citizens united we saw with karl rove pulling together hundreds of billions of dollars or so sheldon adelson spend more money in the election than any person in history has ever spent and then you know american election but ultimately conservatives didn't do nearly as well as they had hoped they were there was actually a pretty big night for democrats does that fact less in i mean does it decrease how important this topic is when it comes to money in politics i mean will people just forgive be like oh i guess it didn't have that much effect let's move on. down the least unless you believe that you know we should've stopped or experimenting on airplanes when the wright brothers only got up to thirteen minute or thirteen seconds right when you have a new construct it takes time to put into place the citizens united ruling would allow corporations to free up their treasuries and spend whatever they wanted to buy elections only came down in two thousand and ten this was the first presidential election in which they went into play they were able using super pacs to buy the republican nomination f

an election then tried tried try again in two thousand and twelve we saw all billionaires like sheldon adelson and the koch brothers spend hundreds of millions of dollars trying to buy. our elections trying to put in place a conservative house conservative senate conservative white house that would do their bidding we also saw the republican lawmakers do their part with new voter id laws and cuts turly voting hours these efforts succeeded to make minorities and democratic voters wait in much longer lines on election day than whites and republican voters but ultimately ultimately these efforts came up short president obama stayed in the white house the democratic majority in the senate actually got bigger and republican house candidates received more than a million fewer votes nationwide than democratic house candidates and they were only able to keep the majority in the house republicans that is thanks to gerrymandering in two thousand and ten so when it comes to election rigging in two thousand and twelve conservatives failed. but they're already back at it again to the amazement of political

atlas shrugged it off avril world counterparts in the form of the koch brothers the waltons and sheldon adelson. duran there are the alice is holding up the world so in atlas shrugged when the billionaires tired of paying taxes and complying with government regulation and those billionaires went on strike iran wrote that the american economy promptly collapsed on the other side are the people that she calls the looters or everyone who isn't is rich or privileged or who believes in a democratic government small d. to provide basic services and power labor unions regulate the economy. according to iran they're the leeches of society and according to mitt romney was forty seven percent comments and as she told mike wallace in one nine hundred fifty nine they do not even deserve love. to our founding fathers looking out for the general welfare of the population was an explicit role of the government one of its most important and one of the reasons why our nation was created when we separated from britain but to iran and a government that taxed billionaires to help pay for health care and education

our elections are now completely out of whack eccentric billionaires like the koch brothers and sheldon adelson spending literally hundreds of millions of dollars investing in politicians to do their bidding they have endless negative ads paid for by shadowy super pacs or advocacy groups that can hide their donors meaning chinese business tycoons or saudi princes might be meddling in our elections for all we know but ever since the citizens united ruling and frankly even before a movement has been afoot around the nation to keep corporations out of our democracy led by move to amend dot org hundreds of cities across our nation have passed resolutions to overturn the supreme court's reckless decision and declare once and for all corporations are not people and money is not speech it is property and now this movement has hit the united states congress joining me for more on this is david cobb national spokesperson for move to a man david welcome and thank you tom it's always a pleasure to be on this program and i just want to thank you for acknowledging that the problem is corporations in our dem

this the guy who took money from sheldon adelson.this morning. >> there are some very deep rethinking we need to do as a party, but it isn't gathering up more money by washington consultants. >> michael: for the latest on the wars being waged on the battlefield we turn to christine pelosi, chair of the california democratic party women's caucus. i love hearing newt gingrich talk about the hype onning aresy that exists in his head. >> here is what we know the american people by a vast majority not only picked president obama but picked a progressive platform. that's what they did. they voted for a democratic president, democratic senate and democratic house. and so as the republicans take a look amongst themselves it's not matter of get a better billionaire. >> michael: yeah, and these older elephants literally and figuratively, they are not the ones who will decide the fate of the party, so i'm curious as to what you make of this insiding. i mean predict a winner for me here. >> unfortunately the losers are the american people. becau

of this from other billionaires who figure out how to do this in a more targeted way than say sheldon adelsonows $100 million at karl rove and says do what you will with it. >> john: and adelson does it for himself whereas bloomberg does not have a personal profit motivate. he does it to improve the lives of americans shocking. so do mayor bloomberg and others who may joan him pose a real threat to the nra's influence finally? >> i do think that's true. you have to fight fire with fire. look, it's not the nra's money and it's not begun owners' money. this is the unrestricted, unregulated money from the unregulated gun industry that is predominantly controlled by a wall street equity group, the smith and wesson and other ammunition makers who literally have no restrictions on how they make or market their product and congress gave them immuneity from lawsuit in '08. imagine if you're in the business of making guns, and you can sell them to criminals overtly, directly, without getting sued, you can make guns like the guns used at column mine with a finish resistant to fingerprints. or penetrati

billionaires' like the industrialist koch brothers and the casino magnate sheldon adelson.super pacs like americans for prosperity and karl rove's crossroads gps. through them, hundreds of millions of dollars have been poured into right-wing causes and candidates. it turns out this web of dark money donations is even more secretive than previously thought. that is because the operations of a largely unknown group have come to light -- a group called donors trust. it is a non-profit charity based in virginia. since 1999, donors trust is handed out nearly $400 million in private donations to more than 1000 right-wing and libertarian groups. the fact donors trust has been it to quietly do so appears to explain why it exists -- wealthy donors can back the right-wing causes they want without attracting public scrutiny. the owners trust is classified as a donor advised fund under u.s. tax law, meaning its funders do not have direct say in where the money goes. that in turn allows them to remain largely anonymous. >> but the most detailed accounting to date shows donors trust fund

reportedly sheldon adelson has two. governor miller is on the board and friends with all of them.ers meet and vote on board members march 5th. two told me, quote, this is a small town. >>> by the way, only one analyst report on the wynn situation. it is all in japanese. i just see here, neutral. but the rest, i can't tell you. >> other headlines to tell but this hour. can kimberly clark with a record high after increasingity dividend to 81 cents a year. >>> washington post losing ground. a q4 loss after $111 million layoff forty cap lin educational business. the business accounts for after of the washington post company's total revenue. >>> american international have w better than expected earnings. lance armstrong cycles back into the headline zone. wait until you hear what he is saying about the post office. you won't believe he is running up credit card debt faster than anyone else. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] any technology not moving forward is moving backward. [ engine turns over, tires squeal ] and you'll find advanced safety technology like an available heads-

there have become increasingly competitive and opinionated, spurred by american casino mogul sheldon adelsono owns the country's most widely read daily paper. find that along with all of our reports from israel. and on making sense, larry kotlikoff spins a tale of marriage, murder and social security. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. jeff? >> brown: and that's the newshour for tonight. on tuesday, we'll look at the president's second term tactics for pushing his proposals on a variety of issues. i'm jeffrey brown. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you, and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> macarthur foundation. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> this is "b

there have become increasingly competitive and opinionated, spurred by american casino mogul sheldon adelsonns the country's most widely read daily paper. find that along with all of our reports from israel. and on making sense, larry kotlikoff spins a tale of marriage, murder and social security. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. jeff? >> brown: and that's the newshour for tonight. on tuesday, we'll look at the president's second term tactics for pushing his proposals on a variety of issues. i'm jeffrey brown. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you, and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> macarthur foundation. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

. >> sheldon adelson is on his way to new york, you should have him on the show tomorrow.ally more appropriate for their management team. >> i'll tell him you told me to call. jason, thank you for your time. all right, let's hit money in motion at this point and check out the currency trade. we are talking about the yen touching its lowest levels against the dollar since 2010. will the currency's plunge continue? let's get the trade with amelia bourdeau. usually in currency trading, the trend is your friend. what do you say? >> yes, it is and it is here. it's going to continue higher. japanese authorities a few weeks ago kind of gave a green light to investors by saying dollar yen at 100 wasn't that concerning. so, the market is going to take it there. only a matter of time. so, as you mentioned, melissa, we did trade earlier today, through 94, the figure and it's only a matter of time before we go back to the 2009 highs of 95, the figure. so, i'm looking to get in right here where we are trading, 93.50 level. i'm targeting 95.50 and i'm going to put a stop down at 92.45.

shrugged but both have real world counterparts in the form of the koch brothers the waltons and sheldon adelson. and there are the alice's holding up the world so an atlas shrugged when the billionaires tired of paying taxes and complying with government regulation and those billionaires went on strike iran wrote that the american economy promptly collapsed on the other side are the people who she calls the looters or everyone who isn't is rich or privileged or who believes in a democratic government small d. to provide basic services and power labor unions regulate the economy according to iran they're the leeches of society and according to mitt romney with his forty seven percent comments and as she told mike wallace in one nine hundred fifty nine they do not even deserve love to our founding fathers looking out for the general welfare of the population was an explicit role of the government one of its most important and one of the reasons why our nation was created when we separated from britain but to iran and a government that taxed billionaires to help pay for health care and education f

our elections are now completely out of whack eccentric billionaires like the koch brothers and sheldon adelson spending literally hundreds of millions of dollars investing in politicians to do their bidding we have endless negative ads paid for by shadowy super pacs or advocacy groups that can hide their donors meaning chinese business tycoons or saudi princes might be meddling in our elections for all we know but ever since the citizens united ruling and frankly even before it a movement has been afoot around the nation to keep corporations out of our democracy led by move to amend dot org hundreds of cities across our nation have passed resolutions to overturn the supreme court's reckless decision and declare once and for all corporations are not people and money is not speech it is property and now this movement has hit the united states congress joining me for more on this is david cobb national spokesperson for move to a david welcome. thank you tom it's always a pleasure to be on this program and i just want to thank you for acknowledging that the problem is corporations in our democracy

casino billionaire sheldon adelson is suing a journalist for liable. a way to contrast with he plaintiff. adelson is seeking damages. and the senate is scheduled to vote again today on the confirmation of former senator chuck hagel for secretary of defense. harry reid needs 60 votes to get the vote to the floor of the senate, after which he is expected to be confirmed after what has been a long serve -- seven weeks. michael shure: this show is about being up to date so a lot of my work happens by doing the things that i am given to doing anyway. joy behar: you can say anything here. jerry springer: i spent a couple of hours with a hooker joy behar: your mistake was writing a check jerry springer: she never cashed it (vo) the day's events. four very unique points of view. tonight starting at 6 eastern. the bar harbor bake is really worth trying. [ male announcer ] get more during red lobster's lobsterfest. with the year's largest selection of mouth-watering lobster entrees. like our delicious lobster lover's dream, featuring two kinds of succulent lobst

when people ask me why supertax, i say don't blame it sheldon adelson. -- why super pacs. we talk about how parties help solve these collective action problems, but here is the problem -- a campaign finance system makes it tougher because a contrarian -- it constrains the party so much. it started with the federal election campaign act. the logical thing is candid its control their own campaigns. individuals -- alternately there is a great system for incumbents. they build a huge war chest and vastly else than challengers. but in the party system changed in the 1990's with intense competition. that fec promoted an inefficient distribution system of money. the parties were treated marginally better than interest groups. the response was to use soft money to help more candidates and more close races. when the soft money was shot off, the parties turned to independent spending. sadly, some of the surgeons of money could have been avoided if the federal election campaign act had been adjusted for inflation. if the $20,000 limit was adjusted for inflation, the parties could rec