lawrence lessig, your response? >> i think he is the biggest gift since the supreme court's decision of citizens united, crystallizing that the system is deeply corrupted. there he is pulling back the curtain on the way the system works, making a possible even in the republican primary for people to begin to talk about the corruption of the system. i agree with him. this system is deeply corrupted. the difference between donald trump and me -- well, 10 but you know is indifference at least -- but in addition to that, the differences that donald trump solution is that we let billionaires. in my solution is that we actually have the democracy that our framers gave us. donald trump's side of the revolution lost. amy: earlier this year, hillary rodham clinton kicked off her bid for the democratic presidential nomination with her -- >> we need to strengthen families and communities because that is where it all starts. we need to fix our dysfunctional political system and get unaccountable money out of it once and for all

lawrence lessig. really. he will explain why. >>> but first here is my take.ay it's in the form of a letter. dear senator schumer. when you announced your decision to vote against the nuclear agreement with iran, you explained your reasons in a nearly 1,700 word statement that is thoughtful in substance and civil in tone. and yet, in the end, i found it unpersuasive. i believe that the agreement is flawed, but it is the most intrusive, demanding and comprehensive set of inspections, verification protocols and snap-back measures ever negotiated. you failed to take note of what must happen at the outset before iran gets any widespread sergeants relief. iran must destroy 98% of its enriched uranium. 5 to 20%, remore and restore two-thirds of the centrifuges, terminate all enrichment at the fordo nuclear facility and render inoperable the key components of its iraq plutonium reactor. all the steps must be completed to the satisfaction of the international atomic energy agency. it's difficult to imagine that a serious military campaign against iran would set back i

joining me is lawrence lessig, candidate for president. i was a fellow at the center for ethics at harvard which is run by my friend, lawrence lessig. how are you. >> great to see you, chris. >> what is the idea? >> we are at a place where everyone recognizes this system is deeply corrupted and corrupted because of the inequality of the system. now we have a green primary where people like the donald have the money and they're the people who are voting and the candidates spent all thir time sucking up to these people giving them money so they can be qualified to run in a general election. as you describe in the introduction it's not the only corruption of equality in the system. the way we district in gerrymander ways to qualify people from any meaningful representation, the way we disqualify people from being able to vote in these ridiculous systems to keep them out. allowing the system to evolve away from the founding idea of what this republic was supposed to be, a representative system. >> every citizen, each soul is equivalent to each

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lawrence lessig is beginning a crowdfunding campaign for the democratic nomination today.to run on a single issue -- money in politics. if he raises at least $1 million at labor day and doesn't believe the other candidates are sufficiently focused on the subject, he says he will resign his position at harvard and run for president full-time. the largest milk processor in the united states won't say why it's chairman suddenly resigned. dean foods is keeping quiet about the departure of chairman tom davis. the new york times reports securities and exchange commission is moving forward with an insider trading case involving their shares. and you etiquette dilemma for diners. should you tip the waiter at mcdonald's? the company is testing table service at 50 u.s. restaurants, but the server won't take your order. you have to ask for your food at a kiosk. those are your top stories of this hour. coming up in the next half hour of the bloomberg market day, greece reaches a deal with creditors for a third bailout. now the greek parliament face the deadline for implement in a pack

amy: and harvard professor lawrence lessig has announced he is considering a run for president in order to protest money in politics. he says that if he won the presidency, he would serve only as long as it takes to pass sweeping campaign finance reform. then he would resign, he says. lessig says that he will run as a democratic candidate if he's able to raise $1 million in small contributions by labor day. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we're on the road in venice, italy, the site of the venice biennale, the oldest and most prestigious international biennial art exhibition in the world. the theme this year is "all the world's futures." you may hear inside where we are broadcasting outside today at , people singing. we begin today with one of the muscle liberated palestinian artists, emily jacir. in 2007, emily jacir won the golden lion here at the venice biennale for her work "material for a film." it was a large scale installation based on the life of palestinian writer wael zuaiter who was assa

if you were struck as i was by lawrence lessig's commentary on the influence of money in american politics to learn more, you will want to read this book. it lays out the details in an eye-opening way. >>> now for the last look. last weekend the little red dot celebrated its 50th birthday with pomp and circumstance. the red dot you say? yes. that's the insult that has become a point of pride for singapore. let me explain. it is said that in the 1990s an indonesian leader dismissed the city-state as a little red dot on the map. that phrase transformed into a motto of sorts as reuters points out. the organizers of the event say the dot, seen all over the city, symbolizes singapore's big status as a tiny nation. and this little country has certainly surprised in many ways. singapore is not a western-style liberal democracy. the current ruling party has been in power for the entirety of its independent statehood. when you look at the numbers singapore comes out on top of the united states in a variety of categories. life expectancy, higher in singapore. unemployment, lower in singapore. freedo

a harvard professor named lawrence lessig has said that he will run for the democratic presidential nominationan raise $1 million by labor day. now i'm sure most of you aren't that familiar with lessig. so here is a video of him talking about his economic plan. >> congress would secure that freedom as a fundamental right. it would require that freedom be protected against discriminatory -- >> jimmy: can we just stop for a second. stop for a second there. is it just me or does he have some very tiny eyeglasses? [ laughter ] those are the tiniest eyeglasses. they're like american girl doll glasses. [ laughter ] [ applause ] what? how could they remotely be his glasses? if you keep watching the video, his -- his whole face seems pretty small. when you -- watch the video. watch the whole thing. >> we're not reinventing the wheel. we're pulling together a a package that together would create a meaningful political equality for all of america's citizens. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: do you see what i'm saying? it's not just me, right? [ cheers ] you see what i'm saying, right? i'm