a guest of ralph nader. and a veteran political reporter and former president of the national press club. [applause] ralph nader and grover norquist might not seem like natural allies, but throughout their careers they have fought for a singular goal -- good, responsive government. how they defined a good response of government and how they get there is what the consumer champion part ways. today they say there can be a common cause. nader, who founded public citizen in 1971, fight to protect consumers from a collusion of corporate and government interests. norquist wants to protect americanom

a guest of ralph nader. and a veteran political reporter and former president of the national press club. [applause] ralph nader and grover norquist might not seem like natural allies, but throughout their careers they have fought for a singular goal -- good, responsive government. how they defined a good response of government and how they get there is what the consumer champion part ways. today they say there can be a common cause. nader, who founded public citizen in 1971, fight to protect consumers from a collusion of corporate and government interests. norquist wants to protect americans from overbearing government interests too quick to tax. long ago nader passed beyond single concerns with seatbelts. he is built a national network of citizen groups that have had a major impact in tax reform, nuclear energy, and health and safety programs. in his latest book, he warns the united states is at a pivotal moment. americans are more disillusioned with their political leaders than never, and large majorities

and from your right, skip cottonhauser, an independent journalist who coincidentally organized ralph nader's luncheon at the press club in 2004. rehema -- ray mahmoud, a guest of mr. norquist. dr. claire nader, ralph nader's sister and aivic activist. -- a civic activist. pat host, air force reporter at defense daily and helper to organize today's event. grover -- excuse me, grover, i'm sorry. we changed the routine because of two speakers. i will come back and introduce you and mr. maider in a moment. donna, a reporter for "usa today," vice chair of the speakers' committee and a past national press club president. skipping over mr. nader for a moment, john welsh, account supervisor at edelman and a speakers' committee member who helped organize today's luncheon. suma norquist, wife of tbroafer nor wis -- grover norquist. andrea -- [inaudible] economics reporter as investors business daily. edward mooney, a guest of ralph nader and a veteran political reporter and a former president of the national press club. [applause] >> to longtime washington observers, ralph nader and grover norquist mi

please welcome, ralph nader and grover norquist. by mutual agreement, and by mutual agreement, it was agreed mr. nader would go first, speak for 12 minutes, then followed by mr. norquist, who will speak for 12 minutes. then we will have question and answer segments. mr. nader, the floor is yours. [ applause ] >> thank you very much, myro fl, distinguished guest. and audience. representing various views, i think the eq here that comes down to an immobilized society, people want to get things done in this country. but the powers that be, as they have for thousands of years, have learned that the best strategy to block the will of the people is to divide and rule. as a result, we hear article after article about how polarized our society is, red state, blue state, republican, democrat, left, right, and there are many divisions and disagreements to be sure. there are disagreements on reproductive rights, on gun control, on school prayer, on constitutionally required balance budget. on taxes. on kinds of regulation. and those will probab

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neil: ralph nader, he does speak his mind. he is consistent.ne thing toe know about it, quite another to see it. next, the power of video and how this video changed everything.. >> something we saw for the first time today. all of us. and it changed things, of course. you know, it made things a little bit different. . neil: you know, if there was only video of michael vick, the power of video changes the entire thing, the nfl aware of this tape, now that the public has seen the tape, ray rice is out of a job. back with fox biz all-stars, scott and jonas, and adrana, this videotape, seconds after rice is dragging his then-fiancee into the elevator and now we discover, it it's changed the whole debate. as if dragging her by the hair isn't less offensive. this is powerful. >> my heart breaks for this woman, it is totally unacceptable. the nfl needs to get serious on cracking down on wife beaters and domestic violence. neil: i don't mean to be sexist, the wife responding to this, janay breaking silence in instagram post and i quote here, this is ou

joining me now is one of the critics ralph nader who is out with a new report today.e'll get to the report shortly. you're saying his own party is at fault. why? >> they're not making it a big enough issue, richard. they know how to make it an issue. we have 30 million workers in america making less today than workers made in 19 68, 46 years ago adjusted for inflation. that's a lot of votes. they're not making it a by issue. if they did, they would do the following. president obama would do a barn storming tour around the country. the danger petition, which has 195 votes in the house of representatives all they need is 23 more and break speaker boehner's obstruction keeping the minimum wage hr 1010 from getting a vote. our witness gives more details on this. give 1010avote.org. we know when democrats are on the record but we also know when they can make it a real front burner issue. that's the winning issue. they are doom ed in november unless they make the minimum wage. it's the moral thing to do. even romney and storm have come out for them. a lot of conservative wa

please welcome ralph nader and grover norquist, and by mutual agreement, and i stress by mutual agreement, it was agreed that mr. nader will go first and will speak for 12 minutes, and will be followed by mr. norquist for 12 minutes, and then we will have the traditional question and answer session. mr. nader? [applause] thank you very much, myron, distinguished guests, and audience. representing various views. i think the issue here comes immobilized society. people want to get things done in this country. but the powers that become as they have for thousands of years, have learned that the best strategy to block the will of the people is to divide and rule. as a result, we hear article after article about how polarized our society is, red state, blue state, republican, democrat, left, right, and there are many divisions and disagreements, to be sure. there are disagreements on reproductive rights, then control, school prayer, on constitutionally required talents budgets, taxes, on kinds of regulations, and those will probably remain. however, there are huge areas and very fundamental on

ralph and i were work on the other issues. [laughter] >> you set a precedent, which i know mr. nader will follow please be the point. >> the partisan divide is in the congress. back at home, 90% of people want to prosecute wall street crooks. there is a real wall street antipathy here. it has not hit congress yet in terms of any operational momentum. that is what we have to talk about, feeling that cap, pushing this public sentiment of convergence into operational mode. >> is the supreme court's decision -- citizens united decision a good thing or a bad thing for the country? do both of you regard money as free, just like the supreme court did? >> i think everybody should be free to do anything they want, and that includes spending money as they wanted buying ice cream cones or engaging in politics or making movies or films. yeah, i think the supreme court decision went in the right direction,. just noticed own money in politics, no forced union dues no taxpayer money. voluntary, fine. >> disagree. i think public elections should be publicly funded patent can be done on a voluntary m

. >> coming up, former presidential candidate ralph nader and americans for tax reform president grover norquist talk about how the two parties can cooperate. then live coverage of former presidents bill clinton and george w. bush as they launch a presidential leadership scholars program. more live coverage after that. a speech from health and human services secretary sylvia burwell. >>> congress is back today from summer recess. later, the senate vote on a series of confirmation votes and a procedural vote on a constitutional amendment that would give congress the authority to limit campaign spending. they're in at 2 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. the house also returns at two eastern, they'll consider suspension bills on improving tsunami detection warning systems, increased penalties for identity theft and approving a memorial on the national mall to honor slaves and free blacks who fought in the revolutionary war. they'll take votes starting at 6:30 p.m. eastern. you can watch live house coverage on c-span. >> now, consumer advocate and former presidential candidate ralph nader and a

[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] [applause]7 @%@%@%@  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 offens

[applause] >> consumer advocate and former presidential candidate ralph nader and grover norquist will discuss bipartisanship. live coverage today from the national press club at 1:00 p.m. eastern. later in the day, former officials from the bush and obama administration will talk about terrorist threats to the u.s. live coverage from the mccain institute starts at 5:45 eastern. now, north carolina senator kay hagan faces challenger thom tillis. senator hagan defeated elizabeth dole in 2008. mr. tillis is the speaker of the north carolina house of representatives. this debate is courtesy of the north carolina association of broadcasters, moderated by morrow donnell of cbs news. >> good evening and thank you for joining us for the first of two north carolina association of broadcasters educational foundation senate debates. i am norah o'donnell and i am delighted to be here as your moderator. first, let's introduce the candidates. to your right is speaker thom serves aso greatly the speaker of the house in north carolina's state legislature. welcome. on your that this senator kay hagan,

. >> to use ralph nader's terminology, the d.o.t. 111 tank card is unsafe at any speed. >> he is alltoo familiar with the d.o.t. 111. >> the american people have not been adequately protected since the 1970s when the ntsb issued its first study indicating problems with the d.o.t. 111. >> the canadian transportation safety board after the disaster in quebec has finally decided that it will no longer permit d.o.t. 111s to transport crude. >> hurray for the canadians. >> why has the united states not followed suit? >> economics, it's the railroad industry. the tank car industry. there are powerful economic interests that don't want to go through the replacement of tank cars. >> under pressure the railways did agree in february to reduce oil unit train speeds in large cities and the rail car industry says once the federal government finally issues new regulations it will build stronger tankers. >> good morning this committee will come to order. >> in april u.s. transportation secretary anthony fox testified before the senate. he was explicitly asked when his department would issue new st

we will bring you live coverage of ralph nader and grover norquist. they are both speaking on the topic of bipartisanship and will be at the national press club. , formerernoon counterterrorism officials outline terrorist threats to the u.s. and whether the u.s. efforts to fight extremists can only lead to more attacks. c-span's campaign 2014 coverage continues tonight. we will be taking you live to california for a debate in the governor's race. jerry brown is facing off against his republican counterpart neil cash kari -- kashkari. firstight's debate is the and likely only debate between the two in this general election. is ang us on the phone veteran political columnist dan walters of "the sector meant to be." >> you're welcome. -- "the sacramento bee." >> you're welcome. we are looking for any ri to putty for kashka anything on jerry brown. jerry brown is a skilled wordsmith. he uses latin and greek references, for example. he has developed a little bit of a short fuse. it will be interesting to see that --kashakkari can do get under his skin. >>

that's what i call the ralph nader effect, you've got to be careful inside the party to challenge a strongcause if that front-runner then stumbles, you get blamed for it. you run that risk. >> he ran third-party. >> well, yeah, but people still blamed him for -- >> he lets me know that now and then. let me ask you with what it means to the republicans, jonathan because you're out there. the near certitude that hillary clinton will run going into the fall of '16, what will that do to the republicans? do they believe she can grab the center and they got to be careful about running somebody on the hard right because she'll beat out that male candidate -- probably male -- in the center and win comfortably if they run somebody on the hard right like rand paul? >> i think you have to make a distinction between the party strategists and the party rank and file when it comes to that question. a lot of party strategists look at it and are concerned about the middle of the country, running against hillary clinton. party rank and file are inclined toward idealogical feelings. they have options here.

and that include ralph nader who said this on msnbc.n. >> if they did, they would do the following. president obama would do a barn storming tour around the country of the discharged petition which has 195 votes in the house of representatives. all they need is 23 more and they break speaker boehner's obstruction. >> works if it does. why aren't we seeing more of what the president and vice president were out doing yesterday? >> i think that we are going to see more of that. there are a lot of democrats who are out there saying, look, we need to make sure that all americans have the same opportunity. have a fair chance, can pay their bills, rent, can send their kids to college keep their mortgage. we need to raise the minimum wage and make sure we have economic party. i know, it's a message people are going to be talking about. i think the other message we'll see bubble up as well is the pushing back and dispelling the smith that raising the minimum wage is any way bad for the economy. in the 13 dates in the district of columbia where t

ralph nader recognized 50 years ago cars were unsafe. all right, what do we begin to do? make them safer, seat belts, etc. yet the players don't seem through the players association interested in correcting the helmets much sooner rather than later. thanks for listening. >> let me take a few of those, and then you take -- so on the issue of weight limits, one of the things i did at the end of "against football" after trying to set out a broad range of concerns about football, the first few chapters are about the experience of being a fan, how beautiful the game is, how it became that way, this american case of incremental innovation where, in fact, the violence of the game led to the legalization of the forward pass and these much more ornate and grace canful, you know, what we now identify as football. but then i go over what i think are sort of the central areas of concern; economics, the health issues and so forth. and at the end, i try to make recommendations of things that i think would start to set good incentives. because the problem is that money is the purest inc

. >> the center for auto safety, ralph nader's group says the recall is inadequate. do you agree with that. >> i can't say whether the recall is adequate or inadequate but i do know this, these companies are doing appropriate little of due diligence right scope of recall and which cars are impacted. they want to make sure that is right. they don't want to expand later to cause further confusion in the marketplace. stresses ability they can effectively conduct that recall. they're making sure they get it right. they're trying to get it right the first time. gerri: i think we do have a ton of recalls in the marketplace. we mentioned gm in the intro. cadillac sts, chef slay impala. what is going on there? >> a brake situation with regard to the brake pad which could eventually lead to fire hazard. kind of adds to the number of recalls hitting from a consumer perspective they need to mcsure they're not having recall fatigue. from manufacturer's perspective they need to be diligent removing unsafe vehicles from the marketplace. gerri: do you think people will stop paying

and then ralph nader and grover nordquist discuss asks the state of bipartisanship in government. >>> treasury secretary jack lew spoke about actions his department could take to bolster corporate tax accountability and make the u.s. a more attractive place to invest. he weighs speaking at the tax policy center in washington, d.c. his remarks are followed by tax law experts discussing the issue of corporate inversions, which is when a company tries to ease its tax burden by rye incorporating its affairs from one country to another. this is just under two hours. >>> there's some standing room in the front there on the left, if there are people feeling a hill crowded back there. you can come on over here. yes. okay. good morning, everyone. i am sarah rosen moretell. and i have the opportunity for welcoming everyone here, including those of you standing in the back to, for joining us, a special welcome, of course, to our guest of honor, secretary jack lew. it's an enormous honor for us to have you here. also welcome the audience on the web. for those of you watching live let me indicate

[applause] >> consumer advocate and former presidential advocate -- candidate ralph nader and grover norquist will discuss bipartisanship. we will have coverage at 1:00 p.m. eastern. and hundred terrorism officials talk about terrorist threats to the u.s. live coverage starts at 5:45 eastern. minister david cameron told the house of comments he wanted new powers to fight extremist. he also spoke about the nato summit. in the referendum on scottish independence. from london, this is 35 minutes. >> order. >> questions to the prime minister. mr. eric joyce. >> not here. >> the prime minister. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i am sure the whole house and the whole country will join with me in condemning these sickening and brutal murder of another american hostage and share our shock and anger that appears to have been carried out by a british citizen. e piston been cd out by a british citizen. all our thoughts are with the british hostage and his family, the ordeal is unimaginable. but let me be very clear. this country will never give in to terrorism. our opposition to isil will continue at

back at the press club later ralph nader and grover norquist about issues both the left and right can agree on. that is 1:30 eastern on companion network c-span. we're live at the mccain institute at international institute. among speakers, former cia acting director mike mower relat 5 :45 eastern on c-span. >>> c-span2 providing live coverage of the u.s. senate floor proceedings and public policy events and every weekend booktv for 15 years the only television program devoted to non-fiction books and authors. c-span created by the cable tv industry and brought to you as a public service by your local cable provider. watch us on hd, follow us on facebook and tweeter. >>> next, new york's police commissioner explains why the crime rate has dropped dramatically in his city. former congresswoman gabby giffords discusses gun violence. part of the annual new york ideas festival. hosted by atlantic and aspen institute. we'll show you as much as we can until the program on the press club on vaccinations gets underway at 9:30 a.m. eastern. . . >> for those of you who are watching out in the l

[applause] >> ralph nader and grover norquist are at the national press club today talking about issues both the left and right can agree on. that starts at one p.m. eastern live on our companion network, c-span. and later this afternoon former cia acting director mike morrell is among the speakers looking at the war on terrorism, a discussion hosted by the mccain institute for international leadership. it's live at 5:45 p.m. eastern also on c-span. and tonight a recent senate agriculture committee hearing on school lunches. according to the centers for disease control, childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents in the last 0 years, part -- 30 years, part of the reasons for mandating higher nutrition standards. here's a preview of that hearing. >> of course kids like non-whole grains. yes, that's what they prefer. they like sugar even more. you give a child a choice would you like to have sugar for runs of or would you like to have fruit and vegetables, they're going to pick sugar. it's what they like, their taste buds love it. but we have to be th

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host: national press club last week along with ralph nader. call here. let's get to henry in miami.pendent line. caller: how are you doing? host: fine, thanks. caller: real quick, i watch lot.n a i hear -- everybody has their own priorities, obviously. are worried about overseas. some are worried about education. about this rried stuff and you don't vote in midterms, you don't know how works, you don't know how legislating works, behoove little bit arn a about it then you could help. lot of the callers call in, their solutions are not solutions. they bring up a whole slew of other issues. to educates, we need ourselves more on politics, how things work, and then i think that will help a lot. thank you. host: thank you for all of your calls. ull day of congress coverage coming up on the c-span networks and "washington journal" returns as always. your monday, enjoy the week. ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> while congress gets -- back to work this weekend after being off for five weeks, we will have l