for more on how money has shaped the campaign so far, we turn to: john dunbar, managing editor of the center for public integrity, which has been tracking the spending; and eliza newlin carney, staff writer for "roll call." welcome to you both. john dunbar, start by telling us what we know based on these reports about who is behind all of this money coming spot campaign. >> with the, they're mostly wealthy individuals. there's a lot of corporations, a number of corporations, but we're seeing a continuing trend of, you know, basically rich people making extremely large donations. >> ifill: were they not able to do that before? >> no, not this way. they're able to give a contribution to-- by giving a contribution to a superpac they can actually affect the campaign in a way they couldn't before. the contribution limits to a candidate are $2500. there are no contribution limits to a superpac, and yet a superpac can run an ad that's just as effective as something that would be run by a candidate. >> ifill: are the superpacs outspending the candidates right now? >> ? n some cases they are,

for more on how money has shaped the campaign so far, we turn to: john dunbar, managing editor of the center for public integrity, which has been tracking the spending; and eliza newlin carney, staff writer for "roll call." welcome to you both. john dunbar, start by telling us what we kw based on these reports about who is behind all of this money coming spot campaign. >> with the, they're mostly wealthy individuals. there's a lot of corporations, a number of corporations, but we're seeing a continuing trend of, you know, basically rich people making extremely large donations. >> ifill: were they not able to do that before? >> no, not this way. they're able to give a contribution to-- by giving a contribution to a superpac they can actually affect the campaign in a way they couldn't before. the contribution limits to a candidate are $2500. there are no contribution limits to a superpac, and yet a superpac can run an ad that's just as effective as something that would be run by a candidate. >> ifill: are the superpacs outspending the candidates right now? >> ? n some cases they are, an

next to my wife, is the admiral general of wisconsin, major general john dunbar. [ applause ] >> i want to thank him and the more than 10,000 strong members of the wisconsin national guard. tonight with him are the members of the 724th engineer battalion. stand up, gentlemen. [ applause ] >> i first spoke with them more than a year ago when they were deployed in iraq, i greeted them in the cold when they returned home, and i saw many of them again this summer as they responded to the massive damage caused by storms in northwestern wisconsin. their dedication to their country, to the state, ask yes, to their communities is a prime example of what we all know as the spirit of wisconsin. we thank them and all of the other men and women in uniform who have served both past and present for theirank you, gentl. [ applause ] >> before we begin our conversation, let us take a moment to remember a member of our state government family who is not with us here tonight. representative tamara grigsby is fighting a brave battle. like so many of you, tanette and i continue to send our thoughts ask pra

big speers who are opening their wallets to support the republican candidates, we are joined by john dunbar, managing editor of the center for public integrity's i-watch news. >> brown: next, we turn to john, welcome back to the program. >> thank you. >> warner: first of all, remind us, how did we get to this point at which the super pacs supposedly not affiliated with the candidates have in one month raised more than the candidates' total? >> well, i believe someone who is seeing the value of that, i think it's directly related to the fact that you can give as much money to a super pac as you want. whereas the candidate, you're limited to $2500 for the primary. >> warner: so this is what was enabled by the citizens united supreme court case. >> right. citizens united and a lesser known decision after that called speech now created these super pacs. what they are is political organizations that can accept unlimited donations from billionaires, corporations, labor unions and use that money to try to defeat or support right now it's mostly attack a candidate in an election. >> warner: let's s

but delaware would score the next four. 7-6 johns hopkins and a new ball game. hopkins wins. dunbar was the boy's city basketball chairmanship. the girls will play tonight. >> thank you. >> 44 degrees on tv hill. a compromise in a controversial bill over the transgendered rights. >> a man is shot inside day royal farms and city police are looking for two suspects. >> we have a new accident in the city. we will check for problems on northbound route 4 in anne arundel county. >> moonlighting with ava continues today. continues today. you can learn how to >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning, everybody. welcome back to 11 news today. i'm stan stovall. >> and i'm mindy basara. thank you for joining us this morning. spree like temperatures. -- springlike temperatures. >> temperatures are warmer than yesterday. this afternoon, the clouds will thicken up and there's a slight chance we could see some sprinkles ago by. 58 degrees this afternoon. we will check the seven-day forecast in just a few minutes. >> a robbery turns violent and the victim is a

john rattigan scores the weekend. hopkins knox of delaware 8-6. season has arrived in high school basketball. a showdown between patterson and dunbar. a game high of 24 but robert harrison jr., spectacular from beyond the three-foot line. don barr wins the city championship, 65-61 over patterson. the orioles have some young players. the picture will log miles in the minors this year. most of the young pitchers did not live up to expectations from a year ago. there was a lot of competition for rotation spots this season. they have not put anyone's name into anything stronger than pencil so far. >> we have 11 guys that we have penciled then that can start and we hope the competition will be there and we will see how these guys do in the first three weeks. >> the ground for some cra >> temperatures are still climbing, mid-50's tomorrow and low 60's per couple of days. that would change friday afternoon as the cool front comes through and it will turn a lot chillier over the weekend. maybe a flurry with those gusty winds saturday and it looks like he will stay in the 40's early next week. >> that is all for 11 news tonight. we will >> a