jane mayer joins us now. a staff writer for the "new yorker," her new book is, "dark money: the hidden history of the billionaires behind the rise of the radical right." welcome to democracy now! >> thank you. amy: let's start with this explosive revelation about the koch brothers father, fred koch. business and his involvement with nazi germany. >> well, he built what became the third-largest refinery in germany during the build up to world war ii. it was a refinery that from the start was meant to help the military effort of the third reich. it was clear hitler was looking for ways to refinery own oil so that they could fuel the war machine was building up at that point. the refinery was begun, the contract was begun in 1934 and was finished in 1935. one of the things that the father koch was especially good at, he apparently was a brilliant engineer himself, was refining oil in the really high-octane fuel that would be good for the warplanes. it had to be done in a special way. juan: interestingly, the koc

jane mayer says he helped to build one of the largest oil refineries in nazi germany.nery that was personally approved by adolf hitler. as you might expect, this story has not pleased the koch brothers. the story that their dad has helped hitler, but is it true or false that fred koch, the koch brothers' dad, from whom they inherited their fortune and his business -- part of his business is that he helped build an oil refinery for the nazis. is that true or is that false? true. and the reason we know unequivocally that this is true because koch industries was very quick to respond to this story. and despite their anger about this story, their angry response to it had the side benefit of confirming the reporting. they put their response in a letter to koch industry employees this week. koch officials wrote between 1928 and 1934, winkler-koch engineering handled more than 500 projects. of these, 39 involved signed contracts to build cracking units. one of those cracking units was included in the refinery in the port area of hamburg, germany. simply put, it was just one e

jane mayer wrote her own response to the koch's response essentially thanking them for, quote, confirminghat koch was involved in the refinery that hitl hitler personally signed off on. that's almost the same as him working on no nazi refineries. almost the same. almost. (ray) i'd like to see more of the old lady. i'd like to see her go back to her more you know social side. (vo) pro plan bright mind promotes alertness and mental sharpness in dogs 7 and older. (ray) it was shocking. she's much more aware. (jan) she loves the food. (ray) she wants to learn things. the difference has been incredible. (vo) purina pro plan bright mind. nutrition that performs. if you have moderate to severe ...isn't it time to let the... ...real you shine... ...through? introducing otezla, apremilast. otezla is not an injection, or a cream. it's a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. some people who took otezla saw 75% clearer skin after 4 months. and otezla's prescribing information has no requirement for routine lab monitoring. don't take otezla if you are allergic to any of its ingredients. otezl

and staff writer for the new yorker jane mayer reports on the political and economic underpinnings of the conservative movement with a focus on the libertarian views of charles and david. look for these titles in bookstores and watch for the authors in the near future. >> good evening. welcome to the library of virginia. i'm happy to introduce tonight speaker. as you heard, a new memoir entitled son of virginia, a wife -- a life in america's political arena. 's and the state politics editor, and i am proud to be part of what has become a slight fraternity's. by storing the state as part of his historic campaign for lieutenant governor. governor.governor. back then i was one of two reporters a little newspaper 1st opened and doug wilder bounds and he was and is a force of nature. but this, a public figure years before his run for statewide office. he served in the state senate for 16 years before he was elected lieutenant governor becoming the 1st african-american elected to statewide office. he followed that up in 1989 when he became the nation's 1st elected african-american governor.

earlier this week, we spoke with award-winning new yorker writer jane mayer about the koch brothers'nterest in funding climate denial. >> their fortune is build on fossil fuels. they have tremendous numbers of pipelines. they own a huge amount of the tar sands up in canada. if america moved off fossil fuels, it would be catastrophic for their business. it is a direct interest they have in this. one of the things i do is try to follow the money in the denial of climate change. awful lot of it goes back to the kochs and their circle. says -- davide koch says the letter did not influence his decision to leave the board of the american museum of natural history. he still sits on the advisory board of the smithsonian national museum of natural history. and those are some of the headlines this is democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. nermeen: welcome to our listeners around the world. pakistan is morning mass casualties -- is mourning mass casualties from an armed assault on one of its schools. at least 20 people were killed and dozens injured on wedne

and staff writer for the new yorker jane mayer reports on political and economic underpinnings of the conservative movement with a focus on libertarian views of charles and david coke. look for these titles and bookstore this is coming week and watch for the authors in the near future on booktv. [laughter] >> okay. [noble -- [inaudible conversation] are we ready? i want to thank you all for coming today this is a big thrill to be able to be working in the boston public market at the kitchen with folks from the trustees of the reservation. i and doing this all with anastacia a great thrill and first time we've ever done a c-span book filming in this space first time we've actually l filmed in this space so thrilled on all levels. let me introduce myself first i'm louisa ceo and founder of let's talk about foods and every friday, in this space we run a program that we call a brown bag lunches in the back people eating some of those lunches, but our goal eve week is to shine a bright aspect of food in our world. i'm particularly thrilled today that the world that we're shining light on i

meanwhile a new book on the koch , brothers by new yorker journalist jane mayer reveals the koch brothersther, fred koch, helped build an oil refinery in nazi germany -- a project approved personally by adolf hitler. in detroit, michigan, most public schools are shuttered today after teachers staged a sickout to protest the state's inaction over black mold, rat infestations, crumbling buildings, and inadequate staffing. teachers say they have up to 45 or 50 students in some classrooms. meanwhile, michigan governor rick snyder faced intense questioning in another michigan city, flint over the poisoning , of the city's water. residents have reported lasting health impacts after an unelected emergency manager appointed by governor snyder switched the city's water source to the long-polluted flint river in a bid to save money. under questioning by reporters monday, snyder refused to say whether it was fair for residents to continue to pay for the poisoned water. >> the water coming from your tap at home, should you have to pay for it? >> that is one of the questions we will be reviewing. >> t

and staff writer for the new yorker, jane mayer, reports on the political and economic underpinningsof the conservative movement with a focus on the libertarian viewses of charles and david koch. locators fierce titles in back stores this week and watch for the authors on booktv. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon, welcome to the cato institute. let me also welcome our c-span audience. i'm roger pilan the director or cato center for constitutional studies and your host for today's forum, marking this publication of a new book by professor david bernstein, lawless, the obama administration's unprecedented assault on the constitution and the rule of law. this book and this forum could not be more timely, just yesterday, as we all know, we witnessed the president telling the nation that he was directing officials in his administration to expand the regulation of the second amendment rights of americans in several ways, including apparently by expanding the definition of what it means to be in the business of selling firearms. and he did it as he so oft