She completely and totally lied. [applause] would nobody more than me want a female president to be the first president of the United States. Listened to what james comey said, i listened to the hearings, and i cannot understand why she is not indicted. Kathleen ann coulter wants to answer that. , veryll i will say is briefly, and i will let the democrats because the fbi did not bring charges, i would say, as you saw yourself, read his base. Webas like, waking out the blinking like torture. Gross one after another how there is carelessness and negligence. Not bringing charges which im not surprised by. And iats dont than democrats. He laid out the case. Appointee, but let the smear. Candidate in trouble with the government. All, of [indiscernible] we dont have that much time. Lets be clear. It acts or does matter that he was not indicted. If she was indicted, he would be hearing it from that side of the room. The fact that she was not indicted by consequential but she had, they would just. Two, colin powell did the same thing, arguably he did server, did secure she make a mistake . Yes. She said it was. When she left forthcoming that should have been, yes. I have after. Asked her. Candidate whothe has several lawsuits against him for not just line, but purposely defrauding poor people and seniors out of their way just. Wages. [indiscernible] paper g off cold poor people. You name one thing with donald trump ended the 10 times worse. I would be oppressed if she was indicted because that would mean you have to run against sanders and as i said, he is a lot tougher of a candidate and hillary. Also, ns also will go back to indict, morley and that toy clinton or the sins of for husband. Clinton and the sins of her husband. The response has been to go after bill clinton. We dont seem to talk about that. Womensnt talk about the and court cases have said that donald trump sexually assaulted him to pending court cases. The double standard, he does not know what hes doing, this has to be our president. He has not answered poor policy questions. Can tell the truth about him. One thing i love about women is we dont argue with each other, we resolve issues. [laughter] we would if we were all correct. This fellow here had his hand up. I hate to get away from all this excitement, you are brilliant. Know, you talk about hillary and her job, curious,. Ide from enron, iran we have a better relationship with toy clinton as secretary of state Hillary Clinton as secretary of state. Im not going to be able to list a group of countries but i will say that the United States, the stating in the world and pull after poll went up during president obamas tenure and during her tenure as secretary of state. The world likes us more to me seems like it could standard. Goods data. You what to blame russia on Hillary Clinton. Putin invaded georgia when george w. Bush was president , did you blame him . Was he injecting weakness into the world . I have world news, bad people do bad things in the world regardless of who is secretary of state. It is intriguing that we want to hold her responsible for the awful thing that happened. Litigate, lisa right to argument is for the middle east stability for the anyone else. Created isis. This question. Next question. My question, why is it that single young women are among one of the most democratic groups in the country . What are they missing . I would love to ask it to the right side of the panel. Forare they voting Democratic Candidates in such large numbers . What would you say to them to commit them to come over to your side . Two things. One is, like i said, brainwashing from the schools. And young single males are democratic. Isthe other, the other thing , your question hints at but is not specifically say, the gender gap does not exist among married women. Is single,gap divorced or never married. Suffrage atomens different times in a National Government did. You can see what happens to government when women get the boat. The matter what mostly republican states gave women the vote first, whenever women get the vote, suddenly Government Spending is through the rate. Which means that single women are feeling insecure about the world, probably because they can and a summit to support them. If they dont have a husband, they turn to the government. I promise you, all these programs preschool care, nursery care, that is not designed to appeal to john wayne. Again, it goes back to information. One of the things, the messages that comes out of research and i try to share with young people, we know that in the black community is Something Like 70 of black children are in single parent households. I try to encourage them as well as some other people that if they stay in school, if they dont have a child out of wedlock, if they get a job, and they are less likely to be poor. I think most people want to work. They dont want to be on entitlement programs. The policies of the Democratic Party pushing this, a lot of minorities, i think it keeps them trapped. I believe that within the Republican Party, the programs i see people volunteering for and working in the prisons and in the schools with young people, it is to empower them so they can have a middleclass life where workingclass life that they will be dependent on government. To vote for the democrats because they dont know any other way and they are being misled and being trapped. There is a way out. Any other questions . Ok. This gentleman. There we are. My name is malcolm. Serious, mellow question. Governmentyears in and intelligence, my family has been in the military for 110 years. Since the civil war. [applause] for the people who support trump , how in gods name, how, i have seen international command center a fullscale Simulated Nuclear attack on the United States, i have worked next to nuclear reactors, i have been in close proximity with nuclear weapons, the seriousness of the presidency of the United States with the control of atomic 7100, if the president at any time so decides to employ that weapon, there is a nonstop chain of custody which will launch that weapon. How can you prove to me that this man has even the slightest comprehension of the awesome power that he can plan to use wheren a city like syria he would mass murder 2 million terrorists . T 30,000 i will tell you now, i dont think the military would do it. Those orders are just that. Explain to me his rationale based on his humor that he would have the gravity to control atomic weapons . Excellent question. This is another, scared. He is a businessman. He goes into meetings. He made himself a billion dollars. , the fake laughter is very effective argument, im siding fact. Obviously a service person. Just because summit can be funny , for petes and we are sitting in a comedy club. This idea that people cant be funny. Motherd to philly to my than i did to my boyfriends than a speech. So he is funny and entertaining. That is great. The idea that he flies off the handle, just being babies about this. His obviously is this person who engages with a lot of brilliant people and has but a lot of buildings and made a lot of umpey and i think i would tr that more than the person who better to go into iraq and the person who blew up libya pushing obama into the biggest foreignpolicy disaster of this administration. Bushs bas george itch after the iraq war. We got out of that. Going to invade me next, he called me and told me weapons of mass destruction. He paid each one of the families a million dollars, gaddafi was fine. Is how we have this whole refugee crisis into your. Gaddafi always said to europe, you would to take me out. Wait until you see what i bring. Think it is so clever to shut that answer the question. The question is about foreignpolicy. Foreignpolicy. Who would handle it better. Hillary made a mess of it. Donald trump was on the right side of these issues and he is a serious businessman. I will answer the question. I think President Trump himself will be against the terrace. We are not respected. The terrorists. We are not respected. Im sorry. You know it is fascinating to me is, im old enough to remember 2008. Remember conservatives and republicans talking about how barack obama was not qualified to be president. It is interesting to me the sort of, hes a businessman so he will be doing the right thing. Tocan trust that he want tweak nasty insulting things to heads of state. , this is anort of initiative, [indiscernible] [laughter] listen, i disagree with helical can on her foreignpolicy issues be part of the reason im reluctant, shes more hawkish than i. Go toe to tello us some of her foreignpolicy decisions. May not always agreed with the outcome but at least i know she is thinking and knows what shes talking about. Her one foreignpolicy initiative. A disaster. Next question. We will move on. Fun . E you all having they are drinking. Think,rdless of what you the ghost of left or right, you have been credible. Incredible. You mentioned a number of times, the bible, [indiscernible] reason why you are, you stay on the side of the aisle and why you support the things you do based on religion and how that is not supposed to alienate myself as someone who is not religious as well as other people of other religions. It would be great to get your view on that. First of all, i understand and appreciate your question. For me, i identify as a christian more than a conservative. Im unhappy with both parties. I live in america. I have to make a choice. I took the Republican Party because it is the party that is most profamily. I believe it is the Political Party that defend the constitution. We do have judeochristian tradition. Jewish, too many jewish people that are conservative, and are becoming conservative, as far as whether or not you find my views offensive, i support my religious place from who i am. I dont think you have to agree with me. As a christian, i cannot support a Political Party that goes against the basic tenets of my fave. Faith. Some people on the side of the room. A lot of people debate whether donald trump is a christian, we dont have a religious test for president in this country. I would vote for him because he loves america and i believe you did right thing. Do into a quick and does not love america . Hillary clinton loves america . I think she hates america. Youre supporting a candidate who is one of the people leading the charge say that president obama hates america but he may not be a citizen and not a christian. A majority of republicans now believe. President obama has done for america, undermine the rule of law. He has not shown respect for a separation of powers. The basic constitution tenet. I can make a fair argument bush but i would not question his patriotism. Hateu think that i america . I like you. I think your person of good intentions just like i am a person of good intentions but we need to have more dialogue. President obama a person with good intentions. Is a person with good intentions. [indiscernible] a tremendous amount of respect for everyone on the panel. Tv, kelly onnne on tv, i respect where you guys are coming from. What i am having a failure of understanding is how is it that you cant hold each candidate to the same standard . How is it you are able to excuse donald trump for all of his batescretions yet lam Hillary Clinton for all of hers . The guys that he is being funny. About a man who if no political background, you see his fundraising, how is it you can justify being for donald trump without the him tound necessary for become president . I agree. E thing, i think we should have the same measuring stick. I think we very much do not. Trump shhh asked trump was approximately 117 times did this about someone he has never met, never even referred to, had no contact with david duke. Times. About it 116 he has disavowed, disavowed. Meanwhile you have Hillary Clinton actively and endorsing black lives matter. Al sharpton. As long as i know, [indiscernible] still talking. David duke has never given a speech where people end up any beaten up or step. Stabbed. And yet are clinton Hillary Clinton is not asked to disavowed Hillary Clinton al sharpton. The head of an american terrorist organization. Donald trump has nothing to do with him. [screaming] black lives matter. Are we going to ask hillary to disavowed the shooter. She did. Believe even you believe that you can equate al sharpton with david duke of the ku klux klan. Died from a speech that he gave. To republicans. [indiscernible] when people are getting stabbed set onten up and stores fire after al sharpton gives a speech. That whilentioning al sharpton in the black is matter movement, they are not dyingme thing, people are because of Police Violence and that is why the buckeyes matter exists, to support nonviolence and the quality of all people. Equality of all people. The black lives matter did not shoot five police officers. Good clue close clan has done enough. The head of that organization is responsible for some. We startk when defending the kkk, were getting a little off course. Not defending that. Including black lives matter. You equivocated. Accused of defending the kkk. No i do not. That there saying was some kind of comparable being offered that the kkk. Why should donald trump . David duke, someone hes never met, Hillary Clinton says about black lives matter. The issue leads to stores being set on fire. People dying in harlem. Reporters being beaten up. That has not happened. Republicans are not kissing david did spring. They are not coming to meet with him the way democrats have met with al sharpton. That is the common yard stick. Everybody shush. Languagese stronger but we are being filmed. Democrats is time for to go to bed and others to have a drink. Time frederick. For a drink. One more question. Last question. Thank you. Thank you for this excellent conversation. I find value in both sides. Im a 21 euros woman. And millennial. I consider myself kind of a conservative. Some of his more conservative and more liberal on social issues utilizing the value from i love the prolife movement. My question is, looking at the future of conservatism in this country and whether anne and dr. Swain, yet Millennial Women are much more socially liberal even if they can be convinced on the economic issues. The question, with donald trump, i care a lot about the future of both parties and i think offer both values. Women, we had this opportunity before donald trump came along to say we can bring women into the party and bring diversity into the party, you think of the future against will have to deal with a lot of diversity in the future. How can conservatism rebound after the nomination of donald trump and make sure their party is more than just white people. That is a reality whether we like it or not and make sure conservatism, it has value, i believe that. How can we make sure that we continue to bring something to the table that is not just donald trump, but is more and can not shut it off. He expanded the vote beyond what the Republican Party was. What are you talking about . I think we need to embrace this. You are worried about millennials be more socially liberal or fiscally conservative, the whole attack on public and republican installing the odyssey when i work. I appreciate your statement. It is late. I think that one reason why so many young people that consider themselves, or the revoking party that they are becoming socially liberal is what is being taught on university campuses. The Political Correctness and the pressure of conservatism to liberalize their views. The Republican Party should stay true to its principles, the classical liberalism, limited government, individual responsibility, respect for the constitution and the rule of law and that we would all thrive if we protect and defend the traditional liberal values that have given , that madecan party a difference in the past. I think it is a mistake for republicans to try to become like democrats and theres a lot of pressure from people and some of them went into the Republican Party to change it. , i think,individuals if you dont like the Republican Party, then maybe should belong the Democratic Party or refinished . Part of some people in the Democratic Party that are getting frustrated and realizing that the Democratic Party does not have the best interest and we will take them also. Will an observation. An observation. There are public and party pot from Committee Going on and for the first time ever, theres an openly gay member of the Republican Platform Committee which i happen to think is fantastic. [applause] that pot from Committee Member introduced a measure in the platform saying not that the Republican Party should support Marriage Equality that is a bridge too far, she said that simply recognizing, acknowledging that there is a diversity of opinion with American Party with respect to Marriage Equality and it was voted down. Millennials, sup identified evangelicals support Marriage Equality. Do the math and good luck. You have a party and it is determined as ive been saying to the Republican Party was moving beyond social conservative and i thought this was a positive thing and that im so tired of Political Correctness. When i grew up, i thought it was just treating people with respect. That is it. , politicaly perspective connect correctness is just respect. Shutdown conservatives on campus . I do not. That is what Political Correctness has led to. I know it takes place. Conservative students tell me what they encounter in the classroom and it is an awful environment for conservatives. To studentthat experiences and the 60s and 70s. [indiscernible] im in favor of free speech. I think that i can put it all correctness is antifree speech. Nothing more intolerant than the political left. Have you heard trumpet speak speak lately . P one hand. If they are willing to go one more question . High. I served in the army for about six years. [applause] numerous people them, they didve not appreciate it when the American Government was perceived as attacking them as a general whole. From what ive seen in statements made from donald trump, this is what is happening , it is were going to build a wall, they will pay for it, that to me is what is going to turn more people against us. I sat across the table from them, ive been attacked by them come i ultimately made connections with people who hate women, who hate everything about , im getting there. Is, how are you asng to defend comments such groups of people together and say that he is going to keep the country safer . In my experience he will not. I know there is a strong impulse, interrogators have said, i would have to do is give the muslim members a cookie and it fills everything. Another is that argument. Argument donald trump makes his bold. Even letting in 2 million of them since 9 11. Why we going to keep letting them and after orlando, at the San Bernardino . We are continuing to let them in and hoping that some of the want to come in will help us. How about stopping terrorists in. Donald trump does not want to start wars. Im happy that we are getting back to the republican initiative. The position of the rest of my party other than outcome. The Democratic Party, instead of doing something hard like not bringing terrorists and, lets do something easy like an day the entire middle east. These democracies all over the world. How about we just dont let them in and assimilate the ones who are already here. That is the argument that makes us safer. [applause] trumpsaid, donald attracts david duke and is the ku klux klan that approached proposed the initial immigration policy. The immigration policy of the United States as we have had it in the 20th century was proposed and put forth by the clan. People as you got darker, you became less desirable. The point is not whether or not it happens to be true. It has nothing to do with trump it has everything to do with someone putting forth on the kkk. You are not the only expert on the kkk. Ideas that aret going to force us to defend the indefensible. Interest thenes two, it is not in anybody elses best interest. It is going to create international strife. You have to believe us. You can just caught talk to counterterrorism experts. Will create more enemies. That is it. And john mccain did not occur without with that interrogation. Im going to buy you all a trick later. Drink later. That,important to know first of all, might ancestors came to this country with her work immigration laws. They told the girls. We do not have rules. Because they were not different. They look by what we think americans should look like. I think that is wrong. Noting, that one into terrorist plots in this country have been foiled by tips from the muslim community. Muslims, we are doing a disservice. We have a sears problem of white men taking guns and shooting up places, but we dont think the profile them. Recommend we to stop letting them come into the country. Donald trump recommend we stop letting them come into the country. 1920s, 1955, was the most prosperous time in American History. We were not bringing in workers. Until we bring more jobs. He would not have muslim problems if you are not bringing in muslim immigrants. Some of them will help us. When you are limiting the wages of women, when you are forcing people of color into the meeting situations that you dont have to pay them for, for whom . [applause] i want to ask everyone we should have a vote remotely discussed. The kkk has come up, black lives matter, in 2002, i published a book with cambridge press called the new White Nationalism that challenge integration. In that book i talked about the situations that were diverted to create a group of racial unrest. There are people that are white and black, and the White Community and the black unity that would love to see a race war in america. I think black lives matter in the tactics of that group are contributing to an unstable environment. I think Race Relations have never been worse and that if you want to include Race Relations in america, you have to move away from the identity politics and try to go back to American National ideals and the things that unite us rather than divide us. [applause] i think we need to wrap it up. It has been a lot of fun and interesting. Ery provocative remarks made. I dont roughly resolved the question of whether conservatism hostile to women. Decided some of the audience members are. We did learn that women are not at all alike. ,hey dont just sit in circles they do care a lot about the issues that matter to all of us. What a healthy worldly event, and cut through it and when we can have these different ideas. I do think anyone is going to get shot tonight for those ideas. Who will win the election . The bar is pretty low these days. Guys,t know about you, who will win . Donald trump . [cheering] Hillary Clinton . [cheering] [slightly louder cheering] that was awesome. We are fine. Good night, everybody. Thank you for coming. [applause] watch cspans live coverage of the Republican National convention beginning next monday in cleveland. And saturday night at 8 00 eastern, we will take a look at past Republican Conventions including the contentious 1976 Republican Convention in kansas city, missouri starting with the rules debate where a proposed rule would require president gerald ford to select his running mate prior to the balloting process. Well feature speeches on the convention of president ford and ronald reagan. We have just heard a call to arms based on that platform. And a call to us to really be successful in communicating and reveal to the American People the difference between this platform and the platform of the opposing party which is nothing reissue, a revamp, a and a repeat of a late late show we have been hearing from them for the last 40 years. The 1952 convention in chicago with dwight eisenhower. You have summoned me on behalf of millions to be a great crusade. For freedom in america and freedom in the world. I know something of the solemn responsibility of leading a crusade. I have led one. Known for his military career ,ather than political expertise he won the election. And the Republican Convention in san diego with former kansas senator bob dole. Past National Conventions saturday night at 8 00 eastern on cspan. The hardfought 2016 primary season is over with historic conventions to follow this summer. Colorado, florida, texas, ohio. Watch cspan at the delegates consider the nomination of the first woman ever to head a major Political Party and the first nonpolitician in several decades. Watch live on cspan. Listen on the cspan radio app or get the on demand at cspan. Org. You have a front row seat to every minute of those conventions on cspan, all beginning on monday. A conversation with green Party President ial candidate jill stein. She was a guest on washington journal. This is about 35 minutes. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2016] dimension of life, jobs that are lowwage, parttime, wages that are barely above poverty are the majority of workers, we have a generation of young people locked in to print terry student loan predatory Student Loan Debt with no way out in the foreseeable future given the economy. Black lives are on the firing line, mass duplications, wars for oil, and the climate is a meltdown. We have a problem. The American People have really had it with this rig in the economy, they are tired of being thrown under the bus and they have had it with a rigged political system that has delivered this disastrous economy. It is really time for transformational change that will not come from two political from the usual suspects, banks, profiteers, pharmaceutical companies, oil giants, Health Insurance companies, etc. The usual suspects are making out like bandits while everyday people are really struggling to get by, so we can fix this with a variety of solutions. I am the only candidate in this race with only national Political Party that is not poisoned by corporate money, by pacs, so iuper have the unique ability in this race to provide the American People the Real Solutions that people are clamoring for. That is an Emergency Jobs Program that will fix the emergency of the climate crisis, health care as human rights, canceling student debt like we did for the bankers, we bailed. Ut the crooks on wall street it is about time we bailed out the on people who are victims of that waste, fraud and abuse on wall street. We need Higher Education as on humanly for free rights, which pays for itself for every dollar we invest and we get back seven dollars for every dollar we put into this. A Foreign Policy based on International Law and human rights. Host im sorry. I do not mean to interrupt, but it seems echo a lot of what you are talking about is part of your platform on the green party is aligning with what we heard from senator Bernie Sanders and his the to be the democratic nominee. How does the green party differ from his aggressive democratic platform . Guest the main difference is that we have a Political Party that actually supports that platform. I think what we have seen happen over the course of the last year is really proof of principle as to why we need an independent Political Party for a truly progressive agenda. Really,cratic party shall we say, has a system deeply tilted toward Hillary Clinton from the getgo. We have seen that in leaked emails, in the superdelegates and super tuesdays that really give incredible advantage to the insider candidate. We celebrate like stripping of the voter roll in brooklyn, 2 million votes not counted in california, so one. Minimized senator sanders, so what we are seeing is that you cannot have a revolutionary campaign inside the counterrevolutionary party. That is why we are here, and we are here to keep that movement going. Host we are talking to green Party President ial candidate jill stein, joining us from massachusetts. We want to hear from our caller s. Democrats, 202 7488000. Republicans 202 7488001. Ndependents, 202 7488002 we have a special live the green party voters, 202 7488003. Critical, as we said come but the candidates and you are also critical of senator sanders for his decision to endorse Hillary Clinton last week. You tweeted if you jot want to or billion,armonger there are other options and you also treated that hillary takes their money, remind us again of saudi arabias human rights record. Are you still upset that senator sanders endorsed to the clinton, criticism . Guest absolutely not. This was completely expected. It is what he has said from the beginning. He is a managers word and he has been working with the Democratic Party and caucusing with them ever since he has been in washington, d. C. To sit down with senator sanders and explore how we might collaborate, willing to put everything on the table, but i was not holding my grasp that that would have happened. We have been attempting to have comes issue with senator sanders for many years. Host you invited him to take over your spot on the green party ticket. That. Let me clarify the nomination is up to the delegates, and i am currently the presumptive nominee, but it is not like you can give away your slot for you my offer was to sit down and collaborate with him and if he had truly learned from this very disturbing experience that he has had over the past year, where the Democratic Party uses every underhanded technique in the book to basically sabotages campaign, if you learned from that and became persuaded about why we need independent politics, that is not controlled by insiders and bigmoney behindthescenes, if he had learned from that and became a proponent of the green party as the alternative to this predatory politics, as a peoples politics, then i think it would have been very exciting to have brought him to the convention. And appeal to the delegates to consider him as the lead candidate, and i would gladly have stepped aside, but that was all in contention of whole bunch of hypotheticals, so it was never really a concrete possibility. Im not critical of senator sanders. Im critical of the political system as it exists, which is drawing us over the cliff right now and with which we have no future, so i think it is very important to be honest about what is happening and to speak to that as a human being. Host we have a lot of callers waiting. First, kevin from charlotte, North Carolina on the independent line. You are on with jill stein. Stein. Hi, miss i have seen you recently and you have been very intriguing to see as a different choice, so i look forward to your answers. Inh all the bad choices republican and democratic parties, you have a real strong chance of winning if you assert yourself enough, like calling local tv channels, so on, etc. , but my questions are what is your take on the black lives matter movements . Do you see the difference and why they say all the why they do not say all lives matter . And because the question of womenth is always placing running for political office, how will you [indiscernible] guest wonderful questions. Thank you for tuning in and asking those important questions. Matter,n black lives yes, i support black lives matter. We have a crisis of Racial Justice that we see all over the news thanks to the efforts of black lives matter, who have made this a matter of public attention because i believe this is not a new crisis. This is really a continuation of a crisis that began with the origins of this country, using essentially slave labor, and integrating the criminal institution of slavery into our economy and culture from the beginning. A catastrophic human rights dilation from the getgo. While we had the emancipation rolledation, slavery was over and then interventions and and jim crow, segregation redlining of communities and incredible economic discrimination in our schools, thehousing and ultimately war on drugs, which was a racist war on drugs, which still is with mass incarceration and Police Violence. What changed is to got bigger on our cell phones and the curtain came up on this ongoing crisis of Racial Justice. I think it is very important to fix this great i do not think we can address the devastating economic inequality in this country without addressing economic racism and i dont think we can address the epidemic of violence that we have in this country without also coming to terms with this living legacy of the institution of slavery. I think we need a truth and Reconciliation Commission said that we can address the many dimensions of ongoing white extreme racial discrimination. As far as that term black lives matter, yes, we need to note specifically black lives matter, period, full stop, because we have a culture and centuries of experience that basically say white lives matter and black was enough. On that important second point after what happened in france yesterday, what is your platform in terms of fighting terrorism . We have yet to understand fully what went on yesterday. It has many of the trademarks of a terrorist event, but whether this was an extremely deranged and violent individual who had his own agenda, whether he was suffered in a buying with self identified with isis, we dont yet know exactly the facts of the matter, but there is no doubt that this is related to ,he ongoing crisis of violence of politically charged violence, dimensions that is related to these wars and the socalled war on terror. I think this illustrates that we need a bigger solution, and this happened in the midst of the state of emergency, so it is an oficator as to how the state emergency and surveillance and security measures by themselves are not the solution. We really have to address the driving forces here. We know that isis itself is an that goh of these wars back many cycles, ultimately back to 9 11 and the beginning of this war on terrorism, but it is acknowledged that the wars are not working and what each cycle, it becomes worse. It is very important that we need the weapons embargo to the middle east, the u. S. , basically applying a flamethrower by arming all sides and combatants. We and our allies have been sponsors of terrorist organizations for you can go back to the jihad in in afghanistan, which is where the whole socalled jihadi Terror Movement was started as a u. S. Saudi strategy for dealing with the soviet union. , so bad blood in here repeating the cycle with bullets does not fix it. We need to create weapons embargo and we need to stop funding that our allies in particular are provided. We cannot simultaneously fight terrorism while our allies are funding terrorism, arming terrorism and training terrorism. Bottom andget to the address the underlying injustices and inequities. Host next, we have gus calling from our democratic line. Caller it is a pleasure to see you live to see and hear you on television. It is been one of the first times to see what you look like. My first problem is with the media having to be brought to give any candidate the chance to express their opinions. It is absolutely unfortunate. Theres nothing in the constitution that says were a twoparty system and all other parties need to be excluded. Its just a pleasure to see you. I am so very taken by the idea that you cannot possibly youre going to waste your vote by voting for someone other than the two clowns that we have running for the two parties. Host do you have a specific question for dr. Stein . Caller i do. My question is, do you see any way that any of this can be rectified so that parties like the green party and the Congressional Party and other parties might be able to get a little bit more Media Attention so that they can possibly express what their platform is . Thank you. Ill hang up. Guest thank you, gus. Really critical, pivotal issue. I couldnt agree with you more. Fortunately there is a simple solution. The public actually owns the airwaves. We own the public airwaves. Sthrs every reason for the president to in there is every reason for the president to insist that the f. C. C. Revise their rules, because the president appoints the head of the f. C. C. , the president can change hat the f. C. C. The rules so that the American Public actually has access to the airwaves that we own. That means for issues of great public importance like a president ial election and other elections for that matter, that candidates who are qualified to be on the ballot have a right to be heard by the public. And that air time should be provided for free without discrimination, without buys ass to any ballot qualified candidate at the time of an election. This is simple. This is a nobrainer. And it should be done. And this is the kind of lutions that i will bring to our very difficult situation. Its not Rocket Science how to fix it. Its about asserting our right to real democratcy. Host next we have larry. Larry is calling in on our Green Party Line from charleston, south carolina. Good morning, larry. Caller good morning. Dr. Jill stein, it is a pleasure to see another Party Candidate. It is unfortunate that we did not get to see you during the debate. I think being a veteran, thats very appalling we dont have a better system in place so that the voters could actually see what is available to us. Like the previous gentleman said, only two persons who are not clearly candidates. They are just jokers in a sense. In regards to the situations going on in america, how would you prioritize the situation such as the black lives matter as opposed to whether or not a person can use a a male can use a females bathroom . And how would you work out the persons who are the product of isis, disenfranchising people from their cities and downs, how would you work that situation . Would you bring more persons to the u. S. . How would we resolve these people fleeing these crises . Guest a lot of important questions there. Ill try to address them briefly. Personally i dont think these issues compete with each other. Where there are issues of fundamental justice, they can all be addressed. Let me just say the blanket statement, right now over half of our budget, half of our discretionary budget of the United States of america, is spent on these wars, which are butonly making us bankrupt, they are also putting soldiers, u. S. Service men and women, and people like you who have been veterans, in harms way without due justice and without good purpose. We have been squandering its estimated 6 trillion since the trade towers in 2001, 6 trillion on these wars for oil which are not making us safer. They are making us less safe. That comes to 75,000 per American Family that we have spent over the past 16 years. When you include the Ongoing Health care expenditures that we need to provide for our service men and women. And there have been tens of thousands who have been injured or killed in these wars that are only making us more dangerous. As a blanket statement instead of bankrupting ourselves morally, spiritually, and financially, on these wars for oil, we need to put those dollars into true security here at home. We need to use International Law and human rights and diplomacy as the basis for our international foreignpolicy. And if we do that, we have all the money. We dont have to choose between, say, black lives matter and housing, or health care. And on the issue of bathrooms. People are their gender identity. We know that for all kinds of scientific and human studies that for various reasons people develop different sorts of gender identity. They should have the right to use the bathroom based op their gender identity. Theres been no demonstrated sk to anybody else by having transpeople use the bathroom of the gender that they currently identify with. And for immigration, maybe we can come back to that on another question but ill just say the most important thing we can do to address this Immigration Crisis is to stop the things that are creating it in the first place. Like these very unjust wars. Like economically dominating other countries as through nafta, for example, that put a million farmers out of business south of our border by ending these predatory economic and military policies we can stabilize people and allow people to flourish in the countries of their home and their origin. Host were talking with jill stein, the Green Party Candidate for president. Shes also been a Green Party Candidate for several other offices in massachusetts, including secretary of state, and state representative. And also a physician. Next, we have ed. Calling in from arizona on our democratic line, good morning. Caller good morning. Dr. Stein, i have a few comments or questions that are quick. First one being is it true, i have read articles about you that youre not on every state poll. Youre not going to appear on a ballot. Is that correct . Guest yeah. Were in the process of getting on the ballot because the system tries to keep out political opposition. So six months ago we were on the ballot for about 60 of voters in about 20 or 21 states that. Number is now up into the 30s, i believe, and growing. We expect to be on the ballot in just about every single state. So voters all over the country will actually have the option to vote for my campaign. And already were on enough ballots it be the choice for the vast majority of voters so that if an election were actually held today, we do even today have the mathematical possibility of winning a majority of voters even today to be able to win the election. So we have every right to be included. Its not my right as a candidate, its your right as a voter. You have a right not only to vote, but you have a right to know who you can vote for and who your choices actually are. Host speaking of candidates who are outside of the democratic and republican parties, its sometimes difficult for those candidates not only to be scene but even when they are seen, to launch really viable campaigns from this piece from npr, it notes that even during a time, 1992, the last time we saw any sort of successful nondemocratic or republican candidate, ross time, pew at Research Shows that voters were disappointed in their candidate choices, as they appear to be this year, yet perhaps even more so than voters are today, that helped open the door to the most successful third Party Candidate by popular vote in more than 100 years, ross perot. Yet he won less than 20 of the popular vote and none of the electoral vote. Why is it so tough . Uest we have a system that is routinely and systematically and pervasively suppresses opposition voices. I think were at a very different moment in history right now. We have an entire generation of young people who have been locked out of the economy who are struggling to pay their Student Loan Debt and who dont have the jobs that they need, who dont have a place to live. The birth rate is plummeting. This is signs of a society in crisis with a generation in crisis. Let me just say that that generation alone has the ability to come out and dominate this election and transform it. If you include all the people not only debt, its that generation, its all generations. As people learn i am the one candidate who will do for young people what the powers that be already did for wall street, they bailed out the crooks on wall street who crashed the economy, its about time we extend that to the young people who are trapped, who are held hostage by this economy and by that predatory Student Loan Debt. As people hear about that, they begin to mobilize. Thats how we have been coming up in the polls because the Mainstream Media has been locking us out in the same way they try to lock out political opposition and getting on the ballot. They lock out coverage. So the system is very biased against us, but we have enormous potential power in this race. If that word gets out, 423 million people, the 42 million people, the number locked in debt who have nowhere to go except my campaign if they want a future, that number is actually a winning portion of the vote in the three way race. It is a winning plurality. Its important for me to know were not just talking about socalled splitting the vote. Were talking about flipping the vote so that those who are underdogs, who are really locked out of the future, can become among the top dogs. From underdog to top dog. We need an economy working for much. My campaign in this election provides the ability to do that. Host next we have don. Calling in from pittsburgh, kansas. On our independent line. Good morning. Caller its an honor to speak with you, dr. Stein. Guest thank you. Caller i think youre a very brave person. The core of my question is, do you really think that reform of capitalism, and were dominated by finance capitalism now, is possible . I fear that the forces of reaction and power there will resist us in every way. Just becoming president doesnt mean you take over the state. John kennedy tried to do t he was the last person who tried to bring sort of a renewal of the new deal, and he was dealt with pretty severely, thank you. Guest i agree with you. This is not an easy fight. Its not its not just me as a candidate or Bernie Sanders to the extent he was trying to do this. Its not just our fight. This is the fight of the American People. And we finally have a majority, clearcut majority, who are struggling in this current rigged Economic System that puts corporate capitalism ahead of people. That puts profit ahead of people , ahead of the planet, and our survival as a planet, and ahead of peace and our ability to survive this Nuclear Arms Race that has been revived not only by barack obama but bill clinton o took us out of the Nuclear Disarmament talks. Were living in very dangerous times. From my point of view the biggest danger of all would be to allow this madness to continue because there is no doubt where were going. Its very important that we stand up and resist and not only resist, that we transform. We do have another way forward. I have no doubt that we have the numbers of people that it takes to turn this around. And if we had a president who was actually an organizer in chief and not just a commander in chief, but who could help mobilize and support the American People in our struggle for a new economy and new society based on principles of cooperation and human rights rather than on principles of predatory exploitation and cutthroat capitalism, we can make a profound transition right now thats not just in our interest in an academic way. I think our lives really depend on transforming the system. This is something we have the power to do. And were going to make that happen. Host yesterday cornell west, the activist, endorsed you. He formally formerly supported Bernie Sanders, but he wrote in the Guardian Newspaper in an oped. He says i am with her. The only progressive woman in the race because we have to get beyond this locked off situation. West who is a member of the Democratic National committees platform drafting committee. You can speak about that endorsement and what would you like to see him do as part as a member of this committee . Guest as a member of the platform . Host platform drafting committee. Guest i know hes fighting as hard as he k and ultimately he abstained as he can. And ultimately he abstained from the vote at least some of the platform positions because he felt like it wasnt working. And that the Platform Committee was not willing to take really example,positions, for standing up against the transpacific partnership, which is kind of a joke because Hillary Clinton herself felt enough pressure in this campaign that she flipflopped, as she often does, and adopted the position, against the transpacific partnership. Here you have her advocate in the committee who im told and its reported her advocates were saying, stay the course. Dont support the progressive position here. Support this rigged corporate trade bill again. Its a microcosm of whats wrong with the Democratic Party. Im so honored to be joined by leading lights, visionaries in the Public Discourse out there like cornell west, for him to be standing with our campaign as the campaign of justice and the way that were going to create this transformation that needs to happen on so many counts. Host up next we have clarisse calling in on our Green Party Line from peach tree city, georgia. Youre on with dr. Jill stein. Caller high, dr. Stein. I did call in on the democratic line. My this is what i want to say. I am in agreement with almost everything you say. I would also say that hillary and bernie probably agree with a lot of what you have to say. Im dismayed by your timing. I just think that the time to launch a campaign such as yours, virtually an unknown to most of the American People, is not during an election year. Especially this election year. I remember the raffle nader, ralph nader debacle in florida and how we lost wont even say we lost to president bush, but president bush ended up being the president of the United States. Host we just have a few seconds left. Caller i dont have very many bad opinions necessarily of president bush, but the neoconsequence he surrounded himself with killed a lot of our youth. I have friends whose children did not come home from that war, that hellhole over in the middle east. I just think the timing is off. As far as dr. Cornell west, dr. West has been against president obama since he got into office. So of course hes going to jump on your bandwagon. Host clarisse caller i think you are wonderful. I really do. I just think after this election you need to continue to strife on and launch this campaign. Host let jill stein respond to that. Guest thank you, clarisse. I very much appreciate your thoughts and i have to say i used to be in that camp myself. I have a lot of sympathy for people who are, shall we say, intimidated by this campaign of fear. That tells you we have to vote your fears. You have to vote against what youre afraid of rather than what you believe. I think its important to look at the track record of this strategy which has certainly een in full force since bush nadergore in 2000. What that strategy brought us is voting your fears has delivered everything we were afraid of. All the reasons that youre told that you had to vote for the lesser evil because you didnt want the expanding wars, you didnt want the meltdown of the climate, offshoring of our jobs, you didnt want massive wall street bailouts, you didnt want the expansion of mass incarceration in the prisons states, all of that is what we have gotten by silencing ourselves. And allowing Political Parties that are funded by the predatory banks and the war profiteers, by allowing them to speak for us with a lesser evil candidate. Thats sort of what youre saying when you say dont vote for who you believe in but the least of the two alternatives. Unfortunately that has delivered all those bad stuff. When you vote for a lesser evil candidate, i think the reason people like cornell west opposed president obama was because the first thing he did was appoint larry summers, the architect of wall street deregulation, and the meltdown, that has basically created chaos in our economy. That was Barack Obamas first act was to appoint larry summers. Then it was all downhill from there. Its a case in point of the lesser evil doesnt deliver for people. You know what happens then . People dont come out to vote in that party. So we had Congress Flip from being blue to being red. And state houses flip and governors flip. And we kind of went from blue to red all over the place because the lesser evil is not a solution. It just paves the way to the greater evil. I say reject that propaganda. We need to reject the lesser evil and fight for the greater good. We have the numbers to actually do it. We need the strength of our convictions to stand up and make it happen. Host we thank you for joining us, dr. Stein, Green Party Candidate for news and policy issues. Republicannd National Convention and donald vp pick mike pence. Greg coleman will talk about how the Political Party convention is funded and the role influence of lobbyists and corporations. This saturdayatch morning. Join the discussion. Now, digital director cement laws werent tossed about the technology being used, including a Gop Convention at and pchat. It is interesting how we do this and we have the top priorities. We want to take people behind the scenes. Something that supports us. We we integrating facebook and twitter. Actually will help bring. Nformation it and havestream an experience for folks coming to cleveland. It is always access. And it will engage. 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Is about 45 good morning, everyone. We have a terrible attack. France is our oldest ally and we are so saddened by once again friends being a target. This kind of it is an attack that came on bastille day. In response to all of this who 14, we valleys of july. Hould honor the values it is so sad. It happened in the capital last night and congress is leaving without passing without safety legislation. We began with a moment of silence. Hard to find an answer why we cannot expand that. After Martin Luther king was and we have to act fast before the nra gets into the offices of the members of congress. That is more important for the children and lives of the people. It is so sad. Violence, protection, legislation only one thing that republicans hightailed it without doing. I do read too much about this in the press but it is appalling that once again, we cut off a comest mostly passing legislation. Legislation we have offered compromise on the subject in terms of the funding and the breast come of the responses. We are not doing anything that has contraception and it. Think of this sexuallytransmitted disease which would cause serious andormation in children republicans are saying in the house and the senate we are not putting anything towards president obama asked 1. 9 billion to address zika. , for sevenonths ago who knows what excuse they would have. Opioids. Nding for recognizing the problem and passing good legislation but no money. We could ignore the people of america who are affected by a decision made by the governor to have them be drinking poison water. Justice Supreme Court justice nominating and the senate has confirmed. The constitution of the United States. Shut down government in any issues or concerns of the Public Safety of our country, the challenges, it is what is happening in france which is not to even have a complete Supreme Court. The American People are saying do your job, do your job. We tried to act in a nonpartisan, bipartisan way. Undermine it by obstructing. We had dysfunction in washington. It is pure and simple obstruction. And then comes the poison pill. Be an that should not appropriation bill. Placing in doubt having appropriations pass or having a bill at the end of the fiscal year much less the calendar year. Opioids, Supreme Court violence. Democratsroud to have coming out they. Families i am very proud of our Strong American agenda. Protecting the American People. Personal safety. Ourit related military veterans to passing gun safety legislation. Securing our future to creating good paying jobs, number one. Families, paint. Or college, tuition i am pleased with the overwhelming response of those who care about the special issue of money in politics. Money has an impact on Climate Change and gun safety, minimum wage, you name the subject. Money and politics is a problem. Therder for us to achieve other initiatives we have. We will take the time for our constituents and we are very proud as we come together for a Strong America for everyone. Any questions . What about ms. Middleclass tax middleclass tax cuts . This is the heart of the matter. Tax cuts for the wealthy, it is deeply into debt. And president clinton took us. Nto debt the deficit was 1. 4 trillion billion. Own to 500 but nonetheless it was 70 lower. The same people want tax cuts for the wealthys day they want to reduce it for the wealthy. Stamps,get with food programs, investments in demonstration. I am hoping that will make it harder to do for an initiative on tax fairness. Subject everything differently. Ands us reduce the deficit do so in a way that honors the middle class because we are consumer economy. People cannotome have a stronger paycheck to even the president has made giant strides. Of the budgetsue and capairness investments in education, that is our value system until more money for the treasury than investing in education. Learning. Issue has to be taken in terms of the upper budget. That is what the differences between democrats and republicans. Now we cannot even have the it is important but we have a divide in our country, a gap for income inequality and it is the same thing people are talking about not raising the minimum wage. The argument, in the recovery, that is not what the fight is. It is about tax cuts for the rich and special interests tax code. Hin the well over 1 trillion in taxes finishers. They cost money and they give the rich person another tax break. It is about gross, reducing deficit. Not making the rich richer. This is what elections are about. Chad . Relief of the special is from yourat perspective, what is the concern of these pages and the impact of the release of those pages . At 1 00 about the substance because that will be released i will not talk about the substance because that will be released. The documents are coming to the jointoday investigation. We wrote a letter at the end of some point it at would not happen. It williamentarian,. Ake an active congress the committee has to act in some way. That will come over to us. The director of national intelligence. We thought our letter, directing will hold for now. It would need something more. What is the concern about the reason that was redacted, people thought about saudi arabia and the concern about relations, the middle east . Any classification, the main concern is the method in terms of how it takes place. But in terms of the substance, nobody can talk. Yes, maam . It is not clarify, ar at this point hopefully, today. Will they have to act . Should we say mercy of the parliamentarian. It may be a bipartisan agreement between the committees. It should be here now. The reason why we should be in congress to pass legislation but to act upon other issues that Congress Needs to act upon would not be so much of an issue. It could be the senate can do that and release it on their website. We want to release it as well. Parliamentary issue. Not anything holding it up except to do it with the parliamentarians think but it will be imminent. We are trying to move it quickly. Done. We get that has he done better on his promises and with anything different would have happened if Speaker Boehner did that . You can make your own judgment on that. In terms of they wont give us our vote, the list goes on. I would say that i have Great Respect for the speaker and it has difficult job. Yes, it a unity within the caucus that we had. Time but atl the least we were not obstructing. I wouldthing distinguish the republican. Ongress of instruction the nest thing then we do calling and investigations of whether it is congress and now we are talking the other things. Here is your job. What is it . Yet this subpoena and nothing in terms of getting the job done. They left. Issuess of Public Health , opioids. They left without addressing these concerns in helping us have it. I am saying what this congress has not done. Door. An out the on wednesday night and they were supposed to be in two and the session. Weeksw, leaving for seven for unfinished business. It is stunning. What do they have to be proud of . I feel set for the country. Senateust take what the has in a bipartisan way on the gut. I dont like it but lets get that done. Why dont you do what the senate did in a bipartisan way is mar . We will not have any concert jackson. It is both a mess. Donald trump he is not a reflection of them. The house of representatives that could speak to this body on a firsthand basis. Antieverything and considering the Vice President ial candidacy where the whole candidates se rejected it. How to modify his position. When he was in the congress, he was supportive of privatizing social security. Much or if you was ready or not whatever hasit is been said, he was beaten to the punch over and over again and with power. Did you raise the idea of ,stablishing gun violence and if so, what was the response . Yes, not secure of what was going on. Supporting mccain bill. There is some basis for doing something on a nonpartisan way, bipartisan way. Our membersthat would be interested in participating on the bill. I think he solid time it was not good. It was a question i would ask him anyway. That it was not a good idea. I dont know what the timing would be. What are your views on the democratic side,trary to the other we have had candidates and it is know. The secretary as we. Ll the names what did you make of Newt Gingrich about sharia and what about france . Again . I just the statement that was made about sharia, i dont want to dignify the comment. , we had therlier honor the values of the fourth of july as the honor the values of the 14th of july. It is really sad it is not what our country needs in terms of healing in bringing our time country together. Interview every muslim in the and they would be deported . Not a good idea. In keeping with the trunk itude, this is intelligence person, i have the benefit of knowing some things and i have observed and make judgments. This is losing in the and perhaps it has encouraged to people. Athetic souls we dont all have the facts. Some callous to the noncombatant people in a volatile situation. Making it look like they have some strength when they are losing the battlefield. We have to think in a very careful way. With this share our intelligence and our resources with the country so we are protecting our people. You who follow the Congress Know only two paintings in the chamber, one of George Washington who we all love and lafayette. F martina im not sure if they know that is staring at them, calling it french fries, Freedom Fries nonetheless, the country that helped us win the revolution, we have had a long relationship with france, shared values and fraternity with our case. And shared values. In the interest of global security, we need to work together, shared intelligence uponome planning and call working with us on the subject. I dont think it serves any purpose to put forth an idea. You had a question. 20, when democrats were in control. Now they are not done. They said the mitigating factors is the last two years, the do you buy that . Do you buy that . They arely do buy what saying. No budget no pay. I subscribe to that. They said. They who place such a high value on it. This is their idea. Budget, no pay. This is their idea. Budget. t have a no budget. Thank you. Weeks. In a few the secret is not coming in there. Thats what i said. We had last night i had on dallas, bluerom and yellow. That i have when i went to with the president. We had the three. We had these for orlando. The orange shirt that we had on the steps of the 91 people who died. We had wear red for when girls are kidnapped by boko haram. We have all of these colors. Some