as the saying goes and the saying goes that this came from a great senator pat moynihan who said, everyone is entitled to their own opinion but not to their own facts. i have guessed the koch brothers have been able to buy their facts over the years, not pay any attention to whether they were true or false. that was senate majority leader harry reid today once again taking to the senate floor to slam billion political donors david and charles koch. reid s speeches against the koch brothers are part of a larger democratic strategy to make the koch brothers a major issue in the 2014 midterm elections. in the past harry reid has called the koch brothers unamerican and those who support them addicted to koch. today s word of the day was radical. when senate republican
dollars. pentagon correspondent has been investigating the story. some of the images in this report may be difficult to look at. reporter: afghan soldier s starving lying in dirty beds denied pain killers all of this at the military hospital, a hospital the u.s. paid more than $100 million to help the afghans run. things as simple as dressing changes are not done. patient businesscome infe bec infected and they die. reporter: a retired air force doctor tends to his tennessee farm. this will be a haven. reporter: from february 2010 to february 2011 he oversaw training of afghans at the hospital. these photos were taken by his american military staff. there are patients that are starving to death because they can t buy the food. they have to bribe for food and bribe for medicine. patients complained about no pain medicine and no medicine. reporter: and you are not supposed to worry about that. that what we were told. reporter: they do not dispute it shows hid
cope brothers. you remember thspeech that cain gave on friday about prosperity founded by the two oil billionaires, david and charles koch, he embraced the koch brothers saying they re brothers from another mother, getting a big response from the crowd. but the koch brothers and their group of americans for prosperity had financial dealings and was helping to fund prosperity usa. so there does could be or what looks like a money trail going from the koch brothers outfit to the group in wisconsin to the campaign. union groups around the country will be closely watching a critical vote in ohio tomorrow, one that could provide a window to the 20 12 election. the residents will r. being asked to toss out a republican
in this country, for the second time in less than 24 hours, an earthquake shakes central oklahoma. the latest one hit right before midnight eastern time, measuring a record 5.6. it was centered near sparks, about 45 miles from oklahoma city. and legendary performer andy williams says he s suffering from bladder cancer. williams broke the news to concertgoers last night during a christmas concert in branson, missouri. andy williams is 83. he has been seen professionally since childhood. good news. president obama creawe baulhaml completed his annual physical. he s in tip-top shape. but it doesn t look like his insurance company will pay for it. he listed a bad economy as a pre-existing condition. jay leno taking a jab at president barack obama. we re exactly one year away from the 2012 presidential election. and if you pay attention to either the white house or to national democrats, you ll notice a pattern. they generally ignore criticism coming from the various gop can
one of the worst ideas that this nation has ever seen in terms of really taking money out of the pockets of the middle class and poor people and putting it in the hands of corporations and billionaires like david and charles koch. this time magazine report now says republican operatives in new hampshire, florida and south carolina, they see few signs of an organized herman cain campaign staff in these early primary states. but with the backing of the koch brothers and afp behind him, from what you have seen in wisconsin, do you think herman cain needs a traditional campaign apparatus or could afp and the koch brothers render that obsolete? he s defining the message when it comes to the republican primary. rick perry just came out with his flat tax proposal. this is, you know, herman cain is the first corporate spokes candidate and articulating the gospel of david koch. when it comes to aggressive tax policies. what do you predict, you describe there as an astroturf