adelson disagreed and the general counsel quit. >> what has adelson's response been to your investigation>> we have heard nothing directly from him. in court, because there's an ongoing fight between one of the executives who is president of the macau operation and the company, he repeatedly said publicly that this is just a disgruntled employees and no proof to it. he takes a very vigorous or vigorously responded to things we of said about him in the court case. >> stephen engelberg is with us. we're also joined by peter stone, reporter who spent 20 years covering money and politics and has been writing for "the huffington post." peter, put this investigation that stephen engelberg and others have done into the broader context of what you've learned about sheldon adelson. >> i think it comes as an embarrassing time, potentially embarrassing time for adelson, and for a number of republican groups who have received incredibly large donations from him in this cycle. as you know, he was a leading supporter of newt gingrich and is an effort, the outside group backing gingrich. he had longstan

>> no time. >> we're trying to follow karl rove and children adelson down the hall. -- sheldon adelson down the hall. how much money are you going to spend on this election? >> get off me. >> he is just walking. >> i did not touch her, she ran back in to me. she just grabs our camera. this woman grabbed our camera. >> there was a loud noise from the sound of "democracy now!" video camera hitting the ground. mike burke attempted to question the billionaire casino sheldon adelson the woman described as his daughter grabbed the camera from hany massoud, then attempted to take the camera into a private suite. she then drop the camera on the ground. our senior producer mike burke joins us to describe what happened. explain. >> we were on the fifth floor of the tampa bay times forum, the site of the republican national convention and hany massoud -- was that most of the day walking along the hallways or the corporate suites are, try to find politicians and campaign donors and various other people to speak with. you're the end of the evening, we were walking down the hall where we see sheldon

george harris, a former employee of adelson's and now a gingrich finance director, says adelson donates his money with no strings attached. >> i can promise you something-- mr. adelson doesn't ask anybody for anything. i don't believe there's any quid pro quo for this money at all. >> reporter: but critics argue and public interest groups argue that $10 million buys you influence, period. the adelson gift, for example, has already purchased seven times more ad time in florida than the entire gingrich campaign. and, scott, this is the leading example of how these unrestricted superpacs are changing the race for the white house. >> pelley: wyatt, thanks very much. what's next for egypt? one year after the revolution. a half foot of rain floods parts of texas. and it's like the fourth of july in january thanks to the northern lights. when the cbs evening news continues. >> pelley: one year ago today, the arab spring arrived in egypt, and 18 days later, protesters forced out the 30-year dictatorship of hose me mubarak. the military now runs egypt, but it promises a transition to civilian ru

adelson just spent so much money trying to defeat. mr. adelson's company denies any wrongdoing.nd as a very rich man, mr. adelson stands to pay a whole, whole lot more in taxes now that mr. obama has won a second term. and mr. adelson says he intends to double his spending on conservative causes with a particular focus on anti-union measures in the states. labor unions played a big part in mr. adelson's conversion to democrat to republican kingmaker. he fought with members picketing outside his hotel in las vegas. he tried to fight them in court, until find the supreme court declined to take his case. in testimony for the nevada state ethics commission, future democratic congresswoman and unsuccessful candidate shelly berkeley said adelson had told her, "old democrats were with the union and he wanted to break the back of the union, subsequently he had to break the back of the democrats." that fight, the war with labor changed sheldon adelson from being just another social liberal on the sidelines of politics to sheldon adelson, contributor on an historic scale to republicans wh

i believe you interviewed adelson about it.he built his fortune. >> sheldon is one of the most visionary businessmen i've met. trump avoiding bankruptcy, steve wynn who knows the business. they are pip squeaks compared to sheldon. sheldon had the vision of creating a convention center and bringing business and he parlayed his money brilliantly and his political connections. his casino employs 21,000 people. it is a way for the chinese government to get untaxed money and it is bringing in so much money along with the other casinos that the government can't spend it as fast as it comes in. do you ever hear sheldon complain about his 48% tax. he got rich because government made him rich. government gave him a privilege, a license, and we need to remember that government is instrumental in determining who gets rich and who is kept in poverty. >> one of the things -- one of the points i want to make in that piece and i think the bigger point is whatever adelson's particular beliefs are and i don't really agree with hardly any of the

adelson wants which mr.ngrich has said he will do if elected president, is symbolic gesture that's very controversial, which is moving the united states embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. and that's something mr. adelson wants very much. but he also opposes a two-state solution which is current policy. so he would like to see more hard line efforts for israel, a toughening stance on iran. but there's a second issue. way back in the '90s mr. gingrich and mr. adelson had another thing in common. they both really dislike unions. mr. adelson has done his best over the years, legally and legitimately, to keep unions from organizing around his casinos, to stop the culinary unions from doing well in his casinos, to stop card check, he supported legislation that would keep union donations under control and from being used for political purposes. and he has gotten advice on that over the years from mr. gingrich. so that's something else that mr. adelson would like to see if mr. gingrich becomes president. >> if ging

media about adelson is role in the presidential campaign and no mention of israel they refused to say the israel word and adelson is game is he's a union buster in las vegas who became friends with newt gingrich he's funding gingrich's campaign he gave gingrich five million dollars to gingrich's again which aligned super pac right after newt gingrich called the palestinians an invented people at the same time adelson owns a newspaper in israel called him which is can considered netanyahu house organ his propaganda sheet and he's finance pro netanyahu think tanks so there is a clear so adelson is the link between netanyahu and the us presidential campaign what i'm on able to completely figure out and what i think a lot of people in the us are wondering is why is adelson funding gingrich's campaign which is so anti romney gingrich has dedicated his campaign to destroying the republican front runner mitt romney while romney is surrounded himself with neoconservatives who are very close to netanyahu is agenda so it's hard to understand what's going on there are you suggesting there might

this isn't adelson's first time aiding gingrich. adelson, the eighth richest person in this country gave more than $7 million to the former speaker's former political group. they met in 1995 when gingrich was house speaker and backed legislation lobbied for by adelson to move the american embass in israel to jerusalem. the pros was made legal by which the super packs have been able to spend all their money was referred to with words like disastrous and appalling. new york's senior senator chuck schumer said the decision should be blamed for "undoing our democracy." >> one of the foremost needs of our society is for a fair, functioning democracy where there's some semblance of equality that each people's votes has the same weight. >> the citizen's united decision represents one of the most destructive changes in law that has occurred in recent memory. >> speaking of gingrich's super pack, i meant to say $4.4 million, not billion, it's a lot of money in politics. you get confused sometimes. joining me, hey, brian, good to have you wit

george harris, a former employee of adelson and a gingrich finance director says adelson donate his moneyth no strings attached. >> i can promise you something. mr. adelson doesn't ask anybody for anything. i don't believe there's any quid pro quo for this money at all. >> but public interest groups argue that $10 million buys you influence, period. the adelson gift has already purchased seven times more ad time in florida than the entire gingrich campaign. it's the leading example of how unrestricted super pacs are changing the race for the white house. wyatt andrews, cbs news washington. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning," florida republican senator, marco rubio on the contoversial immigration ad from the gingrich campaign. that's the "cbs morning news" for this thursday. i'm betty nguyen. thanks for watching everybody. i'm betty nguyen. thanks for watching everybody. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

eldon adelson the sugar daddy of newt gingrich giving him money. they agree that israel should be completely hard right wing and palestinians should not get a state. we talked about that before. we haven't told you how much addlele son would make if good beginning would become president. we did the math on it. first, a little clip from world news. >> i think it was on nightline. so he's got a big checkbook right? let's compare him to mitt romney. mitt romney is incredibly rich. he has about $250 million and sheldon adelson is crushing him at $21 billion. he is 84 times richer than mitt romney. ok so, we did a little bit of math. now, if sheldon adelson is making the same amount of money as mitt romney is in relationship to their net worth he would actually be making $1.76 billion. now, if he paid 15% on that, he would be paying in taxes $264 million. remember president obama has the buffet rule, and he wins, then it would be 30% tax on all millionaires in which case sheldon adelson would have to pay $27.9 million. what's the difference? $265 millio

last month, he met with adelson for nearly an hourment the question is, what does adelson expect to getat's the small question compared to the power, they really make effective changes. john raulston is a columnist and rick tower, a former newt gingrich spoke man who acknowledged the superpac winning our future. that group was a major beneficiary of adelson's money. it is amazing if you think about putting these together, republican candidate for president, mitt romney at the alta alter of donald trump, theb you see him taking money from sheldon adelson. casino jack. it's unbelievable what's going on here. what does that say out in vegas that these guys who make money at the craps table are now running the election of the leading republican of the country? >> i think it's unfair to adelson to compare him to trump. he's worth a lot more and is actually a person of substance. he has a few things he really cares about. israel is one of them and he and newt gingrich got to know each other over that in the mid '90s. oneew casino owners that has fought the unions. he is quite enamored of karl

it's interesting that history between sheldon adelson and steve wynn.ed to really hate each other. they bonded in recent years about their disdain for the president. that's one of the reasons i think that the other candidates are not doing anything about sheldon adelson. they figure even if newt goes down, they want sheldon adelson's money later on to try to beat obama so i don't think they are going to go after him at all. >> all right. are you going to promise me nevada is going to be competitive or not? we're treating it like a major state. >> it is a major state. it's the most competitive state in the country. come here, chuck. >> all right. >> just very quickly, adelson's people have made it clear regardless of who gets the nomination, he will be there helping the republican nominee. they want obama out of the white house. >> always good to see you. thank you for getting up early, john. >> all right, chuck. >> thanks, mike. up next, our political panel is here. msnbc supertuesday tomorrow as floridians go to the polls. primary coverage starts at 6:

last month, he met with adelson for nearly an hour the question is, what does adelson expect to get? rick tower is the spokesman winning our future super pac. that was the main beneficiary of adelson's money in that go around. and the host of face to face on the nbc affiliate. it has amazing if you think about these together. this candidate for president effectively now, mitt romney genuflecting at the alter of donald trump. then you see him taking money in scads from this other fellow. what does it say in vegas that these guys who make money at the craps table are now running the presidential election of the leading republican in the country? >> well, i do have to say i think it's unfair to compare him to donald trump. he's worth more than donald trump. he's a person of substance. now, what is that substance? he has a few things he really cares about. israel is one of them. he and newt gingrich got to know each other over that issue in the '90s. he is one of the few strip casino owners that has fought the unions. as you mentioned, he's got $25 billion. $100 million is not unreasonab

washington post reports that adelson is flying to washington d.c. to meet with republican leaders in surprise hopes of changing the foreign corrupt practices act currently president obama's department of justice is investigating adelson for violating that act as it's been suggested he was bribing officials in china to get its casinos built and chinese control territorially. which is of course probably why adelson spent so much money to defeat president obama because a republican romney administration would bring with it a new republican attorney general and a new republican justice department to find out prosecuted or might just settle out of court for a small fine to make it all go away this is the life of the rich and powerful in america being in trouble with the law they just buy a few politicians and get new laws to protect themselves used to call bribery but today thanks to the supreme court's citizens united decision it's called business as usual. now and the people who get left behind when billionaires like sheldon adelson own our politicians

that's not sheldon adelson's things over the years. point of that meeting putting it bluntly kissing the ring. they understand how important sheldon adelson's spending to those on the right is going to be in this election. they wanted to make sure that he had a chance to hear from the pick for vice president. >> eliot: in a way it's more likely that the right wing groups the koch brothers and sheldon adelson their universe will be happier. mitt romney was not their first choice. in a way i have a sense that they will look to ryan to be their voice in the white house should the romney-ryan ticket win, of course, because he'll be carrying their loyalty and would have worked with them over many mother years than mitt romney. >> that's true. it's policy and personality. paul ryan everybody ised in the choice with chris chikolo head of the club for growth. he was on the staff committee for the freedom works the tea party organization that is active around the country. he received an award for those brands of americans for prosperity. he has

his political group came from adelson.vate jet to fly gingrich around. for the past five or six years, adelson has been the financial angel behind newt gingrich. they have become very close over the years. what's really extraordinary about this $10 million from adelson and his wife, it was crucial in turning around gingrich's candidacy. it came after the crushing defeat that gingrich got. as soon as the super pac got the money, they were able toll go on the air with attack ads against mitt romney. the senior adviser says the money from the ads is what turned the race around. >> michael, what about the report that it was gingrich's comments that palestinians are an inventive people. that remark, as it's been reported in some places, is one that adelson loved and that helped fuel his passion to support newt over mitt romney. >> i don't know that it fueled his passion anymore than it already was. he had already been a big supporter of gingrich's. it certainly gives you an idea of where gingrich is coming from. that's very muc

adelson's wife. the support helped newt gingrich get back in the game and win south carolina last month which seemed like it might scramble the entire race. at least until mitt romney whooped gingrich something fierce in florida last week, his double digit win re-establishing the establishment. this weekend the fight for the republican nomination pulled in sheldon adelson's backyard with the nevada caucuses. sheldon adelson and billions are in no way the kind of political force that nevada republicans are prepared to alienate. they decided to hold a special evening caucus to people who couldn't vote during the day for religious reasons, held that the special caucus in a building named for none other than sheldon adelson, with the family name on the front. result was kind of a zoo, with ron paul supporters showing up an making a ruckus, they called the proceedings a felonious, unconstitutional sham. ron paul won the special caucus in a walk. newt gingrich nearly caught mitt romney for second. in the o

adelson would safe $529 million a year if newt gingrich were president. gee, i wonder why he's giving him $10 million. if newt winds up winning ile be the greatest investment of adelson's life. these are rough calculations, but we'd like to challenge sheldon adelson to release his tax returns. he's having such an norm mouse effect on this race, shouldn't we know who newt's sugar daddy is and where he's getting his money? newt gingrich was dead and buried until adelson gave him $5 million in south carolina and another $5 million in florida. lets see his tax returns so we would know how much money he would save if his man were in the white house. very relevant. we are curious about all these different tax returns and wanted to know how a big city certified public accountant played with the numbers. we sent the young turks brian unger to california to ask what he needs to do to get romney's special tax rate. >> i will release my tax returns for 2010, which is the last returns that were completed. we just made a mistake in holding off as long as we did. it ju

adelson is hawkish on israel.lved in israeli politics, even more so than american politics. he has his own free newspaper he distributes there. but he and newt didn't have a blossoming relationship until after he left congress when adelson essentially funded his american solutions pac, $8 million worth. so they have had the israeli bond. no one was happier when newt came up with the palestinians are an invented people line than sheldon adelson and his wife, myriam, who is also hawkish on israel. they immediately associated themselves with those comments. >> let's be careful here. a good share of american people supports israel, generally speaking. and even people who are jewish americans who are committed to israel have positions that are very reasonable. adelson has a number of positions, which i think most people would think is divisive in the world. jonathan pollard, convicted of spying in israel, that is not a cause you hear most about. these are newt gingrich's positions. and then moving the embassy in jerusa

billionaire sheldon adelson. the two men bonded over their support forisse real.cently, adelson threw gingrich a lifeline donating $5 million to a political action committee that supports gingrich. it plans to spend $3.4 million of adelson's money airing portions of this hard hitting 28-minute anti-romney video on south carolina tv stations. >> the suffering began when mitt romney came to town. >> under the law, the gingrich campaign is banned from coordinating its activities with the political action committee that is helping him. but earlier this week, gingrich admitted he still talks to adelson. >> i think if he wants to counterbalance romney's millionaires, i have no objection to him doing that. >> romney's millionaires include old family friends and fellow mormons, including marriott hotels who have given a million dollars to a super pac that supports romney. >> both sides are arming themselves to the teeth with millionaire friends. >> peter stone with the nonpartisan center for public integrity says adelson and the marriotts are prime examples of how the pol

recently, adelson threw gingrich a lifeline, donating $5 million to a political action committee thats gingrich. it plans to spend $3.4 million of adelson's money airing portions of this hard-hitting 28-minute anti-romney video on south carolina t.v. stations. >> the suffering began when mitt romney came to town. >> reporter: under the law, the gingrich campaign is banned from coordinating its activities with the political action committee that is helping him. but earlier this week, gingrich admitted he still talks to adelson. >> i think if he wants to counterbalance romney's millionaires, i have no objection to him counterbalancing romney's millionaires. >> reporter: romney's millionaires include old family friends and fellow mormons j.w. and richard marriott of marriott hotels who together have give an million dollars to a superpac that supports romney. >> both sides are arming themselves to the teeth with millionaire friends. >> reporter: peter stone with the phan partisan center for public integrity says adelson and the marriotts are prime examples of how the political clout of th

sheldon adelson says he'll spend $100 million to elect mitt romney.ew report says he could make a 2,000% return on that investment if mitt romney is elected president. i'll break down the numbers. stay tuned. >>> up next, $100 million may seem like a lot for one person to spend in an election. we'll have the details. >>> and tonight negotiations continue in chicago to end the teachers strike. they are not any closer to a deal. i'll ask chicago teachers union karen lewis the president about where it is at this hour. you can listen to my radio show on sirius radio. and like "the ed show" on facebook. multi-policy discount... paperless discount... paid in full discount... [yawning] homeowner's discount... safe driver discount... unicorn discount. unicorn wearing a sombrero. olé... countless discounts -- now, that's progressive. call or click today. welcome back to "the ed show." in our post citizens united democracy, millionaires like sheldon adelson, they really are in a sense taking over this country if you look at it. they have a lot of influence and