bopp calls it free speech. >> this is a government, of, by and for the people.ot of, by and for the candidates or the news media, or the government. >> reporter: in fact, the government can't do anything about it. how can that be? we went to the federal elections commission, the place where candidates finances are closely scrutinized, commissioner donald mcgann admits super pacs can do just about anything they want. >> control is impossible because courts have already said that they're legal. so there's not much that the government can do to reign them in, so to speak. >> if you were running for president, the most money i could give you would be $2500 for the primaries and another $2500 for the general election. a total of $5,000. but if you had a super pac supporting you, why, i could give your super pac literally millions and millions of dollars. i don't, but foster friesz comes close. he may not have a billion, but he has lots and lots of millions and he's been giving freely to the super pac to the man he wants to be president, rick santorum. >> game on! >>

james bopp. >> as somebody very interested in government, politics and conservative philosophy, thishe has been fighting for conservatives since the 1970s when he started representing the national right to life committee. now he's the go-to attorney for dozens of conservative groups, including the rnc and citizens united, which, thanks to a 2010 supreme court decision, created the super pac. >> they just don't want people to be spending money on elections. >> reporter: last week bopp defended super pacs at a debate sponsored by the louisiana state bar in new orleans. his opponent on stage was robert weisman, president of public citizen, a group that lobbies against corporate influence. weisman believes the supreme court's decision on citizens united was wrong and that it will eventually be overturned. >> whether or not it's for the democrats or for the republicans, it's the corporate interest as against the broader public interest. >> we just have more voices, more information. people are free to disregard whatever they don't want to consider. they're free to turn off the tv whenever

bopp billingham, and infrastructure manager for the event sponsor. we're going to sit down with him and deal with some of these issues around waterfront were, particularly the operation of cranes. those are discussions that we look forward to, and we look forward to appearing again before the port commission in january to assess where we are at on the social equity issues. thank you very much for your consideration of our concerns, and what a great day it is for the port of san francisco. commissioner brandon: thank you. >> good afternoon. my name is jennifer, president of san francisco tomorrow. i have appreciated all the months -- i have spent about 10 months working with port staff. unfortunately, we were not able to come to agreement on all the issues in the eir or the mmrp, appealed to the certification has been filed this morning under administrative code 31.16, no further action can be taken on this matter until it is referred by the board of supervisors. since you're scheduled to hear it in late january, i am very hopeful we can take care of

meanwhile attorney james bopp who argued and won the supreme court case that opened the floodgates tothe merrier. >> unfortunately there's not enough information out there. people dmoent the name of their congressman, their vice president, much less what their policies are. so we need much more spending in order to have informed voting. >> i made a mistake. >> reporter: what's not in debate is the air assault is far from over. political advertising on television is expected to reach an all-time high. $3 billion by the time we pick our next president. >> armen keteyian is with us now. here is the question from me. how much can they spend? >> it's unlimited. i mean they can spend whatever's in their wallet and they can spend it as much and often as they want. adelson, $10 million. >> if he decides to spend $100 million on a candidate -- >> -- he can do it. for example, just in south carolina, you had $3 million that came in from the romney pac. $15 million already in florida that has been spent by those supporting gingrich and romney. you know, this is a tidal waive. what's going to hap

. >> indiana attorney james bopp who argued and won the supreme court case who opened to contributionsgh information out there. people don't know the name of their congressman. they don't know the name of the vice president and much less what their policies are. they need much more spending in order to have informed voting. >> i made a mistake. >> what's not debatable is that the air assault is far from over. political advertising on television is expected to reach an all-time high. $3 billion by the time we picked our next president. >> arm anan is with us now. how much can they spend? >> as much as they have in their wallet. adelson adelson, as we talked about -- >> if he wants to spend $100 million on a republican candidate he can do it. >> he can do it. in south carolina you have 3 million that came in from the romney pac and 15 million in florida that have been spent by those supporting gingrich and romney. this is a tidal wave and i think what's going to happen, too, this is by far the most expensive, but it's the most negative and it will become i think, the most slimy. >> is th