yes, that david koch. now brace yourselves, please, for the first positive words said about david koch on this program. i agree with harry reid's critique of the koch brothers' contributions to american politics but that is not the only thing they contribute to. they have given $100 million to lincoln center. they have given huge amounts of money to medical research and treatment. david koch has given over $25 million to the hospital that put me and many other men, women, and children back together. people with much worse injuries than i had. dave koch's money helped make their hospital experience a better one and that is a very, very good thing. f. scott fitzgerald spoke to what some of you are feeling right now when he said, the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function." you can pass that test. i know you can. you can be outraged by what the koch brothers do with their money in politics, and you can apprec

this is an organization, remember, that was founded by david koch and charles koch and likely very muchf interests. any corporation can go and give their money to americans for prosperity and essentially be shielded. it's an untraceable money trail. >> and we learned today, "the washington post" reported they donated to the college negro fund. a great organization. we've seen this with the koch's repeatedly. they smort a number of institutions and organizations that progressers might feel they can support too. so you've been at the receiving end of their influence. houshd progressives think about the kind of influence the koch money is buying? >> well, look. different money to charity. that's great. the thing we know about the united negro college fund and all the charitable colleges they support is they advertise. but don't give money or spend money politically and call that charity. that's where the problem is. >> tia, the unions were defeated in wisconsin. as you point out, they were also responsible for ploresident oba win re-election. do you think we're at a point where the koch mo

so the interesting thing about this family is you really hear just about charles and david koch. ourse there are four koch brothers. when i was researching this book, the political part of their story is almost the least interesting part of it. these brothers duked it out over control of the family company. one of them, what's got to be one of the most bare-knuckled brawl, legal brawls in history, and the interesting part about it is that when their dad died in 1967, bequeathing the family fortune to his son, charles koch finds a letter after his death and it says, you know, be kind and generous to each other, and this money can be a blessing or a curse. it ends up being both because their inheritance ends up fueling this nasty, nasty legal war between the brothers. >> jon: but it's almost... you read about their childhood and the way the father... it's a different era, but there was almost like a darwinian ethos in the family, like the dad was like, who amongst you will be strongest? follow me. like it's not surprising that they duke it out after his death because while he was al

david koch's libertarian ticket in 1980 shows how long they have been advocating their vision for america how much more sophisticated they have become as doing it, but the kochs have been dealt a humiliating defeat in, of all places, their home state of kansas. >> and speaking of conservative heroes, the koch brothers bought a table here tonight. but as usual, they used a shadowing right-wing organization as a front. hello, fox news. >>> charles and david koch, who have helped fund efforts across the country to stymie solar power, to repeal renewable energy mandates, to foster climate change denyalists, even to get members of congress to promise to vote against climate change legislation unless it is linked to tax cuts. those brothers are from kansas. kansas is koch country. >> wichita is the home and headquarters of koch industries, the $100 billion oil and industrial company that provides the koch brothers with much of their $80 billion fortune. the brothers help finance the 2012 overthrow of republican moderates in the kansas legislature in what one deemed as effort to use their home s

across the country these days dave brat is really just a bought and paid for shill of charles and david koch and their buddies but the connections between brat in the dark money machine don't stop there he was also the hand-picked candidate the koch back world of right wing media specifically right wing radio over the past few months right wing talkers like laura ingram and mark levin have been pushing brat in attacking cantor nonstop on the radio shows anger me even went so far as to say at a recent rally for brad that she wished that president obama had given eric cantor not five guantanamo detainees to the taliban in exchange for bowe bergdahl. but i wish to keep this thing. to talk this through and the. tribute to the sons. of can't. be and. over the years because it is treated we want to hear peter yeah. laura ingram and mark levin are both on the populist end of the republican party so it's not all that surprising that they'd want to see brat take down cantor but since both of them have taken a lot of money from conservative groups like americans for prosperity over the past few years

across the country these days dave brat is really just a bought and paid for shill of charles and david koch and their buddies but the connections between brat in the dark money machine don't stop there he was also the hand-picked candidate the koch back world of right wing media specifically right wing radio over the past few months right wing talkers like laura ingram and mark levin have been pushing brat and it's hacking cantor nonstop on the radio shows anger me even went so far as to say at a recent rally for brat that she wished that president obama had given eric cantor not five guantanamo detainees to the taliban in exchange for bowe bergdahl i. wish to give this thing. you did talk this through. the. tribute to the sons. of can't see if this is. the end of the piece over the years because it is treated you want to hear peter yeah. laura ingram and mark levin are both on the populist end of the republican party so it's not all that surprising that they'd want to see brad take down cantor but since both of them have taken a lot of money from conservative groups like americans for pros

koch is this lawsuit that played out between the four koch brothers, charles and david on one side and bill and frederick and other shareholders of koch industries on the other. and basically what happens is in the late 1970's, bill koch is working in the family company with his brothers charles and david. this was at a time when koch under scrutiny by a number of regulators by the department of energy and then it gets hit by a set of indictments by trying to fix a federal oil lottery. bill and other shareholders, most of them family members are concerned with the direction the company is heading in. bill attributes some of the stuff that is befalling to the company to charles anti-government philosophy. another issue is this is a very closely held private company and charles is really driven to build this company. he's plowing all of their profits back into growing the company and you have bill and other shareholders that have other interests. bill's an extraordinarily wealthy man but only on paper and he wants to buy a home but he has to take out a mortgage for it which he views that

backdoor dealings the house of representatives passed a bill that hands billionaires like charles and david koch a big win yes the bill a place crippling restrictions on the commodity futures trading commission or c f t c the government agency in place to regulate the futures trading industry translation even more deregulation of the financial sector that it really matters considering how the c f t c is corrupt enough on its own earlier this year obama pointed to former maddern managing director of j.p. morgan to the commission although she was forced to resign after is revealed the f.b.i. was investigating the bank for its deals under her watch the cyber. evolving door is nothing new in the koch brothers have mastered manipulation of the system and factories business moguls strategize by propping up think tanks and front groups to promote their deregulatory agenda across the country which brings me to their latest summit that took place a few weeks ago i mean i cracked the case on the coke floor in windsor executive producer of the undercurrent on the young turks network when an exclusive insid

charles and david koch are best known for giving millions to libertarian and conservative causes.wall street today, the dow jones industrial average gained 88 points to close at 16,924. the nasdaq rose 25 points to close at 4,321. and the s-and-p 500 added almost 9, to finish at 1949, another record. for the week, the dow and the s-and-p gained more than 1%. the nasdaq was up nearly 2%. >> woodruff: still to come on the newshour: remembering the invasion that turned the tide of world war ii; more jobs, but lower wages in the u.s. labor market; a close read of the book business; mark shields and david brooks on the week's news; plus, corruption casts a shadow on the world cup. >> woodruff: heads of state and surviving members of the armed services who bravely fought on the shores of normandy, france, on this day in 1944, returned there today to mark the anniversary of the d-day invasion. >> woodruff: as the sun rose over the english channel this morning, american veterans in their '80's and '90's gathered to remember the day they came ashore on omaha beach to fight the nazis. >> ve

you can learn a lot from david koch's platform when he was running in 1980.cial security, eliminate medicaid, eliminate medicare, eliminate the post office. you know, they were against requiring car manufacturers to install safety belts and air bags. they just want to get rid of government, get rid of government oversight over their industry, and let's remember they're not just billionaires. they own koch industries, the largest, second largest private employer in the country. they are petro chemical giants, they have refineries, pipe lines, fertilizer plants. they're industrialists so they want to better their bottom line at the expense of the rest of us. >> indeed. when can people see the film? >> we're rolling it out across the country in june in 50 cities so far. it opens this weekend in new york at the ifc center. >> and in wisconsin. >> and check our website and find out where it's playing all over the country citizen koch.com. >> i think that wisconsin premiere will be very interesting. thank you both for being here. appreciate it. >> thanks so much. >

which is being funded by some very substantial billionaires you know who made a lot of charles and david kochbelieve in the big. hoax but you know see all medical benefit exactly they'll take the useful idiots wherever they can get them yeah because really what they want is lower taxes and less regulation on their on their polluting come price so. where or. how does the republican party get itself out of this as long as the supreme court keeps doubling down on those polls seventy six you know buckley versus vallejo which allowed rich candidates to fund themselves and began the idea that somehow the first amendment includes money and then first national members a block of a year later that added corporations to that now so this is united that's put it on steroids i mean it seems like they're captured they are captured and they're captured in a cycle of insanity where the insanity begets. the insanity fox news gins up the base which in return fox news to needs to seek those viewers so those viewers are then ginned up by fox news there's a there's a vicious cycle here and you saw it in the pew p

brothers would love to see obamacare go down are they suddenly going to become religious although david koch has proclaimed as a libertarian and an atheist i guess maybe i don't know i think you raise a very important point that people don't understand closely held corporations which is what this court was very careful to say we're only deciding about closely how but that is a huge swath of the american workforce ninety percent of firms in this country are closely held mars the giant candy company is a family owned closely held corporation they have seventy two thousand employees arguably war that are the largest employer in the united states we're not talking about mom and pop we're talking about large employers with huge number of employees who could be affected by this again we don't know how many are going to come out of the woodwork and say i have a religious exemption me too me too but it's certainly a concern not just for birth control but for other kinds of health care so what i'm suggesting is that many of these large corporations have been aggressively opposed to obamacare in part

harry reid with the senate ethics committee to protest his repeated attacks against charles and david koch. the complaint charges and with unlawfully and ethically targeting private citizens and harry reid has misused city resources to engage in partisan campaign activity in violation of federal law and senate rules. the senate will gavel in in a few minutes for work on the nomination of chief harbor to be human rights ambassador. debate is expected at 11:00 with a confirmation vote at noon. the senate will recess following that vote and reconvene at 2:15. later in the week they're likely to take of the combination of sylvia burkewell and start work on mental health court bill. live coverage of the senate on c-span2. the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. we praise you o god almighty. let heaven and earth adore you, for we are sustained by your majesty and might. bless our senators, guiding them around the many distractions

. >> quickly, you have this interesting anecdote about the report, you got an interview with david kochupported same-sex marriage and thought taxes would eventually have to be raised to balance the budget. if that's true, why, then, hasn't he put his money where his mouth is? >> we saw a lot oftinati tensio coke world where there are folks where certainly the gay marriage and other things he told me were traditional hard-line libb libertarian stances, yet you also have this fellow from the republican party, and they think there's no way to elect real traditional republicans in favor of same sex marriage but opposed to taxation, so they have to kind of side with republicans, but there's a paul between the libertarian impulse and the republican impulse. >> good to see you. the title is a bit curious to me, one suspicious vehicle, 2.5 million dollars and a pimp. who's the pimp? >> a guy who was hired to do security for the democratic governor's association. so much of the book is my effort to get into some of these closed door, secret money confabs. i did get into one at this mansion on th

at their twice yearly secret donor retreat, charles and david koch raised millions, millions, hundredsof millions of dollars. they then used it to pursue their radical agenda, and it is radical. this year's conference was especially important to the koch brothers as they coordinate efforts to spend hundreds of millions of dollars dictating this year's elections. but why cloak their message in secrecy? in his op-ed in "the wall street journal," charles koch invited his critics to -- quote -- try to understand my vision for a free society. it's easy to understand. look at the libertarian run he had for vice president in 1982. they laid out what they wanted to do -- privatize social security and do away with -- just basically do away with government. so his critics -- quote -- try to understand my vision for a free society, that's pretty easy to do. how could we possibly understand the kochs' vision, though, when they and their loyal followers try to do everything in secrecy and they hide from america? the truth is the koch brothers are concealing their massive fundraising because america

senator reid has been very vocal in his criticism of two republican donors, charles and david koch.em and accused them of trying to buy the political process. it is interesting for the democrats. they would like to rally their base, their small donors, their grassroots supporters to come out and vote. they would like to counter the effects of the money pouring into the republican side. to be fair to the republicans, democrats have their own billionaires who are donating and giving lots of money to super packs and outside groups. this is a political positioning tactic in a lot of ways and it is one with an eye toward november and turning up grassroots supporters. host: why did mitch mcconnell agree to testify? guest: he has long been a proponent of further campaign finance restriction. he sued a number of times. he has filed with the court in a number of cases and has positioned himself on this issue as someone that firmly believes that money is speech, it is a protected activity of the first amendment. that attempts by democrats to regulate it our attempts to curtail the first amend

you to self-censorship to exclude a chapter of it about sensually india's version of charles and david koch one of the oligarchy in india. yes well i mean he is a fairly small. as far as you know he's not on of the biggest businessman he's suddenly a very interesting character which is why it seems that he's basically a man who dabbles in many things but his primary claim to fame is being a kind of management guru running these chain of business schools that were wildly successful during the boom years in india when i began reporting the book and i sort of you know used him at linz to see the indian upper class their flamboyance their claims to be you know to a great energy to a new kind of wells to a new kind of approach and obviously i questioned many of the things that i found you know i thought some of these things were quite questionable but you know the indian lead to doesn't react well to criticism and that's partly because they nearly doesn't get any criticism i've worked in the newspapers i began working as an in ninety four from ninety four to ninety eight i worked in various medi

he goes to work for coke industries -- for koch industries in 1970 for what was called koch engineering. david for many years had a reputation as a bit of a playboy grade he did not get married until well into his 50's. but he has the reputation as an affable guy, sociable guy, and partner in charles' growing this massive company over the past decades. >> he was a candidate for vice president on what ticket in what year? >> in 1980. >> how active is he in politics? >> in terms of that campaign, he looked back on that experience fondly, but you will never see him running for high office again. in terms of his political activities, he is a prolific donor to a range of conservative causes and is also on the board of directors of the americans for prosperity foundation. americans for prosperity is the advocacy group at the koch brothers founded. >> here he is in 2009 talking about the american prosperity group. what's what. >> americans for prosperity is , and that is essential at a time when the very foundations of our nation are being challenged. have seen bothe political parties come up short a

reid, in particular has been very vocal in their criticism of two republican donors, charles and david koch. he brought the floor remarks to accuse them of trying to buy the political process. and though, the politics of this are interesting for the democrats. they would like to rally their small donors, their grassroots supporters to come out and vote and give money in small amounts to try to counter the effects of sort of the money pouring into the republican side and to be fair to the republicans, democrats have their own billionaires who are given lots of money to super super pacs. there is one with an eye towards november and towards turning out grassroots reporters. >> host: byron tau, why did senator mitch mcconnell agreed to testify? >> guest: well, mcconnell had a huge opponent of further campaign-finance restrictions. he sued a number of times. he is doesn't his briefs with the court and a number of major cases and has long positioned himself on this issue by someone that firmly believes that money is speech. it's a protected act dignity under the first amendment that, you know, a

harry reid is calling you out on the floor of the senate as he has been doing to the koch brothers bottom line here is david brat didn't beat eric cantor because cantor's campaign was poor because of his immigration stance lindsey graham at the same in immigration stance and took a sixty percent victory brads victory over cantor was not a fluke what happened last night in virginia was in the works for years and has dark money written all over it let's rumble. joining me for tonight's lone liberal rubble are scott greer associate editor with the daily caller and it's all mine conservative commentator and activist thing for joining me thank you very good to have you with us so. this isn't what happened last night pretty much proof that the koch the post is running washington. that is very very funny you know twenty two million bucks i didn't get a penny of it. well it's i don't know any you know they point out you know rush limbaugh got eight million dollars sean hannity gets six or seven mark levin got seven hundred thousand. total twenty two million there. is no equivalent on the low there is no progressive

. >> this lawsuit that played out between the koch brothers, charles and david on one side, phil and frederick, and other shareholders of coke industries on the other. this, and it's in a boardroom showdown that charles is a supporting. theuple of other shareholders were trying to expand the size of the board. this would have ended up deposing charles as chairman and it would've taken a greater role in the direction of the company. the in result is bill is tossed out because -- the company. -- >> by his brothers. >> by his brothers, and there is a really dramatic moment in the book where the board has to sit down and decide bill's fate. authors of wichita" daniel shulman sunday night at q&a."on c-span " >> patty limerick is a professor of history at colorado university of boulder and the incoming president of the organization of american historians. what is your job here? >> my job as president helps me catch up with my childhood.

many >> author it daniel shurman on -- daniel schulman on the koch brothers. >> so charles and david on one side and phil and share holders on the other. his culminated in a board room showdown that bill eppeds up thwarting. they were trying to expand the size of the board and this would have ended up depotsing charles as the chairman and they would have taken a greater role in the direction of the company. the end result is phil is tossed out of the company a few years later. >> by his brothers. >> by his brothers. there is a dramatic moment in the book where, you know, the board has to sit down and decide bill's fate. sunday night lman , c-span's "q & ." >> "washington journal" continues. host: we're back with the washington bureau chief of the detroit news. david, thank you so much for oining us. guest: thank you. host: we have 28 million recall cars in the u.s., on track to break a record. what's behind these big numbers? guest: g.m. recalled 2.8 million cars now tribt contributed to 13 deaths and 54 crashes. that has prompted the entire industry to take a new look at older safet

ken vogel writes about a well-funded democratic operative looking to beat the koch brothers at their own game. davidtelling his party that there is no problem in spending millions of dollars on politics while simultaneously attacking the koch brothers for doing the same thing. according to the article -- >> look at that hair. his hair is as crazy as mine. >> not quite. it's in the ball park. >> it's getting close. >> according to the article, democrats are facing a fundamental strategic question. are we really that different from the kochs and do voters really care? >> you guys at politico have been writing stories about democrats ringing their hands and also this group that has gotten together. i don't remember the name of the group you're writing about. you said they're going to raise gazillions of dollars and their goal is to out-koch the koch brothers. >> we have all these multimillionaire, billionaires who want to put money into politics and they're tortured about it. should we do it by saying the cokoch brothers are criminals. it's hypocritical. if you care about politics, you should spend gob

koch industries. it was being run by charles and david. fred was part of the company. dest brothers try to take over over a variety of concerns. this led to protracted litigation. charles koch -- who we just shall -- we had wrote anharles koch op-ed and he said far from trying to rig the system i have spent decades opposing cronyism and all illegal favors including mandates, subsidies, and protective tariffs." you wonder why, why would he speak out now, and is part of the reason is they are finding a hard time doing business given this view of them? >> i think you see senator harry reid on the senate floor denouncing the koch brothers as un-american and a lot of senate democrats are effectively running against the koch brothers in the midterm elections. this might be having an effect, the meme that they are evil, out to line their pockets. this might impact their ability to recruit talent to the company. that might be behind this ad campaign. >> not a lot of people know about koch industries. >> and they prefer to keep it that way for many years. >> that is right, but n

. >> this lawsuit played out between the four koch brothers, charles and david on one side, ill and frederickther shareholders of koch industries on the other. this: it's in a boardroom showdown -- this insight and a boardroom showdown. they were essentially trying to expand the size of the board. this could have ended up to opposing charles is the -- deposing charles as the chairman. is tossedsult is bill out of the company. a few years later -- >> by his brothers. >> by his brothers. there's a really dramatic moment in the book where the board has to sit down and decide bills fate. >> daniel shulman tonight at 8:00 eastern on "q&a." host: we want to welcome eric olson with the woodrow wilson center for international studies as we focus on latin america and in particular, those unaccompanied minors were coming to the u.s. across the mexican border. let me begin with news on the sunday morning from the "l.a. times." the president to seek $2 billion just in the search of the central american immigrants. the president will be asking congress to give them broader powers to speed up the deportati

. >> so this lawsuit laid out between the four koch brothers, charles and david on one side, bill and frederick and other shareholders of coke industries on the other. this culminates in a courtroom showdown. bill and frederick and other shareholders were trying to expand the size of the board. posinguld have ended the charles as the chairman. the end result is bill is tossed out of the company. >> by his brothers. >> and there is a really dramatic moment in the book where, you know, the board has to sit down and decide bill stays. >> daniel shulman sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a." a next, president obama holds town hall meeting in minnesota. the president meets americans across the country. this is one hour and 15 minutes. ♪ >> hey, hello, minneapolis. good to see you. good to see you. will everybody have a seat. it is good to be back in minnesota. the last time i was here it was colder. yeah, here is just a tip for folks who are not from minnesota. if you come here and the minnesotans are complaining about how cold it is, it is really cold. because these are pretty tou

. >> this battle played out between the koch brothers, charles and david on one side, one side bill and frederick. this culminates in a boardroom showdown that charles ends up --porting -- boarding charles ends up thwarting. bill, frederick, and some others were trying to expand the board, and it would have ended up deposing charles s chairman, and they would have taken a greater role in the direction of the company. the end result is bill is tossed out of the company a few years later by his brothers, and there is a really dramatic moment in the board has to sit down and decide. 8:00 easternht at on c-span's "q&a." it was august of 15, i think, on a sunday, very much one of those moments when richard nixon essentially appeared on television, halfway through "bonanza," which was a great cowboy show. he interrupted the show to say, "we are not going to allow the dollar to be converted into gold anymore." this in many ways was one of the most significant events -- the most significant things to have happened in the history of money . it was a very decisive moment where essentially he shut

koch brothers and battle over their father's entire. >> it is this lawsuit that played out between the four brothers. charles and david on one side, bill and frederick and other shareholders on the other. this culminates in a boardroom showdown that charles ends up forging. they were trying to expand the size of the board or this would have ended up opposing charles as chairman. they would have taken a greater role in the direction of the company. the end result is bill is tossed out of the company a few years later by his brothers. there is a dramatic moment in where the board has to sit down and decide bill's fate. eastern --ight at sunday night at 8:00 eastern. >> on june 10, 96 to four, the senate invoked closure on the civil rights bill for the first time in its history preventing a filibuster and leading to the passage of the 1964 civil rights act. next, betty koed recounts the debate onhe senate's the landmark bill. this program is about 45 minutes. >> mr. anderson? aye. and so it began. the roll call vote on perhaps the most consequential cloture motion ever introduced in the senate. would it succeed? would cl

koch brothers and battle over their father's entire. >> it is this lawsuit that played out between the four brothers. charles and david on one side, bill and frederick and other shareholders on the other. this culminates in a boardroom showdown that charles ends up forging. they were trying to expand the size of the board or this would have ended up opposing charles as chairman. they would have taken a greater role in the direction of the company. the end result is bill is tossed out of the company a few years later by his brothers. there is a dramatic moment in the

koch brothers were offered a chance to be part of this thing, they declined. so what happened? all these guys showed up to a meeting march 6th where hank and david the case, talked about the progress that it's going well. liz: the chances they heavy. did they file with the sec? this is so dramatic. >> no, they didn't file yet. hank has not decided whether to go forward, to accept their funding. by the way, this is called alternative investing. this happens a lot. you fund them, they get a right. they get like a securities contract. and when those damages, if they win, you can exercise that security contract. we should point out hank has not decided to go forward, but from what i understand, all the investors i mentioned to you were very interested in doing the deal if hank does open it up. and we'll know, i think fairly soon, whether he does. 9q9ñ so did every one of those investors. they did not deny it. we have this from sources with firsthand knowledge of what's going on. a full story is on foxbusiness.com right now. liz: druckenmiller, land gone, cohen. these are highly experienced love gambling on something. they must believe he's got a sho

david in michigan, for our line on democrats. caller: good morning. thank you so much for c-span and for taking my call. the kochbrothers ads in michigan, everyone of them have gotten debunked. terri lynn land it was our secretary of state, all she is known for is cutting. they make her out to be a hero for the automotive. it was gary peters that saved it along with president obama. everyone of their ads is getting debunked. if republicans don't cheat, they can't win. as far as gerrymandering, democrats have never gerrymandered like these republicans have. michigan is really paying the price for republican rule. host: jennifer duffy. guest: he's not right about democrats never gerrymandering, of course they have. that is the name of the game. drawing districts has gotten much more sophisticated. it used to be a bunch of people in a room with maps and magic markers, now we have technology, it can take you down to individual blocks. or individual neighborhoods in cities and towns. that sort of the point of gerrymandering. the automotive industry, the bailout he brings up a good point. terri lynn land did not vote