clinton attended a $33,000 a plate fund raiser hosted by actor george clooney. demonstrators threw stack of fake money at clinton supporters as they arrived. clooney later explained why he supports clinton. >> i'm a democrat. if you are republican you are going to disagree. we need to take the senate back. because we need to confirm a supreme court justice. because that fifth vote on the supreme court can overturn citizens united obscene ridiculous amount of money out. so i never have to do a fund raiser again. >> sanders discussed the race on cbs this morning. >> welcome. >> good to be with you. >> you saw what george clooney says he is trying to raise all this money to help hillary clinton he wants democrats elected because it will change campaign finance laws. >> well, i am a big fan of george. but i think there is a different way to do it. that's what our campaign is about. you can raise large sums of money from individual contributors. we get it. $27 apiece. 7 million individual campaign contributors you've don't have to be dependent upon big money

one, george clooney, who threw a big fund-raiser for hillary clinton.sting things happened. let's go to our third video, bernie sanders supporters throwing dollar bills at the motorcade of hillary clinton as she was going to the george clooney fund-raiser. we're going to roll that video in a second. just the idea of that, and people went on twitter afterwards. you can see the video there. people throwing dollar bills as if in a strip club. this coming on the heels of a bernie sanders surrogate having to apologize for using the term democratic whores at the washington square park rally. that visual there, of throwing dollar bills at a woman as she's going by in her motorcade, has the democratic race gone over the edge? >> it's really striking. i don't co what it is that has caused this. maybe it's because we're in new york, the media situation is intense. there's a tabloid culture, but i think it's also that sanders' supporters are coming to realize this process is going to come to an end. and that it's very difficult for him to have a path forward. many

we're expecting george clooney. of course, we haven't seen him yet. but guests are expected in the next hour or two along with demonstrators that may be here. neighbors curious about what's going on. but it's the price tag that's raising eyebrows. along washington street with its incredible views, hillary clinton is coming to a fund-raiser at the home of a bay area venture capitalist. >> it's standard operating procedure for major party candidate. >> reporter: roehe's a professon political science. >> but they a-- >> reporter: what's really catching attention this time is the ticket price. for those looking to sit next to the big named guest tonight, hillary clinton and actor george clooney, that price is said to be $350,000 for two seats towards a hillary victory fund. wyatt ratlif supports democratic challenger bernie sanders. >> it highlights the contrast between the two campaigns. chargy bernie sanders on one hand calling out the economic inequality that exists today. >> reporter: he plans to protest tonight. >> i think that it shows her appeal of

even george clooney said it was obscene. listen to this. >> when we pulled up in san francisco, and they're right to protest. they're absolutely right. it is an obscene amount of money. the sanders campaign, when they talk about it is right. it's ridiculous we should have this amount of money in politics. i agree. >> it seems like you and your neighbor, mr. clooney, agree on this. >> you know what, we do. he's a great guy and a great person. how this whole thing started, i don't know if anybody knows this or anybody in news has covered this yet. how this whole thing started was after i heard he was having the fund-raiser for secretary clinton, i actually went up to his house, and i taped a little note to his address sign. and i thought it was -- and that's kind of the first thing i did in response to his announcement that he was going to do this fund-raiser. >> howard, you know, he did stress that cash doesn't all go to hillary clinton. here, again is nbc's "meet the press." look at this. >> the overwhelming amount of money

that is george clooney.invited guest who really stole the spotlight. >> it seems that george clooney and some of the other guests got a little twist they were not expecting. >> reporter: that's right. a couple hundred protestors showed up here. they even shut down the cable car lines for a few hours. these are bernie sanders supporters who demonstrate the outside the fundraiser to say that their votes can't be bought. >> reporter: george clooney, his wife, and hillary clinton at a private dinner tonight. you had to shell out six figures. before the movie star walked into the home of the venture capitalist, he was greeted by a protestor. >> i told him i unfortunately couldn't afford the $353,000 to see hillary clinton at their event tonight. and he said, well, we're just trying to raise some money to take back congress. to which i replied for corporate interests. >> reporter: premium tickets for tonight'sundraiser, $353,400. the lowest ticket started at $33,400 per person. and is that included a photo with cl

george clooney is not part of wall street. george clooney is not part of corporate america. and although it is an obscene amount of money, this is the game they're playing. bernie sanders has been raising an obscene amount of money and just -- trish: there's something authentic about it coming from individuals as opposed to coming from, you know, big, big, big ticket donations. there's something that i think probably contributes to the momentum he's saying because there are all of these little people out there saying wow. we have the power. we can actually accelerate this candidate at a level that nobody anticipated. anyway, leslie, good to see you. brad, good to see you. we're geoa quick break and then ron paul is here. believe it or not, he says he's got a lot in common with donald trump. we'll explain why after this ♪ there's a lot of places you never want to see "$7.95." [ beep ] but you'll be glad to see it here. fidelity -- where smarter investors will always be. if only the signs were as obvious when you trade. fidelity's active trader pro can help you find smarter en

i got a chance yesterday to talk to george clooney from his home outside of l.a. d he was open and candid about all the money. welcome to "meet the press," mr. clooney. >> thank you, chuck. >> let me start with dinner -- you co-hosted on friday night. big fund-raiser i know that you have planned for later tonight. do you look at -- at how much is being raised and i think the cost of the friday night dinner, $353,000 a couple, to be a cochair. do you think that's an obscene amount of money? >> yes. i think it's an obscene amount of money. i think that you know we had some protesters last night when we pulled up in san francisco. and they're right to protest. they're absolutely right. it is an obscene amount of money. the sanders campaign when they talk about it is absolutely right. it's ridiculous that we should have this money in politics i agree. >> our camera caught you having a conversation with the protesters. what did you say to them? >> well, it was a funny thing. i tried to talk to them and one said i was some corporate shill which, you know me, that's one o

runner hiln is in san francisco at a fundraiser with a high profile guest, george clooney nonethelesssergio is live on knob hill with the story. sergio? >> reporter: well, hillary and george were the headliners, but it was bernie sanders supporters who made a lot of noise in the streets. here is a glimpse of george clooney leaving the fundraiser and in this silver suv, democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton. the event held at venture capitalist's knob hill home attractioned dozens of demonstrators. they were mostly bernie sanders supporters. they called this fundraiser obscene because of the amount of money by the attendees. >> $53,000 is what they are charging to have a seat at the table with hillary clinton. you can't buy a home in san francisco for $653. it is incredible. >> reporter: sanders is pushing for a strong showing. his campaign just released this ad. sander touched down in rome for a conference at the vatican and urged people to reject what he called an immoral economy. senator clinton was campaigning for new york's primary next week. before flying here they ce

. >>> up next, are george clooney an julia roberts exclusive for high laughs and extreme danger. >>> and talk reunion, selma and louise ride again. i love this. we open the "e.t" vault and flash back to the stars 25 years ago. >> i wish we could do it all again. >>> and kloe >> i earned it. >>> katie couric honored at saturday's stand up to >>> you're doing recon work on our anniversary? taz. >> that was the last time we saw george clooney and julia roberts sharing the screen more than a decade ago. thanks very much jody foster, she has brought them back together for the intense new drama "money monster." >> point the camera in my direction, and we'll figure it out together. >> george and julia are used t figuring it out together, "money monster" is their fourth film. >> it's about feeling in control or not in cont our own lyes. >> george is tv financial host taken hostage, julia is his producer. >> anyone that can get out, get out right now. >> sh trying to stay calm and collected and trying to keep him calm at the same time trying to find the people and trying to find out what's re

as pete suratos reports, some of these seats cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. >> actor george clooney is akuk toppled to the fans of screaming fans. but today the screams he heard in san francisco are a little different. >> she's here to ask wealthy donors for money. >> to get into the clooney event, some donors paid as much as $353,000. >> to have a place where we have such bad wealth disparity and something happened with the homeless where they're being basically forced out of where they are -- >> you're almost saying this a bit of hypocrisy? >> yes. >> but jeanine lewis said it's a bit of some bernie supporters at today's event say they'll not sure they'll support her. >> will you still vote for hillary? >> i will never vote for hillary. >> hillary clinton and george clooney will hold another fund-raiser in los angeles. the price to get into that one will be around $34,000. we're live in san francisco, pete suratos. >> we apologize of having the background in pete's live shot there. sanders arrived in rome just hours after last night's debate in new york city. as promised last nigh

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. >> they didn't wait -- >> yeah, they would love to attack -- >> mega star george clooney put us all to shame today. he hates the role of big money as it pours into his door. he and his wife alma held a fundraiser but clooney says he'll do whatever it takes to put a democrat in the house. talk about ruthless. let's listen. >> i really like bernie. i think his, what he's saying in this election is important if you're a democrat. again, to have these conversations i hope he stays in and if he were to win the nomination, i can do whatever i can including if asked a fundraiser like this again. >> i was watching him here. he's fantastic. creating movies like the desen -- "descendants." >> if you're hillary, you don't love an interview because george clooney said bernie run until june 7th and hillary's staff wants bernie to get out of the race and move on and let hillary win. >> hillary needs georgia the more. >> look -- >> do you know him personally, george? >> no. i wish. >> i've met him. [ laughter ] >> he was also saying i did the same thing with barack obama when he was running for pr

front runner hillary clinton is in san francisco at a fundraiser with a high profile guest, george clooneyheless. sergio is live on knob hill with the story. sergio? >> reporter: well, hillary and george were the headliners, but it was bernie sanders supporters who made a lot of noise in the streets. here is a glimpse of george clooney leaving the fundraiser and in this silver suv, democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton. the event held at venture capitalist's knob hill home attractioned dozens of demonstrators. they were mostly bernie sanders supporters. they called this fundraiser obscene because of the amount of money by the attendees. >> $53,000 is what they are charging to have a seat at the table with hillary clinton. you can't buy a home in san francisco for $653. it is incredible. >> reporter: sanders is pushing for a strong showing. his campaign just released this ad. sander touched down in rome for a conference at the vatican and urged people to reject what he called an immoral economy. senator clinton was campaigning for new york's primary next week. before flying here

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and my surprisingly frank conversation with george clooney. last night in los angeles, and the night before in san francisco, george and amal clooney hosted fundraisers for hillary clinton where the top ticket set you back $353,000. for that price you got to sit at the same table with hillary clinton and the clooneys. it was very much an event for the 1% of the 1%. these big money fundraisers did not escape the attention of the bernie sanders campaign or his supporters who last night threw dollar bills, real ones, at clinton's motorcade. sanders of course has made opposing wall street and money and politics the centerpiece of his campaign. i got a chance yesterday to talk to george clooney from his home outside of l.a., and he was very open and candid about what he thought about all that money that is pouring into campaigns at events like the one he hosted. mr. clooney, welcome to "meet the press." >> thank you, chuck. >> let me start with dinner you co-hosted on friday night, big fundraiser i know you have planned for later tonight. do you loo

and my surprisingly frank conversation with george clooney. last night in los angeles, and the night before in san francisco, george and amal clooney hosted fundraisers for hillary clinton where the top ticket set you back $353,000. for that price you got to sit at the same table with hillary clinton and the clooneys. it was very much an event for the 1% of the 1%. these big money fundraisers did not escape the attention of the bernie sanders campaign or his supporters who last night threw dollar bills, real ones, at clinton's motorcade. sanders of course has made opposing wall street and money and politics the center piece of his campaign. i got a chance yesterday to talk to george clooney from his home outside of l.a., and he was very open and candid about what he thought about all that money that is pouring into campaigns at events like the one he hosted. mr. clooney, welcome to "meet the press." >> thank you, chuck. >> let me start with dinner you co-hosted on friday night, big fundraiser i know you have planned for later tonight. do you lo

the sanders campaign is absolutely right. >> i have a lot of respect for george clooney's honesty and integrity on this issue. he is right. >> reporter: last night, a $27 a ticket for a sanders fund-raiser. compared to $33,000 over at clooney's. and clinton insisted the money isn't for her. >> i'm raising money to elect other democrats. i'm a democrat, and i want to see us take back the senate. >> reporter: on "snl," the joke was all about how little love is left in the democratic race. there's no question that the longer this democratic race drags on, the nastier it becomes. and the results in new york could well determine how much longer it goes. tom? >> david, thank you. >>> now to the republicans, donald trump firing away at senator ted cruz and the rnc. trump in new york today railing against what he calls a corrupt system, losing more delegates though over the weekend to cruz. and trump with a huge lead heading into tuesday's primary. but a contested convention appearing more and more likely. here's devin dwyer. >> reporter: walloped in wyoming, donald trump tonight has his eye

george clooney actually said he's absolutely right.et me play george clooney here. >> i think it's an obscene amount of money. i think that we had some protesters last night when we pulled up in san francisco. and they're right to protest. they're absolutely right. it is an obscene amount of money. the sanders campaign when they talk about it is absolutely right. >> pretty -- a guy raising money for your candidate. >> no, it's a fact. i think senator sanders, secretary clinton, would agree on this. there's too much money in the system. the system needs to be reformed. guess what? congress hasn't tried to reform the system. why? because it works in favor of an incumbent. second point. you know, i think that george clooney, you know, made the statement in the setup piece, which was that fund-raiser that he and his wife had was about the democratic party. senator sanders is out there raising money for himself. third point i want to make. which is, you know, i love when we talk about the math and somehow it gets flipped to what's going on

she was on her way to a high dollar fund raiser at the home of george clooney. the event at clooney's home cost $30,000 per person. >>> coming up on "meet the pres press", chuck todd will talk with governor mccrory about his state's controversial lgbt rights law and deb pi wasserman schultz and along with prince priebus will discuss discussion 2016. and todd will also be joined by george clooney to talk about his involvement with the campaign. it's all coming up in about 25 minutes right here after "news 4 today." >>> and the the ultimate science display. the breakthrough technology you and your kid shoes check out. >> developing right now, did he ever devastation in kathleen matthews: in the race for congress, i don't believe that big money can buy votes -- not in our district. and i won't claim to have single handily passed just about every bill in annapolis. we can't settle for the same old politics, not when our basic rights are being threatened by trump and cruz. i'll stand up to their bigotry and be a passionate voice for maryland women and families. in tv

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george clooney making reference to bernie sanders' campaign.ey right from the perspective of money being obscene amount. >> obscene is a strong word but it is a tremendous amount of money. tv costs money, mail costs money, hiring staff costs money. unless we are willing to do what other countries have done and let tv time be free which i don't think will happen, campaigns would continue to cost money. we have gotten much better in terms of campaign fince laws to make donors more accountable and make insurgents more competitive especially with new york and new york city. we have done a lot better. there is more that can be done. >> this morning we heard from both candidates about the particular issue especially what we are hearing from george clooney. listen to what bernie sanders and hillary clinton have to say. >> he is honest to say there is something wrong when people, in this case wealthy individuals, other instances it is powerful special interests who are able to contribute large sums. you not going to have a government that represents al

last night george clooney hosted $30,000 fundraiser for democratic front-runner. bernie supporters took advantage of the opportunity and they they made it rain. they threw dollar bills at secretary clinton's motorcade as it was headed to high dollar fundraiser. the group was staging counter-fundraiser at the home neighbors. it only cost $27 to attend that one. in an interview on today's "meet the press," you'll hear from george clooney who says he agrees with bernie sanders, should not be part of the political process. that's coming up in 15 minutes right here on nbc 10. >>> bernie sanders in brooklyn ahead of new york primary. he just returned from rome where he met briefly with pope francis. meantime ted cruz celebrating another victory over his rival donald trump. the texas senator took all 14 delegates up for grabs in wyoming at the state's convention yesterday. however, trump still leads the overall delegate race. right now trump has tough words for republican national committee. he's threatening a rough july. he said while he was campaigning in syracuse this

. >> she stared the shot light with george clooney. the fundraiser was at the knowledge hill home of a entrepreneur and the protesters are supporters of bernie sanders. amber lee live. it cost a small fortune to share a table with them. reporter: julie, it was a very expensive night for 100 supporters who attended this event. the top price to share a table with mrs. clinton, george clooney and his wife was reportedly $353,000. the silver colored suv carrying former secretary of state hillary clinton pulled up to the nob hill home of an investor around 6:30pm. george clooney was seen walking in with an unidentified man. shortly before police clinton's arrival, dozens of protesters marched from nearby huntington park to the intersection of washington and jones where police barricades kept them about a half block from the home. >> this is my first time being in a protest. so i'm trying get the raw emotion. reporter: most of the protesters say they support bernie sanders for president. >> i'm actually a registered green now, but i'm going

big fundraiser for the secretary george clooney's house in l.a. saturday night. torney general rest, jane fonda. as mrs. clinton was driving to the clooney home, supporters of bernie sanders threw money at the car protesting the big dollars the secretary raises. >> you know, anybody who ever took donations or speaking fees from any interest group has to be bought. and i just absolutely reject that, senator. you will not find that i ever changed a view or a vote because of any donation that i ever received. >> joining us now from boca rotan, florida, brit hume. >> anything wrong with that. >> not that i can see. if people want to spend their money that way. one table would cost $350,000. they ought to be free to do. so mrs. clinton out to be free to accept the money and i guess it's for her and for the democratic party more broadly i don't have a problem with that. >> bernie sanders gets more money than hillary clinton in some months, but his are smaller donations is there any difference between fat cats like clooney and regular folks? >> yeah. the fat cats have mo

outside a $33,000 per plate fund raiser at the home of george clooney. we're in the money demonstrators rained dollar bills on the clinton motorcade. even clooney said he gets it. >> it is an obscene all. money. the sanders campaign when they talk about it absolutely right. it is ridiculous we should have money like this in politics. clooney is raising money to get democrats elected to change finance laws and get money out of politics. in fact he says he likes bernie sanders too because he is passionate about issue and helps he stays in the race until the very end. >> president obama leaves for a where he will take part in a summit of the gulf cooperation council. the saudis are upset with the united states over the new outreach to iran and now there is the issue of a possible saudi involvement in the 9/11 attacks. 60 minutes reported on a still secret document that purportedly links some saudis to the 9/11 terrorists. there is a bill in congress that would shed light on the issue. chip reid reports. >> reporter: saudi arabia is a key u.s. ally and threat

my exclusive talk with george clooney. >> i think it's an insane amou of money. it's ridiculous to have this amount of money in politics. >> clooney on trump and hillary and all that money in politics. >> ihink there's a difference between the koch brothers and us. >>> plus, the republican party at war with itself. >> this is a rigged system. the republican system is a rigged system. >> the trump campaign is trying to be more disciplined. but is it too late for the candidate to change the script? republican chairman reince priebus joins me. >>> also north carolina new so called bathroom law. does it discriminate against the lgbt community? i'll ask the governor, pat mccrory if reaggregates signing that law. joining me is chris matthews. kathleen parker.

this is the best thing ever to -- to go with george clooney, to have him do this event for me.stop there. but he's a pretty big figure in my celebrity crush list. >> got the george clooney celebrity crush, who doesn't? >>> finally we turn to the opening day of baseball and you may have heard that the yankees are no longer accepting tickets printed out at home and it's making hard for fans not in the legends club to score tickets behind the home plate. and now john oliver has done something about it. >> there's why the yankees make sure no one gets into their most premium seating who doesn't belong there and many of the best seats are empty during the season. but for the first three games of this season, there will be riff rap in t-- riffraff in the seat. i'll tell you why. we brought three tickets and they're in this area behind home plate. >> yesterday, john oliver filled some of the opening day seats, selling them for 25 cents to two guys dressed in ninja turtles. >> thank you. that does it for me and "way too early." coming up "morning joe," bernie sanders and ted cruz denie

even george clooney acknowledged we're talking about obscene amounts of money here.ut it's also true, exclusive fund-raisers aside, most of the donations raised by the hillary victory fund fall in the 2 to $3,000 range, which means most of the money generated by that committee is going straight to hillary. for reality check, i'm sam brock, back to you. >> thank you, sam. you can watch sam along with laura and chris and me and kari and mike every day. "today in the bay" coverage starts at 4:30 every morning. >> we'll be right back. get a load of this new nasa video. it's footage showing the aurora borealis anro >>> take a look at this. this is new footage from nasa showing the aurora borealis. >> i'm familiar with the aurora bo borealis. >> time-lapse photography, of course. nasa launched the tv ultra-high definition tv service. that is super cool. >> it just looks fake, right? it looks like the animations that you do in the weather department. >> that's the beauty of -- >> have you ever seen it in person? >> no, i haven't. you can see it up pretty far south now. >> r

"a" list guests are expected including george clooney and his wife.t with the movie star and his wife and hillary clinton, couples must raise $353,000. that's not sitting well with many people in this

liberty mutual insurance. >> george clooney is defending big money events, really big.y hosted a pricey fundraiser for the clinton campaign at their los angeles home. we have more p on the outrage. >> actor george clooney his wife gets past more than 300,000 dollars. just attending the event costs closer to 30,000 dollars. the next earning mo the actor says he agrees with the vermont bernie sanders the amount spent is not seen. >> i think it is an obscene amount of money. we had protestors last night when we pulled up in san francisco. the right to protest. they are absolutely right. it is ab obscene amount of money. the sanders campaign when they talk about it is absolutely right. it is ridiculous we should have this kind of money in politics. >> clooney says the money raised has a ripple effect impacting the races even a supreme court vacancy. for that reason he would do the same if sanders were to win the nomination. that didn't stop protestors outside clooney's home voicing opposition with the money spent. they topped 1,000 dollars worth of $1 bills at the former se

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george clooney himself said it is ridiculous, but is it necessary? that in order to win the white house or win a seat in congress, you've got to raise a lot of money. >> it sure helps. i mean, one of the lessons is there's a lot of different ways to get there. yeah. there's way, way too much money in politics. bernie sanders, as it looks increasingly likely that he will not be the nominee, does leave us with an interesting model for how democrats can get this done with small donations. i hope other people try to copy that, honestly. >> and we're talking about $27. bernie sanders made it very clear that the average donation, $27. >> impressive. >> they've made millions. brian, this particular fundraising technique of hillary clinton involving amal and george clooney, it's not new and ron n ronald reagan and all that, is this an issue with taking issue who have deep pockets and how influential they may be when it comes down to running for any national office? >> sure. well, and that's been sort of the theme of this election. and you know, there's -- li

george clooney, hillary clinton. >> if it's for a good cause. that's a lot of money. >> reporter: when guests start to arrive we're told that about 1500 bernier supporters are going to be marching from huntington park. they're going to be staging a protest. we're not sure if the street is going to be blocked off but we're told sfpd should be arriving soon. clooney was a formidable fund- raiser for president obama raising $15 million in just one night at an event at his house. and back here live you can see we've got a lot of looky-lous out on the street. we have seen some people head inside. i don't know if this is a casual event or not but i did see some folks walking in dressed in business attire with sneakers on walking up the street. amber lee is going to have more in our broadcast. >> tara moriarty, thank you. >>> the national weather service says the surf is hey today so watch out. 10-foot waves are reported along the coast. a high surf advisory expired this morning but experts caution beachgoers to always be careful. they say there is a h

i met you sitting down. >> look, apparently george clooney is 5' 11." is that short? s that a lie? >> i'm 5'2". >> i don't know what to believe anymore. >> lying clooney. >> he said he went over and talked to the protesters. he's feeling guilty. he said he was a terrible batman. he said guilty. i will say there, he believes in his causes. understands he's dealt with a lot of positive things in life and wants to give back. i think he would be full board behind bernie sanders. he has no problem with socialism. >> and he married well. >> smart. >> and taller. >> one more thing is up next. here's the plan. you're a financial company that cares, but your logo is old and a little pointy. so you evolve. you simplify. you haven't changed. you still help people live their best lives. and finally your new logo is ready, and you decide the perfect time to show the world is right... now. it's more than tit's security - and flexibility. it's where great ideas and vital data are stored. with centurylink you get advanced technology solutions from a trusted it partner. including cloud

secretary clinton's motorcade as the group was staging a counter-fundraiser at the neighbor of george clooney. it only cost $27 to attend that fundraiser. >>> in an interview on "meet the press," we'll hear from clooney who says he agrees big money should not be part of the cal protest. >> they are right to protest, is an obscene amount of money. the sanders campaign when they talk about it is absolutely right. it's ridiculous we have this kind of money in politics. i agree completely. >> something tells me he has more to say on that. can you hear more from george clooney on this morning's edition of "meet the press" at 10:30 on nbc 10. >>> in just moments, though, we will head to washington and chuck in with chuck todd for a live preview of "meet the press." he'll break down the democratic race ahead of the primary plus discuss republican party as donald trump continues to be front-runner on the campaign trail. >>> beautiful day shaping up for us. a little chilly this morning but nice this afternoon. i'll show you your new neighborhood weather forecast. that's next. ♪ we buy any car dot com