when it came time for the democrats to pick somebody in their primary to run against congressman david riverandidate who everybody expected who had run hard against mr. rivera in the past. that was this guy, joe garcia. but in addition, there was another candidate in the primary, kind of out of the blue, and that was this guy. who reported almost no fund raising and who personally had only a little over 100 bucks in the bank. but he still somehow managed to put out really professionally done, professionally microtargeted, high-end, well-researched campaign mailers. lots of different ones to the tune of thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars in campaign spending. thousands and thousands of dollars in cash, it turns out. in crisp hundred dollar bills. stuffed into envelopes. where was all that money coming from? here's how the miami herald puts it, during one call congressman david rivera directed an employee to walk outside, check the office mailbox for an envelope containing payment for one mailer. the envelope was stuffed with cash. $7800. the owner of the company doing the mailers

and david rivera's seat is now leans democrat.nd in the course of all the reporting on this incredibly sordid story from miami, we learn the one detail of this story that will stick forever no matter what happens in this race and no matter who goes to prison. the alleged conduit between the fake candidate and the congressman who was funding the campaign is a self-described political guru and conservative bad girl who is now missing and wanted for questioning in this case. when she talked to the fake candidate guy about who the mysterious benefactor was, he says she never said the words david rivera. she called him by his initials d.r. or she called him by his nickname. the gangster. his nickname is the gangster. it should probably be congressman gangster. we will see. but as i said, the david rivera race now leans democratic. we will see you monday night. now it's time for "hardball" with chris matthews which is not prison. it's a whole different thing. have a great night. machine

and david rivera's seat is now leans democrat.f all the reporting on this incredibly sordid story from miami, we learn the one detail of this story that will stick forever no matter what happens in this race and no matter who goes to prison. the alleged conduit between the fake candidate and the congressman who was funding the campaign is a self-described political guru and conservative bad girl who is now missing and wanted for questioning in this case. when she talked to the fake candidate guy about who the mysterious been factor was, he says she never said the words david rivera. she called him by his initials d.r. or she called him by his nickname. the gangster. his nickname is a gangster. it should probably be congressman congress ster. we will see. but as i said, the david rivera race now leans democratic. we will see you monday night. now it's time for "hardball" with chris matthews which is not prison. it's a whole different thing. have a

and david rivera's seat is now leans democrat.f all the reporting on this incredibly sordid story from miami, we learn the one detail of this story that will stick forever no matter what happens in this race and no matter who goes to prison. the alleged conduit between

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david rivera who won his first congressional election in two thousand and ten has been dogged by allegations of various bad behaviors and on ethical activity pretty much his entire political career including in the last two years the most recent allegation now involving allegro is that she with rivera's help help fund a primary opponent for the democrat who's running who is now running to unseat rivera in the hopes that either they would have a non democrat on the ticket or that they would be able to cause enough trouble for garcia who's the man who's running to unseat rivera they were flyers from his supposed democratic component talk about his divorce really slamming him and ugly ways that don't necessarily fly with voters in the end when people looked into the allegations you know he the original opponent was a part time hotel employee a political neophyte no one knew where the money was coming from he never brazen the money he loaned he said he loaned himself eleven thousand dollars and then suddenly you know the fires that were being produced were a much higher quality and it was actual

david rivera. >> yes. as soon as this news broke, there was immediate criminal investigation. ne call to at least one consultant who does mailings, and he sent cash-filled envelopes open to this guy filled with $100 bills. >> john: i think a lot of times confuse what a shall doe candidate is. ross perreault, certainly ate a lot of votes. but we're talking about actual phony candidates. the opposition hand-picked them to run against them. and the 20th century is ripe with these incidents. and paying them to drool in public and allowing the incumbent to keep their job. >> yes, that's exactly right. this hotel worker made a $60,000 loan to his campaign. and david rivera said oh i have nothing to do with this. >> john: and do they just think they will never get caught? the bubble is so tight that no one will notice? >> i think so. powerful politicians just think they are above the rules. greg meeks from new york took $40,000 from a developer, and failed to disclose it as a gift and only when the fbi started asking about it did it get reported as a quote, unquote, loan. he said i ne

but as i said, the david rivera race now leans democratic. weekends with alex witt starts now. >>> what happened in libya? new word from the top u.s. spy office on the killing of the american ambassador there. was it another september 11th al qaeda attack? >>> 38 days and counting. polls show a turn toward the president. how might those numbers affect what happens at the voting booth in november? we'll examine that. >>> not seeing red anymore? one report this morning suggests that an attack on iran by israel may not be as close as once thought. >>> in office politics, the "today" show's savannah guthrie, we hear one question, it's a key one, of what she asked the the president in her interview with him this week. good morning, everyone. welcome to "weekends with alex witt." today reaction to a rare reversal from u.s. intelligence officials on what happened in libya. officials now admit they got it wrong. the director of national intelligence office says, quote, we revised our initial assessment to reflect new information. and the intelligence

campaña de un candidato demócrata, justin lamar declaró al fbi que el representante republicano david riveraprimer beso, será indeleble, el jovencito logró que carry ... le diera su primer ósculo en kentucky, después de hacer contacto con la artista, ella l epidio que subiera al escenario, el besito quedó captado por un sin número de cámaras, y está en youtube, qué edad tenían ustedes para ese primer beso, cristina, te acuerdas, me puedes dar esos dlsl así como el tiempo. >>> este segmento es presentado por walmart,lay away regresó para que puedas pagar poco a poquito ♪. >>> satcha pretto, les confieso, tenía 12 años en el momento de mi primer beso, ahora que lo pienso, ojalá que ni me acordara, hubiera sido un famoso, me hubiera gustado, señores, feliz día, feliz miércoles, para la costa oeste está toda agradable, desde seattle a los Ángeles, oklahoma, illinois, por cierto en illinois tuvimos dos tornados, en nueva york tenemos lluvia, vientos, tormentas eléctricas, ustedes en la florida no se escapan, pero sí hay pronóstico de lluvia para la tarde, así que precaución, estos son los reporte

as ktvu's david stevenson reports, her return is temporary because she has a surgery two weeks from now. >> reporter: janette riverawas here. >> it was nice to come in and touch the truck and be with my coworkers. >> reporter: she came in to work this morning just for the day. >> i needed to get a paycheck. it's been difficult not having a paycheck these last few months. >> reporter: neves rivera has used up her sick time. the city said her current condition is not life threatening and turned down her application for donated time. officials say they cannot discuss neves case. captain anita paratley is a breast cancer survivor. >> there's another breast cancer firefighters a 19 year veteran who's going through second round chemo. she's terrified, she's going to apply and she heard janette got rejected so she's upset. >> reporter: neves says she's now seeking workers comp and hopes her case. >> i could have a freezer full of lasagnas right now of people that want to feed me. but it's more the love, the change of people who want to help. >>> tonight we have a behind the scenes look of how tigers from texas are adjusti

as ktvu's david stevenson reports, her return is temporary because she has a surgery two weeks from now. >> reporter: janette riverawas here. >> it was nice to come in and touch the truck and be with my coworkers. >> reporter: she came in to work this morning just for the day. >> i needed to get a paycheck. it's been difficult not having a paycheck these last few months. >> reporter: neves rivera has used up her sick time. the city said her current condition is not life threatening and turned down her application for donated time. officials say they cannot discuss neves case. captain anita paratley is a breast cancer survivor. >> there's another breast cancer firefighters a 19 year veteran who's going through second round chemo. she's terrified, she's going to apply and she heard janette got rejected so she's upset. >> reporter: neves says she's now seeking workers comp and hopes her case. >> i could have a freezer full of lasagnas right now of people that want to feed me. but it's more the love, the change of people who want to help. >>> tonight we have a behind the scenes look of how tigers from texas are adjusti

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