i want to turn to ralph nader. ralph nader, your response to this settlement? it is absurd settlement. it doesn't do terror future behavior by general motors. nobody went to jail, nobody is indicted. the company wasn't indicted. the justice department under attorney general loretta lynch and the obama administration created a new doctrine called "crimes without criminals." they charge gm with a crime, but the company was not indicted and no officials were indicted. imagine individuals being able to get away from that. that is a double standard between the privileges and immunities that are dedicated to corporations by the u.s. government and the way individuals are treated. that therefar, amy, are motorists who were charged with vehicle or manslaughter because they were involved in crashes due to gm's defect. as the corporate crime reporter pointed out, gm did the crime, the drivers do the time. i think the focus has got to be on congress, the pending highway bill has to include criminal penalties for auto companies for violating safety standards for cars and p

amy: ralph nader, how would that work?sically, it was say that any company that knowingly and willfully violates government safety standards resulting in death and injury can be criminally prosecuted and as well, the officials inside the company. so it is prosecution of the company, prosecution of officials. andsenator from nebraska fred upton for michigan have been blocking senator blumenthal and senator markey's efforts. they deserve to be contacted by people all over the country. if we had criminal penalties when we were pressing for them in 1966 and the gm lobbyist led by lloyd cutler, the corporate lawyer, blocked that, you would not see the situation today. how many times do corporate executives privately have to tell people, the only deterrence is fear of jail. that is what it is. what we have now is corporations who got chartered many, many decades ago to limit liability of shareholders, now have limited the liability the corporation itself. and the mockery is that general motors and mary barra come of the ceo, are

he is not interested being ross perot or ralph nader, a spoiler, he wants to be president of the united states, he knows to do that he needs to win the republican nomination and if he doesn't get it he can always change his mind. gregg: boeing back to '92, ross perot got enough votes to essentially take the presidency away from george herbert walker bush and gave it to bill clinton. so how relieved do you think reince priebus and the rnc is right now and, and other republicans? >> i don't think they should be terribly relieved because this means nothing. i think if donald trump thinks he is treated unfairly and wants to run as independent and thinks he could win as an independent would do it in a heartbeat. he is not pledging allegiance to the republican party and principles for which it stands. he is pledging allegiance to donald trump's interest and right now he is winning. there is no reason for him not to pledge to be part of the republican party because he is the frontrunner for the republican nomination. he believes based on how it is

me now is four-time presidential candidate, consumer advocate and author of, return to sender, ralph nader. ralph, so glad to have you back. >> thank you. deirdre: is trump agreeing essentially with president obama? >> oh, it is quite different. what he just said about high salaries of the bosses and the cushy relations with their board of directors resonates with the left-right reaction all over the country. there will be a lot of left-right people in dallas, 20,000 people. people want wall street crooks to be put away, prosecuted and convicted and jailed after 2008 and 2009. so the main street versus wall street is a powerful theme for donald trump. he has got it all by himself. the others are not going in that direction. deirdre: ralph, as you said he seems to be tapping a lot of anger and a lot of frustration. do you think he can carry this all the way through? >> well, it depends. if he stays on the offense, he will have a lot to say that will resonate with left-right, against the plutocracy big guys. deirdre: anti-establishment? >> yeah. if he is ever put on the defense, then all thi

[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] #ññ [applause] 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

it was established by consumer activist ralph nader in efforts to educate people about the hard-fought history of consumer protections. ralph nader spoke at sunday's opening in his hometown. >> we have open this first law museum of any kind in america, in order to enlighten and educate people about the great benefits to their health, safety, and freedom that the law of wrongful injury called tort law has provided them over 200 years. look, we have the tort law broke maraudinghole tobacco of it takes 400,000 american lives a year, or the asbestos curses that have killed so many americans in this corporate cover-up, and product defects in automobiles and pharmaceuticals and hospital malpractice and lack of security for apartment buildings -- all of these cases generated a message to the owners, the people who control these companies, that it is cheaper to be safe than to be unsafe and inflict terrible injuries on innocent people whether their customers, workers, adjust people living in a community. that is what this museum is all about. amy: in california, people have splashed paint on h

question, and a man joining me next is a man who knows a thing about running for president and that is ralph nader next guest. and donald trump sent out a tweet, am i morally obligated to defend the president every time somebody says something bad or controversial about him? i don't think so. mr. nader as a presidential candidate, does he bear a moral and ethical obligation to defend the president? >> well sh, if he is asked a question that is terribly bigoted, well, silence is tolerating it if not agreeing. >> if i am up on the stage that i know someone raises a question that is misalign ed or bigoted,i respond. >> and what about the other tweets that said, if somebody made a nasty comment about me to the president, do you really think that he would come do my rescue? not a chance, and if i had challenged the man, the media would have accused me of interfering with his right to freedom of speech. and he is one of the people who led the birther movement, and does he bear some are responsibility? >> yes, and when they tried to get trump to defend him, and he on the stage, and the audience, and the

erik: ralph nader redux. gentlemen, thank you very much. we had jamie butters, the auto editor here with me a bloomberg. lawrence ulrich, think you very much. lawrence: the drive.com. erik: we will be right back. stay with us. ♪ charlie: carol burnett is here. her comedy has inspired generations of comedians for 60 years or chi has received many awards including six emmys, a kennedy center honor, the mark twain prize on the presidential medal of freedom. she will receive a lifetime achievement award from the screen actors guild next year. "the care burnett show" the lost episodes is a new dvd box set. here is a look at some classic moments. it!hat absolutely did i am leaving this house and i am not coming back -- in case you missed it, here is the instant replay. i am leaving this house and i'm not coming back until the end of the football season! [applause] >> i wonder how grandfather is doing. lance, -- gramps, how are you feeling? just as i thought. hello, general hospital, dr. huffer please? yes, i'll hold on. hello, dr. hoffer. can you

ralph nader on the emerging right alliance to dismantle the corporate state.om goldstein discusses the websites purpose. this labor day, on washington journal, we look at the impact right to work laws have with mix andg's -- with mark gary burtoless. also a discussion on the self-employed. and, national black chamber of commerce president and ceo about minority owned businesses in the u.s. and the challenges they face. plus, your calls, and we will look for your comments on facebook and twitter. live at 7 a.m. eastern. >> monday on "the communicators." this year, c-span stopped by several technology fairs and spoke about the future of consumer technology. >> this is what we call the farm-data dashboard. we wanted to create this for a lot of this important data about agriculture and production in the united states.

ityou liked this program, you may also like our program katzmann, and another with ralph nader.day, on "the communicators," a talk about the future of technology. are building is what we call at the moment the dashboard. .e wanted a one-stop-shop wanted to build a portal into agriculture and production in the united states. online ether. we wanted to bring it all together and make it easy. we wanted to make it for the busy public to the small farmer all the way to engineers and professional developers to access and use the data and start using it in ways that would be powerful for them. >> in the future, our phones to doe intelligent enough things like sue that's with vibrations o

. >> i was were with ralph nader and bill clinton but i never sold out my principles but at the end of the date to stay true to your principles to have a discussion with pat schroeder and some of the young republicans say how can you talk to that woman? in these people are not the enemy so i chastised and the essay was from the budget committee i used to you tell my colleagues we can fight all day long but we have to figure out a couple of things and when people got personal i made it a point to sit down and chastise them for doing that. said those who could fix the country. and that is not mentally members of congress to be good will models that you could have bipartisan efforts and the other side doesn't have to be the enemy. i remember ronald reagan and tip o'neill. nobody fought harder but it did get personal and at the end of the day they could sit down to have heard a drink together. if we're going to resolve the major problems of social security and the health care system whether a democrat or republican, if he think we can solve these problems of the consensus you are dead wron

. >> i want to play more of my discussion with ralph nader. the broadcast yesterday. >> it's all a side show. the media has a responsibility to call it for what it is. and start sponsoring really serious discussion about matters that are on people's minds trying to raise their families and send them to schools and having a safe, helpful environment and having their taxes respected in terms of the way they're used. that's why i think there's a left/right alliance bubbling up there around the country on a lot of issues, including restoring the minimum wage which has been gutted for tens of millions of american workers. >> so do you think the primaries can be dismissed as the silly season until the field thins or is the gop overall and the leader of the pack right now, lowering the level of discourse. does the american public deserves better? >> we're all guilty of helping to dumb down the system, i think. i think we all have some responsibility there. but, you know, when you go back to four years ago, there was a time when michele bachmann was l

elizabeth worn and ralph nader would run in 2020.ythat causes me to lose christian salvation and burn in hades, so be it. haveder if your callers thought about economic trends to sittingey do presidents, governors, and congressman. thank you for allowing us. let's hear from paul, kentucky. i think the established politicians, jeb bush, mike huckabee, they are expected to be rude or bombastic. fiorina,ump and mrs. they are not considered established candidates. mr. trump has been the most rude, disrespectful person seeking office that has ever ran for office. seen't know how anyone can hope with him coming to office with his temperament. can you imagine him talking that way to the leader of north korea? do you think he could blow up everybody? america has not the money nor the military might to exert her threat all over the world. he seems to throw out rhetoric and brag about his financial wealth. good for the masses of the people. the tone of the presidency, the campaign, is more rhetoric and fearsppealing to people and hatred, rathe

nader? >> kind of. >> not ralph. >> kind of him jumping off a climb. >> we have good news, too. >> this poloews is big. ralph lauren announcing he is stepping down as ceo of the company that bears his name. he will be succeeded in november by stephane larsen, the president of gap, successful old navy division. lauren who founded the company in '67 will continue to serve as executive chairman and chief creative officer. old navy, where it was the sweet spot for gap, 15 years at h & m. art peck said he is not worried at all, already the downgrades for gap are in play. >> h & m is doing well. what works at old navy does it work at ralph lauren? i regard those as different brands. a lot of people felt that as great as ralph is, that maybe it's time and new leadership -- the stock has been down so much. i think it's a reason to get behind the stock. should gap be down this much? i don't know gap's numbers are not that great. >> always interesting to see a founder/ceo who controls 81% of the company make a decision like that mr. lauren is 76, obviously in good health. it's interesting. he did say