the rickett's family, whose patriach founded ameritrade, owns 95% of the cubs. cubs chairman tom ricketts says he figures something less than 25% of the team would be made available. forbes magazine ranks the cubs as fourth most valuable major league baseball franchise--worth 1.2 billion dollars. the rickett's family, whose patriach founded ameritrade, owns 95% of the cubs. cubs chairman tom ricketts says he figures something less than 25% of the team would be made available. forbes magazine ranks the cubs as fourth most valuable major league baseball franchise--worth 1.2 billion dollars. the pace to investigate high speed trading is picking up. i can confirm that we at the justice department are investigating this practice to determine whether it violates insider trading laws. attorney general eric holder made those comments friday to a house committee. the fbi, sec, cftc and new york attorney general are also probing high frequency trading. it follows allegations in the new book flash boys by michael lewis ---he contends the stock market is rigged by brokers a

i represented the ricketts -- the ricketts are wonderful people. have had nothing but good experiences with them. anyone who is a partner will have a very good experience. obviously major league baseball rules dictate the major partner rules everything. you will have some input, but it will be relatively limited input. there is media upside. there is stadium revenue upside. there is developmental upside in the real estate around the building. obviously when you are with an iconic brand like the cubs, you see what happens to asset values across the board in sports. it is incredible. it is a non-correlated asset to the market. it is incredible. >> do you know who likes assets? warren buffett. what do you think? >> i cannot comment. i cannot comment on any investor. i will not say yes or no or anything else. >> do you have to be an established cubs fan to join this little group? >> no, you don't have to be a cubs fan. >> a fan of baseball? >> i think you will get a lot of people who are baseball fans. >> what kind of minority stake are we talking abou

but here with us now, the co-owners, tom ricketts, board of directors members laura and todd ricketts running for governor, right? >> he has a debate tonight. >> that's right. so a shout out to pete. >> ricketts family, four kids, very different points of view. even political affiliations is it fair to say like my family, but there is bis one thing you have in common, you guys love this team. >> that's right. >> indeed. that's one of many points on which we're all on the same page and come together. >> thank god, right? >> so what does 100 years mean for you all? obviously you don't really own the cubs. the city of chicago owns the cubs. it's like a trust that has been handed to you all. >> that's true. >> and i've seen the plans. it is so exciting for the city. >> when we took over ownership of the team, that's always the way we felt. no one can really own the cubs. we're really stewards of an amazing tradition that is so important to the city of chicago and so important to baseball. >> and you showed me the plans about what will happen in the stadium over the next three, four, five

the ricketts' family plan to use 500-million dollars of their own money to renovate wrigley. but plans are being held up because of possible lawsuits from the rooftop owners. >> could morning. not the best day for a baseball game. the least we're not expecting any delays. light showers. windy today with temperatures in the mid 40's. low pressure moves through. morris is at 42. blue island is at 40. we have some cooler numbers in other places. as we look at the satellite and radar, rain is 10 to the south and east here's note to the west. the good news is bad snow will miss us as a moves through portions of iowa and minnesota and wisconsin. 47 degrees today. the chances decrease with each hour. we are try tomorrow. sunday 56. monday's weak cool down. tuesday is 50 with a chance of rain. wednesday and thursday temperatures go up again. >> severe weather struck the midwest spawning tornadoes. >> and the controversy. and a five year-old boy in california have his way into his dad's a xbox account. >> and looking at the cubs' players from 100 years ago things tthunderstorms hit a

they support small government and less regulation that this is joe ricketts, the founder of ameritradehis family also is the majority owner of the chicago cubs. group called ending spending which they've had for about quattro years but only recently have started trying to reach out to other wealthy donors to attract investors for .he super pacs fundraising shows that they have been somewhat successful landing to deb did billionaire hedge fund chiefs, paul singer and another familiar name may not have given to the super pac. >> they are advertising on behalf of republican candidates in some senate races. clicks is there any good news for the democrats when you look at those figures at least comparatively? democrats had any skepticism about giving to super to do inhat big money politics, they are over it. they are raising big money for the to deb super pacs-- for the two super pacs. they have already had counter messaging in the air and some of these important states. billion.hey spent $2 how much will they spend this year? will easily be in the billions since the supreme court unleashed

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it is janine ricketts with her 7-year-old daughter.nd talking the afternoon away. >> these are terrific. they're great snapshots. keep sending them in. go to klgandhoda.com. remember, each winner gets a weekend trip to new york city with a friend. and here's the bonus. actress kristen bell will host some of the activities. >>> we are about to go play a holiday edition of "who knew?" and i think i'm going to have a very, very, very special assistant with me. >> really? >> and cyndi lauper and billy porter are going to get a little "kinky." >> i said christian bell, right? kristen bell. everybody correct me. >> leave hoda alone. whatever. marge: you know, there's a more enjoyable way to get your fiber. try phillips fiber good gummies. they're delicious, and a good source of fiber to help support regularity. wife: mmmm husband: these are good! marge: the tasty side of fiber. from phillips. >>> we are back with more of "today." we are getting ready to play "who knew?" we are about to test your knowledge of holiday foods and traditions. kat

in addition, joe ricketts, billionaire conservative. sheldon adelson, putting money up against walter jones, one of the most conservative congressman and longest serving congressman, what is going on here with this party if. >> the truth of the matter, the way the law reads today each individual can give $2600. for $2600 in primary or general you get good government. when you put a million, 10 million or $20 million into it, you want more than good government. i think it is detrimental. i think it is free speech but at end the day, these guys are not saying here is $10 million, do what you want to do. i think to certain extent this is detriment to the process. lou: they're saying here is $10 million. do what the hell i tell. >> you absolutely. lou: 10,000 folks in a district can tell a billionaire to go to hell. >> she should absolutely. lou: ed rollins. good to see you. nevada rancher cliven bundy, blasting the federal government leaving behind a trail of destruction over last week's standoff over grazing rights with the bureau of land

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just ask cubs owner tom rick ricketts. >> you met your wife in the bleachers.l that story. >> yeah, a lot of people have met their significant others on first dates. wrigley has a lot to do with relationships in chicago. >> reporter: for bleacher bums everywhere, wrigley is on their bucket list. this is a storied place not very many people get to see. the scoreboard was built in 1937, keeping fans apprised of scores by turning creeky latches and changing the numbers by hand. >> who needs technology? >> that's right. >> reporter: in fact, the only thing that wrigley hasn't seen in the last hundred years is a world series pennant. but this year, let's hope next year's team is this year's team. and let's hope indeed. you know, wrigley field has also played a great role, great cameo roles in a number of feature films, of course. the blues brothers use the address here, 1060 west addison. they gave that as a fake address to the police in "the blues brothers" movie. and of course, ferris bueller on his famous day off. where did he and the gang go? they came right her

this is a situation, one of the few where a group that she mentioned, joe ricketts pace out of chicagoen add against a republican, which is what some people were waiting to see if these groups would do, a lot of republicans unhappy elections,t o christine o'donnell and todd akin lost the party a seat. thatct, there is a belief if the party had nominated better candidates the last couple of years, they would be in control of the senate majority already. some, philng to gregory is seen as one of those ey isdates -- phil gingr seen as one of those candidates. it is interesting that she finds it distasteful and then she does not like it because there is a lot fear that these kind of ads could backfire, and her comments would suggest that maybe that is the case and in fact, this encourages people to vote for phil gingrey anyway. host: let's go to sue, good morning. caller: i agree to the last couple of callers, the last one to went underway. citizens united have caused this debacle. and money trumps, and we have got billionaires and corporations that pass legislation, and they are taking ov

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