people don't want to unilaterally disarm the face of the money that's come in as a result of citizens uniteding. what i want to say is, it will not fix itself. this has to be an engagement by american citizens in their democracy. >> which brings us back to the core principles this nation was founded on. or, as james madison wrote -- >> who are to be the electors of the federal representatives? not the rich more than the poor, not the learned more than the ignorant. so what they're doing is saying, we don't want to be ruled by lorded aristocracy, we're going to create a nation for the people by the people and try to protect this government against our worst instincts. >> yeah, but it won't always be protected. it won't always work. and sometimes it needs to be fixed. today again might be one of those days, we just don't know how exactly they would want it to be fixed. >> i can't imagine that they could foresee anything that we have today. would james madison be on twitter? >> oh, definitely. >> eric, thank you so much. >> while the founders understood the danger of money in politics, they als

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that is something you have had a long track record working on, including on the citizens united case from your time in politics in montana. so it sounds like you want some big structural changes. tell us about that, and is this the sort of structural change we see from your competitors like bernie sanders and elizabeth warren? gov. bullock: thank you. it's not because it's knowing in montana that i'm happy to be here. when you look at the challenges we have in this country, it comes back to money. i thought you were already giving me the bell off. it comes back to money in politics. when lindsey graham says we have to get this tax cut through to make donors happy, 44% of americans would not have $400 in their pocket in case of an emergency. we pay more for prescription drugs of any other country in the world and they are pretty active. generations of workers are placed by independent con tractors and union membership is half of what it was in the 1980's. oil companies are doing well, the republican party is the only major political party in the world that no longer acknowledges that

but the 1st value and then you one through the years to citizens united which says that the right of free speech of corporations namely spend as much money they want can't be curtailed. take a look what that means it means that corporations which anyway have been pretty much buying elections are now free to do it with virtually no constraint as tremendous attack on the residue of democracy. very interesting to read the rulings like justice kennedy's swing vote his ruling said well look just roll them c.b.s. is given freedom of speech there are corp why shouldn't general electric be free to spend as much when he's that one. i mean it's true that c.b.s. has given treat of speech but they're supposed to be performing a public service that's why that's what the press is supposed to be a general electric is trying to make money for the chief executive some of the shareholders. see critical decisions and it puts the country in a position where business power is greatly extended beyond what it always was this is part of that vicious cycle the supreme court justices are put in by reactionary

the citizens united this was january 2009 i guess that's a very important decisions prim court decision but it has a history and you got to think about the history. of 14th amendment has a provision that says no person's rights can be infringed without due process of law. and the intent clearly was to protect freed slaves said ok they've got the protection of the law i don't think it's ever been used for freed slaves if ever marginally almost immediately it was used for businesses corporations their rights can't be infringed without due process of law so they gradually became persons under the law. corporations or state created legal fictions. maybe they're good maybe they're bed but to call them persons is kind of rages so they get got personal rights back about a century ago and that extended through the 20th century. as they give corporations rights way beyond what persons have so if say general motors invests in mexico they get national rights the rights of the mexican business while the notion of person was expanded to include corporations it was also restricted if you take the 14t

that is something you have had a long track record working on, including on the citizens united case from your time in politics in montana. so it sounds like you want some big structural changes. tell us about that, and is this the sort of structural change we see from your competitors like bernie sanders and elizabeth warren? thank you.: and thank you for having me, it's not because it's knowing in montana that i'm happy to be here. when you look at the challenges we have in this country, it comes back to money. i thought you were already giving me the beloff it comes back to money in politics. when lindsey graham says we have to get this tax cut through to make donors happy, 44% of americans would not have $400 in their pocket in case of an emergency. we payoff the prescription drugs of any other country in the world and they are pretty active. generations of workers are placed by independent con tractors and union membership is half of what it was in the 1980's. companies are doing well, the republican can party is the only major political party in the world that no longer acknowl

[applause] in this post citizens united world, where money equals speech, where corporations have the same rights as people. until we tackle it, the rules are written for those with the biggest checkbooks, all these promises and plans you've heard today may be just about talk. as democrats, part of the problem is we have talked about this problem for too long. in d.c., talking has become the substitute for doing. as governor, i worked on passing one of the most progressive disclosure laws in the country. i don't care if you call yourselves americans for america, you have to show us every nickel you pay us. i will never forget -- [applause] -- never forget running for reelection in 2016. on day 90, if we can kick the koch brothers out of montana, we can kick them out of new hampshire, out of d.c., out of everywhere in this country. [applause] because it is not just donald trump on the ballot. indeed, the american dream is on the ballot. we have significant problems in this nation. remember how united the country actually felt in those days after 9/11. we need that same kind of unity,,

discrimination, restoring the voting rights act, and passing a constitutional amendment to overturn citizens unitedlet's close the opportunity and economic divides by getting rid of betsy devos and enacting my proposal to end child poverty in a generation. i stand before you today as the granddaughter of an iron ore miner, the daughter of a union teacher and newspaperman, as a candidate for president of the united states. that is what this country is about, no matter where you come from or who you know or who you love, you can make it in the united states of america. we are on a march together that started the day after the inauguration. the day after that, 6000 women signed up to run for office. foray 100 we had the march science. what do we want? science. when do we want it? after peer review. we stood up against the repeal of the affordable care act, and now we head into 2020. you are the welders that have made that march. you have risen up to take up the mantle of our democracy. this is how we win. i ask for your support. we will lead this ticket to victory. thank you. [cheers and applause] ♪ r

since the citizens united issue came down as attorney general i took the first case all the way to the supreme court of former statewide republican to say the threat of all the spending could corrupt what happens in the state house. i'm so excited we will change the world and another years of 100 years of montana law to be thrown out. don't ever doubt what one justice can do when it comes to our democracy, women's rights and environmental protections for something so important you still have to find a way. so the legislature was two thirds republican at that time we passed a law that said 90 days out from election i don't care what you call yourself americans for america before you spend you have to disclose every dollar that you spend and in 2016 americans for prosperity founded by the koch brothers 93 days out we did such a good mailing in montana that was so well targeted it even showed up at the guard line - - governor's house. my three kids are looking at it. are you really that much of a creep? [laughter] but that it stopped on day 90 if we can kick them out of the montana we can

this is citizens united equates corporations with we are people and money is speech. and if you remember when the decision came down every state in the country said there's nothing we can do. democrats control both houses of congress and the presidency. we talked about it. we decried area we gave speeches about it. we make money off of it but didn't do a damn thing. montana has to start history around the turn-of-the-century these wealthy copper barons. a controlled literally every local state and federal election. to the point that folks knew about even beyond montana, mark twain said william barr, he buys the politicians. corruption no longer as the smell in montana. early 1900s they said the greatest living issue confronting of today is whether corporations shall control the people or the people shall control the corporations . finally regular montanans said enough is enough. the practices act of 1912 made so corporations couldn't stand or contribute in our election . and all the are elections become about this because we also have some of the largest contribution

so in citizens united decision came down, i knew i had to do something. as attorney general i took the first case to the supreme court after that. this time we built a record. i had former statewide republican office holders saying, just all this spnding could corrupt what happens in our state house. i'm so excited we're going to change the world. it was thrown out. taught me two things. one, don't ever doubt what one justice can do when it comes to our democracy, workers right, women's rights, environmental protections. two, for something so important, you still got to find a way. so i wept back to my legislature, which was two-thirds republican at this time, we passed a law that said 90 days out are from election day, i don't care if you call yourself americans for america, whatever it is, if you're going to spend in your elections, you have to disclose every dollar that you spend. i'm running for reelection in 2016. americans for prosperity, the group funded by the koch brothers. 93 days out they did such a good mailing in montana. it was so well targe

who protect their citizens, respect their neighbors, and honor the differences that make each country special and unique. it is why we in the united states have embarked on an exciting program of national renewal. in everything we do, we are focused on empowering the dreams and aspirations of our citizens. thanks to our progrowth economic policies, our domestic unemployment rate reached its lowest level in over half a century. fueled by massive tax cuts and regulations cuts, jobs are being produced at a historic rate. 6 million americans have been added to the employment roles. in under three years. last month, african american, hispanic american, and asian american unemployment reached their lowest rates ever recorded. we are marshaling our nations vast energy abundance and the united states is now the number one producer of oil and natural gas anywhere in the world. wages are rising. incomes are soaring. and 2.5 million americans have been lifted out of poverty in less than three years. as we rebuild, the unrivaled might of the american military, we are also revitalizing our alliances by making it very clear that all of our part

citizens united. >> he said wait. wait. wait. wait. four times. and then -- and then he proceeded to tell me that everything i just said was wrong. and i think it was a great thing to do. when somebody challenges you, you have to go back at them. >> reporter: she said she learned the importance of trying to see issues from someone else's view point and says what might surprise some is the camaraderie among the justices. f0 despite the nation's political divide. divide. i find it perplexing this idea you can't like a person who you disagree with. even on important matters. >> reporter: some felt she could have spoken more about their concerns. f0 regarding partisanship on the court. >> how partisan the court has come and some of the crisis of confidence the public has in the court. f0 . >> drew: she believes it is it important for the supreme court to keep people's faith in the dicial process. >> it is the thing that really is essential to upholding the rule of law in this country. so i take your question very seriously. i think -- don't despair. f

and finally, we will end the corruption ofour campaign finance system .overturn citizens united, democracy is not on sale. get rid of super pacs and secret spending by the billionaires . and break the big donor stranglehold by creating a system of public funding for ourelections . i know that some people will always have more money so they can all own more shoes or more close than other people, but no one should own more of our democracy. [applause] corruption comes in other forms to and i have plans forthose . a plan to end the corrupt practice of selling fancy ambassadorship's to wealthy donors because american diplomacy should not be for sale. a plan to abolish private prisons. no one should make a profit locking people up and no one should have a financial incentive to lobby congress to lock up even more people. a plan to stop selling access to federal lands and national parks so giant polluters and to break the stranglehold of the coal industry and the oil industry and energy production and transportation . and yes, when we're talking corruption, we need to call it out in the oval off

ratify the un arms trade treaty which would threaten the liberties of law abiding american citizens the united states will always a polder a constitutional right to keep.

what happened was in 2010 the supreme court decided citizens united. that led to the coke brothers and other billing errors fossil fuel people from having a completely outside role in their politics which they first set out just in that year they set out to require every member of congress is republican to sign a climate pledge that said they were going to say that climate change was real and humans were going to contribute to it. they went out and signed the pledge. ever since then we been living in a world where if a republican in washington looks like they're going to do something on climate the cokes have to rattle the coins in their pockets because it is chump change for them and say, really? because we can put Ãbbecause of the supreme court we can put $30 million in your next primary and you'll be dead before the season starts. that has created this profound corruption of inaction in this country. the supreme court in their opinion which are used to describe as like reading a seventh graders american government paper then i decided that was insul

a chapter in the book called the corruption of inaction, which is about what is really about citizens unitedut the way i describe the effect on our country is by using climate change and i don't want to overstate it but the republicans actually had a fairly hon -- honorable tradition, richard nixon signed into act clean water act and ronald reagan closed the ozone layer, he was skin cancer survivor. george bush the dad went to detroit, michigan and said, people would think we will get nothing anything done on climate, forget about the white effect, we will get something done on climate and my friend john mccain who i was part of gang of 8 on immigration, he ran on climate change, what happened, what happened was in 2010 the supreme court decided citizens united and that led to koch brothers and other billionaires, fossil fuel people from having a completely outsize role in politics where they first set out just in that year, they set out to require every member of the congress who is republican to sign a climate pledge that said that they were going -- you know, say that climate change was r

[applause and cheers] .verturn citizens united democracy is not for sale.plause and cheers] pac's and super secret spending by the bigionaires and break the donor stranglehold by creating a system of public funding for our election. [applause and cheers] i get it. i know some people will always have more money. so they can own more shoes or more clothes than other people. but no one should own more of our democracy. [applause and cheers] corruption comes in other forms those.d i have plans for a plan to end the corrupt practice of selling fancy ambassadorships to wealthy donors because american diplomacy should not be for sale. [applause and cheers] a plan to abolish private prisons. [applause and cheers] no one should make a profit locking people up, and no one should have the financial incentive to lobby congress to lock up even more people. [applause and cheers] a plan to stop selling access to federal land and national parks to giant polluters. [applause and cheers] and to break the stranglehold of the coal industry and the oil industry and energy produ

and just one more, overturned citizens united. democracy is not for sale. there it is.ust want three things. attack the corruption, so we can make this work for the people, restructure corp. uses in the economy so it works for everyone and protect our democracy. soundthree things may different. they are not. for me, it all comes to the same [no audio] [applause] to get a good job , start your own business, maybe , opportunity to love the person you love and build the family you want to build. [applause] you want to understand why i'm standing here today? not in one million years did i ever think i would be here talking to people about running for any office, much less this one. here's what i know and here is what pulls the end. janitor,ded up as a but his baby daughter got the to become a public , got theacher opportunity to become a andessor, a senator candidate for president of united states. .ream big, fight hard we have to win this. !hank you thank you! thank you so much. you ready to do this? i have to say, there are more people today than at the last school meetin

one of citizens units from long island and a father of young children was at the route 91 harvest music festival for work. he heard loud popping noises and soon realized they weren't coming from the performance on stage but from a gun. as the shooter fired round after round, robert hid behind a metal vending machine for protection. the bullets being fired around him were so powerful, he could actually feel the shock waves. he said he would never forget the silence of 20,000 people at a concert or the horrific screams of grown men and women he could hear as the gunman reloaded. he was lucky. he survived. but 58 people did not, and many more were injured. another new yorker, trudel, had to make the unthinkable decision to take her husband off life support after he was shot in the cross fire of two rival gangs at a community festival in brooklyn. he was just an innocent bystander, and ironically, he was an attorney for the state who helped draft the new york state -- the new york safe act, which set a precedent for one of the strongest gun laws in the country. but he was not immune from gu

ratify the un arms trade treaty which would threaten the liberties of law abiding american citizens the united states will always a poled our constitutional right to keep and bear arms. we will always appalled our 2nd amendment. the core rights and values america defends today were inscribed in america's founding documents our nation's founders understood that there will always be those who believe they are entitled to wield power and control over others. tyranny advances under many names and many theories but it always comes down to the desire for domination. it protects not the interests of many but the privilege of few. our founders gave us a system designed to restrain. the stagers impulse. they chose to entrust american power to those most invested in the fate of our nation a proud and fiercely independent people. the true. good of a nation can only be pursued by those who love it our citizens who are rooted in its history. who are nursed by its culture. committed to its values attached to its people and you know that its future is theirs to build or theirs to lose. patriots see a nation.

that starts by ending citizens united so that the people and not corporations speak in washington d.c. i think this is an important place to start because throughout my time in public service i've been committed to that. when i was a city councilman for instance i introduced successfully the first campaign finance legislation in san antonio city council history. it used to be like the wild west basically. there were no limits. we imposed limits, strengthened the ethics code. then when i was mayor we did the same thing. i would do that as president. so what we're going to do is impose a carbon pollution fee on the biggest polluters, industrial scale polluters -- [ applause ] we're also going to set a clean energy standard and ensure that we're able to get to net zero because we have a strong clean energy standard across the united states, and we're going to crack down on corporations that violate our laws. i'm going to appoint an epa administrator that actually believes in environmental protection and then goes and en forces those laws in the next administration. >> you just mentioned

citizens united world where money equals spe have thee corporations same rights as people, until we tackle the rules written by those with the biggest check books, all of the plans you have .eard today are just talk as democrats, the problem is, we have talked about this problem for too long. in d.c., talking has become the substitute for doing. in my legislature, we passed the most progressive disclosure laws in the country. i don't care if you call yourselves americans in america for america, you have to disclose every nickel you pay out. the koch brothers bombed our on day 90, it stopped. if we can kick the koch brothers out of montana, we can kick them out of new hampshire, we can kick them out of d.c., we can kick them out of everywhere in this country. it is not just donald trump on the ballot. indeed, the american dream is on the ballot. we have significant problems in this nation. remember how united the country actually felt in those days after 9/11? we need that same kind of purpose, compassion, and unity to come together, to bridge the deep divisions, solve the greatest challeng

the only way we can clear that up is with an amendment to reverse citizens united. that's what we'll have to do. otherwise we see --. >> all right. let's bring in nancy. from new york. a retired psychology professor and full-time volunteer climate activist. >> thank you. >> thank you for the opportunity. all people want good jobs as a proud union member i say we want good dounion jobs. everyone wants a safety community to live in. what would you do to ensure a just transition for displaced workers in the new economy. and the people from communities particularly communities of color most affected by climate change in your vision of a green new deal. and will you support the upcoming global student strike on september 20 for climate? >> so i'll start with the last one is easy. i'm very supportive. yes. >> thank you. >> again, this is there's something abtd the moral authority of young people. looking into the eyes of those in charge and saying what are you doing to protect us? on issues from guns to climate is part of why we're finally going to see change. so we have

call coach jorge took a special oath and achieved what he's long wanted. >> you are now a citizen of the unitedtates of america. >> reporter: jorge aguilar is an immigrant from mexico, a much revered track coach at foothill high and now a u.s. citizen. >> makes me feel proud, makes me feel really happy to enjoy this time. >> reporter: dozens of current and former athletes he coached came to celebrate and that includes the school's record holder in the girls 400 meters. >> he's done so much besides just being my coach. it's like life skills that i've learned without him i don't think i ever would have learned. >> i always put school first, then sports because they are going to get their degree. >> reporter: aguilar meant his american wife in mexico city. the couple moved to pleasanton 16 are u.s. >> i think for him he just wants to be really giving back both to the community in a way that he can give back civically. >> reporter: aguilar said he's aware of the debate raging about illegal immigration, something he's never experienced. he says most people come here just to work. >> laws must be tou

especially as these corporations get bigger and bigger and pump more money thanks to citizened unitedo the corrupting of washington. that's why so much of our heritage is under attack from the very fundamentals of our democracy, which is the person that gets the most votes should go to office. with gerrymandering and voter suppression, we see things are undermining our democracy and allowing corporate interests to prevail in washington in a way that is hurting real people. so my climate stewardship plan right away understands that in this we can't leave sectors of our society out of the solutions to this crisis. this has to be a unifying call, and farming we have to understand that farmers are a part of the solution. they're a necessary, indispensable part of the solution. and so when i drive through iowa -- and by the way, people might not know this. i'm a northeastern guy, but my grandma born and raised in des moines. when i've been going out there, what i've loved seeing since i've been going out there for family reunions is the emergence of windmills on farmlands where farmers are

citizens united has lawsuits over this material because we can't get it out of the federal governmentey would not give it pup r. howie: the media have covered the biden story -- >> they've lost their collective minds, they want to defeat this president next november using impeachment, al green, the congressman from texas said it in his own words that we must impeach him in order to not have him get reelected, this is all political, it's all politics, that's what this is about. howie: you think the media are positive toward impeachment? nancy pelosi has been holding the line, now that she's before it, 225 democrats, majority of the house that could bring impeachment articles. >> they are a team, the democrat party and mainstream media are working in concert together to undermine the president, they did throughout the fake russia collusion in 2 and a half years and breathlessly attacking the president without any facts. hold on, the facts are on our side on this thing, howie, the only thing that is transcripts to have call, there are no facts in there that are impeachable. people can --

warren: and just one more, overturn citizens united. democracy is not for sale.cheers and applause] sen. warren: so there it is. i just want three things. just three things. right? attack the corruption, so that we can make this government work for the people. restructure a couple core pieces in this economy so it works for everyone. and protect our democracy. now, those three things may sound like three different things. they are not. for me, they all come to the same place. opportunity. opportunity. who gets it in america? is it something reserved just for those at the top? opportunity. opportunity for every one of our kids. i want every one of our kids to get a first rate education. [applause] opportunity to get a good job, start your own business, maybe buy a house, opportunity to love the person you love and build the family you want to build. [applause] sen. warren: opportunity. because you want to understand why i'm standing here today? not in a million years did i ever think i would be here talking to people about running for any office, much less this on