government that would in danger milligan's business interests in the port well this will all be difficult to prove but it does prompt this question how often do political donors impact policy shock about this i was joined earlier by money and politics reporter russ choma from the center for responsive politics and i began by asking him how do donors influence policy. you know there's a wide range of people who donate money and most people in america don't donate very much money and the few people who do tend to donate quite a bit and it goes up very quickly and actually is up there among donors although he's definitely not in the top tier but we figure he and his family have given out four hundred twenty six thousand dollars to candidates in the last twenty years or so in the last election he gave quite a bit and in addition is. gave about seven hundred thousand dollars to a super pac which benefited senate candidates among them a very successful iconic he runs over there and he has quite a few business interests in addition to the i can take in the security business that you mentioned th

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from maryville, tennessee, tootsie milligan. that's it. now back to new york city. >> okay. willard, thank you very much. we're just getting in our places over here. coming up, the raging dough bait over the man bag. how small is too small? some people to help me with this debate. first this is "today" on nbc. ♪ [ harry umlaut ] hey you know what, i speak european. [ sally umlaut ] european isn't a language. i think they speak all kinds over there. nah. it's basically one language with a few variations. my cousin has a passport. uh-huh. take this fascinating muller yogurt. frut up. means "fruit up." as in creamy yogurt down below. and a delectable, aromatic layer of blended fruity, moussey, uppiness on top. frut up. as the europeans say. in their language. wow. you really are bilingual. yeah, i dated a comma in high school. [ male announcer ] muller. the european for yummy. >>> you know, when it comes to us guys and the bags we tote, how small can you go before that carry all becomes a ladies' clutch? tile sorenson who, like me,

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