of macau. ♪ >> for a man whose business caters to high rollers and big spenders, billionaire sheldon adelson'soots are unglamorous. today he can be seen a high profile events with his wife, miriam. 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 with hotel, casino, shopping centers, entertainment, and technology expos. 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 bu

names like sheldon adelson foster and of course coch brothers are critical to candidates. in 2012, adelson and his wife gave more than $20 million to presidential pacs. iowa freedom summit in des moines sponsored by citizens united. but many also traveled to palm springs that weekend to attend a separate event sponsored by the cochs. republicans have something else with which to could be tend. the tea party. they have significantly driven up the price of running for president. tea party groups spent over $100 million in 2012 causing not just democrats to have to raise heavily but also, so-called establishment republicans. and why are they called establishment? a major veen that they have a -- reason is that they have a pipeline to the money. but clearly not all of it. once you have courted enough voters then you need to court the donors yet again. before the mid terms in 2014, house leader nancy pelosi told her caucus that they needed to pay up. each member was required to pay dues out of their own coffers to the democratic campaign committee. the amount ranged from $125,00

names like sheldon adelson. and the koch brothers and others are critical. adelson and his wife gave more than $90 mullion to conservative pacts. last week g.o.p. hopefuls were at the base. citizens united among them. many travelled to palm springs to attend a separate event sponsored by the kochs, and designed to introduce candidates to the donor class. >> you can't get away with that this is america... >> republicans have something else to contend. the tea party. they have driven up the price of running for president. they made over 100 million and establishment republicans. why with they called establishment. >> they have a pipeline to the money. not all of it. once you court the donors to win, you need to do it again. house minority leader pell pelosi got them to pay out. dues out of their own covers. the amount ranged from $125,000 to $800,000, depending on seniority and committee assignments and how much you pay could determine the committee assignments and whether you have a leading position. >> the next bid for the united states of america - mitt romn

sheldon adelson. now that mitt romney has decided against running for president, sheldon adelson is happy to have him over for dinner. romney has been give it at the coveted dinner seat. sheldon adelson has made it clear that he likes mitt romney but does not think he is the best republican to lead the country. he give $15 million to newt gingrich's campaign. no word on who sheldon adelson will back next year. jeb bush is now in the spotlight. he has been making the rounds, fundraising in new york city all week long. there he is. there was a $100,000 ticket event. then there was a wall street breakfast. on politics i want to bring in my guest host for the hour, leo hindery, who has been a fierce democratic supporter on wall street. you have said that jeb bush might be a favored candidate with big business, but he has zero foreign-policy experience and that is what is going to hurt him. >> historically, there has been a schism between the women and men who run from the congress side of the equation and

he flew on casino magnate sheldon adelson's luxury jet, complete with a private bedroom. along for the ride -- his wife, three of his kids, his mother-in-law, father, step-mom and a half dozen others. and most eye opening? christie's stay at this ultra posh hotel. the tab? $3,0003 $30,000, paid for by the king of jordan. one flight to iowa last fall reportedly costing $50,000. but now christie is the one facing questions. today, he was in london not answering them. >> all right, jon karl live from the white house tonight. a lot of people are going to say that's some jet setting there, but is there really anything wrong with this? >> reporter: well if he was president or a senator, it would be illegal to accept gifts from a foreign leader. but under new jersey law, that may not be the case. >> all right, jonathan karl with us tonight. 2016 getting nearer and nearer every night. thanks jon. >>> we're following breaking news tonight on whitney houston's daughter fighting for her life after being discovered face down a bathtub, just days before the anniversary of her mother's

newt gingrich -- sheldon adelson putting in more than $15 million to keep newt gingrich going and you foster freeze put in $2 million just to keep rick santorum going. both of those candidates gave mitt romney fits because they had individual backers. while jeb bush is making major headway on the finance circuit right now, it mainly take one to give him serious problems going through the next year. >> a lot of donors on both sides will be making their way to the national conventions. for democrats, that might mean philadelphia. why is philadelphia the choice? >> it was philadelphia over brooklyn. it was primarily logistics. the difficulty on the security side of things in brooklyn but also in columbus -- philadelphia offered a better venue, but you always have to look at politics. pennsylvania is an important state and democrats like the idea of the organization they will be bringing to the state early in 2016. >> phil mattingly, thank you. coming up health risks facing americans. i will speak to the director of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases about the chall

sheldon adelson and spends a lot the koch brothers have 60 million michael bloomberg gives to democratsew cycle the big the environmental activist has 73 million more than kochs. compared to the unions almost $2 billion you dwarf the kochs. warda you complaining about? >> billionaire verses billionaire does not help the doesn't matter what side but george soros would gladly get out of politics to support campaign finance reform. john: because the government is in charge. >> because they believe money corrupts the political process. john: look at the spending most assume republicans are richer but look at the numbers from the last election democratic party and the about campaign spent slightly more than the republican. >> that is the first time in my lifetime i think we don't like it when democrats play the same game. >> with the koch brothers i have spent time with both david and charles and they have paid me to speak at a few of their even said they gave the money to charities. issing fehr doing something terrible david is a more visible brother and once ran for office and is in the so

>> the reports in israel is that sheldon adelson was the broker of this between boehner and netanyahu. i don't know if that is true. that would not be implausible. >> what is he going to do after the presidency? >> it is interesting. we talked about whether he would run -- one of the things that appealed to him was that he would be 55 years old when he left the white house and it would be a lot of years left to live. one thing he will do for sure is what will probably be the most successful autobiography. i know this -- i think he is as good a writer as has been in the white house for many moons. >> elizabeth told me she thinks he will be a writer. he will be like richard nixon. he will want to write a lot and find a way to express his own opinions. >> his books -- i had to go back and look at his books when i was preparing my own just for a fact here or there. i was overwhelmed because he really is gifted. >> the first book was the one everybody -- >> it was an incredible book. having labored over my own memoir, having the virtue of writing yours when he was 33. a lot less ground to

he flew on casino magnate sheldon adelson's private jet complete with a private bedroom, along for thes wife, three kids, his mother-in-law, father, step mom and a half dozen others. most eye opening his stay at this ultra posh hotel. the tab, $30,000 paid for by the king of jordan. hillary clinton has also spent a lot of time in private jets paid for by others. one flight to iowa last fall reportedly costing $50,000. now christie is the one facing questions. he was in london not answering them. jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. >>> an ugly court battle has broken out over the estate of the late robin williams. williams widow, his third wife claims his children took personal items belonging to their father after his death. she says she is entitled to the jewelry and memorabilia. and other possessions. robin williams you will remember he committed suicide last august. >>> u.k. has become the first to legalize three parent babies. the new in vitro, it takes dna from the mother and father and second mother allowing doctors to delete dna associated with incurable conditions if the

. >> is part of the reason you're going to israel is court sheldon adelson?o because he will be in las vegas if i'm going to court him i'll go the wrong direction. >> i'm not going to ask you to do this. were you to produce your iphone and i look at your song selection am i finding beyonce? >> you actually are. >> what is your beef with her? >> not everything she does. i said in my book that i admire her talent. some of the lyrics she portrayed, those on television were not exactly appropriate and suitable to say this is a great role model for young girls, so look i'm not the prude some people perhaps might think i am. >> on that score, bend over and take it like a prisoner. >> yeah. >> come on. a sexual connotation. >> not at all. you know if you read the chapter -- it has to do the with the intake. as a governor i went to every prison. have i been there when the prisoners are brought in and go through the initial in take. and what i'm describing as the process of getting on an airplane as a completely innocent person with no probable cause, no criminal back

. >> is part of the reason you're going to israel to court sheldon adelson and his role as a contributor? >> no because he'll be in las vegas. if i court him, i'll be going the wrong direction. >> i won't ask you to do this but were you to produce your iphone and i were to look at your song selection, am i finding any beyonce? >> you are, yeah. >> what's your beef with her? >> it's not everything she does. i've said in my book i admire her talent but some of the lyrics she's portrayed, particularly those that went on television, were not exactly appropriate and suitable to say this is a great role model for young girls. so, look i'm not the prude some people perhaps might think i am. >> on that score, bend over and take it like a prisoner. >> yeah. >> come on. a sexual connotation. >> not at all. if you read the chapter -- >> tsa, flying screening. >> it has to do with the intake. as governor i went to every prisoner we've had. i've been there when prisoners are brought to the system and go through the initial intake. what i'm dn an airplane as a excellently innocent person with no proba

but the reports that inician real were that-- the reports in israel were that sheldon adelson was thebroker of this between boehner and netanyahu. i don't know if that's true or not. but a prominent supporter for both of them you know. and that wouldn't be implausible. >> rose: what is he going to do after the presidency? >> yeah you know it's interesting. we were talking about whether he would run one of the things that appealed to him was that if he ran and won he would be 55 years old when he left the white house. and there would be a lot of years left for living and doing productive things. one thing he will do for sure is i think write probably what will probably be the best autobiography presidential autobiography. >> rose: maybe multivolumes. >> well, i don't know. but i know this. i think he's as good a writer as has been in the white house for many many-- . >> rose: -- tolted me she thinks he will be a writer, that is what he will do. >> yeah. >> rose: he will be like a richard nixon was. i mean without worrying about the comparing the two that he will, in fact want to write

he did not push or sign a legislation that sheldon adelson wanted. >> why would they put that in?obviously with jerry jones you have a different issue because obviously he did things that aid jerry jones. so then you've got to be a lot more careful there. why would you put in the adelson comment? >> the story was about how susceptible you are toward the type of paid to play culture. own take the trips, stay at the five-star resorts and your bring your family along and costs are covered. but if you have one example in which it didn't result in a pay to play it's worth mentioning higher up i think. >> you're right. you're right about that. his issue in terms of his potential candidacy for president, this is what we call in the news business as you know, the drip treatment. >> of course. >> every few days there's a story about chris christie which sort of i would think, freeze his potential donors big donors giving to him. >>> the jury pool is getting smaller in the trial against the man accused of killing famed navy s.e.a.l. sniper chris kyle. more than 40 potential jurors were dism

including a private jet paid for by sheldon adelson, $30,000 in luxury hotel rooms paid for by the kinga special route created by united airlines for a top christie appointee. that was followed by a report that the feds interviewed an excounty prosecutor who claims he was fired by the christie administration for prosecuting an ally of the governor's. now it may be tough for him to raise cash for his political stretch. joining me to assess the damage is casey hunt gop strategist, david avella and kate zurniki. kate, let's go back to your article and as we say, there was so much this week. so there's two issues here in terms of your reporting. one is conflicts or potential conflicts raised by the travel and the sort of gifts he's taking. and just the appearance of this. >> the first thing, for instance, the adelson flight the casino magnet who was opposing an internet gambling bill that christie was facing. so it's a gift the flight was gift to chris christie. that greats the appearance of impropriety. the king of jordan paying for a weekend in jordan. $30,000 in hotel rooms. he's flown o