so she's pretty sure nobody else in her guard unit who was a ralph nader supporter like she was. a woman she's sharing a table to become became her best friend during the deployment, desma brooks i mentioned, she had voted for bush in that election, and then during the daytime michelle is working with an older woman, the oldest woman and her national guard you know, debbie hamilton. debbie didn't vote in the election at all because she doesn't trust politicians, does much of anything to do with politics whatsoever. so yet another point of view that's very different than the shelves. debbie was not originally chosen to go on the deployment and she was terribly upset. michelle would've done anything not to go, but debbie argued her way onto the deployment because her father had been in the army. should always wanted to serve her country overseas. to her it was the most awful moment of her life was when they said yes, you may go on this department. she worked as a beautician and a beauty salon back in indiana when she was not in the national guard, and she found the idea putting on

i figure would have been different pre-ralph nader. to the people said run as an independent and the rest said the democratic party. ralph nader did not want to do that, and in that, he did expose the anti-democratic nature of so much of our system. to get on the ballot would have cost bernie sanders half of his time. i think it is exciting. donald trump -- i think elections are a mirror of a country, in addition to other things. the knowe is not in nothing tradition, which elevates him too much. i think he is someone who is an but has decided and do so in sync with the republican party platform that the rich can do anything -- they can rewrite the rules. they can do anything, and he will be above it all. he's not going to be constrained by the rules. stage ine on that cleveland. ,leveland, i was just saying not this weekend, the following weekend, is a convening of lack black lives -- matter. the following weekend is the gop debate. good to see both of you and see you looking so well. you alluded earlier to the time it takes for the s

i this is now afterwards ralph nader talks about letters he is sent to george w. bush and barack obama regarding our domestic and foreign policy. >> it's great to have you here ralph on c-span thank you. >> i'm honored to interview you on this new book. >> yeah the reference point those days. it's a message that 103 letters i sent to president bush and president obama in 2001 and 2015 that were not acknowledged or not answered. so i thought i would embarrass myself by putting them all in a book to raise a bigger issue which is the most democratic media is when a person writes a letter to anil elected official can't be censored, can't be distorted, and not to respect it or even acknowledge it so people don't know it's going to some dark hole. it's a major issue i think. most young people don't realize that a young a written letter to an official has more impact. >> they get like a half 1 million letters a week, you don't expect them to answer every letter. >> yes teams of volunteers go to the white house every morning and they separate all these letters. no one expe

so edgar came to a meeting with ralph nader, a man named ping ferry, who is a marvelous guy, and his wife, and ham and me, to get the option. they spoke eloquently, with edgar leading the way on why he ought to give the option and how, et cetera. so they had a funeral this morning for the family, and what i said there is i blame edgar for the next 20 years of my life, because he was as responsible as anyone else for my getting there. so i came to "the nation" when, finally, the funding was in place and we got the opportunity to go there. i, of course, had not finished "naming names." i spent too much time raising money along with hamilton. but i was pleased to start at the beginning of 1978. it was the ideal job for me. i had been working at the "new york times" as an editor, and my inclination, because i sat at the desk at the times, where my boss sat behind me. i just turned around when i had an idea. i felt the first day i got to "the nation," it was on 6th avenue, i turned around and there was my reflection in the window. >> were you nice to yourself? >> i gave myself great assig

, ralph nader, who wrote his first piece for "the nation" in 1959, which became the safe car you can't buy, i think one of the most interesting moments at "the nation" in terms of debate was when you had a magazine divided, half, you know, magazine wanted to endorse ralph nader for president and half felt that the history of third parties nationally was not a happy one, there had been a division over henry wallace in 1948, with the magazine not endorsing henry wallace in the end and so it was -- people on the barricades and the resolution there was we called it the molly ivans principle, we did, inside the office. if you lived in a state in which your electoral college mattered, vote pragmatism if -- if your state, electoral college didn't matter, vote your conscience. i don't know, somewhere in there the liberators founder is not finding the purity of the great idea. >> garrison. but this was the consensus of the group that this was the principle that would be followed? >> there was an editorial which was, you know, we believed what -- i don't make light of it. we believe what i

third time third-party candidate ralph nader says he should go for it.: he cost al gore the election. >> what elway to start the evening. everybody pechora hand of saul ralph nader will be my guest and i will ask kim he thinks, should go for it but i want his opinion also talking about the g.o.p. debate from the social the dsm point troubled by a landslide 30 percent of all conversations on twitter. david: 24 million viewers that is unbelievable. don't miss the interview with ralph nader. coming up on "risk and reward" in about 10 minutes. melissa: giving back that kind of gesture that made him feel he is today and we're analyzing data candidate's body language how their gestures speaks volumes. and you can enjoy every single bite. eat loud. live loud. super poligrip. seals out more food. ♪ super poligrip holds your dentures tightly in place. so you never have to hold back. laugh loud. live loud. super poligrip. get strong all day hold. (ee-e-e-oh-mum-oh-weh) (hush my darling...) (don't fear my darling...) (the lion sleeps tonight.) (hush my darling...)

she enlisted, back enlisted, back in 2000, she havoted for not al gore and not george bush but ralph nader. she was pretty sure there was no one else in her unit that was a nader supporter like she was. the woman she was sharing the tent with that became her best friend during deployment, desmond brooks had voted for someone else. she was working with the oldest women and their national guard unit, debbie and she didn't vote in that election at all because she doesn't trust politicians and doesn't want 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 onto the deployment because her father had been in the army, she had 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 a beautician in a beauty salon back in indiana when she was not in the national guard, and she found

ralph nader? you think about that comparison about seeing your name so close to his? >> i don't think you categorize them that easily. for example he is with progressive challenging rigged trade agreements. deirdre: the rigged trade agreement. he went on to talk about how all politicians are basically the same. i have to ask you both, tamara, i start with you. what do you think of that idea. >> they are all the same. the reason people give money to certain candidates because they expect something in return. what donald trump is saying is no secret. everybody in politics know it is quid pro quo, pay to play. if you're like governor blagojevich, you get caught and go to prison. with rest of them great how they work. donald trump is pointing these things out. he is bringing them to the middle. maybe he is more progressive on one thing and conservative on another, people seem to like about him. it is not just a divisive political campaign. deirdre: a lot of people, for better or worse, fine, he speaks

ralph nader and the unanswered letters he wrote to george w. bush and bracco obama and andrea mays the creation of shakespeare's first folio and a copy of the book 280 years later. in the coming weeks senator claire mccaskill will discuss her upbringing and her path to the senate. pres. of the american enterprise institute calls for a new kind of conservativism also recalling a it's now possible to limit federal power through the use of technology rather than the constitution. >> one of the deep sources of satisfaction in life is a vocation of something you love and love to do well it's a big deal. to the extent that you have lots of people, some locations including physicians and small-business people of all kinds where they say i can't do what i want to do in terms of providing a good or service it's getting in the way it's impeding freedom in a really important way. >> afterwards on book tv every saturday on 10:00 p.m. and sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern. you can watch on book tv.org. book tv recently visited capitol hill to ask members of congr

, ralph nader, who wrote his first piece for "the nation" in 1959, which became the safe car you can't buy, i think one of the most interesting moments at "the nation" in terms of debate was when you had a magazine divided, half, you know, magazine wanted to endorse ralph nader for president and half felt that the history of third parties nationally was not a happy one, there had been a division over henry wallace in 1948, with the magazine not endorsing henry wallace in the end and so it was -- people on the barricades and the resolution there was we called it the molly ivans principle, we did, inside the office. if you lived in a state in which your electoral college mattered, vote pragmatism if -- if your state, electoral college didn't matter, vote your conscience. i don't know, somewhere in there the liberators founder is not finding the purity of the great idea. >> garrison. but this was the consensus of the group that this was the principle that would be followed? >> there was an editorial which was, you know, we believed what -- i don't make light of it. we believe what i

. -- ralph nader coming up. deirdre: united airlines and american airlines is linked to that attack a believe the same group that targeted and then in february and the government personnel office in june. retired general is with me now you have said that cyber warfare is the greatest future threat. what can the government do to improve security? >> natalie the government that the private sector as you pointed out. american airlines was hit. we must invest more, we have the capabilities did we invented the internet but the shanghai crowd is very busy day just hit american airlines also the russians hits the joint chiefs of staff and every day we are hit in the business community side with the industrial side as they look strikingly familiar. so we must invest to protect our systems. deirdre: did you see the g.o.p. debate? they all say the number one social moment was the exchange between chris christine and rand paul about the nsa and surveillance. if you were on an advisory team what would you tell the next pres

so in the fall she voted not to al gore or george bush but ralph nader says she is pretty sure nobody else was a supporter like she was. the woman who she is sharing a tent with voted for bush and during the daytime when she is working with an older woman the oldest roman in the national guard unit to debbie did not vote at all because she doesn't trust politicians and doesn't want anything to do with politics so yet another point of view that was very different. debbie was not originally chosen to go on deployment and was upset but michelle would have to add anything not to go but debbie argued her way on to the deployment because our father was in the army she always wanted to serve her country overseas into her it was the most fulfilling moment of her life when they said yes you may go on the deployment. she worked as a beautician and a beauty salon in indiana and she found the ada to put on a uniform every day to serve her country far more exciting and filling. and closer to her dream. so even to the question of how if they support the '04 there were i in totally different sides.

[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]úññ>8$; 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

it is about one hour. >> it's great to have you here, ralph nader. >> thank you. >> i'm honored to be able to interview you on this new book that you have which is "return to sender: unanswered letters to the president, 2001-2015". is that in homage to elvis presley? [laughter] >> it is a message of 103 letters that i sent to president bush and president obama from 2001 through 2015 with very few exceptions, not acknowledged and not answered. i thought that i would embarrass myself and put them all in a book to raise a bigger issue, which is the most democratic media is that when a person writes to an elected official that a mayor or a senator, it cannot be distorted and not to try to answer it so that people will know that it's not going to some dark hole. it is a major issue, i think. and most young people don't realize that a red letter to a politician has far more impact than you know. >> there are lots of letters, i think about a half million per week. and we certainly don't expect an answer to every letter. >> yes, a lot of people don't know that teenagers are regular volunteers

i think also bernie sanders talking about injecting excitement in to this race he sounds like ralph nadert the big question is who generates more excitements among democrats, bernie sanders or donald trump. trump is doing a good job of it right now. >> david, the interesting situation here for bernie sanders is when you start analyze, it is not easy to tell at this stage of a primary. if you would isolate hillary clinton as the presidential nominee and then the first woman president is simply one election day away. it seems to me there would be an unknown, unprecedented level of excitement and anticipation about that possible historic breakthrough. >> well, i just made a bet today with michael steel, our colleague, the former gop chairman that if it comes down to this, not saying it is, i'm not discounting bernie here but if it comes down to the first woman versus the third bush, i think i will know which way i will bet on that. i think the interesting thing about bernie, bernie is all about the issues. we call him bernie because we have known him many years. i don't want to be disrespect

later ralph nader on return to sender, his book about on answer letters he sent to pres. joan joan w bush and brock obama regarding domestic and foreign policy. >> secretary of state john kerry is in havana cuba friday for the raising of the u.s. flag at the newly reopened the u.s. embassy. diplomatic relations between the u.s. and cuba were restored on july 20 after 50 years. you can see the ceremony live starting at 9:30 a.m. eastern here on c-span2. >> book to be in prime time continues friday with books by 2016 presidential candidates. apm former arkansas governor, huckabee his book and american culture. at 9:00 p.m. dr. ben carson on one nation, what what we can do to save america's future. at 10:00 p.m., senator durbin arco rubio on american change, economic opportunity for everyone. at 1025, hillary clinton on her memoir, hard choices. books by books by presidential candidates, a p.m. eastern here on c-span2. >> c-span is intimately for the our state fair and wrote to the white house coverage of presidential coverage our live coverage is on c-span, c-span c-span, c

you've got ralph nader that al gore's campaign thought he spoiled. ross perot who dinged up george hw bush and george wallace ran as a democrat and often, it hurt democratic party nominees. . >> i don't think trump is going to like it when you call him spoiler. >> no. no. don't put me in that box. i get enough mail from the trump folks. i don't say he's a spoiler. >> before we go, summer is a great time to catch up on reading. you might want to check out bill's killing books, including hitl hitler's last days. if you become a premium member, you can get any book for free including killing reagan, out september 22nd. that is it for us tonight. thanks for watching this special edition of the factor. i'm jesse waters. bill o'reilly will be back on monday. and president >>> tonight on "red eye," lieu lieutenant haber and captain grice are the first two women to graduate from army school. does this mean that girls rule and boys drool? and what is more american than a bald eagle? donald trump with a bald eagle. and will hillary clinton be -- be paid the sa

and white: my up-close view of three presidents and race in america" and then we will hear from ralph nader on this book out about domestic foreign policy. "meet the press" moderator chuck todd is up next interviewed by guest host dan balz. >> host: >> host: chuck todd, welcome to c-span. we have been on opposite sides of the table where you asked the question. >> mr. todd: looking forward to it. >> host: the first obvious question: why the title? >> mr. todd: i was trying to get at something that got the idea it was an out sider and part of him is a political loaner -- outsider -- and i think he would where that with a badge in his political career. it answers the question of why has he struggled running washington? he wasn't a creature of washington which is why people gravitated toward him. year six, going to year seven, and i think this is to try to figure out, i hope, i am trying to help people figure why he struggled to run washington and it is because he is a stranger. >> host: do you think he as much a stranger today as when he first came? >> mr. todd: in some ways, yes. i think it

you've got ralph nader that al gore's campaign thought he spoiled.e ross perot who dinged up george hw bush and george wallace ran as a democrat and often, it hurt democratic party nominees. . >> i don't think trump is going to like it when you call him spoiler. >> no. no. don't put me in that box. i get enough mail from the trump folks. i don't say he's a spoiler. >> before we go, summer is a great time to catch up on reading. you might want to check out bill's killing books, including hitl hitler's last days. if you become a premium member, you can get any book for free including killing reagan, out september 22nd. that is it for us tonight. thanks for watching this special edition of the factor. i'm jesse waters. bill o'reilly will be back on monday. and presidentfacebook/.comtheke. i'm shannon bream. this is "the kelly file". >>> right now on justice. >> drugs, no alcohol, no cigarettes. >> getting personal. and i sit down with donald trump as he talks about his wife, his kids, and of course his vision for america that has anyone talking. >> do y

in the big picture, if you're talking about ralph nader and the difference he made, he really has a lot of power in this situation right now. even if he was third and fourth and said i'm thinking about going independent, he has a lot of power in this situation. >> is he saying, look, i need a little love from the rnc, which he hasn't really been getting? >> i'm not sure, but i will tell you though it may depend on how much love i'm getting from the rnc. >> he's not getting the love because he's not committed to the republican party. that's why they're not doing it. >> going into a deal like obama did with the iran deal, saying, here it is, no matter what i'm getting a deal. kill me, if you want. >> i understand. to your point, the rnc, they do have files. they do have maps. they do provide aid behind the scenes. they should use some of their leverage. unless you commit to us, i can't commit to you. they can come back at him. maybe tomorrow on "fox and friends" he comes on the telephone. that's what i still call it. >> i'm dying to hear how that goes. that's must-see tv. it really is. >>

she enlisted, back enlisted, back in 2000, she had voted for not al gore and not george bush but ralph nader. she was pretty sure there was no one else in her unit that was a nader supporter like she was. the woman she was sharing the tent with that became her best friend during deployment, desmond brooks had voted for someone else. she was working with the oldest women and their national guard unit, debbie and she didn't vote in that election at all because she doesn't trust politicians and doesn't want 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 onto the deployment because her father had been in the army, she had 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 a beautician in a beauty salon back in indiana when she was not in the national guard, and she found

don't forget ralph nader in 2008 got on the ballot in 45 states. and he is not a really wealthy person. i think he's comfortable but not wealthy. 1988 the new alliance party presidential candidate got on the ballot in all 50 states. perot did it without even having to go to court in 1992. >> how early -- several of those people, i would say nader and perot, though, were in party primaries, right? they weren't doing this two-step. how early, in your view, would trump have to start doing things as opposed to just claiming the leverage? >> well, if he's serious that he really wants to keep the independent route open, if i were him, i would not file in the presidential primaries of ohio or texas or south dakota. but we have precedence that the sore loser laws don't pertain to presidential primaries, and the reason is a sore loser law says if you are defeated in the primary, you can't run outside the major parties in november. the trouble with that theory is no person has defeated a republican or democratic presidential nomination in any one state's pri

after all, ralph nader was lie onized for exposing the dangers of certain cars. rachel carson was sainted for demonizing ddt which actually saved lives. documentaries on dolphin cruelty win worldwide acclaim. president barack obama snagged a nobel prize for winning an election. al gore won one, too, and an oscar for fomenting the apocalypse. 60 minutes won emmys for its ambush journalism. movies get made about the first rap renegades. but really in terms of guts, nwa holds no candle to the cmp. they did what the mainstream media would never do, piercing an iconic organization that media hacks spent careers covering for. the cmp dedicated years to this project, exposing the service that most people never knew existed because most journalists chose to ignore it. that's real reporting. yet after exposing the unspeakable, no accolades. if only republicans were sending the dead babies by mail instead it would matter. instead you have funny or die defending or those who butcher for the greater good. whether you like planned parenthood or not, you cannot deny these vide

in the fall before she enlisted she voted for not al gore, and and not george bush, but ralph nader. she was pretty sure no one else in her guard unit who was an nader supporter like she was. a woman she shared the tent with became her best friend in the deployment, she voted for bush in that election and during the daytime michelle is working with an older woman, the oldest woman in the national guard unit, debbie helton. debbie didn't vote in that election at all because she doesn't trust politicians, doesn't want to have anything to do with politics whatsoever, so what yet another point of view that is very different from 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. debbie argued her way onto the deployment. >> ..

you have ralph nader for instance whose al gore campaign thought he spoiled in 2011.hanan as well as ross perot outsider and insurgents who dinged up george h.w. bush in 1982. you can go back to george wallace in the 60's and 710s. hurt democratic nominees. none became president or won the nomination. >> i don't think trump will like it when you call him spoiler. thank you very much. >> no. don't open that box. i get enough mail from the trump clubs. i am not saying he's a spoiler. i am saying others are. >> we all get mail from the touch folks. before we go tonight summer is a great time to check out new reading. check out "hitler's last days" which is great way to get kids and grand kids interested in history. if you become a premium member you can get any book for free including "killing reagan" which is out on september 22nd. thank you for watching a special edition of "the factor: election 2016." . i am jesse waters. bill o'reilly will be back monday. the spin stops here, because we are definitely looking out for you. >> right now. >> no drugs no alcohol. >> gett

ralph nader remembered the unanswered letters he wrote to presidents george w. bush and barack obama. andrea mays discussed the creation of shakespeare's first folio and industrialist henry folger's acquisition of a copy of the book 280 years later. and charles murray argued that it's now possible to limit federal power through the use of technology rather than the constitution. in the coming weeks on "after words," arthur brooks, president of the american enterprise institute, argues for a new kind of conservativism. and can-el padilla peralta recalls his journey. and claire mccaskill talks about her time in politics. >> i don't think we do anybody any favors by trying to dress up politicians as if we are not real human beings that have made major mistakes and have major problems in our lives. i think if more people saw us as multidimensional and fallible and vulnerable, then maybe we could all communicate better, and maybe they wouldn't be quite so cynical about government. >> "after words" airs on booktv every saturday at 10 p.m. and sunday at 9 p.m. eastern.

then at 10:00, former presidential candidate ralph nader on his book about the unanswered letters he wrote to presidents george w. bush and barack obama. booktv in prime time starts tonight at 8:00 eastern here on c-span2. >> with the senate in its august break, we'll feature booktv programing weeknights in prime time on c-span2. starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern. for the weekends here are a few booktv special programs. saturday, august 20 second we're live from jackson, mississippi, for the inaugural mississippi book festival beginning 11:30 11:30 a.m. eastern. with discussions on harper lee, civil rights and civil war. saturday, september fifth, we're live from the nation's capitol for the 15th annual national book festival. followed on sunday with live "in depth" program with former second lady, senior fellow at american enterprise institute, lynne cheney. booktv on c-span2, television for serious readers. >> the hoist of representatives and the u.s. understand are out of session for their summer recess. both bodies are back on tuesday september 8th. both are expected to take up the n

one of third party candidates, ralph nader on deirdre bolton "risk & reward." in case you want to watch the debate all over again, you can tune into fox business tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m. eastern time. we'll see you there. with 17 candidates in the running last night was the first step towards republican identifying a top party contender for 2016 election. which candidates are voters most impressed with? who do they think fell short? jeff flock is out there in chicago talking to all kinds of people. what are they telling you, jeff? >> it is interesting perspective. this is democratic town. a lot of people, i know the numbers were incredible but a lot of people didn't watch but a lot of democrats did watch. i'm fascinated by what they have to say. this gentleman from new york, chicago, watched the whole thing even though you're a liberal democrat. >> independent liberal democrat, yes. >> why did you watch, what you did you make of it. >> it was incredible. >> incredible in what way? >> it was compelling. the questions were really at a level i never thought the

joe biden doesn't want to be ralph nader.he doesn't want to have a legacy that he separated the party and served this great republican excitement about the idea that hillary clinton actually may not be the titan that we thought. he would run for the nomination and potentially maybe like trump say maybe there's something for me. i don't see hillary clinton crumbling. i think susan is right. there's been a lot of self-inflicted damage. this week rather than classless, i think she did something very clear. she said there's a clear distinction between the democratic party and jeb bush or marco rubio in florida. she said bush wants to lower capital gains taxes. she said i paid a high tax rate. this man wants to lower it. he's not looking out for middle class. that's making a clear distinction everybody can understand. she said marco rubio wants to lower taxes on people that make more than $3 million a year. she says i want to do more for the middle class. >> the same week that bushes and clintons are on the front cover of "time" m

. >> why do you think there is this resistance to ralph nader question mark. >> i think to reason one the 2000 campaign. it produced a lot of shunning by the democrats in congress and the white house. how dare i challenge a mutating democratic party that is a shell of what it was in the 1960s. we could've gotten through all these bills for environment, worker safety, we could've got them through today. we got them through today. we got them through the 1960s. i think the second thing is, if you don't get mainstream press coverage they don't think they need to respond to you. so the new york times decides they're not going to cover a certain citizen groups they will say why should we bother responding. it's too bad, because these letters often point out things going on in their own government they don't know about. things going on in the country they don't know about. they don't like the criticism, they like the praise, but it's just not the politics. i think you point out, it's not good politics to do that. if i was in the chamber of commerce, if i was a national association of manufa

and white: my up-close view of three presidents and race in america" and then we will hear from ralph nader on this book out about domestic foreign

ten points and brings down the republicans, they'll hate him for it, like democrats are angry at ralph nader still. >> but he doesn't care. he doesn't care. what does donald trump care whether the republicans are mad at him? >> the brand, the brand. >> i think he cares very much. >> your thoughts? >> he cares. you asked a question, chris, hi, that how is hillary clinton and donald trump different, and what can she learn from him? number one, he really enjoys being up there. he enjoys engaging the press. hillary clinton had a press conference yesterday, looked like she was going in for a root canal. arguing with them, seemed indifferent, a little bit arrogant, sarcastic. and i see trump at that podium as a man with confidence. mrs. clinton used to have -- secretary clinton had a great deal of confidence when he was up at a podium. lately she's reading remarks from a binder and she's joyless. >> just kept asking the same question. but it's a good point. just moments ago, donald trump continued his aggressive push against anchor babies as he called them. here he is right now. >> it's a very big

clinton is the nominee, unlike the ralph nader model, bernie sanders would be on the stage with her cheering her on, introducing her and campaigning for her and bringing whatever that. >> presumably. >> well, he said he's on board with the nominee, no matter what. there's no question about it. all right. we've got to end it there. thank you very much for joining us. chris hayes is up next. >>> tonight on "all in" -- >> this is a constitutionally protected right. >> republicans line up on either side of the latest immigration conflict brought to them once again by donald j. trump. >> you want to get rid of birth right citizenship? >> yes, you have to. >> tonight, why even the candidates' rebuttals are bad politics. >> as to the 11 million, let's be practical. >> reporter: then the resurrection of repeal and replace. >> we have to repeal and replace the health care law. >> repealing obamacare entirely. >> plus new footage of black lives matter activists meeting with hillary clinton. >> look, i don't believe you change hearts. i believe you change laws. >> and things get rough on the campaign t

so edgar came to a meeting with ralph nader, a man named ping ferry, who is a marvelous guy, and his wife, and ham and me, to get the option. they spoke eloquently, with edgar leading the way on why he ought to give the option and how, et cetera. so they had a funeral this morning for the family, and what i said there is i blame edgar for the next 20 years of my life, because he was as responsible as anyone else for my getting there. so i came to "the nation" when, finally, the funding was in place and we got the opportunity to go there. i, of course, had not finished "naming names." i spent too much time raising money along with hamilton. but i was pleased to start at the beginning of 1978. it was the ideal job for me. i had been working at the "new york times" as an editor, and my inclination, because i sat at the desk at the times, where my boss sat behind me. i just turned around when i had an idea. i felt the first day i got to "the nation," it was on 6th avenue, i turned around and there was my reflection in the window. >> were you nice to yourself? >> i gave myself great assig

ralph nader did not want to do that and in that, he did expose the anti-democratic nature of so much of our system to get on the ballot would have caused bernie sanders half of his time, to get on tv and explain why he was running as an independent socialist, so i think it's exciting. donald trump i think elections are a mirror of a country, in addition to other things, put up a mirror to, and i think he's not in the know-nothing tradition, which elevates him too much. [ laughter ] i think he's someone who is an entertainer, but has decided and it's so in sync with the republican party platform, that the rich can do anything, they can rewrite the rules. they can do anything, and he's going to be above it all. he is not going to be constrained by the rules, and i don't know, he'll be on that stage in cleveland. cleveland i was just saying, cleveland not this weekend the following weekend is convening of black lives matter, thousands of activists. the following weekend is the first gop debate. cleveland is going to to, if it survives. >> question? question? >> good to see both of you,

people asgs i like in diverse as bernie sanders, rand paul, ron paul, and ralph nader. these people tend to be mavericks. as i think steve was, a little bit, and still is. they all bring something to the table. i'm not really a fan of donald trump, but he gets a lot of support and attention because he is not one of the politics as usual people, as for example hillary clinton and jeb bush seem to be. host: thank you, sir. steve forbes. guest: in terms of retirement, i think, at the time, pilots had to retire at the age of 60. it has been raised since then. in terms of that, where you have a physically, mentally demanding job, if you take a test every few months, psychologically and physical, and can do the job, you should be able to do it. the only area where you might have a fixed retirement is for high executive positions or boards of corporations where they tried to bring in new people. at the very top, yes, i could see having a retirement age where you go into something else and let others move-in, younger people move in. like for pilots, that should be dependent on

and then at ten, former presidential candidate ralph nader on his book about the unanswered letters he wrote to presidents george w. bush and barack obama. booktv in prime time starts tonight at eight eastern here on c-span2. >> with the senate in its august break, we'll feature booktv programming weeknights in prime time on c-span2. starting at 8 p.m. eastern. and for the weekends, here are a few booktv special programmings. saturday, august 32nd -- 22nd, we're life from jackson, mississippi, for the inaugural mississippi book festival beginning at 11:30 a.m. eastern with discussions on harper lee, civil rights and the civil war. son -- on saturday, september 5th, we're live from our nation's capital for the 15th annual national book festival followed on sunday by our "in depth" program with former second lady lynne cheney. booktv on c-span2, television for serious readers. [applause] >> the aspen institute last month held its sixth annual security forum in partnership with cnn and "the new york times". one discussion from the gathering featured former pentagon officials talking about

and then at ten former presidential candidate ralph nader on his book about the unanswered letters hewrote to presidents george w. bush and barack obama. booktv in prime time starts tonight at 8 eastern here on c-span2. >> this sunday night on q&a, suit for policy -- institute for policy studies fellow and anti-war activist phyllis bennis on u.s. foreign policy since 9/11, the recent negotiations with iran and the war on terrorism. >> who is isis? what are their origins? what do they believe? why are they so violent? all those questions are important, and i address them all in the book. i think that what's more important in some ways is what is the u.s. policy regarding isis? why isn't it working? can we really go to war against terrorism? are we just doing the war wrong, or is it wrong to say there should be a war against terrorism at all? .. [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. my name is brian michael jenkins come is brian michael jenkins commenced in your browser to the president at the rand corporation and a member of the aspen institute homeland sec

run a .ampaign, she would win he ityst: there's a sensitiv to third-party candidates ross perot, ralph nader. he decided that race. my sense is these two individuals, i do not know bernie sanders has the resources to be that important. how has made some noises, and in terms of the washington post poll that really showed the majority of trumps both would bush and a bush clinton matchup. talk about joe biden possibly getting involved. if he decided to run it would be shocking, and this would be the strangest thing i have ever seen. you are the vice president of the united states. you have infinite resources at your disposal. he can fly anywhere on the government time. have been out there to or three years ago starting this campaign. i think this is a little bit of wishful thinking coming from people in the media because it is a little boring on the democratic side and this would shake exempt. actually goingis to happen. if it does, that it becomes interesting of the democratic side without a question. but i do not think he will ultimately get to the race. host: how do they prepare for this? th

people asgs i like in diverse as bernie sanders, rand paul, ron paul, and ralph nader. these people tend to be mavericks. as i think steve was, a little bit, and still is. they all bring something to the table. i'm not really a fan of donald trump, but he gets a lot of support and attention because he is not one of the politics as usual people, as for example hillary clinton and jeb bush seem to be. host: thank you, sir. steve forbes. guest: in terms of retirement, i think, at the time, pilots had to retire at the age of 60. it has been raised since then. in terms of that, where you have a physically, mentally demanding job, if you take a test every few months, psychologically and physical, and can do the job, you should be able to do it. the only area where you might have a fixed retirement is for high executive positions or boards of corporations where they tried to bring in new people. at the very top, yes, i could see having a retirement age where you go into something else and let others move-in, younger people move in. like for pilots, that should be dependent on