Obama administrations decision to finally release the secret memo outlining when the u. S. Can assassinate a u. S. Citizen. Then as the tea party suffers setbacks and midterms, we will take a look at the most influential republican political operatives, the Koch Brothers. Their the poster boys for the top 1 . Their money and power fuels the inequality in america. The name koch has become a four letter word. Day in and day out, their purchasing politicians and policy. It is taking a terrible toll on democracy. We will speak to the films director Robert Greenwald will stop republicans tried to block a capitol hill screening of the documentary this week. Then Daniel Schulman, author of the new book, sons of wichita how the Koch Brothers became americas most powerful and private dynasty. All of that and more coming up. Ill stop this is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. At least 118 people have been killed and 45 wounded in a twin bombing in the ni
The book is about the four Koch Brothers. A lot of people associate the Koch Brothers. Frederick koch is the oldest and this is really the tale of a historic industrial dynasty. They have a fascinating business story. They have a really riveting family story as well. What got you interested in it . I thought in the 2010, 2011 time frame you see charles koch a caricature of who these guys were. And once i started to peel back the layers of that a little bit look into their family background i said, wow, this is a really politics may be thats the least interesting thing about this family. In my mind i see them in the mold of the rockefellers and the carnegies in the sense that their legacy will extend in so many ways beyond our lifetime. Or they all alive . Yes. I want to show the cover of the book and ask you a little bit about each one of the four. As we look at the book cover we see fred who is 80yearold born august 6, 1933. What you can say . He was the eldest and not interested in t
Landing for cspan2 come from these Television Companies and more including charter communications. Broadband is a forceful empowerment. Thats why charlie has invested billions building infrastructure, upgrading technology, empowering opportunity in committees big and small. Charter is connecting us. Tranfour, along with these Television Companies supports cspan2 as a public service. Good evening, everybody and what an audience by the way. And let me tell you, if you havent been out in public recently to please silence your cell phones and i like my jewel photography recording are prohibited during tonight event and will be a book siding directly above us in the lobby following this talk. Okay. Welcome to the free library of philadelphia. I name is jason freeman, produce and it are here and other and tonight it is my pleasure to introduce Patrick Radden keefe refer to by Rolling Stone as a master narrative nonfiction, Patrick Radden keefe is the author of the New York Times bestseller e
History in which a dramatic transition took place at the absolute pinnacle of the governor of tennessee. Were going to begin by watching a four minute video that focuses on that moment that climaxed those hours. And then were going to try to recreate that moment in history with the three panelists, with lamar, senator, then soontobe our governor, with hal hardin who was a u. S. Attorney, and with keel hunt, the author whose book many of you already have gotten his autograph for that, so we are happy on behalf of the First Amendment center, im so happy to welcome you all here and to share what is truly unprecedented transition in government that took place all these years ago. I would like to begin by asking how many people, i know there are some people here, just regime, how many people were in the room the night that Lamar Alexander was sworn in as governor . Thats very interested in how many of you live in tennessee when this transition took place . So its a subject that is familiar
But i minimize that. But i think the question you asked, i mean, most miraculous about the whole thing is not that something didnt go wrong, thats pretty miraculous, but that nobody challenged it. Yes. I mean, the only challenge came because i took the position that if the pardons hadnt been delivered, they couldnt i said lock the prison door, dont let anybody out. Roger humphreys got out because that was earlier in the week, but the rest of them didnt. They sued, and they got out because the courts eventually held that once the governor issues the pardon or commutation, thats it. And for those of you who dont know who Roger Humphreys was, please read the book. It is, that is keel, you captured the drama of that story. I mean, its a stunning story. Lee smith was part of it. Frank sutherland had his hand on it. Keel, with a story that has this much detail as you have in your book, you had to encounter factual conflicts. What was the biggest factual conflict in your interviewing that you