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. >> a familiar face to c-span and booktv viewer, ralph nader. another back out this year, "unstoppable." what's the theme. >> guest: the theme that is represented in the subtitle, the emerging left-right alliance to dismantle the corporate state. that means there's a lot of areas of agreement between left and right that are never publicized because the powers that be like to divide and rule where the left-right disagree. so i have 24 areas of agreement. for example, there's growing agreement on minimum wage. comes in at 80% to restore all over the country. civil liberties. they want to amend the patriot act, and huge invasion of privacy and dragnet snooping by the nsa. military budget waste and corruption. want the pentagon to be accountable. there's no audit of the pentagon's budget. we have prison reform. we have re-evaluating the war on drugs. but the big one is, left-right alliance against crony capitalism, against washington and wall street like this. subsidies, handouts, giveaways, wall street bailouts. a huge left-right alliance. the left

ralph nader once said, henry waxman is the only argument against term limits. senator allan simpson once said henry waxman is tougher than a boiled owl and "the los angeles times" describes representative henry waxman's tenacity as legendary. you all know his work on the environment, i'm just going to point that out, it's legendary. not only in terms of the clean air act, the amendment, he's also known for the safe drinking water act amendments, laws educing childhood lead exposure, formaldehyde standards act, reducks of greenhouse gases and taking on the tobacco industry. in keeping with his role as defender of the environment, mr. waxman has served as chair of the house's safe climate caucus. it was a distinct honor for this new member to serve with henry waxman and a greater honor to be selected as the next chairperson of the safe climate caucus. i only hope that i and every member of the caucus can live up to the amazing legacy of public service that george miller and henry waxman have left this congress. i yield back. thank you. ms. lofgren: mr. speaker, i

kay who writes if you're so smart why do you book ralph nader?aybe all the politicians who blow you off figure you book dinosaurs. kay, you sound prehistoric. >> fair and balanced, we like to hear and debate all sides, hence those who came on and won versus those who did not and lost. please don't have him on anymore, it's like trying to teach a pig to sing. it wastes your time and annoys the pig. you know, that depends whether the pig is a surprisingly good singer. all right, you can go to facebook.com/team cavuto, share your thoughts with me and what i have coming up on all the shows. it's your chance to get to know me, it's kind of a popular pastime for tens of tens of people. thanks for watching, see you tomorrow. john: and so republicans vote to raise the minimum wage. >> alaska, arkansas, nebraska and south dakota all voting in favor of raising it. john: some americans say business hurts poor people. >> might be the problem to create poor people. john: famous actors tell the united nations fossil fuels will kill us. >> accelerated climate c

so this is the preface of the book and then we will talk to you guys and then = >> the interview ralph nader in the bathtub. there were many points that security code and in retrospect should have stopped us from entering msnbc. we were both covered in tattoos. neither as sophisticated in the case. she had an accidental death stare into mistakes creepy for charming. we may have had the sweaty demeanor of the liberated pod casters recently escaped from the internet radio network that had taken on the fake business sponsors. something that we have sworn off. >> they had aspirations of being pristine independent media untouched by the corporate cash. we would be the people's media. that was the name he hides the show citizen radio. there was also the sponsor in their mind with a touch or show that it's the first way that they just feel better about ourselves. >> that concept of being sponsor free flowing with the people we were supposed to be making money for say our former boss. the career until that point essentially been manager's come agents and others saying we love you because you are pol

. >> host: a familiar face to c-span and booktv viewers, ralph nader. another book out this year, "unstoppable." >> guest: yes. >> host: what's the theme, mr. nader? >> guest: it's a theme that is representing in the subtitle, the emerging left-right alliance to dismantle the corporate state. and that means there's a lot of areas of agreement between left and right that are never publicized because the powers that be like to divide and rule where the left-right disagree. so i have 24 areas of agreement. for example, there's growing agreement on minimum wage. comes in at 80% to restore it all over the country. civil liberties, they want to amend the patriot act and the huge invasion of privacy and dragnet snooping by the nsa. military budget waste and corruption. they want the pentagon to be accountable. there's no audit of the pentagon's budget. we have prison reform, we have reevaluating the war on drugs, but the big one is left-right alliance against crony capitalism. , against washington like this, wall street bailouts. there's a huge left-right alli

a congressional hearing is set for today and ralph nader says that takata thinks it can get away withhe government. >> it thinks that the auto safety agency at the department of transportation is a patsy, that it is not going to throw the full force of the law against takata, which has been sitting on these airbag effects for years now with deaths, injuries, anxiety levels going up. safety regulators say they are considering their next move. hedge fund investors are looking for the next deal. they want hedge fund managers to be benchmarks before they start charging incentive fees. traditionally, it hedge funds take 20% of all profits as the incentive. we are under 30 minutes away from the start of trading i want to cap you down with the top tech headlines hitting our radar. olivia sterns and alex sherman join us. he covers m&a for bloomberg news but we are branching about a little bit. >> > thank you. >> who knew the options world could be so brutal? christie's named its first woman ceo. the former ceo will be stepping down from the press by the end of the year. just last month christ

ralph nader says takata thinks it can get away with defying the government. >> they think the department of transportation is a patsy and it will not throw the full force of the law against them. they have been sitting on these airbag defects for years now with deaths and injuries and anxiety levels going up. >> safety regulators say they are now considering their next move. it looks like has lot owners are true believers. model s arehe tesla more likely than porsche owners to say they would buy their car again according to the consumer reports survey. it's the second year in a row that tesla has topped that list. some might call tony blair's holiday greeting card the nightmare before christmas. i feel bad for him. the card shows the former british prime minister and his wife is burning up the internet. they said it looks creepy and terrifying and odd. cut him a break -- you can judge for yourself in one observer said the oddest thing is that this must've been the best photo of the two. he looks fine, give the guy a break. >> he looks startled. >> who cares? do you expect a full glamour

i was a young senate staffer on the congress committee in the early '07s when ralph nader came to the congress and urged the mandatory air bag legislation and so i know we've been putting air bags in cars for a long time. i would like to hear from all the manufacturers how long you've been putting air bags in your vehicles. >> congressman, since the '90s, i'm pretty sure. the early '90s. >> i'm not so sure. i think it was the late '80s. could have been early '90s. >> same thing. and i know there have been instances involving spontaneous deployment of air bags and so forth but correct me if i'm wrong. the issue that we're dealing with today, these inflater ruptures did not happen before ten years. are you aware of any incidents of inflater ruptures that occurred before the turn of the century? >> no. >> all right. and i assume that there was no relevance of humidity in any of the prior instances of now function of air bags prior to the turn of the century, essentially this ten-year period. so i'm getting at this issue of the root cause. and what possibly changed, other than change of p

i was a young senate staffer on the congress committee in the early '07s when ralph nader came to the congress and urged the mandatory air bag legislation and so i know we've been putting air bags in cars for a long time. i would like to hear from all the manufacturers how long you've been putting air bags in your vehicles. >> congressman, since the '90s, i'm pretty sure. the early '90s. >> i'm not so sure. i think it was the late '80s. could have been early '90s. >> same thing. and i know there have been instances involving spontaneous deployment of air bags and so forth but correct me if i'm wrong. the issue that we're dealing with today, these inflator ruptures did not happen before ten years. are you aware of any incidents of inflator ruptures that occurred before the turn of the century? >> no. >> all right. and i assume that there was no relevance of humidity in any of the prior instances of now function of air bags prior to the turn of the century, essentially this ten-year period. so i'm getting at this issue of the root cause. and what possibly changed, other than change of p

i was a young senate staffer on the congress committee in the early '07s rick schostek when ralph nader came to the congress and urged the mandatory air bag legislation and so i know we've been putting air bags in cars for a long time. i would like to hear from all the manufacturers how long you've been putting air bags in your vehicles. >> congressman, since the '90s, i'm pretty sure. the early '90s. >> i'm not so sure. i think it was the late '80s. could have been early '90s. >> same thing. and i know there have been instances involving spontaneous deployment of air bags and so forth but correct me if i'm wrong. the issue that we're dealing with today, these inflater ruptures did not happen before ten years. are you aware of any incidents of inflater ruptures that occurred before the turn of the century? >> no. >> all right. and i assume that there was no relevance of humidity in any of the prior instances of now function of air bags prior to the turn of the century, essentially this ten-year period. so i'm getting at this issue of the root cause. and what possibly changed, other than

and people like ralph nader think that actually is big business that is the major problem right now. and also, regarding his assertion that we don't have a foreign-policy, i think we have one. we had a worse one under bush and a lot of the aei scholars were supporters of the invasion of iraq and i think they owe the people of iraq and apology for devastating the country and i was wondering if you had a response to that. >> guest: i appreciate your view. there's a lot for me to disagree with. i'm glad you your point of view deeply however. on the question of iraq, apology is due to the citizens trying to bring their lives that have been since devastated by the lack of foreign-policy and the invasion of isis. that was an unforced error on the part of a non- foreign-policy from the united states. so i think all of the data support, but what i'm saying here, you can -- anybody can legitimately go back and forth. it had to be finished and it wasn't in a rush to get out and what i think was the lack of the foreign-policy. the the people or something trying to get on with their lives and th

ralph nader once said, henry waxman is the only argument against term limits. senator allan simpson once said henry waxman is tougher than a boiled owl and "the los angeles times" describes representative henry waxman's tenacity as legendary. you all know his work on the environment, i'm just going to point that out, it's legendary. not only in terms of the clean air act, the amendment, he's also known for the safe drinking water act amendments, laws educing childhood lead exposure, formaldehyde standards act, reducks of greenhouse gases and taking on the tobacco industry. in keeping with his role as defender of the environment, mr. waxman has served as chair of the house's safe climate caucus. it was a distinct honor for this new member to serve with henry waxman and a greater honor to be selected as the next chairperson of the safe climate caucus. i only hope that i and every member of the caucus can live up to the amazing legacy of public service that george miller and henry waxman have left this congress. i yield back. thank you. ms. lofgren: mr. speaker, i