Breaking down the difference in the times, and the similarity in the criticism of the cognitive capacity between President Biden and President Reagan back in the mid-to-late 1980s, Ryan uses a classic Saturday Night Live sketch where Phil Hartman masterfully portrays Reagan to accurately illustrate the deceptive cunning of the 40th President.

Derek Van Dam is covering Category 5 Hurricane Melissa from Kingston, Jamaica for CNN. At one time, he was a student in a classroom taught by Ryan himself. Ryan glowingly describes his former student in an audio production lab section full of future stars.