about the people who run these oil companies, particularly people like lee raymond, people like david koch and charles koch and the people who run these big think tanks on capitol hill, the american enterprise institute, the competitive enterprise institute, the cato institute, marshal institute, clever people who are deliberately lying to the american public, deliberately deceiving people in order to make sure that the industry that the high level people in an industry continue to collect their income. so, it's not, you know, it's not the lower tiers of the industry that i would say are bad people. i don't think that at all. i think they are just regular people who are like the rest of us trying to make our way in the world and survive, but i think that the people who are kin i'ving to lie to the american people iving to lie to the american people, with this massive propaganda campaign, those are sociopaths. >> you wrote recently corporations that deliberately, purposely and system at including sponsor climate lies should be given the death penalty. explain what you mean. this? >> yeah. y

david koch is a board member of both the american museum of natural history and the smithsonian nationalum of natural history. one of the most controversial exhibits is a koch-backed installation at the smithsonian which promotes the theory that humankind evolved in response to climate change. the letter sent tuesday is the creation of a different kind of museum -- the new, mobile natural history museum, which seeks to "highlight the socio-political forces that shape nature" and "affirm the truth of science." the letter reads -- "when some of the biggest contributors to climate change and funders of misinformation on climate science sponsor exhibitions in museums of science and natural history, they undermine public confidence in the validity of the institutions responsible for transmitting scientific knowledge. this corporate philanthropy comes at too high a cost." well, for more, we're joined by two guests. beka economopoulos is co-founder and director of the new mobile natural history museum and coordinated the letter sent from nobel laureates and other scientists to 330 science and n

john huntsman former new york city mayor and david koch are included. >> the u.s. army court must now be referred to as a woman. manning revealed her gender identity as a transgender female after being convicted and sentenced to 35 years for leaking national security secrets. according to associated press. alaska gop representative sugtded furg a hearing yesterday in washington d.c. that wolves could solve an area's homeless problem. he said i'd introduce them in your district. you wouldn't have a homeless problem anymore. it was in response to those fighting to protect the guy wolf population. >> a. . he is tick kicking all 422 miles of it. so far the walk seems to be going well. he tweetd out this picture yesterday writing a bus offered me a ride. had to decline. gret philadelphia. i keep on walking. >> hawaii senator brian shats is tired of all the snow. he tweeted yesterday asking can someone on n hawaii tweet a picture of the weather because this is d.c. right now. well ask and you shall receive. several of his followers sent him some beautiful pictures from h

utah governor jon huntsman former new york city mayor rudy giuliani and billionaire gop mega-donor david kochead, tens of thousands including president obama, former president george w. bush, and hundreds of lawmakers are expected to gather in selma, alabama, this weekend to commemorate a big turning point in the civil rights movement. tomorrow march 7th will mark the 50th anniversary of what's known as bloody sunday. on that day, hundreds of demonstrators attempted to march 50 miles from selma to the alabama state capitol in montgomery to demand the right to vote for black americans. when the marchers reached the edmund pettus bridge state and law enforcement officials attacked them on horseback, with billy clubs and tear gas. over a dozen were hurt including future congressman john lewis. that and later demonstrations helped lead to the passage of the voting rights act of 1965. >>> happy birthday to nba grate shaquille o'neal 43 today. deal mary wilson of the supremes is 71. i'm milissa rehberger. thanks for watching "early today." have a great one. >>> and break news this morning. the poli

charles and david coke run an industrial -- david koch run a conglomerate.ave dough fated heavily to conservative causes while criticizing efforts to combat global warning. >>> maryland's issue on climate change could have more power. it was voted to increase the commission's responsibilities and scope. [indiscernible] those include coming up with a plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by the year 2050. >>> morning fog is giving way to a warmer, brighter day. it is 6:29. and thank you for watching wusa9 this morning. i'm andrea roane. >>> i'm mike hydeck. two amazing things about spring in d.c., snow on the ground and 65 degrees. thank you for joining us. this is larry. he has plenty to talk about. >> we're talking about a situation on branch avenue. we had an accident there causing delays as our make your way toward the beltway. came natural road still closed. wele have the marc train alerts as well so i'm busy. >> earlier this morning we were concerned about fog coming to wok. when is that going to lift? >> it already has lifted. the advisory has be

david koch is a board member of both the american museum of natural history and the smithsonian nationaluseum of natural history. the letter says quote "when some of the biggest contributors to climate change and funders of misinformation on climate science sponsor exhibitions in museums of science and natural history, they undermine public confidence in the validity of the institutions responsible for transmitting scientific knowledge. this corporate philanthropy comes at too high a cost." and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. juan: i am juan gonzalez. welcome to our listeners and viewers around the country and around the world. 50 years ago this month, 3,500 u.s. marines landed in south vietnam, marking the start of the u.s. ground war in vietnam. the date was sunday march 7, 1965, the same day alabama state troopers beat back civil rights protesters in selma. by 1968, the u.s. had half a million troops in vietnam. the war would go until april 1975. scholars estimate as many as 3.8 million vietnamese die

and 300 republicans, including tom ridge and david koch have filed a similar brief supporting same-sexmerica and many top republicans are supporting marriage equality has the country turned a corner? >> no rev! nobody's turned a corner. okay corporate america will throw their support behind anyone who will make them money. and republicans need votes. let me just quote, the growth in opportunity project report says we need to campaign among hispanic, black, asian, gay americans to demonstrate we care about them. nobody cares about anybody. everyone throws ideology aside to get what they want boom. done. >> stephanie? >> well i think it's a good sign that i asked siri to marry me right before the show and she said yes. so i think it is a quantum leap in our civil rights battle in this generation. >> excellent. >> there's breaking news. john? >> no, i agree. and i applaud these entities and for these laurps to come out and really take a stance in filing these amicus briefs. i said it before i think it's important that we overturn these marriage bans because denying the rights of same-sex

. >> unless it was david koch's wife. >> maybe.it'd have to be a rich person. >> really rich. >> somebody with a security person at all times. somebody will cut your fingers off. >> at some point it becomes obnoxious obnoxious. you can't do anything. >> i would have cut off the last .2. just make it 100. >> nice round number. >> right. make an earring out of the other. can you do that out of .2 carats? probably not. that's not much. >> not much but you can do something with it. right in your nose. >> i've seen those. yeah. i thought about that. >> attractive for the show. attracting the millennials. >> that's right. we've got to do something. >> there we go. >> they're gone. they're doing what you say everybody is going to do i guess. and more and more people are going to become them aren't they? >> this is true. >> there will be a bigger and bigger part of the population. >> i still have hope for them to come around and become normal. >> apparently they do -- >> they do watch us and like us. >> they do. >> except when we don't cal

david koch almost $9 billion. christie walton over $9 billion. michael bloomberg, $.5 billion. jeff besos $9.6 billion. sheldon aiden son $4.9 billion. that is just the increase in their net worth in a two-year period. who can deny that the very richest people in this country are doing phenomenally well? how do you ignore that reality? how do you not say to those people you're going to have to help with us our infrastructure, with education with our deficit? but my republican colleagues have a different approach. their approach is to say to working families, well, we're going to make it harder for your kids to get into head start. we're going to make it harder for you to get the nutrition programs you need to keep your family from going hungry. we're going to make it harder for seniors to get the prescription drugs they need. so i think this budget -- the choices are pretty clear. it is laid right out there. the republicans want to balance the budget on the backs of the elderly, the children, the sick and the poor appeared protect all these guys, not ask them to pay one nickel

brought together partners from the aclu and koch industries for the purpose of reforming our justice system. it also brought together president obama and davido say. >> and your show depicted there is a generational element. entire generations of men being locked up, growing up without a father or if they see their dad, they see him in prison. >> the drug trade itself is like a town and this is a try so large and so much money around it that it is hard to get around it. >> the president's full conversation was played on a big screen for the organizers and speakers that included a varied coalition from van jones, corey booker to newt gingrich who once proposed funding for more prisons. we're starting i think, so see a real genuine seed change in politics. there is a growing understanding that the status quo is untenable. one of the biggest areas of growth is mass incarceration. a 500% increase in the last 100 years. and the need to cut mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolence drug offenders, and the dream act that allows people to petition to have their records sealed which would help them find work after leaving prison. i sat down with jo