mark: that leaves us to sheldon adelson.um about his choice, but that newspaper he publishes seems to lean in favor of marco rubio. betty: winning him would give rubio a definitive boost. is support allowed newt gingrich to stay in longer then he has. the republican hopefuls will go to vegas. they called sheldon-fest every election cycle. wants to maken sure they have conservative principles and a strong support for the state of israel. his blessinghem and backing, it is not shocking how far they tend to go. you have to remember, he backed a losing candidate last time, mitt romney. for all his money, he was not able to pull off this victory. how much does it take, really, to back a winner? gives thesefest, it candidates foreign policy chops. mark: very much so. he is entrenched in israeli policy and a big backer of benjamin netanyahu. mark: does he relish the role of kingmaker? betty: yes. there is no doubt. he will not say so publicly. he is the king of las vegas. interesting, sheldon has not spoken out on politics as of la

billionaire casino owner sheldon adelson is now decide who to back this time around and is reportedly leaning toward marco rubio. some of these mega donors made their views clear, many refuse to discuss their beliefs publicly. consider what happened when foster freeze who powered strum's campaign sat down with our own andrea mitchell back in 2012. >> this contraceptive thing, my gosh, it's such inexpensive. back in my days they used bayer aspirin for contraceptives. the gal's put it between their knees and it wasn't that costly. >> donald trump is eliminating the middleman. there is no slick politician. instead, we get pure unfiltered, unadulterated billionaire donor class in. our politics are controlled by a bunch of people with plenty of money but not necessarily any more common sense than the donald himself. joining me now, prize winning journalist david k johnson, contributing writer at news week and a long time trumpologist. let me start on this. mr. trump presented all of us with what looked like a word document with some numbers on it showing us how rich he is. i guess the firs

and people like sheldon adelson, their view of the common american is just one of utter contempt. the reason for that is that these are people who are run by money. they base their value on how thick their wallets are and not on the content of their character which is very often quite shallow. >> and this is a key point here as well. people in the left particularly when we -- when we evaluate the sort of money and politics and what the super pac era looks like. there's a tendency to focus on perceived quid pro quo or favor trading. i'm a hedge fund billionaire. i want to keep that going. i give money to candidates to keep that going. that is true. obviously that, happens. but there is also just a lot of like daffy i had yoe sin crowcy that's people have who happen to have huge amounts of money that allow them to essentially subsidize candidates to indulge in their own i had yoe sin crowcies. >> sheldon adelson owns two personal 747s one chf is equipped for skate boarding in the sky by his youngest heirs. how wonderful to have the pilot do this while you're skate boarding. they don

the billionaire casino magnate sheldon adelson is reportedly set to host a conference in las vegas this weekend on how to counter bds and universities nationwide. this comes as president obama has warned israel risks losing international credibility the prime minister benjamin netanyahu continues to reject a two state solution. obama made the common in an interview with israeli television. >> i think subsequently his statements have suggested that there is the possibility of a palestinian state. but it has so many caveats, so many conditions that it is not realistic to think that those conditions would be met anytime in the near future. and so the danger here is that israel as a whole loses credibility. already, the international community does not believe that israel is serious about a two state solution. the statement the premised are made compounded that desk prime minister made compounded the belief that there is not a commitment there. amy: a victim whose torture is documented in last year's senate report is accusing the cia of more abuses than previously disclosed. guantanamo bay

and people like the koch brothers, sheldon adelson -- [booing] they said hey that's great.hat's a great. what we always wanted to do, to own our government. and what citizens united allowed is these people who spend billions of dollars to buy candidates who will make the rich richer and everybody else poorer. and this issue of campaign finance reform is so important, it is important because it impacts every other issue of concern. if we have a congress or governor or state legislatures that are owned by the billionaire class, we are not going to address the problems facing working families. i have so far made one promise in his campaign one clear promise, and that is i will have a litmus test for my nominees to the supreme court. [applause] and that litmus test is that anybody i nominate will make it clear to this country that they are going to rehearing citizens united and vote to overturn that disastrous decision. [cheers and applause] i want to see a vibrant american democracy where we are not looking at 63% of the people not voting. we are looking at 90% of the people v

and sheldon adelson spent $20 million to keep newt gingrich in the race.pent $2 million to backkck rick santorum. to give perspective, what else can $5 billion buy? it can build close to 170 new high schools in america. send 125,000 kids to college for four years. fill up the tanks of 2.4 million americans for one year. or provide groceries to 2.5 million americans. and the race is on to elect the next president with no cap on spending in sight. >> there is a point of diminishing returns. we may be approaching that point. >> the numbers are astronomical. some super pacs have fund raising figures. we will see how close they are to their goals. come july 15th, when they have to make the numbers public we are not talking about that. it is tens of billions. >> it is sickening when you think what it could buy. abby thank you for being here. carson. >>> thanks guys. hurricane season is in full swing, dylan. despite tropical storm ana, the atlantic hurricane season is off to a slow start. you have more. >> according to the latest numbers from national oceanic atm