did you think that. this is it over news live from berlin critical days afore germany's health care system with the new infections actually record high levels the number of hospitalized patients is also climbing rapidly we'll bring you a report from the front lines where young and previously healthy patients are wrestling with jack also coming up on the show guilty verdicts in france's charlie hebdo trial a paris court has convicted 14 people for their role in the islamist attacks on the satirical magazine and on a jewish supermarket in 2050. and in

a buddhist legal football by her new neck caps of battle from behind to beat a ball spike and it was a red hot striker robert lewandowski to the rescue and to get it get. you. i'm kyra jets and welcome to the show germany has a set to december 27th as the day to plans to begin its covert vaccination program and care homes will be 1st in line to receive the shots but the vaccines won't come soon enough for germany's hospitals which are now filled to capacity in some regions and health care workers are certain the situation will get even worse as it will take weeks for a new nationwide lockdown to significantly drive down infection rates our report now looks at the situation in one german hospital. a new covert patient has arrived

by ambulance a try birds university hospital he's traveling in a special isolation pod so none of the transport team gets infected the patient is only in his forty's he's transferred to viviane it starts months intensive care unit with 5 members of the team she turns him on his stomach the prone position is an important therapy for seriously ill patients the team make sure the patient is well padded as he will lie like this for several hours after work said the inflammation sits at the back of the lungs and a lot of fluid collects there the lungs can heal if we lie on them the whole time churning patients under their stomachs their lungs get air and can heal. pretty soft and high and if. once a day the team turns each patient on to their front and back again it's a big effort but printing and being put on a ventilator is not sufficient for many critically ill patients some need to be

connected to an artificial lung to keep them alive. it pumps the patient's blood into a machine where carbon dioxide is extracted and oxygen added. to the blood is then pumped back into the patient's body. for patients who are this ill there aren't many options left this is the last trump card we've got. our therapeutic options a sobering we've got oxygen and the artificial lung but that only gives us more time the lungs have to heal by themselves. in the hospital pharmacy there's no wonder drug against the coronavirus ram disappear one of the great hopes at the start of the pandemic has yielded disappointing results as have many other drugs. medics of the virus for nearly a year now but the odds of surviving

a severe case haven't improved much. every 2nd patient who's on a ventilator dies and behind each of those numbers is a human being. in the 2nd wave many young and healthy people have also been infected but that's no guarantee for a milder cause of the illness. this is a young man 45 years old with a very severe case of coded is a prime example that a young healthy person without any notable preexisting medical conditions can be proved to the brink of death by the virus in the chatrooms and the intensive care units really are the limit we have to be clear about that there may still be some spare beds but every day those few and the patients lie here for a long time for weeks even months and that means that the beds don't free up again quickly. at the moment they can still fight for every single patients life here but

the time off to christmas could turn into the intensive care teams was a nightmare. and with the germany now in a new structure a lockdown let's take a look at the changes that are now in effect all a non essential shops have closed while supermarkets pharmacies and banks remain open schools are also closed and companies are being urged to allow staff to work from home chancellor angela merkel is appealing to the public to limit social contact during the holidays and there will be no sales of fireworks this year to help ease the pressure on hospitals and to limit public gatherings on new year's eve through. well that's germany's response let's now take a look at the latest global developments in the penn demick the u.s. has registered more than $3700.00 covert deaths within 24 hours another grim record and that's according to figures compiled by johns hopkins university twitter meanwhile has announced it will remove tweets containing misinformation about

covert 1000 vaccines facebook and you tube have already announced similar measures and a health worker in the u.s. has suffered a severe allergic reaction after getting the biotech pfizer vaccine unlike similar cases in the u.k. she had no history of serious allergies doctors say they're prepared to treat rare reactions which can happen it during vaccine rollouts. now a court in the french capital paris has found 14 people guilty of involvement in the 2015 attacks on the satirical magazine charlie hebdo and on a jewish supermarkets they were convicted of helping the 3 attackers who were killed in shootouts with police the verdict comes at a time when france has again been hit by a wave of is the missed attacks prompting renewed debate over cartoon depictions of the prophet mohammad. on the day of the verdict charlie had does cover reads god has been put in his place crime cannot be justified in the name of religion the 14

convicted of helping to organize the deadly attacks were given jail terms from 4 years to life but the court rejected some terrorism charges against several defendants. sue could decide this is your this ruling recognizes that without a compass is there would be no attackers and no terrorism and everyone operating in this shadow world should be severely punished. in january 25th enough to terrorists force their way into the charlie hebdo offices and shot dead 12 people including france's most famous cartoonist coco an artist who survived the attack left her shaking the day after the shooting there was a deathly silence. just 2 days later another terrorist seized hostages in a kosher food shop 4 people were killed this trial was an attempt to end a national trauma. this is an important trial because in this country freedoms are

under attack it underlines that we will defend these freedoms and up hold the law more crew for but even as the case was being heard tara returned to france knife attackers struck near charlie have because form offices a teacher was beheaded and there were fatal stabbing said to challenge me. this verdict and one painful chapter. but the threat of terror remains all too real. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world u.s. the president elect joe biden is going to receive a covert 1000 vaccine in public as soon as next week according to transition officials meanwhile the white house announced current vice president mike pence will be vaccinated against cove and 19 this friday. this coin has risen to an all time high of $20000.00 the value of the virtual currency has rocketed since march when it was worth just $5000.00 analysts say high risk funds are turning to

more exotic investments like that coin to vacate profits. now a chinese lunar probe has returned to earth a landing in inner mongolia after completing a historic mission china is only the 3rd country to have brought back samples from the moon's surface a feat last achieved by both the soviet union and the united states in the 1970 s. . thermal imaging shows the capsule with its precious cargo touching back down to earth. helicopters then spot the lunar probe in the icy wasteland support staff quickly move in to recover the spacecraft china hopes the contents will help scientists discover new information about the geology and history of the satellite. 5 was one of the most complicated and challenging missions in china's aerospace history. when the rocket

was launched on november 23rd it was a source of national pride to prove was made up of 4 modules one was the land which has dug for rocks and soil the materials were then transferred into a return capsule for the journey back to earth. it's the 1st time in 4 decades that material has been brought back from the moon. china's space and dishes are no secret and have been growing for years. in 2003 it secured a major breakthrough when it became the 3rd country in the world to launch a crude space program. 10 years later china hit another milestone successfully landing in unpiloted spacecraft on the moon it was the 1st soft landing since the soviet union success in 1976. more chinese cheers in

january 2019 in a global 1st alluna pro touching down on the far side of the moon boosting china's space ambitions mazas also in its sights this year beijing launched a probe to the red planet. and in july china put the final satellite into orbit for its chinese navigation system the country's arrival to the u.s. alone g.p.s. . beijing now has its sights set on building a moon base cementing its role as a superpower in the news bass race. now if you have ever met a kangaroo and had a feeling it was trying to tell you something well a new study suggests you may not have been dreaming the research shows the marsupials are capable of behaviors only previously seen animals like dogs.

but you are going to. hear what made the can review. as seen from the hits australian television series skippy the bush conquering all about a highly intelligent crime solving must to peel research just now and save the show might not be as fictional as 1st thought they gave kangaroos for wildlife parks a sealed box containing food when feruz can get inside most of them looked to a human for help and much to our surprise they did show the case in behavior and the case alternations that are usually associated with domestic animals so it shows that this effect of trying to deliberately communicate with a human is not really restricted to the usual domestic species that we know it means countries joined other animals like dogs cats and horses in being able to

communicate with humans. of course the little towns experiment so task itself is quite simplistic but nevertheless it was important important to carry it out while species are truly wise species like a ruse australia has a complicated relationship with the congress with many people considering them pasts is hope for finding is could change the image of one of the symbols of a stray. sports news now and a bundesliga champions buy in munich find themselves in the eye. usual position of 2nd place on wednesday they faced a tough opponents and visitors of all spot but robert leavened was there to steal the show. by and were looking to strut their stuff in their last home game of 2020 but that was always likely to be difficult against a dog vote spoke site looking to extend their long unbeaten run. and it was the wolves who showed more bite early on

a 1000000 philip volleyed home to make it one nil to the visitors after just 5 minutes we really sunny with the mistake and how philip punished it did 2 minutes into 1st half stoppage time by him finally bared their teeth a lovely cross from kingsley and you simply can't give robert leaven that amount of written. unfold spork hunt learned their lesson in 5 minutes into the 2nd half live and was given the freedom of the allianz arena to make it to one of the poles 14th and 15th goals of the season with a difference as the champions kept up the chase on table toppers live who are no the biggest league is only unbeaten site much to both sports disappointment. also on wednesday night a surprise league leaders laver coups and put on a dominant performance away as cologne fitting the billy goats for milk a free kick in the 8th minute got the party started with mitchell fi's out of volleying home a shot to open the scoring. one no headed clearance to flew straight to the foot of

vice or and he put leverkusen on top tuesday. that's a news update at this hour assume he's almost gone that will be back with you at the top of the hour for more on clay richardson in berlin for me in the whole team thanks so much for watching. imagine how many pushes homeless us right now in the world climate change. the story of fish is my blessing when film goes one week. before i can really get a. refill have time to where i'm going. to.

washington d.c. the white house is the center of power in the united states. or is it. i think that there's a lot of issues with the lack of disclosure it leaves voters in the dark. the representatives and senators in congress make the laws but the arms lobby various religious groups and the powerful pressure groups also wield considerable influence over me try to push an issue we will do protests but there will also do phone calls and then social media pressure most americans want stricter environmental protection and weapons laws but are their voices being heard to have all kinds of policies in the united states these days which do not have democratic widespread approval what they have is millionaires putting extraordinary sums it.

we're going to kid solve the paris supply but the great. after taking office in 2017 donald trump reversed u.s. policy on the environment while recruiting his own new stuff who complied with his anti conservation stance. people would have called me a climate skeptic or a climate denier coal lobbyist such as scott pruitt and andrew wheeler work pointed to head the environmental protection agency. the powerful business lobbies chalk this up as a success with. millions of dollars at stake with shades of the wild west it seems the strongest and most powerful controlled along even in the shadow of the corona crisis washington has continued to cut back on environmental protection so who in the usa is really pulling the strings. follow the money trail. anima soliah does just that her workplace

washington d.c. home to some 12000 lobbyists. most oleo works for an ngo that wants to see more transparency she looks through tax returns for example to find out who is paying which lobby groups and think tanks in order to shape laws and public opinion it's frustrating work with many facts and figures remaining anonymous and it's completely legal. we have people operating behind the scenes without ever disclosing their identity having a significant impact on who is elected in the united states who is holding power in the united states what laws are passed and it's something that really seeps into every aspect of people's daily lives without them knowing it they're aiming to influence the political system across the board. at the top is the president then

there are the members of the 2 chambers of congress $435.00 directly elected representatives and the $100.00 senators 2 per state. bird lobby groups and advocacy organizations also operate at the individual state level and their influence extends down to local level one reason is that the political parties as such have limited financial clout in the u.s. individual politicians are therefore dependent on external funding from their supporters especially when it comes to expensive election campaigns. the most influential players in the poker stakes for power include billionaires who prefer to operate in secret among them 2 brothers charles koch and his now deceased brother david they created a sprawling network of countless organizations wielding substantial political power . is an expert on the issue of dark money and the hidden connections in such

networks. the koch brothers were to some extent pioneers in heralding in a new era of money and politics and in particular in building up a new model of dark money networks they built what is often referred to as the koch network. the koch network comprises a loose association of think tanks lobby groups organizations that claim to be grassroots movements and the media the koch's repeatedly bought influence over politicians judges even universities doing so with millions and millions of dollars . so who are the koch brothers. 20 they had an estimated fortune of around $50000000000.00 each david koch died in the summer of $29000.00 leaving his older brother charles born in 1935 to continue the fight for the interests of their company koch industries. maybe not a famous global brands but the company generates more revenue than facebook and

goldman sachs combined with an estimated value of $110000000000.00 and almost $130000.00 employees worldwide. for this oil gas and chemical conglomerates weaker and environmental protection was better business. the goal has always been true democracy where people can run their own lives and choose what they want to buy and choose how to spend their money charles koch put it in a rare interview in 2012. award winning filmmaker robert greenwald wanted to find out more about the publicize the shy brothers and their system many americans have never even heard of the powerful corporation. is one of the cult brothers said. candidates are like actors and what they do is they read from a script and what the koch brothers want to do and they did very successfully they

want to write that script and writing that script happens by funding all of these different sources hundreds of millions of dollars quarter to quarter until you're going to get an insight into things around the country $1012.00 election cycle $400000000000.00. in his documentary investigation greenwald set out on a search to discover the impact on the ground of these billionaires and their factories what among his shocking revelations was the story of a community where an alarming proportion of locals seems to be dying due to environmental pollution. you can see the steam coming from the stuff they call the throat before there are no and it's hard to bring even if we have 15 homes in this area and maybe even live and people it's back home or with care and somebody.

to so i think these people are sick they're dying this is inexcusable. this right here this private property but if you can follow it in a straight line you would be at georgia pacific supply and own back ok industry. koch industries ignored all requests for an interview with greenwald's production company as they did for this documentary to. pay. attacked me personally with and had kind of headlines about what a bad guy i was and then threatened to sue what are facts are ironclad. as the koch's expand their network they try to be quite open politically their goal to ensure laws that benefit their business and increase their profits.

for decades ago in 1980 david koch was the libertarian party's candidate for vice president alongside clark they ran on a platform of minimizing state intervention promising to abolish corporate taxes social security and minimum wage laws. ronald reagan became president while the clark koch ticket mustered around one percent of the vote in a turning point in a coke strategy the brothers now decided to pull the strings from the background. who's running for vice president was a real lesson as he has said the way to impact their policies the way to impact their profit margin was not by running for office but by financing all these other ways. taking on the big money behind the oil lobby is a tough proposition amid concerns about the impact of the major pipeline project on

the standing rock reservation in $27000.00 lawyer and activist chase iron eyes took action. this is our country this isn't trumps country. and we're going to have to stand up. in peace and dignity. driving me. to meet the protests in north and south dakota against the construction of oil pipelines became almost a daily occurrence in the meantime a 3rd pipeline is under construction which the native american people living here see as a threat. you know it's. like i don't have a choice. it is either i write these guys or my children or what in hell squalor then i was born. the latest project is called keystone x.l. pipeline said to be even bigger than the original keystone pipeline and fears of

oil leaks that could poison the water proved to be founded by the end of 201918 half 1000000 leaders had already spilled into the ground. rules are not a matter of just a matter when and so we these are just these are risks that we we we choose not to bear the risk. you know then our children might have to drink water. oil to be pumped through north and south dakota comes from canada the tar sands of alberta have been a major source of wealth for the koch brothers and also a highly toxic way of producing oil. and the construction of the keystone x.l. pipeline was initially halted by then president obama in 2015 shortly after taking office in 2017 trump revive the project. that is everybody

knew a fugitive. was kind enough to candace trees denies having lobbied for the construction of the pipeline environmental organizations reject such claims given the amount of money donated by the coax to think tanks and during the pipelines construction the texas public policy foundation said in 2017 the pipeline would lead to thousands of new jobs across the u.s. and provide for the safe and affordable transfer of oil the safest way to move products and goods is through pipelines the keystone pipeline goes through the regulatory hurdles and believe me there are a lot of regulatory hurdles but we've got to stop all of the protests and the lawsuit after lawsuit after lawsuit that are just driving up the cost because any time you drive up the cost of energy you hurt the least among us more than anyone else. the conservative think tank also promotes the free market on social media

while dismissing renewable energy sources such as wind turbines that's something they go to the country for something we've enjoyed living in a country is it's peaceful it's quiet it's serene it's no longer like koch industries is one of the sponsors behind the think tank together with various other oil companies such as exxon mobil the list of donors was leaked to the local media and then made public a few years ago the kind of information that think tanks do not voluntarily disclose. as one of the benefits that we have is that people can give to us freely and be protected from harassment and you see that so often here now is when donors are released or people get viciously attacked in the united states and they get. i've. had a lot of threats against me because my information was public a similar argument taishan to that of the coax where the president attacks us and

we get threats from people in congress and this becomes part of a culture that we are evil so we need to be destroyed or killed then why force people to disclose. the figures and groups who donate millions from behind the scenes often remain in the shadows many organizations do not have to reveal their donors thanks to a series of court rulings the most important of these concerns a lawsuit brought by a conservative organization against the federal election commission. 2010 the supreme court found that financial donations to political campaigns were covered by the right to free speech a right that also applies to corporations the decision permitted them to spend unlimited funds on political advertising koch brothers were a critical part of the citizens united decision they funded several of the groups that helped the knish 8 that lawsuit they fund. many of the politicians who spoke

in favor of the lawsuit they funded some in the media who are in favor of the lawsuit and the ultimate decision organizations were then created that function like parties but without the financial restrictions so called super pacs a super pac is a political committee that can take unlimited sources from donors and spend unlimited funds in support of a candidate super pacs are not allowed to coordinate with campaigns and because of that they're able to take unlimited sums traditional campaign so that are actually operated by the candidate people there they've hired to operate their campaign are limited in how much they can take from individual donors. candidates may accept up to $5000.00 per year from the regular political action committees or pacs. there is no such limit for the super pacs while they cannot give money directly to the candidates they are allowed to fund promotional campaigns that target the

candidate's opponents. new super pacs have continued to pop up within the koch industries network. a germany based professor of north american politics refers to the super pacs as shadow parties. the super. super pacs have been in existence since 2010 and the coast brothers are a good example. they can buy airtime on t.v. stations but the reason they're also called shadow parties is that they have a similar organizational structure to the political parties simply to the only reason why the super pacs do not declare themselves as parties is that this would limit the money they could spend. on. the citizens united verdict is one of the factors behind the constant increase in election campaign spending from $3000000000.00 in the year 2000 to $6.00 and a half 1000000000 in 2016 under certain circumstances organizations can keep their

donors secret a loophole that the koch's have been eager to exploit. as it was and fill me in really coke rather phenomenon like the koch brothers is unthinkable in germany we have very strict regulations on election campaign and party financings your. most americans would laugh at what we call a party donation scandal to a thai spends we've had that previously under helmut kohl and more recently with the a.f. these donations from switzerland but the sums involved are peanuts compared to those in the us cost. of. came from. and in washington those sums are enormous k. street is a stone's throw from the white house and on the political front is famous for its concentration of lobby firms they employ around $12000.00 agents in washington alone in $29000.00 koch industries spend almost $11000000.00 on lobbying operations. be lobbying phenomenon can hardly be compared with

here. but if someone wants to influence policy in germany they have to influence an entire party to clean what it's speedy because i'm of the american political system has many more points of contact through which advocacy groups can influence specific senators in a tour in a position to stop or favors certain reform initiatives into the form ford says it's. so begins to get. the more money you have the bigger the stage the principle that is perfectly normal in the u.s. where who has which role at a given time is not always clear government stuff become lobbyists and vice versa this also applies to the employees of the 200 think tanks in washington d.c. . the. german born that works for a left of center think tank in washington. he's seen how every election is

followed by the new government recruiting hundreds of think tank employees. as a fan in dodge when a new foreign minister is appointed in germany they bring a handful of people with them unified here in the u.s. it's completely different when barack obama succeeded george w. bush almost 4000 political operatives join the administration during his 1st term in office so when he 9 to get these people have to come from somewhere we have this bush i liken it to a whirlpool where i think tank structure is used to bring people up to operating temperature of for joining the government you know i put in some. i rush. i'm a teacher rush holt scientist and 5 time winner of the jeopardy quiz show who is rush holt and a member of the house of representatives until 2015 minutes during his time in

office he advocated in vain for more transparency for political ad financing i hope you'll agree i'm the best choice for sat. now 'd with. undisclosed secret. taking a very average size and needs or not based on a principled decision but rather on distortion and. unfair influence that it's no longer i work at all democracy. rush holt was a congressman for 16 years spanning the presidencies of clinton bush jr and obama why do moves to combat secret funding fail cult points to a fundamental political problem the 2 big parties constantly blocking each other in

congress members of the house the house of representatives and the senate are perfectly happy. they feel they have done their job stop legislation. if nothing. or even. which the coax benefit from their commitment to the free market unites them with a powerful group of ultra conservative evangelical christians the fellowship foundation also known as the family uses religion as a vehicle for political power. doug coe the longtime head of the organization was considered the most powerful man in washington who no one had ever heard of he enjoyed excellent connections to the highest political echelons. george bush sr praised him for his quiet diplomacy the fellowship foundation worked

largely in secrecy to fulfill its worldview that the free market is god's will. along comes a theology that says that thing that's making you rich that thing that's making you powerful that's what god wants and you're doing it you're getting rich not for yourself you're getting rich because god wants you to be rich it's a kind of trickle down fundamentals of american conservatism has this idea of trickle down economics that the way to help the poor is to help the rich. journalist jeff sharlet has published his insights into the fellowship foundation as a former member of the family himself. on a plush estate outside washington d.c. he was in a kind of cadet camp with other young men it was there that he realized how close their ties to the political elites were. i remember i think in the 1st week.

there was a visit i believe from senator jesse helms a very far right wing senator from north carolina and. that time. and there was a visit the newly elected conservative prime minister norway and so here's he's a bush was coming then the following week so i very quickly realized a wait a minute this is not just a little church group there's there's something going on here. the solo ship foundation founded in $1035.00 largely stays out of the public eye with one exception the annual national prayer breakfast. a meeting to pray and to address important issues and an event that is attended by some of the most powerful people in the country and heads of state from all over the world including every u.s. president since dwight d. eisenhower. john f. kennedy was a guest. as was barack obama matters and donald trump

who boasted of his services to the family such as finding abortion rights made tremendous progress tremendous progress you know what we've done and it's been my honor. to drive the united states state department crazy because they're not deciding who gets face time with the president the family is you control you control the president's time that power the national prayer record self is just one morning and it's the only sort of visible part is just want to bet on what is essentially a week long festival where for instance they'll have. seminars for the oil industry and god the defense industry and god what does god want from missile manufacturers more money more missiles the grandiose prayer breakfast aside the family works in conspicuously for years the number of congressmen stayed in the family house on c. street in washington d.c.

for negligible rent and that influence remains all too evident during the coronavirus crisis to right now in the. coronavirus response with vice president mike pence who is a longtime associate of the family is pushing a really significant part of coronavirus aid money into sectarian churches in the united states we have an idea of separation of church and state instead we have a long term project of pushing it toward a a particular christian right ideal of power. meanwhile the 30000 inhabitants at the pine ridge reservation in south dakota feel powerless with 80 percent unemployment and widespread alcohol and drug addiction the community has serious problems chase iron eyes ran for the house of

representatives back in 2016 as a candidate in north dakota. my opponent who's endorsed by all a big distraction in north dakota was endorsed by all the coal companies all the oil company the 1st time around. he had a $1000000.00 and. they're breaking call good friends in their network you know. all their friends just like us like and when people have an i want to cash they win elections i mean that's just how it goes he continues to visit the capitol in washington but only as a visitor many members of congress are millionaires themselves the koch's have been among those advancing their own agenda with cash their network expanded in the eighty's with organizations billed as citizens initiatives. in 1984 they launched citizens for a sound economy their members challenged any and all new environmental regulations

with backing from exxon and microsoft. in 1903 they took on then president bill clinton who was planning an energy tax that would have cost koch industries a lot of money clinton's plan failed. citizens for a sound economy later split into different divisions k. street in washington is home to one of their successors freedom works. adam brandon is proud of the power his organization wields with evidence presented on the walls like trophies he's helped in appointing the controversial brett kavanaugh as a supreme court judge earned him thanks from trump but does freedom works have the power to influence legislation i believe we do and we've actually i walked back on last year we have there's bills we supported we had a there was a bipartisan coalition on criminal justice reform that we actually have the bill hanging up here in our office that we were able to drive so many phone calls to get

that across the finish line. according to its own figures freedom works has 6000000 members and army of volunteers they're dedicated to the fight for a libertarian goals against taxes and state influence freedom works provides them with the arguments and training to pressurize politicians. when we try to push an issue we will organize office visits where people by the dozen will go and visit our congressman we will do protests but there will also do phone calls and then social media pressure we could drive thousands of calls per day and those thousands of calls usually equate into hundreds of hours and when we asked them to do calls will send them a very small 5 points outline of various positions and facts that they could use to call their elected officials. as the coronavirus crisis hit home freedom works over cell phone calls to state governors their demand to end the shutdown at

the federal level the aim was to stop spending on state rescue packages. we now have folks in the senate and in the house who are very ready and willing to vote no and that's what we're working as soon as i'm off this call i'm getting on another call to try to rally up some support to get some more congressmen to vote no. our politics just another commercial commodity in the u.s. that coax wanted to influence public opinion and presidents with money being the key factor and they've not been the only conservative billionaire is involved the mercers are another highly influential family. robert mercer became a multi-billionaire as a hedge fund manager he and his more socially visible daughter have learned a lot from the koch's in 2011 rebecca donated more than $25000000.00

towards the coax political activities but in some ways the mercers are even more radical. they supported donald trump in 2016 with their only network using dubious tactics and a lot of money to gain access to the. white house. david mager man was taken aback by his boss's actions by 2016 he'd worked over 20 years for robert mercer and had health developed the algorithms that earned billions for the family i felt that i had my my intellectual efforts and my work had gone into creating the possibility of people having outsized influence on politics.