of macau. ♪ >> for a man whose business caters to high rollers and big spenders, billionaire sheldon adelson'soots are unglamorous. he was born the son of a cab driver in a poor section of boston. adelson first began in the convention business in 1979 when he founded one of the largest technology trade shows. he eventually sold that and other shows for hundreds of millions of dollars. he bought the original las vegas sands hotel only to demolish it and replace it with the venetian. it is the first integrated resort of its kind. sound familiar? in macau, he has built another venetian but with more gaming space. this is what adelson says made him stand out among other casino tycoons. >> i was listening to you speak, and you mentioned you wanted to build a las vegas in macau. how come no one else saw that? >> i guess that is what visionary is made out of. >> people thought you were crazy. >> of course. i have been in dozens of businesses. every time i go into business, everybody thinks i am crazy. nobody wants to recognize that doing something different than what people do routinely is viable. no

polling initially showed that people were in favor of it, but sheldon adelson, the republican donor,has been pouring money against marijuana in that state so the poll have turned a little bit on that. turning to minimum wage, as you know, carol, the republican party here in washington has opposed any raising of the minimum wage that president obama has been in favor of so it's interesting that in four conservative states, alaska, arkansas, nebraska, and south dakota, it looks like the electorate there is very much in favor of raising the minimum wage. also on the ballot in san francisco and a couple of other locations around the country where they're talking about even higher minimum wage laws. and then finally on the issue of guns. washington state, where there was a recent high school shooting, carol, the voters there are trying to decide whether to expand gun -- background checks for gun purchases, even in private sales and at gun shows. that's, again, another hot button issue around the country in light of this recent shooting. it looks like the electorate there, the voters there

sheldon adelson, right-wing, republican mega donor is very much an advocate of immigration reform, partly the reasons that you're talking about, like jim murren, the head of mgm resorts. so they understand this issue has a real-world impact on their business, as well as believing that it's got to happen or it's going to be a problem politically for both parties. >> and they really want to stop illegal immigration, or just want relief from people here illeg illegally? do they want the whole shebang? they don't want cheap illegal labor, people like adelson? >> i can't answer that directly, because they never say that, we just want cheap illegal labor. >> of course not. >> not so much in the gaming industry. but remember when las vegas was the fastest growing city in the country for decades, the construction industry, they loved the cheap illegal labor. then the construction boom ended and the bottom fell out of the construction market. that dynamic has changed. i think it's much more significant than it has been in the gaming industry. >> what's the view on the republican side? are they ser

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