where we spoke about the young turks campaign for a constitutional amendment against the citizens united ruling artist welker said on facebook right on with the constitutional amendment activism ana the status quo of a corporation as a person is a fallacy of best if not an outstanding invitation for criminal activity minus the personal accountability and you know what i think ernest is absolutely correct of the status quo is simply not working citizens united ruling has allowed money to further corrupt our already fragile political system and drown out the voices of everyday people even more and the occupy movement is evidence of that the bottom line here is that americans just don't see the government representing their needs above those of the fact cats it's as simple as that so in september just fifteen percent of americans said that they trusted the government to do the right thing always or most of the time and the approval for congress just tied an all time low at twelve percent so this point a constitutional amendment to get the corporate influence and money out of politics is just one s

laughter ) speaking of ( bleep ) grins, colbert's superpac, thanks to the supreme court's citizenses united rulingperpacs can take unlimbed donations as long as hay don't coordinate with campaigns, and they reveal their donors, as i have with my crawl of heroes down here. ( laughter ) and i have been moved by the diversity of the donors, folks. scottish americans, like iron balls mcginty. indian americans like m'balz es hari. and greek members of the colber nation like loveporn cockonopolis. and of course, a hearty thank you to donor poop giggle, who clearly hails from the nation of kindergartenstan. so how much have you given? let's just say we're into numbers i wouldn't want to serve in a federal prison. so here is a heartfelt toast to being the king of pacs. i just feel bad for the previous king, translucent american, karl rove, whose pac american crossroads must look pretty pathetic right about now. jimmy, show me how karl is doin% while i unsuspectingly fill my foot and mouth with champagne. >> last year, american crossroads was committed to raising $120 million but they have a new target--

that money influences our elections in these days thanks to you know the supreme court's citizens united ruling there is a lot of mining and coming in from corporations to candidates and we don't even necessarily now who it's coming from but i'm wondering if you think that that part of the system can actually be changed i know that you had a conference call earlier today you said that you yourself when you were governor of new mexico were part of that you are guilty of that type of crony capitalism because you decided to give breaks to hollywood. well i signed legislation that gave hollywood tax breaks and in signing the legislation and i said so yeah i was guilty of the same thing i there wasn't any payola involved in my doing that and in signing that legislation i said in new mexico doesn't everyone see the irony here that we could be doing this for all businesses as opposed to a business that doesn't even exist in the state so i took on the dialogue and yet i found my like to say no payola involved in doing that but that's what politicians do in you know in that in that particular instance i

maybe revealing a passing benefit of the constitution to get rid of the supreme court citizens united ruling that can still function you don't need a leap of faith you know i think you need from both angles because let's be honest that's the you're going to start a third party you're talking that's one of your group or whichever party you split there is going to be the other it's like do we really want twenty years of republican controlled congress no way so i think you need both mechanisms the thing with the tea party was their agenda was to elect republicans their agenda was to rekindle public employees from there will be in order to george w. bush and these as they see because the media has pretended they didn't know what was happening that gives you not by wall street and it's people already is about was is about changing the future about making the future better the tea party was about going backwards into a past where there is no civil rights no labor rights no government at all so i think it's work time absolutely. those but the people part of the other ninety nine percent you know th

revealing you know passing minutes to the constitution to get rid of the supreme court citizens united ruling that can still function you don't need it completely i think you know i think you need for both angles because let's be honest let's say you're going to start a third party you're talking it's one of your whichever four you split there is going to be in the wilderness like do we really want twenty years of republican control of congress no way so i think you need both mechanisms the thing with the tea party was their agenda was to elect republicans their agenda was the revenge of the already from their soiled name under george w. bush and these they succeeded because the media just pretended they didn't know what was happening that gives you not by wall street and the tea party is odd but will says about changing the future about making the future better the tea party was about going backwards into a past where there is no civil rights no labor rights no government at all so i think the two are diametrically. pose but the keyboard part of the other ninety nine percent is you know thes

because i'm going to tell us more about the main goal of the ruling united russia party which of course madrid is poised to meet. their main peelers solve the united russia new program for the upcoming five year term in the state duma and those are again modernisation developing more social programs eradicating corruption strengthening judicial system sustaining multiculturalism developing such a political system in which all groups of the society would be given a state say providing rushes into an all and external security and sustaining independent foreign policy all these manifestos first of all sending a message to foreign investors a massive ship they've been waiting so long is that russia will be following its spot the direction to privatized to modern is modernize it's a quantum me and to diversify from oil and gas and the ruling party is strategic aligned with as its new as its new leader aims to show that the country would want to reduce its direct presence in the quantum you would want to reduce its state old shirts and promote independent professionals to the board of directo

>> the gentleman is talking about the citizens united ruling and some others that overturned restrictions on corporate spending. the current administration probably is getting a lot of heartburn from the thought about the makeup of the supreme court especially if health care reform ends up before this court as is almost certain to do. to focus a little bit more on the supreme court of the new deal's age as many of you know the new deal starting in 1930--the supreme court starting in 1935 embarked on a concerted campaign to overturn major new deal initiatives. they will and the agricultural -- the adjustment administration which was designed to save the farm belt. they overturned the nra which was the industrial analog. they even overturned minimum-wage laws. the court then was controlled by a group of four very conservative justices. the four horseman they were called him managed to get often a sixth justice on their side. some of the most stunning rulings of that supreme court overturning the new deal were 9-0 rulings because justices like louis brandeis were very suspicious of big gover

and this citizens united ruling is the most extreme extension of that corporate rights doctrine.e need to restore democracy to the people, with a 28th amendment that ensures that we, the people, rule, not, we, the corporations. >> as you know, i couldn't agree with you more. jimmy williams couldn't agree with you more. he quit his job and helped us establish the get money out foundation to drive this debate publicly. we're obviously in a period where we're trying to figure out what the best amendment to consolidate around is for everybody involved. i would like to read yours and get your analysis as to what you think about mr. bonifaz's language. he says, section one, we the people who ordain and establish this constitution intend the rights protected by this constitution to be the rights of natural persons. people, person, or persons as used in this constitution does not include corporations, limited liability companies, or other corporate entities established by the laws of any state, the united states, or any foreign state. and such corporate entities are subject to such regul

between the ever growing arms race that is the auction nature of the process and the citizens united ruling unleashes untold capital to bid in those auctions, projections now range as high as $6 billion in necessary funds to win the presidential race. >> that's what will be spent and combined in the presidential race. that's before you even get to the balance of the elections, 94% of which are decided by who raises the most money. our next guest points out that the pay to play system pumped half a billion dollars in untraceable money into the 2010 elections. he is now leading a group of corporate executives. he does not look like a z partier, so to speak, but might well be. dedicated to restoring transparency and integrity. cleaning up the toxic impact of money in politics. here with us now is charles cobb, the president for the committee for economic development, which boasts a list of heavy hitters on its money and politics subcommittee, including presidents from nyu and washington and lee, chairman of adp and the stern group, just to name a few. how is it that a man who looks like you co

as in you had up russia's largest a ruling party united russia dmitry medvedev was also talking about the key pillars of the party's new program which it is going to resign before the upcoming parliamentary election the programme for the next five years in state too much and of course the key peeler is modernisation all present at today's meeting with jonas son suffer news among others where he wants us to ski journalist and pads all of the new media the stockmen's and the moscow state university and also david young chairman and pandolfo at the software company who are joining me now we've got a lot has been said about fighting against corruption a vote in a subsidy to modernize a corner me to drive away from the pound and so on oil and gas how close is this perspective to from this perspective has no been the schools it is in use now and good in the reserves i think a lot of applause from the audience for his efforts to steal some withering zation into the russian industry but i think that people have a big i think the key message that i have picked up from this meeting was the meth

the wealth and power in so few hands, a big hand goes to the supreme court in their citizens united rulingcebook writes, what decline? only the left thinks we're declining. everyone else thinks it's just a bad patch that will smooth out as soon as we can get rid of the apologist currently in power in d.c. i can't hear you, jack, i'm busy fiddling, writes mr. m/caertyfi through our post on the situation room's facebook page. wolf? >> jack, thank you. it's wise to get a designated driver when you've had too much to drink unless you let a 9-year-old get behind the wheel. jeanne moos is next. we're america's natural gas and here's what we did today: supported nearly 3 million steady jobs across our country... ... scientists, technicians, engineers, machinists... ... adding nearly 400 billion dollars to our economy... we're at work providing power to almost a quarter of our homes and businesses... ... and giving us cleaner rides to work and school... and tomorrow, we could do even more. cleaner, domestic, abundant and creating jobs now. we're america's natural gas. the smarter power, today. lea

them the course of modernization will continue in russia is preparing to take over as head of the ruling united russia party for december's parliamentary elections let's get some more details now r.t. so you're. monitoring the whole a whole conference there and the president's speech. the president made any surprising and arguments today hilary no really no surprising announcements these meeting could be described as an informal gathering of the president with what he describes as his supporters and those who ranged from musicians and bloggers to he has of such companies as called representatives from oil and gas companies those who support change supports me this was the key message of the president and the change according to dmitry medvedev is modernisation these informal meeting with journalists and interpret nurse was actually the first to admit from a very pronounced at the united russia party congress that he would not be running for a second presidential term so in a way it was the place and the time to cross the t.'s and dot the i's so why would a politician whose popularity ratings wi

perfectly well although i could have easily taken advantage of the constitutional majority of the ruling united russia party to amend the constitution but i stop short of that i didn't change the constitution to suit one man only myself i wanted people to see that there would be no tragedy in a natural change of power ok let's turn to other countries up to the end of the second world war the us didn't have any limits on the number of presidential terms . yes frankly in the recent it was elected three tell us four times or do it that or prior to that some u.s. presidents ran for a third time but if i'm not mistaken none of the attempts was successful except for franklin roosevelt and was elected president four times running he stood at the helm throughout the ordeals of economic depression and the second world war and was elected four times because his policies were effective. but the exact number of terms and years in power do not really matter helmut kohl spend sixteen years in power in west germany he wasn't president but his post was actually the most important executive job in the country t

that russia's course of modernization will continue he is preparing to take over as head of the ruling united russia party for december's parliamentary elections because of our children listen to. these meeting could be described as an informal gathering of the president with what he describes as his supporters and those ranged from musicians and bloggers to the hads of such companies as call provider representatives from oil and gas companies those who support change supports me this was the key message of the president and the change according to their if is modernization of these informal meeting with journalists and interpret nurse was actually the first you have to admit from a very pronounced at the united russia party congress that you would not be running for a second presidential term so in a way it was the in place and the time to cross the t.'s and dot the i's so why would a politician whose popularity ratings with the voters are still so high five of the country's top job. i don't want to underestimate my potential which is not usually been realized to the full that's when i can f

listen to the president of the united states. >> the rule of an iron fist inevitably comes to an end. across the arab world citizens stood up to claim their rights, youth delivering a powerful rebuke to dictatorship and leaders that try to deny their dignity will not succeed. >> any evidence that this could topple assad, any evidence that iran, which many say is stronger in the region today than a few months ago, will be influenced by this? >> i think every nation in the world is influenced by it. i think it's -- we should take the word arab out of spring. putin is less comfortable in his position today. i think the chinese even are less comfortable. i think something sweeping the globe. we may be left completely untouched because there is great dissatisfaction out there, by the way i'm not predicting anything more than what we may be seeing today, but look, people, thanks to social networking, thanks to a whole lot of the breeze of liberty and freedoms blowing around the world and i think it's one of the greatest and most transitional times in the history of the world, and we should