leanne caldwell's comment was retweeted thousands of times prompting liberal, commentator david corn to save it was true he would "merit a congressional investigation." except that it isn't true. after getting called out and causing chaos on social media, leanne caldwell tried to walk about, tweeting "i deleted this week because it incorrectly implies a transactional nature in kennedy's replacement, because when you flat out say that trump and kennedy had been in negotiations for months, it does tend to imply a transactional nature. in the national review, charles cw cook said this about caldwell's reporting, quoting "at best this is extraordinarily irresponsible, at worst it's malicious. since trump won the election, or national conversation has been marked by this approach. white house deputy press secretary raj shah also called the story can lily falls but when shah was asked about the claim, multiple times on cnn, he said multiple times he would let justice kennedy speak for himself. watch. >> well, again, not going to read out private conversations that justice kennedy had with

my colleague leann caldwell is in colorado springs, colorado, where the koch brothers have convened their semiannual summit for conservative donors. let me ask you first of all what's changed. we talk about the koch brothers in tandem. how's this conference different and what are folks saying apt t -- about the prospects for the midterms? >> a lot has changed for the koch brothers. one brother has stepped down, but let me tell you about this conference. they have it twice a year. you have to donate $100,000 per year to be able to come, and so these are the wealthy, sometimes libertarian-minded donors who come together and talk about politics and policy, and we've seen a bit of a shift among the koch brothers or about the koch network over the past few months, and that is that they started attacking republicans, as well. i mean, don't get me wrong, they are spending $300 to $400 million on politics and policy for the 2018 midterm elections. that's an enormous amount of money, and the majority of that is going to be spent to help re-elect republicans, but there is a subtle shift happening b