he has about $250 million and sheldon adelson is crushing him at $21 billion. he is 84 times richer than mitt romney. ok so, we did a little bit of math. now, if sheldon adelson is making the same amount of money as mitt romney is in relationship to their net worth he would actually be making $1.76 billion. now, if he paid 15% on that, he would be paying in taxes $264 million. remember president obama has the buffet rule, and he wins, then it would be 30% tax on all millionaires in which case sheldon adelson would have to pay $27.9 million. what's the difference? $265 million. that's the tax savings he would have under a republican president. that means he can give 26 times that amount and he would still come out ahead. that's the most conservative estimate. actually, if most of his money or all of his money were made in capitol gains newt gingrich wants to knock that down to 0%. adelson would safe $529 million a year if newt gingrich were president. gee, i wonder why he's giving him $10 million. if newt winds up winning ile be the greatest investment of adelso

what has sheldon adelson got for his money.outh carolina primary and imploding in florida and the reason is he is an unsuitable candidate. he will not be the nominee let alone president. >> counterexamples 94% of the time the candidate with more money wins. but, more importantly, i don't think it's who wins. >> adelson has won because he shoved the entire debate on israel and none of the winning future ads is about. you would think sheldon's key issue in his life is venture capitalism but his key issue is israel. he not only has shoved newt gingrich to the right and om romney adopted a position right to netanyahu. at the debate in december, romney attacked him. in the last debate, gingrich doubled down on that and said -- romney didn't say anything. in fact, said obama threw israel under the bus. >> plus, incredibly provocative, dangerous notion you move the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. that is gingrich's platform and now that is -- that is given balan ballast. >> it actually hasn't. that is the interesting thing. in fac

it's interesting that history between sheldon adelson and steve wynn.ed to really hate each other. they bonded in recent years about their disdain for the president. that's one of the reasons i think that the other candidates are not doing anything about sheldon adelson. they figure even if newt goes down, they want sheldon adelson's money later on to try to beat obama so i don't think they are going to go after him at all. >> all right. are you going to promise me nevada is going to be competitive or not? we're treating it like a major state. >> it is a major state. it's the most competitive state in the country. come here, chuck. >> all right. >> just very quickly, adelson's people have made it clear regardless of who gets the nomination, he will be there helping the republican nominee. they want obama out of the white house. >> always good to see you. thank you for getting up early, john. >> all right, chuck. >> thanks, mike. up next, our political panel is here. msnbc supertuesday tomorrow as floridians go to the polls. primary coverage starts at 6:

he's got sheldon adelson on his side. wants to push for newt, that can keep going through the summer. >> newt just be able to fly places and do what the campaign needs to do, he does need money. at some stage republican establishment will come to newt and say nice little consulting business you have there in washington. you knemade $2.6 million last e. it would be a pity if something happened to it. his threats like everything else he's said for 30 years aren't to be taken seriously all the time. >> david corn describing the republican establishment as the mafia. thank you so much. thanks for joining us. >>> next, newt gingrich's money man joins us live. stay with us. >> how close is this to being over? >> i would say six months. >> six months? >> unless romney drops out. o sa, i just got the popular girls from the local middle school to follow me around. ew. seriously? so gross. ew. seriously? that is so gross. ew. seriously? dude that is so totally gross. so gross...i know. there's an easier way to save. geico. fifteen

hours after everybody else has finished to accommodate about 500 people, including a guy named sheldon adelsonthe adelson educational campus which is a school named for sheldon adelson because he bought it. this was reported by our awesome friend john ralston from the las vegas sun who says this special sheldon adelson caucus seemed destined to cause controversy and further humiliation for the party and the state. yes, yes, it does. sheldon adelson gets his own caucus in a building with his name on it after all the other caucuses clo.

that's not something that sheldon adelson supports. >> ron mott asked have you promised him somethinges. do we know what adelson could want here other than what you have recited? >> he's a casino mogul with a sprawling international businesses. he's also under justice department investigation for alleges of foreign corrupt payments in china. they are denied by the company. that's something that the justice department most likely in the next administration will have to resolve. that's something that sheldon adelson will be interested in. >>> thank you. jan brewer is now defending her treatment of the president as what is being referred to as a testy exchange. she said she was not trying to be disrespectful or threatening when a pictured appeared of her pointing her finger in the president's face. >> i probably have better photographs of me than that. i hope people will take it into context that i was talking and i talk with my hands. he wanted to talk about the book. i thought he was pretty thin-skinned. >> it seems like the tarmac tiff has been a good thing for her book. it jumped alm

start caucusing four hours after everybody else has finished to accommodate 500 people including sheldon adelsonecinct meets at the adelson educational campus which is a school named for sheldon adelson because he bought it. this was reported by our awesome friend john ralston from the las vegas sun who says this special sheldon adelson caucus seemed destined to cause

aspect of this and all you have to do is follow the money you take someone like a senior mogul sheldon adelson we know that name here because about five million dollars check he just wrote to g.o.p. candidate newt gingrich turns out as you write about he's also a major contributor to netanyahu what do you think we should take from this money aspect of this. it's kind of remarkable because there's a discussion in the u.s. media about adelson is role in the presidential campaign and no mention of israel they refused to say the israel word and adelson is game is he's a union buster in las vegas who became friends with newt gingrich he's funding gingrich's campaign he gave gingrich five million dollars to gingrich's again which aligned super pac right after newt gingrich called the palestinians an invented people at the same time adelson owns a newspaper in israel called him which is can considered netanyahu house organ his propaganda sheet and he's finance pro netanyahu think tanks so there is a clear so adelson is the link between netanyahu and the us presidential campaign what i'm on able to co

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sheldon adelson does want limb to win. is what happens on tuesday in florida. if newt gingrich wins, then he's going to open up the pocketbook. if he loses, we'll ask whether the money dries up or he sees a reason to support gingrich going forward. >> let's talk about what we heard from the president really rallying house democrats at their conference that they are holding right now. >> i'm sorry. i thought you were going to play a sound bite. >> we had big plans, but they fell apart. >> sorry about that. >> he says even as we push hard, not to persuade people on the other side. if we work together and do the right thing, these things can be accomplished. >> the thing is this comes as the president winds up this whirlwind, five-state, three-day tour where he was in all these battleground states pushing this populous message of economic fairness after the state of the union on tuesday. with democrats, they are h huddling. they are feeling pretty good. it shows a much improved environment for democrats and the president, so

we've had an invented palestinian people who in fact are arabs. >> reporter: a close adelson friend told cbs news sheldon loved it, but is his $10 million gift a form of payment for gingrich's world view? adelson declined our request for an interview but in his statement described his motivation as loyalty. george harris, a former employee of adelson's and now a gingrich finance director, says adelson donates his money with no strings attached. >> i can promise you something-- mr. adelson doesn't ask anybody for anything. i don't believe there's any quid pro quo for this money at all. >> reporter: but critics argue and public interest groups argue that $10 million buys you influence, period. the adelson gift, for example, has already purchased seven times more ad time in florida than the entire gingrich campaign. and, scott, this is the leading example of how these unrestricted superpacs are changing the race for the white house. >> pelley: wyatt, thanks very much. what's next for egypt? one year after the revolution. a half foot of rain floods parts of texas. and it's like the fourth of july in january

that's why it comes down to newt and sheldon adelson.ld be the last one standing, get him one on one. because of proportionate rules, it could go a long way. newt has to decide it. he can do tremendous damage and never win the presidency. he has to make a judgment call what does he want out of being in this race. does he want to take down the likely nominee and hand the election likely to barack obama or stand in and make a point. >> cornell, the fact that romney is doing so well in south carolina, in a state of conservative voters, does that surprise you? does that concern you as a democrat? >> no. >>> 3,000 were killed by drug violence, according to new data by the country's attorney general that said numbers showed the rate of killings is slowing. >>> joran van der sloot pled guilty to all charges against him in the killing of a peruvian woman, then apologized. the 24-year-old dutch man will be sen tansed friday. he faces 30 years in prison. his lawyer asked for reduced sentence. >>> food safety officials are testing shipments of impo

brothers to a large extent gingrich's candidacy is possible thanks to billionaire if you know mogul sheldon adelson in just the past month alone he and his wife have pumped ten million dollars into the program which super pac winning our future the to give spy mr adelson ten million dollars in one month that we are aware of we've been told that there is much more to come for him. now this ladies and gentleman is the perfect example for you of citizens united in action those that study campaign finance say that the two contributions of five million dollars apiece by adelson are the largest known political donations in u.s. history so that is how far our political system has been corrupted to where one single donor can give as much money as they want to a super pac with absolutely no restrictions and in this case it's ten million dollars i think that it's good that at least m s n b c is all over the story today but they're the only network doing so the problem there are two is that they don't take this even further they'll focus on just this one man's or question his motives how they affect the gingr

good morning. >> good morning. >> it isn't a stretch to say without sheldon adelson gingrich might bet to think sideline watching from his living room. >> he's been kept on life support by sheldon adelson. normally in the course of a presidential election you would see a candidate with weaknesses fall by the wayside, candidate that had no money. newt in 2011 was making -- was pulling together between him and his super pac 10% to 20% of romney's haul. but the two gifts by mr. adelson, $10 million in one month that we are aware of, we've been told there is much more to come from him and some of mr. adelson's friends and that has kept newt long enough alive to basically wait for the front runner to start to have problems. >> do we know if it's not just him who is getting money but -- i don't want to call him a bundler but getting his wealthy friends to give as well? >> we've heard that actually in the last couple of weeks because this normally would have been a confidential gift because it went to a super pac that doesn't have to disclose its donors yet. normally this would have been con

legitimacy as a people. >> invented palestinian people who are in fact arabs. >> a close adelson friend told cbs news sheldonved it. but is his $10 million gift a form of payment for gingrich's world view? adelson declined our request for an interview but in a statement described it as loyalty. he hold our friendship with gingrich very dear and are doing what we can as private citizens to support his candidacy. george harris, a former employee of adelson and a gingrich finance director says adelson donate his money with no strings attached. >> i can promise you something. mr. adelson doesn't ask anybody for anything. i don't believe there's any quid pro quo for this money at all. >> but public interest groups argue that $10 million buys you influence, period. the adelson gift has already purchased seven times more ad time in florida than the entire gingrich campaign. it's the leading example of how unrestricted super pacs are changing the race for the white house. wyatt andrews, cbs news washington. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning," florida republican senator, marco rubio on the contoversial immigration a

so for the gingrich super pac that sheldon adelson funded group, $2.8 million.ding. so most of what viewers are seeing are coming from these outside super pacs, lightly regula regulated. they can get from corporations or from anybody. and that's really the ones that are dominating this election. >> and mitt romney doesn't know what they are doing he says. the super pac has arrived. so we're going to get a glimpse of what is giving what and how much. >> exactly. tomorrow is super tuesday for the super pacs. it's the first real full disclosure we'll have from the super pacs covering the ad sp d spending. we're going to see -- we know because we have had reporting that sheldon adelson, the las vegas casino billionaire has been funding the gingrich super pac. but who is funding the romney super pac? we have had had one disclosure that only went up to june 30th of last year. obviously, the spending and the money-raising is much more than that. we're going to see the first full disclosure by midnight tomorrow. don't forget, there are other super pacs out there there.

. >> sheldon adelson the billionaire vegas casino mogul, injected $10 million in the gingrich campaign. some controversy about a special caucus going to be held late on saturday at a school named after him in the county in which he lives. he's being credited with sustaining the campaign through south carolina and in part in florida, how should we see him as a factor in his home caucuses in nevada? >> i think this is ironic, i think sheldon adelson will have more influence on newt gingrich's campaign outside of nevada than he has inside nevada. he saved newt gingrich by that money he infused in the super pac alined with newt in south carolina, then his wife invested five million more. you put up the ads. the comparison hasn't worked there. what is he doing there, you mentioned a special caucus, that is a night caucus for observant jews, they protested this was going on. his spokesman is distancing adelson from all this it's too late because it's at his school, he called the clark county chairman, the chairman told me to inquire about the caucus, clearly he wanted it, that is only going

. >> and we're not going to see sheldon adelson, the guy giving perhaps the largest political contributions of all time, isn't going to show up, right? >> that's right. because his contributions came in january and came in large part if you talk to people around that super pac and who are familiar with him and his giving, they say they came because he saw his long time friend, newt gingrich, getting absolutely savaged by ads from this pro mitt romney super pac, restore our future, and he felt he had to come off the sidelines and open up his checkback in a big way. we've heard $10 million, 5 million from his wife and that's probably just the start of thiz things because newt gingrich wants to take this campaign through the convention and with the help of wealthy ben factors, name sheldon adelson and his wife, he is able to do. >> and what's significant is this avalanche of negative ads we've seen. certainly in florida, 15 million is going to be spent by romney in this state. we've seen in florida, amazing statistic i just got. i spoke to a guy named rich goldstein who heads up an organizatio

. >> and we're not going to see sheldon adelson, the guy giving perhaps the largest political contributions of all time, isn't going to show up, right? >> that's right. because his contributions came in january and came in large part if you talk to people around that super pac and who are familiar with him and his giving, they say they came because he saw his long time friend, newt gingrich, getting absolutely savaged by ads from this pro mitt romney super pac, restore our future, and he felt he had to come off the sidelines and open up his checkback in a big way. we've heard $10 million, 5 million from his wife and that's probably just the start of thiz things because newt gingrich wants to take this campaign through the convention and with the help of wealthy benefactors, name sheldon adelson and his wife, he is able to do. >> and what's significant is this avalanche of negative ads we've seen. certainly in florida, 15 million is going to be spent by romney in this state. we've seen in florida, amazing statistic i just got. i spoke to a guy named rich goldstein who heads up an organizatio

quick bio on sheldon adelson. self made billionaire. pro israel. he's known newt gingrich for more than a decade now. what is his political motivation and why is he so sure that newt is the man to deliver this political message? >> well, as you mentioned, thomas, they've known each other for more than a decade. they met back in 1995 shortly after newt gingrich became speaker and sheldon adelson was in washington lobbying on one of his big causes which was to move the embassy in israel to jerusalem. he met newt gingrich in a hallway. they talked about that. they bonded over that. but their friendship really blossomed after gingrich left congress, a little later in the '90s and started up americans solutions which was a pact that adelson contributed $8 million to. so that is the tie that bound them together. and what is his agenda? he's a very conservative guy. probably the most conservative casino owner in this state. he has long been very hawkish on israel. he's involved in israeli politics, too. very close to benjamin n netanyahu. he loved it when

the first time, gingrich was asked about this and about these donation, super pac and what is sheldon adelson'sions behind it. here is what newt said. >> have you promised him -- >> i promise had that would seek to defend the united states and the united states allies and -- >> [ inaudible ] >> i don't know anything about the super pac except what i read in the newspapers. he is deeply motivated by the question of having a commander in chief strong enough and following make sure that the iranians do not get nuclear weapons. >> this is what mike isikoff's reporting, that the number one issue is israel. >> of course that is the issue which he and newt gingrich originally forged a friendship. >> gingrich changed his bruce a two-state solution more so since he has got ton know adelson. >> and commitment moving the u.s. embassy to jerusalem, he made, promise he would do it in the first two hours of his presidency. newt gingrich's campaign consistents of things going from debate to debate and putting up ads paid by sheldon adelson. so that is allowed under the rules that we are operating under this t