Start washing up here on shore. The oysters have declined. A lot of the oyster men had quit. I know im just a little guy. I dont have much chance but im not going to give up. Plus the fight to save the Postal Service gets some star power. Im danny glover and i believe the Postal Service is one of our most vital institutions. Were hoping with public pressure to turn it around, stop the changes. Now more than ever we need the Postal Service to thrive and innovate for the future. Good to have you with us tonight, folks. Thanks for watching. We start with breaking news. President obama just finished what turned out to be a rather major speech at todays white house summit on battling violent extremism. The president immediately addressed the threat of isis. This isnt our challenge alone. Its a challenge for the world. Isil is terrorizing the people of syria and iraq beheads and burns human beings in unfathomable acts of cruelty. We have seen deadly attacks in ottawa paris, and now copenhagen. We have martialed the full force of the United States government. We are working to protect the American People. Given the complexities of the challenge and the nature of the enemy, which is not a Traditional Army this work takes time and will require vigilance and resilience. President obama said terrorism extremist groups are based in lies. Al qaeda and isil and groups like it are desperate for le legitimacy. Thats why isil presumes to declare itself the Islamic State and they propagate the notion that america and the west generally is at war with islam. Thats how they recruit. Thats how they radicalize young people. We must never accept the premise that they put forward because it is a lie. Nor should we grant these terrorists the religious legitimacy that they seek. They are not religious leaders. They are terrorists. Groups like isis do not represent the faith of islam. Do draw selectively from the islam texts. They do depend upon the misperception around the world that they speak in some fashion for the people of the muslim faith that islam is somehow inherently violent, that there is some clash of civilizations. Of course, the terrorists do not speak for over a billion muslims who reject their hateful ideology. No religion is responsible for terrorism. People are responsible for violence and terrorism. The president was strong to make the moment that Muslim Leaders play a role in stopping extremist recruitment. Just as leaders like myself reject the notion that terrorists generally represent islam, Muslim Leaders need to do more that our nations are determined to suppress islam, that theres an inherent slash in civilizations. Everybody has to speak up very clearly that no matter what the grievance, violence against innocence doesnt defend islam or muslims. It damages islam and muslims. And finally, president obama made the big point that everyone plays a role in combatting violent extreechlmeismextremism. When all of us together are doing our part to reject the narratives of violent extremists, when all of us are doing our part to be very clear about the fact that there are certain universal precepts and values that need to be respected in this interconnected world, thats the beginnings of a partnership. As we go forward, we need to find new ways to amplify the voices of peace and tolerance and inclusion, and we especially need to do it online. Todays summit at the white house and this speech comes after isis has dominated news in recent weeks. Meanwhile, the Obama Administration is bringing the fight to isis with a change in trade policy. The United States has set new rules to export armed drones to other countries. The rules make it easier to provide predator and reaper drones to allies involved in counterterrorism measures. The state Department Said there will be strict standards for the sale and use of these drones. This change in trade policy will absolutely effect our national security, and i think that there are other issues involved here. I think the Transpacific Partnership also plays a role in our national security. I think the president is going along with the tpp because he wants to strengthen the economic ties with these countries and also strengthen the defense ties. When you tie 40 of the worlds economy together you rely on each other. It will be easier to open military bases in these countries and do counterterrorism measures. It will also be easier to get them on board fighting isis in the long run. This is my theory in all of this because so far in trade policy the administration has not given us a real good reason why American Workers or how American Workers are going to benefit from this trade agreement. The economic push around the gold right now is about the best thing we have when it comes to fighting terrorism across the globe. I dont think the tpp is the way to go. I have always been against the tpp and always for American Workers. There are other methods and other ways we can do this. This is a flawed trade agreement. To muddy it up with national security, i think is a mistake. Appreciate your time. Good to be here. Have we done as much as we can do when it comes to a strategy with isis at this point . I mean i think today that this summit at the white house and this speech was the president really putting the icing on the cake of what kind of strategy he wants. He wants turkey involved, the iraqis iraqis, the jordanians, the egyptians. All culminating to work against these extremists that are isis and also their recruiting methods. This was a big speech today by the president , and i think it played really into his strategy. Have we gone as far as we can go on isis and what were doing . Is this it . I think at this point we probably have, especially since what the president said i think is very circumspect with regard to how he wants to develop this strategy. Despite the tragic events that have happened in the last few days weeks, regarding isis four fists of the world plus still has about as much chance of dying from a terrorist attack as they do from a lightning strike. We dont need to overhype this. The second point i would make is that historically the United States through its policies and actions in the world been the greatest aider and abetter of the rise of these forces. First iraq and then takeingeing gaddafi out of libya. Expecting theyre going to be democracy afterwards was a bit naive. We started it in my administration by invadeing iraq one of the most disastrous decisions that america has made in a long time. Fighting these sources in libya and syria and iraq and elsewhere makes a lot of sense. It is the only way to do it. Putting american Ground Forces in there simply aids and abets the process i just deferred to earlier. All youre going to do is create more of them because they are going to be insent vised not only by doing their radical islamic thing, but by killing American Forces on the ground. What is your readability on Drone Technology to our allies . Now were supporting almost any government that is fighting terrorists. To put drones into that bag might be good for Lockheed Martin and ratheon that manufactured these drones but it is not a smart thing to do in the technology spread. All technology migrates. As we saw with nuclear weapons, with you dont you dont want drones to speed up this process. This is going to rope other countries into killing other civilians, but is the latest hottest, and easiest technology for taking out terrorists but i sense you think this is a slippery slope. You just put your finger on it. In order to be reasonably assured youre doing the enemy in and not civilians, you must have a massive and good intelligence complex. Tactical and strategy operations. Theyre just going to go kill whatever happens to show up in the apature of the mechanism. The world is awash in arms. Look at libya. We used air power in libya with nato. They constitute the greatest arms bizarre in africa. 20,000 shoulder fired missiles all kinds of weaponry available to isis and isis like forces because libya had its dictator taken down. I want your take on the economic ties the United States has with other countries when it comes to trade. Are we selling security . We are selling security. Weve been doing it since world war ii. They are designed to facilitate arms sales. There are as many security, hard security kpliimp implications to the trade pacts than economic pacts. Can this happen . I think it can, but its got to be the native forces so to speak. I think in iraq what im seeing right now we have pretty much stabilized the situation. In syria, it is a little bit different because were not able to do what we should be doing, which is really taking assad. I dont care how you do it. I dont care how you camouflage it. We should be arming the syrian rebels. We should not be arming the syrian rebels. Because theyre talking about doing that training and vetting. Light trucks mortars, and small arms. How are you going to beat isis with that kind of fire power . That kind of defeats the purpose, i think. When we talk about the number of arms in the world today, small arms in particular the world is awash in them. There are so many arms out there for these people and yet we didnt secure the ones in libya. We didnt secure the ones in iraq and yet were selling weapons to the socalled rebels in libya and syria. We do not need more arms. Great to have you with us tonight. I appreciate your time. I want to follow up on this issue of trade because this has been a big story on this show. I want to bring in the director of Public Citizen global watch. Good to have you with us tonight. I would like to have your reaction on the United States selling security and of course when you look at the enormous tpp, the Transpacific Partnership, it involves 40 of the worlds economy, these would be new partnerships with countries we dont have these kinds of ties with. Do you think theres a connection . I see where youre going with it because the agreement doesnt make sense in an economic basis. It would make it easier to offshore our jobs. First, we have trade agreements with most of the countries involved in tpp and the ones we dont have relationships with arent the countries that are going to be leading the counter isis effort but also the agreement predates all this blowing up in the middle east. What you do see is the administration now looking at this trade data. More jobs lost. That was the model for tpp. Now theyre trying to create sort of a distraction. Theyre now using the issue of we better write the rules or china will. That really is the trade agreement of squirrel. We all go look someplace else because if you actually look at it, we have heard the same exact argument. We heard it with nafta. What china is or isnt going to do could be a real issue. But to give away our ability to defend ourselves by making our own stuff doesnt improve our ability to counter china. During nafta we were told if we dont write the rules, china is going to write the rules if latin america. We had 69 of exports going to mexico. 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The post office is an anchor a symbol of community. Join me in a grand alliance to strengthen a cherished institution. Our Postal Service, a public trust, a national treasure. Welcome back to the ed show. For 240 years, the United StatesPostal Service has provided a affordable universal mail to all communities. They are selfsufficient. Unlike private shippers the Postal Service goes everywhere. Youre a small town america. They deliver 30 of fedexs ground segment. The Postal Service employees over 626,000 people including approximately 130,000 military veterans. It is a shining example of we the people at work. Which is why we the people need to stand up and fight and keep the Postal Service alive. They have a grand alliance to save our public Postal Service. In a coalition of 65 groups mobilizing across the crisis affecting this institution. So when you hear people say that the post office isnt making money, it depends on what youre talking about. It is something no other business is required to do. As a result more than 140 Mail Processing facilities have closed since 2012. 82 more. Thats 82 more are scheduled to close or consolidate this year in 2015. Whats that mean . SLower Service. Slashed hours of operation at neighborhood post offices and threaten to Lower Service standards. Thousands of Postal Service workers have lost good living wage jobs and it is unnecessary. The Postal Service a democratic right in the constitution. Under a do Nothing Congress it is up to us to protect it. Ask yourself the question tonight in your town do you really want your Postal Service office to close . Joining me tonight danny glover actor and spokesman for the Postal Service. Also the president of the american postal workers union. Gentlemen, great to have you with us tonight. Mark lets talk about this alliance that you have. What is it . What are the expectations . It is 65 National Organizations and thats just the beginning that have from many walks of life from faith based to labor based to advocacy to civil rights based, that have a strong feeling they need to join together and protect the common good in a vibrant post office. What they expect to do in time right now the flag has been raced, but they want to Work Together to promote good legislation, to meet the Postal Service, to make sure their concerns are being heard and to stop the downward slide of less service, sLower Service and to turn that around and be part of what you said in your opening. We the people. Theyre declaring that we the people are going to stand together. Mr. Glover this is personal to you, isnt it . It is. My parents came to the post office at the beginning of my maturation was through what i saw how i saw them as young people, young parents, who were building a Family Building their life. That life would not have been built had it not been for their employment at the post office and the Postal Service and the work that they did and the belief that they had things were changing in this country with their work. The big thing about the Postal Service is it hires a lot of veterans and has a tradition of doing that and you saw that. My father was a veteran of world war ii. He had certain preference when he was hired in 1948. My brother was a veteran of vietnam. That helped in his hiring as a letter carrier in the 70s after he came back from vietnam. Yes, it does that. Were talking about Something Else. Were talking about how do we change the narrative around here. The narrative has always been placed upon the idea of profit the return on investment. The narrat