the first time at ralph lauren, as ralph reminded me recently, was 2.5 the times of a christian dior type. the rent had been overextended, so we had to pull back our presence in the u.s. -- the brand had been overextended. 2, 3 years into the exercise, we are in a much stronger place. brand perception is much stronger. value perception is much stronger. francine: right now, when you look at a luxury company, it is very clear that if you are in the ultraluxury space, you can increase prices, you have a lot more of market around the world instead of this moderate luxury. what made you see that back then? >> i think it is back to what this company stood for historically. this phenomenon has gone on for quite a while where you see this bifurcation of luxury brands that have pricing power that consumers see the value and therefore you have the ability to increase your average, and others were focused on selling product, not engaging the consumer in the same way. much more promotional. we felt like we go back to our roots, that is where we wanted to take the company. francine: how do you c

at ralph lauren, i have not seen many people in hoodies, but ralph does come in once in a while in a polo hoodie but he makes it look beautiful as you can imagine. francine: up next, patrice louvet on raising prices, ambitions and asia, and why sustainability is key. patrice: you can't expect to be timeless if we run out of resources. for me, sustainability is not a side activity. it is not a reaction to external pressure. it is core to who we are, what we stand for, and to a strong extent it is about future-proofing our business. ♪ make a splash with the ultimate pool party essential. blendjet gives you ice-crushing, big blender power on-the-go, so you can soak up the sun with a frosty beverage. enjoy 15+ blends before rapidly recharging via usb-c. and it even cleans itself with a drop of soap and water. stand out even when you're accidentally twinning with our kaleidoscope of colors. make this summer the coolest ever. order yours now from blendjet.com. francine: ralph lauren has raised the average price of its products by around 80% since 2018, as it aims to elevate its brand and b

at ralph lauren, i have not seen many people in hoodies, but ralph does come in once in a while in a polo hoodie but he makes it look beautiful as you can imagine. francine: up next, patrice louvet on raising prices, ambitions in asia, and why sustainability is key. patrice: you can't expect to be timeless if we run out of resources. for me, sustainability is not a side activity. it is not a reaction to external pressure. it is core to who we are, what we stand for, and to a strong extent it is about future-proofing our business. ♪ francine: ralph lauren has raised the average price of its products by around 80% since 2018, as it aims to elevate its brand and become a lifestyle luxury company, something the chief executive is passionate about. i continue the conversation with patrice louvet. when you look at pricing, you have also been able to really elevate the brand by increasing prices. is there a limit to how much you can increase prices by before it hurts demand? patrice: our average unit retail indeed is up close to 80% since we started on this journey. the short answer is i do

at ralph lauren, i have not seen many people in hoodies. ralph does come in every so often in a double rl hoodie, but he does make it look elegant. francine: ralph lauren has raised the average price of his product by around 18% since 2018 as it aims to elevate its brand and become a lifestyle company, something the chief executive is passionate about. i continue the conversation with patrice louvet. when you look at pricing, you have also been able to really elevate the brand by increasing prices. is there a limit to how much you can increase prices before it hurts demand? patrice: it is up close to 80% since we started on this journey. short answer is i don't think there is a limit as long as we do a good job of elevating the product, the storytelling, the environment, making sure the customer sees the value, and they have so far. our value perceptions are at the highest since we have been tracking, but the onus is on us to provide this consistent elevation, that the consumer sees it, and it supports this continued growth in retail. franc

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ralph started with a tie.could be here 56 years later being the market leader in ties. -- market leader globally of ties. part of the dna of this company is trying things, innovating, expanding, experimenting. we are just staying true to that. i always talk about the fact that the only failure is a failure of learning. even if we have tried that and it bombed, as long as we capture the learnings and reapply them elsewhere, it was a success. francine: what are you like as a leader? a risk taker? patrice: people, if you ask them throughout my career how they would describe me, they would say servant leader. i really believe in the fact that my job is to set the team up for success and create the conditions for people to leverage their full potential. if i do that well, i will be fine. i think people would say "listener." there is a great quote from a greek philosopher. "we have two ears and one mouth," and there is a reason for that. people have said i am "a learner," and constantly learning, and ralph is an inc

at ralph lauren, i have not seen many people in hoodies, but ralph does come in once in a while in a polo hoodie but he makes it look beautiful as you can imagine. francine: raising prices, ambitions and asia, and why sustainability is key. patrice: you can't expect to be timeless if we run out of resources. for me, sustainability is not a side activity. it is not a reaction to external pressure. it is core to who we are, what we stand for, and to a strong extent it is about the future proofing our business. fabulous surroundings... but everyone's looking at their phones for financial insights from merrill. is he hailing a ride to the concert hall? no. he's making sure his portfolio and retirement plans work in harmony. they want to adopt a child and build a new home. so they're talking numbers with their merrill adviser. she's not researching her next role. she's learning how to handle market ups and downs without the drama. personalized advice so impressive your money never stops working for you with merrill. a bank of america company. francine: ralph lauren has raised the average

>> well, true confessions, ralph. people should know when i started in politics as a teenager i was a democrat. i was a youth democrat party coordinator in indiana, a little small town from small town i grew up in. i was kind of a community organizer, if the truth be told. >> but you evolve, you matured. >> people will get that later. no, i must tell you when i started to get the voice and the values at the ideals of the 40th president of the united states, joined the reagan revolution and i never looked back. [applause] and what defined that was not invented by ronald reagan. ronald reagan is one of the first to say that, he said people say i'm a great communicator. he said, but the truth is i communicated great things. and they didn't come for me. he said they came from the heart of a great nation. i mean, a belief in a strong national defense and american leadership in the world for freedom, a belief in limited government under the constitution of the united states and fiscal responsibility, a commitment to the san

ralph nader, your response?criticism of social media and what it does to kids is correct. she is picking out tiktok because it is chinese-owned. it could be facebook, instagram, anyone of these wardens of the internet that has our kids hooked to the iphone five hours a day, separating them from their parents, community, nature. they are trying to break out to see who is going to be number two or number three in the polls, against trump. that is what is causing that back-and-forth. it is really interesting. you have millions and millions of people who are not making a living wage. they don't even mention that the federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour, frozen since 2009 or even earlier. they don't even mention it. they don't mention occupational health and safety. they don't mention that tens of millions of people are without health insurance or underinsured. at least 100,000 people, 2000 a week die because they cannot afford to get diagnosed and treated in time. it is a lot of wrangling back-and-forth. a lot of i

thank you, ralph. ralph reed: thank you, governor. thanks for coming. [applause] now, we are dividing up these interviews because you have got a tremendous public servant here in iowa that we wanted to conduct some of these interviews. i know that you are as excited if not more excited than i am that brenda byrd defeated liberal tom miller after 40 years. [applause] 40 years! the longest-serving attorney general in the united states, and it was long past time for him to go. aren't you glad that you now have a pro-life, profamily conservative attorney general in the state of iowa? let's please welcome attorney general brenda byrd. [applause] >> and ladies and gentlemen, attorney general brenda byrd will introduce south carolina senator tim scott. [applause] sen scott: howdy. [laughter] brenda byrd: welcome, senator, we are glad you are here in iowa with this. thank you for joining us. sen scott: absolutely. brenda byrd: i will start this off before i get the policy with a personal question. sen scott: yes, ma'am. brenda byrd: other than your mama, is the

. >> thank you, ralph. >> you are no stranger to this stage. you have been coming to since 2010. >> i come from a state that starts with i and ends place where faith and freedom define -- people of this great state. >> thank you, we're honored. >> you were most pro life vice president in american history serving as significant player in most pro life administration. and roe v. wade has been overturned. you can applaud that. [applause] alleluia. and z don't need to tell you, i debated it on debate stage there is a pretty spirited debate in party right now. >> mm-hmm. >> about what we do post dobbs, you are in favor at federal level. one of your opponents, i don't want to men cher to -- nikki haley pointed out passing it in senate will be difficult. how do you respond to that point? and how would you first, join mn thanking ralph and steve and great leadership of if organization. >> thank you. >> are i'm not new to cause of life. like most people in this room, it was a calling of our life. whether we first which karen and i were deciding whether

[applause] >> and now, friends, ambassador nikki haley will be interviewed by ralph reed. [applause] >> nikki haley, ladies and gentlemen. let's welcome her to des moines. >> hello. [applause] >> were so glad to have you back at faith and freedom picky been a great friend of his organization and want to start with a personal question because i read your book, and i was deeply touched by it. and in june of 2015 2015 a, murderous white supremacist walked into an african-american church in charleston, south carolina, sat down at a bible study, and think after about 20 minutes open fire and killed nine people in cold blood, including i believe a state senator who was a friend of yours. though i think you had served with. and after that you made a very courageous decision to move the confederate flag that had flown over the state capital for over a century, 150 years, whatever it was, and move it to elsewhere on the capitol. you talk about the trauma you express, the state experienced. i would like for you to talk about how your christian faith sustained you drink that period,

michael, let me go to, i mean, a ralph kind of touched upon it here. i mean, can you describe for my viewers? are viewers who votes for this party? why is it attractive? it's doubled its popularity since the last election cycle. that's an earthquake for, for established democracies like germany who votes for them who supports them of the for the be and most of the, the submitted the, the, the i submitted that is a see the is on the table, the door plus the size of the plus the party property and so they have no uh, d, as to will close the d. and that may make a t c in the homes, nearly 70 percent of the property. and uh, germany is the boss and the best uh and the site is useful. and in the, in the eastern bar, the f b gets nearly $70.00 and the biggest, uh, yeah, the biggest problem is uh much mobiles. and uh, and so the use the company uh the, the, the, the, the, the, uh, the, the, uh, cost is the man. and yes. oh, this is the government uh the same and also this is uh, it's, uh oh, i mean it's, uh, let me tell you to the quality supply pointing to t

i mean, a ralph kind of touched upon it here. i mean, can you describe for my viewers? are viewers who votes for this part already? why is it attractive? it's doubled its popularity since the last election cycle. that's an earthquake for, for established democracies like germany who votes for them who supports them in the for the n b and most the, the home submitted the notes i submitted. that is a see the event on to talk to the. busy the size of the party property, and so they have no uh, d. and so we'll close the d. and that may make a, the cost in the homes, nearly 20 percent of the property, and germany is the boss and the best and the east on the side. and in the, in the east some of the b gets nearly $70.00. and the biggest, uh yeah, the biggest value is much more than uh and so the used to come in uh the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, and yes, a new all the listed phone like a home and uh, the thompson office. is there any way to it's uh, all right, let me see, let me put you to the party to supply pointing to the uh, the, the government. and so the pe

remember that someone like ralph shami usually comes in to do the evaluation. this can be a problem. flat owners are incentivized to plan to not need a 5 species instead of indigenous species because it creates a new type of landscape that could back carbon faster june robust research has major conservation from an indigenous perspective. critics have used terms like carbon colonialism to describe this new wave of capture, enclosure from each it by capital indigenous in local communities can end up being told how to manage their own land. and often benefits go to governments where the companies with just a small percentage reaching the actual communities themselves. one thing that's never going to go away is the discomfort and wrongness of putting a monetary value on. something is majestic, is this tree, or a blue whale? for now, many decision makers only speaking the language of money, not majestic nests, until that changes valuing nature could make it more visible to them. so should you put a price on nature in many places we already have, but just how it dep

remember that someone like ralph shami usually comes in to do the evaluation. this can be a problem that owners are incentivized to plan to not need a 5 species instead of indigenous species because it creates a new type of landscape that could back carbon faster. june robust research has major conservation from an indigenous perspective. critics that use terms like carbon colonialism to describe this new wave of capture enclosure, meet you at a bi capital indigenous in local communities can end up being told how to manage their own land. and often benefits go to governments where the companies with just a small percentage reaching the actual communities themselves. one thing that's never going to go away is the discomfort and wrongness of putting a monetary value on. something is majestic, is this tree, or a blue whale? for now, many decision makers only speaking the language of money, not majestic nests, until that changes valuing nature could make it more visible to them. so should you put a price on nature in many places we already have, but just how it dep

we have ralph niemeyer, he is chairman of the council for a constitution in sovereignty, and in cabinets we crossed to michael brook. he is a political analyst. all right, gentlemen, comstock rose in effect, that means you can jump any time you want, and i always appreciate it. john, let me go to you 1st. see you in in paris. what, what, how do you explain the rise of the alternative for germany? because anywhere in main stream media, legacy media, it is, it is uh, we should all be running for the hills. we should be terrified of these people, the most derogatory things that you can say about politicians and a political party. and that's saying something these days is applied to the alternative for germany explained to us a while. it so ridiculous kind of picture. i mean, the policy was found it, i believe about to 15 years ago, essentially by economics professor as it has a rather a lead to storage. and it cannot mix professors who were worried about the euro. and they didn't want german sovereignty. german military sovereignty to be dissolved in new york and minus a union. and for many

that want to keep hotels open. 360,000 $306,000 did not go to ralph norman. on the payments for congress, i understood that we did not get paid. if i'm wrong, i will admit it. but we've got a serious spending problem in this country and to deny and -- i think you live on another planet if you can't admit that. it is a growing number of us that are just not going to let that happen on our watch. we will see how it works. hopefully it will be shut down long. >> c-span's "washington journal" a live forum to discuss the latest issue in government and public policy, from washington and across the country. coming up friday morning, we'll get your reaction to hunter biden's indictment on three federal charges including phony gun possession. then the messenger steven nukum discusses funding bills before the september 30 deadline. and professor law professor roosevelt talk about lawsuits seeking to disqualify former president donald trump using the 14th amendment from running for president. and the congressional budget office looks at the latest census report showing

ralph thank you for joining me. >> great to be back. >> great to be back. >> great to see you there .ee you there. you know, we're talking about the moves that people are making the farmers party in the netherlands to push back against authoritarianism and the land grab. i'm particularly interested, though, what i consider an abomination by british mps this week. i understand something similar has been unfolding for example, in germany when it comes to this application of control over people's lives . people's lives. >> would you allow me to connect our conversation a little bit to the conversation that you had with john before? because i think this is such an important point. everything he was saying and should look at this more and we should look at this more happens poor happens mostly in energy poor societies . we tend to forget societies. we tend to forget this. energy is the great liberator. it's often forgotten, but the steam engine was the thing that drove the final nail through slavery. and if we pursue a path, as we do in europe , from great britain to europe, from great bri

ralph thank you for joining me. >> great to be back. >> great to be back. >> great to see you there .ee you there. you know, we're talking about the moves that people are making the farmers party in the netherlands to push back against authoritarianism and the land grab. i'm particularly interested, though, what i consider an abomination by british mps this week. i understand something similar has been unfolding for example, in germany when it comes to this application of control over people's lives . people's lives. >> would you allow me to connect our conversation a little bit to the conversation that you had with john before? because i think this is such an important point. everything he was saying and should look at this more and we should look at this more happens poor happens mostly in energy poor societies . we tend to forget societies. we tend to forget this. energy is the great liberator. it's often forgotten, but the steam engine was the thing that drove the final nail through slavery. and if we pursue a path, as we do in europe , from great britain to europe, from great bri

thank you, ralph. thanks for coming. [applause] >> and ladies and gentlemen, attorney general barr will interview south carolina senator tim scott. [applause]

let's go back 50 years, then i am watching what is going on with ralph nader and jeb bush and catherine's parents and all of them. i did vote democrat back then. host: bring me to the question. caller: the question is, my point is that in 2000, because we had a third party candidate, i year over meter -- ralph nader , we are on the trajectory that we are on today that actually culminated in the january 6 debacle. host: let me take that up. guest: 2000 forward, what -- from 2000 forward, what should be see today? guest: the polarization we are expressing in this moment is a culmination of many trends that have been playing out really for 60 years and particularly accelerated over the last three decades. that is the sorting of our political parties. timothy is from vermont and this is a trivia question, but the state of vermont was the state in which there was eight senate seat held by republicans for the longest continuous period of any party in the u.s., from 1856 through the time when jim jeffords switch from republican to independent i think was in 2001. cap as the seat longest held by

green economist like ralph shami, think pricing natures absolutely necessary in the fight against the climate change . it's not enough to sing songs about the way it's in the bolt has a st. come by. uh and right. one more pull him about the way you let a team at the international monetary fund to the 1st to put a price tag on a blue. well, with a guy, and if you spoke to a way to say, hey ralph, to stop crying about me, leave me alone. go in peace ma'am. and by the way, you owe me money because i'm saving you, but i am f team valued, a blue. well, a $2000000.00 visa and its activities and the ocean that capture carbon well swoop at the surface. and well, who contains exactly what fido clinton need to grow? fido clinton in turn produce at least half the world's oxygen. noel's no fido plankton, no oxygen waterway to repay the wells, and the other nature is using that price tied to know the benefit of conserving them. this is already happening in the form of carbon credits that individual their companies can buy to protect an area. here's how it awesome goes. let's say an island wants to

and if you spoke to a way to say, hey ralph, to stop crying about me, leave me alone. go in peace ma'am. and by the way, you owe me money because i'm saving you, but i am a team valued a blue. well, a $2000000.00 visa and its activities and the ocean that capture carbon well scoop at the surface. and well, who contains exactly what fido clinton need to grow? fido clinton and turn produce at least half the world's oxygen. noel's no fido plankton, no oxygen waterway to repay the wells, and the other nature is using that price tied to know the benefit of conserving them. this is already happening in the form of carbon credits that individual their companies can buy to protect an area. here's how it often goes. let's say an island wants to profit from protecting it, see grass so month like ralph shami goes there and calculates a value from c grass. similarly to how i calculated a value for that tree based on that value, a government or company sets up a carbon scheme through which those looking to offset their admissions can pay to conserve the sea. grass and valuations ar

and so is ralph nader and there's no reason to, to, to harbor these mess. we have to move on because the last, the life of the plan is at stake. so this is far more important than the protests against it. and that goes back to the 19 seventy's and eighty's. of course, things have changed so much and so we didn't even know about climate change when people were easily protesting nuclear power among them. i didn't protest, but i was, i went along with and i said, okay, they may have appointments. we don't need nuclear power, but that was back in 8070. we now know that we need clean energy because the atmosphere is poisoning itself. and we don't know how badly this is going to happen . but the i p. c. c, the international government, intergovernmental panel on climate control, new in as large body of scientists in large body. it has warned us repeatedly since 1980 that we're reaching a point of 0 tolerance, really where the part of the plan is going to be poisoned really forever. and it's not going to stop the warming is going to keep going. and it seems to be

i mean, you're going up against with jane fonda and ralph nader say a lot. absolutely. uh, but you know, i admire the both of them. no, i much for what they did to mr. nate or brought the our attention to automobile safety and seat belts. and so forth. and uh, jane is an advocate, passion and advocate against vietnam. and i am myra courage and i supported her all the way through. but she's dead wrong on nuclear energy. and so is ralph nader, and there's no reason to, to, to harbor these mess we have to move on. because the last, the life of the plan is i'd say, so this is far more important than the protests against it. and that goes back to the 19 seventy's and eighty's. of course, things have changed so much that we didn't even know about climate change when people were easily protesting nuclear power among them. i didn't protest, but i was, i went along with the i said ok. they may have appointments, we don't need nuclear power, but that was back in 8070. we now know that we need clean energy because the atmosphere is poisoning itself. and we don't know how badly thi