massive competition on these coasts the delaware end up winning all the new jersey ended up with john rockefeller. prior to that time pretty much every state the united states required that the first sentence of articles of incorporation be this corporations established to enhance or support or serve the community of fill in the blank and to manufacture railroad cars. and that requirement that their first obligation be to serve the community was stripped out in virtually every state during that that little went out basically one decade window and then over the next thirty or forty years every other state took it out couldn't we just put that back where we could we could win the vote one way to do it and then to have some say seeks you don't have a problem right that that is a possibility what's happened of course is gone in the other direction personhood you haven't really time to challenge that whole idea of corporations initially in a way back in the first part of the country and also britain were chartered by the government to do a public purpose that's right but not original corporation as we

know up until the the mid eighty's or ninety's i think it was when it whenever ohio kicked out john rockefeller and the charter mongrel era is about six or seven year period there were all the states were changing their corporate church laws and this massive competition on these coast the delaware end up winning all the new jersey ended up with john rockefeller. prior to that time pretty much every state the united states required that the first sentence of articles of incorporation be this corporations established to enhance or support or serve the community of fill in the blank and to manufacture railroad cars. and that requirement that their first obligation be to serve the community was stripped out in virtually every state during that that little went out basically one decade window and then over the next thirty or forty years every other state took it out couldn't we just put that back where we could we could win the vote one way to do it and then say i have to say seeks a corpse you know you don't have a problem right that that is a possibility what's happened of course is gone in the ot

and it's and it was a joke on areas how they're dead john rockefeller's appeal. here and reaction to. the while. the great depression led to a revolution called the new deal. why has this great depression or small depression not yet led to a revolution or is it possible that we voted for one in two thousand and eight and we didn't we didn't yet know and that's why we got so many because look two things one first of all is that the right got there first with the most money and they set up a fake populist movement and they they they did a real good job mimicking the real deal you talk about the libertarians that you have on your show they did it let's have it till they did a really good deal building a fake mass movement a fake populist movement and then the other side of the coin is that look the democrats totally dropped the ball they let the victory of two thousand and eight slip right through their fingers there's just no there's no doubt about it this was a populist moment and their idea was to do you know clinton to you know to triangulate come to some kind o

john d. rockefeller famously saying that he was doing god's work or something to that effect to both to build churches he was a very big and he thought that it was a gift from god for him to make money and we've seen lloyd blankfein modern day c.e.o. of goldman sachs quoted in the london sunday times saying he's doing god's work is there something constant throughout history where people appeal to a higher authority to legitimize action whether you're william jennings bryan or a robber baron well yes people refer to the higher power to do them as ever they want to do you know god maybe do it they will maybe do it whatever sure and of course in a country like united states which is always at least publicly people have always said the people of faith were a country which was founded by very religious people even though the founding fathers country were going back things were not very religious people most of them nevertheless we've always had a free market of religion here which is help religion to thrive in many ways and never to believe people who do will think well if they believe in god god

john rockefeller obviously. there is the guy in china. iron man. what is it about, you know, oil and natural gas and this whole arena that attacks being larger than life personalities? >> it's also true, like the one chapter. >> hope also. >> solar, these two guys. >> yes. >> they're making these days using the oven. spiky with coca-cola. i mean, these guys to know nothing about this. go into the solar business. there were companies for the government. one of the things i love doing, british things come from? where does one come from? of course where did the revolution with natural gas come from. the energy business, it does have a lot of people who are very strong willed his take a lot of disappointments and navy are somewhat sticking with the seizure when it looks like the people sang -- almost a novelistic way but are very important. >> you also dispose of some very interesting facts. the effective prohibition on ethanol or ethanol based fuel or the robbery of solar panels and pipelines to see hydroponic marijuana growers in california. just rea

gough, now retired from the police department, watched rockefeller's arrest with one hope -- that the con man would finally reveal what he knew about johns guy was very intelligent and he probably would not talk. >> reporter: and she was right. rockefeller turned california investigators away at his cell door, but he did agree to talk to nbc's natalie morales in august, 2008, just a few weeks after his arrest. >> are you a mystery man? >> i'd like to be known as a good man, if anything. i'd like to be known as a quiet man living a quiet life. >> reporter: rockefeller admitted that he had used fake names in his life, christopher chichester one of them, he said. but when it came to the sohus investigation, his attorney did most of the talking. >> reporter: did your client know john and linda sohus? >> yeah, there's no dispute he lived there in the place. many people lived there. >> reporter: as christopher chichester? >> yeah, many people put him there. >> reporter: did you kill john and linda sohus? >> my entire life, i've always been a papacifist. i'm a quaker and i believe in nonviolence. and i can fairly certainly say that i've never

john sonunu. campaigning aggressively for mitt romney. is there a split? >> there is always been a split. it is the rockefelleride of the republican party and reagan conservative side of the republican party. >> your dad chose that side on his ticket. >> and he chose that side for second place on his ticket and not first place on his ticket. you might remember that. >> even though his second place guy became the first place guy. >> absolutely right. but the guy who became the first place guy, and i love george w. bush and george bush. and he wanted to make his pregnancy his own and he got rid of the reaganites when he became president of the united states. i choose newt gingrich it made me uncomfortable watching the debate for mitt romney who has been running the office for five years. i want someone who goes in the election to know the answers and not have to search for a answer. the whole tax issue, the fact that he still doesn't have an answer for that and that doesn't bode well. but the people look at this and say wait a minute . not if you have begin your taxes or not. but it is how you are relating to it

rockefellers. i think wealth is a plus in the political arena by reason of appearances. these people have made the american way. >> it is, john. jack kennedy worked it well. but mitt romney does not seem in touch. they'll make him the poster boy of innie quality and vulture capitalism, unless he turns it around. [everyone talking at once] >> i'm going to ask this exit question. what should romney do about the tax issue? she had release his tax returns now and get the issue behind him, or wait until april as he says he will do? >> the sooner he gets it out the better. and he should make the case, looking i went out in the private enterprise system and screed ed and you can as well! [everyone talking at once] >> also call for -- one quick point -- he should also call for a repeal of the special tax treatment of carried interests. the reason he gets the 15%, the private equity guys would hate him but it would be very popular with both republicans and democrats. >> it's all legal. and i want to change the system. >> exactly. >> could he get it out now? >> he should release them now and his excuse that he hasn't prepared his 2011

the man who claimed to be clark rockefeller will stand trial for murdering a california couple 26 years ago. bail has been set in connection with the 1985 deaths of john and linda. was running a guest house -- he was renting a guesthouse at the time of the murder. a public viewing continues for joe paterno. there will be a private funeral for the return of family in state college. there will be a public memorial service tomorrow. a great school principal and two others are accused of running a drug ring in a small wisconsin town. the three were accused of buying and selling marijuana out of their homes. several area teachers were among their customers. they have been suspended from school at will back for a hearing next month. >> if you been trying to avoid facebook's new time to get to one of your answers to our watercooler question of the day. format, your time is up. facebook will roll out the new design to all new users. you will have seven days to preview your home page. if you do nothing, facebook will automatically published it after seven days. mcdonald turns to chicken to offset higher beef prices. jane king has the bloomberg business report.

rockefeller is wanted in connection with a shooting to 1985's murder. >> today, los angeles prosecutors hope to convince a judge, there is enough evidence to try christian gerhartsreiter to the killing of john sohos. he is now charged with killing the son of his former landlord in san marino. john sohos' remains were found 26 years ago. gar hart streeter is currently serving a five-year sentence. >> police also couldn't find his wife. but he is not being charged. >>> occupy protests outside the gate. a portion of pennsylvania avenue was shut down, while d.c. police investigated. no arrests were made. the president was outside at the time, celebrating the first lady's 48th birthday. >>> governor o'malley looks at thousands of families he considers to be high earns. capping their tax exemptions is just one of the items in the spending plan. >> some cuts will be made. some jobs eliminated. the governor wants to collect taxes on internet sales. and no, not everybody's kitchen table will be spared either. >> reporter: in years past, the o'malley administration has steered away from direct hits on state income taxes. but this time, families he described as high earners are in the cross hairs. >>

john kerry windsurfing. and liability. and george w. bush, folksyness was not a liability. and rockefeller, despite his wealth was able to win friends with a common touch. coming up next, we will look at the battleground in florida and talk about the conservative both at how things are playing out there. we will be right back. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> it would be intolerable if a handful of violent people -- and that is what it is, just a handful -- can heartened us against needed change. i have seen an uglier violence and it perverts the spirit of america. i saw that the republican convention in 1964 when governor rockefeller was shouted down. in minneapolis when governor wallace, a man with whom i disagree, was heckled into silence. it happened to me in philadelphia. we must give notice to this violent feud. there are millions of decent americans who are willing to sacrifice for change. but the want to do it without being threatened to, and and what to do it peacefully. if they are the non-violent

john is, we've all seen this movie before. this is a recurrent drama within the republican party that goes all the way back to the eisenhower-taft battle in '52. it reaches a crescendo with goldwaterer, rockefellereplayed again with reagan and forward in '76. they go all the way to the convention. the fact is, there's nothing but good out of a muscular competitive hard fought primary as long as you can reconcile at the convention. >> that's a fascinating point. first listen to speaker gingrich complaining about why is he not doing better after the big south carolina win. >> nothing like $17.5 million of false ads to make a big difference. we did fine you know, you guys have counted me out three times so far this year. we'll do fine. romney managed to run more falsehoods. the debate's a good example. the reason i seemed flat in the second debate in florida is i have never seen a candidate for president that meth oddcally dishonest. >> so he's complaining about ad spending and there has been more against him than for him. he's complaining about the debate. he says governor romney was dishonest. to ralph's point, eric about this is what is primaries are about, especially for a party out of power. i