Future, solving the great problem offered our time, and at the spread of the coronavirus to the highs and loafs the economy, and teen election, 2020 will continue to be a process of change. He is here with us today to discuss his book and his thoughts on america. We now invites you to enjoy our Virtual Program from our air force one Leadership Academy with Newt Gingrich and Reagan Foundation and Institute Executive director. Speaker gingrich, terrific to have you with us at the Reagan Library. Also you know we originally had planned to have you live and in person as we have so many times. Want you to know when this pandemic is behind us and youre able to travel and things can be safer again, we still would love to have you out Reagan Library again with your new book or the next one you write. So, thanks so much for joining us today. I want to say first of all im a huge fan of the Reagan Library and particularly the educational work you do and the way you create learning experiences for
Im going to give you a longterm financing and going to up the amount but i wont get to see you anymore. So thats the bad part. But you can focus on education now instead of worrying about getting with us in washington. So we did that for the hiorically black colleges and universities. Im very proud of it. They are incredible. They are incredible people. Got to know a lot of the heads of those colleges. They do an unbelievable job. And dont get the kind of notoriety that they should have. We expanded affordable options for Better Health care. We created opportunity zones with senator tim scott, brought it to me. We did know if we could get it past him, right . But we got it passed and i think its probably one of the great things that we have done in this administration. Tens of thousands of jobs, billions and billions of dollard neighborhood that would never ever, ever be taken care of monetarily. Areas that didnt have ten cents put in them for years and decades, and that people are inv
Board chairman, fred ryan. [applause] good evening everyone. I name is don hi bush and i had the honor of being the executive director of the Ronald Reagan president ial foundation and institute. Thank you all for coming this evening. If you would in honor of our men and women in uniform who protect our freedoms around the world please stand and join me for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you, please be seated. Before we get started i would like to take a moment to recognize some special guests we have with us this evening and i will begin with our board of trustees. We have with us governor pete wilson and his terrific wife, gail. [applause] from North Carolina mr. Bennett sutton. [applause] former congressman retired but just as busy as ever alton [inaudible] and his wife janet. [applause] so now on to tonights pro
Senate confirmation. The Ronald Reagan president ial foundation and good afternoon. My name is john heubusch. I have the honor of being executive director of the Ronald Reagan president ial foundation and institute. Thank you for coming out. If you would, in honor of our men and women in uniform who defend our freedom around the world, please stand and join me for the pledge of allegiance. [in unison] i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty john thank you, please be seated. In the fall of 1988 when president Ronald Reagan broke ground at the sight of his future president ial library, im not sure he could have imagined that his foundation, the one bearing his name would one day also be operating a robust institute in washington dc, one just steps from the white house he would soon leave behind for his beloved homeland ranch in the west. However, i do know that todays celebrati
Reagan nominated Sandra Day Oconnor to be the first woman to serve on the u. S. Supreme court. Next on American History tv, a discussion with author evan thomas and one of Justice Oconnors sons on the qualification ands characteristics that led to her appointment. Good afternoon. For those ive not had a chance to meet, my name is john. I have the honor of being executive director of the Ronald Reagan president ial foundation and institute. Thank you all for coming out this afternoon. If you would, in honor of our men and women in uniform who defend our freedom around the world, please stand and join me for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for chwhicht stands, one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Please be seated. In the fall of 1988, when president Ronald Reagan broke ground at the site of his future president ial library, im not sure that he could have imagined that