the next day his mother, vanessa adelson, received a knock on her door. >> i don't remember whether i fell to the ground or fell into my husband's arms but, um i remember going outside and screaming on the front porch. >> reporter: adelson says her son was the kid everyone loved. he was funny and fun-loving but he also had a strong sense of duty and wanted to serve the military to make a difference in his country. >> you know you're trying to not only remember your child but for other -- other people to remember him and the sacrifices he made. >> reporter: one year ago, adelson discovered honor, a winery and brewery that pays tribute to men and women in the armed forces by sharing their stories and donating to charities for fallen and injured troops. >> now i have somebody who has said i care about your son. >> reporter: founder dave keener comes from a long line of veterans. >> i wanted to do something not only to honor my family but to honor those that have served our country. and i look at wine and beer as a means of celebration. it's the raising the glass in someone's honor for th

mark: that leaves us to sheldon adelson.um about his choice, but that newspaper he publishes seems to lean in favor of marco rubio. betty: winning him would give rubio a definitive boost. is support allowed newt gingrich to stay in longer then he has. the republican hopefuls will go to vegas. they called sheldon-fest every election cycle. wants to maken sure they have conservative principles and a strong support for the state of israel. his blessinghem and backing, it is not shocking how far they tend to go. you have to remember, he backed a losing candidate last time, mitt romney. for all his money, he was not able to pull off this victory. how much does it take, really, to back a winner? gives thesefest, it candidates foreign policy chops. mark: very much so. he is entrenched in israeli policy and a big backer of benjamin netanyahu. mark: does he relish the role of kingmaker? betty: yes. there is no doubt. he will not say so publicly. he is the king of las vegas. interesting, sheldon has not spoken out on politics as of la

billionaire casino owner sheldon adelson is now decide who to back this time around and is reportedly leaning toward marco rubio. some of these mega donors made their views clear, many refuse to discuss their beliefs publicly. consider what happened when foster freeze who powered strum's campaign sat down with our own andrea mitchell back in 2012. >> this contraceptive thing, my gosh, it's such inexpensive. back in my days they used bayer aspirin for contraceptives. the gal's put it between their knees and it wasn't that costly. >> donald trump is eliminating the middleman. there is no slick politician. instead, we get pure unfiltered, unadulterated billionaire donor class in. our politics are controlled by a bunch of people with plenty of money but not necessarily any more common sense than the donald himself. joining me now, prize winning journalist david k johnson, contributing writer at news week and a long time trumpologist. let me start on this. mr. trump presented all of us with what looked like a word document with some numbers on it showing us how rich he is. i guess the firs

and people like sheldon adelson, their view of the common american is just one of utter contempt. the reason for that is that these are people who are run by money. they base their value on how thick their wallets are and not on the content of their character which is very often quite shallow. >> and this is a key point here as well. people in the left particularly when we -- when we evaluate the sort of money and politics and what the super pac era looks like. there's a tendency to focus on perceived quid pro quo or favor trading. i'm a hedge fund billionaire. i want to keep that going. i give money to candidates to keep that going. that is true. obviously that, happens. but there is also just a lot of like daffy i had yoe sin crowcy that's people have who happen to have huge amounts of money that allow them to essentially subsidize candidates to indulge in their own i had yoe sin crowcies. >> sheldon adelson owns two personal 747s one chf is equipped for skate boarding in the sky by his youngest heirs. how wonderful to have the pilot do this while you're skate boarding. they don

brothers are closer than ever $300 some million, members of the koch brothers network are hoping adelsonthe same for 2016. >>> mitt romney has advice for the gop field. don't lose focus on minority voters. >> the biggest mistake i made was not focusing very early on on minority voters hispanic-americans african-americans, asian-americans. >> president bill clinton is also weighing in on the 2016 gop field. youth, energy and diversity, but there are a lot of them. >> i sympathize with the question of how the primary voters are going to decide who to vote for. there's a lot of them. it looks more like the kentucky derby than belmont. >> and talking horses we would like to point out only eight horses participated in this year's belmont stakes. ten republicans so far have declared plans to run for president. gop presidential candidate marco rubio one of them launching his campaign store yesterday. for $45, you can purchase your very own -- yes, wait for it -- marco polo. >>> lindsey graham is a fan of trap shooting. he had some advice for msnbc's kasie hunt. >> have you shot before kasie? >>

the billionaire casino magnate sheldon adelson is reportedly set to host a conference in las vegas this weekend on how to counter bds and universities nationwide. this comes as president obama has warned israel risks losing international credibility the prime minister benjamin netanyahu continues to reject a two state solution. obama made the common in an interview with israeli television. >> i think subsequently his statements have suggested that there is the possibility of a palestinian state. but it has so many caveats, so many conditions that it is not realistic to think that those conditions would be met anytime in the near future. and so the danger here is that israel as a whole loses credibility. already, the international community does not believe that israel is serious about a two state solution. the statement the premised are made compounded that desk prime minister made compounded the belief that there is not a commitment there. amy: a victim whose torture is documented in last year's senate report is accusing the cia of more abuses than previously disclosed. guantanamo bay

last go around and i want to lay it out for people because it's pretty disgusting in my opinion and adelson spent $20 million to keep gingrich in the race rainy foster friess spent $20 million for santorum and trump announced the worth is $9 billion in assets. give us a sense of how long he could stay in the race if he were to self fund himself. >> well really depends on just how much he is worth. that's a self reported figure. that's not filed with the sec. once he fills that out under penalty -- >> zeek, hold on. i don't think you're being fair. this is donald trump. we have to take him at his word. >> literally, it is huge. i mean he is -- you know he can self fund as long as he wants. he has the money. really doesn't take that much to stay in the race. you know? all tough do is fly around and get on the debate stage. the poll numbers is where he needs to be. and travel around a little bit. >> well zeke don't be jealous but i did score an interview with donald trump. >> that's true. >> for my web show and talk to him on the white house correspondents' dinner red carpet with many interest

and people like the koch brothers, sheldon adelson -- [booing] they said hey that's great.hat's a great. what we always wanted to do, to own our government. and what citizens united allowed is these people who spend billions of dollars to buy candidates who will make the rich richer and everybody else poorer. and this issue of campaign finance reform is so important, it is important because it impacts every other issue of concern. if we have a congress or governor or state legislatures that are owned by the billionaire class, we are not going to address the problems facing working families. i have so far made one promise in his campaign one clear promise, and that is i will have a litmus test for my nominees to the supreme court. [applause] and that litmus test is that anybody i nominate will make it clear to this country that they are going to rehearing citizens united and vote to overturn that disastrous decision. [cheers and applause] i want to see a vibrant american democracy where we are not looking at 63% of the people not voting. we are looking at 90% of the people v

and sheldon adelson spent $20 million to keep newt gingrich in the race.pent $2 million to backkck rick santorum. to give perspective, what else can $5 billion buy? it can build close to 170 new high schools in america. send 125,000 kids to college for four years. fill up the tanks of 2.4 million americans for one year. or provide groceries to 2.5 million americans. and the race is on to elect the next president with no cap on spending in sight. >> there is a point of diminishing returns. we may be approaching that point. >> the numbers are astronomical. some super pacs have fund raising figures. we will see how close they are to their goals. come july 15th, when they have to make the numbers public we are not talking about that. it is tens of billions. >> it is sickening when you think what it could buy. abby thank you for being here. carson. >>> thanks guys. hurricane season is in full swing, dylan. despite tropical storm ana, the atlantic hurricane season is off to a slow start. you have more. >> according to the latest numbers from national oceanic atm

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