the salon i feel good quality here when i see ads and a good story when i hear it so my name is elizabeth saul and i work at steve allen . autumn 2016 across europe tens of thousands mobilize against planned free trade deals with the u.s. and canada belgium's well only a region is blocking sita a major european pact with canada thrusting the e.u. into crisis manager and is focused on a little known provision routinely included in trade deals that allows foreign investors to bring investment disputes before an international arbitration tribunal and multinational corporations to sue sovereign states for billions of dollars. but what are these tribunals who handles their cases and who represent the interests of the people after all it's taxpayers who foot the bill. to get a clearer picture we delved deeper into in a pick system that circumvents national court and effectively hands foreign investors the power to dictate the policies of democratically elected governments every nation is one rouble whether it's an industrial power or a developing country. investor lawsuits against states impact ever

saul, you are an old friend. it's wild that you are doing this. because you and elizabeth warren, pete buttigieg, and george soros' kids are all on the same side. why did a good republican from michigan decide to throw in with all those characters for the betterment of the country? >> there is a little bit of a nuance here in the sense that democrats do want to eliminate the electoral college but there are a few polls out there, the democrats have been pushing to eliminate the electoral college and one i'm working with is basically a bipartisan result that wants to use the national popular vote and keep the electoral college. you've got two different proposals that a lot -- >> laura: you claim you do not want to abolish electoral college -- >> we don't claim it. we don't -->> >> your plan, states would have the right not to give their delegates to the person who wins in the state, the candidate who wins in the state. they would be obligated to vote for the candidate who won the most popular vote. in other words, if trump wins texas, under your plan, if this passes state le