. >> that's jane mayer from "new yorker" magazine. she's played a role. what is it? >> hers was the first story that sort of uncovered this under the radar family. for a family that was as influential as they were it was remarkable. they were of course known in certain circles, but the extent of their corporate empire and their political empire really wasn't something that was well covered before the 2010 time frame and that's when jane mayer's story and the interesting impact that had. it certainly riled up people in the left, but within the company it also provoked a bit of a backlash certainly against the media. this is what they viewed as the start of a campaign of vilification against the company. >> go back to the documentary talking about the secret meeting. the donor group today has. explain what that is. >> it started -- charles and richard fink who is his political consigliere at koch industries started these seminars in the 2003 time frame. at the time these things were so boring that you weren't clamoring to get into them that's for sure. they were really

according to reporting done by the new yorker's jane mayer, all of a sudden the film's title was now,ater, they were told itvs was pulling the plug on the project. even public television, it seemed, was trying not to sfend the koch brothers. this week, the movie they didn't want you to see about the demise of our democracy, is finally out. >> i am a republican. what i voted for is not what i got into the people like the koch brothers have purchased the republican matter. >> it's not my party any more. >> if it wasn't for the union i couldn't have eare tired. >> unions are the only competition republicans have. >> the unions, without that, it's over. >> aren't they happy just being millionaires? do they'll really have to be gazilli gazillion heirs. >> listen america, they don't care about you because you don't bring a check. >> joining me now there codirectors of "citizen koch." , thank you for coming. >> thanks for having me. >> tia, fascinating. i love the way you focused on the working class republicans and not just looking at the case study of the influence of the koch brothers but

jane. >> hey, kelly. the company's newco chairman alan mayer tells me removing him will make it easier for new funding thoughed a defaulting action under a $10 million credit agreement it has with lion capital, something is he working with lion to avoid. the chances of bankruptcy are "so remote i wouldn't even consider it a possibility," he said. he would not uncover the nature of the misconduct, but mayer said it had nothing to do with the company's performance. company has struggled through years of unprofitability but charney has been the repeated target of sexual harassment lawsuits, though none have gone to trial but he said this a few years ago. >> i counted nine lawsuits? how many lawsuits? that's a lot of lawsuits. >> you know, that's also testimony to my success though. i mean the fact that i'm a target for baseless lawsuits is -- >> are they all baseless? >> yes. all the lawsuits that have been levied against me are all baseless. >> all lies. >> well, yeah. i'm not going to sit here and go through thousands of pages or something. but the allegations that i acted improperly at any time are completel