what is the top dollar amount somebody could contribute to your super pac to end all super pac's, asve called it? are a specialac's kind of committees, those who raise and spend unlimited amounts of money to influence elections independent of candidate campaigns. a super pac can have huge contributions, as big as you can imagine. i made a pack was special because it did contributions and matched it with small grassroots as well. is politicalic money, super pac's and the role in 2016. we would love to hear her music. (202)-784-8000 -- we would love to hear from you. (202)-784-8000 for democrats. (202)-784-8001 for republicans. (202)-748-8002 for independence and all others or send us between at c-spanwj. just to set the scene in the number of dollars, this is open secrets.org and the latest figure of 2016 financial 1169ity for super pac's -- is the number of registered super pac's. the amount raised so far as 300,000,600 43000 and $22 million so far spent by super pac's. to find the terms for us a little bit. -- whatd of super pac can the super pac to that the campaign funds cannot do

in particular, because i think they're clearly their best win as a member of the pac 12 conference. hansen runs it. taken down hard. he's showing some grit there, the freshman. this guy has done it while his coordinators have had to leave for better opportunities. fataki went to oregon state. he had guys step up in the positions. he's one of the best coaches out there. he is. he's taken this team from urban meyer era to undefeated in 08 to the pac 12 conference and dominating. >> gus: third down and 10. why did he lose so many talented coaches? >> joel: from an administration standpoint, kyle doesn't have a lot to work with as far as resources for those gentlemen once they become somewhat marquee. >> gus: is that what you're saying? they won't pay them? >> joel: that's what i'm saying. and head coaches can lose assistants because they're hard to work for. that's not the case with kyle. they hate to leave him. for whatever run, utah has been unable to retain those guys. a lot of it has to do with the monetary steppup that other guys can get elsewhere. >> gus: braylon adams looks to t

>> are you on that pac committee? >> i'm not on the pac committee. >> do you have any input? >> no, the pac committee votes. >> so there's no collaboration between you and the pac committee? >> i haven't sat on a pac committee meeting for a long time. >> all right. >> we operate -- we meet the federal laws and restrictions. >> i appreciate how you want to answer this. your pac advertised itself as being non-partisan. yet in 2014, 100% of the contributions went to democrats. in 2012, 99% went to democrats. >> i actually don't believe that's accurate. >> that's what's reported here. >> i'll go back and look. we support -- we've done work on behalf of -- anyone who supports women's rights. >> mr. chairman, i'm reclaiming my time. i just want to point out that it's not non-partisan. and that you've given almost -- i mean, in every case, almost every dime to democrats, including to nine members of this committee. thank you, mr. chairman. >> we welcome any republican who supports women's rights and women's health care acces

>> first, this points to why bernie says no super pacs and why we're not taking super pac support at all, and why we would support legislation that would get rid of them altogether. billionaires in politics doesn't work for working people. the clinton campaign should apologize for those attacks, correct the record, is not on the record, they're way off. and that's why you saw the response today from our campaign. >> lenny, as you know, super pacs and campaigns don't coordinate, they don't work together, but how should the clinton campaign approach this? >> i'd like to speak for myself. i'm here as a friend, long time from law school. i'm not an official, i'm not a surrogate. i'm speaking for myself. i am very disappointed and strongly disagree in the substance of what correct the record has done. i rely on correct the record when they tell me facts about votes, record, what is a fact. the use of the word similar and the other linkage words is completely objectionable to me. i have a great deal of admiration for bernie sanders. i'm glad he's running. he's raising the right issues. hil

one of the great advantages of the super pacs is the super pacs could go negative on another candidatele the campaigns don't actually have fingerprints on the crime scene. it's interesting the first ads from some of the super pacs are positive. >> in one thing i've learned, it's never too late to go negative. >> too late effectively. >> will donald trump spend money on ads? >> i'm fascinated to see how donald trump will respond to this club for growth ad. will he use actual money to do it? right now he doesn't need to. he's dominating the entire conversation without spending a cent. >> all he has to do is sent out a tweet and that tweet will respond to that all day long. >> great to have you with us. appreciate it, gentlemen. be sure to tune in for tomorrow night's debate right here on cnn. the main event, the top 11 candidates begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern. before that, four other candidates, they face off at 6:00 p.m. eastern. kate, you're right, the fun has already begun. you don't want to turn away for even a second. >> not even a second, don't even blink. >>> coming up for us, no ph

it's sponsored by a super pac, a veterans group. mr. trump will be coming here and he's been saying for weeks that he will lay out his plans for the military for tax cuts for fixing the economy for jobs and trade. and we haven't yet seen specifics. tonight on the decks of this battleship, he'll obviously be talking about his military plans, as well as he will fix the veterans administration. but in all of his speeches, he makes tremendous promises and they don't have a lot of specifics. this was just last night. listen to what he had to say about this issue he'll speak on tonight just a few hours last night. >> our military is going to be so strong and so powerful and so modern that technology we have it. but it's not working. we're not allowed to use it. we have no fear. i want to make it so strong and confident that we never have to use it. >> well, we'll see exactly what he plans to say tonight in terms of how would he pay for a growing military? what would he do about outdated machinery that was going to cost a tremendous amount of

latest super pac scam victim? an ali velshi, on target, special investigation. have a graght night night. >>> when senate democrats blocked a majority attempt to derail the iran nuclear deal, one part of the iranian story ended and another began. the shia majority islamic republic of iran is involved in iraq, syria and lebanon, riling and frightening the sunni neighbours and rivals throughout the region. iran shares america's goals and continues to call the u.s. the great satan in others. what is iran's next move? it's "inside story". welcome to "inside story", i'm ray suarez, tonight on the programme, what is iran's next move. washington's relationship with the government in tehran has been so damaged and hostile for so long, that we'll have to figure out what has changed by the long hard bargaining that led to an agreement between the permanent members of the u.n. security council, germany and iran. iran's population is huge. oil refers formidable and designed to be effective. this there's so much unfinished bus

latest super pac scam victim? an ali velshi, on target, special investigation. >> planned parenthood executives were secretly recorded talking about a loner long-standing practice at the organization supplying fetal tissues to research institutions for medical research. there has been a lot of complaints about editing that distorts what was said, but the undercover recordings have fueled a powerful new movement on capitol hill to strip the family planning of all its federal funding. that is money that has nothing to do with abortion. defending or defunding planned parenthood, it's the "inside story." >> welcome to "inside story." i'm ray suarez. for more than 75 years planned parenthood has provided birth control reproductive health services, scening for women and men. among the procedures performed around the country are abortions, which puts the clinic at the center of funding. it is once again the target of attempts to strip its government funding. not for abortions. that money is long been denied, but for othe

>> are you on that pac committee? >> i'm not on the pac committee. >> do you have any input? >> no, the pac committee votes. >> so there's no collaboration between you and the pac committee? >> i haven't sat on a pac committee meeting for a long time. >> all right. >> we operate -- we meet the federal laws and restrictions. >> i appreciate how you want to answer this. your pac advertised itself as being non-partisan. yet in 2014, 100% of the contributions went to democrats. in 2012, 99% went to democrats. >> i actually don't believe that's accurate. >> that's what's reported here. >> i'll go back and look. we support -- we've done work on behalf of -- anyone who supports women's rights. >> mr. chairman, i'm reclaiming my time. i just want to point out that it's not non-partisan. and that you've given almost -- i mean, in every case, almost every dime to democrats, including to nine members of this committee. thank you, mr. chairman. >> we welcome any republican who supports women's rights and women's health care acces

for anybody in the pac-12, because they brought back 20 starters this year. the only question was the quarterback. and we saw last week, he made some mistakes, obviously grew from that and if he continues to grow, these bruins, as i said, they're going to be a tough team for anybody to play with in the pac-12. >> chris: basically over at halftime as the bruins coast back home with another victory on the road. 56-30, the final. next saturday at 8:00 on abc, we'll be in clemson, as the fighting irish come calling. tonight's game p. for kirk and heather and our into production team here in tucson, appreciate you watching. for the ford wrapup show, let's go now to cassidy hubbarth. >>> thanks, chris. with the ucla win and the arizona loss, that means there's only two remaining unbeatens in the pac-12 south. the other, utah. who had the tough task of heading to eugene to take on the ducks, or was it? in the third quarter, utah up 34-13 already. and then parker finds covey for the 25-yard touchdown to add to the total. right now, utah, 55-13, about to be the start

latest super pac scam victim? an ali velshi, on target, special investigation. ♪ >> the stage was crowded, the debate was long, but it was all in all a useful tour of the political landscape, an expo situation of what the candidates believe the republican primary voters are interested in and what they want in the next president. g.o.p. debate night two, it's the inside story. ♪ >> welcome to "inside story," i'm ray suarez. sometimes not paying close attention to the details helps you out. in the midst of last night's g.o.p. presidential debate, i looked up at the clock and realized that nearly two and a half hours had gone by in a blink. now that it's over, did it accomplish any of the goals the campaigns might have set out for it. do you have a better idea what the candidates are for and against, what the really will do if they ever become president. whether they are cool, engaged, distant or easily rattled. david shuster watched from beginning to end just in case you were not among the more than 20 million peopl

. >> i'll talk to jennifer granholm about her pro-clinton super pac going negative on bernie sanders. plus, jon stewart returns with a cause. >> today on the hill you will be exposed to possibly toxic levels of bull [ bleep ]. [ laughter ] and part two of my exclusive interview with new york mayor bill de blasio. do you think donald trump is qualified to be president? well "all in" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york, i'm chris hayes. a couple days ago very few people new who ahmed mohamed was. but now the 14-year-old from texas is trending worldwide on twitter, getting attention from astronauts, moguls and presidents and he will join me tonight for an all in exclusive because on sunday night at his home in irving, texas, just outside dallas, he was doing what he likes to do -- tinkering around with electronics in the makeshift workshop he keeps in his bedroom. in about 20 minutes, he told "dallas morning news" ahmed fashioned a homemade digital clock and on monday, the next morning, he brought it into school to show off to his engineering teacher. >> i took it to school

>> the super pacs have much more money than the candidates. you look at the time in new hampshire and iowa 70% is super pacs. the one thing i will say about super pacs to add on is beyond the fact they are controlling a message outside of the campaign but they cannot control the candidate. you can have all of the money in the world but if your candidate is not good it don't matter how much money you have. scott walker is a good example of this. if you are the scott walker super pac you are watching a candidate who is having a little trouble. there is not a darn thing the super pac can do to make up for that deficit. >> i promise we will talk take five minutes for the next question. >> i am from pittsburgh, pennsylvania. i am reading the making of a president 1968 and what is shocking is how 1968 seems to look like today. race riots in the street, ongoing war on terror which like vietnam doesn't seem to be ending, a country with a lot of prosperity but no mobility for l lower income americans and we see establishment politics which is the laugh

>> the super pacs have much more money than the candidates. you look at the time in new hampshire and iowa 70% is super pacs. the one thing i will say about super pacs to add on is beyond the fact they are controlling a message outside of the campaign but they cannot control the candidate. you can have all of the money in the world but if your candidate is not good it don't matter how much money you have. scott walker is a good example of this. if you are the scott walker super pac you are watching a candidate who is having a little trouble. there is not a darn thing the super pac can do to make up for that deficit. >> i promise we will talk take five minutes for the next question. >> i am from pittsburgh, pennsylvania. i am reading the making of a president 1968 and what is shocking is how 1968 seems to look like today. race riots in the street, ongoing war on terror which like vietnam doesn't seem to be ending, a country with a lot of prosperity but no mobility for l lower income americans and we see establishment politics which is the laugh

they still get drowned in outsized super pac money. we believe that changing the process to a more transparent one would be more fair is important. but through candidate recruitment and focusing on making sure that there is a more organized field that gets to voters, reaches voters in a more and i way, that uses -- will tell you from the dnc's perspective -- we are working very closely because now we have the obama e-mail address -- e-mail list. we have developed tools of the withhich we are sharing others to take those tools and make that data available on the ground to the smallest and lowest level campaigns. those are the kind of things that they are looking towards, and i think that we will pick up seats in the house of representatives in this election . this is going to be an election cycle that the democrats will do well in as i suspect the democratic nominees will president be elected of the united states. sorry, that was a long answer. why do you think senator sanders is doing so well, and in aat context there has been lot writ

tough to win on the road in the pac-12. >>> stay tuned as the pac-12 takes over our airwaves on abc 7f. stick around after the game. jason thompson and yours truly as we break down the day in college football. busy day after the game. should be fun. tune in and we'll see you then and -- >> hopefully cal can get to 4-0. >> 1998. >> 2007. >> good try. he was close. >> oh, my goodness. all right. thank you so much, drew. appreciate it. >>> that does it for this edition of abc 7 news. for drew and chew, thank you for coaching us. expect you to live tweet the entire thing, too. have a great day, guys. see you later. alaska. finally. the search for brown bears begins. denali highway. low on gas. pit stop. fill up. double points. yep, that's cold. tired. day 2. coffee. eggs. double points. beautiful. majestic... nothing. where are you, bear? warm. warmer. warmer. yes. wherever the journey takes you, carry american express gold. it's more than a card. it's the gear that gets it done. >> chris: tonight in tucson, blazing heat, heavy hype for a collision in the division. arizona's wildcats are

her super pac and campaign are not really funded. she has a real opportunity. she was not just strong in the debate she was dominate in the debate. >> she lead the way in terms of how you can go up against trump. i think the other ones on stage were grateful, jeb bush sort of, i mean, at times he engaged with trump but nothing in the way that carly fiorina did. i thought she was aggressive. she was a tactical gaithdebatee. the question is hewlett-packard stuff. we've seen boxer go against her in california. those are pretty damning ads in terms of her record there. that's going to be a problem for her. also, what state does she play in? new hampshire, iowa -- >> i think iowa. >> south carolina? >> the answer on planned parenthood that was going to be a direct pitch. >> that was going to be ted cruz's moment and she sort of trumped him. forgive me. what about the rest? rubio had a strong debate mostly on foreign policy. chris christie got good reviews even from conservatives who aren't inclined to like him. jeb bush once the frontrunner seems mixed. did more tha

for anybody in the pac-12, because they brought back 20 starters this year. the only question was the quarterback. and we saw last week, he made some mistakes, obviously grew from that and if he continues to grow, these bruins, as i said, they're going to be a tough team for anybody to play with in the pac-12. >> chris: basically over at halftime as the bruins coast back home with another victory on the road. 56-30, the final. next saturday at 8:00 on abc, we'll be in clemson, as the fighting irish come calling. tonight's game pro. for kirk and heather and our into production team here in tucson, appreciate you watching. for the ford wrapup show, let's go now to cassidy hubbarth. >>> thanks, chris. with the ucla win and the arizona loss, that means there's only two remaining unbeatens in the pac-12 south. the other, utah. who had the tough task of heading to eugene to take on the ducks, or was it? in the third quarter, utah up 34-13 already. and then parker finds covey for the 25-yard touchdown to add to the total. right now, utah, 55-13, about to be the star

one of them even becoming ammunition for carlie foreign naps super pac. >> -- fiorina's super pac. >> ladies, look at this face. [cheers and applause] >> look at all of your faces. the face of leadership. the face of leadership in our party, the party of women's sufferage that look at the face is a comments that donald trump made in the "rolling stone" article. he said he meant her persona and not her looks. despite his remarks he is impressing the women and leading the g.o.p. the "the washington post" nbc national poll says 29% of republican women favor the billionaire businessman. how can other candidates grab that an important female vote. republican national committee chairman reince priebus goes "on the record." good evening, sir. >> hey, greta. good evening. >> so, mr. chairman, why do you think that donald trump is doing so well with the women? >> well, i mean i think his -- i mean his percentages are pretty high across the board. look, greta, i think this thing is going to be in flux. obviously we are going to have carly fiorina on$c the stage tomorrow along with donald trump.

you've seen the pac-12 and nonconference play not perform in terms of wins and losses. as well as they would have hoped. but everything still out in front of the ducks. you go out, take care of business in the pac-12 and i agree with you 100%, a three-point loss to this team in this stadium, this team, which i believe is really the only legitimate threat to ohio state in the big ten right now, that's -- that's nothing at all to be a black mark on your resume. >> kirk: would you rather have played a couple of fcs teams and blown them out by 40 or 50 or lose a game like this? i'm more impressed by losing a game like this. >> rece: and for some of these spartans, who agonized over the loss a year ago in eugene when they let a second half lead get away, a little bit of a cathartic feeling, as the clock strikes zero. mark dantonio, mark helfrich meeting at midfield after a terrific and entertaining football game that michigan state pulls out, 31-28. dantonio knows exactly who has beat him and now he's avenged one of those recent losses. he's with heather cox. >> heather: rec

what she has is a super pac well funded. that has propelled her forward. now it's time for her to balance out the hard dollars in the actual campaign with that super pac money. trump does have a ground game in iowa. fiorina is trying to catch up at this point. >> when you were running, you didn't have this weird sort of super pac campaign divide. >> right. >> one of the things, one of the lessons i think we learned from scott walker yesterday is super pac is not enough. you've still got to have a hard money campaign operating and functional that pays the bills. >> the same with rick perry, two legitimate candidates who with significant. >> tons of super pac dollars. >> and tons of dollars. they couldn't raise money on their own. i think they're both casualties of the donald trump boom. i don't think we've seen the last casualties of the boom. they had no oxygen when they needed the summer before the election. >> robert, do you have a sense of the capacity of the trump campaign to actually act like a campaign and change direction or do things to alter if it

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the pac didn't expect this to become public and link that to them. they'll try to operate behind the scenes but this did come back to bite them. hillary clinton not taking saners on directly admits she's a moderate. understanding which is unsaid, that sanders is not. now bernie sanders fund-raising off of all of this saying it's what he'd expect from the koch brothers, not hillary clinton. >> so, clinton herself seems squarely focused on a potential opponents across the aisle including donald trump. >> yeah, that's right. and this may be as she sort of operates in this general election sphere, she's also seeing in the polls she's lost her edge in these hypothetical, head-to-head matchups with republicans, not just donald trump but jeb bush and ben carson. and you see her taking on the republican front-runner, she did it in iowa with a little bit of an impersonation. here was her shot at that. >> i have to admit, donald trump is entertaining, i have to tell you. i really do. i really do find it entertaining. you know, i -- i kind of wuv i had that sam

trump is we don't have super pacs, we're not beholden to special interests. all the other candidates want to go out and raise this money and then they're beholden to these donors if and when they're to be elected. >> they're beholden to those donors. campaign finance is a separate issue, but so is commenting about a woman's face. if you have this group, and you have all these women in this video talking about how they feel very comfortable with their faces, carly fiorina talking about how she earned her wrinkles, don't they have the right to defend her if your boss is going to attack her and her face? >> super pacs have the right to do that. the supreme court ruled on it. they're welcome to do that. you have to remember what a super pac is, a bunch of wealthy donors who want to send a message traditionally other campaigns don't do. this is the problem with the dark money that's involved in politics right now. we know jeb bush has $100 million sitting in a superpac. i'm sure the vast majority of that is going to come after mr. trump because jeb bush is now 8%

you've seen the pac-12 and nonconference play not perform in terms of wins and losses. as well as they would have hoped. but everything still out in front of the ducks. you go out, take care of business in the pac-12 and i agree with you 100%, a three-point loss to this team in this stadium, this team, which i believe is really the only legitimate threat to ohio state in the big ten right now, that's -- that's nothing at all to be a black mark on your resume. >> kirk: would you rather have played a couple of fcs teams and blown them out by 40 or 50 or lose a game like this? i'm more impressed by losing a game like this. >> rece: and for some of these spartans, who agonized over the loss a year ago in eugene when they let a second half lead get away, a little bit of a cathartic feeling, as the clock strikes zero. mark dantonio, mark helfrich meeting at midfield after a terrific and entertaining football game that michigan state pulls out, 31-28. dantonio knows exactly who has beat him and now he's avenged one of those recent losses. he's with heather cox. >> heather: rec

the super pac would tell people about the jeb bush gubernatorial record in florida as a conservativeeformer with results, and that the campaign would focus on his personal story. if there is a path for jeb bush, and i think there is, they're going to have to burn these messages in. everybody agrees that voters still don't know. jeb bush was a conservative government with a lot of success, and he has this family story. john: there are a lot of other campaigns. you look at what is happened with jeb. the problem isn't that jeb isn't a conservative, the problem is jeb. the problem is how he is performed in the stump. he seems like a candidate who doesn't really want to be president. that is not something that any number of tv ads is going to solve. mark: to go back to our first topic. at some point, when jeb bush is more established, that super pac will have to take out some of their rivals, including. trump not yet though. john: coming up, round two of the replica and debate. we go to this videotape after this word from our sponsors. ♪ everyone is excited for the cnn debate. the best wa

you can't pay your bills with the super pac, though. that's why he's doing that. he has to suspend, figure out how to pay the bills, and the super pac has to decide whether to let the scott walker group keep the money or if they want to turn that money over to marco rubio or someone else. so they have to figure that out. that's why that goes down. i found it interesting, within minutes of confirming, not even hearing scott walker say he's dropping out, within minutes of confirming he's dropping out, the head of the afl-cio said scott walker is a disgrace not only national, taking a shot at him as he stepped away. that could come back at him. i hope scott walker ends up in a position where he can pay that back. >> the union was just not showing their true colors. that was an unnecessary swipe at the governor on his way out. the union got what they wanted, he's exiting the race. i think we have to admire anybody willing to put themselves arena. not easy to put your family through that, open yourself up and be vulnerable. i admire anybody who wants to serve the publi

you might think that america's pac system is broken and needs to be fixed. next i talk with a man who doesn't see any problem with it at all. >> okay we are continuing this conversation about campaign finance, superpacs and the obscene amounts much money being raised and spent already in this election cycle. dan backer is the lead attorney for db capital strategies where he focuses on campaign strategy law. last year he argued a case before the u.s. supreme court. he called on the justices to eliminate the ceiling on what wealthy individuals can donate to federal candidates parties and political action committees in a single two year election cycle. he joins me from washington, dan thank you so much for joining us. i'm going to allow you to make your case for why money spent in the political system is a good thing. but the examples we have just cited, i didn't really think like we were talking about these nuts on tv but the example of the superpac associated with bernie sanders that bernie sanders doesn't want associated with it, is that not the clearest exa

we changed the name of the pac, okay?irst we changed the name from ready for bernie sanders 2016, i thought we had the drop in tie a name, based on the conveyance with fec. after i was misleaded with the forecast they provided me, we got to drop the name? we thereto of the name american socially united. we got out of there. >> brad deutsche did say, please cease and desist with using bnd bernie sanders proprietary content. >> name and pictures, i didn't get any information to say it was anything wrong with it. >> june 12th they've asked you to take the pictures off, you say hey they didn't send me another letter. the guy you wanted to get elected president. >> that's for them to decide. i've talked to them maybe a dozen times. >> i don't think he's got the horsepower to be involved this these things. >> i let fec make the decision, they're the law of the land. >> carey peterson we appreciate your time. >> appreciate it. >> there's no guarantee allow >> what do you want american's to understand? >> there's so much injustic

are also getting a boost from superpacs and so far the center for public integrity have said those pacs have bankrolled 90% of all political ads. the ruling called citizens united the justices ss s affirmed, independent political action committees these are the groups known as superpacs. relying on a superpac though does carry risk. donald trump was paying for all of his campaign efforts has repeatedly criticized mr. bush saying the former florida governor is already beholden. >> when they give 5 million or 2 million to jeb they have him just like a puppet. >> never mind the political optics, there is if the superpac goes rogue, superpac and candidates are not supposed to coordinate with each other. in other words if jeb bush does not like what right to rise is doing or how they are spending money there is nothing he can do to stop it. >> the power of these superpacs spreads well beyond washington. daniel craig's strange connection to the word of >> al jazeera america, weekday mornings. catch up on what happened overnight with a full morning brief. get a first hand look with in-depth re

am i was thinking by the super pac that he would stay in. -- pac that he would stay in. you see? john: i thought if anybody was going to drop out before iowa it would be him. i don't think he is a dumb man. he thinks he has not been able to overcome the legacy of his 2012 race. he is not getting traction. i don't think money will necessarily help him. i think he understood that. the timing is a little -- it is never a good time to get out but i am not shocked. mark: he has been shutting down campaign offices and laying off staff so it was going to be tough to go forward. in addition to the no staff was the reality there were so many people ahead of him who are appealing to the same voters. john: the same discussion we often have around this office -- what can stop donald trump? we try to hypothesize. if you ask the same question, what could make rick perry the nominee? what set of circumstances could have occurred given where he is now? i find it hard to imagine even if i were being the most pro-rick perry person that would elevate him to the top of this very large field

super pac coming out with a clever ad using trump's words.ies, look at this face. [ laughter ] [cheers and applause] and look at all of your faces. the face of leadership. the face of leadership in our party, the party of women's sufferage. the face of leadership in your community, in your businesses, in your places of work and worship. ladies, note to democrat party: we are not a special interest group. we are the majority of the nation. [cheers and applause] this is the face of the 61-year-old woman. i am proud of every year and every wrinkle. [cheers and applause] >> daniel, what do you think? this super pac, this actually wasn't kelly foreign i can't. >> what's great about it in my mind she takes what donald trump says and responds to it without belittling him without going to bobby jindal or the rick perry calling him a cancer on the republican party. and she answers it with a very compelling attractive message. trying to obviously appeal and be the counter to hillary clinton and sort of -- it's a complicated ad where she is able to mane

he spent the first part of this campaign raising $100 million for his super pac. campaign money so it's a proving ground for him, particularly since he is fifth in the polls? and this is money that is very, very important to the bush campaign. because it's the money that they will be able to directly spend on their own message. on their own ads. on their own organization in early states like iowa and new hampshire. so it's important symbolically. but it's also important in terms of how they get out the vote in those early states. >> and gloria, i know you have been talking to the bush campaign. they hate this idea, the whispers of donor panic, don't they? >> they hate it. i had one senior adviser tell me it's ridiculous. he doesn't know where it's coming from. their point is as jeb bush always says is that this is a marathon, it's not a sprint. and the senior adviser said look, i would rather be ahead in the winter than now. we have the organization to go the distance and we will do that. but it's very clear to me that they're looking over their shoulder. they're

he's also not created a network of super pacs like all the other candidates have. he has not started aid campaign fund-raising operation of his campaign. tonight he is racing money. tonight his speech on that ship is a fund-raiser but not for him or for his presidential campaign. it is a fund-raiser for someone else and that turns out to be a very weird story. which starts in south dakota in the 2014 senate race? south dakota. that was a really weird senate race. democratic senator tim johnson announced he wouldn't run for re-election. republican governor of the state then announced he would run for the seat but he was embroiled in this complicated corruption scandal and his administration in addition to him, a former republican u.s. senator had been really popular in south dakota but left office almost 20 years ago decided he would run as an independent. then there was this awesome democratic candidate who barnstormed the state and did these little music videos and concerts from. he was like folksy to the nth degree and people really liked him, the democrat. it wa

by the end of july, his super paccing had raised more than $20 million.y thought they'd have $58 million or $40 million by the end of this year. right up till less than 24 hours before he dropped out of the race, his super pac was still raising money. having been shocked by his decision to drop out, the super pac now says they're going to give their money back to the donors. so maybe that's good news for donors. they're getting their money back. on the other hand, they also perhaps righteously seemed kind of mad about the whole thing. i mean, scott walker now leaves behind a bunk of money and a bunk of people who wanted to keep spending money on him but who now feel like when they picked him, they chose to throw good money after bad. and they are angry at the way the whole thing ended up. so what happens to all those folks and their fat wallets? are those republican donors going to give their money to anybody else or did walker just alienate his donors from the process? that's one interesting question. what happens to scott walker's many billionaires? in

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the candidates are being controlled by the pacs. i'm self funding. when i fly here, i'm paying for it 100%. that's the way it is. [applause] donald trump: i do say one thing. a woman contribute $7.40. i have people who do contribute. the worst thing i can do is send .ack small amounts of money we except small amounts of money because they are investing in the campaign. they are investing for the good of the country. they are not investing millions of dollars. giving 200-500 if i send back those checks, that's insulting. the people who get millions of dollars -- nobody knows the system better than i do. from a point of advantage. the system is a top system. when somebody's giving millions and alars to a politician politician is in office and they want something done, they are not thinking about the good of the country. they are thinking about the good of that donor. [applause] donald trump: i'm the only person running that self-funded and that's the way want to keep it. [applause] tim scott: as you look at our so-calledlicy, the red line in syria, lea

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it is that decision that created the super pac and if you look at the actual spending the real change isn't so much corporations directly spending their money in the political marketplace, they have discovered there is a certain , whatost to free speech instead has happened is that all this money has been channeled into the super pac. in this election cycle so far, 400 families have given half the money that has been contributed to candidates and super pac's in this cycle so far. that is an extraordinarily small number. it is a banana republic level of democracy and it highlights the way in which we allow this concentration of influence to develop in the united states, completely against the traditions that go back to the beginning of this republic. you havequick sidebar, been "it as saying you do not think camera inside the supreme court. curious why you think it would be counterproductive. was originally all for the idea, but if you look at the way cameras have affected what happens in , you see increasingly members of congress going to the floor of the congress or the senate to spe