. >> nadia's uncle was ralph nader.safety and all the rest. >> i think he's had a big influence in our, both our lives, in terms of trying to make better things happen. >> nadia and michael had three sons and one daughter, who they named samya. >> she was a force of nature. she was just, oh gosh. she was you know beautiful, intelligent, charismatic. she could just light up a room. but around here it was you know, she raised pigs. she would sell the meat to the neighbors. if she decided you needed to buy her pork, you were going to buy her pork. >> you were going to buy it. >> samya very much absorbed the family ethic that you're supposed to use your time well, you develop your skills. she became very good at her instrument, which for her was cello. >> watching samya, you got the sense of someone who had really kind of brought together all these strains in the family, starting with uncle ralph and his activism and then through her own parents. >> definitely he influenced samya tremendously, because she was out there at n

i have been voting for that some of the else for decades now, his name is ralph nader. probably the only man i have ever known to be honest who ran for president of the united states. if you could just hold on one second -- host: did you write it in? caller: yes, i wrote it in as i always do. host: why didn't you support how? caller: [laughter] this goes out to all of those holier than thou people who talk about the sanctity of life, but yet they can be counted on to support war in an instant. to me they sound like people who believe the sanctity of life ends as soon as a child is born, then you can start bombing them. host: let me ask you again, why didn't you over howie hawkins? caller: i only voted for ralph nader because i know that man to be honest and that's all i would want from a leader, honesty. next.ok, kirk is he didn't vote, so he says. go ahead. caller: good morning, can you hear me? host: you're on, go ahead. caller: i did not vote for the peopleason that most shouldn't. it's an exercise in futility. the system is corrupt. everyone knew that mail-in voting

people look at florida back in 2000 and say ralph nader cost that state and cost him the presidency. advocate andumer he ran as an independent in florida. he pulled away several percentage points that could have gone -- and you can also look at the clinton-bush race and 92 and ross perot and how much he took away was double digits potentially from george h w bush. third-party candidates are big factors in presidential elections. we don't talk it very -- we don't talk about it very much in his races but they are a big factor here. there is an argument we need to broaden parties and more than just a democrat and republican, they need to be other options. i think we will see more of that going forward, more people on the ballot and tighter races. host: here is the headline from election night -- jamie is in farmington, independent line. caller: good morning, susan. i am a former defense professional. counterterrorism and guerrilla warfare in 1993 following the world trade center bombing. asked to work with researchers developing a chemical weapons census so we didn't have a repeat of th

administrator steven dixon, consumer rights advocate, ralph nader did not hold back nader who lost a family member in the ethiopian airline crash, writes the recent house committee on transportation and infrastructure staff report . on the boeing 737 max, released by chairman peter de fazio excoriated the f.a.a. secrecy its symbiotic relationship with boeing and the specific failures of personnel. this week, the house of representatives approved reforms to the government agencies aircraft certification program, while more than $400.00 orders of the boeing plane have been cancelled and dozens deferred. the latest f.a.a. order allows boeing 737 max commercial flights to resume and deliveries of the plane to continue before the end of this year. for r t m alex my luggage time now for a quick break, but when we come back that point angle of continue their 2020 rise, some say it for fine and the 3 are bracing for upcoming inflation. we'll break it down with our expert panel standing by and as we go to break here, the numbers are pretty close. the results of the u.s. election cycle has sur

the movement for economic justice and other progressive tax organizations, including ralph nader's tax reform research group devoted much of their time to setting up trained local teams to mobilize quickly and efficiently to put maximum pressure on key senators or congressmen. despite the high hopes and initial successes, however, progressive efforts to channel and control taxpayer anger proved futile. the continued deterioration of the national economy made it difficult if not impossible for progressives to use tax politics to underwrite a new progressive majority. inflation pushed many middle and lower income taxpayers into higher marginal tax brackets. this then transformed earlier calls for tax reform into strident demands for tax reduction. moreover as it turned out tax reform itself was a double edged sword. progressives were eager to point out the loopholes in the code that benefitted wealthy taxpayers as well as corporations but they are less eager to point out the loopholes in the code that provided material assistance to members of the silent majority, tax breaks for home own

kennedy: ralph nader iran asked, will party was he with . green partier in 2000.g with him. the vice presidential candidate and his company. he said this a horrible year for third-party candidates . in marquette offers faster said that is because when democrats lose, as they did in 2000, and when and when popular vote believes the electoral vote, then the next election cycle four years later, the third-party support drops. is there anyway of lifting the back up again. guest: i hope so. then i have the '90s and lester last time donald trump ran his republican but he ran as an outsider. and he said, look i'm not a professional politician. on businessman man and i know how to cut spending. by the way, i'll bring the troops home. he's done none of that. so the reason the polls gone wrong is because he did attract any people who had never voted or had not voted in 20 years to know what am telling most people is you've already dusted off your registration card now come vote for the real outsider. the person is really going to cut government. because as we saw with trump

amy: michael stumo's daughter samya was the niece of consumer advocate and presidential candidate ralph naderho had urged the faa to never let the 737 max fly again because of its flawed design. the philadelphia city council has formally apologized for the 1985 police bombing of the radical, black liberation, anti-police-brutality group move, which killed six adults and five children and destroyed over 60 homes. the city council resolution acknowledges "the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of the move bombing." may 13, the anniversary of the massacre, will be established as an annual day of "observation, reflection and recommitment." and activist and former professional football player colin kaepernick has come out in support of freeing renowned political prisoner and journalist mumia abu-jamal. he posted this video online. who haslitical prisoner since the age of 14 dedicated his life to fighting against racism, continues to be caged and lives his life on a slow death row. we are the midst of a movement that says black lives matter. if that is truly the case, then it

so far ralph nader who ran as, what party was he? green partier?peaking to him and his vice president smoke candidate nominee pretty said this is a horrible year for third-party candidates. marquette university law professor said that is because when democrats lose, as they did in 2000, when they win the popular vote but lose the electoral vote, the next election cycle four years later, third-party support drops. is there anyway of lifting that back up again? >> well, i hope so. i have the advantage this year in that last time donald trump ran as republican buddy radisson outsider. he said look, i'm not a professional politician, i am a businessman i know how to balance a budget, know how to cut spending. my limb going to bring the troops on parade but he has done none of that. so the reason the polls got it wrong is because he did attracted many people who had never voted. or hadn't voted 20 years. so now what i'm telling those people is how you've already dusted off your voter registration card. now come vote for the real outsider parade that per

the movement for economic justice and other progressive tax organizations including ralph nader's tax reform group set up trained mobile teams to put maximum pressure key senators or congressmen. despite the high hopes and initial successes, however, the efforts to channel and control taxpayer anger proved futile and the continued deterioration of the national economy made it difficult, if not impossible to progressives to use tax politics to underwrite a new progressive majority to push into higher marginal tax brackets and a process called bracket creep and this transformed earlier calls for tax reform into trident demands for tax deduction. >> as it turned out, tax reform itself was a double-edged sword. progressives were eager to pull out the loopholes to benefit taxpayers and corporation, but they were less eager to pull out the loopholes in the code that provided material assistance to members of the silent majority and for home ownership and employer-provided health care and business and even in some cases for getting married. these forms of special tax incentives had become a

i have been voting for that some of the else for decades now, his name is ralph nader.bably the only man i have ever known to be honest who ran for president of the united states. if you could just hold on one second -- host: did you write it in? caller: yes, i wrote it in as i always do. host: why didn't you support how? caller: [laughter] this goes out to all of those holier than thou people who talk about the sanctity of life, but yet they can be counted on to support war in an instant. to me they sound like people who believe the sanctity of life ends as soon as a child is born, then you can start bombing them. host: let me ask you again, why didn't you over howie hawkins? caller: i only voted for ralph nader because i know that man to be honest and that's all i would want from a leader, honesty. next.ok, kirk is he didn't vote, so he says. go ahead. caller: good morning, can you hear me? host: you're on, go ahead. caller: i did not vote for the peopleason that most shouldn't. it's an exercise in futility. the system is corrupt. everyone knew that mail-in voting was

our guest michelle malkin come paul johnson, tara reade, john deigns pat buchanan mark must bomb ralph nader gordon wood miguel cockapoode jn of goldberg and solomon rushdie were all on. paul johnson was one of our guests a british historian. here's a look at his appearance. >> we are looking at an age where material is advances are really very comforting and very considerable a and we must be grateful for that. of course where your e-mail correspondent is nearer the truth is over the moral condition of the world are there hasn't been much improvement there could we have expanded enormously in a material sense butor our morality seems to be o better than ever in the past and i am afraid that is strewn if we go back through history and look at the time of george washington or go further back and look at the time of queen elizabeth or into the middle ages in the crusades or to the age of julius caesar we have to admit that public morals on the whole have not substantially improved. there are still a large number of dreadful things that occur. anyone who has lived through the middle decades of

reid, john dean,9 pat buchanan, martha us in bam, ralph nader, gordon wood, mitch cho kaku, jonah goldberg and salman rushdie were all on. i mentioned that paul johnson was one of our guests, the british historian. here's a little bit from his appearance. >> guest: we are living in anwa rage where material advances -- in an age where material advances are really very comforting and very considerable, and we must be grateful for that. now, of course, where your e-mail corps respondent is nearler the truth is over the moral condition of the world. there hasn't been much improvement there. we've expanded enormously in a material sense, but our morality appears to be no better than ever in the past. and i'm afraid that is true. and if we go back through history and look at the time of george washington or go further back and look at the time of queen elizabeth and the armada or into the middle ages and the crusades or went back further still to the age of julius caesar, we have to admit that the public morals on the whole have not substantially improved. they are still -- there are still a lar

people look at florida back in 2000 and say ralph nader cost that state and cost him the presidency.e andumer he ran as an independent in florida. he pulled away several percentage points that could have gone -- and you can also look at the clinton-bush race and 92 and ross perot and how much he took away was double digits potentially from george h w bush. third-party candidates are big factors in presidential elections. we don't talk it very -- we don't talk about it very much in his races but they are a big factor here. there is an argument we need to broaden parties and more than just a democrat and republican, they need to be other options. i think we will see more of that going forward, more people on the ballot and tighter races. host: here is the headline from election night -- jamie is in farmington, independent line. caller: good morning, susan. i am a former defense professional. counterterrorism and guerrilla warfare in 1993 following the world trade center bombing. asked to work with researchers developing a chemical weapons census so we didn't have a repeat of the gulf w

interview in 2011, in 2010 our guest michelle, paul, tr reid, john dean, pat buchanan, martha, ralph nader, gordon would, scientist, goldberg and solomon were all on, you mention that paul johnson was one of our guest the british historian, here's a little bit from his appearance. >> we are living in an age where material advances are really very comforting and very considerable and we must be grateful to that, now of course where your e-mail correspondence is near the truth is over the moral condition of the world, there has not been much improvement there, we've expanded ignore mostly but on morality it appears to be no better than ever in the past and i'm afraid that is true and if we go back through history and look at the time of george washington a further back and look at the time of queen elizabeth in the armada or the middle ages in the crusades or to the age of julius caesar, we have to admit that public morals have not substantially improved, there are still a large number of dreadful things that occur and anyone who has lived through the middle decade of the 20th century as i d

michelle malkin, paul johnson, tr reid, john dean, pat buchanan, martha nussbaum, bill bennett, ralph naderdberg and salman rushdie were all on, mention that paul johnson was one of our guests, the british historian. here's a little bit from his appearance. >> we are living in an age where material advances are really very comforting and very considerable. we must be grateful for that. of course where your email correspondent is near of a truth is over the moral condition of the world. there hasn't been much improvement there. we've expanded enormously in a material sense but our morality appears to be in no better than ever in the past. am afraid that is true and if we go back to history and look at the time of george washington or go further back and look at the time of queen elizabeth and the alma mater or the middle ages and the crusades, or back further stills of the age of julius caesar, we have to admit the public morals on the whole have not substantially improved. there are still a large number of dreadful things that occur. anyone who has lived through the middle decades of the 20