u.s. chamber of commerce and corporate america got into the game that year lewis powell . it was paul supreme court justice wrote actually this is a few months before he was appointed supreme court he wrote a memo to him his best friend next door neighbor the president of the u.s. chamber of commerce suggesting the businesses should start investing more money in political lobbying in college curricula and in media to push a pro corporate agenda powell likely had no idea how influential his memo would become and the damage to america it would cause but his her gene corporate america went to work funding think tanks buying up the media and hiring sympathetic college professors to teach the values of the corporate run so-called free market by the time i ran died in one thousand nine hundred two ironically on social security and be cared for with medicare for because of her lung cancer corporate elite had succeeded in injecting or her rationalization for selfishness into modern day conservatism and with ronald reagan in the white house it was time to start making things happen

u.s. chamber of commerce which is a very very large corporate fund group and we you know decades people have been trying to figure out who its members are and who finds we know a few of them because they're on the board or they voluntarily disclose a few corporations but they have literally hundreds of members and we don't know who's funding ads when when they drop a hundred million dollars of ads in back to election like in twenty ten so it let me ask you this who is getting more of the funding. from trade associations as a republicans or as a democrat this point tend to lean more towards republicans they have sort of an edge when it comes to the congressional elections in two thousand and twelve for now and then may switch going into the election into a job and things are kind of up in the air but you know historically the outside groups they were going to one side or the other used to be five twenty seven groups which were the big deal and those were almost all for the democrats. but now you know things have shifted a lot and i think most of the big trees associations and other side group

u.s. chamber of commerce and then those organizations can use their money in elections this is separate the money but as we all know that's kind of a silly excuse because if you're not using money if you know protest chairs you'll be using them for elections. that was said giuliani communications an outreach coordinator for united republic now trade associations aren't the only ones giving the presidential candidates a big boost both men are getting some star power to boost their popularity last week we watched clint eastwood deliver a colorful speech at the r. and c. and this week's democratic convention has also been star studded scarlett johannson actually was just giving a speech at the d.n.c. just to my moments ago so what actually happens after the convention curtains drop artie's own liz wall gives us an inside look at hollywood glitz that goes hand in hand with the election season. the red carpet rolled out the swarm of media awaits the arrival of the stars fresh out of the democratic national convention we just left president clinton's speech which was electrifying in and rallying

u.s. chamber of commerce in angeles. virginia senator mark warner m kaine will hit the road of the commonwealth .oday beginning in norfolk both democrats will end the day with a kickoff and dale city and alexandria. tim kaine and george allen will televised first debate on thursday in mclean. >> big news from the national zoo. people have been g for this. the female giant panda gave to her baby panda bear last night. the cub.ave heard a coup it was her second as a result of artificial insemination. we will have more details in a live report coming up in our next hour. >> they only have a 10% chance of conceiving. apple has won another big case t samsung. >> lower manhattan already up to occupy wall street. now. bell >> a big day for the occupy wall street movement. it plans to commemorate its one- anniversary. e at 7:00 a.m. this near the new york stock exchange. nypd has already made dozens of arrests on the weekend. againstase technologyr patented with the international trade commission. this is apple's second u.s. mont

u.s. chamber of commerce distributed nationwide to businesses. amber of commerce expanded its budget. business round table. now everybody takes it for granted today. it was formed three months after louis powell's memo. businesses expanded their offices lobbying here. then the business power came up when jimmy carter and the democrats were in charge in 19778. turned the whole thing -- 1978. turned the whole thing around. that was the beginning of the story. that was the business rebellion that began to steal the american dream from the middle class. >> oh, gosh. i want to ask you, you know, in a presidential election, an opinion? >> i'm not going to do that. this is not about the election. this is -- we're not going to get to a smart fix in this country unless we understand how we got in the trouble we're in. neither of these guys at the moment are telling you. we're not getting down to the bottom of this thing. this is about people out around the country, in ohio n california, in washington state. it's about how the 401(k) program isn't working.

u.s. chamber of commerce. but first, an exclusive interview with the chief of u.s. air force. space command general william shelton. few commanders are more operationally integral to all arms of u.s. warfighting than the air force space command that develops, launches, and operates the constellations of satellites and ground systems that make possible critical global services from gps, reconnaissance, missile warning, weather communications, or tracking orbiting spacecraft and debris. but developing satellites, launching them, and operating them for long periods of time is expensive business at a time when demand for space-based assets for everything from reconnaissance, surveillance communications, and moving massive amounts of data is soaring. so shelton is leading efforts to cut costs by increasingly leaning on commercial space suppliers. we caught up with general shelton at the air force association's annual conference near washington, d.c. i asked him how sequestration will impact the command so important to global capabilities. >> it's a very good question. we don't know

u.s. chamber of commerce and said american industry, the free enterprise system is under assault from the labor union movement. from ralph nader and the consumer movement. from a salt from regulatory agencies from the environmental protection agency. a lot of agencies, agencies that wereet up by richard nixon. the republican president that regarded himself as a friend of industry and loved to hobnob with the captains of industry and poll said they have to go fight and industry -- get organized. they have to play hard ball aggressively and that is what happened. the chamber of commerce circulated the polls memorandum as it is known to business leaders all over the country. the business roundtable, the most powerful force for major corporations in america was formed. the national association of manufacturers moved its headquarters to washington. the national federation of independent businesses clip from 3000 members in 1971 yo 600,000 by 1980. business developed all this muscle. business had 18,000 registered lobbyists and pr people. 50,000 people working for their trade associations in wa

know where it's coming from because it'll say the "chamber of commerce," or it'll say a, "improve america," a project of the chamber of commerce. >>> the u.s. chamber is responsible for the content of this advertising. >>> the u.s. chamber is responsible for the content of this advertising. >>> the u.s. chamber of commerce is responsible for the content of this advertising. >>> so you know when they spend it directly, at least what part of the economy it's coming from. however, they may well give that money to another organization which isn't even got their name on it. so if they end up giving it to a (c) (4) which then spends the money and that group is called better america, you don't know where better america's money came from. so it is, these groups do not themselves disclose their donors. and again, you know, most of their work is lobbying, it's oriented towards issues. you may well be right, that they have really strong policy positions. but what they would say is, "the money we spend directly on political ads is not a major part of what we do." >> what about foreign companies, foreign groups, multinationals? i know you remember the

chamber of u.s. chamber of commerce has many members that are transnational corporations that are pumping in there that are basically laundering tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars through the chamber for advertising that's basically largely directed to support republicans and trash democrats. absolutely and it's prophetic i mean but we have it in our power to stop it the be answers as clear as the nose on your face but it'll be as difficult as climbing mount everest and it's this stop voting for democrats or republicans vote for anybody else i'm voting for governor gary johnson the libertarian candidate for president i refuse to play this folly and i urge all americans you want to take the country back then stop voting for coke and pepsi because that's the only option we're given right now wouldn't it be more effective to work for a new zealand australia both used to have our first past the poll winner take all system that creates a two party system and they feel they've got to they did away with that by bringing in instant runoff voting ranks voting they call you know where you can vote for c

u.s. chamber of commerce are controlling. what might they do with a massive media buy a week or two out from the election that that you know what kind of what kind of lies or what kind of realities for that matter might be they'd be able to drop on on obama the democrats heads in a time in the you know an october surprise. is it a time window where it's impossible to respond appropriately i think you see that money go into the state senate races you see the go in the congressional races you see it move away from mitt romney and what the best thing they can do at this point look it's not it's far from over don't get me wrong i'm not one of these people who say this is over it's not over at all but if you're making a tactical decision right now and you understand that this is the last great hope for the republican party that the republican party has been if there's been a hostile takeover of the republican party and you're no longer in control of your party what you start doing is you start building again and you build in little

u.s. chamber of commerce and we made sure that we were there. this from the experience, i know that veterans tend to do well in our careers. usually it is just a matter of letting them know all the different opportunities that are out there. giving us a chance to get them into our interviewing process. neil: i know you remind folks given the discipline and organization of the veterans in general, that they are of interest to employers because they are very loyal. for another thing, they worked their butts off. is that message getting through? >> i think that it is. i think in our career, especially having daily disciplines, it serves them very well and the financial services field. they have a sense of service. they join the military to protect the country and they serve the nation. now, in our field, they really serve our communities. one family, one business at a time. we find that just that reliability, that discipline, that willingness to serve others, it always serves them really well and serves our policy is part of our field force. neil: w

u.s. chamber of commerce, 20 years later, came out with another study. this is the u.s. chamber of commerce. this is not the social scientists. these are hardheaded business people. what did they say in the u.s. chamber of commerce report? we've got to put more money spew preschoo -- moremoney into pres. well, we at the federal level have been doing that through a program called head start, and we've had head start, i think if i'm not mistaken, since about 1968. high-quality early childhood education has been proven to save taxpayer dollars in the long run by reducing the costs for welfare, special education, and, might i add, criminal justice. read that -- jail time. one of the highest correlative -- in fact, if i'm not mistaken, the highest correlative factor for people who are incarcerated in our prisons is the lack of a high school education. urn the romney-ryan budget, up to 200,000 low-income children and their families could lose access to head start, again, in fiscal year 2014. i'm not talking about over the next ten years. i'm talking about in one year, 2014. we

u.s. chamber of commerce in los angeles and tonight an exclusive interview on telemundo. he was spotted saturday attending his grandson's soccer game in massachusetts. he was supposed to attend a rally sunday in colorado but called that off after a small plane crashed at that airport, killing one person. he did not want to distract from the emergency response. president obama taking steps to fight off republican criticism. today he will launch a new trade enforcement cases against china to target chinese subsidies for exported cars and parts. the trip to ohio includes stops in cincinnati and columbus. the first lady will campaign in gainesville, florida. vice president joe biden will speak in iowa. republican vice presidential nominee paul ryan will give a speech to supporters in des moines iowa. >> redskins fans reeling after last night's game. they separate the first loss of the r.g. iii and era to the rams. he did not have a bad game though, before the rams struck back. what the redskins thought was a bad call exploded on the field. mike shanahan said the team still ha

u.s. chamber of commerce, the hispanic chamber of commerce addressing immigration and unemployment with thepanics. this is a push to court latino voters emphasizing the rising latino stars backing him. why are the numbers barely budging? we turn to a texas republican. why is that? what is going on here, sir? why do latinos, generally vote almost lock step, democratic? >>guest: well, neil, i am a life-long american, born here in texas a son hispanic parents. they immigrated in mexico. i represent a 70 percent hispanic district. this is a preface: the issues here in texas are jobs, the economy, health care and education. those the top issues. i also think there is so much rhetoric coming from the obama camp and the democrats. they are employing a rhetoric of division and rhetoric of mistruths that tell the hispanic community these people are the boogieman and that is the problem. as i go through my district, that is 70 percent hispanic, the issues are concern whether their spouse will maintain their job; whether the children will be able to get a good education and find a good job in 9 econom

u.s. hispanic chamber of commerce in los angeles, mitt romney tried to lay out a new approach to immigrationolicies. dave o'brien has details. >> republican presidential candidate mitt romney worked the rope line at the u.s. hispanic chamber of commerce luncheon at this afternoon in downtown los angeles, after appealing to latino unfriend laura's that he is the one that has a plan to put hispanics and other americans back to work. >> if we do those five things, if we take advantage of her energy resources in full and fix our schools, and open more trade, and we cut the deficit, and we truly champion small business, our economy is going to come roaring back. we can do better than this lackluster economy, we can create 12 million jobs. >> with the national latino unemployment rate hovering at 10% to entire in california, four years after the recession hit. some republicans believe that more latinos might be receptive to his economic message, and even consider his plan for immigration reform. >> i will work with republicans and democrats to permanently fix the immigration system. we will never

of course you think about his audience, hispanics, he's at the u.s. hispanic chamber of commercet quickly, if you're curious, because i was, in terms of the latest numbers, recent gallop poll gives obama a big among latinos. coming up next, one of romney's more famous speeches, the one he gave in tampa at the rnc got a lot of criticism and now reports the republican speech changed dramatically in the days leading up to it. we'll talk to the editor in chief of politico. they broke the story. they have the scoop. that is next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] at&t. the nation's largest 4g network. now covering 3000 more 4g cities and towns than verizon. at&t. rethink possible. ♪ ♪ one, two, three, four ♪ you say ♪ flip it over and replay ♪ we'll make everything okay ♪ walk together the right way ♪ do, do, do, do with a vial and syringe. me, explaining what i was doing at breakfast. and me discovering novolog mix 70/30 flexpen. flexpen is pre-filled with your pre-mix insulin. dial the exact dose. inject by pushing a button. no vials, syringes or coolers to carr flexpen is insulin delivery

u.s. chamber of commerce agreed -- i will not give an early christmas to go in to businesses and make surel regulate our businesses and kill jobs. i agree with the globe. >> this was equal pay for equal work and senator brown voted against it. let's be clear about the language of the blunt amendment. it does not talk about a religious exemption. it talks about any moral objection. it talks about insurance companies. i do not think that is what senator can be fought for. it is inappropriate for senator brown to characterize senator kennedy's work in that way. senator kennedy fought for women to have a full range of health- care services. >> we are both pro-choice. we both support roe v. wade. she is wrong. i will make sure the catholics are not pitted against their faith. on the women's rise in terms of their pay, we have laws on the books,lillie ledbetter is already in effect. anyone who feels they are discriminated against can bring positive action. the boston chamber of commerce -- chamber of commerce -- i agree with them. i will not give lawyers an early christmas present. >> senator br

u.s. chamber of commerce, americans for prosperity, and crossroads gps, which had altered their ads after being compelled to disclose who funded them. in a statement, democratic congressmember christopher had hollen of maryland, who brought the initial case that won the disclosure rule, said -- the magazine mother jones has released the full version of the secret mitt romney campaign speech that has sparked a national controversy. in one excerpt from the tape, recorded at a romney fundraiser in florida earlier this year, mitt romney says palestinians don't want peace with israel and suggests his middle east policy would be to do nothing and hope for the best. >> the obama campaign has pounced on romney's widely reported statement on the video that nearly half the country is dependent on government aid and sees themselves as victims. in washington, white house press secretary jay carney drew a contrast between romney and obama's view of the electorate. >> when your president of the united states, your president of all the people, not just the people who voted for you. you have heard the pre

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u.s. hispanic chamber of commerce which will hear mitt romney speak tomorrow. >> it's the government's responsibility to create an environment in which small businesses can succeed. what i am most frustrated with, honestly as a business owner, is this incredible toxic political environment. >> reporter: president obama leads romney by 2 to 1 with hispanic voters and is aggressively trying to register more. romney is trying to cut into that margin by targeting the 3 million hispanic owned businesses. >> these are people that depend on entrepreneurship to feed their family, to put food on their table. small businesses create 60% of the vast 345 jority of jobs in this country and hispanic-owned businesses are growing at twice the rate. >> reporter: tomorrow carlos galvan plans to be among the thousands of hispanic business leaders from around the country who will hear romney. >> primarily because he is saying the things that i want to hear as a businessperson. >> reporter: and what galvan and vaca say they want to hear from either candidate is less regulation, lower taxes and more assets to capitol. kar

u.s. hispanic chamber of commerce and interview with the spanish network telemundo. he will hold events in texas. the awards a message in a tight presidential race some african american clergy see no good candidate in the race for president won who is a mormon and the other back same-sex marriage. anne mackovic with more. >>> sunday at mount zion church in berkeley for some that means talking politics >>> i don't make recommendations might push is to make sure they vote. >>> in a acp is registering people to thousand eight obama 1 over 95 percent of black voters expected to get an overwhelming majority again but cannot afford to lose much of the base. the president cannot and support of same sex marriage, a touchy issue >>> yes it is >>> on the other hand mitt romney is mormon religion that once barred man of african descent from priesthood >>> i don't really think their religious background or denomination i believe what they can do for the people what they could do to effect change in our nation that is what is important >>> this is about rights. >>> the in a act c

u.s.-hispanic chamber of commerce which will hear mitt romney speak. >> it's government's responsibility to create an environment in which small businesses can succeed. what i am most frustrated with, honestly as a business owner, is this incredible toxic political environment. [ speak being foreign language ] >> reporter: president obama leads romney by 2-1 with hispanic voters and aggressively trying to register more. romney is trying to cut into that margin by targeting 3 million hispanic owned businesses. >> these are people that depend on entrepreneurship to feed their families, put food on their table. small businesses create 60% of the vast majority of jobs in this country and hispanic owned businesses are growing at 23%. >> reporter: carlos plans to be among thousands of hispanic business leaders from around the country who will hear romney. >> primarily he's saying things i want to here. >> reporter: they both want to hear from either candidate is less regulation, lower taxes and more assets to capital. karen brown, cbs news, los angeles. >> chicago mayor rahm emanuel is seeking

u.s. chamber of commerce said professor warns tax policies and her approach to them are the greatest threat to free enterprise. it is said it would cut 700,000 jobs, 17,000 in massachusetts. these are independent groups who have analyzed and pointed this out. i am going to protect the hard- working men and women, the job creators, the people getting up in the middle of the night and creating jobs. >> i think the point here is the chamber of commerce has not talked about my particular proposals. what i am talking about is how scott brown has already voted and also talking about what he said in his own voice last week that it wanted to make crystal clear. and that is that he would like taxes go up for 90% of families in order to protect tax breaks for the top 2%. >> in an appearance on the spanish-language network on thursday, president obama faced tough questions over his immigration policies. including his failure to fulfill a campaign promise to enact comprehensive immigration reform during his first your office. obama called the lack of immigration reform "the biggest full-year" of his pr

u.s. chamber of commerce today. the romney campaign says he'll provide more detail on his policies especially on the economy this week. however, on a conference call a little while ago that i was on, his aides said they would not be detailing how they're going to pay for his tax cuts. >> john harwood, thank you very much. >>> the romney camp striking back after the stinging new article in politico in which it describes the campaign as, "stumbling." more now from politico executive editor, jim vandehai. i want to start with a quote from your story to get your reaction from the stories we just heard in the news. one report is a growing number of conservatives, not necessarily affiliated with the campaign but not necessarily not affiliated with it, are blamie ing stuart stevens for advocating a campaign of caution, one that puts all the emphasis not on how good romney could be, but how bad obama is. we've just heard that ed gillespie, a long-time gop hand, has come in and is advancing a new thrust that would flip that.

of ohio with stops in cincinnati and columbus. while there, president obama will announce the new trade enforcement case against china over cars and parts. mitt romney speaks to the u.s. hispanic chamber of commerce in los angeles. >>> and we are learning new details about the chaos that unfolded behind the scenes behind romney's acceptance speech. just eight days before the convention, the speech that had been written was dropped. that set off a wild scramble to craft a new entirely different speech so that romney would have time to rehearse. the final version was widely criticized within the party for leaving out any mention of al qaeda and afghanistan. >>> it is time now for the weather from across the nation. a wet day for much of the south. heavy rain from atlanta to tallahassee. nashville, new orleans and houston. showers around green bay. chicago and st. louis. a cold blast from fargo to the twin cities. showers in the colorado rockies. >> 80s from albuquerque and miami. chilly in the 50s from minneapolis to fargo. >>> and when we come back this monday morning, a new twist to a very famous murder case. >>> and then occupy wall street marks one year, with protesters planning to deliver an a

u.s.-hispanic chamber of commerce which will hear mitt romney speak. >> it's government's responsibility to create an environment in which small businesses can succeed. what i am most frustrated with, honestly as a business owner, is this incredible toxic political environment. [ speaking spanish ] >> reporter: president obama leads romney by 2-1 with hispanic voters and aggressively trying to register more. romney is trying to cut into that margin by targeting 3 million hispanic owned businesses. >> these are people that depend on entrepreneurship to feed their families, put food on their table. small businesses create 60% of the vast majority of jobs in this country and hispanic owned businesses are growing at 23%. >> reporter: carlos plans to be among thousands of hispanic business leaders from around the country who will hear romney. >> primarily he's saying things i want to here. as a business person. >> reporter: they both want to hear from either candidate is less regulation, lower taxes and more assets to capital. karen brown, cbs news, los angeles. >> chicago mayor rahm emanuel

of that disaffection into votes. next week he'll address the u.s. hispanic chamber of commerce at its annual convention in los angeles. diane eastabrook, "n.b.r.," chicago. >> susie: new estimates are in, >> susie: new estimates are in, and it looks like this year's holiday selling season will be the strongest for retailers since the great recession took hold. shoppertrek sees overall sales rising 3.3%, it bases those numbers on visits to more than 50,000 stores. >> tom: the major stock indices inches higher as investors and traders wait for the federal reserve's announcement tomorrow if it will do anything more to help the economy. the session for the s&p 500 illustrates the back and forth, with prices dipping mid-morning, and late afternoon, before closing with a small gain. it continues hovering around its post-recession high. volume grew slightly. 661 million shares on the big board. 1.7 billion on the nasdaq. not a lot of volatility among the major stock sectors. with the iphone five debt, the telecom services sector was the biggest gainer, up 0.7%. consumer staples was in