the interests of big coal so much because he gets a lot of money from it and especially from robert murray's murray energy one of the largest coal mining operators in america according to a piece in the new republic murray all but coerces his employees into donating to republican political campaigns and threatens to cut their bonuses or demote them if they don't the new republic also notes that murray energy has contributed one hundred twenty thousand dollars to romney's campaign already this year and contributor to a total of one point four million dollars to other republicans including scott brown rand paul and james inhofe are bad enough that murray's at the helm of a company that is actively destroying our environment but threatening his employees if they don't make favorable political can't contributions that is very very shortly. after the break what could america possibly learn from a tiny landlocked underdeveloped nation of only seven hundred thousand people well the fact is we could learn a lot i'll explain what and why insights deleted. more news today violence is once again flared

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romney thanked the miners' boss murray energy ceo robert murray for his efforts. >> i'll tell you, you a great boss. he runs a great operation here. bob, where are you, bob? there he is. >> now i just wonder why romney was just gushing all over and all about murray? in addition to forcing miners to stay behind romney without pay murray also pressured his salaried employees to give to republican candidates deemed worthy by the company. you know, candidates who are for deregulation and certainly anti-union. salaried employees are expected to contribute to the company pac through automatic payroll deductions. documents obtained by "the new republic" show company officials track, they actually follow who is giving and who is not. if employees don't comply murray calls them out on it. all of this pressure turns into real big money for republican politicians. mitt romney himself gained $120,000 in support from murray employees alone. in 2007, since 2007 employees of murray energy and its subsidiaries along with their families and the murray pac, well, they have contributed over $1.4 million

his name's robert murray. he runs murray energy in ohio.the one who forced miners to attend this romney rally without pay. ohio democrats, they want an investigation. now the federal elections commission is giving murray 15 days to respond to allegations he strong armed his employees to make campaign contributions. murray says re-electing the president will destroy his employees. he's got a conspiracy theory, which actually made a fox news anchor laugh. >> it's a human issue to me, because it's the lives and livelihoods of my employees, neil, that he is destroying. the next thing you're going to have obama doing is asking for legislation to pay people's electric bills. >> murray's not the only boss trying to put a thumb on the election scale. time share billionaire david siegel is now explaining his pressure tactics to cnbc. siegel's the guy building the biggest mansion in america. he sent an e-mail telling employees he'd lose his motivation to work if the president's re-elected. he's threatening to retire and close up shop. siegel swears h

robert murray, ceo of coal giant murray energy is here in a fox business exclusive to tell us who heeally a friend and who is a foe. >>> two syrian oil and gas pipelines are blown up near the

robert murray, ceo of coal giant murray energy is here in a fox business exclusive to tell us who helly a friend and who is a foe. >>> two syrian oil and gas pipelines are blown up near the

robert murray accused of forcing coal workers to attend this romney rally in ohio.ers, well, they say they didn't even get paid for it. these examples are part of romney's bigger picture, bigger plan, bigger campaign plan. you heard him on the phone. now he's talking to conservatives. what do you think they're going to do? tell them to vote for obama? here's -- he's advising basically every boss he knows to tell their employees how to vote. it might be legal, but is it morally correct and is it right? let's bring in john nichols, washington correspondent for "the nation" magazine and author of the book "uprising." great to have you with us. could this impact the election? is it that big? >> yes, absolutely. you have to see it as part of the master plan. why was mitt romney on that call? he's a busy man. he's doing a lot of stuff. why is this so important to go on a call with all sorts of bosses across the country and personally make that ask? because structurally we see television, we hear radio, we see that side of the campaign. this is the under the surface campai

robert murray sent a letter to employees asking them to donate if they did not, the coal industry wille eliminated and so will your job. he forced them to pay a rally for mitt romney in ohio. in response, the obama campaign produced this biting ad. >> see the coal miners in these ads, turns out attendance was mandatory. the mine was closed, lost the pay they needed all to be props in romney's commercial. >> they feel forced. they had to take the day off without pay but took a roll call. they had a list of who was there and who wasn't. they felt they would not have a job if they did not attend. >> we are joined by monica from new york university school of law where she focuses on first amendment issues and alex, who did the reporting for the report. you have been doing the best campaign reporting for the cycle. everybody should be checking out what you are doing. it's fantastic reporting. i can't praise it enough. people should check out the story in the times. the part that we talked about with coke industries letter is a small portion of a long and lengthy investigative look into coke

murray energy ceo, robert murray will discuss which candidates are friend or foe of the coal industrythat is 5:00 p.m. eastern on fox business. lori: you made a great point about the google doodle. how will they handle it from a pr perspective? much more on the google issue today, let's call it the google debacle. let's not go that far yet. many say the presidential election will shape the markets. one big money manager says no matter who wins, join tracy byrnes and ashley webster. here they come next on fox business. tracy: good afternoon, everybody, i'm ashley webster. tracy: i'm tracy byrnes. what an afternoon, google shares halted after an early -pearnings release showed the company missed profit and sales target but google not commenting whether the numbers are actually correct. we'll bring you the very latest on this fast developing story. ashley: been a strange day, that's for sure. questions about china's gdp. one analyst says the government's numbers not reliable but we know that. he came up with his own gauge on china's growth. that is straight ahead. tracy: everybody's numb

would be for russia to do their first winter olympics into the best games ever robert brilliant forty. in tennis andy murray is defending his shanghai masters crown against novak djokovic in a repeat of the u.s. open final the match is just getting underway murray beat world number one roger federer in the termes and has a number let me record in shanghai never losing in these last three taunts here joke which though he's out of revenge having lost that it's a us open final said murray. now let's go to goal for john manning is feeling the pressure a bit at the frys dot com open in california the american remains on course for his maiden p.g.a. tour title but saw his four shot lead cut to two on the penultimate day card in eight shots carded eight shots worse than his course record equalling sixty two the day before although this effort on the thirteenth was pretty impressive nonetheless but breathing down his neck is swayed blixt he shot a sixty six to move him within two shots of the lead and just a further stroke back child and jason core cracks i want to play for you just one round remaining. or through

would be for russia to turn their first winter olympics into the best games ever robert brilliant r.t. . now in tennis andy murray is defending his shanghai masters crown against novak djokovic in a repeat of the u.s. open final and he's on the verge of winning it for the third straight time he's this set up and it's five five in the second to say that djokovic has just gone six five up in that second set a win for murray would end would continue a phenomenal season that he's having already be cheered in the year to win his first grand slam at the u.s. open not to mention as a limpet goal he won after defeating roger federer at the london games but he's still very close murray seventy five up in the first set but it is now of peace now six five in the second. let's switch to golf where john milling that is feeling the pressure of the friday's dot com open in california the american remains on course for his maiden p.g.a. tour title but saw his four shot lead to to you on the penultimate day mullingar hit a course record of sixty two the day before but was way off that sort of form on saturday carving a seventy al

robert flores. >> all right, joe. moments ago georgia may have gotten enough distance between themselves and number 2 florida. aaron murray to malcolm mitchell. the freshman goes in for the score and it's 17-9 georgia over number 2 florida. the gators and notre dame, the only teams to beat three ranked opponents this season. number five, notre dame, led by manti te'o will try to make it four tonight as they take on number 8 oklahoma, 8:00 eastern. >> joe: thanks, robert. the miscues for usc. arizona back to business. ka'deem carey. he carries the ball to the 43. six-yard gain for ka'deem carey, tackled by leonard williams. >> matt: tess, we've been talking about all this offense that usc has been putting up, but here's been the story of the day. marqise lee is what he is, but interceptions, fumbles, turnovers. 12 penalties. those mean you're beating yourself. >> joe: matt scott spin move and only gets to the 40 as he was trying to get away from lamar dawson. third and about a yard. >> matt: i would think the way they have been doing it so far, this is two-down territory -- i mean four downs, rather, for what rich rodrigue