>> ralph nader? in person? >> tell them -- [talking over each other] >> i would like to get a small number of accomplished americans in the civic world -- >> got a copy of your book. >> we would like to meet with them either one by one or at some of the dinner they have. >> need to set you up with -- >> i spoke to warren buffett. he invited me to come to omaha. he was quite taken with the book and invited me to the shareholders meeting. the leader in this book is the one who got 16 other very rich people together to plan this. it is a very detailed plan. 730 pages of detailed plans. i said this may be a movie some day. he said to is playing me? i would say warren beatty's. turns out war in haiti is in the book running against arnold schwarzenegger for governor of california. warren buffett will -- he has concrete ideas. it is not going to happen unless a few people in that circle try to make it happen. i haven't begun -- people in this audience haven't begun to convey the turnaround project and movements that a

>> of ralph nader? >> just tell them a break to get a small number of very accomplished americans in the pacific world. >> i'm sure they've all got a copy of your book gave >> gascon would like to meet with them. either one by one or at some of dimmers they have. >> i spoke to warren buffet and he invited me to come to omaha. we are pressed together and he was quite taken with the book. he invited me to the shareholders meeting to sell at the book since he's the leader leader in this boat. he's the one who got 16 other very rich people together to plan this very detailed plan, peter, very detailed plan. and i said, you know, this may be a movie sunday. he said really clicks with playmate? [laughter] i'd say warren beatty. and it turns out warren beatty is in the book running again schwarzenegger for governor of california, right? now, warren buffett will put in a good word for this kind of meeting because he thinks some concrete ideas are needed. but it's not going to happen unless a few people in that

socialist has made this point, that he should have a challenger, we haven't had yet and perennially had ralph nader still driving a corvette-- i mean, a corvair. and how are you going to raise money? >> the whole point of having a challenger is to make obama look more centrist. >> let's listen to what bernie sanders says. >> oh, all right. >> one of the reasons the president has been able to move so far to the right is that there is no primary opposition to him. and i think it would do this country a good deal of service if people started thinking about candidates out there to begin contrasting what is a progressive agenda as opposed to what obama is doing. >> all right. and he's aged. >> he's a bit of a loon for him to say the president has loved to the right. the president is to the left of harry reid. the president is right in the middle of the left wing of his party wanting to raise taxes on everybody that-- >>, but politically. >> a libbertainer. you're a libertarian and you used the word loon? >> yes. >> and to show that the left wing is not energized. we agree on that, nowhere to go. we have

we don't see a lot of talk out there because of the ralph nader experience. you have this grass roots movement, the tea party movement, that feels very strongly about its ideas and ideals and already h shown a propensity for challenging the republican party establishment. so i would look in that area. again, most of the players who are ve aware of the stakes here. the idea that a third-party candidate could be anything but a spoiler is outlandish. the question is do you want to be a spoiler? and do you feel that strongly about your program? i don't see that yet, but anything is possible this early. host: democratic caller in jacksonville, florida. caller: good morning. i would like task the young lady one question. do you believe in right and wrong? the tea party and the republicans represent a man who has cheated on his wife and now it's time to beat her getting mad by playing focus focus. everything the republicans said they were going to do, they have not done anything. everything the president was tryingo get done, they blocked. how can you say you are he

base will turn out and will be a much tougher election which is why all the more crazy people like ralph nader and alexander cockburn are advocating for somebody to challenge him as an independent or with the democratic party. that is how incumbents lose. they lose because they are challenged from within. that is how jimmy carter was challenged by ted kennedy and lyndon johnson was challenged and beaten. the easiest way to lose an incumbent president the is to fight 2001. even if i disagree with obama and thought he was terrible i would be against challenging him. building for 2016. >> we open it up for questions from the audience. you can ask about the presidency or eric's dietary restrictions. >> how do you assess -- [inaudible] [inaudible] >> i can do that. i could do part of it. israel and american jews are one of 5 big issues of what they'll lot of attention to it. obama blew it in the middle east. a very long question. how would one ss obama's feelings with benjamin netanyahu and what can we expect from the hamas agreement? i don't know about egypt. he blew it with regard to the middle e

ralph nader's reportedly look for abcandidate.bernie sanders of vermont. >> the president has been to my mind much too aggressive in talking about cuts. >> yesterday's "the washington post" abc news poll had worse news, 82% of americans say the job market the still struggling where they are. 90% gave the economy a negative rating. karen finny is a former national democratic committee spokesperson. forest ebb stein was a communications aide with a mccain-palin campaign in 2008. how much danger is the president in politically because of willingness to compromise with what republicans are demanding? >> well, it's interesting on the one hand he's getting criticized from the right that he's not doing enough. then obviously from the left that he's willing to give up too much. so -- probably working. but i think it's no secret that this white house has had some challenges with the left. and i think that's going to continue. i don't see that -- i think that's going to continue to be a rocky relationship going into the election. the questi

the ralph nader-led group public citizen was right in the battle. >> this must be stopped.he loss of control, the loss of sovereignty, the loss of democracy, if this nafta were approved cannot be underestimated, which is why public citizen has fought for a long time for these kinds of laws is standing up with all our partners to say, this nafta must be stopped. >> reporter: by 2008, no presidential candidate would admit to supporting nafta. >> was nafta a mistake? >> nafta was a mistake to the ex-thaend it did not deliver on what we had hoped it works and that's why i call for a trade time-out. >> reporter: and then candidate obama promised to amend the agreement with stronger protections for the usa. >> there's no doubt that nafta needs to be amended. >> reporter: but nafta still remains in effect. jobs continue to flow abroad and now three similar deals are on the table. these are with south korea, a major auto and electronics producer, colombia, a leader in anti-union violence, and panama, now a global tax haven and money laundering center. and joining us now, lori wall,

it's going to be a much, much tougher election which is why all the more crazy that people like ralph nadernd alexander cockburn are so agitating, for somebody to challenge him, either as an independent or within the democratic party. that's how incumbents lose big it is because they are challenged from within. that's the jimmy carter was challenged by ted kennedy. lyndon johnson was challenged in be. the easiest way to lose an incumbent president is to have to fight to battles at once. as much as i come even if i find america's ago with obama, if i thought he was terrible i still wouldn't be against challenging him. i would be building for 2016. >> with that one why don't we opened up to questions from the audience. you can ask about the presidency. you can ask about eric's dietary restrictions. [laughter] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> i can do that. i can be part of it. israel and american jews i want my big issues like pay a lot of attention to it. obama blue in the middle east. there's a very long question. how would one possess obama's dealings with netanyahu and what can we e

we don't see a lot of talk out there because of the ralph nader experience.ou have this grass roots movement, the tea party movement, that feels very strongly about its ideas and ideals and already has shown a propensity for challenging the republican party establishment. so i would look in that area. again, most of the players who are very aware of the stakes here. the idea that a third-party candidate could be anything but a spoiler is outlandish. the question is do you want to be a spoiler? and do you feel that strongly about your program? i don't see that yet, but anything is possible this early. host: democratic caller in jacksonville, florida. caller: good morning. i would like task the young lady one question. do you believe in right and wrong? the tea party and the republicans represent a man who has cheated on his wife and now it's time to beat her getting mad by playing focus focus. everything the republicans said they were going to do, they have not done anything. everything the president was trying to get done, they blocked. how can you say you ar

unlike pie targets ann coulter and ralph nader who managed to throw his pie back at his attacker.l gates got splattered and then his image got splattered for eternity all over the internet. anita bryant got pied by a gay demonstrator. >> every -- >> oh! >> well, at least it's a fruit pie. >> let's break for him right now. >> reporter: first her husband prayed for the attacker. then he went outside and splattered him back. wendy murdoch was praised by a member of parliament. >> your wife has a very good left hook. >> reporter: or was his her right? regardless, the prankster temporarilily changed her wikipedia entry to say wendy used her ninja background to ward off an attacker. the move is now being referred to as the crouching wendy hidden dragon. after the attack, wendy tenderly cleaned off her husband. >> carefully wiping the foam off his jacket and his face. she was smiling and seemed quite happy that she had managed to score a blow. >> reporter: we watched her crossing her arms and crossing her legs, but it was the right cross we won't forget. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> sh

murdoch but he avoided major embarrassment by getting his fillful off camera unlike ann coulter and ralph naderthrow his pie back at his attacker. bill gates got splattered and then his image got splattered for efernt all over the internet. an nit at that time bryant got pied by a gay demonstrator. >> well, at least it's a fruit pie. >> let's bray for him right now. >> first her husband prayed for the attacker, then he went outside and splattered him back. we wendi murdoch was praised by a member of parliament. >> your wife has a very good left hook. >> her wikipedia entry says she used her ninja background to ward off an attacker. the move is now being referred to as the crouching wendi hidden dragon. after the attack, she tenderly cleaned off her husband. >> she was smiling and seemed quite happy that she had managed to score a blow. >> we watched her crossing her arms and crossing her legs but it was the right cross we won't forget. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> and she should be celebrating her skyrocketing popularity, but right now michele bachmann is busy fighting off rumors about her he

. >> and ralph nader who managed to throw his pie back at his attacker. got splattered and then his image got slat splattered for eternity all over the internet. an nit at that time bryant got pied by a gay demonstrator. well, at least it's a fruit pie. >> let's pray for him right now. >> first her husband prayed for the attacker, and then went outside and splattered him back. wendi murdoch was praised by a member of parliament. >> your wife has a very good left hook. >> or was it her right? regardless, a prankster temporarily changed her wikipedia entry to say wendi used her ninja backgroundton ward off her attacker. after the attack, wendi tenderly cleaned off her husband. >> carefully wiping the foam off his jacket and his face. she was smiling and seemed quite happy that she had managed to score a blow. >> reporter: we watched her crossing her arms and crossing her legs, but it was the right cross we won't forget. cross we won't forget. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> it's 10:00 a.m. on the east coast. hello, than

you had ralph nader running roughshod in the 1970's. seat belts, osha, the list goes on and on. of all the regulations we did to help real america, why did it change? people say ronald reagan. it was before reagan. supreme court -- two supreme court decisions made all the difference. political speech was a first amendment right. the disaster began there. in 1978, first national bank of boston said that corporations could spend money on politics, and it was their first amendment right. which is nonsense. corporations are not human beings. they are so less two jsoulless machines, and they are destroying our country. it is time to fight back. since that decision, corporations have been taking over slowly. the way they took over is they bought almost all of our politicians. washington at this point is nearly hopeless. you look at the republicans, a wholly-owned subsidiary of america. they do not have a single principle. it is not about that. i can show you case by case, issue by issue, when you go down the list, it is based on corporate principles. what does the guy who signs my pay

unlike pie targets like anne coulter and ralph nader who managed to throw his pie back at his attacker image got splattered for eternity all over the internet. anita bryant got pied by a gay demonstrator. >> at least it's a fruit pie! >> let's pray for him right now. >> reporter: first her husband prayed for the attacker and went outside and splattered him back. wendi murdoch was praised by a member of parliament. >> very good. or was it her right regardless? a prankster temporarily changed her wikepedia entry to say. this move is referred to as the crouching wendi, hidden dragon. after the attack, wendi carefully cleaned off her husband. >> carefully wiping the foam off his jacket and his face. she was smiling and seemed quite happy she had managed to score a blow. >> reporter: we watched her

just to pull a few articles that relate to what he said -- "ralph nader said tuesday that he will launchinitiative soon to fill primary challenges to president obama in key states." "democrats feel pressure from the left in debt talks." this is from fox news. cnn poll. "drop in liberal support pushes obama approval ratings down." those are just some articles about president obama and the liberal side of the democratic party. cayuga, indiana. bill, you are on the line. what do you think about president obama's handling of the debt talks so far? caller: i am surprised he even put anything about social security and medicare in the plan. what it is -- it is just like terminating all the older people. they do not care. the republicans do not care. all the laws they have passed the last 20 years or 25 years is all for the rich, all for big businesses. big businesses moved out and the government pays them to move out. this is treason. i cannot understand this. yes, i was listening. and republican on there said it is all the older people's fault. it is not the retired people's fault. we do not h

in the organizations, at its professors, and public interest groups such as ralph nader's citizen works supported it. interestingly, the organized plaintiff bar supported the rule change on paper here. many plaintiffs' lawyers told me privately and off of the record that the new rule with the good one. why? because, i was told, a court order secrecy was a bargaining chip that could be used to leverage more money from the defendant in a settlement. in other words, many defendants are not satisfied with a bilateral agreement between the parties to maintain confidentiality. instead, they want a judge's signature. in cases oftentimes workable of the settlement does not require by law, many plants lawyers were all too happy to go along because court order secrecy to provide a pecuniary sweetness, so to speak, in subtle and time. this means that secrecy, court ordered secrecy, government and forced secrecy, is a commodity that has a market value but is being bought and paid for, not just ride beneath the judge's nose, but with the judge's complicity in my view, civil cases do not operate in a

>> from ralph nader? in person? >> i would like to get a small number of very accomplished americans in the civic world -- >> i'm sure they've all got a copy of your book. >> yes. and we'd like to meet with them, one by one or some of the dinners with that. >> you don't need me to set them up. >> well, i spoke with warren buffett and he invited me to come to omaha and he invited me to the shareholders meeting to sell the book. he's the leader in the book. he's the one who got the 16 other very rich people to plan this. it's a very detailed plan, peter. very detailed plan. 730 pages of detail plan. i said, you know, this may be a movie some day, and he said, really? who'd play me? i'd say warren beatty. [laughter] >> and it turns out warren beatty is in the book running against schwarzenegger against california. now, warren buffett will put in a good word for this kind of meeting because he thinks some ideas are needed but it's not going to happen unless a few people in that circle try to make it happen. and i'm seri