this ban on independence day centers violated corporations first amendment free speech rights, citizens united representative unjustified extension of public reversible supreme court discussion in 1976, the struck down independent expenditures by individuals. handled decision have since decided citizens overturned decades the presidents helping the government regulate, corporations, unity is negative effect this is denied it was immediately apparent, same years reports aside since united u.s. court of appeals at the u.s. district, decided, speak now versus fec, strike it down federer -- taken together these two discussions resulted in the rise of the so cold, super pac committees, because of these decisions individuals and corporations could make unlimited contributions to packs, dedicated only to making independent expenditures, whose donors disclosure rules are much more opaque, allowing them to accumulate massive mounts of dark, money is now ten years later we are seeing the negative corrosive effects of a wealthy mega donors and corporations for an unlimited amounts of money into our elect

yet the impact of citizens united is not limited to the role of politics. the freedom of express granted to sit sense united led to the decision in hobby lobby. the court granted a corporation to opt out of the provisions of affordable health care act in order to deny women employees on the basis that a corporation has religious liberty. it puts corporate rights over a women's right to make decisions about her own body. and it is one more reason why we must limit corporate personhood beyond elections. research has found, as my college mr. george said, that 77% of americans believe there should be limits on the amount that both individuals and groups can spend on campaigns. the time has come for congress to intervene. i am a proud cosponsor of hr 1, the for the people act, and of congressman deutsch democratic for all amendment. i believe congress and the states must do the important work of regulating campaign contributions and distinguishing between people and corporations when creating campaign finance legislation. the we the people amendment goes further

but by 2014 after citizens united, citizens united, outside spending top candidate spending in seven of those top ten races. in those races the outside group spent an average of 80% more than the candidates. even in the face this citizens united doorsteps codis can take right now to reduce the risk of corruption to address important issues like coordination, coercion, disclosure and foreign nationals binny. some of the solution are well known to members of the subcommittee. h.r. one which passed the house in 2019 contain many useful reform proposals requiring better disclosure of large donors, clarifying the spending and applies the issue, grading a small dollar matching public financing program, creating a democracy voucher pilot program, reform of financing of inaugural committees, requiring shell company to disclose a beneficial owners, extending election and communications disclosure requirements to online ads and recording a public file of online political ads. one reform that would aid in the port an effort to exclude foreign money from our system was in an earlier version of h

and i think that should be noted too as we think about the impact of citizens united and how it is on the help that unleash all of this money and we know that these corporations and wealthy individuals don't spend the money just because they spend the money because they want a particular result and so as a consequence we have all of this money washing through our system creating all sorts of misdirection the get us to move in certain directions that we might not otherwise move in terms of where do we go from here i think it's a big question i am struggling with because the reality is our current class of elected officials in many cases on both sides of the aisle are captured by the money and i come back to the notion that people need to voters need to us. stan how that really impacts their daily lives if you want to know why there is a toxic dump site near your home and not someplace else or why there's not clean water in your community but there is another all of these the political decisions that bring up to come to grips with and my view at this point is that most citizens

steyer: so, to answer your question about citizens united, it's not in the constitution that we have nine justices of the supreme court. we can change the number. and we needed to change the number. because this is a supreme court that's been rigged. i'll tell you, if we allow this to stand, we will have a minority party put in radical right-wing people into the supreme court and they will make decisions for a generation against the will of the american people. that's where we are and we have to fight back against that. [applause] mr. steyer: folks, and i just want to quickly say, campaign-finance reform, there are a lot of proposals, but the most aggressive proposal, which is the one that i want, is to give every american citizen a $200 voucher to give to the candidate of their choice. and the idea is, the other proposals have to do with multiples of small gifts, up to $200 and get matched six times. the problem is a lot of americans don't have $200 to throw around in political campaigns. if we give them the vouchers, that will open it up for everybody. we will democratize the elect

in answer to your question about citizens united. constitutionthe that we have nine justices of the supreme court. we begin change the number and we need to change the number because this is a supreme court that has been rigged. if we allow this to stand, we will have a minority party put in radical right-wing people onto the supreme court and they will make decisions for a generation against the will of the american people. that is where we are and we have to fight back against that. [applause] mr. steyer: i want to quickly say campaign financial reform -- there are a lot of proposals, but the most aggressive proposal, which is the one that i want, is to give every american citizen a $200 voucher to give to the candidate of their choice. the idea is the other proposals have to do with multiples of small gifts up to $200 being matched six times. the problem is most americans don't have $200 to throw around in political campaigns. this will democratize the election process and that is what i am in favor of. [applause] will be our last

but the 1st value and then you one through the years to citizens united which says that the right of free speech of corporations namely spend as much money they want can't be curtailed. take a look what that means it means that corporations which anyway have been pretty much buying elections are now free to do it with virtually no constraint as tremendous attack on the residue of democracy. interesting to read the rulings like justice kennedy's swing vote his ruling said well look after all the c.p.s. is given freedom of speech there are corp why shouldn't general electric be free to spend as much when it is they want. i mean it's true that c.b.s. has given freedom of speech but they're supposed to be performing a public service that's why that's what the press is supposed to be a general electric is trying to make money for the chief executive some of the shareholders. sitting critical decisions and it puts the country in a position where business power is greatly extended beyond what it always was this is part of the vicious cycle the supreme court justices are put in by reactionar

supreme court underlining we the people while justice roberts led the court the decisions like citizens united in 2010 with the flood of dark many with the equivalent of a sound system drowning out the voice of the people. and shelby county the voting rights act with voter suppression and intimidation and then you believe in voter empowerment not voter suppression decisions like the common cause of which politicians choose their vivid --dashe their voters and then choose their politicians. after giving more powerful division of and by and for the people. to the rich and wealthy donors to the people that they are elected to represent. the supreme courtle decisions have elevated the government by and for the people. and from this moment from what u.s. senate chooses to defend and converting the trial into a cover up. that weighs russia and china not united states of america. of holding elections or the constitution our democracy is not set in stone of the goodwill and good faith of this country as the state - - the saying goes freedom is not free. that the government by the people and for the pe

i want to overturn citizens united, which would help get dark money out of politics. [applause] requires a super majority to overturn citizens united, and corporate money ran the town before that ruling, it was not like we were living in a great era and citizens united, the darkness. how do we change that? right now 5% or fewer of americans donate to a political candidate or campaign. if you are in the 5%, congratulations, you are one of the most politically engaged people in the country. how do you counteract the lobbyist's cash and get participation up? put 100 democracy dollars in the hands of every voter, $100 every year you can give to any candidate or campaign you want. what percentage would donate to a political campaign if you had 100 free dollars? he said everybody, that is optimistic. there would be some people who would say, i do not like it. or's say you got it to 50% 60%, which seems realistic. if you got it to 50%, we would wash out all the lobbyist cash by a factor of five to one. if you imagine this country were 10,000 americans get behind a giving the

. >> [inaudible] ah, citizens united.nder citizens united, it is pretty much the law of the land that a corporation has the same political soul as you and i do and spending money to change the results of election is pretty much the same as you or i do. it's considered free speech. when a company is trying to change the outcome of an election or when they are giving to both sides and that happens also, that is not an expression of speech and conscience. so we've got to face the fact that this decision has opened the floodgates of money into our politics even worse than before. now, when it comes to our democracy, there are a whole bunch of steps we can take right away. because of hr one, a bill that came out of the house only to die in mitch mcconnell's senate. automatic voter registration. dealing with these purges that amount to racial voter suppression and are leading to worse about -- election. there's got to be a 21st century voting rights act so that can happen in the future. [applause] mayor pete: election day ought

decisions like citizens united in 2010 which corrupted our political campaigns with a flood of dark money, equivalent of a stadium sound system drowning out the voice of the people. decisions like shelby county in 2013 that gutted the voting rights act, opening the door to voter suppression and voter intimidation. if you believe in our republic, you believe in voter empowerment, not voter suppression. decisions like rucho versus common cause in 2019 given a green light to extreme partisan gerrymandering in which politicians choose their voters rather than voters choosing their politicians. one blow after another giving more power to the powerful and undermining the vision that government of, by, and for the people. blow after blow making officials more responsive to the rich and wealthy donors than the people they are elected to represent. these supreme court decisions have elevated government by and for the powerful and trampled government by and for the people, paving the path for this dark moment in which the u.s. senate chooses to defend a corrupt president by converting a trial into

sanders: will be the president who overturns the disastrous citizens united decision. [applause] words,ders: in other bernie's long and consistent record as a champion of the working class is unflinching. that is why i and you and millions of supporters no that i of corporatelaught lobbying, special interests, and a corrupt political system, he will stand steadfast in fighting for us. we trust him because of the moral clarity he has demonstrated over his lifetime. [applause] we know it is not enough to be on the right side of history. we have to defeat donald trump, people dangerous president in modern american history. is, bernie is that candidate. [applause] dr. sanders: donald trump will not be able to vilify him as inauthentic or hypocritical. with bernie, what you see is what you get. fact, virtually every poll -- you have probably seen negative ads through dark money interests same bernie cannot be trump. they actually say a socialist cannot win in socialist cannot win in socially -- in michigan or wisconsin -- two states that he one. -- he won. since 2016very po

steyer: the question is how we are going to do climate in an age of citizens united and before we have reform so we can get different people in. let me start by saying this. i am going to declare a state of emergency on my first day of presidency on climate. have to do it. [applause] knowteyer: look, i do not how many of you are following the timetable that other nature has set down, but we are in a university town and mother nature does not give extensions on your paper. the time is the time. state ofart with a emergency and use emergency powers of the presidency to what in place a timetable to move off of fossil fuels in terms of electricity generation, to change the cars you are allowed to build in the united states and get away from gasoline-powered cars. to change the rules for energy efficiency and building codes. start putting and it rules the president can put in and say to the private sector, here is the schedule, this is immutable, invest against the schedule, get it done. that is the first thing. i said i am for term limits. says that from the point of view of spending money

every democrat believes we should overturn citizens united that has allowed dark money into politics.gh truths around this, it requires a super majority to overturn citizens united and corporate money ran our elections and our government before that ruling. it just became more extreme afterwards. so, again, my proposal of 100 democracy dollars in the hands of every american would go an incredible distance in helping line up the american people and the money. because if you get 10,000 americans behind you who give you 100 democracy dollars each, that's a million dollars. so you can listen to the american people instead of the big corporations and the lobbyists. but we should have rank choice voting in this country so that people can actually vote the way they want and not be worried about, quote-unquote, wasting their vote. we should have election day be a national holiday. we should automatically register new voters to make it easier for people to register to vote instead of having these obstacles. it does begin and end with the money in politics, though. again, the best way out is fo

i would like to see the dark money out of politics and i think the citizens united decision was a very bad decision for voters and a means people can spend all kinds of money in our campaign and we don't have necessarily know who those people are. i would like to see us look at some other way of reducing the cost of campaigns or at least making sure that if you are contributing to a campaign you have to declare who you are so that everyone knows what the special interests are who are spending money. >> jen senator jeanne shaheen, thank you for stopping by. >> thank you. >> during this election season the candidates beyond the talking points are only revealed over time. since you can't be over -- everywhere there is to spend with our campaign 2020 programming different from all other political coverage for one simple reason, it is c-span but we've brought you your unfiltered view of government every day since 1979 and this year we are bringing you and unfiltered view of [inaudible] in other words, your future. this election season go deep, direct and unfiltered. to the biggest picture f

what will i i will pass a constitutional amendment to overturn citizens united. we will get that done to get the big money out of our politics. us is to stop his shameful attempt to repeal the affordable care act and kick people off of their health insurance for pre-existing conditions. that is wrong and we will stop him. we will take on big pharma to bring down the cost of prescription drugs. nra to pass on the gun safety legislation. agenda our optimistic for this country. , as a party, we are not going to be able to divide the divider in chief. we will not be able to out divide him. he will not be out dividing someone that wakes up every morning and sees who he can take on, see who he can blame. let's see what the list is. he blames barack obama. right? he does that all the time. he blames immigrants. head of thee federal reserve that he appointed. he blames the generals that he commanded. he blames the entire kingdom of denmark. who does that? blamed the prime minister of canada for cutting him out of the canadian version of home alone two. he blames people.

whole caucuses do from wanted to the other and we want to do everything we can to get rid of citizens united, we want to go back to the days of real campaign finance reform and we stand for that, plain and simple. and we will if we get the majority, if god willing the speaker keeps the majority as i think both have a good chance of happening, that will be a top priority. >> at the top priority for us now. we passed h.r. one, and h.r. one we did three things when we ran in 2018. for the people we said we would lower the cost of healthcare for america's families by lowering the cost of prescription drugs as we protected the pre-existing conditions benefits. lower health care, dichter paychecks by building infrastructure of america in ia greenway, a resilient way for the future. we thought in those areas we could find common ground with administration because the president said we will negotiate like crazy on reducing cost of prescription drugs. i guess like crazy means not at all. and hopefully we can still find a path of both of those. lower-cost prescription drugs and building infrastructure

joining us citizens united president david bossie.ssie speaks as president of citizens united. steve scalise, the minority whip, gop leader and gop strategist ed rollins. radical dems have a new target. they're taking on attorney general william barr. i will tell you right now, liz, it is not a fair fight. barr will win in a knockout. gordon chang on the latest on the coronavirus and huawei. the president of liberty university, jerry falwell joins us. we hope you will as well at the top of the hour. liz, back to you. liz: you jam-packed the show. great stuff. good to see you. we'll be watching. nice to see him. in a rare outburst on twitter former goldman sachs and chair and ceo, lloyd blankfein said russia should back bernie sanders to best screws up the u.s. he went on to say this. sanders will ruin the economy, doesn't care about the military. if i go with sanders this time around if i'm russian. >> i was kind of upset that he said that. if we, if bernie, senator sanders becomes the president he is a socialist. he wants to take ove

citizens united.arty says citizens united was decided in the wrong way and you have to get big money out of the politic. does the party say unless it's your own? anybody can buy their way into the presidency. this is an issue that hasn't been taken up with steyer. because he hasn't done well enough yet. i think there's an inconsistency in the democratic party on this issue. maybe bloomberg can succeed. i have no idea. i believe that sanders is not going to be the only person raising that. >> i think we make a mistake already gaming out bloomberg vs. bernie. why he has a low ceiling because what he -- bernie. the democratic socialism doesn't represent where most of the democratic party is. he represents his ceiling is about 30%. unless he tries to moderate it in some way. that's not bernie. i respect him for saying every day the same thing. no matter where he is. the same thing. many matter the audience. it doesn't represent the democratic party a a whole. when you look at the numbers is a center left

i wanted to point out the latinx citizens of the united states who include citizens of puerto rico, we are looking at a portrait made in 1992. she was quite elderly at this time, but she had been elected as the first female governor of san juan. in 1932, she was a suffragist she was and actually advocating for the right to vote among literate white women in puerto rico. so she was trying to advocate for suffrage but it was the step approach and wasn't until 1935 that women across puerto rico, all women, were given the right to vote. later she was elected as mayor of san juan, which she held for many terms through 1968. she's a beloved figure. she's not the only suffragist from puerto rico. we don't have a portrait of the most renowned puerto rican suffragette. we couldn't get one in time for this exhibition. this is a portrait from our own collection we were able to use to represent latinx populations in the united states. finally i'm showing you a portrait of someone who is active for native american rights, and she was the expert witness when there was a civil rights case in 1879. he

then he mentioned in passing we'll get an constitutional amendment to over turn citizens united. which is a good idea but tough. >> we need politicians willing to lead and fix democracy. and pledge that. >> did you find yourself being tipped one way or the other? >> i did think klobuchar and elizabeth warren did a great job. as two females opt stage. i have had a chance as a new hampshire voter to meet them all. and i still want to hear more about -- >> come on. you want to hear more. you're insane up here. >> i am. i have a 10 year-old daughter who met them too. >> next four years the bronx primaries. what did you think of mayor pete's back and forth with me now? >> i i'm deeply concerned about how much money he's taking from billionaires. and it's a legitimate concern. he wants to fix the democracy and pass policies but he can't do that playing the game we're in. >> he's fund raising from rich donors that matter to you. >> it does. >> we're in new hampshire. every person in the room has met every candidate 57 times and undecided. we'll come back with some more. don't go anywher

citizens united is a disaster for our democracy. if what it takes to fix citizens united is a corn sti tugsal amendment. i think that's what constitutional amendments are for. let's not be afraid and let's launch that fight on day one. as far as defending the interest of those who aren't wealthy. i have the smallest wallet of anyone running for president right now. i'm officially the least wealthy presidential candidate right now, i'm talking about the interest of middle class, i'm talking about our own. and i got into politics. i got into campaigning in order to be part of solutions for folks like my neighbors. folks like my own family. i also believe that at a time like this, we've got to get help from everybody who is willing to support our bold vision for the future. my campaign was driven and is driven by hundreds of thousands of individuals who have donated. as a matter of fact, if you're watching right now, go to peteforamerica.com send in 5 or $10. if there are some people who are a lot wealthier than i am, who want to chip

i don't believe money is speech, and so we have to end citizens united. get money out of politics, and i still think i'm the only presidential candidate who actually put out an agenda on publicly funded elections. so i'm hopeful that the other candidates and our nominee ultimately will take this issue as an important one because it's how you actually will get things done in washington by taking out the special interests and ending this ultimate corruption that money has in our political system. >> speaking of women and female candidates, you want to endorse either of your female colleagues in the senate here, senator warren or senator klobuchar right now on cnn? >> i am so proud of both liz ask amy. they have run such good campaigns. the vision that they shared last night was so strong, and i'm just really proud of them, and i'm proud of my senate colleagues overall. i've so enjoyed working with them in this way to set up a national agenda, and so i'm going to keep supporting all of them, and at some point i will come forward with an endorsement, hopefull

whole caucuses do from one end to the other that we want to do everything we can to get rid of citizens united, we want to go back to the days of real campaign-finance reform and we stand for that plain and simple and we will if we get the majority , god willing if the speaker keeps the majority and it has a good chance of happening, that's going to be a top priority. >> it's not a priority now, we are one. we did three things and we ran into thousand 18. for the people we said we were going to lower the cost of healthcare or america's families by lowering the cost of prescription drugs as we protected the pre-existing condition benefits. lower healthcare, bigger paychecks mile building infrastructure in a greenway, a resilient way for the future. we walk in those two areas we could find some common ground with the administration because the president said he's not going to negotiate like crazy on the cost of prescription drugs but i guess my crazy need not at all and hopefully we can still find a path on both of those. going across prescription drugs and building infrastructure and free, clea

supreme court will get that position unless he or she is very clear, they will vote to overturn citizens unitedlause] and we will address the rigged economy that so many working people are suffering under right now. cheering] that,not acceptable to me at the same time that we have the highest rate of childhood poverty of any major country on also have more income and wealth inequality than any other major country on earth. [applause] so i say to the billionaire to create an going economy that works for working families, not just in the people donors who aren thatwerful, so powerful, the only way we create the change we need is through a political revolution. [crowd cheering] and that means, that means that millions and millions of people throughout our country, including many who have given up on the political process, many who think their vote, their voice no longer matters, those people have to reengage politically, working people, low-income people, young people, and with a loud voice. bowls show senator sanders with a big lead here and show senatorpolls anders with a big lead here suggested

whole caucus does, from one end to the other, that we want to do everything we can to get rid of citizens united, that we want to go back to the days of real campaign finance reform, and we stand for that. plain and simple. we will, if we get the majority , if, god willing, the speaker keeps the majority, i think both have a good chance of happening, that's going to be a top priority. ms. pelosi: it's a top priority for us now. we passed h.r. 1. h.r. 1, we did three things when we ran in 2018. for the people we said we were going to lower the cost of health care for america's families by lowering the cost of prescription drugs as we protected the -- pre-existing condition benefit. lower health care, bigger paychecks by building infrastructure of america and -- in a green way, a resilient way for the future. we thought in those two areas we could find some common ground with the administration, because the president said he was going to negotiate like crazy on reducing the cost of prescription drugs. i guess by crazy means not at all. and hopefully we can still find a path on both of those. lower

>> i was grateful they talked about democracy reform and public funding and overturning citizens unitednd voting rights, and that's the first time i've heard about those structural changes and in order to get anything done, we need to fix the structure of democracy. >> i did notice joe biden was at one point going after bernie sanders for the impossibility of medicare or the political will, which is a legitimate attack. but then he mentioned in passing, we're going to get a constitutional amendment to overturn citizens united which is good but tough. >> we need politicians willing to lead to fix democracy first and to pledge to do that as the first thing they'll do. >> did you find yourself being tipped in one way or the other tonight? >> i did think amy klobuchar and elizabeth warren did a great job as the two female candidates on the stage, but i haven't had a chance as a new hampshire voters to meet all of the candidates, and i still want to hear more about their plans. >> come on, want to hear more. [ laughter ] you guys are insane up here. >> i am. i have a 10-year-old daughter who

i will pass a constitutional amendment to overturn citizens united.e will get that done to get the big money out of our politics. is to stop his shameful attempt to repeal the affordable care act and kick people off of their health insurance for pre-existing conditions. that is wrong. we will stop him. pharma toke on big bring down the cost of prescription drugs. to passtake on the nra gun safety legislation. that is our optimistic agenda for this country. host: let's go back to our phone from and talk to bonnie modesto, california on the independent line. caller: good morning. i feel that michael bloomberg is the man that they should get behind if they want to be trump. i think a lot of republicans that do not like trump would get behind bloomberg. , as the colahat earlier said, bloomberg, klobuchar -- caller earlier said, bloomberg-klobuchar candidacy would be great. sanders would divide the country, just like trump is. warren also. biden does not have the energy. i think bloomberg could beat trump. who iset's go to rosetta calling from new york on

that the citizens of the united states should not be denied or abridged. >> so to talk about citizens united and this catchphrase also has similarity and because of the movie title also was on the basis of sex all the you are the star you are not in a directly. so the question is going back to the notorious rvg moniker one --dash t3 moniker with your work on the court that it is somewhat unusual for a justice. i wouldn't say reconcile but how do you deal with all of this quick's. >> it is amazing. teghty-seven years old and everyone wants to take a picture with me. [laughter] >> notorious teethree was made famous by a second year law student from the key provision of the voting rest - - voting rights act of 1965. and with those large majorities on both sides of the aisle and it was attacked on the grounds that the voting rights act that if you have a record to keep african-americans from voting you could not pass any new election law without clearing it with the civil rights division of the department of justice or a three-judge federal district court in dc. that provided a check to s

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in american elections especially since 2010 with the us supreme court ruled in a case called citizens united that you could spend as much money as you wanted on candidates because corporations spending money on politics is free speech spending money is free speech corporations are people that's what this supreme court decided that's a travesty and that's really undermined american democracy even more and made it more of a money game then ever before that's a big problem in the u.s. money yes and the role of money is growing even more but you know i don't think it's a point where a movement like sanders could still prevail. frances bean enraged by comments made by the ambassador of his ally molly who was critical of french anti terror squads in the west african country to shell or do peacekeeping force tensions have risen diplomatically between mali and france following those comments by the mali an ambassador to france in which he criticized the actions of french soldiers on the ground in his country folk who cover certain elements there are not desirable some elements of the army because we

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in american elections especially since 2010 with the us supreme court ruled in a case called citizens united that you could spend as much money as you wanted on candidates because corporations spending money on politics is free speech spending money is free speech corporations are people that's what this supreme court decided that's a travesty and that's really undermined american democracy even more and made it more a money game then ever before that's a big problem in the us money yes and the role of money is growing even more but i don't think it's at a point where a movement like senators could still prevail. still to come in the program on hollywood directors let's flip apple's product placement paul flee thereby possibly spoiling future whodunnit movie is back and a few moments. seemed wrong. just don't hold. any news yet to shape out this day become active. and engagement equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. the republicans have a reputation as knowing more about money than the democrats but the democrats are always very confu

in american elections especially since 2010 with the us supreme court ruled in a case called citizens united that you could spend as much money as you wanted on candidates because corporations spending money on politics is free speech spending money is free speech corporations are people that's what this supreme court decided that's a travesty and that's really undermined american democracy even more and made it more a money game then ever before that's a big problem in the us money yes and the role of money is growing even more but i don't think it's at a point where a movement like senators could still prevail. investigative outlet project veritas has gained a reputation for lending mainstream media in trouble and this time its a.b.c. news has turned one of its veteran reporters has been secretly recorded slamming his bosses and the world of t.v. news and general. ok do you think that all these are all right is it going to be talking about that that's. right maybe it seems to be. wrong or we recognize. the feel like we've been through several voters where we are no worse than i thought you

of the top story now and that is in europe where germany's president has called on his fellow citizens to unite to defeat racism and violence he was speaking at one of the several vigils held in all are of 9 people killed in a shooting attack in the city of her now double it came reports. on a cold day in february the german head of state expresses his symptoms in caps relating in the simple act the feelings of many his people for those who died here . this is where a 43 year old german used to legally owned a gun to target turks and kurds he repeated his attack at this other venue where those 2 ethnic groups congregate when his killing spree there was complete he returned home and murdered his mother before shooting himself federal prosecutors are working on the basis he was a far right supporter see. that sign the goal of the investigation will be to find out whether there are or were accessories all supporters for these attacks and. we will clarify the contacts and environment of the suspected perpetrator in the country but also potential contacts overseas hit us up clear them. some of the s