nader joins me now.t to start, i guess the most surprising thing to me was not the part about finding someone to get involved but what's sort of this, well, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em, money is dominating politics in a way we've never seen before and you're fine with saying let's go find one of these billionaires, instead of funding a superpac, maybe i can get him to run for president. >> fighting fire with fire it the system is a two-fire tyranny. third parties are excluded from debates, pushed off ballots, harassed, litigated against. i have some experience with that. and it's just not going to work. at least on the first round. we saw perro got 19 million votes even after he dropped out and came back in. bloomberg could have turned it into a three-way race. my suggestion is not necessarily these billionaires are going to go all the way to november but they canning chan change the ag can go independent and change the agenda. look at all the things that are off the table for the two parties that ar

the nader story -- i felt that the nader story is a good visual.e instigated a lotta publication -- a lots of publication. his raiders came out of issues of the day. i incorporated these books. i looked around and there had been a good picture of what nader had done in that window. they do great work. those paperbacks, incorporated in the story, are good pieces of public policy. i thought i could use the websites to help teachers and college professors bring this history -- this popular history, this publishing history -- to light. there is some negativity about ralph nader. we have to remember that this ban changed -- he really changed investigative reporting, in a way. it was a novel idea. it really changed the culture. >> where do you find most of the artwork? >> almost all of it comes from the internet. when i do my searches, to find a particular book, like what you see there, sometimes it is hard to find crisp and good photos. you have to use what is available. >> another subject. jfk and the ad. >> at the time, i was working for wired magazin

joining me for tonight's conversations with the great minds ralph nader attorney consumer advocate and five time candidate for president of the united states in the one nine hundred sixty s. one nine hundred seventy s. mr nader spearheaded the campaign to improve automobile safety standards in the decade since he's left it lent his passionate advocacy to a variety of issues including campaign finance reform movement and third party politics his new book told us so the big book a weekly columns is a collection of editorials and columns of the past few decades and a must read for anyone who wants to understand one of our country's fierce defenders of democracy ralph nader welcome back to the show thank you tom good to have you with us you were our very first ministry of mind yes that's great to have you back again and if you. want to get to your book and the topics in a book first just kind of a reboot on ralph nader and for people who are young people who might be this might be an early exposure for them what first got you interested in becoming this crusading lawyer consumer rights adv

is naders raiders 1968 to 1974. what got your attention on ralph nader? have you ever met him? meet him once on the steps of one of the senate office buildings when i was back in the early '80s, i believe. blurb for a book industry in auto "taken for a ride." but that's my previous life when i worked on environmental policy issues. but the nader story -- i mean, i that the nader story is fairly really -- i want's a -- it's a visual because instigated a lot of publication. he his raiders, you know, came out with the paperback-worthy books that were studies on various federal issues of the day. and i incorporate a number of books throughout the piece. but, you know, i looked around good ere hasn't been a story that sort of tried to capture what nader had done in window from about '68 to '74, i believe. the raiders, they did great work. he paperbacks that are incorporated in the story are pieces of policy work. felt i could do a website in and to help teachers college professors and bring his history, this popular rim, this publishing history, bring this to light. you know? what n

. >> here is one called nader. what got your attention on ralph nader? >> i met him once. on the steps of the senate office building. in the early 80s. blurb for a book i did on the auto industry called, "taken for a ride." that is my previous life. that's when i worked on environmental policy issues. thatader story -- i felt -- the nader story is a good visual. he instigated a lotta publication -- a lots of publication. of issuess came out of the day. i incorporated these books. and there hadd been a good picture of what nader had done in that window. they do great work. incorporatedcks, in the story, are good pieces of public policy. i thought i could use the websites to help teachers and college professors bring this history,- this popular this publishing history -- to light. aboutis some negativity ralph nader. that this remember really changedhe investigative reporting, in a way. it was a novel idea. it really change the culture. >> where do you find most of the artwork? >> almost all of it comes from the internet. , to find ay searches particular book, like what you

mr nader spearheaded the campaign to improve automobile safety standards in the decade since.

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i think when the news is at its worst, nader -- ralph -- again, it's all worthy. >> you got to be carefulere. i'll tell you why. >> it's a 16 low, which is basically a 15% correction of this entire move from low to high. that's a pretty interesting trade for me. >> i think the thing with pulty, they had a major miss on a lot of different metrics, whether it's starts or revenue or earnings. >> why do we have to make it complicated, though? we talked a gazillion times about home depot. i know it's not the stereotypical housing trade, but it is the renovation trade. it is the housing trade. >> you're basically saying i'm not going to touch that. >> and by the way, guy, your hair looks very pretty. i would say yes -- exactly. i would say i'm not playing the home builders. the consistency in earnings and the chart makes me a buyer of home depot. >> if you don't like housing stocks themselves, where do you go in the sector, if anywhere? >> we liked home depot for a long time. i think just that whole concept has kind of played out. here's the issue. the housing stocks became a momentum trade. th

little fight by and by fiat so i got here to support that at the voting was just one person i know nader's ago saying that his that he get it but is it into these chips that they try to be plan upon is a democracy then they won't they want us to come back to the first of the mubarak. era is most is made on every way man with helmets and sticks preparing for a showdown why are you here with the helmets and the best to. have a question in the heart of the. we're wearing the helmet suit all the entrances to the square with body search everyone the end to this and secure the area sometimes the thugs hired by the national democratic party used to attack us with rocks and shotguns and we need to protect ourselves. you have to be very very careful and be very deep for any. bad situations and the message from the people here is that president morsi is a just miss and they are ready to defend him policy our team. and some experts believe the egyptian military is indeed on track to claim power on artie's debate program cross talk could love l o b asking his guests whether an army backed coup could w

to stress the importance and true role before the state and a piece commemorating her legacy ralph nader writes quote you spoke about the responsibility of journalists to hold politicians responsible with tough probing questions that are asked repeatedly until they have either answer to the politicians unmasked as an unaccountable coward and in fact here she is criticizing the media servitude in the wake of the iraq war. this car obviously gave up its only weapon which is skepticism they played ball they went along with everything the white house said. even before nine eleven go into the press room that almost day one when president bush took over and all of a sudden out of the blue no reason said. the radar screen it's good to know that someone in the press was speaking out against the veil of lies now in the wake of her passing the mainstream media is glorifying her legacy and rightly so however some porn remember that the corporate press was instrumental in bringing down her distinguished career in two thousand and ten after thomas made a controversial statement about israel. and isra

to stress the importance and true role before the state and a piece commemorating her legacy ralph nader writes quote you spoke about the responsibility of journalists to hold politicians responsible with tough probing questions that are asked repeatedly until they either answer to the politicians unmasked as an unaccountable coward and in fact here she is criticizing the media servitude in the wake of the iraq war. or obviously gave up with only weapon which is skepticism they played ball they went along with everything the white house said. even before nine eleven go into the press room that almost day one when president bush took over and all of a sudden out of the blue no reason said hussein this is on the radar screen it's good to know that someone in the press was speaking out against the veil of lies now in the wake of her passing the mainstream media is glorifying her legacy and rightly so however important remember that the corporate press was instrumental in bringing down her distinguished career in two thousand and ten after thomas made a controversial statement about israel a

a court nader for the legal team representing his alleged victim spoke on monday.definitely a feeling of relief, especially when thinking about the thousands of of victims who fought for more than 20 years to have the right for their grievances to be heard and will finally see their dreams realized. the day they have been waiting for is here. >> more on the case against hissene habre with reed brody of human rights watch later in the broadcast. hyatt hotels and the union unite here have reached an agreement in a four-year fight that's part .lobal boycott of the chain the new contracts would give thousands of employees retroactive wage increases and maintainer healthcare and pension but if it's until 2018. the deal includes a process for hotel workers at a number of locations to vote on unionization. the hyatt chain was founded by the family billionaire commerce secretary nominee per the are. it's alleged abuse of workers cast a shadow overmore than 80 e arrested during the night weekly moral monday protest called by the naacp to protest the agenda of north carolina

theo nader, you were disrespectful to kate and william, when you suggested their baby might be namedconstance from bethlehem, pennsylvania. i sent my grandson lincoln's last days i plan to send him kennedy's last days as well. thanks for making history fun. on the way to sweden i red keep it pithy. if you will buy any of my best selling books on billo'reilly.com. we donate a dollar for each purchase to the fisher house for military families. if you become a premium member on billo'reilly.com free of charge. >>> i was on the imus program this morning, carried on the fox business network, we were discussing my upcoming book killing jesus which is out in september. he takes exception to some evangelical evangelicals who say the only way to get to heaven is to be born again. >> there's more than one path to where it is everyone thinks they're going. >> the catholic religion of roman catholicism has an interesting passage they very rarely publicize. it's called baptism by desire, if you're not baptized formally with water on the head and all of that, you can still get to heaven if you lea

as katie said, that was sort of the nader in terms of the perception of the royal family. >> the '90s ral family. there were divorces, separations, toe sucking incidences. >> i had forgotten about that. >> it was just -- you couldn't write a movie and someone think that -- it's a soap opera. it was. i think what's really exciting when i look at the queen and her sense of duty and dedication over 61 years and she can look at this first great grandson, this baby is potentially the first sovereign of the 22nd century. she can see it stretching out before her charles iii william a and it must be satisfying. >> is there any -- the queen stepping down? the monarch in was it belgium just stepped down and gave it over to his child. >> no. it's never going to happen. when the queen took her oath, it was before god. she is profoundly religious. and to her, when had she took those oaths, she meant them sincerely and she said it before god. she really is all about duty. she was so criticized as we talk about diana's death. for not coming down to london and being with the people. that was totally

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here's you know i'm not opposed to third parties i you know i voted for ralph nader in two thousand that said two third parties typically shoot themselves in the foot and in the american system what we really need is instant runoff voting or proportional representation and there are groups committed to doing both in the united states the green party is a big advocate for instead of voting or rank voting so that's really what we need first then we can have multiple parties that's it for your take my take alive thanks for all your calls if we didn't get to your call tonight is back next week and keep the video questions coming it's easy just grab your phone record your question or comment and e-mail it to us at your take my take at g. mail dot com you'll be up first coming up we have the most unequal distribution of wealth and income in this country since the nineteen twenty s. so that means we should do away with the minimum wage right charles koch think so more on that internets daily take. its technology innovation all the developments from around russia we. covered. is it possible to n

ralph nader, an arm and all is, people want women's, people who care that rages -- that wages would go down. destroyo are going to our world. so he said the corporate right, , the corporate right needed to take over this country, and they needed to take over the courts, congress, they needed to get those lefty professors fired and take over schools, they needed everyone to have an nda to change their way of thinking. they needed to do a whole litany of things to finally change the balance of power. where we are today is the newest version. where we are today if the coke brothers, using bigotry and big money to destroy our democracy. the newest version of a really old story of corporate power of racism, sexism, a few people wanting to control this country. are using to take over our country. suppressingg a by voters, keeping young people, old people, people of color out of the polls. effective, there is a law where you can votes, or there is a bill where you can vote with a gun id, but not with a student id. how blatant is that? whilee pushing that law you are pushing to get big money i

nader, you identified a number of the people whose infrequency on the charlie rose show was embarrassing, but you neglected to name yourself. is that because you've never been on the show, or you were just being modest? [laughter] >> well, i've known him for many years. the last time i was on his show was 2004. >> yes. your book is full of brilliant ideas. you obviously have the best interests of this country and its people at heart, and given that fact how in the world do you justify your disastrous decision to run for president and enable eight years of george bush? >> here, here. and a war. >> now, you see this? unfortunately, this is a very important be constitutional point, and that is -- i mean, i have a lot of answers to that, obviously. one is last i heard george bush got more votes from gore than i did. if we all have an equal right to run for election and running for election is the consummate first amendment right -- petition, speech and assembly, all three -- to say to anybody do not run is to say do not speak. do not petition, do not assemble. you may oppose them, that's par

ralph nader, an environmentalist, people who want women's rights, people who care that wages would go down. those who are going to destroy our world. so he said the corporate right, the companies, the corporate right needed to take over this country, and they needed to take over the courts, congress, they needed to get those lefty professors fired and take over schools, they needed everyone to have an nda to change their way of thinking. they needed to do a whole litany of things to finally change the balance of power. where we are today is the newest version. where we are today if the koch brothers, using bigotry and big money to destroy our democracy. the newest version of a really old story of corporate power of racism, sexism, a few people wanting to control this country. these guys are using to take over our country. they're using a by suppressing voters, keeping young people, old people, people of color out in texas, ls. there is a law where you can votes, or there is a bill where you can vote with a gun id, but not with a student id. how blatant is that? you are pushing that la

ralph nader, environmentalist, people who want women's right, civil rights, people who care about the fact that wages are likely to go down from 1973 on. those people are going to destroy our world. and so he said the corporate right, the kochs, the coors, the corporate right needed to take over this country, and they needed to take over the courts, they needed to take over congress, they needed to get those ft professors fired and take over schools, they needed everyone to have an mba to change their way of thinking. they needed to do a whole litany of things to fundamentally change the balance of power. where we are today is the newest version. where we are today is the koch brothers and their buddies using bigotry and big money to destroy our democracy. the newest version of a really old story of corporate power, of racism, of sexism, of a few people wanting to control this country. the new version is the bigotry and the big money that these guys are using to take over our country. and they're using it by suppressing voters, as we know, keeping young people, old people, people of c

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no one would have believed would have believed in 1989 when the wall fell that nader would conduct operations in places like the balkans afghanistan and libya. serious challenges lie ahead for nato. the key operational challenge is afghanistan where nato leads today the coalition of 50 nations. we are on a path to passable security responsibility to afghan forces by the end of 2014, next year. this is a path that by nato and the afghans together at the lisbon summit in late 2010 and it was refined last year in chicago. several weeks ago the afghans reached a very important strategic milestone along that path as they assumed the assume the lead for security across the entire country great with nato passing into its support and advisory role. the military campaign is only one part along this path and it represents only one variable and a very complex equation that includes political transition that culminates the presidential elections and includes economic transition which has afghanistan adjusting to the reduced presence of western forces and includes a political process that explores the pot