mr. adelson and his wife.lion into a pro-gingrich superpac called winning our future which mainly went toward advertising, a big assist at a time when the gingrich campaign was very short on cash. by late march, adelson decided he lost faith in that candidate and newt gingrich was at the end of his line. soon after, newt gingrich dropped out of the race and adelson threw his support behind a romney superpac, restore our future, with twice the amount of money he gave to gingrich. because when you are worth $38 billion, $92 million of those is just pocket change. in fact, that amount would translate to the median u.s. household of a donation of about 95 bucks. which brings us back to this weekend. at least four republican governor, including christie, are heading to las vegas for a four-day-long conference sponsored by a lobbying entity called the republican jewish coalition. this is held at the venetian hotel, of course, owned by sheldon adelson. he'll be in attendance. he's reportedly on the lookout for a more

mr. adelson has come out against it and he has every right to do that as a citizen. i think he is wrong respectively because there are millions of people that play poker on the internet for money right now every day. a lot of those people are in the united states but they are playing either within a state that allows it -- nevada allows it and i think new jersey now allows it -- they are playing at websites that are not located in the united states. they are offshore. it is going to happen. it is happening. i would hope that in some point in time, mr. adelson accepts the reality just as the tides come in and the tides go out and the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. adults with free choice in the united states and around the world are going to play poker for money on the internet and his company is in one of the best positions to offer those services and to make sure the games are honest and fair. his opposition, while i know it is sincere, is not going to succeed in the end and it would be better having him tell us the best way to do it than an effort to s

mr. adelson today? e weekend's worth of events sponsored by the republican jewish committee. most of them are coming out for a private dinner that adelson will be throwing in his private airplane hangar to honor jeb bush. over the weekend there are golf outings and scotch tastings and in between that, adelson will have a series of one-on-one and listen meetings to these guys informally make a pitch for why they are the most electable candidate. >> i don't know they do not take the "surveillance" jet hangar. josh, do the democrats have an equivalent? is there a democrat sheldon adelson? >> if you ask a republican, they say that the original was a george soros and was pumped hundreds of millions of dollars into democratic politics. you don't have the same kind of personality. george soros does not have democrats out at a big event and grade -- and parade them through the media there. that is more of a sheldon nilson las vegas think and write now the focus is on republicans and who is sheldon adelson going

mr. adelson, and what does this say about what he is trying to do? >> you have jeb bush, chris christie and two guys who are considered dark horses for the nomination but strong candidates, scott walker and john kasich. all of them having common is they are considered mainstream, electable republicans. each one of them is or used to be the governor of a swing state or, in christie's case, democratic state, so they have proven electoral appeal be on the right wing of the republican adelsonnd that is what seems to be looking for this time around. >> what does it say about who is not there in his thought process? >> there are some very high-profile republicans we expect to run in 2016 who were not invited or who haven't shown up, guys like ted cruz, rand .aul they are not here. neither are social conservatives like rick santorum or mike huckabee. this is a sign to adelson's advisers that said instead of supporting a fringe candidate like he did with newt gingrich, he is looking to get behind a republican to get elected to the white house. this is essent

mr. adelson governor christie also apologized to another major pro-israel donor there at the republican groupor wasn't having any of it. he just thought it was beyond the pale that governor christie would say that. we had really bad weather this weekend. i was hunkered down with old magazines and came across one that was written the week after last november's election and it was heralding chris christie because of his victory as the great hope for the republican establishment. i thought, it's just been such a short time and in that short time, given the bridge scandal, it has completely remade the republican primary field. but again, it's early. >> it's early and your weekend reading and raining washington shows us how things can change very quickly in the coming months as we head to the mid-terms before the primaries even start. thank you very much. >> and coming up, after the wars, a new report on the mental health and other conditions -- other problems our veterans are suffering next. stay with us here on "andrea mitchell reports, only on msnbc. to help people clean better, and that he tra

mr. adelson should have to do kissing with surveillance cameras working.d see the stooping these guys are willing to do in order to conquer. and that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "all in with chris hayes" starts right now. >>> good evening from washington. i'm alex wagner in for chris hayes. late breaking news tonight. the only person who definitely knows why it was time for some traffic problems in ft. lee, the person who wrote that e-mail, chris christie's former deputy chief of staff, bridget anne kelly, who was fired by the governor, savaged in an internal report released yesterday and called a liar by christie again today has responded tonight with a rocket of a statement from her attorney which says kelly will talk if given, "appropriate procedural safeguards

mr. adelson out in las vegas started to have concerns about whether christie was electable, so what happened is they come out with a report yesterday and he can carry this big 660-page document with him to las vegas and put it on the desk and say, see there, it says i'm innocent. i think this whole thing is about the report saying that he is innocent, which he's said from day one. it's more like a defensive christie than it is a real look at what happened. >> which is interesting, because even some christie supporters have said they believe that chris christie had no involvement and that is to be determined after federal and state investigations, however, the presentation with this attorney hired by christie went up like a lead balloon to your point, no matter how many pages of documents, this is his guy saying he's innocent. >> right. he was asked about that at the press conference and he said, let's be clear here, the governor did not hire me. i was hired by the governor's office. >> with taxpayers' dollars. >> that's right. that's a distinction only a lawyer could understand. come on. it

mr. adelson and his connection or lack of connection with chris christie?> i don't know. >> i can tell you one thing when he ran for reelection, he and his wife gave the maximum out for christie's reelection. it was 3,80$3,800, wasn't it? >> he makes billions a day. >> that's not a lot. >> he can spread himself pretty thin. but this time, seems like he wants to find someone more electable. i would bet that is the best speech in timing and performance. that's the best speech that's going to be given. >> absolutely. that's what made christie popular, that kind of speech. >> yeah. >> bob engel, brian murphy, thank you as always for your insight on new jersey politics. >>> we'll take a quick break. we'll be right back. go. let's talk asset allocation. sure. you seem knowledgeable, professional. would you trust me as your financial advisor? i would. i would indeed. well, let's be clear here. i'm actually a dj. [ dance music plays ] [laughs] no way! i have no financial experience at all. that really is you? if they're not a cfp pro, you just don't know. find a ce

mr. christie flew las vegas to woo sheldon adelson. ade a gaffe and described the west bank as occupied territories. the israeli government and mr. ailsa and would not consider those regions to be occupied. christie apologized and adelson accepted. nothing like a little bridge gate to give you foot and mouth disease. next, we're going to turkey and its ban on social media. ♪ >> it is 26 minutes past the hour which means bloombergtv is on the markets. stocks are rising following dovish comments from janet yellen. the s&p said to pose its fifth straight quarterly gain. we're watching edward life sciences and megatron x. shares getting a lift today after the american college of cardiology released a study valves artificial heart reduce recovery time from surgery. ♪ >> this is "lunch money" on bloomberg television, also streaming live on your tablet and smart phone. i'm adam johnson. today's moving pictures now, where the video is the story. u.s. secretary of state john kerry says russia has to pull its troops back from the ukraine border i

mr. christie flew to las vegas to woo sheldon adelson. ade a gaffe and described the west bank as occupied territories. the israeli government and mr. ailsa and would not consider those regions to be occupied. christie apologized and adelson accepted. nothing like a little bridge gate to give you foot and mouth disease. next, we're going to turkey and its ban on social media. ♪ >> this is "lunch money" on bloomberg television, also streaming live on your tablet and smart phone. i'm adam johnson. today's moving pictures now, where the video is the story. u.s. secretary of state john kerry says russia has to pull its troops back from the ukraine border if progress is to be made. he met with his russian counterpart yesterday who stressed the u.s. position on ukraine. >> in a frank conversation this evening with the prime minister, i made clear the united states still considers the russian actions to be illegal and illegitimate and russians actions over the past several weeks have placed it at odds, obviously, with the rule of law in the inter

mr. bush also set to meet with members of the republican jewish coalition. that is happening at a con seen know owned by sheldon adelson. he said he will decide about a possible run for the white house by the end of the year. >>> the politics of equal pay for women continues to be a headache for republicans in the state of texas. it was yesterday the executive droektor of the texas republican party looked to clarify her party's stance on that issue saying in part, quote, men are better negotiators. i would encourage women instead of pursuing the courts to become better negotiators. this comes after the head of red state women. that's a republican suresenubli. >>> if you look at it, women are extremely busy. we lead busy lives whether we're working professionally, whether we're working from home. and times are extremely, extremely busy. it's a busy cycle for women and we have a lot to juggle and so when we look at this issue we think, what's practical? we want more access to jobs. we want to be able to get a higher education degree at the same time we're raising a family. that's common sense. we believe that real world

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mr. john harris. good morning, john. >> good morning. >> so you've got a piece up about sheldon adelson and it's all to meet with him inas. he poured almost a million dollars of his own into the 2012 campaign and got behind newt gingrich single handedly and kept him in that race. who is he looking at this go round? >> four days in vegas at sheldon adelson's hotel. jeb bush will be out there kicking things off at a dinner tonight and chris christie, a lot of attention as to how damaged he is going to be in the eyes of these big donors including adelson. scott walker is also heading out out there. it's the republican jewish congress which is heavily dominated by adelson's money. two years out an event like this would be sponsored by the party and shows how weak the party is and how powerful the rich people like adelson are and look at what he is looking for in these candidates and other big money. a lot of talk in recent days, "the washington post" had a good article yesterday he is now looking for electability. >> if adelson looked at newt gingrich last time who will he look around this time? word he will not pour so mu