when we come back, ralph nader. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!mocracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in the last few weeks, a new person has thrown his hat into the ring and the democratic party, and that is independent senator bernie sanders of vermont. since sanders announced his can you see an april am a polls in iowa show support there for him has to 15% among democrats up from 5% in february. this compares to about 60% backing for former secretary of state, senator and first lady hillary clinton. senator sanders is the longest-serving independent member of congress in u.s. history, yet he is going to run in the democratic party for the democratic nomination. he says he will run as a democratic socialist. well, juan gonzalez and i recently discussed sanders' plans with former presidential candidate, ralph nader, who has new book out, called "return to sender: unanswered letters to the president, 2001-2015." we began by asking ralph nader who ran several times a , third-party candidate, for his response to sander's decision

ralph nader welcome back to democracy now!st, let's get your response to the announced candidacy of bernie sanders. in my bring back memories for you, the number of times that you have ran for president. >> that is a good news. we don't want a coronation of hillary clinton. we want a vibrant debate in the primaries next year and bernie sanders will provide an alternative view of where the country should be going. i hope we will be stronger on pulling back on empire. i was thought his foreign-policy and military policy were not up to his great domestic reforms and corporate accountability from wall street to houston. amy: the issue of tpp, the transpacific partnership? it doesn't get a heck of a lot of attention in the mainstream media when it does present in largely one point of view, mainstay of one of the things that senator sanders has been speaking against. it is also an issue that you have been taking on, dealing with 40% of the global economy. >> the people have got to demand their members of congress block the fast-trac

, longtime admirers and supporter of ralph nader so i understand the obstacles we are going to throw up to essentially lock out, who doesn't conform to the democratic republican mold. if we see the elections as furthering a movement rather than an end in and of themselves this is something we are going to be meeting with editors in new york at the end of the month, i will kick off a campaign rally in seattle on the sixth, i don't want to run she doesn't want to run so we need to find a sacrificial lamb. we tried to convince cornell but he doesn't want to do it. i think that is right. this is where we have to look at europe. the secret is building the movements because it is the movement's as howard zinn understood, that none of which achieve formal positions of power that open up the space in american democracy. the liberty party brought slavery, suffragists, the labor movement, the civil rights movement and the most powerful political figure in america until he was murdered and assassinated in april of 1968 was king because when he went to memphis or selma, 50,000 people went with h

remembering the youngest one that was the ralph nader fan. different experiences have different reactions for the women when they came back. i would love to rethat. so maybe i will start by describing the work that they did. um. so the indiana national guard consists of infantry units. and they are all male and in transition. today. so these women were in a support battalion that was supporting infantry soldiers. when they were enlisting therefore given the job choices so if you cannot be in the infantry. and the job choices are to do laundry, cook and do field sanitation and emptying toilets. and to bury the dead or to fix weapons. supply and logistics would be another so. db eet oldest of the three and michelle had a chosen to become weapons mechanics and in michelle's case she thought that is a safer job than driving a truck. and i may not want to do some of the other kinds of work. so therefore, weapons mechanic. and in debby's case debby loves guns and can out shoot most the men on the range. she was a perfect shot. and she sort of wante

i worked for ralph nader and i am a long-time admirer and supporter of nader so i understand intimatelyll the obstacles they throw up to essentially lockout anybody who doesn't conform to the democratic or republican mold. but if we see elections as essentially furthering a movement and this is something we will be meeting with others in new york. i'm going to go out and kick off her campaign rally in seattle on the sixth and i don't want to run and she doesn't want to run so we have to find some sacrificial -- do we try to convince cornel but he doesn't want to do it but i think that's right. this is where we have to look at europe but it's building the movements because it's the movements as howard zinn understood to the movement none of which achieve formal positions of power that open up the space in american democracy. the liberty party that fought slavery and the suffrages in the labor movement in the civil rights movement and the most powerful political figure in american till he was assassinated in april making 68 with king. because he went to memphis for selma, 50,000 people we

that's ralph nader who's just getting started. excellent looking below the surface, researching a hunch... and making a decision you are type e*. time for a change of menu. research and invest from any website. with e*trade's browser trading. e*trade. opportunity is everywhere. when cigarette cravings hit, all i can think about is getting relief. nicorette mini starts to relieve sudden cravings fast. anytime. anywhere. i never know when i'll need relief. that's why i choose nicorette mini. . neil: donald trump hasn't jumped in but jumping in on what carly fiorina says, when it was a shareholder revolt. >> it's not positive business experience she got fired. neil: if donald trump invited out apprentice would you come? >> he asked me to guest host i declined. it san entertaining show but had nothing to do with real business. neil: oh! so this goes back aways. >> no she didn't. anyway, ralph nader says it's going to be a rough republican primary season but here's the thing about ralph, i like him because he's a fair and balanced atta

michelle being remember is the youngest one who was the ralph nader -- >> yeah. >> -- fan. because i think these, you know, different experiences trigger different reactions for these women when they came back. >> yeah. i would love to read that. so maybe i'll start by describing the work that they did. so the indiana national guard primarily consists of infantry units, and infantry units are all male at point in time and we're in transition but the tell today. so these women were in a support battalion that was supporting infantry soldiers. and when they were first enlisting, therefore, they were given job choices. but if you can't be in the infantry and you're supporting the infantry, your job choices are to do laundry, to cook, to do field sanitation -- emptying toilets -- to drive destruct -- to drive trucks, to bury the dead or fix weapons, pretty much. supply and logistics would be another. so debbie, the oldest of the three, and michelle, the youngest, had chosen to become weapons mechanics. in michelle's case she thought, well, that's a safer job than driving a truc

michelle being -- the youngest one who was the ralph nader fan. because i think these different experiences trigger different reactions for these women when they came back. >> i would love to read that. so maybe i'll start by describing the work they did. so the indiana national guard primarily consists of infantry units, and infantry units are all male at this point in time, and we're in transition but still today. so these women were in a support battalion that was supporting infantry soldiers, and when they were first enlisting, therefore they were given job choices but if you can't be in the infantry and you're supporting the infantry you job choices are to do laundry, to cook, to do field sanitation emptying toilets to drive trucks to bury the dead or fix weapons. pretty much. supply and logistics would be another. so both debbie, the oldest of the three and michelle, the youngest had chosen to become weapons mechanics. in michelle's case she thought well that's a safer job than driving a truck, and i might not want to do some of the other ki

[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]d<é?xpñ 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

at 5:00 they'll be talking to dennis gartman and ralph nader.t should be compelling. >>> the tech sector dragging down the market. drags like apple and google taking quite a hit. that's coming up next you're watching cnbc, first in business worldwide. >>> welcome back. we begin here bringing dominic chu back for an earnings alert. >> kelly, what we're watching are shares of tivo up by 4%. 61,000 shares have traded so far. tivo announces earnings per share of 8 cents, narrowly beating the analyst estimate of 7 cents a share. revenues coming in at $115 million, beating the average analyst estimate of $91 million. they separately announced -- i should say this. they see second quarter net income of between $7 million to $10 million total. separately they've said they announced a deal to buy cubiware to boost international instalation. tivo trying to grow its footprint internationally announcing a deal. the amount was undisclosed. an earnings beat a sales beat and also this acquisition is helping power the shares again, tivo up by 3% 64,000 shares h

ralph nader. every time i mention ralph nader's name, people go nuts. thank you. don't know what else to say. host: bernie sanders later on making an announcement to talk about his presidential campaign this afternoon. watch for it on c-span. you can see it live on our website for more information. your been watching 40 years. what do you learn most from c-span? caller: i like to listen to everybody's opinion. everybody counts. when this country was founded we all had the right for free speech and to talk. our rights are being taken away. i think it was ben franklin possibly that said, you cannot give up your freedom for security. you can't let these people listen. i can't walk out here and walk downtown in kentucky where i am at and hold a sign up and say i like this or i don't like that. i have to get a permit to protest. no american should have to get any permit to protest. it is like what happened into cuddy part -- in zucati park. the powers that be, we do not know who is running this country, it is not bush or reagan, there are people behind all these politi

but greta we should have rough nader and ron -- ralph nader and ron paul.he was talking about cutting back the military budget and drawing back from our adventures around the world. we should have ron paul on and ralph nader and talk about the military budget, the surveillance budget, and a lot of other things that nobody is talking budget thank you credit -- thank you, greta. host: all right, john. front page of "the wall street journal" has this story. "her staff scrutinize politically sensitive documents requested under public records law and sometimes block to their release -- block to their release. in one instance, her chief of staff told state department records specialist she wanted to see all documents requested on the controversial keystone xl pipeline and later demanded that some be held back. in another case, the staff negotiated with the records specialist over the release of documents about former president bill clinton's speaking engagements, also holding some back." front page of "washington times" this morning. "at the very time president o

. >> tonight at 5:00, ralph nader weighing in on the charter communications with time warner.e interesting. >> should be very good. we have a market sell-off across the board. "fast money" at 5:00, but the "closing bell" begins right now. let's go. >> hi, everybody, welcome to the "closing bell." i'm kelly evans here at the new york stock exchange. >> and i'm bill griffeth. well, well, well, a stock market that's down, volatility is up. this is just exactly the opposite of what we've been dealing with the last few weeks here. the dow is set to have its worst day of the month while the volatility index, the vix, is on track for its biggest one-day gain of the year. look at that, up 20% right now. we have a panel of experts to break down today's move coming up in just a moment here. >> meantime, china, a market that's not selli

because in 2002, you had ralph nader calling an investigation into the nba. that never happened.ook at the state of football now with less and less kids wanting to bash their heads in with each other. this is more than just some guy getting some bribes in new york. i really -- i just want to commend the callers seeing what this represents. more than just the investigation. thank you. host: ms. geiger, there are four who pleaded guilty in this case you -- case. what will will they play in the -- role will they play in the ongoing investigation? guest: some of them pleaded guilty as early as 2013. kind of secretly pleaded guilty. and they appear to have been provided the government with some pretty important pieces of evidence in building this case out. so it is really interesting that this case was basically fielded for so long and nothing leaked out about it until they were able to make these arrests. it has been going on for a long time. in cases like this, it is important to have cooperating witnesses. to get more information to -- to see how far up the chain and widespread the

i supported ralph nader until 2008, i voted for goldstein in 2012. he is running again. my fear is somehow people think voting is important. every totalitarian state i covered including saddam hussein and elections. stalin had written the most enlightened constitution in human history, and promulgated it at the height in the 30s of the purges, voting is utterly tangential not so much locally that is why i am working -- i will do this fund raiser in new york at the end of the month and go out to seattle to help her began her campaign because the democratic establishment not just in the state of washington but national be determined to destroy her because like ralph nader she exposes the bankruptcy of the party. that is why she has to be destroyed. i think you are right. locally there can be some important because you don't need massive sums of cash but when you get to the national stage i do vote, but i don't -- i don't think voting means that much at this point. >> invite all of you to mingle a little bit and we can continue the conversation. for now let's join in thanki

fall before michelle enlisted, back in 2000 she voted for not al gore, and not george bush, but ralph nader. and so she is pretty sure nobody else in her guard unit who was a nader supporter like she was. a woman she is sharing a tent with who became her best friend during the deployment, she had voted for bush in that election, and then during the daytime michelle is working with the -- an older woman the oldest woman in their national guard unit, debbie helton. debbie didn't vote in the election at ball because she doesn't trust politicians and doesn't want to have anything to do with politics whatsoever. so yet another point of view that is very different than michelle's. debbie was not originally chosen to go on the deployment, and she was terribly upset. michelle would have done anything not to go. but debbie argued her way on to the deployment because her father had been in the army, she always wanted to serve her country overseas. to her it was the most fulfilling moment of her life, when they said, yes you may go on this deployment. she worked as the buie particulars-door beautician