dr. jill stein. on tuesday, she and her running mate were arrested as they attempted to enter the debate site. "democracy now!" was there at the time of their arrest. >> we are here at the arcades of the american debate to say that we need to open up this debate and make it a full, fair, and inclusive debate. >> issued not to be whether or not you have billions of dollars that determines whether or not the american people can hear about your platform. >> our green and pain is on the ballot for 85% of -- campaign is on the ballot for 85% of voters. they deserve to know who their choices are in this election and the resolutions are. the commission on presidential debates makes a mockery of democracy. by conducting this fate and >> do you have credentials? >> yes, we do. we have been on the ballot in 85% of the voters. >> this is an educational experience. >> we think it is more than that. >> you're going to be run over by a car. move in with the traffic cones critics ma'am, please. >> we're here to sta

dr. jill stein who is running for president as a member of the green party. good evening dr. stein. thank you so much for your time tonight. >> it is great to be with you john. >> john: great to have you. when i was watching all of the presidential debates this year including the republican party one of my drinking game words was ndaa. i had to drive everyone else home. it was interesting watching the debate where i think so many on the left and the right saw the issues being discussed that have been ignored by the two party debates. was it fun for you to be a part of that venue? >> absolutely. these are the issues that the american people are really clamoring to talk about. and our campaign since we're not a -- a corporate sponsor big money wall street sponsored campaign, we have the liberty to actually speak to those issues. and it was very exciting to be talking about how we are going to create jobs. stop the offshoring that continues not only with mitt romney's bain capital but which is enabled by the free-trade agreements that barack obama has expanded to. talk about the on-goi

president obama's and romley's answers to get real-time responses from jill stein of the green party and rocky anderson of the justice the party. dr. stein is a physician from massachusetts. rocky anderson is the former mayor of salt lake city. we also invited gary johnson, the decline to join us. today we bring you highlights from our expanding the debate special. we begin with the debate moderator jim lehrer. >> let's start with the economy, segment one, and let's begin with jobs. what are the major differences between the two of you about how you go about creating new jobs. you have two minutes each of you to start print a coin toss determines, mr. president, you go first. >> four years ago, we went through the worst financial crisis in the great depression. millions of jobs were lost. the auto industry was on the brink of collapse. the financial system had frozen up. and because of the resilience and the determination of the american people, we've begun to fight our way back over the last 30 months, we've seen 5 million jobs in the private sector created. the auto industry has come roaring back. and housing has begun to rise.

dr. jill stein and her running mate cheri honkala. stein called her ticket a viable third-party ticket challenge too beholden republicans and democrats. >> i believe grass-roots grows from the community up, but at the same time, we have a state of emergency at the national mall. to silence the only hope of that opposition's voice in this election when so much is at stake, i think, would be a terrible loss for the american people. there is no reason why americans should have to walk into the voting booths in november and only have effectively two wall street-sponsored choices. >> that was green party nominee jill stein. we also spoke to justice party nominee rocky anderson in the republican national convention in tampa, florida last month. >> these two parties have a stranglehold on our democracy. they are depriving people around the country of not only being able to get on the ballot. they are denying us of our freedom of choice. we are seeing it in the most aggressive ways. >> again, we are going to have this presidential debate, inc

dr. jill stein of the green party and rocky anderson of the justice party.ing a special broadcast monday night, we broke the sound barrier during the brahma -- obama-romney debate, to get real-time responses from jill stein and rocky anderson. this is debate moderator bob schieffer of cbs news. >> are you saying you want a bigger military, a bigger navy? you do not want to cut defense spending. what i want to ask you, we were talking about financial issues. where you going to get the money. >> first of all, i'm going through from the beginning we will cut about 5% of the discretionary budget, excluding military. >> [indiscernible] >> i will be happy to have to take a look. come on our website. we will have a balanced budget in eight to 10 years. number one, i get rid of obamacare. there are a number of things that sound good but we cannot afford them but that does not sound good and is not affordable. i would get rid of that from day one. we take program after program, and that we don't absolutely have to have come and get rid of them. number two, we take so

she spoke exclusively to a number of the candidates taking part in that debate one of them was dr jill stein from the green party of america earlier this month she was arrested for protesting the first presidential debate she tells us why she wants. most of the american public doesn't even know that there are other candidates running so that's why i went to the gateway to the debate at hofstra university two weeks ago to demand that the debate be opened up and i was arrested and handcuffed to a chair for eight hours unfortunately this is what our democracy is looking like we are squandering trillions of dollars right now on wars for oil that we don't need on tax breaks for the wealthy and on bailouts for wall street forty billion a month now being spent to bail out the bankers once again so we can stop all that the establishment parties are quaking in their boots that word will get out and in fact if it does there are enough people to turn the results of this election on its head is that going to happen i'm not holding my breath but if we're ever going to win it we've got to begin it. now th

people join the campaign on line we are single largest fund raising day following the arrests of dr jill stein and her running mate. people are outraged about the fact that candidates who represent millions of americans that's what all the polls show were prevented from entering into the debates in any country that claims to have contested elections this was germany or france or mexico dr stein would have been on that stage in new york on tuesday in a running mate protesting outside cheese days t.v. debate and not being allowed to take part despite having the names on enough ballots across the country to hear resolutely when what is it that americans should allow to hear from them on such a big t.v. stage. well the reality is that there's nothing in our constitution which prevents a multi-party system from emerging here in the us but we do have laws on the books all across the country and we also have the actions of private corporations that have grown up over the last sixty years to prevent independent parties from challenging the two establishment parties here in the united states the laws t

appreciate your taking the time to call in and make it very very well and in fact dr jill stein and her running mate spent the six hours spent six hours less than clear the time of debate handcuffed to a chair which should tell you something. i would like to see not only the green party that i'd like to see the libertarian party the constitutional party the the justice party i mean we've got a bunch of parties united states we need to seriously consider instant runoff voting or proportional representation changing our electoral system to crack open american politics so we can have multiple parties here in the united states christine and shana dale pennsylvania christine what's on your mind tonight well in one room it is that the folks in new slogan of smaller government equals directly a new elected corporate control you're absolutely right and i very much appreciate your pointing that out because this is you know the this is the choice they come to and they said you really want the government between you and your doctor well if the answer is no then what's the alternative you know unit

attended by former new mexico governor gary johnson of the libertarian party of the green party's dr jill stein former virginia congressman virgil goode with the constitution party and former salt lake city mayor rocky anderson with the justice party i should mention this debate was aired on c.-span and al-jazeera as well but none of the major cable networks aired it even though the host and larry king spent decades working for c.n.n. before candidates agreed on more than they disagreed upon but last night their ideas and their faces were thrust into the spotlight something that doesn't often happen despite being on the ballot in many states one of the topics covered was an issue that has played a major role in our elections and in our democratic process as a whole campaign finance here are a couple of the candidates speaking about that. they would have never signed the national defense authorization act allowing for you when i was you was that is to be arrested and detained without being charged that's the reason we called or was this. it's an outrage ten twenty one and it would. start with. i

democrats and the republicans have and we've done our homework it's mathematically possible for dr jill stein and i to win the presidency so we should be able to be a part of the debates really quick before we talk about some of the bigger issues here just one final question about you know you were asked what were you charged with and you know are you can have to face trial. yes we will have to face trial we were charged with disorderly conduct protests appeared at different times in my life in nonviolent civil disobedience it became very clear to the both of us that this was very political and that they wanted us to be you. and. if we do apologize for having a tiny bit of trouble with your audio there but it looks like it's should hold up now let's get to some of the things you and joe were speaking about before you were arrested about the system in general why is it that you think third party candidates are still kept out of these debates well first of all the c.p.p. is sponsored by ten different corporations we were happy because we saw that three sponsors had pulled out they were expectin

the democrats and republicans have and we've done our homework it's mathematically possible for dr jill stein and i to win the presidency so we should be allowed to be a part of the debate now let's get to to some of the things you and joe were speaking about before you were arrested about the system in general why is it that you think third party candidates are still kept out of these debates. well first of all the the c.p.b. is sponsored by ten different corporations we were happy because we saw that three sponsors had pulled out they were expecting a fourth to pull out that didn't happen yet however and again both the democrats and republicans actually represents a one percent in this country and they know that the issues that jill and i are speaking to do represent the majority of the american people so they didn't want to sit on the stage the debates here are actually like reality television so you're saying one of the problems is that they this commission on presidential debates is actually you know the debates themselves are sponsored by major corporations and that in itself is an issu

attended by former new mexico governor gary johnson of the libertarian party the green party's dr jill stein former virginia congressman virgil goode and the with the constitution party and former salt lake city mayor who you see there rocky anderson with the justice party the candidates spoke about several topics including something we speak i'm on a lot here at our team and national defense authorization act signed signed into law by president obama nearly a year ago. i would have never signed the national defense authorization act allowing for you when i was you was that is to be arrested and detained without being charged that's the reason we call or is this. it's an outrage ten twenty one and it would. start with. it's an incredible pull the trail of our civil liberties that the president has assumed dictatorial rights to put us in prison at his pleasure without charge or without trial this is an allowable and is a basic offense against the very foundation of american liberty and. i should mention in addition to airing here on our t.v. it was also aired on al-jazeera and on c.-span but

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dr. jill stein and put the same question to rocky anderson. want to play an excerpt of jill stein's response to moderator jim lehrer's questioned about so-called entitlement programs and social security. >> it is very important to point out that while we hear a very different narrative from barack obama and the democrats than we do from mitt romney, with mitt romney's narrative being, usually harsh, scary, selfishness on steroids, and the democratic narrative being warm and fuzzy and we're all in this together let's just wait for things to get better, it is really important to look beyond the talk, to look at the walk, to look at what is being proposed. geoffrey sax at the university of columbia has pointed out in his analysis of the budget proposal to both obama and romney-ryan, points out they are both aiming for essentially the same targets. they're both aiming for social security to be about 5% of gdp some years down the line whether it is four or eight years. and on medicare, there are both aiming for medicare to be reduced to about 3.2% o

receiving details i haven't got everything yet there i have been updates posted at dr stiles webb's campaign website which is jill stein dot org j i l l s t dot org i know you're going to beg to differ with me but i guess some people asking is she going to priorities right and what was she trying to achieve by going to way the eco activist about how important it was in texas when at the same time both the bomber in romania focused on those huge relief efforts for superstorm sandy. well. mr obama and mr romney are doing some good work and focus on focusing on the relief efforts but let's also remember that both of the. those two candidates declined to talk at all about climate change during the three debates that took place earlier this month we find it reckless and irresponsible that both the democratic and republican candidates for president never once mentioned climate change at all during these debates but of course still stein is due to take part in the final third party debate on the fifth of november which was showing here and we spoke to him last week is the timing of her arrest significant i mean is she going t

my guest today is jill stein nominee for president of the united states with the green party thank you very much for joining me dr stein it's great to be with you can really really appreciate it thanks for coming i read you said you'd be the underdog candidate for the underdog voters who are these on the docket voters it's certainly most of the american public people are losing their jobs wages are declining millions have lost their home another million are in the pipeline to lose their homes this year the cost of health care is skyrocketing public higher education is increasingly out of reach we have thirty six million young people who are students or recent graduates who are effectively indentured servants because they don't have the jobs or the wages to repave these unforgiving debts and the political establishment is not doing anything about it while a very small segment of the american population the one percent we say is making out like bandits so neither party is fixing this i just want to make this clear you're going to be on ballots but not in all states can you explain what is it in the system in the us

my guest today is jill stein nominee for president of the united states with the green party thank you very much for joining me dr stein it's pretty to be with you can really really appreciate it thanks for coming i read you said you'd be the underdog candidate for the underdog boulder's who are these on the docket voters it's certainly most of the american public people are losing their jobs wages are declining millions have lost their home another million are in the pipeline to lose their homes this year the cost of health care is skyrocketing public higher education.

well just jill stein is now suing the commission on presidential debates for not letting her take part in the big national debate although drstein argues she meets all u.s. constitutional no required requirements to take the office of president because the commission is organized and controlled by democratic and republican parties there is no enthusiasm on the part of the truth to lead a third party in arguably both parties fear that a third party candidate could become a spoiler in the election for example in the year two thousand independent candidate ralph nader was seen as a spoiler who contributed to the victory of george w. bush so it seems their solution is to black out alternative candidates and convince the american people that they have no other choice but barack obama and mitt romney and the mainstream media here are very much part of that black house. she's going that she can live from washington guy and then he thanks indeed for your perspective. and see host tom hartman took part in the key event and he says party candidates will continue to be barred from the big picture until they start to puncturing to brit