koch industries is doing great. they're doing great for the koch family. the koch brothers who inherited the company from dad, the koch brothers are richer than warren buffett now. a combined fortune of $50 billion. as they have become richer and richer and richer, they have also fired thousands of koch industries employees. now, remember, koch industries is private. profits do not go to people who buy stock in the company on the stock exchange. the profits go to the brothers, to charles and david. and the brothers have done great recently. and as they have done great, as they have done greater and greater and greater in the last few years, they have been firing american workers by the thousands. but now they are mad at me, at this show, which is exciting for all of us here, i will not life. -- lie. the koch brothers have always used their enormous inherited fortune to dabble in politics. in 1980, david koch ran for president on the libertarian ticket. >> the party can afford to go it alone financially because its vice presidential candidate, industrialist

tried to bribe at least six foreign governments but the investigation go much farther as the koch industries subsidiary promptly fired this internal investigator in two thousand and nine her findings though have just now been made available to the media which raises the possibility the koch's could be tried for violations of the foreign corrupt practices act which prohibits american companies from bribing officials overseas and bloomberg report also details a new allegation that koch industries was doing business with the uranium government to build a methanol plant in that rogue nation and more on all these new allegations and what they may mean by joined by cliff schecter national progressive p.r. strategist of liberty us of all see a nationally syndicated columnist with al-jazeera english as well as the book the author of the book the real mccain cliff welcome back thanks tom how are you i am fine thank you and i hope the same is true of you. in the cockpit of the koch brothers it's a well i don't know the police in the us do you have obviously of the department there you have a bit of th

the main case of bribery involved a french subsidiary of koch industries, which the company actuallyh court a few years ago did violate criminal law by paying bribes to various foreign governments and foreign companies or to win contracts. >> so a subsidiary of koch admitted to bribery. >> the company itself according to a letter i believe was first reported in the bloomberg market magazine story, the company itself acknowledged in a french court, to a french court in the letter these bribes paid to win contracts in various parts of the world violated criminal law. so i don't think koch is even disputing that. >> so we now, and again, we're not talking about in the overall beginning of the story. we're not talking about them technically violating the law. this is about an inconsistency and a probably ignoring or at least not operating within the spirit of the law but the political inconsistency. here are the people helping to finance the tea party, pro america, all of this, yet their business seems to be doing something different. >> right. and i also think it's interesting the recep

--koch industries. there is a concern that american companies would exploit loopholes in give iran the tools to be more powerful player in the world. we don't want to see that happen. that is more of a threat to everybody in the world. with some companies you cannot enforce common sense or the sense of patriotism, should we be allowed subsidiaries of american companies to be able to do business in iran or should we be putting the screws to these companies? it is one thing for a chinese company to do it. it is really unacceptable for americans to be able to do it. what are your comments on that? >> i think i saw the same article about koch industries. i will not been specifically of koch industries but will address the issue broadly of subsidiaries of u.s. companies doing business in iran. it is a violation of u.s. law for u.s. company to do business in iran via a subsidiary. that means if the u.s. parent is acting to its subsidiary and directing its activities, that violates u.s. law. if the subsidiary

koch industries. but bloomberg markets call it's secret sins. other than a night out on new york's cultural scene, the kochs rarely appear or speak in public. but on this occasion, a documentary filmmaker was rolling, as david koch appeared before tea party leaders and spoke of american values. >> the american dream of free enterprises, capitalism, is alive and well. >> reporter: now, questions are being raised about the american values of the source of the kochs ae koch industries. a $100 billion a year oil and energy company, based in wichita, kansas. this industry of bloomberg markets says one koch subsidiary was trading with iran. and another in france was paying bribes to get business in six different countries. in a previously undisclosed document, koch industries admits the statements violations of criminal law. >> a document right there in the court record, out of the lips of koch industries. >> abc news. how do you respond to allegations? >> reporter: david koch declined to speak to abc news when we caught up with him outside of his park

court record, out of the lips of koch industries. >> abc news. how do you respond to allegat n allegations? >> reporter: david koch declined to speak to abc news when we caught up with him in new york city. the company says it fired the people responsible for the bribes. but as a private company, it was able to keep all of that secret until this week's article. >> there's enough of these payments that i think any prosecutor would want to look further. >> reporter: as for the trading with iran, it involved key components for a state-owned petrol chemical plant, despite a u.s. ban on trade with iran since 1995. one order was placed the day after president bush told congress iran continued to be a threat to the u.s. >> weapons of mass destruction supports terror. >> reporter: koch industries says the trade with iran was legal because it was done through a foreign subsidiary and no americans were involved. >> you're still dealing with a state that is considered by the u.s. state department to be a sponsor of terrorism. >> reporter: koch industries sa

hewlett packard and construction company caterpillar so did koch industries violate the law they get some too soon to tell at this point but it'll be interesting to see how the government views it copes actions on a full report is revealed and if they go after any of the other companies if the koch attorney is right. now we are turns night we have our my mate as you said it i read it and then more fallout over the killing of us born muslim cleric anwar i think it is just a secret memo written by the justice department and allegedly gave them legal justification to take a lot of these life back it's not. into the mirror and it would make use of us if you don't work to bring justice or accountability. i have every right to know what my government's true if you want to know why i think taxes. i would characterize obama as a charismatic. of american exceptionalism. you know sometimes you see the story and the seed so you think you understand it and then a glimpse something else here's the part of it and realize that everything is just . a chart.

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last week bloomberg news broke the story the subsidiaries of koch industries the corporation owned by the very politically active billionaire brothers charles and david koch at the bribing foreign governments for better business. steel's not only that it's also alleged that the coast of secretly been doing business with iran as in the country with whom we have a trade embargo but beyond the illegal dealings with various nations there's now another troubling story coming out about the koch brothers it concerns the possibility that they poisoned an entire city it's a story the filmmaker robert greenwald tells in his new project cancer risks for coke profits as part of the koch brothers expose series take a look. at this right here is probably property but if you can follow it in a straight line you would be at georgia pacific supply and own back ok industry. is pitiful that coke allowed this kind of push to be don't just don't in the wide open market run fast. histories where the culprits they know that these people are see the neighborhood a panel isn't ground zero run through these wo

self lobbying front basically a large fortune five hundred corporations from koch industries and peabody coal to mcdonalds and eighteen tea they paid sponsorship fees and they gain access to these alec conferences where they get together with state lawmakers state senators and state representatives from across the country to write model legislation and almost always it's a giveaway to the corporate benefactors of alec and although this organization has lasted two or three decades it's gain a lot of prominence in the last year because republicans made some of the largest gains at the state level in the entire republican party history in two thousand and ten so now instead of republican primaries lost out is the key factor lawmaker from the last bits of florida so it's a amazing so how did alec then go across the atlantic. well it's an interesting history in one thousand nine hundred seven after the labor party on the u.k. made significant gains the tories the conservatives had to reconfigure their strategy and part of that reconfiguration. had to do with collaborating with the american ri

they have been marching from mcpherson square down past the white house and are now in front of koch industries the messages they don't like corporate influence in politics. could this be the anti tea party? they are condemning corporate greed, global warming and other issues. they're taking their complaints into the third week. it started small but when this video of cops pepper spraying protesters went viral, the protest group. over the weekend, 700 people were arrested when they stormed the brooklyn bridge. major unions are starting to join as our major celebrities like susan sarandon. >> 37% of our use in this nation live in party. that's unacceptable. that is why people are here. it has everything to do with case street, right here. >> the occupation is small so far but they expect the numbers to grow at a big rally on thursday. >> we're not going to sit idly by and let you sell off our votes. >> in north carolina, a democratic congressman called for higher taxes on corporations and the rich. >> what starts here is a movement to provide the support for that kind of specific change. >> this

a recent expose in bloomberg's "market" magazine revealed koch industries made improper contracts in untries dating back to 2002 including iran. this has redoubled democrats' public efforts to try to turn the koch brothers' influence against republicans. joining me now is politico's ken vogel. thanks for joining me tonight, ken. >> great to be with you, lawrence. >> ken, what about the taint now on the koch brothers from the bloomberg expose about them being involved in illicit transactions with iran? is there the potential for them becoming people that republicans simply can't be associated with? >> there's definitely that potential, lawrence. what's interesting is the trajectory to this point in recent months, even as the left has really trained their sights on the koch brothers and suggested they were in some ways emblematic of the corrupting influence of corporate money and politics after the 2010 citizens united decision, even with that, they continue to become more powerful, more influential in conservative politics, attracting more big donors to donor summits where they collect

wrote this 9-9-9 plan which would lower the corporate tax rates of companies like koch industries fromhe way from 35% to 9%ment that's a matthew h humongous corporate giveaway. this is coming from the koch brothers who are advising mr. cain. the connections are unseemly but they're starting to pervade into the presidential campaign and into the policy proposal that is we're seeing. >> now, dana, talking about mr. lowery and the 9-9-9 plan, mr. cain was on "meet the press" this weekend. and he made an interesting admission about his 9-9-9 plan, that it actually might raise some taxes on some people. let me not be accused of misquoting him. let me show you what he said himself. >> the wealthiest americans would pay less, the poorest americans and middle class would pay more. you don't dispute that? >> i do dispute that. more people will pay less in taxes. more people will pay less in tax -- >> it's incontrovertible. >> that's right. some people will pay more. but most people will pay less is my argument. >> and those some people, dana, are the people that go and buy things with the sales

ever given the directive on how to take a stand on a policy based upon what the koch brothers, koch industries felt or said. we were really given the autonomy to run our state organizations the way we thought -- >> how many times have you met them? >> probably about four times. >> when was the last time you've talked to them? >> probably about a year ago. >> so are they donors to the cain campaign? >> no, they have not. >> have you asked them to be? >> every time it is suggested in the media that we're fronts for the koch family, i would suggest that if they are donating to us, their payments are past due. >> tomorrow you're going to be holding -- mr. cain is holding sort of an open house, if you will, for congressional republicans to come, a meet and greet. >> yes. >> do you expect some endorsements tomorrow? >> don't know if we are going to get endorsements tomorrow. the number one reason we're in washington this week besides the typical doing the tv shows and stuff is for the congressional and senate delegations to get to know mr. cain, to get to know what his platform is, his bold ideas on

>> senator tester, i think i saw the same article about koch industries that you saw, and i will not speak specifically about koch industries, but i will address the issue broadly of subsidiaries of u.s. companies doing business in iran. it is a violation of u.s. law for a u.s. company to do business in iran via a subsidiary. what that means is if the u.s. parent is acting through a subsidiary, directing activity that violates u.s. law. law. at the subsidiary is at the holy independently of the parent, u.s. law does not reach that subsidiary with the exception of, and i think secretary mills can elaborate on this. the re-exportation of control of items from the united states. the balance that has been struck in the law thus far is that we direct our laws to u.s. companies and been u.s. companies do, subsidiaries or not by definition u.s. persons. they are foreign persons, and so the basic theory is, we will look at what u.s. persons and u.s. companies do. if they are acting through a foreign person, then the law are habits that but if there are are foreign person acting independently

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koch. patchari raksawong joins us with what's going on in the region. >>> heavy downpours in thailand show no signs of easing. the severe floods and mudslides caused many deaths and damaged the economy. industrial parks forced to suspend operations. nhk world's reporter has the details. >> reporter: the record monsoonal rainfall since july has caused widespread damage across the country. the thai government says 200 to 250 people have been killed and some 2.3 million households inside of thailand the provinces have been affected by the crisis. at industrial parks in the central province, high waters forced a shut down, including those including automobile parts and electrical equipment. according to a government source, the economy damage is about $1 million so far. automaker honda has had to stop production because of the shortage of parts. prime minister yingluck shinawatra visited attahaya on thursday and ordered the construction of water barrier s to protect industrial estates and the cities districts. the thai authorities warned that even the bangkok area faces a risk of flood damage in the next few days. for nhk world, bangkok. >>> an increasing number of asian countries have more boys th

he has worked for the koch family that seeks to reduce government regulation of industry. he also served on the federal reserve bank of kansas city. as a candidate for the republican nomination, his signature policy is999 which would replace the current tax code with a 9% tax on business income, personal income, and federal sales tax. we plan to let harman the hermon before the q &a and find out how he plans to help america. give a warm national press club welcome to herman cain. [applause] >> thank you. good afternoon. [laughter] i normally speak to audiences that are live and nice to know that your responding back. i am delighted to be here. thank you for that introduction. before i begin, i want to take a few seconds to recognize the gentleman who has worked here at this club for 44 years and who has some special coincidences with me and my campaign. his name is mr. mr. andrew price. [laughter] [applause] while chatting with him as he was serving at the head table, he was asked how many presidents have you serve? he said about eight. which means that i would be number 9