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He said to his wife,
what do you mean change the baby?

I'm a ball player,
that's not my line of work.

And she turned around with her
hands on her hips and she communicated.

She said, look buster, you
lay the diaper out like a dine.

You put second base on home plate,
put the baby's bottom on the picture smile,

hook up first and
third, slide home underneath.

And if it starts to rain, the game
ain't called, you start all over again.

[LAUGH]

So I'm going to communicate.

Now I know that we can't make things
right overnight, but we will make them right.

Our destiny is not
our fate, it is our choice.

You and your forebearers helped
build this nation, now help us rebuild it.

Thank you very much.

[APPLAUSE]

Thank you Mr. President.

Good job Mr. President.

Rise on the move.

Wait, great sir.

Boy, you tripped down memory lane.

Haven't seen him in
decades, right with the AFL CIO.

He said the two of you fought
with a guy in Hollywood named Sorrel.

Sorrel, her Sorrel.

Yes, he was
working for the Soviets trying

to infiltrate
Hollywood through the unions.

Roy and I used to
call him Sorrel after that.

What's next on the agenda?

[LAUGH]

My mother used to say,
everything in life happens for a reason.

Even the most disheartening setbacks.

And in the end, everything,
even seemingly random twists of fate,

is all a part of the divine plan.

Details are very sketchy at this moment.

We don't know precisely what happened.

We don't know the sequence.

First of all, the president is safe.

That is, Justice, pardon me please.

Hello, Bob.

I'll wait for somebody in the back
room to come up here and tell us we had been

reporting to you that
the president was not injured.

The White House has confirmed
now just in the last few minutes that

President Reagan has indeed been shot.

He has in communication.

[SOUND] Is there any evidence
the assassin was working for the Soviets?

I can't say, Leslie.

Communists have
seized power by force in Russia.

Anyone standing in the
way of revolution will be removed.

An island of good and
hands descended across the continent.

The seeds of totalitarian
regimes are nurtured by misery and war.

They spread and go on the
evil side of poverty and strife.

They reach their full growth
when the hope of a better life has died.

We must keep their hope alive.

The world witnessed a new level
of destruction in the first atomic bomb.

This show of atomic force is
only a warning of things to come.

Soviet Union has by
violence and intimidation,

border the rights of Poland, Ukraine, and

Czechoslovakia holding
millions in a prison unable to escape.

The world is focused today on
Berlin, where East and West based off.

The Soviet regime looks to close
its border in East Germany against those

fleeing the totalitarian crackdown.

Castro's takeover of Cuba
secures the Soviets a base for

nuclear aggression
aimed at the United States.

Now it is time for this nation
to take a clearly leaning role in space

achievement, which in many ways
may hold the key to our future on Earth.

You still worried they are listening?

They stopped
listening to me a long time ago.

Not me, I'm sending him to see you.

This is no longer a fight for old men.

Perhaps not, but he's our youngest
cabinet member in room to be the next president.

He has little experience, but some
of us believe he can be the next leader.

However, he will need
to learn from our mistakes.

You mean my mistakes?

Try to look at this as an
opportunity to make things right.

Does anyone else
know he's coming to see me?

Let's hope not.

Hello.

Hello.

I'm here to see Victor Petrovich.

Please come in.

Thank you.

Thank you for seeing me, comrade.

Comrade?

We don't use that term much any longer.

offered in respect for you in
a time that deserves equal respect.

1981.

Who?

Special.

So, what brings the rising star of
Mother Russia to visit with an old spy?

To ask just one question of you.

Why?

Why?

If I'm about to regain our
rightful place in this world, I must know.

Why we failed 30 years ago?

Why we gave up without even a fight?

Why did we allow ourselves to
become a mere shadow of our once great nation?

Why, sir, men and I,
have already answered that.

Not to my satisfaction.

What makes you think I am more capable?

Because of who you are, comrade.

What you did, and you were there.

Yes, I was there.

I was there.

My official title was "Endless"
at the Committee for State Security.

Our beloved KGB.

But I was a psychologist,

profiling those who could become
threats to our nation, sometimes decades away.

Some say I was responsible
for the fall of the Soviet Union.

I stress this, we must acknowledge it.

Yes, what even covered the actor?

He will win.

I've been warning
about this man for many years.

Prepare a fire.

The

I have prepared
dozens of these documents.

Yes, I appreciate that.

I'm a Petrovich.

But go prepare another.

Of course.

Yes, I was there.

When I began as an
analyst, we had one goal.

Spreading communism
to every corner of the globe.

Some countries we
invaded with military force,

but we had special plans for the USA.

We sought to break them down from
within, strategically infiltrating their society,

even their movie industry.

My assignment was to track
and influence their key players,

and to merge their labor
unions into one which we could control.

But it's the wrong question you ask.

History is never
about when, where, why, how.

It always comes down to who.

You ready?

Yes, sir, I'm ready.

All right.

Ronald Reagan, come
give us that Hollywood smile.

And I just happen to have
been assigned to the Crusader.

That is what we mockingly called him.

It became my obsession to
understand what was beneath the facade.

And I learned to never
leave a detail behind as unimportant,

because it is all important.

After we get married, how
many sons are we going to have?

How many do you want?

It would be nice to have a full team.

What's your favorite sport?

That's trouble. Football.

And print it.

Nice work, Ron J.

We'll run to the next shot.

That felt pretty natural.

Really? What part?

Thank you.

But we're more than
actors. We're siblings. Leaders.

We should be speaking to
the important issues of the dead.

Oh, Eddie, give it a rest,
will you? Leave that to the writers.

You're still new here, Reagan.

Trust me, the studios
control every word I write.

And God help me if I don't write
or you don't read what they tell us to.

They're paying the bills,
Dalton. They should have some say.

We're doing pretty well, aren't we?

I think so.

You don't get it, Holden. All
we are is a mouthpiece to a system.

To a society, a society that ignores
the working man. Trust me, it won't last.

What do you mean by that, Dalton?

Exactly what it says.

Honey, come on. Let's go dance.

Just a second, honey. No, no,
really. Explain it to me. I'd like to know.

Well, let's just say
this whole American dream

thing doesn't exactly
apply to everyone equally.

And some of us aren't sitting
still for it. We're doing something about it.

Doing what?

Dalton, maybe we should
talk about this some other time.

At some point, you're
gonna need to pick a side.

Well, not tonight.

Tonight, the only
thing I'm gonna pick is my

dance partner, and I'm
dancing with my beautiful wife.

If you'll excuse me, fellas.

Eddie.

You're back.

It did not initially
appear to be a great concern for us.

He was too busy
enjoying his honeymoon. Not

to mention the
Hollywood bleeds and glamour.

To understand what made this man
unique, I needed to understand the boy.

He grew up in a small
town in the middle of America.

His father had a nickname
for him. They called him Dutch.

He had experience
speaking to crowds at an early age.

As his mother was a child, he was a child. He
had experience speaking to crowds at an early age.

As his mother, Nellie, pushed him to
read poetry and Bible verses at their church.

"If my people, which are called by
my name, shall humble themselves and pray,

seek my face and turn from their
wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven,

forgive their sin, and heal their land."

Are we God's people?

Anybody can be God's
people, so long as they choose him.

How did you
memorize those verses so fast?

Oh, no. I just read it and remembered.

It's a gift, Dutch.
You have to look for those

talents, because God
has a purpose for your life.

It's something only you can do.

Unfortunately, Miss
Brenda, your dear husband, shame

is thrown to death in
the bat of the Guinness Brewery.

No. Before shame is,
please tell me he went quick.

No, said the old priest. The
old bugger got up three times a piece!

His father, Jack, was the charismatic
storyteller, and Dutch idolized him for that.

But he saw that talent
drown in the bottom of a bottle.

Jack! Jack, come on.

[Grunting]

Is he being fired again?

There's fire tonight. Wait!

It's dying of big things cooking, Billy.

Where is Jack? We
are already late on register.

Not for our children to move yet again.

[Screaming]

[Door opens]

Why does Jack drink so much whiskey?

He makes me forget.

Forget what?

All he wanted to be?
All he knows he never will be?

To God have a plan for his life?

Oh, Dutch, of course he does.

Unfortunately, Jack
has other plans. For now.

Hey.

Open this. It's
from me and Reverend Cleaver.

They call it a "dime-store novel"
about a boy with a drunk for a father.

The boy finds God, and he is
elected to the American Congress.

Well, you have to be 12.

You may go through
membership and confirmation files.

I will answer. But it has to be now.

I read the book, and
I want to be like that man.

Ronald Wilson Reagan, I baptize you.

I am your father,
son, and the Holy Spirit.

Dutch reads this book.

This book was a roadmap for him of
the world where good triumphs over evil.

This book? Here, look.

Rochuen Koppen.

But to find what I
was really looking for,

I had to go back
to bringing the lifeguard.

Help!

Although he would later claim to
have saved 77 lives over those summers,

there was a question as to whether...

Hold on, hold on, I got you. I got you.

Those were all legitimate.

You okay?

Yeah.

Almost there. There you go.

He also learned that performing
his duty would not always result in praise.

What the hell are you doing?

I was fine. I tried
to make him look like a fool.

I'm sorry.

There she is. There she is.

Hey, hey!

Good practice, gentlemen. Right on, man.

At his university...

Gomez, I got tough news.

He was bringing people
together and solving problems.

Hey, coach.

Coach, how come Sal and
Palmer aren't traveling with us?

Sir, color. I can
see that. Thanks, coach.

Hotel wouldn't take him.

Come on in, boys.
Welcome to Hotel Reagan.

Mr. Brown, let's do a speed
voice for the help of my son with Dutch.

His brother says he snores.

That there is the Reagan training cable.

Thank you, sir.

Come on in.

No need to come through, Jack.

It's 8 p.m. I'm Dutch
Reagan, here now the news.

The new German Chancellor Adolf Hitler

declares that his
intentions in rebuilding Germany

are peaceful and will comply
with all international agreements.

And it was radio.

Yeah, sure they are.

Through which he
began to show his skills.

But I finally traced
his disdain for communism.

It fell on Earth.

People are frightened, hungry, divided.

Back to when a dissident
of our country visited his church.

State runs and controls
everything to the smallest detail.

Your speech, your
actions, even your thoughts.

You know what they
took away from us first thing?

God.

Church like this, you will
not find it in the Soviet Union.

They closed down most of them. And
the clergy, many are dead or disappeared.

Americans should know more about
the communism because it's coming here.

Freedom is only one
generation away from extinction.

And just like that, the seed was planted.

And remember, loose lips
sink ships. This is Ronald Reagan.

So until next time, so
long and God bless America.

That's a wrap on Reagan today.

Excuse me? Oh, here's some
warning. That's a wrap, everyone.

My struggle, boss. Let's have a walk.

Congratulations. Vice
President of Screen Actorsville.

I'm impressed.

You know you stepped
into a warning's fast, don't you?

How's that?

There's about to be
another war right here in Hollywood.

The commie's on one
side, the mob on the other.

And you're caught
right in the middle, son.

Okay, Jack. Hey, let's
get one thing straight, okay?

I'm not gonna do any union busting
for you just because I'm on your payroll.

It's a conflict of interest for me.

It's not about busting up the unions.

What is this new group this month?

The Conference for the Studio
Unions, Herb Sorrell, he's the commie.

Yeah.

They're not just talking strike.
They're talking about taking over all the unions.

If it's a turf war, just
let them work it out, that's all.

They're not gonna work it out. They're

gonna fight it out,
and that's when you come in.

The actors are the
biggest union. If they go to

Sorrell, I'm telling
you right now, the commie's win.

That ain't happening here.

Well, look, I don't feel
comfortable getting into the middle of something.

Do you think you're
gonna be a leading man forever?

You need to face the facts, son.
This war took the best years of your life.

You got, what, five years of smiling for

the camera until
they put you out to pasture?

Thanks for the pep talk, Jack.

War.

Do you make a difference?

A real difference.

[SIGHS]

The movies are a platform that we as

actors are proud and
privileged to be a part of.

We are the face in the
lifeblood of American movies.

And so we must be vigilant and make
ourselves aware of others they may seek to use

our platform to use
us for their own purposes.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Was it something I said?

I'm just curious.
Maybe an actor or a politician.

Jane, not here. Not now. Please.

If you put as much
work into your career as you do

making your speeches,
you'd have an Oscar by now.

Jane, this is Zach. This is our union.

And a big vice president of screen
actors killed us like a gift from God. I really

feel like I can do
something that matters here.

Was there anything
worse than an actor with a cause?

Kill your career if you must,
Ronnie, but spare me your damn speeches.

You are an actor.
That is your job. Not politics.

No. What do you mean no? Higher
wages, better working conditions. That's what we

all want. That's
what we're all going for.

You want to shut it all
down. What is it that you really want?

One union and unite it. Look, you
don't want to go to war with us, Reagan.

But what nobody knew was that Reagan
was an FBI informant. His code name T-10.

And he was exposing a
growing influence in Hollywood.

Mr. Warner, can you
provide the name of the leader of

the organization, the
Tempe Team to infiltrate the studio?

His name is Sorel. Herb Sorel.

We're not joining you, Herb.

Put it down. It's okay.

You don't get it,
do you? We own this town.

You don't own me. You don't own them.

You want to take a
vote right now, go ahead. Let's

put it to a vote. See
what happens. See what happens.

Mr. Hayden, in your opinion, why
weren't the communist efforts successful?

There was just one
problem. They ran into the

board of directors
of the Screen Actors Guild.

In particular, Ronald Reagan was
a one-man battalion against this thing.

Let's do a break.

As a citizen, I would not like to see any

political party outlawed
on the basis of its ideology.

Democracy is strong enough to stand
up for itself against the end roads of any

ideology, no matter how
much we may disagree with it.

Because I still believe, Mr.
Chairman, that democracy can handle it.

He had shut us down. He
was clever in his message that it

was okay to be communist,
but not while being paid by us.

And cut! That's lunch, everybody!

You were great, didn't
you? Sure. Let's grab the bucket.

I'm here.

While his wife's
career was skyrocketing, he was

reduced to sidelines,
and their marriage deteriorated.

And to break more his
damaged heart, their third

child, Christine,
died the very day she was born.

How's my son?

I lost a child. Marriage, a
career. How do you think your boy is?

You know, Nellie, I think I kind of
missed the boat on that whole purpose thing.

Maybe I'll just jack all over again.

No, Dutch. You're not your father.

Just remember to listen to that
small, soft voice, the one that you can't hear,

unless you're alone and
quiet, and he has your full attention.

Remember who you are, and whom you serve.

Yes, Sandy?

Can you give an actress five minutes?

Of course.

Miss Davis?

Hello. I'm Nancy Davis.

Hello, Nancy Davis. I'm Ron Reagan.

Yes, I know.

How about a cup of coffee?

Oh, sure.

Have a seat.

I'm afraid I've been a pest to your
secretary, but I persist when it's important.

Cream, sugar?

Oh, well, sure. I'm black.

Oh. Well, how can
I help you, Nancy Davis?

Well, I'm listed as a
signer on a letter of support for two

communist sympathizers,
but I never signed any such letter.

There's another Nancy Davis.

Oh, I see. Well, the
easiest thing to do is just

change your name, and it
happens all the time in Hollywood.

Oh, no. No, I cannot do that. No. My
name is very important to me. It's my family.

Oh, of course. And family's important.

Yes.

Very important.

So, I guess there's only
one thing left to do, and that

is to launch an
exhaustive and detailed investigation.

Well, of course,
I've retained an attorney.

Oh, there won't be any need for
that. We can knock this out over dinner.

Excuse me?

Yes. We can discuss it
then, but I can't be late. I,

yes. I have a movie
studio called tomorrow morning.

Oh, well, I'll
have to check my date book.

Goodie.

Yes.

Yes. Um...

Well, well, I think I can
manage it, but I have an early call too.

Well, then it's a date.

Yes. Okay.

Okay.

Goodbye for now.

Goodbye, Taylor.

Okay, Poppy. Thanks.
I'm gonna take care of that.

Well, it looks like
we've shut the place down.

Yes, we did here.

Thank you, Joseph.

Miss Davis, I'm gonna
get on this first thing in

the morning, and I'll
make all the calls myself.

Your name will be off that list.

Just like that.

Just like that.

So, um, when
you're not acting or being SAG

president, what do you like
to do with your time, Mr. Reagan?

I like the outdoors.

Mm-hmm.

I play golf.

And I love riding horses.

No.

Yes. Do you ride?

Sure, I do.

You do?

Mm-hmm.

Well, there's nothing like a
relationship with a horse, is there?

They're beautiful animals.

Mm-hmm.

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

You look good on the horse.

Oh, thank you.

I have a confession to make.

Oh, what's that?

I don't ride horses.

Really?

You could have fooled me.

Oh.

Well, it's beautiful up here.

Yes, it is.

I grew up a million miles from L.A.

Yes, you know, I did my
first location shoot here, in fact.

Really?

Yes.

I jumped on the
back of that horse, looked

around at all this, and
said, "Well, I'm in heaven."

Oh.

Yeah.

It's heaven.

You know why?

I have a confession
to make of my own, Nancy.

Uh, I'm what you call damaged goods.

Now, I'm divorced, I got kids,
I haven't had a decent role in years.

I'm just about broke.

How's that for a cup one?

We're all damaged goods, Ronnie.

What's next for you?

I mean, what do
you want out of this life?

I don't know.

I used to have big ambitions, dreams.

Now I... I don't know, I just
want to do something good in this world.

Make a difference.

I think you've done that.

I like to make a difference, too.

But I have figured something out, Ronnie.

What's that?

It's really hard to
make a difference in this life.

When you have to do it alone.

Are you sure you want to go?

Do you know, this is not
exactly an Academy of work stuff.

Well, you know we don't like to be
apart, and I love to watch my husband work.

I know, he works work.

Bye, Patty. Mr.
Rankin, your agent's on the line.

Look, Lou, if I go
out there, my career, it's...

It's dead.

Lou, listen to me.

I'm not going out there.

It is half-blue ribbon time.

What do you have?

I'll have a half-blue ribbon.

I'll take a half-sponzo.

Oh, yeah.

Looks like it's
been time for bonzo, folks.

Thank you, ladies and gentlemen,
and now the half-blue ribbon dancers.

Ladies, we happen to
have an extra smoke for a clown.

Thank you.

This season, I'm sending
all my friends Chester Fields.

Meanwhile, his career as
movie star continued to fade.

Wow, I could have had a V8.

Oh, Ronnie, that's a super smooth shave.

That's because I used Gillette.

Soothe your skin with
campo, phanique, antiseptic powder.

The movies are at home,
honey. They're the perfect snack.

Icy, the coldest drink
in town at a sweet low price.

Come on, Coleman's. Light my fire.

He continued to focus on his role
as the president of Screen Actors Guild.

Well, he did quite well, actually.

But the movie
opportunities started to evaporate.

Yes, he was a B
movie star. This is well known.

But what does this have
to do with losing our motherland?

Communism is not the motherland.

They the motherland.

Tergen Yev, Lev Tostoy,
Chekhov, that's the motherland.

The motherland.

Is he a...

I don't know, but...

I can't.

Hello?

Oh, no.

Ronnie?

Thank you, Lord, for my mother.

Take care of her.

I know you will.

Your gut and faith
will serve and test. Come on.

While he mourned the loss of his
mother and continued to struggle with his career,

the world was passing him by.

The United States and Soviet
Union now face off in a new Cold War.

Nuclear retaliation looms.

The purpose of
these bases can be none other

than to provide a
nuclear strike capability

against the Western Hemisphere.

President Kennedy's blockade stops
the advance of nuclear weapons into Cuba.

Movements across
Germany have been stopped

as the East
Germans built a war overnight,

separating not only the
country, but Davis and family.

He became host of TV
show for appliance company.

He toured across the country,
meeting factory workers and giving speeches.

He was like politician with no party.

So he decided to set
his sights on something else.

Us.

He devoured books about communism,
espionage, our takeover of Eastern Europe,

and the construction of the Berlin Wall.

You know, our
bed's a lot more comfortable.

Well, unless you prefer,
uh, political chambers to me.

Well, you know that's not true.

Come to bed, honey. It's late.

You know, all they
have are missiles and oil.

If we get them to spend money they
don't have, they can't support themselves.

The Soviets.

The Soviets.

We've been going about this all wrong.

We don't have to
match their missile for missile.

All we have to do is
just keep up the pressure.

We have deeper pockets than they do.

In the year I thought I married an actor.

Well, you can always talk
to Dick Nixon, President Kennedy,

or any of your political friends.

But why is it that my husband seems
to know what's gonna happen before they do?

Well, I was a lifeguard at a
pub with a swimming hole on a river.

And I studied that river.

And I learned how to read the currents.

Not just the ones on the surface,

but also the ones that were deep
underneath the water, flowing way under.

And I got good at it.

I knew people were
in trouble before they did.

Moon, thank you for bringing
your brother up here on such short notice.

It wasn't easy. He's not a fan of flying.

Well, we'll remedy that.
Thank you for coming, Mr. Reagan.

Thanks for having me, Mr. Tuttle.

Now, we understand that you
jumped the aisle and switched parties.

Well, my brother and I both.

We came of age under FDR.
Our dad, Jack, he was a huge fan.

And we were proud
to be New Deal Democrats.

So why did you leave him?

I didn't. They left me.

How do you feel about
campaigning for Goldwater?

He's gonna get shellacked in
November. No way he takes the White House.

Mr. Tuttle's right. He can't beat LBJ.

I'm curious, Ron. What would
you say is the issue of our time?

No question about it.
Communism and the Soviet Union.

Domestic issues is
what I'm more curious about.

What's more domestic
than survival, Mr. Tuttle?

Communism is the
natural enemy of freedom.

It won't stop attacking us
from the outside or the inside.

And it's spreading around the world
while we wring our hands trying to negotiate.

What did I tell you
guys? He's not just a pretty face.

Why don't you put your money
where your mouth is, Ron? Get in the game.

Support Goldwater
and then run for office.

Well, he'd win State Senate and a
landslide. State Senate. How's that sound?

Well, I played his senator once.

But I never played a governor.

17 years after I
had begun following him, he

made his debut on
American political stage.

Well, I'd like to
suggest to you there is no such

thing as left or
right. There's only up or down.

I believe that the issue is
confronting us across party lines.

Now, one side of this campaign has been telling us that the issues of
this election are not the same. The line has been used. We've never had it so good.

Somewhere a perversion is taking place.

Should Moses have told the children of

Israel to live in
slavery under the Pharaohs?

Should Christ have refused to cross?

Should the Patriots
have thrown down their guns

and refused to fire
the shot heard round the world?

Should the people of Israel not be able to get the shot? Should the people of Israel not be
able to get the shot? Should the people of Israel not be able to get the shot? Heard round the world?

You and I have the
courage to say to our enemies,

"There is a price we will not pay, a
point beyond which they must not advance."

We'll preserve for our children
this, the last best hope of man on earth.

Or we'll sentence them to take the
last step into a thousand years darkness.

When great forces are on the move in the

world, we learn that
we are spirits, not animals.

There's something going on in
time and space, beyond time and space,

which whether we
like it or not, spells duty.

You and I have a rendezvous with destiny.

[applause]

Mr. Goldwater lost
decisively, but the crusader had arrived,

and he was putting us on notice
that he was not afraid to take us on.

Hello.

Hi, it's you.

Well, yes.

What are you doing here?

Did I win something?

No.

We're canvassing
the neighborhood, and I'm

running for governor,
and I would like your vote.

Of course. Of course.

Now I'm embarrassed. I forgot your name.

Do his initials help, R.R.?

[gasps]

Eddie! Roy Rogers is here!

And he's running for governor!

He was on the U.S. stage now, but my
colleague still refused to take him seriously.

After all, is it?

What could state governor do to us?

[applause]

The police are
overburdened. There's just too many of them.

Where are these kids' parents?

They're not all students. Most of the

agitators, they don't
even know what they're protesting.

They're just doing it to do
it, and they're getting outside help.

They've issued a new set of demands.

Of course they have.

They want you to
present them to a person.

The National Guard, they're on
standby. They can be on site within an hour.

That's going federal.
There's going federal ramifications for

that. Communities,
schools, especially the press.

They want to talk. Let's go talk.

Governor Reagan! Make love, not war!

But it looks like him.
He can't do either right now.

Bill's going to meet us inside.

Just lead the way.

Please, go! Please, go!

We want to hear you speak openly
about this to the state of California.

Well, what do you think I'm doing here?

If you would come out against a
police escalation, they might listen.

When did you ever stand up in front
of your students and beg them not to do this?

They told you that they
were going to destroy the university

and you sought to go
ahead with this construction.

But they offered to negotiate.

Negotiate what?

All this happened, professor.

The very first time that some of
you who are old enough to know better

let students think
that they had the right

to choose which
laws they were going to obey

as long as it was done
in the name of social protest.

I've had it.

I call it the National Guard.

(crowd cheering)

Shh!

(crowd laughing)

The protesters pushed
him hard, but pushed them harder.

He was controversial governor,
but limited in what he could accomplish,

at least as far as the
things he cared most about, like us.

He enraged many sympathetic to our calls,

but he also inspired
many fanatics who would go

to great lengths to
get the glimpse of their hero.

Come on.

Who's this?

Young man, why are you in my yard?

Hey, Mrs. Gump, I'm Dana.

I'm head writer for Youth for
Reagan, and they're shutting us down.

I just want five minutes for the gun.

Oh, for heaven's sake.

No, I'll be respectful.

Scouts on. I won't swear or
throw anything, and I don't burn buildings.

No, the problem is, is that the
governor is on a very tight schedule,

and he won't give you five minutes.

He'll give you an hour.

Sweet!

No, it's not sweet. You need to go home.

Please, just call the office, and
I'll make sure you get an appointment, okay?

Ready? Is everything all right?

There you go.

These young people
spent the night in our yard.

I just want to talk five minutes.

Well, you look tired.
How about a cup of coffee?

Oh, yeah, it is.

Thank you. I'm sorry. I mean, go.

So the politician says,
"Well, what did I do to deserve this?"

St. Peter said, "Well, we
didn't know what to do with you

because you're the first
politician we've had up here."

Nellie had been gone for a decade,

but the crusader managed to find
others who shared her fundamentalist beliefs.

And one evening,
our surveillance picked up

one of the
strangest exchanges I ever heard,

involving a pop star,
a preacher, and a prophecy.

If you continue to
walk uprightly before me,

you will dwell at
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Amen.

(COUGHS)

Well, there is something.

All right, well, we
should probably head out.

Yes, yes. Thank you, Governor.

Thank you for coming.

You can't possibly believe this.

Doesn't matter if I believe it.

Did he believe it?

Who knows?

(SIGHS)

(MUSIC PLAYING)

Well, Bill, there she is.

688 acres and all.

That sounds about enough.

How much are they asking?

Too much for an honest politician.

Well, it's nothing like
stomping around in your own piece of dirt,

work and sweat.

Think about your next move.

(CHUCKLES)

Next move.

No, Détente, unfortunately, won't last.

The Soviets, they're here to stay.

There's nothing a retired
governor can do about the Soviets.

Well, you got a point. Not much.

But a president.

Now, he can do a thing or two.

(CHUCKLES)

(MUSIC PLAYING)

So, multiply that
by a million, double that,

and that's only the
surface of how deep it really is.

It being my love for you,

I really love you much more than that.

I-T-W-W-W.

In the whole wide world.

Reminds me of one of your old movies.

I should have Paris all in Minshuler.

Well, Nancy Pence, I
can roll back and get you one.

(LAUGHS)

(MUSIC PLAYING)

Bill thinks I should run for president.

Oh, Bill thinks so, does he?

What? You think I'm too old?

Oh, you look 20
years younger than you are.

Your mind is sharp as attack.

Well, you know I can't
do this without your support.

You'll always have my support.

I know I can't just let you
chop wood for the rest of your life.

Why not?

(LAUGHS)

I've actually been thinking
about what that preacher said by the book.

You thought he was a kook.

Still do.

But maybe he was onto something.

You just made me to save us.

(MUSIC PLAYING) (SIGHS)

Good evening.

Tonight's showdown might be the
most thrilling convention we've ever seen.

It's a true toss-up
between the incumbent president

and a serious
challenger from within his own party.

Take pictures. He can talk to...

What?

Take pictures. If he can talk
to Drew, Pennsylvania might go our way.

Okay. I heard James Baker
had Pennsylvania locked for force.

He said they're in play.

We lost Oregon.

You have enough.

You know, Indiana,
Florida, or Pennsylvania.

They have to break our way.

How about you?

I think you need to change that hat.

Here you go.

Oh, that's gonna
look good. I'll get rid of it.

Okay. We may need
to rethink that strategy.

Indiana, Florida, Pennsylvania,
I'll get Schweinker to connect with Drew

about Pennsylvania.
I'll circle back to Ohio.

Okay. I will take Florida and
Mike, why don't you go talk with Rich

and Marilyn about Indiana, okay?

Hey, hey. We gotta
win one for the gimber.

Huh? Come on!

One, two, three!

Ready? Ready, go!

For the next president of the
United States, California cast all 167

for Governor Raul Vega!

Thank you, California.

The Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania cast 93 votes for Gerald Paul.

The West Virginia
rally presents its vote.

On behalf of our party's
candidate for the presidency,

20 votes for Gerald R. Moore!

There is no defeat more
bitter than a political defeat,

especially if you
think it is your last chance.

And right now I predict that the
American people are going to stay that night.

Jerry, you've done a
good job. Keep right on doing it.

Ford stole it, sir. He
was handing out ambassadorships

and rides on Air
Force One like candy to babies.

Backstage politics.

Nah.

What I really
wanted, Mike, was to be the guy

who finally got to
say "yet" to the Soviets.

Guess where's the gun, Will?

Democrats and Republicans
presented a united front against us for 30 years,

but we sensed an opportunity
with the election of Jimmy Carter.

Then, in 1979, my
worst fears began to take shape.

It is a crisis of confidence.

Yes, Jimmy, it's a
crisis of confidence, all right.

Are you listening to this?

We are the greatest country in
the world and we have just forgotten it.

Like I didn't see this coming.

It's okay to say it, Ronnie.

Okay, I'll say it.

I want to run again.

What do you think about that?

If I can do it all again.

The public scrutiny, the
attacks on your character, all the lies.

But mainly, I want you to be happy.

Well, you already made me
the happiest man in the world.

I've had to share you my whole
life, but that's what I signed up for.

And who I fell in love with.

It's not over for you, Ronnie.

You know what you have to do.

And this time, we'll win it.

No, Mr. President,
we don't have double digit

inflation because the
people are living too well.

We have double digit inflation
because government is living too well.

Our first priority
must always be world peace.

The use of force
is always the last resort.

These are the kind
of elements of a national

health insurance
important for the American people.

Governor Reagan, again,
typically, is against such a proposal.

There you go again.

Next Tuesday, you will all
go to the polls and make a decision.

And when you make that decision, I
think it would be well to ask yourself,

are you better off
than you were four years ago?

Is it easier to buy things in
the store than it was four years ago?

Is there more or less
unemployment in the country?

Is America as
respected throughout the world?

Do you feel as safe?

Are we as strong
as we were four years ago?

If your answers are yes, then I
think it is obvious who you will vote for.

But if you don't agree,
then may I suggest another choice?

And will to the best of my
ability preserve, protect and defend.

The Constitution of the United States.

So help you God.

So help me God.

Congratulations, sir.

We will again be the
exemplar of freedom and the

beacon of hope for
those who do not now have freedom.

As for the enemies of
freedom, they will be reminded

that peace is the highest
aspiration of the American people.

We will negotiate
for it, sacrifice for it,

but we will not
surrender for it now or ever.

James Baker, Whipsar button 76
working for Ford, now he's chief of staff.

That's why he's chief of staff.

Ed, someone who agrees with you 80% of
the time is an 80% friend, not a 20% enemy.

Mr. Speaker.

Mr. President, congratulations.

Welcome to the pigs.

I'm glad you enjoyed
tonight because tomorrow we go to work.

Well, I've been well
briefed on you, Tiv. I've

been told I'd better
get a pretty good head start.

That's very Irish, have you?

Yes.

You plan on going 10 rounds
every day. That's how we do things here.

All right. Just
remember, every day has a 6 p.m.

What do you mean by that, sir?

Well, after six, we're not political
enemies. We're just two Irishmen having beer.

A deal.

Ladies and gentlemen, the first lady
and president of the United States of America.

Would you do me a favor?

Everyone's here for you.

Excited for a new tomorrow.

Oh, they're just watching me
dance with the prettiest girl in the world.

You know, they
thought about this moment a lot.

After 76, I just
didn't think it would happen.

I knew it. I knew. I always knew.

I always knew.

Ladies and gentlemen, the
president of the United States.

Thank you. Thank you.

Everybody just be seated.

Good morning, everyone. Good morning.

Now, the father can't find his
little optimistic son, so he calls out to him,

and the little boy pops out of
that huge pile of manure, says, "Yes, Dad."

The father says,
"What are you doing in there?"

And the little boy
says, "Well, with all this manure,

I know there's got to
be a pony in there somewhere."

Anyway, that was
my father's favorite joke.

And ladies and gentlemen, we have a
pony ourselves, and it's the American people,

and we're going to do
everything for them that we can.

We just have to dig them out.

He was the president for one half
hour before Iran released the American hostages

they had been
holding for a year and a half.

It was morning in
America, as his supporters will say.

But in just a few days, that morning
nearly disappears as quickly as it had come.

You and your forebears built
our nation, now help us rebuild it.

Thank you very much.

Now, I like a brighter, more
than a yellow. You know, Ronnie's must.

What?

It's all right,
ma'am. Your husband wasn't hit.

Get me there.

No, I can't do that.

Get me there now, or I'm walking.

We're in party three.

Right here under his arm.

You told me he wasn't hit.

Where was he hit?

I don't know.
They're looking for the bullet.

And Jim Brady was shot in the head.

Miss Reagan, I'm
sorry. No one's permitted

back there. You
don't want to see him in this.

He has to know I'm here.

Yeah. Oh, yes.

Excuse me. Excuse me.

Give him another reason to be single.
He's lost up there on his blood all night.

Okay. Get a print.

Where? Where's Nancy?

Ronnie.

I forgot to duck.

Try not to duck.

You're gonna be okay.

Mm-hmm.

You're gonna be okay?

Mrs. Reagan.

Good evening, Mr. President.

Please tell me you're Republicans.

Today, Mr.
President, we are all Republicans.

I need your hands.

I brought you jelly beans.

I knew you'd want them when you woke up.

I had to believe you were waking up.

I don't do so good without you.

I should have been there.
I always walk on your left side.

No. No.

The family and you.

No.

Boy, you don't do
anything to get that damn tax cut.

I left specific orders
through Democrats within 100 yards.

You'll have to grin and barret.

How you doing, pal?

Well, I don't recommend getting shot.

No.

You don't have to think there's...

Think there was a reason for all this.

There's a big job left to be done.

And whatever time I have left, it...

...belongs to him.

Yea, though I walk through
the valley of the shadow of death,

I shall see a no
evil for thou art with me.

Surely goodness and mercy
will follow me all the days of my life.

And I won't dwell in
the house of the Lord forever.

You know, you may have been an
actor if it wasn't for that amount of years.

Well, I'm not a actor. I'm an
actor if it wasn't for that amount of years.

Well, there were too many leading men.

It should have
killed him, and it almost did.

Most people don't know how close it came.

Did we do it?

No. We didn't do it.

Which isn't to say that some version of a

similar plan didn't
exist in a drawer somewhere.

As it certainly does to this day.

You're who? I'm Dana. I start work today.

Right. Is this
Knopfseger's idea of a joke?

I suggest you leave
before the Secret Service get here.

The Secret Service let me in.
I mean, you're Mike Deaver, right?

A speechwriter for the
President of the United States.

Dana, you're finally here.

Just fluent, sir. I don't
even have a place to stay yet.

Did not spend an hour
in the long, Mr. President.

So, you know this gentleman?

Yes. We go way back.

Soviet grain report.

Nice nap. I'll trade ya.

Well, Dana, I want you to hurry up and

settle in, because
we have a lot of work to do.

We wear suits here.

Right on, Mike.

Would you maybe have an
extra I could borrow before payday?

Let me know.

First quarter
numbers are below expectations.

Unemployment hasn't budged.

I think we should reexamine some of
the revenue enhancers on the table, sir.

Revenue enhancers?

R- Is that what
you're calling tax increases?

These days in Washington, I told the
American people that I would lower taxes.

So if that's what
you really think, then what

the hell are you
doing in my administration?

Mr. President, we
simply have to balance this budget.

You know, I learned a
thing or two about economics.

I had majored in
economics at Eureka College.

Now, it wasn't your Ivy League college.

But there I learned about Ibn Khaldun.

He was a ruler in Egypt.

And he had a
philosophy that really hit home

when I was in the
94% tax bracket in Hollywood.

And that is, when taxes
are low, people have more money.

And when people have
more money, they buy more things.

Now, these things
have to be made by other people

who have to hire more
people to help them do that.

And ask for taxes.

Well, the good Lord only asked for 10%.

Why should Uncle Sam ask for more?

Mr. President, the air traffic
controllers are threatening a strike.

Well, can they do that?

No, sir.

Legally?

Essential public service. They
have all signed a no strike contract.

A contract is a contract.

That's the way I learned it.

They forfeited their jobs.

If he was willing to
risk chaos in his own country,

we could only
imagine what he might do to us.

The Soviets are conducting
full exercises right out in the open.

The German border is quiet, but it looks

like the movie is a
brand new SS-20s by rail.

That's confirmed.
They're 20 miles east of Berlin.

Each rail car contains a
ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead.

John, how many
nuclear missiles do they have?

35,000.

Officially. And us?

25 and change, sir.

So roughly 60,000 nuclear
warheads pointed at each other.

Each one can take out a city.

That's about the
size of it, Mr. President.

So while we have been, over the
past 10 years, reducing our military,

they've been building up their
arsenal and thumbing their nose this at us,

violating every
treaty that we have with them.

It's not possible, sir.
It's exactly what's happening.

And what have we done
about it except take a picture of it?

Well, after you fire
off the first thousand or

so, there's no one
around to keep score, is there?

It's insane.

One little mistake.
Somebody has too much vodka.

None of this matters.

Thousands were
gathered in St. Peter's Square at

the Vatican today,
cheering the arrival of the Pope.

But soon, gunshots
turned the celebration into

horror as the Pope
collapsed into the arms of his aides.

He's in surgery. The official story is

that he was grazed,
but it's worse than that.

They gave him his last rights.

What do we know?

John Paul's from
Poland under Soviet control.

Polish people want
self-rule and democracy.

The Solidarity
Movement is taking over the nation.

The Pope is with them, basically
giving Moscow the middle finger because he can't.

The home land is basically the
second coming. The writing's on the wall.

This comes from Moscow via
Bulgaria, Mr. President. This is KGB all the way.

Well, that doesn't make sense, Bill.
They're either going to create a martyr or

they're going to unleash the
Catholic Church against themselves.

They're scared.

The Pope lived.

And now, the
Crusader and the Pope share the

bond of having
survived an Assassin's Bullet.

And his new ally just
happened to have a billion followers.

Get out of Poland. Get
out of Afghanistan. Throw away

ten years of treaties and
eliminate all nuclear missiles.

As they say in
America, Briazhnev's mind was blown.

He scribbles a personal note on a
yellow paper. The President of the United States.

Now we know we shot him.

Go on state, department.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And now, enter his new Secretary
of State, George Shultz, the Tiger Man.

The who?

He had a tattoo of a tiger on
his ass. How do you know that? KGB.

We'll just get this
little ceremony over with. This

is what I used to quit
smoking back in the sixties.

Oh, I knew it. I knew it.

What?

Well, you can tell a
lot about a man's character. By

if he chooses just one
color or if he grabs a handful.

I see. What does
it say about my character?

It says that you're focused,
you're determined, and that you're not easily

distracted. You're
going to do great here.

Okay then.

America has hired
us to do two things. Let

them be prosperous
again and keep them safe.

Peace through
strength. May I speak freely?

I expect it.

Clarity is power. Now I
believe you are clear in these objectives.

Now the rest of the world needs to be.

As long as those
objectives are your objectives.

They are, Mr. Clark,
which isn't to say that I won't push

back or voice opinions if I
see conflict in those objectives.

That's exactly why I chose you.

Peace through strength is just a bit
opaque. I need you to articulate a message

about the Soviets
that I can take to the world.

Well, that's simple. We
win, they lose. And you can quote me.

Well, that's a clear message.

Let the boy that's
been threatening you. Every day.

He'll be there tomorrow too. That's
what bullies do until you stand up to them.

It's time for you to
settle this Dutch. Go on.

Get him.

It's a little soft.

We'll get out there, sir.

Dana, a word.

Well, I see you still
have one foot in California.

I am about to start the biggest
war of this century. Maybe of all time.

And I'm not going to fire a single
shot. I'm going to fight it with words.

And they have to
count every single one of

them. So say what
you mean. Mean what you say.

I need the guy who camped
out in my yard. You understand?

And let us pray for the salvation of
those who live in that totalitarian darkness.

Let us pray that they will
discover the joy of knowing God.

And let us be aware that while their
unelected leaders preach the supremacy of the

state, declare its omnipotence
over individual man and predict its eventual

domination of all
the peoples of the earth,

they are the focus
of evil in the modern world.

It was C.S. Lewis, who in his
magnificent screw-taped letters wrote,

"The greatest evil is not done in
those sordid dens of crime that Dickens loved to

paint, nor is it done in the
concentration camps and labor camps.

And then we see its final result. But
it is conceived and ordered, clear, carpeted,

warmed, and well-lighted offices
by quiet men with white collars and cut

fingernails who do
not need to raise their voices

but speak in soothing
tones of brotherhood and peace.

Beware the
temptation to ignore the facts of

history and the
aggressive impulses of an evil empire."

I think the
president's words were a little

irresponsible. The last thing
we need to do is heat this cold war up.

What is wrong with these people?
I mean, whose side are they on anyway?

You can't pay any attention to that.

But I have to. Most of the
country is paying attention to them.

Well, if you think that got
their own decent and wide, you just wait.

We have prevented nuclear war for
more than three decades. Recently, however, it

has become clear we cannot rely solely
on offensive retaliation to maintain peace.

I call upon the scientific community,
those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn

their great talents now to
the cause of mankind and world peace.

To build this defensive
missile shield, rendering these

weapons impotent and
obsolete. If we take these measures...

He got the idea from a
movie he starred in in 1940. And

with his economy booming,
he now had the money to spend.

But it didn't exist. Small detail.

Small detail?

Let's just say he was
characteristically optimistic.

So he was lying.

Eat something.

It didn't exist. It was
science fiction. But the missiles...

The missiles did.

Doesn't matter. The Crusader
was making his move. And we knew it.

And then something happened.

Like what?

Canadian Airlines, you are
in Soviet airspace. Move out, now.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

A civilian airline.

CIA spine plane.

They were warned.

Repeat that--

It was a commercial flight.

269 people are dead, Anatoly, including

one of our congressmen.

George.

You crossed the line.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Tensions between the Cold War adversaries

continue to escalate.

President Reagan
called it an act of barbarism.

NATO forces remain
on alert across Europe.

Many are concerned at home and abroad

that these actions
bring the United States

and the Soviet Union a step closer

to a direct military conflict.

And three weeks later, our radar systems

detected the unthinkable.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Tringering terrifying responsive action.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

We have confirmation on this.

So these are the opposite sides.

That's 18 million American lives.

I think we're launching, sir.

Prepare for DEFCON1.

I need confirmation.

Mr. President, if this is real, we

won't have time for confirmation.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

We need a decision.

[MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

They're reporting, sir.

They're standing down.

[GROANING]

Looks like a flock of
geese triggered a positive radar hit.

[GROANING]

The Cold War was in full swing.

The Crusader, he knew he
had to keep the pressure on us,

but making sure
there were no more mistakes.

But before he could
resume his crusade against us,

he would have to face his voters.

And let's just say not
everyone thought he was right choice.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Could he eat two shoes?

[MUSIC PLAYING] [MUSIC PLAYING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Mr. Mondale's poll
numbers have been steadily rising.

Concerns have been raised
as the president has stumbled,

appearing tired in the last debate.

President Reagan could very
well end up a one-term president.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

So how do you adjust for inflation

between the 6% and 12% projections?

Well, you know that
we're the abbing of 4 million--

3 million new jobs, and
the rate of unemployment being--

[MUSIC PLAYING]

OK.

Stop.

Stop.

I need a break.

Mr. President, how do
you really feel that we just

need to do this all over again?

No, I've had enough, Ed.

Say, Mr. President, I forgot.

What's your favorite movie?

"The Sound of Music."

What do you say you
and Mrs. Reagan get together

and watch it tonight?

Relax.

Calm your minds.

We'll be back in the sound
tomorrow, and we'll be ready to go.

That's a great idea.

Well, God closes the door.

He opens the window, doesn't he?

[LAUGHTER]

Gentlemen, instead of
cramming his head with useless numbers,

why don't you let Ronnie be Ronnie?

OK?

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Uh-huh.

Marta?

Yes, Father?

You tell me.

Fridrick told you, Father.

We were very picky.

I've forgotten you very picky.

[CHEERING] We picked thousands of pieces.

[CHEERING]

What kind of better piece?

Blueberries.

Blueberries.

Yes, yes.

[CHEERING]

It's a little early in the morning.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

And you're small, Barry.

Mr. Truitt, your
question to President Reagan.

Mr. President, I want
to raise an issue that I think

has been lurking out
there for two or three weeks

and cast it
specifically in national security terms.

You already are the
oldest president in history,

and some of your
staff say that you were tired

after your most recent
encounter with Mr. Mondale.

I recall yet that President Kennedy

had to go for days on
end with very little sleep

during the Cuba Missile Crisis.

Is there any doubt in
your mind that you would be able to

function in such circumstances?

Not at all, Mr. Truitt.

And I want you to know
that also I will not make age

and issue in this campaign.

I will not, for political purposes,

exploit my
opponents' youth and inexperience.

[LAUGHTER]

[CHEERING]

And with that one
thrust of wit, he turned the tide.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

USA!

USA!

USA!

USA! [MUSIC PLAYING]

But do you want to head
up that detail when we travel?

So I'd be riding
horses with the president.

Giddy up.

OK.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Unlike other presidents, the Crusader

was in no rush to meet with us.

This created a problem.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Here's the latest.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

It's-- it's so good.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

How can I talk to
them if they keep dying on me?

I shouldn't.

We are starving for energy, Ron.

And we've got to get it somewhere.

And we can't
afford what we've been paying.

But buying it from the Soviet Union,

you know that that
money is going directly

into a missile pointed at you.

Mr. President, give them an alternative.

The Saudis have agreed
to increase oil production,

as long as we buy it
from them, not the Russians.

And if we can get our
friends to go along with us--

And you can sell
this at home to your Texans.

It'll drop oil to under $10 a barrel.

Oh, I'll take a political hit for it.

That's for sure.

And Texans love to make money.

Yes, they do.

We all do.

But they love their freedom even more.

First, the evil empire, now this.

You're certainly
not looking to make friends.

No, I'm not.

But perhaps you should.

I met then your man, Gorbachev.

He has a very different kind of Russian.

And I told him you
were a very, very different kind

of an American.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[INAUDIBLE]

All right.

[INAUDIBLE]

[INAUDIBLE]

Good evening.

President Reagan is in Geneva tonight,

ready for the Gorbachev summit.

The Baron is honored
to have you stay at his home

on this occasion.

Thank you.

Please let him know
how much we appreciate it.

The goldfish.

It seems that the
Baron's son is very attached to us.

It needs to be fed twice every day.

Well, I will do it personally.

[LAUGHTER]

There are a few
things I can do myself, you know.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

I've arrived.

Oh, then.

Yes.

Here we go.

Oh, no.

Kotov.

Below freezing out there.

The whole world is
watching this meeting, George.

He needs to look his best,
and that overcoat is not working.

Well, you guys are in charge of policy,

but even the leader
of the free world has a boss.

She's in charge of presentation.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Before the summit had
begun, we found ourselves already

at a disadvantage as
the president looked better

than the general secretary.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

The Crusader took an all-instrad,

hearing it for what it was.

[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

Mandatory messaging from the party.

[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

As I see it, we don't
mistrust each other because we're armed.

We're armed
because we mistrust each other.

But I think that we both
agree on the most important thing.

A nuclear war can never
be won and must never be fought.

[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

He's definitely ambiguous.

It's perfectly clear
there's nothing ambiguous about it.

You can't come out
ahead as you usually do.

Violations after violation.

So one and two.

Violations.

This is nothing more
than your militarizing space.

[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

I saw a gentle smile.

It never left his face.

He was disarming.

But still, he was the
zealot that called us an evil empire.

We could not let our guard down.

You know, I used to do a
little acting a couple of hundred years

ago back in Hollywood.

Let me show you how we
used to handle this sort of thing.

Take two.

Hello, McHale.

My name's Iran.

How would you like
to go for a little walk?

What they say about you is the president.

He picks your pocket and
makes you feel good about it.

Well, I've had much
worse said about me before.

Way worse.

[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

I want to let you know
that we seek the same thing, McHale.

Do we, Ron?

We are not here because we need to be.

We desire peace just as you do.

But your proposal is not so simple.

Oh, actually, it is very simple.

It's just not easy.

But I believe that
you and I, we can do it.

In fact, we must.

The world demands it.

And after all,
isn't that who we work for?

The people and the man upstairs.

The man upstairs.

My grandmother was a Christian woman.

Go to church every day.

And afterwards say,
"Michaíl, I went to church today.

I prayed for the atheist.

I prayed for you."

Well, I think that
your grandmother and my mother

could have been very good friends.

So you're the Tiger Man.

Excuse me?

Tiger Man?

Like American baseball, very much.

Well, yeah, who's your favorite team?

New York Yankees.

And you?

St. Louis Cardinals.

Game seven, World Series.

Very sorry.

But what series?

Hold it.

Next time you're in the States, I'll

make sure you get to a game.

No, no, no, no, no.

Let them talk.

You go in there, you're fired.

Tiger Man.

My proposal is this,
that you and I, by the time

that I leave office, can
reduce our missile counts by half.

I'm not a patient man either.

I do not intend to leave
office before they are gone, completely.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Oh, no.

Honey, look what I've done.

Oh, dear.

Maybe we can find another one.

Mr. President, we
go live in five minutes.

I think we should find another one.

No.

Every kid knows his goldfish.

I'm going to write him a note.

We need to go now.

I mean, the entire world is waiting.

The world can wait.

I'm going to write him a note.

It's my Ronnie.

I have to wait.

Nothing was really agreed to
yet beyond agreeing to meet again.

But the Soviet Union and
USA were talking to one another,

instead of at one another.

That's just true, man.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Reagan's allies against
us included the pope, Thatcher,

the Iron Lady, and
leaders of West Germany and Japan,

Cole and Nakasone.

We stand firmly behind you.

When you speak with Secretary Gorbachev,

you are speaking for us in free word.

Well, we understand that
you are surrounded by communists,

and we appreciate you standing with us.

Be careful.

Remember, communists have no problem

with lying to achieve their goals.

They are testing you
to see if you will stand firm.

Don't worry.

I dealt with these
guys back in Hollywood.

I even have the
scars on my back to prove it.

And I promise you,
we're not going to lose.

In other news, President
Reagan has landed in Reykjavik,

Iceland to continue
discussions with Soviet Premier Gorbachev

over nuclear disarmament.

50% across the border reduction.

All weapons groups.

Tactical, INF, ICBM.

In exchange, suspension of
your strategic defense initiative.

Star Wars.

Some refer to it.

Counter proposal.

We share all SDI technology.

We develop it together.

We'll even pay for it.

And we eliminate all
ballistic missiles in 10 years.

Together.

You refuse to share
oil drilling technology,

and you offer this?

SDI is a completely defensive system.

This is the line, Mr. President.

If you walk away, you will
have missed the chance of going down

in history as the
president who paved the way for nuclear

disarmament.

How will you explain
this to your free people?

Mr. President, I'm
offering you the biggest

win of your presidency.

Just drop SDI.

Just drop SDI.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Yet.

Let's go, George.

You would lose the
whole deal over this one thing.

This is a fair offer.

As was mine.

I don't know what more I could have done.

You could have said yes.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

After he walked away
from the negotiating table,

we were in a very dark place.

We knew it was over, unless
something extraordinary happened.

We've accepted two
more shipments of Soviet RPGs

and AK-47s coming out
of Cuba, headed for Nicaragua.

Freedom fighters are
holed up in the mountains.

David and Goliath,
but they're making a go of it.

Well, I like these guys.

They remind me of
Washington and the Continental Army.

What do they need?

What do they always need?

Band-aids, guns, and money.

Well, give them what they want.

Mr. President, we won't have the Congress

with us on this one.

And nothing but the
truth, for help you God, I do.

Please be served.

The American Congress
had said no to giving money

to these friends in Nicaragua.

And the Crusaders had
hostages in the Middle East

and needed to free them.

But it was American policy
never to negotiate with terrorists.

But somewhere, a plan was hatched.

Reagan's Iran-Contra
situation comes down to this.

What did the president
know and when did he know it?

And if you people of
the press want any more answers,

you ask President Reagan.

Five decades of his struggle against us,

and it came down to whether he could

survive a domestic scandal.

In spite of the wildly
speculative and false reports,

we do not negotiate with terrorists.

And we did not trade arms for hostages.

These accusations are potentially

impeachable offenses.

And if true, some
observers believe his presidency could

be hanging in the balance.

For WNews4 at the
White House, I'm Carl Long.

Bonnie, you have to do something.

Have you seen this?

Yes, I've seen it.

Are you listening to these people?

They want nothing
more than to see you burn.

You know, they may
smile and call you Mr. President,

but they hate you.

They hate what you say,
what you believe in, who you are.

Honey, I just can't accept that.

No, no, you never could.

You're the optimist.

You're the one who
wants to see the good in people.

But it's my job to see
through them and protect you.

That's why we're such a good team.

Honey, you know Washington.

You know the way it works.

It's politics.

That's all--

They're talking impeachment.

Holy impeachment.

Yes.

They want to destroy you.

They're putting you on
trial, removing you from office.

This isn't about politics anymore.

This is about you.

Everything is at stake.

One more headline, one
more star witness, one more arrest,

and they will do it.

I have cooperated with them.

I appointed a special prosecutor.

I've turned over every document I have.

What would you have me do?

I want you to fight, or this is all over.

You could always hire someone.

Why, you looking for work?

I've got a job for you.

Back in Washington, you're
the president, you could always

order me back there.

Are they going to impeach me, Bill?

Yeah, let's move in that direction, sir.

Mr. President, you're my friend.

I can only speak to you straight.

Some laws got broken
for sure, whether you broke them

or somebody else did.

So now you're
clamming up and lawyering up.

It's a wrong move.

Confuses everybody,
even the ones that love you.

People are thinking
that maybe you're losing it.

Yeah.

I've heard it.

What do you think I should do, Judge?

What you do best?

Tell them the truth?

[MUSIC PLAYING]

A few months ago, I
told the American people

that I did not trade arms for hostages.

My heart and my best
intentions still tell me that's true.

But the facts and the
evidence tell me it is not.

Now, what should happen
when you make a mistake is this.

You take your knocks,
you put things in perspective,

you pull your energies
together, you make changes,

and you go forward.

Americans, you do
them wrong, you'll pay for it.

You looked them in the
eye, that made you make a mistake.

They forgive you every time.

He was president.

He had to know.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

He was still the lifeguard.

He was going to get his people home.

I am not pleased with you, Ron.

Let's just get that said right up front.

Well, I can't imagine
how I've upset you, Margaret.

Are we going to go over a grenade again?

Well, you're certainly not walking away

from what happened at Reykjavik.

No.

Looks like you're picking a fight.

No, but I'm not afraid of one.

Perhaps that is why
Mitterrand calls you a dangerous cowboy.

Well, at least I had
Margaret Thatcher on my side.

He wants to say it.

He does, but we'll
never get it past Schultz.

I mean, it's the one thing
they don't want him talking about.

My family in Germany is talking about it.

Everybody is talking about it.

He needs to talk about it.

He's going to Camp David,
then he's back here for a day,

then he's going to Europe.

We have one shot to have him say this.

It's now or never.

Hey, give me this.

I'll take it.

Thank you.

Mr. President, some light reading.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Hello, fellas.

Good day to fly.

No barrel rules.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Well, I think
that's a first lady question.

Why would you do this to Gorbachev?

You know how long
it's taken us to get to this.

They're at the table.

They're ready to make a deal.

And you want to embarrass him?

Gorbachev's the first friend
we've had over there in 70 years.

You can't say this.

I'm begging you to listen to me.

I stood by you with
STI when it was ridiculed.

I supported you with a contrast.

I even walked out a
Reykjavik with egg on my face.

But this goes too far.

This is worse than evil, Empire.

You've got to blow up, Geneva.

You'll blow up eight years of diplomacy.

It'll be right back
where we started from or worse.

Clarity is power.

You know, a very
great man once said that to me.

What are we here for, George?

But to win.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Behind me stands a wall,
part of a vast system of barriers

that divide the
entire continent of Europe.

A gash, a barbed wire
concrete, dogs, and guard towers,

imposing the will
of a totalitarian state.

As long as this
gate is closed and this scar

is permitted to stand,
there is a question of freedom

for all mankind.

The totalitarian
world produces backwardness

because it does
such violence to the spirit,

affording the human
impulse to create, to enjoy,

even to worship.

Here in Berlin, like the city itself,

symbols of love, symbols
of worship, cannot be suppressed.

[CHEERING]

[APPLAUSE]

There is one sign that the Soviets

could make that would
unmistakably and dramatically

advance the cause of freedom and peace.

General Secretary
Gorbachev, if you seek peace,

if you seek liberalization
and change, come here to this gate.

[CHEERING]

Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate.

Is he going to save?

Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.

[CHEERING]

[LAUGHTER]

Well done, cowboy man.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

In the chess game of
the Cold War, it was checkmate.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

The unimaginable is
happening right now in Berlin.

Shocking
developments overnight as East Germany

announced its citizens
can travel freely to West Germany.

What no one thought could
happen is happening right now.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[CHEERING]

Within hours, the
city erupted in celebration

as East and West Germans
took hammers to the wall that

had separated them for 30 years.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Two years after the world
fell, the Soviet Union was no more.

I knew he was the one.

He was the one who would bring us down,

not with missiles
or guns or even politics,

something much greater.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

People will not give
their lives for power or a state

or even ideology.

People give their lives for one another,

for the freedom to
live those lives as they choose,

and for God.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

We took that away.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

The crusader would give it back to them.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

And that is the answer to your question.

Thank you, Mr. Petrovich.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Take it.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Thank you.

Good night.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

What's going on there, Mr. President?

[MUSIC PLAYING]

This means something to me.

I know what you're saying,
John, but I'm not going to do it.

Ma'am, we need you to
tell him we can't do this anymore.

I can't.

I can't.

I can't do it.

He got lost yesterday.

Couldn't find him for half an hour.

Horses know when a rider
doesn't know what he's doing, OK?

He's going to get thrown again.

I can't tell him
that he can't ride anymore.

He loves it too much.

Please.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

OK.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

He loves you more, ma'am.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Mr. President?

What is it, John?

You know, I don't
think we're having as much

fun riding as we used to.

Oh, the agent on Mrs. Reagan, she is--

What do you want, John?

Mr. President, I don't--

I don't think we should ride anymore.

Oh.

[SIGH]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

One more ride.

Yes, sir, Mr. President.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

My fellow Americans, I have recently

been told that I am one
of the millions of Americans who

will be afflicted
with Alzheimer's disease.

At the moment, I feel just fine.

I intend to live the
remainder of the years God gives me,

doing the things I have always done.

Unfortunately, as
Alzheimer's disease progresses,

the family often bears a heavy burden.

I only wish there was
some way I could spare Nancy

from this painful experience.

I will continue to share
life's journey with my beloved Nancy

and my family.

I plan to enjoy the great outdoors

and stay in touch
with my friends and supporters.

When the time comes, I am
confident that with your help,

she will face it with faith and courage.

All my memories gather round her.

Minor's lady, stranger to blue waters.

Dark and dusty, painted on
the sky, misty taste of moonshine,

teardrop in my eye,
country roads take me home to the place

I belong, West
Virginia, mountain mama, take me home,

country roads, country
roads take me home to the place

I belong.

In closing, let me
thank you, the American people,

for giving me the great honor of allowing

me to serve as your president.

When the Lord calls me
home, whenever that may be,

I will leave with the
greatest love for this country of ours

and eternal optimism for its future.

I now begin the journey that will lead me

into the sunset of my life.

I know that for
America, there will always

be a bright new dawn ahead.

Thank you, my friends.

May God always bless you.

Sincerely, Ronald Reagan.