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Welcome. At the state of the union speech, theres always more than meets the eye. Just out of sight is the reality of how we are governed. The house of representatives, where congress gathers to hear the president , used to be known as the peoples house. But money power owns the lease now and runs the joint from hidden back rooms. Youre looking at the most expensive Congress Money can buy. The house races last fall cost over 1 billion. It took more than 700 million to elect just a third of the s...

Came from just 159 people. And the top 32 super pac donors gave an average of 9. 9 Million Dollars. Think how many teachers that much money could hire. Well never actually know where all of the money comes from. Onethird of the billion dollars from outside groups was dark money, secret funds anonymously funneled through fictional social welfare organizations. Those are front groups, created to launder the money inside the deep pockets. And dont let anyone ever tell you the money didnt make a dif...

This week on Moyers Company money will find a way into politics. Money doesnt talk, it swears. So were trying to turn down the ability of money to control things. For our democracy we cannot rely on disagreements among rich people. And theres something about poetry that saves me. Theres something about poetry that energizes me, that brings me to another plane. Fires all the hormones, i dont know what. Something intangible and yet tangible at the same time. Announcer funding is provided by Carneg...

Honor of presenting to you the president of the united states. So lets share some snapshots from the state of the union. Thats speaker of the house john boehner, of course. Hes led his party to ptectro wa t veee ohtomigrs and accountability. The finance, insurance, and Real Estate Industries gave him more than 3 million last year. Eric cantor is the republican majority leader in the house. Among his biggest donors, goldman sachs, masterminds of the mortgagebacked securities that almost sank the ...

Guth charitable fund. The clements foundation. Park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The herb alpert foundation, supporting organizations Whose Mission is to promote compassion and creativity in our society. The bernard and audre rapoport foundation. The john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org. Anne gumowitz. The betsy and jesse fink foundation. The hk...

General eric holder meets with all sides and gets a firsthand look by a city shattered by violence and protests. Wolf blitzer is off. Im brianna keilar. You are in the situation room. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com were following two breaking stories this hour. Americas top Law Enforcement official is now in ferguson, missouri. Attorney general eric holder has meetings with police and the family of slain teen Michael Brown and hes getting a briefing on the federal investigation into the Fatal...

Foley by isis, a terrorist attack, the United States is considering more air strikes against iraq and possibly going into syria. Today, one of the president s Top National Security visors made it clear that foleys horrific murder was an attack against all americans. Clearly, the brutal execution of jim foley represented an affront, an attack, not just on him but hes an american. And we see that as an attack on our country, when one of our own is killed like that. We made clear if you come after ...

Daughter of Martin Luther king, jr. Hello. Im wolf blitzer, 1 00 p. M. In washington, 6 00 p. M. In london, 8 00 p. M. In jerusalem, 9 00 p. M. In moscow, wherever youre watching interest around the world, thanks very much for joining usp. Up first, the fallout over another grand jury decision in the death of an unarmed black man. At the hands of a white Police Officer. A judge is expected to rule today on whether to release portions of the evidence presented to the grand jury in Staten Island, ...

Thanks so much for joining me. Im fredricka whitfield, new york state of mind is an understatement. Candidates on both sides are laser focused on that states upcoming primary. After laying low for a few days, donald trump held a rally in rochester last hour. Bernie sanders addressed a large crowd on coney island reminiscing about his childhood memories there even. And Hillary Clinton stopped by three churches in manhattan today before hosting a rally in baltimore just last hour. So despite sande...

Currently are willfully preventing the Supreme Court from being fully staffed and functioning as our founders intended. After 25 hours democrats end their sitin over gun laws. The fight is not over. The congresswoman who brought the bullet that nearly killed her joins me tonight. Five bullets ripped through my body. I cant begin to tell you what that is like. Plus, reaction from baltimore as a third Police Officer is not convicted in the death of freddie gray. As britain votes on leaving the eu,...