>> now, the filmmaker kimberly reid told our hari sreenivasan all about this and how montana is trying to fight it. >> kimberly, thank you for joining us. let's start with a basic understanding. what is dark money? >> any money that comes in to an election or a policy debate where we're not sure where it's coming from. we don't know who's behind that money and that's really important because we can't tell why people are trying to operate in politics. we can't tell what their motivations are, vested interest, what their profit motive is. if we don't know who it is. >> what was a citizens united case? how important was it? >> so the citizens united case came down in 2010. a lot of people abbreviate it and remember it as saying corporations are people and money is speech. it really turned on the first amendment and if you assume that corporations have rights of from speaking in elections. you know? they can't be kept from spending money in elections. >> their money is their voice? >> their money is their voice. when citizens united first passed a lot of people were immediately up in arms

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jessica reid who is the chief operating officer was scheduled to be with us but unfortunately her schedule would not allow her to appear. to my left is kimberly atkins chief washington reporter and columnist for the "boston herald" where she focuses on the coverage on the white house, congress and the u.s. supreme court. she is a recurring cast on c-span this morning call in the show "washington journal" where she interviews lawmakers, public policy expert and journalist about the issues on capitol hill. kimberly is also regular panelist on one of my favorite shows on friday evening, pbs news show and before launching her journalism career kimberly was a litigation attorney and i'll be remiss if i didn't mentioned the dean of columbia -- school of journalism. next to kimberly is christine kim, direct radiation in pacific american boat, known as a tia vote -- apia locus among -- the orientation's efforts to strengthen local grassroots programs by reaching out in mobilizing asian-american and specific voters to the poll. christine has more than two decades of experience in organizing and navigating on issues such as immigration, hate crime, aff