david rockefeller even dated her briefly. there so many social ties as well.the other side of jfk is his personal relationship despite the social background was a little more stilted. he just came off as a little more trying to do his own thing. because it is long-standing relationship with david rockefeller, they started to really diffuse. rockefeller started saying disparaging things in public will stop -- public. an article in "life magazine" in 1962, going against jfk. jfk was trying allow latin american countries to be more independent and not have more private debt imposed upon them, which is what rockefeller and the other bankers wanted to do at the time as a new source of making money. disturbedy rockefeller in particular who was trying to expand the bank into those areas. on the one side at a strong social connection and on the other side jfk tried to go in the way to make the country's a little more independent financially from the u.s. where that was a point where things started going in a separate direction and rockefeller and walter wriston who ra

members of congress, and such poor struggling farmers as pro-basketball star scottie pippen, david rockefellerevin appier, and enron ceo kenneth lay. these individuals received as much as 160 times what the average farmer can receive in farm subsidies. clearly, it is the rich and famous who are at the federal trough. if what you are trying to do is create an abundant, safe, high-quality food supply, you have to provide the subsidies to the people who produce them. and that, of course, is the large-scale producer. schoumacher: on may 14, 2002, president bush signed a farm subsidy bill estimated to cost $190 billion over 10 years. this rekindled a national debate. who benefits from farm subsidies and do farmers really need such support? but when farm subsidies began in the 1930s, there was little need for debate. until 1933, the united states government maintained a laissez-faire attitude toward agriculture. then, as the great depression brought new desperation to farmers, people wondered, wasn't there anything the government could do to help? the question was first answered with franklin roosev

related to nelson rockefeller is gimmicky was the great oval the aforetime york governor and david rockefeller also who ran for two decades. a couple of generations of for that was friends with fdr and was concerned about the speculation that had driven the market. he was concerned about confidence in general at the first inaugural address talking about banking believing we have to fear is fear himself but because he had grown a bit about that a system that was more stable for everybody but it is ironic because jaime dimon would never said it will split up my bank that is a good ideas everybody can be more stable. but then it did and winthrop bolger's took out of front page piece to separate speculative activities period and she was from the fdic and he promoted it. going back and forth to get the senator and loose name is of the bill to make it more stronger which was one of the competitors. but there is so much self-interest with the popular rare it was to an understanding of language like aldrich headed james perkins to work where if him they separated the banks before the legislation. >> t

in terms of oversight, this program when it began, back in 2002, 2003, when people like, say, david rockefeller were involved, where chairman of the committee, vice chairman of the committee, ranking, they were briefed on the program. there has been oversight of the program, there have been -- >> your dad tells me he repeatedly briefed them on the program -- >> on the program, briefed on the techniques. our own people were put through the techniques in the program as they went through training. the program saved lives. we've now got a report that is written entirely by democratic staffers. nobody's saying we shouldn't have oversight, juan. you cannot say you have a report that's been selectively leaked, written entirely by democratic staff members -- if you want to have oversight of a program, you and i can both agree -- you got talk to people that ran the program. >> liz, you don't understand, the republican --not only would they don't want this released. if it wasn't for senator king -- >> the people that ran the program -- >> because it's politicized, because it's viewed as an attack on bush

look, we've had in terms of oversight, this program when it began in 2002-2003 when people like david rockefeller were involved and chairman of the committee, vice chairman of the committee ranking, they were briefed on the program. there has been oversight of this program. there has been intelligence. >> your dad briefed them on the program. >> briefed on the program and the techniques. our own people were put through the techniques as they went through training. the program saved lives. we now got a report that is written entirely by democratic staffers. nobody is saying we shouldn't have oversight, juan. can you not say you have a report that's been selectively leaked, written entirely by democratic staffers. if you want to have oversight of a program, you and i can both agree you have to talk to people that ran the program. you can't have a fair report -- >> republicans not only wouldn't participate, they don't want this released. >> you can't have a fair report that doesn't talk to people that ran the program. >> i'm just telling you, people, because it's so politicized, because it is viewed

eisenhower but by the time you got to the late sixty's and early seventy's with the men you mentioned david rockefeller now had risen to running the top position and chase had been a chase for a couple decades at this point walter. wriston the same thing at national citi group they wanted to expand even more than this and whereas they had sort of aligned with eisenhower to a lesser extent kennedy and then with l.b.j. on the idea of what american policy was politically with what their expansion policy was on the financial basis by the time the seventy's came along the game really changed they didn't really work with nixon they worked kind of away from nixon because they discovered that there was money to be made for example in middle east oil and so there was a tremendous amount of expansion of relationships and a presence throughout the middle east to recycle the petro dollars of profits that came out of that oil back into one of their favorite regions which was latin america in the form of debt and they could do all of this regardless of what was going on in terms of aligning with political policy and

mystery involving one of the nation's most prominent families -- the rockefellers. >> i got a call when i was at lunch with my brother daviderlands saying they had a wire cable from new guinea to the effect that my son michael and dutch official were reported missing. >> this is someone on the order of the lindbergh baby disappearing without a trace. in one of the world's most forbidding places. >> reporter: carl hoffman is a journalist who has spent the past 2 1/2 years trying to uncover the fate of michael rockefeller, son of new york governor nelson rockefeller, great-grandson of standard oil billionaire john d. rockefeller. what was michael rockefeller doing in this part of the world? >> the nelson rockefeller started the museum of primitive art in 1957. it was the first museum dedicated exclusively to primitive art, and michael had been schooled in art the way most american kids are schooled in -- and boys are schooled in baseball. and because he loved art so much, he heard about these people on the southwest coast of asmat who were spectacular carvers, and he wanted to go to asmat and collect art and bring it home to

. >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- davidy, john oliver, musical guest, rita ora, and featuring the legendary

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cheers and applause ] ♪ >> announcer: from 30 rockefeller plaza in new york, it's "late night with seth meyers." tonight -- jason sudeikis, kathryn hahn, davidemnick. featuring the 8g band. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ and now, here he is, seth meyers. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> seth: good evening, everyone. i'm seth meyers, this is "late night." how's everyone doing tonight? [ cheers and applause ] did everyone have a good st. patrick's day? [ cheers and applause ] well, if the sound of that cheering made you want to kill yourself, then answer is yes. [ laughter ] well, the situation in the ukraine -- i don't know if you have been following the situation in the ukraine, but the situation in ukraine continues to develop. vladimir putin signed a treaty this morning that formally absorbs crimea into the russian federation. so if you felt bad because you didn't know where crimea was, don't worry, it's gone. [ laughter ] it's not there anymore. it's gone. [ cheers and applause ] things are heating up, though. vice president biden said today that the u.s. is considering sending troops to the baltic states bordering russia. according to biden, the

. >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- david duchovny, john oliver, musical guest, rita ora, and featuring the legendary roots crew. and now, here's your host, jimmy fallon! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: how you doing? that's what i'm talking about right there. fantastic. hot crowd right there. hot crowd tonight here in new york city. [ cheers and applause ] best crowd in the world. welcome to "the tonight show," everybody. thank you for being here. >> i love you! >> jimmy: i love you too. we're gonna have fun. it's gonna be great. here's what everyone's talking about. today is earth day. [ cheers ] today is earth day. this is the day we celebrate the three r's. reduce, reuse, and -- retweet? i don't even know. [ light laughter ] something like that. but it's very cool, in honor of earth day, apple announced it will recycle all of its used products for free. that's right. they're recycling apple products. and then samsung was like, "beat you to it." "i see you have a new phone. it looked familiar." that's right, apple will

studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- diane keaton. dane dehaan. musical guest, david byrne and the atomic bomb band. and featuring the legendary roots crew. and now, here's your host, jimmy fallon! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that's what i'm talking about right there! [ cheers and applause ] hot crowd, welcome! welcome to the tonight show, everybody! thank you for being here tonight. [ cheers and applause ] welcome, welcome. here's what people are talking about, big news in the sports world. the clippers owner donald sterling, yeah. [ booing ] after he was recorded on tape. he's not here tonight. [ laughter ] after he was recorded on tape making racist comments, donald sterling has been banned from the league for life. [ cheers and applause ] yeah. great, just where sterling wanted to end up, the black list. [ laughter and applause ] on the bright side though, at the very least, sterling still has his wife and girlfriend to lean on. [ laughter ] to help him through the problems. people are still weighing in on the situation. after donald sterling's racist comm

rockefeller plaza. >> and good morning, we welcome you to "today" on a friday morning. and how about that news from david letterman? >> big surprise. >> it really is. he's retiring, not immediately, this takes place some time in 2015. some time over the next year. no date has been given. but this is a big deal in the world of late night television. >> it is. he's given us a year to emotionally prepare. >> have you heard about that painter from texas? george w. bush with his first art exhibit. these are incredible portraits he's painted of the world leaders he encountered along the way. fascinating discussion with his daughter and the unveiling, as it were. we'll look forward to that. >>> we'll get ready for our top story now, though. and it is the severe storms on the move this morning after causing damage and injuries from texas to indiana. let's get to nbc's kerry sanders. we find him in memphis, tennessee, this morning. kerry, good morning to you. >> well, good morning, savannah. the worst of it rolled through here in memphis under cover of darkness in the early morning hours. no damage here, but othe