it's a very 70s ralph nader and the nader's raiders that kind of public service lawyers are the heroes of the game. parker brothers attorneys say you can't make anti-monopoly. that kicks off this ten-year long legal battle between ralph anspach and his family and parker brothers. they rip apart all these different aspects of trademark patent and copyright law and all that is detailed in the book. as part of his lawsuit on spock like everybody else that darrow had the game and found out the roots go far back. he finds dan lehman who is an elderly man living in pasadena. he finds charles todd. he hunts down the quaker players in this looks like organic chemistry notes but it's ralph's notes from trying to find the photos of monopoly players to buy nephew went to school with two, who is married to who and reverse engineering to monopoly story and in fighting his way back and trying to find a thread between the patent. these are some of the quakers. a lot of them unfortunately passed away when he was putting together his case but they did ultimately testified. so charles todd tells the sto

[applause] >> so i thank you, ralph neighbor--ralph nader... >> [laughter] >> ralph nader, the consumer advocate in our neighborhood. thank you so much. >> thank you very much. thank you. thank you. [laughs] [applause] ֖#p [applause] thank you. thank you very much, and good evening to every body. thank you so much for coming out tonight. to the muslimell legal fund for inviting me here and for the outstanding work they do. i'm as genuine as i can be when i say everyone in those two organizations is extremely impressive, even inspiring to me because of the work they do in areas where very few other organizations are able or willing to venture. i'm truly delighted to participate in any event they sponsor any work they do. for the last 6, 7 years, i have been writing about the systematic erosion and attack on civil liberties in the united states and the war on terror that justifies those erosions that drivesm-phobia those. the past few years i have been spending an increasing amount of time traveling around the country speaking about these issues at events like this, similar offense on co

for some of you who are a little bit older you might remember raffle nader in the 1960 -- ralph nader in the 1960s, unof safe at any speed, i think is what it was called. we lost tens of thousands in car crashes, and ralph nader kind of a single man chasing against windmills wrote this book and got the auto industry to make our cars safer. and i've seen research papers that said it was the most positive public health impact of the 20th century that that saved more lives than anything else. therefore, i think that there is some room for some regulation, for making people responsible for the code that they're creating, and i think that would be a big step forward. >> great, thank you. just a quick follow-up -- >> could i ask you to, because we've got time for just one more question yeah. >> hi. can you just talk a little bit more about your silicon valley singularity university and its partnership with nasa and google? >> cool, yeah i'd be happy to. i teach at something called singularity university. it's co-founded by nasa google, the kauffman foundation with funding from nokia autodes

reporter: her name is a alex sis whittlers friends call her lexi mom and dad known her as the lex naderars old and she has made it her mission in life to show her appreciation for those who risk their lives to protect her. her family, her friends. >> there you go. >> reporter: it all started two years ago with jasper the family pooch rescued from afghanistan bite us military. no one could identify five-year-old lexi the hero who saved her new pet's life. >> she became a little ansi with that and decided if i can't thank one i'll thank everybody. every hero there is. >> here's a real peel, people we see. >> reporter: lexi and her parents wrote a poem put it on card, then began sending those cards to every police officer firefighter, paramedic and member of the military they could find. >> they protect us from harm and keep our country free. >> do to date lexi has distributed more than 3,300 cards. to heroes all over the world. signed, lexi and jasper. she keeps signed cards with her to surprise heroes in person. >> i think there's one that's one. >> her facebook paged labeled lex nader a

abdel nader on the lay in. iowa won it 70-66. their second straight big 12 tournament title.cc final, greensboro under the tremendous pressure of north carolina. isaiah hicks. hicks the dunk. tar heels up six. carolina had control of the game. here came the fighting irish. they got hot. pat connougton. broke a 64 all time. a 26-3 second half run and notre dame won 90-82 to win their first acc tournament title. >>> the ivy league championship up for grabs against harvard in black. 10 seconds left. tied at 51-51. oh, steve knocks it down to put the crimson ahead. so here came yale going for it all. the driver, the runner, and harvard wins the game. 53-51. their fourth ncaa tournament in a row. albany and white trailed sony brook late. ray sanders. the tie-in. no. ball tip to peter. and ... albany wins it. 51-50. and get this. houli playing with a heavy heart because he just lost his mom to cancer about a month ago. so, we got all baany, harvard, arizona, iowa state, and notre dame, all getting automatic bids tonight. >> bracket starts tomorrow. >> we'l female announcer: you're

. >> reporter: her facebook page labeled lex nader and jasper is filled with photos of the little girl with her heros. along with letters of thanks from those who have received her thanks. >> i get smiles and happy cards. >> reporter: how does that make you feel? >> happy. >> reporter: recent murder of a philadelphia police sergeant robert wilson iii caught lexi's attention. she zen everyone connected to his 22nd district more than 300 men and women a signed card. >> kind of a nice surprise? >> yeah. >> reporter: you think they made them feel a little bit better. they're going through a tough time right now, aren't they um-hmm. >> reporter: printing hundreds of cards isn't cheap neither a postage the family accepts no donations much this is a little girl on mission. >> she has a goal. she has style and we would never tell her to stop ever. >> military police officers, firemen and emt's a person who's a hero to me. >> the family is vacationing in washington, d.c. for spring break. with all those monuments around lexi will be on the look out for heroes to surprise with a card and her tha

ralph nader and that kind of bent of public service lawyer is -- they're the heroes. game. so it's not long before he hears from parker brothers' attorneys saying you can't make anti-monopoly. not cool. so that kicks off this ten-year-long legal battle between ralph anspach and his family and parker brothers. they rip apart all these different aspects of trademark patent and copyright law. all of that's much more detailed in the book. but as part of his lawsuit, anspach had thought darrow had invented the game, and he starts to find out the roots go far, far, far back, and he finds dan lehman, and he hold up his finance board. he finds charles todd, he hunts down the quaker players. and i know this looks like organic chemistry notes, but it's actually ralph's notes from trying to find these photos of monopoly players and find out who went to school with who who knew who and reverse engineering the monopoly story and winding his way back and trying to find the thread between the 1935 game and the 1904 lizzie magie patent. these are some of the quakers and a lot of them had p

-- ralph nader who saw the problems of fannie mae and freddie mac very early on and recognized it was of a problem and you can put him right next to peter wallison. hard to find people who disagree on more things, but on that one they do agree. and i don't think it's denial that special interest money is a problem in politics. i think that it is, because of the limitations inherent to the federal elections campaign act i think it has to be the small end of the wedge is what it is. and sort of maybe a better metaphor to say it would be the foundation of what have become pervasive transactional relationships whereby you have campaign contributions, you have statements of public support lobbying providing partial and frackous information and then on top of that you have the revolving door which is basically a way to subsidize legislators who make rl thetively little money -- relatively little money compared, you know your average american would say, come on, they make $200,000 a year. but if you compare them in terms of their social status, they're grossly underpaid, right? in a market b

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and with mun getting and nader in the palestinian territories, they run eco-peace middle east.out countless conflicts. when working with the other side can get you killed. >> you were shot at, is that true, because you were working with? >> they mixed me up for collaborators and all that. but, yeah thank god it's something that's behind us. >> didn't stop you? >> of course not. no, no, no. i refuse to shut down the office. >> there's a saying in the american west that whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting. >> good old -- >> exactly. that arabs and israelis can't agree on 2,000-year-old stories. how can you agree to divide up such a precious resource? >> this cannot create a sing lor drop of fresh water. >> but i can take yours. i can use my armies to take your water. >> if you use the resources, in the army, you will turn to to the other technologies, you can create much more water and in a peaceful way. >> their solution is a mixture of diplomacy and technology, and it starts here in tel aviv. not the bikinis, the ocean behind the bikinis. israel is now the world's

. >> her facebook page it's tiled lex nader and jasper features pictures of heroes she met in person.he believes she can spot a hero a mile away. even when they're not in uniform uniform. >> you just walk right up to them? >> yeah. >> what do you say to them? >> thank you for being a hero. ♪ >> reporter: recent murder of philadelphia police sergeant robert wilson ii caught lexi attention. is he sent signed hero messages to everyone connected to wilson's 22nd district. more than thee hundred cards. >> why did you want to do that? >> because it's really nice to do something when people don't know when you're doing it. >> reporter: kind of a nice surprise? >> yeah. >> reporter: the cards and postage are not cheap. but the family accepts no donations. mom says the feeling she gets watching her daughter show her gratitude to the real heroes among us is priceless. >> military, police officer firemen and emt either a person who is a hero to me. >> the whistler family will be vacationing in washington, d.c. for spring break with all those monuments around lexi will be on the look out for hero

that ralph nader discussing his new book. melodies one, the executive or of citizens for responsible ethics in washington. you can watch these any time or see our library at c-span.org. >> next, live at 7 a.m., your calls and comments on washington journal. it live it new, the house of representatives gavels in. >> tonight on the communicators, fcc communicator on the recent net neutrality ruling, broadband, and lifeline. >> what i am buzzing that we do is overhaul the lifeline program and make it concurrent ent in sync with the information age. challenge providers to give more to consumers. cases have been explosive for the rest of us, it should be for a lot of consumers. get those providers out of the certification business. that is the number one problem with not so positive headlines. it is a vulnerability that we need to plug. >> tonight on the communicators on c-span two. >> this morning, a discussion about involvement in the nuclear investigation. the gop presidential contest and other issues. and a health care reporte

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talking about the auto industry for 70 their older you might remember ralph nader in the 1950's, unsafe at any speed. cars were not particularly faith. but it was the most positive public health impact of the 21st century. therefore there is room to rent a big step for word. >> >> care years have. more will of the partnership with nasa in the relationship? >> but we have funding from nokia but it is a completely fake university but in the blessed is not accredited the you will learn so much more. it is about the artificial intelligence instead of biology to have one mission and but then their super crazy cool people but i do it and it kills you in your sleep. [laughter] so it seems based on what i have read a lot could have been invented by security measures in target as the company for their authentication in you dash it's his but it has to be prevented. some of it with a of them in the sony but the public his head and when it's taken this into is could of been avoided. do we really need to a huge investment in the manhattan free fundamentally i agree. like but all of those very obviou

ralph nader discussing his new book. dr. anthony faucchi talking about his work.ou can watch these interviews and her time -- interviews anytime or search our entire library at c-span.org. on the next "washington journal" , william kristol, weekly standard founder and editor will talk about the events surrounding this week's iranian nuclear negotiations and other issues. health care reporter kimberly leonard has the latest on health care law enrollments and cost projections. and the aggregator -- the agriculture undersecretary talks about changes to the national school lunch programs. washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. to time on c-span -- 7:00 eastern time on c-span. monday night on the communicators, the fcc commissioner on their recent net neutrality ruling and the program lifeline. >> what i am proposing that we do is to overhaul the lifeline program and make it concurrent and in sync with the information age. challenge those providers to give more to their consumers. get those providers out of the certification business. that has been the number one proble

for some of you who are a little bit older, you might remember ralph nader in the 1960s, right?at any speed i think is what it was called. so so cars used to be not particular safe. there were no seat belts, we lost thousands, tens of thousands of people in car crashes, and ralph nader, you know, a single man chasing against windmills, wrote this book and got the auto industry to make our cars safer. it was the most positive public health impact of the 20th century, that saved more lives than anything else. therefore, i think there is some room for some regulation, for making people responsible for the code that they're creating. and i think that would be a big step forward. >> great, thank you. just a quick follow up -- >> could i ask you to -- because we've got time for just one more question. yeah. >> um, hi. can you just talk a little bit more about your silicon valley singularity university and its partnership with nasa and google? >> cool can. yeah, i'd be happy to. so i teach at something called singularity university on the campus of the nasa ames research center. it's c

>> ralph nader. >> ralph nader. security, can you get this guy out of here? what's that?6. donald trump, any trump supporters? okay. all right. you know what, though? think of how these years have been. if every single thing -- we're in the seventh year of the obama presidency and he's blaming fox news, karl rove, rush limbaugh, glenn beck, sean hannity and when all else fails, who does he blame? right. you know, it's sort of like if the dog bites, if the bee stings, if you're feeling sad whose fault is it? nic knack patty whack, give the dog a bone. after you give the dog a bone, it bites you. whose fault is is it? right? some of you were drinking heavily last night. you woke up with a headache this morning. it's not your fault. it's not jack daniel's fault, it's not budweiser's fault. whose fault is it?xd if you're stupid enough, let's say i had a bee's nest at my house. if i was stupid like a liberal and i took a baseball bat and i knocked down the wasp nest and the bees sting me. it wouldn't have been my fault. wouldn't have been the wasp fault. all right. so, we have

i for myself agreeing a lot when i was running especially the last chapter with ralph nader who saw the problems of fannie and freddie very early on and recognize it was a problem and you can put it right next to peter wallison. i don't think it's deniable insist -- special interest money is a problem. because of the limitations inherent, i think it has to be the small end of the wedge is what it is and it's sort of maybe a better metaphor to say it would be the foundation of what has become pervasive transactional relationships whereby you have campaign contributions, you have statements of public support, lobbying and providing partial information to legislators who buys policy and political uncertainty indeed with the questions they have to deal with. at the top of that you have the revolving door which is basically a way to subsidize legislators who make relatively little money compared, and if you think, your average american would say they make $200,000 a year. but if you compare them in terms of their social status, they are grossly underpaid. in marketplace, there's only 435. th

>>mark: to call for one into a disaccord nader will manage the task force and government agencies toach hostage case. >>mark: the election victory was for him but not good for u.s. e release is ready relations president obama and net gavel already had a religious before they rode out the creation of a palestinian state. it cut the coalition and for the jeopardy >>darya: 10 to lead the surveillance pictures that we have been given to conceive a woman and she was holding a stun gun the park said when she held up the 7-eleven all my road. >>darya: she took off on foot in addition to taking a look at the fall of this letter as an african-american woman under 49 years old and medium light strip hair. >>darya: then recovered to guitars one worth $5,000 that was taken in a berkeley 70 road at the gene has a san francisco was booked into santa clara county main jail on sunday for the burglary that have been at the trinity lutheran church in palo alto as a service image that is from the church and here is the mug shot police said she had the keys to the church and other businesses in downtown

who is ralph nader? host: who is ralph nader? the former presidential candidate and political activist? caller: what does he do? host: that is what he is. he is an environmentalist and eight medical activist -- political activist. host: back to your issue on the fraternity at oklahoma, what has it been like in the state in terms of the reporting on that story? caller: i was in the tulsa courthouse today. they said some attorneys that went to tu -- host: that is told the university? caller: i would guess there are other houses that are under investigation. i really don't know. it was just a regular hate song that they sing at all the parties. they got caught. host: we appreciate your perspective. this is a front-page story from north dakota. the collapse of crude prices takes its toll on north dakota. the gas price has ticked up a bit lately. the epicenter of the oil boom, this was a magnet for lou koller jobseekers. -- blue-collar jobseekers. this is not the land of opportunity that it was. jerry is next in massachusetts. he is o

i find myself agreeing a lot especially the last chapter with ralph nader. i see the problems of fannie mae and freddie mac her leon and recognize the problem and put him next to peter wallace in. people probably disagree on more things done that when they do agree and i don't think it is deniable that special-interest money is a problem in politics. i think that because of the minute haitians inherent, it has to be the small end of wedge. it is a better metaphor to say it is the foundation of pervasive transactional relationships. you have campaign contributions, public support, lobbying and providing partial and fractious information, to face policy and political uncertainty in dealing with the questions they have to deal with and on top of that the revolving door which is a way to subsidize legislators who make relatively eat little money. your average american makes $200,000 a year. if you compare them in turns of social status they're grossly unfair paid. market based, 435 of them should be able to negotiate a better wage but what happened is they take

director of the audit the pentagon coalition, the group that has several advocates, including ralph nadernd grover norquist. and a story from "the washington times" yesterday, a piece and a warning to congress about the impact of sequestration. now congress is debating. should they lift the caps on sequestration and put more money in the pot for the pentagon? michael in tucson, arizona democrat. what do you think? caller: credit, good morning to you. i don't think they should -- greta, good morning to you. i don't think they should lift those caps at all. the reason is, for one, they are not auditing any. and number two where is this military spending going anyway? i think they should live look sequestration on everything else, -- lift the sechrist on everything else, but as far as the military goes, leave it there. and the caller about three dollars ago, he kept talking about how the jews got us into the war in iraq. he is correct. it was benjamin netanyahu who came to congress in 2003 and commence the congress to go along with the bush administration about weapons of mass destruction an

. >> they come from mali, nader. we need ammunition. the men are available. the army is growing every day and increasing in number. isil fighters concentrate on libya because it is a tate with a small population and a vast land. it's easy for them to spread. they thought it would be easy to control, and they can employ libya's resources from oil gas gold and uranium for their movement. >> since the toppling of the former president gadhafi different groups have battled to control the country. right now the u.n. is trying to bring the sides together. we go now to the capitol. have the attacks started now? >> yes indeed, the talks have just started and we do understand that the united nations special envoy is meeting with a delegation from the internationally recognized government of tobruk. earlier, better than mean dough held a presser and he said that both parties need to make concessions to come up with an agreement. he said that he wanted to -- he wants to go to europe on one day to meet the international community with some good news. he's hoping to see bo