Diary Entry - 08/06/1988
Key Facts
President Reagan makes a National Radio Address about the veto of the Defense Authorization Bill.
President and Mrs. Reagan attend and speak at the PBS "In Performance at the White House" series.
As many as 400 drown in India when a ferry capsizes in the Ganges River.
Slept in a little—then it was hairdresser for Nancy & radiocast for me at Oval O. My subject was an explanation of why I had to veto the Defense Authorization Bill.
Spent most of afternoon reading & sweating out the thunder showers that kept me wondering if the “In Performance at the W.H.” was going to go on or not. But God was good to us—early in the evening the rain stopped & the show went on late—at 9:20 P.M. It was the greatest such performance of all that have been put on. Nancy & I did our little stint at the shows finale & then it was up to bed.
