welcome to politicking i'm matthew cook in for larry king marianne williamson is a bestselling author lecturer and friend and advisor to oprah winfrey who earlier this year announced her bid for the democratic nomination for the white house it was also announced recently that williamson has qualified for the debate stage where she will join a large number of other 2020 primary hopefuls she said that america is in need of a moral and spiritual awakening what does she mean by that and where does she stand on the political and cultural issues making today's headlines let's find out as marianne williamson joins me from columbia south carolina marianne thanks so much for being here thank you so much for having me so why are you running for president . i'm running for president because i believe that the united states has swerved it is swerved in such fundamental ways away from the core values of our democracy and of our deep human principles and we need at this point a serious and fundamental pattern disruption of the political and economic status quo that has caused this to happen now i d

welcome back to politicking i'm matthew cook sitting in for larry king. ron paul now joins me from lake jackson texas you know him as the outspoken former republican congressman from texas he made three bits for the white house twice as a conservative and once as the libertarian party nominee presently he's the host of the ron paul liberty report it's a pleasure to welcome him back to the show i dr paul. that he was nice to be with you today so i want to talk about the economy shortly but first can you give us your opinion of attorney general william barres handling of the moeller report. well i'm not an expert on that because for some reason i can't get involved intensely but you know from a more superficial viewpoint and seeing in light of all the fighting and fuming in the politicking going on. he comes across as handling himself pretty well but i wouldn't be the one to dissect every statement from a legal listing viewpoint most of this i think is just generally politic and you know not so much and they're always sorting out in great detail all the con

welcome to politicking i'm matthew cook in for larry king on wednesday special counsel robert mueller broke his 2 year silence on the russia probe the major take away from his prepared remarks he declined to clear president trump of obstructing justice moeller now makes nancy pelosi his job even harder can the house speaker resist her party's growing demands for impeachment proceedings against donald j. trump let's begin there with the political panel they are david brown democratic strategist he served as majority counsel to democratic senator patty murray on 2 congressional congressional committees and we have adolfo franco former member of the george w. bush administration he was also a spokesperson for the john mccain and mitt romney presidential campaigns they are both in washington d.c. welcome gentlemen thank you matthew and matthew so muller statement on wednesday is this a game changer on whether to proceed with impeachment of the president let's start with you david. well i think hearing ball moeller speak and hearing him restate in most respects the report put in his own vo

welcome back to politicking i'm matthew cook sitting in for larry king ron paul now joins me from lake jackson texas you know him as the outspoken former republican congressman from texas he made three bits for the white house twice as a conservative and once as the libertarian party nominee presently he's the host of the ron paul liberty report it's a pleasure to welcome him back to the show i dr paul now that dave nice to be with you today so i want to talk about the economy shortly but first can you give us your opinion of attorney general william barres handling of the muller report. well i'm not an expert on that because for some reason i can't get involved intensely but you know from a more superficial viewpoint and seeing in light of all the fighting and fuming in the politicking going on. he comes across as handling himself pretty well but i wouldn't be the one to dissect every statement from a legal listing viewpoint most of this i think is just generally politic and you know not so much and they're always sorting out and great detail all the constitutionality isn't the legali

walking back to politicking on matthew cook sitting in for larry king ralph nader is the longtime activist and consumer watchdog who has also made 4 runs for the oval office twice as the green party candidate and also as an independent candidate what's his take on pursuing impeachment of president donald trump and his opinion of the group of 2020 democratic candidates let's find out as ralph joins me via skype he is also the author of a new book how the rats reform to congress which is available now ralph welcome to the program thank you so the democratic base has been really angry since the 2016 election and we were all expecting they were going to push for radical progressive change so now we have joe biden leading in the polls is joe biden progressive enough. oh no not at all he's really hillary redux he's from doe or hillary folks new york joe biden who has gone to the big banks when he was in congress he was merciless against student loans push you know bankruptcy law that would make it almost impossible for students to have a 2nd chance and he supported the war in iraq. just for star

welcome to politicking i'm matthew cook in for larry king coming up later in the program consumer advocate and former presidential candidate ralph nader joins me stick around for that but 1st a setback for donald trump's effort to keep his personal financial information from the hands of congress this week a federal judge sided with democrats in the house oversight committee who've been trying to access trump's financial information for months so where does the legal fight go from here let's start there with dan abrams chief legal affairs correspondent for a.b.c. news and co-author of the new book theodore roosevelt for the defense the courtroom battle to save his legacy dan joins me now from new york city dan welcome to the program out there so let's get to your fascinating book shortly right now we've got some crazy developments going on between the law and the trump administration so what's happening. this is an interesting case because here you've got the banks sort of stuck in the middle right saying we'll do whatever you tell us to do you subpoena the documents we'll give them to you

welcome back to politicking on matthew cook sitting in for larry king 2 years ago simon tam co-founder of the dance rock band of the slants found himself in a supremes court battle for the right to trademark his band's name which many including the u.s. government consider disparaging to asian americans and thereby off limits to tam he won that landmark 1st amendment case and continues his free speech activism as a self-proclaimed asian american troublemaker and he details his supreme court battle and the reasons behind his effort to embrace ethnic slurs in a recent memoir entitled slanted simon tam joins me now from nashville simon welcome hi thanks so much for having me thank you so much for being here so take us back to the beginning why did you want to name your band the slants well originally the idea of slant referred to our perspective of what it was like to be people of color here in the u.s. but at the same time i wanted this i wanted to reappropriate this kind of outdated stereotype that all asians have slanted eyes because growing up i was bullied almost violently attacked m

welcome back to politicking on matthew cook sitting in for larry king nearly a year has passed since the singapore summit between donald trump and kim jong un and we don't seem to be closer to a deed nuclearized north korea for his part president trump insists his strategy with kim will ultimately be successful for expert analysis we turn to bill richardson former u.s. ambassador to the united nations former democratic governor of new mexico and he also served as secretary of energy during the administration of bill clinton he is in santa fe new mexico bill welcome to the program. thank you matthew so 1st let's talk about your reaction to what robert muller just said wednesday. well it wasn't a good day yesterday for the president robert mueller basically said if there was no crime he would have said so he also said there was not a total exoneration he kind of contradicted the attorney general on that score he said there was russian interference so the only good thing for republicans and the president was that robert muller will most likely not be testifying before congress but at th

welcome to politicking i'm matthew cook in for larry king on wednesday special counsel robert mueller broke his 2 year silence on the russia probe the major take away from his prepared remarks he declined to clear president trump of obstructing justice muller now makes nancy pelosi is job even harder can the house speaker resist her party's growing demands for impeachment proceedings against donald j. trump let's begin there with the political panel they are david brown democratic strategist he served as majority counsel to democratic senator patty murray on 2 congressional congressional committees and we have adolfo franco former member of the george w. bush administration he was also a spokesperson for the john mccain and mitt romney presidential campaigns they are both in washington d.c. welcome gentlemen thank you matthew and matthew so muller statement on wednesday is this a game changer on whether to proceed with.

welcome to politicking on matthew cook in for larry king marianne williamson is a bestselling author lecturer and friend and advisor to oprah winfrey who earlier this year announced her bid for the democratic nomination for the white house it was also announced recently that williamson has qualified for the debate stage where she will join a large number of other 2020 primary hopefuls she said that america is in need of a moral and spiritual awakening what does she mean by that and where does she stand on the political and cultural issues making today's headlines let's find out as marianne williamson joins me from columbia south carolina marianne thanks so much for being here thank you so much for having me so why are you running for president . i'm running for president because i believe that the united states has swerved it is swerved in such fundamental ways away from the core values of our democracy and of our deep human principles and we need at this point a serious and fundamental pattern disruption of the political and economic status quo that has caused this to happen now i d

welcome to politicking i'm matthew cook in for larry king coming up later in the program the always outspoken ron paul former congressman and three time presidential contender but we begin with andrew yang entrepreneur and democratic white house hopeful he's the founder of venture for america and author of the book the war on normal people the truth about america's disappearing jobs and why universal basic income is our future there's a lot to unpack in that title alone let's get started as andrew joins me from new york andrew welcome to the program. thanks for having me matthew it's a pleasure to be here and all the best to tell larry in his recovery i felt terrible when i heard the news thank you thank you so much let's jump right in how come you want to be president. on running for president to help us get through the greatest economic and technological transformation in our nation's history donald trump is our president today because we'd automated away four million manufacturing jobs in michigan ohio pennsylvania wisconsin missouri and iowa all the states the swing states needed to win a

welcome to politicking i'm matthew cook in for larry king coming up later in the program consumer advocate and former president. candidate ralph nader joins me stick around for that but 1st a setback for donald trump's effort to keep his personal financial information from the hands of congress this week a federal judge sided with democrats in the house oversight committee who've been trying to access trump's financial information for months so where does the legal fight go from here let's start there with dan abrams chief legal affairs correspondent for a.b.c. news and co-author of the new book theodore roosevelt for the defense the courtroom battle to save his legacy dan joins me now from new york city dan welcome to the program came out there so let's get to your fascinating book shortly right now we've got some crazy developments going on between the law and the trump administration so what's happening yeah this is an interesting case because here you've got the banks sort of stuck in the middle right saying we'll do whatever you tell us to do you subpoena the documents we'll give them

welcome to politicking on matthew cook in for larry king marianne williamson is a bestselling author lecturer and friend and advisor to oprah when.

welcome to politicking i'm matthew cook in for larry king coming up later in the program the always outspoken ron paul former congressman and three time presidential contender but we begin with andrew yang entrepreneur and democratic white house hopeful he's the founder of venture for america and author of the book the war on normal people the truth about america's disappearing jobs and why universal basic income is our future there's a lot to unpack in that title alone let's get started as andrew joins me from new york andrew welcome to the program. thanks for having me matt.

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