half the staff raised their hands when asked if they would quit the paper for were bought out by koch industries and now public outcry has spread as demonstrations continue to take place outside of the tribune news bureaus across the country they're protesting the koch industries conservative crusade and what it would mean for the newspaper's journalistic an editorial integrity see the tribune publications are some of the most prominent in the country and are read by almost six million people every day that's six million people who would be subjected to the koch propaganda machine award winning filmmaker robert greenwald exposed just how far the tentacles of the coke to push really go take a look at the koch brothers support laws that are the most aggressive attempt to roll back voting rights in this country and we've seen over a century by yourself a congress. that has single handedly tried to have this charade and got. environmental regulation across the board with cold blooded funding spreading an enormous amount of this information. sold to secure. and that's just the tip of the iceberg guys

koch, of course, is the influential conservative and executive of koch industries, makers of brawny paper towels, stainmaster carpet, dixie cups and thanks to factory run off sexually ambiguous trout. recently... good looking trout. recently pbs has been accused of scuttling documentary called citizen koch because they feared the reaction from david koch. i guess for a donation of $75, you get the pbs tote bag and for $23 million you get pbs's nut sack. but... but... [ cheers and applause ] but, it is nice. it is nice to see that pbs finally gets it. i mean, if you want to make it in the tv biz you can't say bad stuff about your meal ticket. that's why i will never reveal that my sponsor, mountain dew was originally mario ducci. he changed his name in the '70s after he went state's evidence against the gambino crime family and became part of the witness refreshment program. but i say it is not enough just to avoid saying nasty things about david koch. pbs should replace cookie monster with a roll of brawny paper towels. just as lovable and twice as absorbent. we'll be right [ cheers and a

escape politics, new app that lets you scan items at the supermarket and see if they were made by koch industriesbuy the right paper towels and sending money to the koch brothers they might spend on politics. >> paul: oil executives because they supported libertarians. that is it for this week's show. thanks to my panel and especially all of you watching. i'm paul gigot. we hope to see you right here next week.

he represents koch industries and in february of 2012 he wrote an op-ed accusing president obama of creatingemies' list. mr. olson, a pleasure to have you on. i want to tell my viewer, some are familiar with you, some are not. in addition to being voted one of the most influential 100 people in the world by "time" magazine you have argued cases in front of the supreme court. you argued successfully bush v. gore in the supreme court. you have served as an appointee of president obama to the councils of the united states. you have worked for republican ming administrations, but you have worked to push for the legalization of gay marriage. so you're not a pure partisan. although most of your work has been on the gop side. and now you find yourself representing a company that employs tens of thousands of americans, that you say has been targeted by president obama and this business we have seen with the irs going after conservatives does not come as a huge surprise to you. tell us, sir. >> well, it's very, very disturbing. as you pointed out i wrote that piece in february of last year. so this i

escape politics, new app that lets you scan items at the supermarket and see if they were made by koch industriesbuy the right paper towels and sending money to the koch brothers they might spend on politics. >> paul: oil executives because they supported libertarians. that is it for this week's show. thanks to my panel and especially all of you watching. i'm paul gigot. we hope to see you right here next week. >>> it's been a week of >>> it's been a week of nonstop news. department of justice grabs phone records from the associated press claiming it needs information and to leaked secrets. irs admits to targeting conservative groups, delaying or denying requests to be recognized as tax exempt while greasing the skids for liberal groups to do the same thing. more details revealed about the attacks in benghazi. talking point emails give clarity to the administration's spin on the tragedy. a trifecta of problems gets full media attention. plus an abortion doctor gets convicted of murder. the media finally show up. o.j. is back in the news and the press is not too kind.

phone called by cut that let's you scan items at the supermarket and see if they were made by koch industriesso liberals can buy the right kind of paper towels and avoid sending money to the koch brothers. they might spend on politics or might donate to cancer research. >> paul: koch being the oil executives who are much loathed by the left because they support libertarian politics. >> exactly. >> rick: all right. thanks. that's it for this week's show. thanks toy panel and especially to all of you for watching. i'm paul gigot. we hope to see you right here next week.

he represents koch industries. >> we were concerned at a orchestrated campaign starting at the top of the white house to attack and disparage the koch family and their enterprises. >> reporter: olson adds for the government to send its tax agencies after organizations or people critical of government is very, very scary. jenna? jenna: one of the big questions is how high up does this go, doug? we're hearing that former irs commissioner douglas shulman, spent a lot of time at the white house. is that common for the irs commissioner? do we know what was discussed? >> reporter: shulman testified before the government oversight committee that he visited the obama white house over 100 times during his tenure as irs chief but by contrast his predecessor, mark everson said he went there only a handful of times. he told the "washington examiner" in a recent interview, quote, in my experience, the service was always scrupulous in making sure it did not run afoul of any politics in any way or get involved in being partisan. everson even refused to go to the white house christmas party to avoid

austan goolsbee, apparently privy to the private tax records of koch industries, various other groupssaw that. >> he's deleted those tweets. he needs an investigation. that's against the law to have access to private irs records. >> sean: we have a special tomorrow night of people, individuals, live audience show, of those groups of people that were targeted. obody else in the media seems to want to talk to those people. we'll do that tomorrow. ann, thanks for being with us. >> great to see you, sean. >> sean: coming up, did the former commissioner of the irs visit the white house more than any other obama cabinet member? we have the answer to that question. and were those visits to discuss the agency's enemy list with the president? also tonight, you can to pick the video of the day. it's one of those three. we'll give you a sneak peek of the first option. now one of the many stirring moment from last night's healing in the hartland concert benefiting the oklahoma tornado victims. do you think this is the video of the day? ♪ >> sean: blake shelton. vote for this video. at the end of

we should point out that no one has ever officially said that koch industries or the koch brothers aretial purposes -- purchasers of the 75 l.a. times, several different entities which are rumored to be interested in purchasing that paper. a tribune company which exited bankruptcy at the end of last year is selling eight of their papers. the times is just one of them. there have been protests on a weekly basis, and not just in l.a., but about the sale of the l.a. times because there have been reports that the koch brothers are very interested. this at a time when advertising revenue of newspapers continues to fall. those protests the spell that began this week because it is this month -- in fact, today is the end of the month. tribune was expected to send data to potential buyers about the financial condition of the different properties and whether the deals can be struck to seventh. so one of these protests, which are organized by labor unions, they speak out against a potential sale to the koch brothers because they say it would be bad for labor. in fact, here is a spokesperson from

the other backers of the green energy legislation include none other than the oil giant koch brothers industries american conservative union and americans for tax reform so i'm sure that could explain how senator reyburn despite overwhelming opposition still chose to move this bill forward but i guess it's not that hard to bypass the stand as a democracy when you've got the rich and famous to back you up so for your cronyism and utter disregard for the interest of the environment and your constituents you republican state senator bill reagan are my villain today. so i talk about congress and i talk an awful lot about obama but i seem to have neglected the third branch of government the supreme court see while our so-called democracy is based upon our decisions as voters to choose congressional representatives and even the president the truth is that we as citizens have zero say in the appointment of the nine people who serve life terms as the end all be all decision makers on what determines the law of the land these nine people have defined the landmark decisions that have changed the course of

there was an article in "the weekly standard" concerning the koch industries attorney that there had been confidential tax parent permission in the hands of senior administration officials part of an august 27th on the record briefing. subsequently just a few days ago in "usa today," there was someone with the national organization and marriage to indicate in that off at that the release of this organization's confidential tax returns to the human rights campaign as a canary in the coal mine, contrary to assertions, the targeting of tea party groups was an error in judgment by low- level irs bureaucrats and the release of this data to a group of this nature suggests the possibility of complicity of the highest level of politics and government. back to whether there was any information sharing of taxpayer records or returns with anyone outside of the irs, you indicated in testimony some moments ago that you never spoke personally with anyone in the white house about the sharing of confidential taxpayer information. is that correct? >> i believe so. >> any reason to believe that it som

media reports that on istanbul's be -- austan goolsbee reveal confidential tax information about koch industries. do you have any idea how he obtained that information? >> two things. from the remember time, it was not confirmed that he had confidential information and come to the extent he did -- >> the whole thing is that it should have alerted year because that is something very, very important. it's a pretty big deal. did you ask your staff at the irs how it happened? did you find out if anyone had given him the information? did this give you pause? someone should have gone back to ask. did you ask anyone, yes or no, to look into it? >> it was several years ago. i have a recollection that the inspector general actually did an investigation to see if something had happened. that's my best memory. that's a very vague. >> is that true, mr. george? i did not know you were at that time investigating. >> this is one of the most frustrating aspects of implementing or overseeing the irs, the restrictions that the tax code places on me and my ability to communicate information to people outside of th

supported policies that benefit the elite particularly tax cuts for billionaires deregulate industries the koch brothers can pump more poison out of the smoke stacks of the refineries in the waterways to their paper plants and make it easier for crazies like adam lanza to access deadly weapons and it's conservatives today who are doing their best to make sure the poor stay poor while the rich get richer by not allowing any changes to our tax code in any way that might raise any taxes on the rich what's so socially minded about that how is that social welfare so if you were the i.r.s. wouldn't you be a little more skeptical of a tea party group claiming to be working exclusively for social welfare than a liberal group let's rumble. ready for tonight's rumble is heather serve conservative strategist an associate with blue skin solutions have thanks for joining me thank you for giving me such an easy set up ok shade it take it apart i mean you. literally you know you look. liberal in the dictionary and you get you know bleeding are always social well first off in the ira's code says you want to be

with the way that these brothers have been not belies information influence and industry you know i do not know the koch brothers but what i know of the koch brothers brothers is they started up the cato institute and and. david koch ran as a vice presidential candidate for the libertarian party so i think they absolutely have libertarian roots but still even though the cato institute you could argue have done some things that are that are you know in the vein of civil liberties and and good on some foreign policy issues i mean you can argue that they've they're they're even find a bias the l a times chicago tribune i mean these are things that are you think that's good for billionaire brother venture capitalists to be buying up media everywhere and you know from my viewpoint the koch brothers really are all about free markets all about free markets they're all about civil liberties they're they're all about the role of active in. the you know i do believe that i do believe that well let's talk about the free market i mean would you support legislation like reinstating legislation like glass steagall an

way with the way that these brothers have been optimized information influence and industry you know i do not know the koch brothers but what i know of the koch brothers the brother says they started up the cato institute and and. david koch ran as a vice presidential candidate for the libertarian party so i think they absolutely have libertarian roots but. still even though the cato institute you could argue have done some things there that are you know in the vein of civil liberties and and good on some foreign policy issues i mean you can argue that they've they're there you can find a buyer at the l a times chicago tribune i mean these are things that are i think that's good for billionaire brother venture capitalist to be buying up media everywhere and you know be from my viewpoint the koch brothers really are all about free markets all about free markets they're all about civil liberties they're they're all about they're bright all of them driven. by the you know i do believe i do believe that well let's talk about the free market i mean would you support legislation like reinstating legislation like

with the way that these brothers have been not belies information influence and industry you know i do not know the koch brothers but what i know of the koch brothers are brothers is they started up the cato institute and and. david koch ran as a vice presidential candidate for the libertarian party so i think they absolutely have libertarian roots but still even though the cato institute you could argue have done some things that are that are you know in the vein of civil liberties and and good on some foreign policy issues i mean you can argue that they've they're there you can find a buyer at the l.a. times chicago tribune i mean these are things that are i think that's good for billionaire brother venture capitalist to be buying up media everywhere and you know from my viewpoint the koch brothers really are all about free markets all about free markets they're all about civil liberties they're they're all about there but all of that driven. i do believe that i do believe that well let's talk about the free market i mean would you support legislation like reinstating lead to . they should like glass

insidious use of industry money like koch brothers that watered down regulation and enforcement.t had 1,350 times the amount of ammonium nitrate that blows up that was reportable to the dhs to report it is safe and secure. that's a crime far more important to the well-being of americans and a crime that ought to be punished by the lawsuits being filed. >> stephanie: more importantly, you go to the point of how this could happen again. >> yeah. i live up here, you know. every day i see all of the plants that are lining new jersey. and think any one of those could just go. i'm from louisiana. louisiana, you know, we have cancer alley which is just a series of chemical and other plants that are just waiting to blow up near baton rouge. of course, it is near east baton rouge, that's the poor side of town so we don't care about that. >> stephanie: you say there has been a creepy media blackout. you talk about what we just mentioned, the news conference where the president asked how many questions about -- the president's asked how many questions about benghazi. should million of ameri

koch brothers really did take a leftist l.a. times. coverage of the 3d revolution continues today, the printed 3d heart replica. theme of the day, scandal is gridlock and stock market rally. ♪ the dow jones industrialesday morning down a little bit, and that triple digit rally was yesterday, started flat, moved straight up, charles payne is with the company. the theme of the day, scandal in washington, gridlock in d.c. and that is why the market is rallying. is this affecting? charles: and somehow maybe the anti business agenda being put on the back burner. stuart: is a factor. we can talk been printing money all day long but gridlock is good. charles: no more rules and regulations, no more browbeating, wall street loves it. stuart: the obamacare -- i don't know. john dear, they are weighed down this morning. you want to tell me why? charles: guidance. this is the best quarter they ever have on sales and earnings and they said it was mostly the global economy but i want to talk about the initial reaction was down $10, down 3 right now. we have this robust stock market, this bull market that looks unstoppable but beneath the surface is a lot of anxiety. even bulls looking for a pull back so that 10%