so unlike most of the other mega-political donors, rebecca mercer is essentially a housewife withoutiness of her own to run who is in a position to really then get involved in a detailed way in the trump campaign, in the details. then, as we saw, on the trump transition team, you didn't see any of the other trump donors sitting around pushing -- yes -- in that kind of way, but what is really different about the mercer's is not only did they lobby very hard to have their preferred candidate and people they knew very well to then work with him, they actually want to blowup the whole political system. they wanted to blow up the republican establishment and the vehicle through which they wanted to do that was this originally british data science firm, scl, which has been renamed cambridge analytical. the reason that is important is that the way the political system works is that all these data science companies use in these political campaigns, in america, traditionally, are affiliated with either the republican party or the democrat. what the mercer's did, particular after they saw mitt

>> rebecca mercer you just talked about is an heiress, the daughter of bob mercer a hedge fund gazillionaireoth very very far right and they came in and supported trump starting about last august. they are credited with helping pull him over the finish line. rebecca mercer sat on the transition team. she's been calling some shots who trump has hired and now they're running this outside support group. kind of a private propaganda machine run by a couple of multi-multi-millionaires and billionaires. >> the father, mercer, as rel relayed in your article, has some pretty extreme ex sccentri views? >> this is one of the things that fascinated me. there have been stories about the mercers but been very hard to know what did they really believe? who are they? what do they want? i spent a lot of time trying to figure out what they really believe and finally found people who work with bob mercer who said he barely speaks. he'd rather talk to cats than hum humans, he doesn't give interviews but he has very odd views of things like nuclear war. he thinks for instance it was good for the japanese health

but rebecca mercer i think found these summits frustrating, and she thought they were too soft on immigration and on trade. she also, you know, thought no one paid enough attention to her. >> cohan: is she an ego maniac? does she need the attention? >> even people who would call themselves supporters and friends of hers call her a force. >> cohan: is that a euphemism for something? >> she's leerl an assertive personality. someone who definitely considers themselves a friend of hers says she perhaps has a low e.q., which means, obviously, she has low e.q., she doesn't read a room well. what she's interested in is politics, her agenda and getting it across. and she first got herself really noticed after the mitt romney loss in 2012 when she stood up in the university club in new york and berated the room for saying, you know, he'd had a terrible canvassing and data operation, you know, and scolded them all, and everyone was sort of, like, who is this woman? >> cohan: there are great details in this story. i want to talk about some quickly. steve bannon being in clark of biosphere -- being in ch

and rebecca mercer, who is the daughter of the hedge fund manager, is very closely intwined in the running he reads all the stories, apparently, according to an insider i talked to and fly specks the typos and grammar and things like that. you have to believe it's somewhat to a large extent reflects their views. >> thanks to citizens united, they now have incredibly outsized influence in our elections and in, as you said, trying to shape the country in their very odd image. jane mayer, thanks for being here. >> so glad to be with you. >>> up next, trump's interview with bill o'reilly's sidekick. what happens next? nothing. only glad has febreze to neutralize odors for 5 days. guaranteed. even the most perceptive noses won't notice the trash. be happy. it's glad. managing my diabetes has been a struggle. i considered all my options with my doctor, who recommended once-daily toujeo®. w m on the path to better blood sugar control. toujeo® is a long-acting insulin from the makers of lantus®. it releases slowly, providing consistent insulin levels for a full 24 hours, proven full 24-hour blood

it looks into trump campaign megadonor, rebecca mercer.g makers. more republican names such as the koch brothers and singer sat out the election. the mercers sent millions of dollars to a campaign that seemed beyond salvaging. that explains how rebecca secured a spot on the trump transition team. before this point, rebecca's resume consisted of a run trading stocks and bonds. a longer stint running the family's foundation and along with her two sisters, the management of an online gourmet cookie shop. now, the foot soldier who is would remake or unmake the united states government in trump's image. vickie joins us now. wow. where do we begin? i want to go home and take a shower. >> i know. it gets worse. >> all right, take it. how does it get worse? let's go right to the point. >> okay. rebecca is unpresented for several reasons. one, most megadonors have huge businesses of their own that they need to run. they haven't got the time to sit around on presidential transition teams, pushing for their conditioneds. >> which one is rebekah? >> t