harold hamm doesn't mind having his name out there. okay. but then that's it. no other names. mr. hairs a group that advises mr. romney on energy. we asked the romney campaign this summer to else is on the group. they told us they would not be releasing those names. they told us they would keep us posted if and when they do. we know how much sheldon adelson is giving. but all we know for sure is that he has beaten the previous record for previous elections. we don't know if he holds the current record. think about it. does sheldon adelson have competition? if someone else was spending even more man than sheldon adelson to win the election this, how would we know? >>> okay. the secret mitt romney fund raiser video that kicked off mitt romney's very bad week last week is everywhere in the campaign now. and features in the new t.v. ad the obama campaign is in ohio today much it's also the subject of two obama campaign web videos. all reporting on this video has been different than everybody else's. we were part of the story how this came into the public eye in the first place. late la

harold hamm doesn't mind having his name out there. okay. but then that's it. no other names. mr. oup that advises mr. romney on energy. we asked the romney campaign this summer to else is on the group. they told us they would not be releasing those names. they told us they would keep us posted if and when they do. we know how much sheldon adelson is giving. but all we know for sure is that he has beaten the previous record for previous elections. we don't know if he holds the current record. think about it. does sheldon adelson have competition? if someone else was spending even more man than sheldon adelson to win the election this, how would we know? bob... oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, posters copies of my acceptance speech. great! it's always good to have a backup plan, in case i get hit by a meteor. wow, your hair looks great. didn't realize they did photoshop here. hey, good call on those mugs. can't let 'em see what you're drinking. you know, i'm glad we're both running a nice, clean race. no need to get nasty. here's your "honk if you had an affair with ta

harold hamm doesn't mind having his name out there. okay. but then that's it. no other names. mr. hairs a group that advises mr. romney on energy. we're not allowed to know who is in that group. we asked the romney campaign this summer to else is on the group. they told us they would not be releasing those names. they told us they would keep us posted if and when they do. we know how much sheldon adelson is giving. but all we know for sure is that he has beaten the previous record for previous elections. we don't know if he holds the current record. think about it. does sheldon adelson have competition? if someone else was spending even more man than sheldon adelson to win the election this, how would we know? [ male announcer ] the 2013 smart comes with 8 airbags, a crash management system and the world's only tridion safety cell which can withstand over three and a half tons. small in size. big on safety. which can withstand over three and a half tons. if we want to improve our schools... ...what should we invest in? maybe new buildings? what about updated equipment? they can hel

the next day i did my show and they both said on the air that the briefing they got from harold hamm developed north dakota changed their entire understanding of american energy policy. they were blown away by the data. why is that important? the number one item on the romney plan for the middle class is a north american energy independence which includes canada and mexico. and if you look at the jump in north dakota from 150 million barrels to 24 billion barrels of reserve, you look, the number two oil producing state in the united states. they just announced they have 42 times, not 42%, natural gas in ohio as they thought they did a year ago. i mean, just the drive of the energy sector under a romney administration generates in royalties, in taxes on new jobs and taxes on profits a major step towards the balanced budget. now you've got to control spending. paul ryan would be about as good a vice president as you could get if you wanted to have somebody. i mean, he will know more about the budget than the director of the budget. >> quick comment, and then i've got to go to a break.

i don't need to tell you people about harold hamm. you know harold hamm right? a truck driver, oklahoma city. drove a truck for 10 years to save money to go to college. gets to college. gets a degree in geology. a little while later he looks at some maps in the u.s. and decides there must be oil in the hills of california. he drills a dry hill. i'm told it costs about $16 a piece. people call it harold's followy where he hit gold, black cold. that's now known always the ba chan range which is estimated to have about 27 billion barrels oil in it, which happens to equal the full amount of america's reserves at that time. that's harold's story. he's doing fine now, by the way. another guy, jim leasode from southern illinois. jim graduated second in his class in high school, second from the bottom, and concluded college would not be part of his future. he talked to his dad about a loan. his dad greed to give him money and they split the business 50-50. he went on to buy the equipment for this restaurant business he wanted to begin. a hamburger, griddle, rollers that