how about george soros. >> unsealing divorce papers.ning for senate in illinois working through democrat friend in cook county and city of chicago had his opponents sealed divorce records unsealed so that they could be used against him. this is a standard, it is a sleazy tactic but one been used in various forms by the obama administration, by the democrats, quite effectively probably over the past few years. >> if you want to know about mitt romney's tactics all you have to do is ask newt gingrich. don't have to ask me. don't have to ask any democrat. he went after -- >> run negative ads -- [both talking at once] >> that is bs. >> he will stop at nothing, chris. megyn: we looked into this, we looked into this issue and what our quick look suggested was that it was a "chicago tribune" and chicago television went after those ryan divorce records in that senate campaign, but, listen that doesn't the answer the question of the day who went after van der sloot. who hired this private investigation firm. >> who can imagine. mystery for ages.

race to take advantage of it while the window still open a lot of people make a comparison to george sorosthat is bet against the british pound i believe it's a one hundred ninety three he pocketed a billion pounds. and as a result of that but it was one guy with a very large credit line taking on the bank of england here you've got hundreds of hedge funds better in on this trade with the buying power in the you know what's called a trillion dollar buying power potentially so that how risky is that one hundred forty billion dollars market capitalization of j.p. morgan stock could this stock go to zero as we saw with lehman brothers i don't know about zero but i think it can go a lot lower j.p. morgan has a lot of problems they've got a lot of legal contingencies litigation against them they've got a lot of other questions about their silver positions they've been sort of immune from scrutiny and from any kind of deep look because there's been so much going on in bank of america and. citi group and now they make one mistake that they have to admit to and hopefully some people will be taking

are mover and shaker today hedge fund kingpin george soros a billionaire investor pledging to million dollars to two democratic groups and jeffrey katzenberg who gave two million dollars to the pro obama super pac priorities usa people who have lots of financial resources. and strong ideologies or strong belief in a particular candidate have decided that they wanted to get involved in the process this way bob you're sachs says the money may not be able to buy the votes but often can control the message a reality that seems unfair to those who can't afford to give some americans can give several million dollars to a candidate. they like and a lot of americans can maybe afford one hundred dollars do you think that's a problem or do you think that's just how it is that's a major problem why is that a major problem i can't say have more say never had the money people to strength quite often the ones pulling the strings are anything but representative of the american people still their choices often determine who makes it on to the ballot the range of have choices is narrowed significantly

talking about showing that swing states are very close, the national race is very close and so george soros the major financeers of democratic get out the votes advertising in 2004 is stepping up to provide financing along with other liberal donors. soros has pledged $1 million to each of two major democratic groups. all told, liberal donors are talking about raising $100 million to finance democratic get out the vote efforts. to some degree television advertise persian gulf that that's expected to be dwarfed by the 3d 00 million that republican groups are talking about raising and it's all enough money to make john boehner today say the financial arrangements of this election have simply gotten out of control. >> the campaign system frankly is out of control. the amount of money that is flowing into these races are numbers that are beyond anybody's imagination. >> of course that's not going to stop it. president obama spending much of his time raising money for the campaign, mitt romney can be expected to respond in kind and certainly those republican super pacs are doing better than the t

top of the alps is a long way to come for the rich and powerful, but you'll run into billionaire george soroseric schmidt, the guy who runs google; nobel prize winners; captains of industry; kings; and even a queen. >> lot of the work is done just sitting in the cafeteria in the congress hall and just seeing people pass by and discussing things. >> the queen hangs out in the cafeteria? >> i enjoy hanging out in the cafeteria. i'm gonna do it this afternoon, actually. it's fun. >> welcome to 60 minutes on cnbc. i'm steve kroft. in this episode, we'll look at the yin and yang of international investment. first, a 2008 report on an american company in serious trouble in colombia, a country that was just beginning to emerge from the throes of civil war and narcoterrorism. chiquita brands international, of cincinnati, ohio, made millions growing bananas there, only to emerge with its reputation splattered in blood after acknowledging that it had paid nearly $2 million in protection money to a murderous paramilitary group that has killed or massacred thousands of people. when we first reported this

all right. >> and they think that we have like a daily conference call with george soros, and al gorelike to get a little bit of that soros sugar if i'm going to keep getting accused of it. trained monkeys, why i ought to -- [ monkey sound effects. ] >> mr. romney since it is your first day here at bain capital. there are a first things you should know. >> whatever you say, professor. >> the games at bane are mainly due to pain. >> let me see if i have that right -- >> now you try it. >> the games at bane are mainly due to pain. [ laughter ] >> i think he has got it. by george i think he has got it. >> why thank you. ♪ and how is the bain game played ♪ ♪ with pain with pain ♪ ♪ ♪ the games at bain are played by the gamers ♪ >> i think i have got it. [ laughter ] >> mike in moving boxes, moving from raleigh. hey, larry in pennsylvania. >> hi, steph, when i was 18 i had my haircut too. >> meaning -- >> but it was by the united states army. >> yeah. >> it wasn't too long after that, that i got an all-expense-paid vacation to that tourist trap, vietnam. >> oh, yeah. >> so it's just a matt

proponents of that rule that they disclose include bill gates, george soros, secretary of state hilaryon. they said disclosure would reduce corruption. but oil companies say that it would hurt their business model, which, i guess, including perhaps endemic corruption. but exxon's vice president called the rules excessively burdensome disclosure would have an effect on the global competitiveness of u.s. companies. now joining us from washington to discuss just how international corruption affects our is steve coll. new american foundation and the author of "private empire: exxon mobil and american power," his newest book. steve, so glad to welcome you inside "the war room." >> thank for having me. >> you bet. so you have written that exxon essentially operates like an independent country with its own diplomats. how does that impact u.s. foreign policy? >> well, in many place in the world where they operate particularly in poor countries in africa that you were highlights by talking about that dodd-frank controversy, they have much more influence on the ground than the u.s. embassy does.

well, george soros is taking down a chunk of media holdings, and tim, when you see this buying, are you feeling bullish and should we be doing what he is doing? >> well, smart investors and martin biggs, and the guys at oak tree and the guys at hbk have been buying and when i look at that, it is the same thing we are doing. we effectively thought that the first quarter was a pretty good environment here, but i get a little worried that half of the fund flows in that first quarter were etf flows and some of them were top-down, mandy, and some of them more whimsical and lot of it is retail flow. so going over to the you dave reidel and tell me from following the whales of the biggest investors of the world, and you are talking to them everyday, and do people want to buy emerging here? >> well, they want to buy emerging but not the etf names and mega trot megatross and tha is bringing them down. you want the high quality mid-cap names that are found throughout all of the markets and great places to be. >> do you have examples or names there? >> absolutely. not even on the small side, but c

i think both sides get themselves hung up on these symbolic villains, you know, the right has george soros. the left now has the koch brothers. really a red herring. the problem increasingly is these political action committees in washington, d.c., the average citizen has never heard of. to suggest that this started with citizens united, i think is really just a -- it's a red herring. i mean, the problems, frankly date back to the 1971 federal elections campaign act. which the democrats then only wrote because organized labor put pressure on them to do so. ever since then, it just kicked the door wide open to countless streams of lobbyists and political action committees. so the left has their villains, the right has their villains, the real problem is under the radar at this point still. >> another comment on twitter. it's partly the press who refuses to ask politicians tough questions. we hear spend, we the people have little access, that's what save republic has on twitter. let's hear what michael has to say? >> i just -- everybody's crying, we need to take $1 billion off of medicare, c

beatrix of the netherlands prince charles tony blair gordon brown john edwards timothy geitner george soros alan greenspan colin powell bill clinton ben bernanke bill gates madeleine albright paul wolfowitz richard holbrooke james wolfensohn of the world bank peter mansbridge of c.d.c. had their recent editor of huffington post canada mortimer zuckerman publisher of and why daily news and admin clarke c.e.o. and president of t.d. bank henry kissinger and david rockefeller are involved as the honorary members of the building steering committee which is responsible for selectively carefully selecting the attendees every year some of called the builder group a harmless think tank or just a discussion group but those have been following it for years so there is something much more sinister at the root of the claim the group gets together to plan policy for a new world order global domination of the subjugation of the rest of humanity according to a recent poll that drudge over fifty percent of the pollsters agreed that the builder hosts the real power master elites of the world unfortunately yo

corporations they're there because foundations george soros rockefeller and what they have been doingfor twenty years they have been doing that dance with the government they have been engaged in tango and they are being exists there in name only manufacturing consent and giving this illusion that organizations such as project on government oversight they are out there looking out for the welfare whistleblowers while none of these whistleblowers were helped with the so we decided to have our holes without the. strong statement definitely there to make you know i wonder how they feel about that too but there definitely are whistleblowers out there that need to get their story told and you know you definitely are a high profile case now right most classified woman in u.s. history some like to call you bill thank you so much for joining us i know you're having me thank you. are we taking a quick break but when we come back. the feds are trying their hands trying to get their hands out a twitter user of personal information trying to get their hands on i bet but i'm sorry without award ag

. >> andrea: george soros, that makes him a contract killer, too.iving $2 million to liberal groups. that is the news. liberal leaning political groups and he funds millions of dollars in democratic campaign. >> bob: first, he never should have used that words. he said they're contract killers, in the pac. the super pacs on the republican side proven themselveses so far to be disingenuous, untruthful. after their own kind. they went after their own kind in the primary after gingrich and santorum. this is $200 million, $300 million. idea this karl rove and the koch brothers have t independent -- >> andrea: it's like koch brothers and karl rove is the republican bill ayers. no one cares about this. >> i would not equate the koch brothers with karl. they are two separate things. you know my feeling about the koch brothers. i think they have broken the law and sold to the enemy. >> eric: stop, snob, stop. >> bob: you always say stop. >> eric: we are talking about campaign financing. >> bob: big money behind campaigns. i believe karl rove would not do wh

colin powell others include queen beatrix of the netherlands prince charles george prince charles george soros and alan greenspan henry kissinger and david rockefeller are integral involved as members of the building burg steering committee which is responsible for carefully crafting who'll be attending the meetings every year some of called the builder group a harmless think tank or just a discussion group but people have been following it for years so there is something much more sinister at the root they claim that the group gets together to plan a world policy for a new world order of global domination at the subjugation of the rest of humanity unfortunately most of you won't hear much of a peep about the group's doings or even the existence of it on the corporate media this could be because the media moguls that have attended are sworn to secrecy check out what rockefeller's said about the media coverage of building berg and his memoirs multi-billionaire david rockefeller said quote some even believe we're part of a secret cobol working against the best interests of the united states char

. >> bill: what about george soros? >> he could write out a check but he hasn't. and in terms of the candidates, owe boom that has the lead. but at this point, in 19 -- at this point in 2008, he had 236 million. now he has 180 million. at this point in 1996, bill clinton had five times as much as he had in '92. for a president -- if there is one point of disagreement it's that everything i'm looking at is showing a tremendous romney victory. >> bill: all right. the book is "screwed." dick morris. about 36% of americans who could work are not working. that could lead to major trouble, perhaps even violence. and later, dennis miller on president obama going on "the view." how you cannot watch miller analyzing "the view." upcomi >> bill: unresolved problem segment tonight, according to the bureau of labor statistics about 36% of americans who could be in the workforce are not. some of them can't find jobs. others have stopped looking. obviously these people need to live somehow. many of them get by on government entitlements, if those entitlements are cut back as t

know about george soros, move on and these people will the occupy situation they run around from time to time. how much real power do they have? >> i think they have quite a lot of power. i think when we say the radiculopathy can a call left. i think much of the radical left today has migrated into quote mainstream institutions enormous amount of influence in the academy. enormous in hollywood. you look at planned parenthood or the types of speakers that are brought to college campuses to speak the way the textbooks are conceived and written for junior high and high school. where the ford foundation, the rockefeller foundation which have the kind of cool middle of the road maybe a little bit liberal foundations but ultimately end up supporting very left wing goals and aims. so, bill ayers is an inflammatory figure but is he right about one thing. america is in define. and we have to decide whether we are going to continue to allow america to be in decline or do something to turn it around. i would submit that ayers, likes america in decline because he didn't much like it when we were

. >> a quick subject on the issue of fundraising, you have written about george soros the other big-timers voted not to fund super p.a.c.s but grassroots movements like america votes, which brings together about i don't know 300 progressive organizations. what impact is that going to have? >> well, it's going to lead democrats at a disadvantage. some of the biggest donors on the left side are deciding, we don't want to get involved with negative super p.a.c. ads. we want voter mobilization. so democrats are going to be addt a disadvantage there. this could pay off in states like arizona that could be on the border if the hispanics vote is mobilized. we need a little more time to see how these investments are going to pay off. >> you do great reporting on this. i appreciate you coming inside the war room. >> that's andy kroll of mother jones. appreciate you joining us. still more to do on this in the war room, we are going to be right back. don't go away. >>the bottom line is we need an amendment. >>now it's your turn. connect with "the war room" jennifer granholm. >>it's a call to arms.

know about george soros, move on and these people will the occupy situation they run around from timehow much real power do they have? >> i think they have quite a lot of power. i think when we say the radiculopathy can a call left. i think much of the radical left today has migrated into quote mainstream institutions enormous amount of influence in the academy. enormous in hollywood. you look at planned parenthood or the types of speakers that are brought to college campuses to speak the way the textbooks are conceived and written for junior high and high school. where the ford foundation, the rockefeller foundation which have the kind of cool middle of the road maybe a little bit liberal foundations but ultimately end up supporting very left wing goals and aims. so, bill ayers is an inflammatory figure but is he right about one thing. america is in define. and we have to decide whether we are going to continue to allow america to be in decline or do something to turn it around. i would submit that ayers, likes america in decline because he didn't much like it when we were the domina

his nonprofit institute accepts money from, surprise, george soros through the tides foundation. hundreds of thousands of dollars are involved. the service employees international union headed by mary k. henry is paying rent for the occupy wall street crew in d.c. about $4,000 a month the union is picking up. the sciu has more than two million members and collects about $300 million a year from dues and other financial vehicles. miss henry herself has visited the white house a number of times as has the former head of the seiu, andy stern. who has also been a frequent visitor to the white house and remains deeply involved with the union. from their d.c. offices, the occupy leadership e-mails game plans to their hardcore members. telling them where to assemble, what to protest and even what to wear. today, for example, the occupy agitators were told to wear red for new york city protest. again, the goal of the occupiers is no longer to raise awareness of economic injustice, it is to disturb the peace. and attack those with whom they disagree. the occupiers have big plans for the p

his nonprofit institute accepts money from, surprise, george soros through the tides foundation. hundreds of thousands of dollars are involved. the service employees international union headed by mary k. henry is paying rent for the occupy wall street crew in d.c. about $4,000 a month the union is picking up. the sciu has more than two million members and collects about $300 million a year from dues and other financial vehicles. miss henry herself has visited the white house a number of times as has the former head of the seiu, andy stern. who has also been a frequent visitor to the white house and remains deeply involved with the union. from their d.c. offices, the occupy leadership e-mails game plans to their hardcore members. telling them where to assemble, what to protest and even what to wear. today, for example, the occupy agitators were told to wear red for new york city protest. again, the goal of the occupiers is no longer to raise awareness of economic injustice, it is to disturb the peace. and attack those with whom they disagree. the occupiers have big plans for the p

. >> bill: what about george soros? >> he could write out a check but he hasn't. candidates, owe boom that has the lead. but at this point, in 19 -- at this point in 2008, he had 236 million. now he has 180 million. at this point in 1996, bill clinton had five times as much as he had in '92. for a president -- if there is one point of disagreement it's that everything i'm looking at is showing a tremendous romney victory. >> bill: all right. the book is "screwed." dick morris. about 36% of americans who could work are not working. that could lead to major trouble, perhaps even violence. and later, dennis miller on president obama going on "the view." how you cannot watch miller analyzing "the view." upcoming. allow natural gas producers to supply affordable, cleaner energy, while protecting our environment. across america, these technologies protect air - by monitoring air quality and reducing emissions... ...protect water - through conservation and self-contained recycling systems... ... and protect land - by reducing our footprint and respecting wildlife. americ

>> and yet you've got people like george soros giving money to super pacs. does this concern you?s. the campaign system is out of control. the money flowing into these races are numbers beyond anybody's imagination. but the american people are pretty smart. they figure these things out pretty well and it's going to be about the economy. the president can't run on it and i'm, frankly, pretty pleased at the position that mr. romney is in at this point. and, frankly, i think he's got a lot of room to grow. >> and you said moments ago that you were doing -- the house is doing its work. what are your priorities in what do you want to get past by the end of this year? >> clearly something to replace the sequester. we're going to remove a bill this week. $300 billion from reductions in order to replace the sequester that's supposed to go into effect in january. we're going to extend all of the current tax rates for at least another year, if not permanently. those are the big important things that need to be done. >> speaker, would you like to add anything else that i have missed? >> no.

when george soros was pouring his money in 2004 -- i don't remember all that.e denouncing that in 2004? >> money has played a huge role. i know people are out there making the same point. not individualizing it. it's a good point. it was a cash advantage in the bank to barack obama. but now it's 2 to 1. they each fund-raised in april. $40 million clip. money isn't going to be the -- >> how many jobs created with this money? >> i think this is where i fault the obama campaign for missing a huge window of opportunity. they had a 10 to 1 advantage when mitt romney was coming out of the republican primary, i think they missed this big window, they could have framed this race, now as each day goes forward, mitt romney looks more and more like he has a chance to win this race. he'll raise more money and more enthusiasm. as each day moves forward it gets harder and harder for barack obama to frame this race. >> nancy pelosi in the interview she said about money and politics. george, you always write about this in your articles. the amount of money spent in advertising

. >> bill: what about george soros? >> he could write out a check but he hasn't. in terms of the candidates, owe boom that has the lead. but at this point, in 19 -- at this point in 2008, he had 236 million. now he has 180 million. at this point in 1996, bill clinton had five times as much as he had in '92. for a president -- if there is one point of disagreement it's that everything i'm looking at is showing a tremendous romney victory. >> bill: all right. the book is "screwed." dick morris. about 36% of americans who could work are not working. that could lead to major trouble, perhaps even violence. and later, dennis miller on president obama going on "the view." how you cannot watch miller analyzing "the view." analyzing "the view." upcomi are you still sleeping? just wanted to check and make sure that we were on schedule. the first technology of its kind... mom and dad, i have great news. is now providing answers families need. siemens. answers. >> bill: unresolved problem segment tonight, according to the bureau of labor statistics about 36% of americans who

. >> george soros likes the president, not enough i guess. >> a lot of democrats sat back, looked aty and said these goof balls? how hard can that be. part of the message at that time campaign is trying to send now is to ring the alarm that says no, we're going to be outspent. we need your money. >> obama needs to hang out more with donald trump. that's the problem. >> let's not get all weepy for the democrats and their fund-raising lack of fund-raising prowess. obama in the first quarter this year brought in over 360,000 new donors to his donations are the new game for the direct campaigns and for the national parties. the super pacs notwithstanding will do their thing. >> how can you say the super pacs not withstanding when talking about that amount of money? >> i'm just saying that's going to be part of the equation. the other part is what these campaigns will be able to do with their small dollar donations in conjunction with the national parties as well as was reported by over the last month. >> soft money in that that it's basically not regulated. the money going into the campa

megyn: what about george soros.s checkbook to the tune of $2 million to several liberal groups who will go after mitt romney. and this is suppose to be part of a $100 million spending effort by this group called democracy alliance. they are going to go after mitt romney. he's a rich guy on the democratic side. you work for some rich guys who donate on the republican side. is this tit for tat, good for both sides? >> i think it's hypocritical for the obama campaign to be throwing stones whether it's a super pac or grassroots organizations or organizations that focus on research. they are involved in all levels of support for groups on that side and it's the same that occurs for groups that believe in smaller governments. that's part of the debate. megyn: given all the incoming the koch brothers have tang, private citizens. are they deterred? >> not at all. they will hang tougher and continue to advocate the policies to help the country. megyn: thank you, nancy. a florida man facing charges in his wife's death. he say