready to announce his campaign for governor, he was mourning the republicans about a lunatic fringe, his words. that was gaining influence inside the party. as to whether he would embrace the group's philosophy, as is typical ronald reagan, he had a simple response. quote, it would be my intention, if i seek public office, to seek the support of individuals by persuading them of my philosophy, not of accepting theirs. everyone got the message. they aren't us. reagan would stand up for the truth, not bend to it for political benefit. almost instantly, his words were being echoed over washington. people got it. the house and senate called a press conference that reagan and buckley couldn't have scripted better themselves. they provided leadership through strength. ten years ago in this library, i told you that re

at one point, 55 million people every week are listening to ronald reagan. plus, he's got twice a week column which is being carried by hundreds of newspapers. so in the mid to late '70s, you have to be under a rock and not know about ronald reagan. >> did it work? >> sure, sure. he becomes -- after ford loses, reagan becomes -- in fact, that's a good question. he becomes the de facto leader of the republican party. one of his big issues, as many of us remember, is the panama canal treaty. he developed it as an issue in '76. the panama canal was considered one of the seven wonders of the world. my grandmother -- i remember she was so furious that carter was going to give away the canal to the republic of panama. and i didn't realize it until later how important it was to her because she grew up with the canal, this is one -- this is a great example of american exceptionalism. we failed -- we succeeded where the french failed. and it's very important psychically, my grandmother and millions of americans like her. the idea that carter is going to turn over con

as i think ronald reagan clearly would have and indeed did testify to. so this patriotic divide can be crossed by people who love their country left and right and who are willing to -- who are willing to love each other in this bigger way through a spirit of good will. so that's what i mean by crossing the patriotic divide. >> let's let some of our callers get involved. let's start with brett calling from des moines, iowa, on the republican line. brett, good morning. >> good morning to you, sir. >> go ahead, brett. >> i think john is right on target. god bless him. i don't know what religion he is, but great. i think the push for more reparations, people have been treated wrong. >> your response, john? >> i think i just heard brett say that he thinks we need to push for more reparations. yeah, i take the view to heart, absolutely. i think that the challenge we have just to put the reparations point into context of the larger divisions facing american society, i think that part of the challenge we have and you see this a little bit around some of the poli

the near assassination of ronald reagan. the ronald reagan presidential foundation and institute hosted this event and provided the video. >> i want to start by thanking our guests for joining us today. it's a real honor to be with this group, men and women who witnessed history up close. who fortunately lived to talk about it and who i'm sure joined me in thanking god and some very talented doctors for saving the life of president ronald reagan and the lives of some of those with him, almost 40 years ago to the day. we've come together today because the reagan foundation and institute is commemorating several significant anniversary dates in 2021. all of them important reminders that 40 years have passed since ronald reagan beacon americas 40th president. it's a year when we have the opportunity to re-examine his legacy, not just to stir memories of one of america's most admired presidents, but also to introduce him as the remarkably important icon he was. to a new generation of americans. we're calling this year 40 and 40.

our lineup also includes inaugural ceremonies with franklin roosevelt and ronald reagan. watch tonight beginning at 8:00 eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. you're watching american history tv every weekend on c-span3, explore our nation's past. american history tv on c-span3, creed by america's cable television companies. today we're prout to you by these television companies who provide american history tv to viewers as a public service. >>> next, a look back at president bill clinton's farewell address from the oval office on january 18th, 2001. he served two terms as president from 1993 to 2001. >> my fellow citizens, tonight is my last opportunity to speak to you from the oval office as your president, and i am profoundly grateful for you twice giving me the honor to serve of, to work for you and with you, to prepare our nation for the 21st century, and i'm grateful to vice president gore, to my cabinet secretaries and to all those who have served with me for the last eight years. this has been a time of dramatic transformation, and you ha

he did not know ronald reagan that well. reagan had run in 1968 and had come close and had considered himself next in line, it was his turn and ford was in way. ford had come to this in a way he needed to get out of the way and let reagan run. ford had hoped he could craft away to encourage reagan to not run against him. there in march of 1975 flew out to california met with with small talk in hopes of trying to end the software persuade him not to run. mrs. ford writes letter after they left that dinner they were both convinced ronald reagan was going to run. it was a testy relationship forged in that primary. but it was one there were strong indications ronald reagan might be vice president there's a headline a chicago newspaper touting that very thing. they talked about it and thought better of it. ford was supportive of a reagan during four years. i'm sorry it's eight years in the white house. >> great. couple more questions from our q and a here. you talk a little bit about the participation of the warren commission? [i

as he often did, ronald reagan leaned on his faith. whatever happens to me now, he wrote, ite owe my life to god, d i will try to w serve him in evy way that i can. that he did. we're joined today by four extraordinary witnesses to this history. formertata united states secret service agent ray shaddick who shoved the president and his agent into the limousine, former united states secret agent tim mccarthy who risked his life as well to save the president and dove in front of the president to take a bullet aimed for the president, and also, james brady and former speechwriter maury massing will who was walking just in front of the president when the shots rang out. our conversation will be moderated by dell quinton w wilbur, investigative reporter and author of "rawhide down, the assassination of ronald reagan." it is the best account of the assassination attempt. dell? >> thank you. it is important when we come up to this anniversary, that it is extraordinary that i got to interview alll four participant of the book and how much deta

kennedy ronald reagan model. and is the model of getting the government restrained and modest in its two areas of economic policy, fiscal and monetary policy. both kennedy and reagan identified substitute can occur rutte getting the dollar strong and stable as the specific policy i would let the private sector, which is to say the real economy thrive. we need that. we need at. most of us are well aware that reagan was attacks governor, and he's the guy had to deal with her horrible stop for asian, we growth and high inflation of the 17 is an eighties, which came to end in the first years of his presidency. some of us are even aware that bill clinton used some of that model to foster prosperity in the decade after ronald reagan, with the republican congress. clinton cut capital gains tax rates and by the way was a component of free trade, which we think is part of the mix. however, what is generally not known or at least not remember it is about the subject of this book is about, that president kind of kennedy in

our lineup also includes inaugural ceremonies with ross ronald reagan in franklin roosevelt. watch tuesday at 8 pm eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span 3. you're watching american history tv. every weekend on c-span 3, explore our nations past. american history tv on c-span 3, created by americas cable television companies. today were brought to you by these television companies provide american history tv to viewers as a public service. next, a look back at george w. bush his farewell address from the east room of the white house on january 15th, 2009. he served two terms, from 2001 to 2009. >> (applause) >> but you. false it is an's, for eight years, it has been my honor to serve as your president. the first decade of this new century has been a period of consequence, a time set apart. tonight, with a thankful heart, i've asked for a final opportunity to share some thoughts on the journey that we have traveled together in the future of our nation. five days from now, the world will witness the vitality of american democracy. in a tradition dating ba

our lineup also includes inaugural ceremonies with franklin roosevelt and ronald reagan. watch tonight beginning at 8:00 eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >>> you're watching american history tv. every weekend on c-span3 explore our nation's past. american history tv on c-span3, created by america's cable television companies. and today we're brought to you by these television companies who provide american history tv to viewers as a public service. ♪♪ >>> up next, president dwight eisenhower delivers his farewell address from the oval office on january 17th, 1961. the speech is best remembered for the president's warning about the influence of what he called the military industrial complex. dwight eisenhower served 2 terms as president from 1953 to 1961. >> three days from now after half a century and the service of our country, i shall lay down the responsibilities of office as in traditional and solemn ceremony the authority of the president presidenty is vested in my successor. this evening, i've come to you with a message of lead tak

the author of "rawhide down: the near assassination of ronald reagan" recreates that offer. >> now around 2:00, maybe 1:30, john hinkley, a derranged, 25-year-old obsessed with jodi foster, he is a really strange character. i tried to write him in the most balanced way possible. people differ if he was really insane at that moment. he had an obsession with jodi foster that started a few years earlier. he saw "taxi driver" and he became obsessed and his life started to do that. he starts focusing on jodi foster, and he realizes in his mind he wants to impress her and he thinks the only way to impress her is to shoot the president of the united states. so he hangs out at blair house. in october, 1980, he informs dayton, ohio, and he got within arm's reach of the president but he didn't bring his guns with, he left them in the luggage. he is in l.a., he takes a bus across country. arrives a day before the shooting and at that moment in the documents i read, the interview i read, he has not made up his mind to kill or shoot the president. he doesn't even no the president is in town, but he wa

as he often did, ronald reagan leaned on his faith. whatever happens to me now, he wrote, i owe my life to god, and i will try to serve him in every way that i can. that he did. we're joined today by four extraordinary witnesses to this history. former united states secret service agent ray shaddick who risked his own life and shoved the president and his fellow agent, jerry pear, into the limb sun. former united states secret service agent tim mccarthy, who risked his life as well to save the president and dove directly into the path of a bullet aimed for the president. and also, james brady and former speechwriter maury massey will, who having drafted the speech the president delivered that day was walking just in front of the president when shots rang out. our conversation will be moderated by dell quinton wilbur, investigative reporter at the l.a. times washington bureau and best-selling author of "raw hide down, the near assassination of ronald reagan." . it is by all who have studied it, the best written account of that fateful d

our lineup also includes inaugural ceremonies with franklin roosevelt and ronald reagan. watch tonight beginning at 8:00 eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. you're watching american history tv. every weekend on c-span3 explore our nation's past. american history tv on c-span3 created by america's television companies and today we're brought to you by these television companies who provide c-span to you as a public service. >>> good evening. in a few days i will lay down my official responsibilities in this office to take up once more the only title in our democracy superior to that of president, the title of citizen. the vice president mondale, my cabinet and the hundreds of others who have served with me during the last four years, i wish to say now publicly what i have said in private. i thank them for the dedication and confidence they have brought to the service of our country, but i owe my deepest thanks to you, to the american people, because you gave me this extraordinary opportunity to serve. we faced great challenges together, and we k

our lineup also includes inaugural ceremonies with franklin roosevelt and ronald reagan. watch tonight beginning at 8:00 eastern and enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span3. you're watching american history tv. every weekend on c-span3, explore our nation's past. american history tv on c-span3 created by america's cable we're brought to you by these television companies who provide american history tv to viewers as a public service. >>> on the morning of august 9th, 1974, president richard nixon delivered a farewell address to his cabinet and staff in the east room of the white house. with impeachment proceedings looming because of the watergate scandal, he had announced his resignation the year before binging the first president in u.s. history to voluntarily leave his post before the end of his term. the richard nixon presidential library and museum provided this video.ó'dizñb3 [ applause ] >> thank you. well, members of the cabinet, members of the white house staff, all of our friends here, i think the record should show that this is one of those spontaneo

ronald reagan was one of them. and yet he put, he approached it with a smile and long into his presidency people like his style. it was far more conservative. it was still true to some of the foundational matters like free trade and immigration. in internationalism that is now missing from the republican party. when gingrich came along there was a desire to be more militant still. in many ways sought ronald reagan as to pragmatic and they were much more doctrinaire. it was not even about ideas as much as newt gingrich would like to say i think, it was more stylistic. it was more geared toward culture war issues as opposed to economic. for instance ronald reagan antiabortion politics was a big part of his campaign, he never did anything about it. he talked a good game. by that 90s newt gingrich again they were more willing to do it. mainly it was about society. and just a sense it was a beginning of what we came to for russian with donald trump as they were picking on the grievances of the whites even more than it e

kennedy and ronald reagan. five minutes, we'll hear about the transitions and inaugurations of ronald reagan and barack obama from officials in their administrations the white house historical association hosted both of these events and provided the video. today we'll be joined by dr. colleen shogan who joined the white house historical association in the winter of 2020 after almost 15 years of federal government service. she previously worked in the united states senate and as a senior executive at the library of congress. colleen is the vice chair of the women's suffered centennial commission and teaches at georgetown university in the government department. she is the previous president of the national capital area political science association and served on the american political science association council the governing body of the organization. her research focuses on the american presidency presidential rhetoric women in politics and congress a native of pittsburgh. she holds a ba in political science fr

that ronald reagan used to tap. and the key is, as you'll see, ronald reagan was effectively telling the story on himself. it related to a time in his career when he didn't know sort what he was doing or where he was going. as you will know of ronald reagan, he had two careers primarily. he was a film actor. and then he became a politician. but there was an interregnum. a period between the time basically after he stopped getting calls from hollywood producers. he couldn't get any good roles. between when his career ended and his political career. film career and political career began. and he had, well, a rather unusual position. in fact, it was a job that was invented for him by the general electric corporation. general electric was at the time the behemoth of the american economy. and reagan was their spokesman. he was a television host for the ge theater. and the ge theater was, well, an experiment in television. this is in the 1950s. and nobody knows quite what to do with tv. so, they think, what you do with th

ronald reagan used to tell this joke. the key, as you see, is that reagan was effectively telling this story on himself. it related to a time in his career when he didn't know what he was doing or where he was going. as you will know of ronald reagan, he had two careers, primarily. he was a film actor and then he became a politician. but there was a period in between, the time after he stopped getting calls from hollywood producers, he couldn't get any good roles, between when his career ended and his political career began. he had a rather unusual position. in fact, it was a job that was invented for him by the general electric corporation. general electric was the great industrial behemoths of the american economy. reagan was there paid spokesman. he was a host, a television host, for the g.e. theater. and the g.e. theater was an experiment in television. this was in the 19 fifties. no one knows what to do with tv and they think we can do filmed plays, and people watch plays 1lays, and people watch plays reagan was the

a bagel. [ laughter ] so this is ronald reagan's approach. it characterizes a large part of where i'll be going with my talk. because by the time reagan was president, humor was considered a necessary part of the political arsenal of a president, of a candidate. and this because, well, i told you this story, and no one would say it's an enormously clever story but it's enough to get a ha ha ha a little bit. reagan recognized from those years on the rubber chicken circuit that if there's an audience that doesn't know you, if there's an audience that might be a little skeptical about the message you're conveying, if you can get them to laugh, it loosens them up. it makes them feel that you're a real person and not simply this flack for ge. it worked for reagan as president of the united states. it represented something of a culmination of a trend that had been going on for a long period of time. so i'm going to cover some of that trend. after i said what the topic was going to be tonight, i got to thinking about it a little more. i happen to be

and ronald reagan had a troy baker, then he had jim baker alone, then he had don regan. then he had howard baker. then he had kenny debris skin. then we changed presidents and john sununu was chief of staff for president h.w. bush. i had the honor of serving as deputy chief of staff to john sununu. by the way, this is 100% sincere. he's the most in trilogy and person i have ever met. his iq is off the charts. -- he's the most intelligent person i have ever met. i learned so much from him. i think that's why george w. bush asked me to be his step, because i had worked at the white house under so many fabulous chiefs of staff and learn from all of them. my goal, remember the television show cheers? well, and cheers, a bar in boston, and the theme song was a place where everybody knows your name. i wanted to be just the opposite of that as chief of staff. john sununu became well known as chief of staff. jim baker became well-known. don regan became well-known. i wanted to be a chief of staff where nobody knew his name. i wanted to be all the other stars of the administratio

ronald reagan comes in office. we i have gratefully served as one of his budget deputies, long time ago. on february 18th 1981, the month into his presidency, reagan gave a speech to the nation. he announced that he was seeking the ten 10:10 tax rate cut. across the board tax cut. 30% across the board was kennedys. here's reagan. back when calvin coolidge had texas across the, board the government's revenues increased. when jack kennedy did it, his economic advisers, they were all telling him that the government would lose revenue and the government gained revenue. that is the reality. so they made quite a sizeable financial error. jack kennedy's line about it was, quote, a rising tide lifts all boats, and quote. this is what we believe the tax proposals that we have made our aimed at. that is reagan in almost the identical words of john f. kennedy. and finally, last quote from reagan, can you cut taxes and fight inflation by so doing this? i believe you can. let me just read you something. our true choices not bet

many evangelicals the masculine values and like jon wayne, ronald reagan, rush limbaugh, and donald trump and bodies have come to define evangelicalism itself. at the taste of the book and what is within these pages. what is happened since the book came out. you get that from the title of the subtitle in particular. what is remarkable is how evangelicals themselves including many conservative white evangelicals have been fact embrace this book. it has been astounding, really. within a couple of days of its publication it started getting letters from evangelicals themselves. a mental to brace myself for vicious trolling once this book is published. and instead, i have been absolutely swamped with letters from more than a year now but i still get several every day. most of these letters say something like this is the story of my life. thank you for helping me too see. they go on to share extended narratives of how their own experiences math bond, sometimes uncannily closely to the narrative in jesus and jon wayne. and how many of them are experiencing a reckoning, grappling that this is the

reagan do solemnly swear. >> i, ronald reagan do solemnly swear. >> that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states. >> that i will faithfully execute the office of president of the united states. >> of president of the united states. >> and will to the best of my ability. >> and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend -- >> the constitution of the united states. so help me god. ♪ [hail to the chief] ♪ gene: the rest of the events are up to the president and his staff. they could do it anyway they want. lately, it has been a pattern in which the president after being sworn in gives the inaugural speech. he has lunch with congress people. he comes at a parade down pennsylvania avenue to the white house. then comes the evening events. during the evening events we see the inaugural ball. they can be 1, 5, as many as 14 balls. president clinton in 1993 had 14, which is a record at the present time. frequently there are six or seven. it depends on the president, it depends on the predilections, the resources available, and sometimes on the

kennedy-ronald reagan model. if the model of getting the government restrained and mod nest its two areas of economic policy, fiscal monetary policy. both identified substantially cutting income tax rates and getting the dollar strong and stable as the specific policy that would let the private sector, which is to stay real economy, thrive. we need that. we need that. most us are well aware that reagan was a tax cutter. he is the guy who had to dwoo he will the horrible stagflation of the '70s and '80s which came to an end in the first years of his presidency. some of us are aware that bill clinton used some of that model to foster prosperity in the decade after ronald reagan with a republican congress, clinton cut capital gains tax rates and by the way was a proponent of free trade which we think is part of the mix. however, what is generally not known, at least not remembered, is what the subject of this book is about, that president john f. kennedy in the early '60s used and pine eerd the exact same model. ken

miteron had really ended up in a bad place with ronald reagan. what george bush was doing was rebuilding the relationship. when he left, he had miteron's support, as well. the proposals went great. the european, our european allies bought into them. and two or three things happened in the process over that year which were extremely significant. number one, we went to poland right after the pols had an election to change their legislative body and elected virtually all reformers. the polls had actually been allowed to have this election by gorbachev and it was an odd situation. the legislative body was now the new freedom group under wolensa and the president was geraluski who was, at that time, perceived to be the puppet of the soviet union. and we flew there and to me this is a classic george herbert walker bush. we had no idea how we were going to deal with this slight conflict in governance in poland. and george bush's answer was, let's have a lunch. and he directed the ambassador to have a lunch. and seated around a room about this size with

sunday, former staffers and secret service agents present for the attempted assassination of ronald reagan on march 30, 1980 one talk with dale quentin wilber author of "rawhide down, the near assassination of ronald reagan." here's a preview. >> the average person today, looking back with hindsight, would be shocked that there was a rope line with people behind into it not been screened by the secret service, a mix of press, and just spectators. the reason it was there was because that was always where it went. it became so routine that people were not thinking about, we need to reevaluate this in the climate today that we cannot have people near the president without going through magnetometers. obama approached rope lines, but to get into that area took me a good hour. when i was approved, i had a badge and all that stuff. do you think that played a role in why that rope line was there? >> let me start out that the protocols that were in place 40 years ago, of course, are not in place now. i recall, prior to that taking place, that the prior administrations had been lobbying to allow us

our lineup also includes inaugural ceremonies was franklin roosevelt and ronald reagan. watch tuesday beginning at 8 pm eastern, enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span 3. president lyndon johnson delivered his final state of the union address genuine 14 1969, less than a week before the inauguration of his successor, richard nixon. the speech served as his goodbye to the american people, as he did not give a farewell speech. president johnson spoke about what he sizes accomplishments, including the passage of the voting rights act and the creation of medicare. he expressed hope the negotiations would result in peace and vietnam. our coverage of the 50 minute address comes from cbs news. [applause] [applause]kÑgf]%w [applause] my distinguished colleagues at the congress. i have the high privilege and the distinct honor not only officially but personally to me, of presenting to you the president of the united states. [applause] mister speaker. frank you very much. mister speaker, mister president. members of the congress and my fellow americans. for the sixth a

dwight eisenhower, john kennedy, and ronald reagan. exploring the american story. watch "american history tv" this weekend on c-span 3. >>> next on "american history tv" abraham lincoln scholar revisits the 16th president's éjg. just six weeks before his assassination.mj considered one ofa#ir(t&h the m iconic speeches in american history. >>> we are honored to welcome harold back to new york historical. he is the director of the roosevelt house of policy and institute at hunter college. he previously served as chairman of the abraham lincoln. and the united states lincoln bicentennial commission. he is the author of numerous books. his most recent "the monument man: the life and art of daniel chester french." he was part of the chief historicals 2009 and 2010 exhibition. please turn off your electronic devices and join me in welcoming our guests. thank you. good evening. happy lincoln's birthday. i'm so proud and grateful to be asked to do another lincoln's birthday talk here at the new york historical society. last year it was sleeting with ice, so i think lincol

the neatest fact that i've come across through a lot of my research is ronald reagan when he was asked what his proudest accomplishment in life was, it had nothing to do with his presidency nor his acting career. his proudest accomplishment in life is that he claims to have saved 77 lives from when he was a young man as a lifeguard, and i thought that was very interesting. the question always comes up will obama ever be here or was he ever here? the answer to that question is the goal for the original park was every time a president was to come into office that a two-foot tall prototype was going to be made as a sample, improved upon and then brought full scale, so when obama was coming into office they approached the owner of the park at the time who i think had already recognized the financial difficulties that were going on, declined for financial reasons to go full scale on the obama, so they just kept the little miniature obama who lived in this green shipping container along with a miniature white house for many, many years. unbeknownst to me, one of my photography students who w

our lineup also includes inaugural ceremonies was franklin roosevelt and ronald reagan. watch tuesday beginning at 8 pm eastern, enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span 3. president lyndon johnson delivered his final state of the union address genuine 14 1969, less than a week before

for example, taft in 1909 and ronald reagan in 1985 both gave their address and took the oath inside at the capitol and that was due to weather conditions that were not hospitable for an outdoor occasion. in 1865 lincoln reverses the tradition back taking the oath first and then giving the speech what we're accustomed to seeing today and what we will likely see tomorrow. and then the inauguration moves to the west front of the capitol in 1981 with ronald reagan as depicted here in this picture. next we're going to talk about how technology has transformed the delivery of the speech. so presidents have always given inaugural addresses starting with george washington that are designed once again to be read or heard by american citizens by all american citizens, but of course technology changed how that address has been transmitted and of course the amount of time in which it took to be transmitted in 1845. we see under the presidency of polk the use of the telegraph which greatly sped up the amount of time it took to actually get the address into the hands of citizens who wanted to rea

ronald reagan was one of them that was struck by lightning a few years back, but he's been success successively cleaned up since and probably the most difficult of all of the presidents to identify. is back here behind president reagan? no one's ever gotten this right as a matter of fact. i had to really study him hard to figure out who that was. that is warren harding. and behind him is john adams who is tough to see because of all of the overgrowth the neatest fact that i've come across through a lot of my research is ronald reagan when he was asked what his? proudest accomplishment in life was it had nothing to do with his presidency. nor his acting career. proudest accomplishment in life is that he claims to have saved 77 lives. from when he was a young man. as a lifeguard and i thought that was very interesting. the question always comes up. will obama ever be here or was he ever here? the answer to that question is the goal for the original park. was every time a president was to come into office that a two foot tall prototype. was going to be made. as a sample. approved upon and then bro

look at, ronald reagan and tip o'neil had very different views, very different styles. they communicated well with each other. they told jokes and they laughed. they argued and they came to agreements, and they celebrated democracy. >> by the way, on george w. bush, am i correct, didn't the democratic lieutenant governor actually endorse him for president? >> did. he was very fortunate that he had earned the respect of the democrats in texas when he ran for president, and it made a big difference. >> so in our last ten minutes i want to turn it to the audience, if any members of the audience have a question. >> good work. >> it sounded like both of you -- it sounded like both of you were saying that you need to get along, and it almost sounded like this was exactly what you are saying that donald trump does not do. i think that you might want to comment, at least if that's the purpose of what you are saying, you might want to comment as to how the current president is different from the two that you have described. >> i would say in fairness there's different strokes fo

top 15 says not top tent richard norton smith on ronald reagan. it illustrates the fact that it has been 40 years since ronald reagan took the oath of office. even people who disagree with him, according him the status of a consequential president. ian even ate transformative president. what do i mean by that? franklin roosevelt change the political weather. after 1933 people fundamentally whether they liked it or not, whether they voted for it or not, recognize there is a fundamental change underway in the relationship between the average american and their government. brought about first by the great depression and the second world war. in much of the same way franklin roosevelt's consensus about the rule of government prevailed like historical stature standing in the top ten. when he talked about in his own time in the next 40 years arguably as change in the political consensus. we were no longer talking about centralizing power in washington, personalizing power in the presidency. an activist if you will, a proactive approach of the nation's p

reagan. watch tuesday starting at 8 pm eastern, enjoy american history tv every weekend on c-span 3. good evening. in a few days, i will let my official responsibilities in this office go. to collude demonic title in our democracy superior to that of citizen. vice president mondale and my cabinet and hundreds of others who served with me in the last four years i was to say now publicly would have said in private. i thank them for the dedication and confidence they brought to the service of our country. but i don't owe my deepest thanks to you, the american people. because you gave us knee this extraordinary opportunity to serve. we face great challenges together, and we know that future problems will also be difficult. but i am not more convinced than ever that the united states more than any other country can eat successfully whatever the future might bring. these last four years have made me more certain of the inner strength of our country, and unchanging value of our principles and our id

ronald reagan, was one of them that was struck by lightning a few years back. but he has successively been cleaned up since. and probably the most difficult, of all of the presidents to identify, is back here behind president reagan. and no one has ever gotten this right. and i had to really study him hard to figure out who it was. and that is warren harding. behind him, is john adams. who is tough to see, because of all of the overgrowth. so the needs fact, that i've come across through a lot of my research, is ronald reagan when he was asked, what his proudest accomplishment in life was, it had nothing to do with his presidency. nor his acting career. his proudest complement in life, was that he claimed to have saved, 77 lives, when he was a young man as a lifeguard. i thought that was very interesting. so the question always comes up, will obama every ever be here? or was he ever hear? the answer to that question is, the goal for the original park, is that every time the president was to come into office, that a prototype was going to be made, as a sample an