citizens united said, i mean, the comment was made that citizens united opened the door to millions of dollars in contributions. what citizens united dealt with, and only, was expenditures and has no affect on campaign contributions. esther abrams, last friday on page article washing post wrote quote political nonprofit groups have become a major players in elections since the supreme court's 2010 citizens united decision paved the way for unlimited political spending by corporations and unions, end of quote. i know that political nonprofit groups have been active in campaigns for at least 10 years, long before citizens united was decided. my question, am i right in thinking this point made in the "washington post" article as was other outlets is incorrect? >> i would say that i don't think it's correct to say that these groups are playing and enormously greater role than they used to, as you point out. they been around for a while. there's also nothing wrong with them of playing a greater role. the underlying thesis of critics of this is that come at you alerted to the a lot, outside

citizens united said -- the comment was made that citizens united opened the door to millions of dollars in contributions. what they dealt with, and only, with expenditures and has no effect on campaign contributions. a front-page article of "the washington post" says political nonprofit groups have become major players in elections since the 2010 citizens united decision paved the way for unlimited political spending by corporations and unions. political nonprofit groups have been active in campaigns for at least 10 years, long before citizens united was decided. am i right in thinking this point made in "the washington post" article is incorrect? >> i would say that i do not think it is correct to say that these groups are playing an enormously greater role than they used to. they have been around for a while. there is nothing wrong with them playing a greater role. the underlying thesis of critics of this is that -- you have heard it a lot today -- outside money is bad money. it is money that should not be around, should not be allowed and i reject that and the supreme court has rejec

citizens united said -- the comment was made that citizens united opened the door to millions of dollarsin contributions. what they dealt with, and only, with expenditures and has no effect on campaign contributions. a front-page article of "the washington post" says political nonprofit groups have become major players in elections since the 2010 citizens united decision paved the way for unlimited political spending by corporations and unions. political nonprofit groups have been active in campaigns for at least 10 years, long before citizens united was decided. am i right in thinking this point made in "the washington post" article is incorrect? >> i would say that i do not think it is correct to say that these groups are playing an enormously greater role than they used to. they have been around for a while. there is nothing wrong with them playing a greater role. the underlying thesis of critics of this is that -- you have heard it a lot today -- outside money is bad money. it is money that should not be around, should not be allowed and i reject that and the supreme court has reject

citizens united said -- or i mean the comments was made that citizens united opened the door to millions of dollars in contributions. what citizens united dealt with and only with expenditures and has no effect on campaign contributions. mr. abrams, last friday, front page article, the washington post wrote, quote, political nonprofit groups have become major players in elections since the supreme court 2010 citizen's united decision paved the way for unlimited political spending by corporations and unions, end of quote. i know that political nonprofit groups have been active in campaigns for at least ten years, long before citizens united was decided. my question, am i right in thinking this point made in the "washington post" article as well as other outlets is incorrect? >> well i would say that i don't think it's correct to say that these are playing an enormously greater roll than they used to. as you point oubt, they've been around for a while. there's also nothing wrong with them playing a greater role. the thigh sis of critics like this, you've heard it a lot, outside money is ba

i am very concerned about, you know, corporate personhood, citizens united, you know, we need united citizens. and then, of course, good friend of mine, an awesome sight. this is a biography. vibe his book is called blessed experience fit. he is the third most powerful democrat in the house. done >> the publishing director, first of all, what is live right? >> the newly launched division begun in 1917. it was the home of the first books of hemingway, faulkner, dresden, norton bought it in 1973. we relaunched in 2012, and we are in our third season with many best sellers. >> what is the point of having a lot of and prince under one publisher? >> it gives a diversity of books we have differences in many similarities. we like more translation. we like some times edgier bucks. we both to high quality books, but it is the way of branching out. in many ways we are alike but express editors differently. >> well, let's start with a couple of books you have coming out this fall. vestar with pulitzer prize winner edward wilson. >> yes. ed wilson has won the pulitzer prize twice for books. he ha

citizens united was not about contributions. citizens united moved from -- fromwhich doubled buckley which dealt with independent expenditures, to independent expenditures from corporations and unions, by the way. that there simply has been a philosophical disagreement about this for many years, with many justices on the supreme court taking different positions, so that i really do not think -- >> through it all, the laws of the united states have limited contributions in federal elections. >> and they still do. wayst in very important they do not. the idea that citizens united did not change anything runs contrary to everybody's experience. we see all around us how it has changed anything. you cannot just change part of an ongoing debate. it is a huge infection point in in way democracy operates this country. look at the super pacs out th ere. >> if i could comment briefly. >> senator. >> i am an attorney, but not the next record first amendment for. but i can't say that as a practical reality come to the united has profamily --

that would reverse the buckley case as well as citizens united. amendment is not a citizens united admin and -- amendment. it goes back to the 1970's and would reverse buckley's ruling. the title of the proposed amendment goes even farther. it says it would restore democracy to the american people. i am willing to pass over in , rhetorical overkill about what democracy means, but the notion that democracy would be restored, saved by limiting speech is a perversion of the english language. it is inconsistent with any notion of democracy to say the way to accomplish it is to limit speech. let me say in the most direct manner that it is equally, profoundly, obviously, --emocratic to a limit -- lm to limit speech. those who hold office in federal and state legislatures, armed with all of the advantages of incumbency may prevent their opponents from becoming known as a result of spending money to put ads on, describing who they are. i conclude with this thought. it is not a coincidence that until today, the first amendment has never been amended. that

with the citizens united decision, that is not likely. so far this year, spending by outside groups in campaigns has tripled since the last midterm election. 27.6 million in 2010, $97.7 million so far this year. in 2006, before citizens united, these groups spent $3.5 million. in 2012 superpac spent more than $130 million on federal elections, 60% of all super pac donations that year came from an elite class of 159 americans. elections, 60% of all super pa donations that year came from an elite class of 159 americans. in north carolina that elite group had one member. 72% of all outside spending in 2010 came from a millionaire named art pope. can you guess who governor pat mccorvey named as north carolina's chief budget writer in 2013? mr. pope who bank rolled the governor's campaign and supported the supermajority which recently enact ed the law. what is at stake is going to discourage mere mortals from engaging in this process. when you're up against multimillionaires from the start with unlimited contributions through citizens united, y

it is a mistrust of government. .. >> >> in and as some of the justices' pointed out in citizens unitedis the mom-and-pop corporation the subchapter s not said giant publicly traded corporation that benefits from decisions like citizens united so it is more interesting and complicated them plutocracy. think you for your questions [applause]buó >> we will do a book signing right here. [inaudible conversations] if

what a lot of people seem to forget was that david bossi, the resident of citizens united, because of the fact that after the fec told citizens united it was not allowed to advertise for this documentary made about hillary clinton, because if they had gone ahead with it after he had advised that he cannot do it, that would have been considered an intentional and knowing violation of the law and he could have gone to federal prison for five years and be prosecuted by the justice department. why? because he made a movie. i do not know about you, but i do not want to live in a country in which congress has the authority to pass a law that would put someone in jail for making a movie or political documentary, writing a book, setting out a voter guide, pushing a pamphlet, or taking at a political ad, or because a candidate spends $100 more than some artificial expenditure limit that the incumbents in congress put into limit the amount of spending of anybody who wants to try to throw them out of office. i think this violates the most basic tenets of freedom and liberty on which this country

citizens united and after, it's like looking at a heart attack. you see steady activity until citizens united and then it is flatline. citizens united, dark money, polluter money have done as much damage polluting our democracy as they have done polluting our planet, but we are going to continue to do something about it, and the american public not only is with us, they are going to insist on it. i yield the floor. i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. whitehouse: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: may i ask unanimous consent that the pending quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: madam president, i am so glad to have you here because a recurring tradition of the senate floor is about to take place, and it's always particularly good for a senator from rhode island to have a senator from massachusetts presiding while i talk about this. today, i'm here to recognize and celebrate one of the earli

brought in from out of state that was undisclosed, that came as a result of that citizenship united decision -- citizens united decision. my first election was $500 for local office. it allowed someone for me to have 1/3 of the money and my opponent to have won the election. on network.ran ads i could only run on a very few local cable stations with a black-and-white ad because of money. i won by two votes per precinct. i know this story. i want to start out with a question of you, mr. raskin, about the major shifts you have seen since the citizens united and how you see this trend is continuing in the future. >> thank you. others have spoken about the daily dish of money ---- the deluge of money which has overtaken our politics. there's a piece on this showing how in 2006 before the case there was $25 million in outside expenditures. in 2010 there was $250 million. $1 2012, it was over one billion. we are on pace to exceed that. the thing i want to focus on is there is a free market ideology which is animating the justices on the court them and i think this confuses mr. abrams' testimony that will thre

making me a citizen of the united states some 87 or shortly 88 years. and the opportunity to be an american having more real good things and more money but more freedom, independence and opportunity than any person in the world before. so thank you. and god bless us all. more importantly, god bless the united states of america. thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you, again, congressman dingell for being with us today and for delivering your speech and for following tradition of a question and answer session. the first question is what has changed in congress the most since you first visit capital hill while your father was a member of the house from 1933-1955? >> well, obviously the quote reforms which opened the place up. and in point of fact which have denied us the ability to really talk about the concerns which we have. second of all, the size of the committee. third of all, the unworkability. forth of all, the lack of capacity of the members to carry out their functions because of the size of the committees and size of the subcommittees and the harsh

the supreme court decision in the citizens united case has allowed unlimited anonymous or dark money to flow into our political system. we have a court that has taken the most literal approach to so many of these important decisions that the consequences are beginning to have a very serious effect on not only democracy but the trust of people in their government and i regret to note there is still more got awful cases rattling around at the supreme court that are almost certain to do more harm. any tom lehman reading the citizens united decision will assume that should relieve this was in no way written by a group of intelligent individuals. [applause] >> or people even remotely aware of what is going on in our current political spectrum. the decision flies in the face of so much of what our representative government was founded upon. allowing people in corporate interest groups and others to spin an unlimited amount of unidentified money has enabled certain individuals to swing the any and all elections, whether they are congressional, federal, local, state, or whether they are vote

we need united citizens, not his united. and then of course a good friend of time, awesome guy, jim clyburn. this is his way of graffiti. june is a wonderful man and his book is called bless these experience is. generally southern probably black and he sees a lot of things in his time. he's the third most powerful democrat in the house and his mentor ran to meet and i want to learn more about his life. i think this will probably take me at least until july. >> what are you reading this summer? tell us what is on your reading list. sweet as that booktv. posted to her face but page or send us an e-mail. booktv at time span.org. >> serhii plokhy reports that disillusionment was based on ukraine and russia not coming to agreement on a continued unified state that on the influence of american foreign policy initiatives. this hour-long program is next on booktv. >> good morning. good morning. i am joann myers, director of public affairs programs on behalf of the carnegie council, i would like to welcome our members, gas and c-span

we've seen it with citizens united. let's not forget the facts of that. it was about a film and whether it can be seen and bought on pay-per-view cable by adults in the privacy of their own home and later the solicitor general's office said no. mccain/feingold says you cannot on pay-per-view cable. that was the facts. that went to the supreme court. so this is not a situation where we're talking about, well, we're just going to ban campaign stuff. we're talking banning movies here. and then what about books and movies generally? what if a book is a 500-word book that talks about public policy but gets into election speech and says, therefore, you shouldn't elect so-and-so to be president? does this empower the government to ban that book? i'm afraid that does and this is why it needs to die a very sudden death so that we can continue to criticize our elected officials as we must in a representative democracy. thank you. [ applause ] >> maybe i should sit down because they have said everything about this. i'll add a few words. the slide we put up is basica

caller: before citizens united i guess citizens were pleased with how much none unions spend in our cycley spend over $475 million in 2012? and i think karl rove was demonized because his group spent $175 million. in the federal government supposingly the there are 550,000 hours working for the taxpayer was spent on the union side and 9% of that money is given to the? the i.r.s. people when they called and came in? i think the democrats got nervous when the republicans and other groups could give money to further their positions. the unions have been doing this for centuries, donating in unlimited amounts? host: mr. biersack? that y are not donating -- guest: some of these ideological groups, the unions support democrats and 0% of what they donate is focused on that. hey don't have the traditional -- that's u, po that where donations come from. but unions have been active for a long time 23457bd other ways they will very often conduct mobile campaigns where they will go out into snabeds and talk to voters and make sure these people get out to vote. that's an activity that's considered dif

followed commanders they went with a promise from president roosevelt that they would become united states citizensbut that promise was not fulfilledded for years. filipino soldiers were waiting for dream, they were about to become american citizens. those men and 300,000 other filipino militants fought in baton and they fought in corrigidor. president roosevelt promised the filipinos and other soldiers united states citizenship but it never happened for the filipinos because the japanese occupied their country for much of the war. >> there were 1 million filipinos in world war ii fighting for -r -- fighting for the american flag. >> it has created a loss of faith for america. it's partly because of this dishonored promises. >> reporter: after 45 years of court battles, immigration law was finally changed last year. especially to allow filipino soldiers to become u.s. citizens. >> it's a great opportunity for me. i've been waiting for a long time. for 14 years i've missed my family. >> i served in the u.s. army that's why. and i love my, america is number one. more benefits, more money. because we'

i think he was horrified by citizens united you know. and so that i excuse me by bush v gore i think that citizens united and these kind of cases or. they don't speak well of this court well it was pleasing to see at least that we've got you know that alito schoolie and thomas didn't sell out completely given the fact that it's you know yeah oh yeah i was you know kennedy was kind of he's always a wild card you know he would you never know where he's going to fall but we're going to leave it there guys and thank you very much that's all for now from always hear a boom bust thanks for watching we'll see you next. to the. show thirty five can just spend over fifteen billion euros until she says it should be one hundred fifty million degrees with some talk among still to sell something peacefully to france the trouble in situ the song. we've got the future of coverage. his name was. he was nazi germany's minister of propaganda the midst that he created exists to this day. actually trying to do. while at the same time raising ordinary. knew p

. >> are you worried about citizens united? >> they do worry me. i think that people who assume that you could just remove them from the landscape with a simple constitutional amendment are fooling themselves. money is so pervasive in lobbying and throughout politics that to fix it requires something much more radical than anybody has considered. simply handing the power to the people that you think are bought and paid for under the present system and saying, you designed the system of campaign finance regulation and we will rubberstamp it does not make a lot of sense. the problems are very deep, very systemic. and i am worried about how influential money is in politics but i think given the state of first amendment law, citizens united and mccutchen were probably rightly decided. that shocks most of my liberal friends and i am critical of the role of money. it is not that money is speech. it takes money to amplify your speech and reach people. these people in citizens united were publishing a movie. an anti-hillary movie. it could have been an ant

in the best of the rest of the news the fight to overturn citizens united is gaining momentum today the senate judiciary committee held a hearing on a possible twenty eighth amendment which could overturn the disastrous citizens united decision and restore some sanity to our democracy and campaign finance laws ever since the roberts supreme court handed down the citizens united decision hundreds of millions of dollars have been tossed around our democracy allowing the wealthy elite to buy off politicians left and right as a result we the people have had our voices silenced fortunately more and more americans are waking up and realizing just how absurd citizens united is and seen how much damage it's done to the american democracy joining me now for more on today's senate hearing in the fight to overturn citizens united is caitlin supposed to belknap national director of move to amend caitlin welcome. hi tom great to be here again great to see you again and. i hope i did i didn't sound too silly with that there was really a highly simplistic set up i mean we've had a problem with money i

he looks at prominent cases handled by the supreme court going back to citizens united.about an hour. [applause] >> thank you very much. one of the research assistants and i should say thank you all for coming here on this gorgeous day when you could be outside enjoying the weather. i'm glad that something drove you all here and i'm glad to be talking to you and appreciative of you being here. one of th

from josh earnest, move on, we sent 750,000 e-mails. >> martha, the entire irs scandal flows to citizens united. everything you need to know about it starts with a citizens united supreme court decision. the white house's hostility to free speech and how they were looking for ways to attack organizations. it is totally, completely incredible that the white house was not involved in this. you have people at the white house being visited by irs people. you have academics who are speech regulators coming to the white house. you have all the groups who hate free speech lobbying the white house to do something. and then guess what happens, the irs starts targeting conservative groups. you don't need to be a rocket scientist to know what they were up to. >> jay christian, good to have you with us tonight. we'll see you soon.. christian, you with us tonight. we'll see you soon. >>> breaking news on the crisis on our southern border. have you seen the images of what is going on? new details on where the federal government is now flying six planes, six commercial airlines have flown illegal immigrants t

i think he was horrified by citizens united you know it's this and so the excuse me by bush v gore i think that citizens united and these kind of cases or. they don't speak well of the score. it was blues in the sea at least that we've got you know that alito. schoolie and thomas didn't sell out completely given the fact that they didn't sit and you know yeah oh yeah i was you know kennedy was kind of he's always a wild card you know he you never know where he's going to fall but we're going to leave it there and thank you very much that's all for now from always hear a boom bust that except for watching we'll see you next. i'm out in martin the stories we cover here we're not going to hear any right other big stories that have struck headlines same time there's a reason they don't want you to know nothing are important. now let's break the set. the folks. in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want. coming up on our t.v. water water everywhere but not a drop to drink in detroit water services have been cut off to thousands of people who haven't been able to pay their bill a

. >> do you think in the post citizens united world that you have more freedom? . >> really? >> again, citizen united impacts americans for prosperity in no way, shape or form. >> this is not election advocacy? what about your corporate funders? isn't it just another way for them to get money to elections? >> we don't discuss our funding. but we -- we don't discuss our funding. >> how can they say with a straight face they don't do election advocacy when you have them on film calling, talking about berry, the candidate there. i mean, how can they say this? >> they're talking about a political candidate in the days before an election. we saw that, actually, we didn't really expect to bump into americans for prosperity or the kochs in wisconsin when we went there. they sort of inserted themselves into the story that we were cov covering. we wanted to see what kind of impact citizens united was going to be having at the state level. that's what drew us into wisconsin. >> but when you go back and ask scott walker's campaign spokesperson about billionaire donors like t

i think he was horrified by citizens united you know it's this and so the excuse me by bush v gore i think that citizens united and these kind of cases or. they don't speak well of this court. it was blues in this city at least that we've got you know that alito. tom's didn't so completely given the fact that you know yeah oh yeah i was you know kennedy was kind of he's always a wild card you know you never know where he's going to fall but we're going to leave it there go and thank you very much that's all for now from always hear a boom bust thing for watching we'll see you next. you know general macarthur once said americans never quit that was when there was something worth fighting for before fraud was the only way of life post gold standard abandonment and bankruptcy before the population grew morbidly obese downing bargain cans of processed food bought at the company's store wal-mart where their food stamps what the furthest before the air raids were filled with patriotic scoundrels demanding perpetual war which can never be funded by a low wage high food stamp economy. school

i think he was horrified by citizens united you know it's this and so that i excuse me by bush v gore i think that citizens united and these kind of cases or. they don't speak well of this court. it was losing this see at least that we've got you know that alito schoolie and thomas didn't sell out completely given the fact that it's you know yeah oh yeah i was you know kennedy was kind of he's always a wild card you know you never know where he's going to fall but we've got to leave it there and thank you very much that's all for now from always hear a boom bust the next approaching we'll see you next. her. on larry king now being printers for leaving ted fed all revolution in the making it's taking virtual objects and being able to produce those. in atoms real physical material in being used in industry for a long time and now it's becoming personal by down the line one of the really strong growth areas for the three d. printing today is in the medical field researchers in princeton and just kind of the bio on the here there's a million times more sensitive than in the first major fu

it wasn't but helped you had fred thompson supporting you and -- the citizens united back and othersg you. how did you dodge the -- i guess the -- that conservative furry or tea party furry. >> you know, i enjoyed support from across the party and across the commonwealth. and in fact, while i appreciated the support of fred thompson who is a friend and many other people the pact is the most important support i got brass about you would and my fellow virginia republicans who came to our convention in roanoke saturday and supported me there. as i said there we came in through many different doors. but we all left through one republican with me as the no, ma'am me and very much appreciated that. i'm proud to be the -- for senator warren. the economic growth. right now what we are seeing in -- because of the policies of mark warner, harry reid and president obama is that, you know, we see lost jobs and lower take-home pay and sky-rocketing health care costs and higher energy prices. we can do better than that. i know had want us to believe we have to accept this as the new normal. it is

and following on, what do you think motivated their citizens united decision? >> money. fact that almost the entire court was selected on the basis of ideology and not legal training or anything. i probably shouldn't say any more. i've so far.f have been overly kind to the supreme court. i think is probably staying in that particular mode and vein. >> what has been the lowest point in your congressional career? >> oh, boy. i saw my world come down around my ears when i had to get a divorce, get the custody of the kids, and raise four kids alone. and thank god i was able to do it through the help of a sister who is going to find the lord waiting for her in heaven. and i was able to do that in a way which made me kids solid, successful citizens. it was tough. and at that time we were having a huge battle over energy and energy prices, something we regularly do on the hill, but something which where the administration was putting out a publication entitled, quote, shove to it dingell. and so i was in the midst of this dogfight about whether they were going shove it to dinge

making me a citizen of the united states some 87 or shortly 88 years. and the opportunity to be an american having more real good things and more money but more freedom, independence and opportunity than any person in the world before. so thank you. and god bless us all. more importantly, god bless the united states of america. thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you, again, congressman dingell for being with us today and for delivering your speech and for following tradition of a question and answer session. the first question is what has changed in congress the most since you first visit capital hill while your father was a member of the house from 1933-1955? >> well, obviously the quote reforms which opened the place up. and in point of fact which have denied us the ability to really talk about the concerns which we have. second of all, the size of the committee. third of all, the unworkability. forth of all, the lack of capacity of the members to carry out their functions because of the size of the committees and size of the subcommittees and the harsh

united states v. microsoft, the citizens united case, bush v. gore and on opposite sides. you're traditionally considered a liberal. you're considered a conservative. now, you two have got a new book called "redeeming the dream: the case for marriage equality." this describes the battle to get marriage equality all across the united states, but for you guys specifically the prop 8 case was the linchpin. >> exactly. >> stephen: how can the two of you be friends? [laughter] you fought on either side of bush v. gore. all right. you fought for gore. you fought for bush. >> and he accepted the outcome graciously. >> i'm a very forgiving person. >> stephen: i got a question on that one. a bush v. gore, great supreme court decision or the greatest supreme court decision? ted, i'll let you answer. what do you think? >> well, the supreme court decides it, and they decided that bush won that case and won that election. and i think it was a very solid decision. of course, i may be a little bit biased, but i think david agrees actually. >> stephen: i'm afraid we don't have time for hi

keep in mind this is all about citizens united. the flood gates wide open and somebody who thinks they can circumvent the law. bottom line is he's clearly vochd. any fair minded person can see that scott walker, his mitts are all over the e-mail and karl rove, we know what that is all about. he outraised his opponent, questionably, no question about that. i remember being outside the state capitol where over 100,000 people were protesting in the winter and spring of 2011. where are those people going to be in the next few weeks? i don't think there needs to be any more judgment coming from a prosecutor or from a courtroom. it is the arena of public opinion that is going to get scott walker. this man has attacked unions and attacked the middle class. he's attacked public education. he has twisted the truth on fox news time and time again. and we're not far away from a big election in wisconsin. just months away, this is certainly going to tarnish his efforts. now it will be very interesting to follow the money and more e-mails. get

government will respond any effort necessary to pursue terrorists who harm united states citizens. for some, justice has taken too long. >> the attack at embassy in benghazi, libya, 9/11, 2012 was overwhelming. it was concluded 60 people with ties to al-qaeda attacked the consulate while the ambassador steven was inside. he and these others were killed no suspects have been arrested, captured or killed. the suspected leader, khattala was captured in libya in a law enforcement operation involving special forces and the f.b.i., a special team of united states interrogators questioned him in an attempt to get intelligence. this arrest comes after the obama administration and the state department headed by hillary clinton endured criticism from the lawmakers and the public for failing to calm anyone involved. journalists have done face-to-face interviews with khattala but the u.s. government has not been able to find him until now. christopher stevens family ignored the storm that will forked his death and remembering his legacy, a library at piedmont high school was dedicated to the b

. >> he is a united states citizen, so he deserves to be back in the safety of the united states.t i don't agree with, though, is certain people calling him a war hero or calling him any kind of hero. because i served with people that gave their lies in afghanistan and those are the true heros, not someone that deserted their unit. >> reporter: and, of course, we know there will be investigations. one member of congress has set one up for the senate armed services committee which begins next week. michael. >> certainly a story we will follow sometime. michael speeching stop reporting live in new york. >>> the g7 summit begins this it's the first time in seven years they are meeting without russia. prior to his arrival in belgium this morning, president obama was in poland to speak about the united states commitment to central and eastern europe. mike viqueira was in warsaw this morning. >> reporter: president obama can't say it enough in his trip here to warsaw poland. 2pols and east turn europeans the united states, nato are there for poland and the rest of eastern european inclu

>> well, we were interested in the impact of citizens united and what we saw on the ground in wisconsinnfranchising the wealthiest and corporate interests, disenfranchising poor people and that is what citizens united has wrought. >> one of the most fascinating characters in the film is this guy who is a sort of republican, union guy, and he talks about sort of the impact that scott walker who is a big recipient of koch donations let's just say even though his spokesman didn't want to talk about it, let's listen to this clip of a person talking about a republican for the recall of scott walker. >> a lot of people say, gee. you're a republican. how can you recall a republican? it's like, governor walker is a tea partier. tea party and republicans are not the same thing. and i personally do not espouse the tea party principles of cutting government service in order to balance our budget. >> that was a different character but also equally compelling. a lot of these characters are sort of every man, people in their ordinary walks of life who are not democratic activists or anticoactivists b

or not something else citizens united spring court citizens united is they have a freedom of speech tom oh they're wrong you going to say you are wrong you can choose what laws you think are and i can use anybody with term and sense mitt romney tried peddling that corporations even more there is no way to have said no the supreme court has weighed in this corporation out of it is not whether corporations have free exercise rights the freshest as it is the united was right this is free exercise rights is very different corporations do not pray they do not have a belief system and my my friends here is arguing that the beliefs of the owner should trump the beliefs of employees employees do not check their religious beliefs at the door when they enter the workplace. owners can bring in their beliefs so can the individual employee and so prior to start with the when the area difference the quinta gretchen's analysis there would be and i submit no there wouldn't be fat yes because if there are so proprietors and just as all riders also enjoy reading also enjoyed legal protections and also ha