he says democrats and the obama campaign should have the same game plan. i m joined now by three-time presidential candidate ralph nader, founder of the center for the study of responsive law and author of getting steamed to overcome corporatism. good to see you, mr. nader. good morning, chris. your game plan you laid out, i m going to go through the six points, save the post office, raise the minimum wage, and the bush tax cuts, collect unpaid taxes, end corporate tax loopholes, bring the troops home. i m thinking at least four of the six of these, seems to me, would set off major fights with republicans. is that your point? yeah, the point is the democrats can landslide the republicans in the congressional races by simply taking the side of people. people corporations should serve people and not people serve these big corporations. and then they can fill in the blanks. and the record of the republicans is incredibly bad. they have come out in the house against food safety b
spread to half of the country. it s been linked to ground turkey. what you need to know about this recallo keep your family safe. i m ashe velshi. burning up another day of searing heat. it s already proving deadly on this american morning. good morning to you. are you awake yet? you will be. happy thursday. it s august 4th. this is american morning. there s a lot going on today. we should get right to it. i want to talk first about the heat. heat is on congress to finish their business as we ve been reporting. they ve left washington without resolving a dispute over funding the federal aviation administration. that s resulted in tens of thousands of american workers not getting a paycheck today. on last night s in the arena with tom foreman, one worker voiced his frustration. running ourselves into debt, selling assets. unlike our congressmen and senators who are on vacation. nice congressional junket. i m sitting here watching the grass grow. watching