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Things unifying the country. take some of the heat against him off. at that point, people were so angry. hostage crisis. they felt humiliated. >> do you think carter, dont want to beat this to death. i find this fascinating. people reflexively backhand and dismiss him. i think is terrible. the one thing i do think, he lacked sef eed self awareness. was he aware of how he was coming across. look who succeeds him, so velvety and so smooth from the character. >> a lot, attribute to their background...

Is my shepherd" i checked with susan. they definitely knew that one. we are sure on that one. some of the other family members. must have been our father. kissed him on the forehead. and, reagan, i got from, he apparently said according to tip "thanks for coming, tip." >> from what i can tell, from the book, you thought reagan was a good president. you rank him high. >> in the end i think he is going to make the big top 12, top 10. just a fact. because -- he was able. >> based on facts or based ...

Guys. did it at normandy, around the world, brought back morale, we will win this fight. america is back. reagan believed in the hollywood ending. he convinced gorbachev of the hollywood ending how he ended the cold war. one guys belief in what we can do, and americans, and the other guy, they probably can. >> you worked with carter? >> different guy than reagan. >> do you think carter got a bad rap? >> carter was right about everything. the irony. he was a pacifist. carter, obama is a dove, no ...

Problem. one of the stories. i didnt know how tip want to moscow in 85, told goerbachev s coming. we are behind him. believe him this guy wants to get rid of nuclear weapons. he said that. backed him up. that kind of stuff is unimaginable. >> what is unimaginable. we were prepping for this show. how the section on page 73, 74, tip oneill going to reagans hospital room. >> i was stunned by the story when i found it. the reagan guy told me. the only guy in the room. tip came in, down on bethennyot...

How many decisions, how can i work this, reorganize. >> reagan turned to great communicator. the number one job of the president. tip who worked against him would say, i come back to the meeting all he had was 3 x 5 cards. i dug up something, where reagan was told on the phone, calling tip, congratulate him on his 70th birthday. it said, say, hi pal, happy birthday. and its all scripted. he knew he needed script writers. most politicians would say is an insult. ♪ this is the quicksilver cash b...

In the book, naturally all of us look back on our youth and the early parts of our careers through a kind of golden filter. and i think that thats unavoidable, probably a good thing. >> we all have our -- by the way your 20s are the great 20s. no matter when they were. >> 30s, even 40s. those were golden years. >> heres, i kept a journal. just thought of writing a book when i worked for tip. his top guy against reagan. every minute of my life. all i thought about. when i missed nostalgia, i felt...

>> for my first guest tonight i want to washington to find one levelheaded, clear-eyed thinker that can explain the state of the capital without bombast, laying out the facts coolly and dispassionately. he wasnt around so i talked to chris matthews instead. chris has lived this stuff on the inside as a speech writer for president jimmy carter, and aide to tip oneill. in his book "tip and the gipper" chris talks about the battles fought with reagan and ask him how politics changed since then and ...

Started saying how do you have a joke like donald trump on your show? hes never going to do anything except -- were not saying hes going to win. were not saying hes going to finish the race. who knows? nobody ever knows. we have said he will be relevant. we have said he will have an impact. i can tell you, if you hear a ding in the morning, itspy brother, its my brother talking about donald trump. you know what that guy always talked about my dad. you know i wrote that column crazy never wins. i...