jill stein. [applause] >> now we will hear from the black caucus. >> thank you. the black caucus casts two votes for roseanne barr. thank you. [applause] >> california. >> good afternoon. i serve as co-share for the green party of california. recently, we have seen a growing number of youth and students at joining the green party. they are sending into leadership positions. the president of the associated students of santa monica college ran against the college's efforts to privatize the system. [applause] he successfully halted those efforts. half of all students that graduate from four-year universities in california graduate with an average of $18,000 of debt. as jill stein says, we need to forgive student debt and establish tuition-free education throughout california and across the country, so that you also to economic backgrounds have access to education. thank you. -- use of all backgrounds have access to education. [applause] >> as a male to female transsexual i'm honored to be here in the

jill stein. also, her newly announced running mate, cheri honkala. >> i am thrilled to be running on the ticket for vice- president of the united states of america with jill stein. we will also look at the green party internationally. all of that and more coming up. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. forces loyal to syrian president bashar al-assad are being accused of a new massacre, with more than 150 civilians reportedly killed in the province of hama. the killings reportedly occurred in the village name to tremseh, with some reports saying up to two other 20 people died. it would be the worst attack inside syria since pro- government forces were accused of killing more than 100 civilians in houla in may. the reported new massacre has boosted calls for the united nations security council to pass a binding measure in syria threatening new sanctions and potential military action under chapter seven of the u.n. charter. speaking during a visit t

then jill stein takes your calls and questions. rachael bade has update on the united states postal service. washington journal is next. host: governors split on medicaid expansion. one of the issues being discussed. state leaders were/party lines at the national governors' association meeting on whether they would expand their medicaid systems after the supreme court upheld barack obama's signature health care law. while they split on committee meetings like homeland security, many took time to address their stances on the controversial provision of the affordable care act passed by congress in 2010. most republican governors said they would rate -- they would wait until after the presidential election before deciding how to implement law. host: we want to find out what you think. you approve of your government's performance? where do you think the performance could be improved? our first call comes from arizona for republicans. caller: good morning. especially because -- i support governor janet moore wholeheartedly. because she

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jill stein is a doctor from massachusetts - who beat out actress roseanna barr - this become the greeny ly caadidate for president. president. 311:59:32 "there's one critical group ttat has been left out of thh discussion and that's the american people." dr. jill stein says she wants to be the voice f average americans - especially young people -- pointing to the occupy wall street protests as proof of polittcal frustration. 12:19:36 "on so many of tte issues of occuuy, ww see eye po eye... i said wow, that's our agenda."as a physiciaa... doctor stein &pdoesn't think president obama - or governor mitt romney - have the rrght prescription foo healtt care.her plan would exppnd medicare to all americans.11:56:56 "i liveein massachusettes so i know what romney care or ou could call &pit obamacare is all about." 11157:30 "it has asically pitted poor people against near-poor peoolee... but at the cost of the working poor and low-income people."when it comes to job creation... she thinkssboth mminstream parties - have failed there too. 11:56:29-44 "the policies of the obama administration hav

the green party has officially nominated massachusetts physician jill stein and anti- poverty campaigneronkala as its presidential and vice-presidential contenders for the 2012 presidential election. stein's ticket easily won over whenever 90 delegates, compared to 72 for her closest competitor, the comedian roseanne barr. >> first i want to say i am from wisconsin. [applause] wisconsin knows something about third parties. the republican party. >> gar alperovitz. first, i want to introduce him. dr. stein and cheri honkala accepted their nominations on saturday. then the keynote address was given by gar alperovitz. he is a professor of political economy at the university of maryland, co-founder of the democracy collaborative. he is the author of most recent, "america beyond capitalism: reclaiming our wealth, our liberty, and our democracy." >> first guy went to say i am from wisconsin. [applause] wisconsin knows something about third parties. the republican party, our original republican party was a party to end slavery starting in wisconsin and got lost along the way, but it showed one b

jill stein. caller: good morning, c span, good morning, dr. stein.he first caller kind of like stole my thunder because when we first got started, i was thinking to myself like how's there a party that wants to go to the top but hasn't have a strong foothold in america at the bottom with our state legislators and i was wondering if you can get more hold of that, then you can build your platform and then become president but because republicans and democrats are so ingrained in our psyche to the root, where you where you have to battle with small before you can battle it on the biggest stage. guest: a good call antwon and i appreciate the question and certainly in running this race we intend to do both, that is, encourage the growth of an opposition party, a party that can really stand for every day people, for the things that we need, for jobs, for affordable higher education, for health care. we want to promote those needs at every level possible. i myself really subscribe to that theory, and for most of my activist life, i have worked at the state

jill stein. ♪ stand up stand up stand up for the rights ♪ ♪ [chanting "jill, jill"] >> i love you backof you. it has been such an honor and an inspiration to get to know all of you or nearly all of you over this past year. together we are unstoppable. i am so very honored to be your nominee and to be running on the ticket to with cheri honkala. together we are the 99%. this is the time we pay our country back. something wonderful is happening across america. i have seen it traveling across the country this past year. in the face of severe hard times, oppression and intimidation, people are standing up and speaking out. we are occupying our city squares, our imperiled schools, and work places. with this election, we are preparing to occupy the voting booth. [applause] the need could not be more urgent. so many people know who are in this room. we're at the breaking point for our economy, for our homes, up for our democracy, and for our planet. the heat is writinrising. the ranks of the poor are swelling. our young people are drowning in debt. there are not enough jobs. wages are shrinki

jill stein is also running, has anybody given credibility to her campaign at all. host: we featured her last sun on the washington journal and covered her acceptance speech in baltimore, along with her running mate. guest: and i write about this in the book, which is that if you look at polling about dissatisfaction with the two major parties, if you look at the fastest growing success and the fastest growing political affiliation in the country is independents by far, you would say jill stein or someone else who wanted to run as a third party candidate. host: ross perot. guest: would have a legitimate perot. guest guest would have a legitimate constituency. there are lots of serious credit people from both sides of the aisle ments what they did is say we've made a mistake about the approach of third party candidate. instead of waiting for a person to emerge we're going to put the pieces in place orally and fine the person. what they did is collected ballot signatures. this is not an insignificant list. every state has their own laws of how you qualify for a presid

. >>> jill stein will be running against mitt romney again, and president obama for the first time as012 green party presidential candidate. in 2002, stein was one of the candidates running against romney when he was elected massachusetts governor. >>> politico reporting presidential candidate ron paul suffered a big setback at this weekend's nebraska republican convention. he didn't get a plurality of delegate slots, which means paul's name will not be officially nominated at the gop convention in tampa next month. and "newsweek" says former alaska sarah palin with no role at the upcoming republican convention says you don't invite yourself to the big dance, the romney campaign people may be worried that palin might go rogue if she's allowed to give a speech, we'll all be watching. that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> and now here's your "first look" at how wall street will start. the dow opens at 12,777 after zooming 203 points friday. the s&p spiked 22. the nasdaq jumped 42 and taking a look at overseas trading this morning in tokyo, the nikkei added four points. whi

jill stein. [cheers and applause] [crowd chants "jill"] >> love you back, all of you! it has been such an honor and an inspiration to get to know all of you or at least nearly all of you over this past year. and together we are unstoppable. [applause] i am so very honored to be your nominee and to be running on the ticket with sherry hunkala. thank you, sherrifment -- sherry. because together we are the 99% and this is the year we take our country back. [cheers and applause] something incredibly wonderful is happening across america and i have seen it firsthand traveling across the country this past year. in the face of severe, hard times, oppression and intimidation, people are standing up and speaking out. we are occupying our city squares, our impearled schools and workplaces, our threatened homes and now with this election, we are preparing to occupy the voting booth. [applause] the need could not be more urgent as so many people know who are in this room. we are at the breaking point for people, for our economy, for our homes, for our democracy and for our planet.

jill stein won the green party nomination at the party's convention yesterday in baltimore. this is the first election that the green party qualified for federal matching funds which stein says will help them spread their message. stein right ahmed of comedian rosanne barr. she came in second place. >>> the time is 9:07. new this morn, why concert organizers turned off the mics for bruce springsteen and paul mccartney. >> and madonna strikes a controversial pose in france that has her facing trouble. >>> the pop culture phenomenon, going on right now that may dict matters. pioneers in outsourcing us jobs supports tax breaks overseas. insourcing. industry and favors bring jobs home. it matters. the first time i saw fiospproved it was absolutely amazing. for years and years we had to put up with cable. once we got fios it was like somebody like took our computer and shook all the junk out of it. [ male announcer ] don't settle for the same old cable technology. switch to a verizon fios triple play and upgrade your entertainment equipment with our 100% fiber-optic network and w

jill stein. she lost to romney a decade ago in the governor. comedian rosanne barr is also seeking the green party's nomination for president. >>> meanwhile the obama reelection campaign has lost a key member in its chicago headquarters after he collapsed and died. coming up in seven minutes, the condolence call from the president to the young staffer's parents. >>> it was certainly a little bit cooler yesterday than we had in the past. >> this morning, too. a little drizzle out there. >> over to rosemary now, who has a look at the forecast for -- coming up this week, right? >> yes. it's going to be very mild out there today for our inland valley locations. hard to believe that we were topping 100 degrees just earlier this week. today, low 80s at the warmest location. so it's going to be, again, unseasonably mild. inland and along the coast, as well as parts of the bay, it's going to be cool. giving you a look outside our doors from our roof cam this morning, to the oakland estuary. if you can see the city in the background, we have plenty of f

jill stein is also running, has anybody given credibility to her campaign at all. host: we featured her last sunday on the washington journal and covered her acceptance speech in baltimore, along with her running mate. guest: and i write about this in the book, which is that if you look at polling about dissatisfaction with the two major parties, if you look at the fastest growing success and the fastest growing political affiliation in the country is independents by far, you would say jill stein or someone else who wanted to run as a third party candidate. host: ross poaro. guest: would have a legitimate -- perot. guest guest would have a legitimate constituency. there are lots of serious credit people from both sides of the aisle ments what they did is say we've made a mistake about the approach of third party candidate. instead of waiting for a person to mearnlg we're going to put the pieces in place orally and fine the person. what they did is collected ballot signatures. this is not an insignificant list. every state has their own laws of how you qualify for a

jill stein. ♪ ♪ ♪ [chanting "jill, jill"] >> i love you back, all of you.s been such an honor and an inspiration to get to know all of you or nearly all of you over this past year. together we are unstoppable. [applause] i am so very honored to be your nominee and to be running on the ticket with cheri honkala. together we are the 99%. this is the time we pay our country back. -- this is the year we take our country back. something wonderful is happening across america. i have seen it traveling across the country this past year. in the face of severe hard times, oppression and intimidation, people are standing up and speaking out. we are occupying our city squares, our imperiled schools, and work places. our threatened homes, and now with this election, we are preparing to occupy the voting booth. [applause] the need could not be more urgent. so many people know who are in this room. we're at the breaking point for our economy, for our homes, up for our democracy, and for our planet. the heat is rising. the ranks of the poor are swelling. our young people a

jill stein won the nomination yesterday. this is first election that the green party qualified for federal matching funds which stein says will help them spread their message. stein came right ahead of comedian rosanne barr who came in second place. remember her? >> hard to forget her. >> this weekend's computer glitch is another black mark for the transit agency. >> but a bit of good news for some train riders. we will tell you about that coming up. >>> plus, the rain is moving out, but the humidity is moving in. chuck bell will have what it's going to feel like. that's next. when the president was elected, he talked about hope and change. whatever happened to hope and change? now it seems he's just coming right out of the box with these old-fashioned, negative ads. by starting negative, by going extremely tough and extremely hard, looking conventional, and frankly running ads that are inaccurate. barack obama's campaign and allies will run more negative ads against this republican nominee in 2012 than have ever been run in

jill stein will talk about the presidential ticket and the platform. the finances of the post office. it proposes changes to the system. this is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. >> you realize that these are not coming to the aid. that is when he collapsed. it was a question of suicide. >> a new look at the second world war. >> his main objective was simply not to be captured alive by the russians. he is afraid to be ridiculed and all the rest of it. a the brown was determined to die with him. >> sunday at 8:00 on c-span. >> >> where arina live coverage of the national governors' associatiowe are bringing you le coverage. he joined us on washington journal telling us what he expects out of the president's health-care law and the economy and delaware. >> joining us. thank you for joining us. guest: good morning. how are you? host: fine, thank you. if you had to highlight one major agenda that takes place during this meeting what would that be? guest: these meetings are generally about us talking with each other and talking with outside people a

jill stein from massachusetts.y lost her bid for governor of massachusetts in 2002 to mitt romney. and in fact, she was running at the same time as shannon o'brien, who we had on last night. here is dr. jill stein back in 2002 debating mitt romney about tax cuts. take a listen. >> we implemented a $4 billion tax cut and it's important to remember that that tax cut was not fairly distributed, that about two-thirds that have tax cut went to the wealthiest 20%. half of it went to the wealthiest 5%. it's time to provide tax cuts to moderate and low income taxpayers. >> not much has changed. a decade laird and mitt romney is still pushing tax breaks for millionaires and jill stein has just now 1% of the vote. she's hoping to move the needle but she has a lot of work ahead of her. joining us from massachusetts green party candidate presidential candidate jill stein. welcome inside "the war room"." >> thank you so much jennifer, great to be here. >> jennifer: all right, let's get started. you said of debating mitt romney

last night i interviewed jill stein, the presidential candidate for the green party on the show. i confess right now, i should have asked her to just get out of the race. now don't freak out enviros, it is not because i don't love her positions. i'm all about renewable energy and policies. i'm as disappointed as anyone the president hasn't been able to get a clean energy policy through a just say no congress. but that is the point. he can't do what he wants when he has a just say no congress. so let's just take congress over! let's not forget the worst number in recent electoral history, maybe the worst number in history of all time, 5-3-7. ralph nader gave us george bush by a measly 537 votes in florida. sidelining yourself in this election could cause history to repeat itself. need proof? check out this latest poll from the crucial swing state of virginia. it has president obama and mitt romney tied at 44%. the same poll in march had president obama leading mitt romney by 8 points, 50 to 42. what makes the poll numbers even scarier is that president obama has poured big money i