the koch brothers have been spending millions of dollars on the campaigns to promote the keystone x.l. pipeline while throwing he even more money or should the lawmakers who support the project now we know why they're doing all those and you guessed it it's all about the money for that tonight's debate. dramas that come to be ignored to. stories others refused to notice. faces change the world writes never. told pictures of today's events. on demand from around the globe. up to. fifty. think. the we're going to do the job did you know the price is the only industry specifically mentioned in the constitution and. that's because a free and open press is critical to our democracy but all voters see. in fact the single biggest threat facing our nation today is the corporate takeover of our government and oppressive ago we've been a hydrogen right hand full of transnational corporations that will profit by destroying what our founding fathers but once the old testament i'm sorry mark it on this show we reveal the big picture of what's actually going on in the world if we go beyond identify

in two thousand and ten alone the koch's and their employees gave over three hundred thousand dollars to members of just the house energy and commerce committee at the same time the koch's have given more than sixty million dollars to climate denial groups over the past fifteen years so why are the koch's handing out all this money to groups and lawmakers that support the keystone x.l. pipeline and support america's toxic addiction of fossil fuels why would they do that. it has to do something called money and not just a little a lot of money according to a new report released by the international forum on globalization the brothers stand to make up to one hundred billion dollars in profits with the approval of the keystone x.l. pipeline keep in mind these guys are only worth sixty eight billion dollars this could double their net worth the report found that the cokes and koch industries hold up to two million acres of land in alberta canada which is the proposed starting point the keystone x.l. pipeline and many coke industry subsidiaries stand to make millions in the pipelines const

and harry reid on the senate floor the other day denounced the koch bros.ey are responsible for how we got to where we are. it's very clear they're getting concerned, probably not so much go a government shutdown but about the idea of a government default. they run a huge, multi billion dollar business. >> are they concerned about their business because the prospect over default over the health care law is really scary. and you wrote today, let me read what you said. privately koch officials have expressed concern that the prospect of a default over the obama care issue would be a disaster for the economy. are they afraid for their businesses, michael? >> well, look, three a they are economy. they need credit markets to be smooth for their businesses to function. so whether it's for them personally or the economy in general for which they are inextrickably intertwined, i think it would be hard to separate out. but clearly they are concerned like a lot of other traditional backers. they all joined a letter today making essentially the same point, that they d

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koch industries declaimed any responsibility for the shutdown once under way, but koch brothers groups were funded to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars, the major groups that pressured the republicans to do it were all funded by koch-related outfits. now, though, the government shutdown is over, they started turning the lights back on again on thursday. that means stuff like, oh, we're finally getting a new jobs report 2 1/2 weeks after it was due. the people who put together that report got furloughed, so we won't get the 2 1/2-weeks-late jobs report until tomorrow. new poll out today from cnn says for the first time since taking control of the house, americans think it's a bad thing that republicans have control of the house since they used that power to shut down the government and bring us to the brink of default. a majority of americans in the new cnn poll say they don't want republicans controlling the congress anymore because when they control the congress, that's bad for america. so, politically, the 16-day-long shutdown was not kind for republicans while it was dragg

koch said. we wouldn't miss out on some outstanding researchers if they didn't have proper facilities for their children. so because those particular people who needed proper facilities for their children were lucky enough to have a personal audience with david koch able to explain the need face to face in a way that made david koch cry. he opened checkbook, swiveled wrist and took care if their problem and put his name on the mit child care center in so doing. at the same time. david koch and brother and affiliates are spending ten times that amount to fund a nationwide network of organizations that has now forcing the closing nationwide of thousands of kids' preschool programs which are in fact also child care programs for those kids' parents because those kids' parents also need proper facilities for their children just like the mit employees who made david koch cry. this is not to take away from the great news, for the parents of the 126 infants and toddlers and preschoolers whose parents wh

can the koch bros. divert the tea party types and birthers from driving the republican party and the country over a cliff? will money talk sense to those that logic hasn't? will budget chairman paul ryan divert the herd from the abyss? they're confronted with the old jack benny question. your money or your life. will they stick to the battle cry of texas senator ted cruz? will they do what the money boys say? tonight it's anybody's guess. both of our guests are msnbc analysts. the koch brothers are revolting against the gop strategy right now. in a letter to congress, their company says koch brother industries writes, koch has not taken a stance on tying the continuing resolution to obama care. they should focus on tightening the budget, cushing cronyism and eliminating mandates. well, the koch brothers aren't alone. howard fineman wrote michael needham wrote the -- a new a gallup poll shows that the republican party is viewed positively by 28%. it's gallup's lowest favorable rating measured for either

not just the koch brothers.hamber of commerce which back in the day was by far the most powerful republican lobbying group they have been on team clean funding of the government, clean raising the debt ceiling. and they had begun talking about potentially coming into primaries and protecting mainstream republican players. head of the business roundtable, former republican governor from michigan complained. the republican party, tea party are not listening to him any more. the koch brothers are an interesting group. they exist at the intersection of big business and tea party. big business funners ders. >> the tea party billion airs. their only billionaires. >> their only billionaires. shadowy hedge fund i am not sure about. what you are about to see is a war between this side of the republican party, the business side and the tea party. i wouldn't be shocked to see, that the way it is resolved is that the republican party says not to -- default on the debt. but to keep the government closed down for a highly ext

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the koch brothers. big story at this hour, president obama is currently meeting with house republicans. should i say a selected number of them, because the rest of them must hate the guy terribly. and of course they're talking i think about the shutdown and the debt limit over at the white house right now. of course, the backdrop is a very lame offer by the republicans today. and this, of course, is a live shot of what is happening over there, the stakeout camera, if anybody comes out and says anything, we will certainly bring it to you live here on "the ed show." meanwhile, john boehner making hay today. or at least he is trying to. he has decided to put off the impending debt limit disaster. he is going to ask his radical republican caucus for a short-term extension of the debt limit. >> what we want to do is offer the president today the ability to move a temporary increase in the debt ceiling in agreement to go to conference on the budget for his willingness to sit down and discuss with us a way for

reiterated that on twitter, but the koch brothers are firing back. michael has the reaction from the koch lobbying team. >> this is an extraordinary development. the koches are known for operating behind closed doors and issued publicly to members of congress, trying to correct the record and challenging senator reid saying look, we are not -- although we are against obama care, it wasn't our idea to tie the defunding of obama care to the shut down of the government and the debt ceiling. we don't take a position on that. what we want congress to focus on is balancing the budget and reigning in government spending. poignant comments from the top lobbyists from the koch brothers distancing themselves from a lot of group they helped fund. there have been reports over the last few weeks that they have partners that funded something like a quarter of a billion dollars to conservative groups over the past year. we are talking about heritage action and these are the groups that have been pressuring congress to do what they have done. house republicans and k

koch, a by-product of the oil refining industry.t's dirtier than cole. yet the refinery is one oaf three bay area refineries that produce tons of it. >> it is a dirty secret. california is the worst. >> he says california refineries burn the dirtiest crude in the nation, and as a result produce the most, but since both the state and feds consider it a by-product, not a wait, california's strict emissions law doesn't apply. >> refine is are produce as much as of it as they want. that makes it hard to sell in the u.s.. so what to do? . >> much of it right now is sold overseas. >> chris how is with have a ler row. >> are there concerned about the pollution it causes overseas. >> i'm not aware of those korns. >> california exports 128,000 barrels of petroleum koch a day. most of it goes to china where it's burned to generate e lek trity, and where it admits 5 to 10% more carbon die i don't care side. we send our pollution problem overseas while the governor says things like this. >> the disruption of st climate patterns on which all hum

the koch brothers are responsible, the republicans are responsible. they all will have blood on their hands. >> but, you know, it was interesting congressman. ten republican governors have caved on the medicaid expansion. we learned governor kasich has won his choice. he koch brothers are still fighting this, but aren't more and more states seeing that expanding medicaid is the way to go? >> well, you'd have to be a fool to think otherwise. we're talking here about the poorest of the working poor. that's what this expansion covers. it's people who make the lowest and they don't have children. and they still have to work and they can't afford the coverage either way. you ask part-time why don't you have coverage, they'll say because we can't afford it. treating everybody the same and means republicans have to insinuate themselves and prevent 5 million people from getting the coverage they deserve. >> you know, koch-sponsored organizations are also hosting, listen to this they're going further with hosting events for college students on college campuses

at some point, even for the koch brothers who this week send a memo out, koch industries had no partpush to defund the government oshut the government to defund obama care. >> the koch brothers saying you've gone too far for us? >> the bridge too far. >> it resembles the shift in politics we've seen for the past four or five years. used to be you could work in the confines of the regular legislative order and you pursue policies business friendly, deregulation one of them change in obama care law through the process and you wouldn't risk the sort of chaos that seeped from the political world into the financial world. now feels like every three months we're at some sort of brinksmanship that has potential to affect the markets. what's curious to me, there's a divide between how business interest dealt with the government shutdown and default. big business was freaked out about default. it was small business freaked out about the government shutdown. i've been curious to study that. i don't know if you've picked up any in your report. it's fascinating to see how these things are separa

and more about the infamous billionaire koch brothers.ly spend $60 million to defeat the president in 2012. they're behind a group that distributed $236 million to conservative groups last year. one result of their efforts is the so-called creepy uncle sam ad. watch this. >> i see you chose to sign up for obama care. >> yeah. it's my first time here. >> well, here we are then. change into a gown and the doctor will see you soon. >> so these are the people involved in this secret meeting in a location we still can't disclose that planned all of this including a shutdown all in the name of we have to defund obama care, according to "the new york times." >> yeah, that ad was from a group called generation opportunity. it's run by a 29-year-old former republican capitol hill aide. and again, this really just goes to demonstrate this was a coordinated effort, very well financed, very highly directed. this is no accident. this has been coming for a long time. and again, this is not about obama care. this is about a group of conservatives who wa

that was all before the koch brothers freaked out today, the koch brothers and their partners spent nearly a quarter of a billion over the last year funding all the groups trying the shutdown fight. the creepy paper mache head that says they are trying to not get the college students health insurance, heritage action, running ads against republicans who are insufficiently hard line on the shutdown, funded by the koch brothers. the de-fund obama care tool kit, funded by the koch brothers. they spent $236 million over the past year to fund nearly basically every single component to shut down the effort. shut down the government to stop obama care, brought to you by the koch. well, today they wrote a letter saying really, we have no position on the shutdown, sure, they're are against obama care but are not actually doing anything about it, they're just funding all the groups that are trying to fund the shutdown. as the letter said, i am sure that is true. but they have funded the entire organizations that demanded the outcome and forced it on the country. who else? don't blame us? so the whee

the koch brothers trying to prevent young people from signing up with their creepy uncle uncle sam of the speculum ads. but that ad was widely ridiculed. pause a second so you could see why. then it was time for plan b. here's how they did that. first it which is actually i think the amazing part first remember that eight am today was the moment when obamacare exchanges across the nation opened for in rome. every news organization in the country had prepared detail packages and reports on what obamacare is how to sign up for it how the exchanges are going public right now all the details everybody was getting ready in the media obamacare experts were being lined up as guests for september thirtieth and october first way back a month ago for radio and television networks and radio and t.v. stations all across the country local t.v. and radio stations were playing their local versions of this talking about the details of their state programs. these past two days yesterday and today were supposed to be a huge obamacare big deal programming lines i know i mean the industry i mean we were

so what could the koch brothers and the other billionaire funders of the tea party do. to prevent every major nella television network in america from running the special features that they were planning for yesterday and today about how to sign up for the brand new obamacare program that launched today. what could they do to make sure that on october first there weren't big news and feature stories on radio and t.v. from the morning shows through the evening news cycle about how the health exchanges were offering cheaper insurance than anybody imagined. how could these billionaires make sure that the start date of obamacare got buried in the news cycle so deeply that it was lost. under normal circumstances that kind of story killing with their hurricane or a massive earthquake or a crazed mass murderer or a gun man those things are kind of hard to control and predict so instead the billionaires turned to the politicians they own ted cruz look at who funds. the thirty or so tea party republicans in the house again look at who funds them and told them to pull off such a

(laughter) the kochs go with youth like peanut butter goes with ensuring. (laughter) what's up? generation opportunity is spearheading a campaign encouraging youth to opt out of obamacare. as the group's president youth raps to the street kids "what we're trying to communicate is, no, you're actually not required to buy health insurance, you might have to pay a fine but that's going to be cheaper for you and better for you." yes! it's going to be cheaper and better for you! not only do you get to pay a fine, you also don't get insurance! it's like renting instead of buying and then not getting a place to live! (laughter) and to reach the young lings, gen-op is hosting college football tailgate parties and passing out beer koozies that read "opt out." this is a great idea. because why would a drunk college student ever need health insurance? (laughter) (audience reacts) we'll be right back-- though i'm not sure about this guy. (laughter) >> stephen: hola. you just caught me celebrating hispanic culture. i'm wearing mexico's official hat and the traditional mexican area rug with t

the de-fund obama care tool kit, funded by the koch brothers. they spent $236 million over the past year to fund nearly basically every single component to shut down the effort. shut down the government to stop obama care, brought to you by the koch. well, today they wrote a letter saying really, we have no position on the shutdown, sure, they're are against obama care but are not actually doing anything about it, they're just funding all the groups that are trying to fund the shutdown. as the letter said, i am sure that is true. but they have funded the entire organizations that demanded the outcome and forced it on the country. who else? don't blame us? so the wheels are coming off here. the republicans don't agree on what they are trying to get and how they're trying to get it. and they are clearly moving into the phase where people are trying to make sure they are not getting the blame for what happened. it sort of feels like it is ending. an important question about how fast it ends, because the practical question about the shutdown is not

the way some people write about it, you would think there was no when ed koch was mayor. was rampant crime during those years and there are a lot of reasons for it. but what we did was to turn to what you call community policing. get cops out of their patrol cars and onto the street. and it worked well. the current police commissioner of new york was the first deputy police commissioner for the first year or so of my administration. i appointed him police windley brown had to step down because his wife was ill. they did every job from cadet to commissioner. he is a colonel in the marine corps and i was a private first class. as a matter of fact, i love to tell the story about how and one .ccasion, i greeted him my said, i have a title of own and i outrank you. petty officer first class united states coast guard reserve. she has been elevated to chief. if you encounter for anna veronicacall her -- kelly, call her chief and she will know you have been talking to me. tavis: you talk about any number of race incidents. in fact, it casts a light over you that did not shine so

he was mindful of democrats supporting and koch -- ed koch years ago. it is part of what makes him so influential and powerful. murdoch's world, the last of the old media empire. with halloween fast approaching, there is one more thing we wanted to show you tonight. it is being carved to risible a made from other pumpkins buzzing around it. at moreped the scales than 2000 pounds. you can find it there at that garden. that is it from us. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation, newman's own foundation, giving all profits to charity and pursuing the common good for over 30 years, and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to understand the industry you operate in, working to nurture new ventures and help provide capital for key strategic decisions. we offer expertise and tailored solutions in a wide range of industries. what can we do for you? >> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet, los angeles.

preprogram otherwise are going to do like the koch brothers do on your own private jet where the president should have said the postal delivery at least in the district of the republicans has come to an end actually the postal service to self funding. but come up with something cause some pain i know ronald reagan would have done that john mccain would have done that john boehner would have done that especially he got a free drink it's amazing to me how democrats are reasonable on these things the reason of course is that democrats actually believe that the government that george washington had three horses shot out from under him to create is something of value . democrats believe in this america that so many of our citizens of fought died to preserve over the years democrats believe in america on the other hand the republicans dismiss america and the reagan government isn't this the solution your problems the cause of your problems they believe in billionaires instead free markets transnational corporations an oligarchy where corporations are persons and billionaires have unlimited free

have to say and what the type of people who surround the koch's have to say anarky is just fine with them boehner has been always incapable of making his own decision he's always been the boy for the big money agenda and the big money agenda is really driving a large part of the sun. the president into that this is two thousand and thirteen two years ago in two thousand and eleven we saw the same little spectacle and that time the president caved in and said ok i'll give you something and my recollection is that led to the sequester. is it. a he says he's going to hold a hard line this time he's not going to negotiate with terrorists and hostage takers your thoughts on a his two thousand and eleven strategy versus two thousand and thirteen strategy and be whether or not he'll be able to actually hold that. well first of all you have to understand that you were naive if we believe that there is a huge element of the wall street democrat party the very wall street element of the democrat party that is still dead set on doing away with safety nets with doing away with what they call in