whose business caters to high rollers and big spenders, billionaire sheldon adelson's roots are unglamoroushe 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 comdex, 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? sheldon: i guess that is what visionary is made out of. betty: people thought you were crazy. sheldon: 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. nob

working frankly with the jewish community with sheldon adelson, who's got tremendous amounts of money. this is about the whole dynamic of the republican presidential race. tom: i think that's right. i think it's more than the fundraisers. they are trying to demand media attention. but ted cruz, yes. all the other republican senators have openly repudiated his comments. he's deeply unpopular. i think ultimately this is a john: mort? mort: i share your views about cruz. somehow there's something about and he does it in a way that is inappropriate for the senate. i don't understand why he has to put it this way. i don't think he's a heavyweight as far as i'm concerned. pat: when trump slips and falls, they are the logical inheritors. the heir apparent. eleanor: he wants to be the next donald trump saying the most despicable things and wants to inherit trump's support. mort: he doesn't have 1/10 of trump's charm. pat: raw trump man now? mort: are you kidding? pat: what does that mean? eleanor: that was a facetious comment. john: he has real estate all over manhattan. pat: i'm not disparag

the select few brave enough, bold enough, friends with sheldon adelson enough. 25 will enter but only one will arrive at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. that where's the white house is. >> we crack ourselves up. it's been a while since we last checked in on our 2016 fantasy candidate draft in which five fearless contestants randomly picked numbers off of a large board unveiling 25 presidential hopefuls that are now forced to live with those selections until november, 2016. according to our official 2016 fantasy candidate draft rules, it is time to update our scoreboard. now, you may have heard a thing or two about a republican debate. those in the top ten were able to participate in the debate and the less higher numbers attended a more sparsely attended forum. rules state they're awarred 200 points when one of their candidates participates in a sanctioned debate and according to rnc, the prime time and not so prime time fox debates are considered to be sanctions debates. so where does that lead our score board. joy reid had four draft picks putting her in the lead with 1300 points. jess mc

one good nugget, she met with sheldon adelson who said he's trying to save her candidacy because she'sg well through the super pac mechanism and c-4s. >> that's fascinating. this has gotten lost in the presidential politics. jimmy carter with that heart-wrenching press conference he held to describe his cancer. somebody threw out a question, do you have any regrets. listen to what he said. >> and anything you wish, i'm sorry, that you had not done or that you had done differently? >> i wish i had sent one more helicopter to get the hostages and we would have rescued and i would have been re-elected. >> i would have been re-elected. every sincele losing presidential nominee, they never get over it. >> they never get over. >> he's 91. this is 30 years later. one more helicopter. >> i interviewed senator warren hatch and he alluded to his presidential candidate. he had a difficult path there when he ran for president, when was that, 19 -- don't even know. >> 2000, i think. >> you never get over it. look at mitt romney f there was a path for him this time, he would run again. you get close

like sheldon adelson. they haven't started giving yet. they're still auditioning candidates. small compared to what we will see. >> you mentioned donald trump. he tweet add but this this event -- he tweeted about this event. he said i wish good luck to all of the republican candidates who traveled to california to beg for money from the koch brothers, puppets? >> he's just asking the question. >> i thought it was so perfectly provocative. it's exactly the kind of fight that he wants to get in. donald trump goes around the country, he looks to say that that he doesn't have to take any one else's money. he will continually pound the candidates over and over going around the country. fund-raising. it will be up to the voters to decide whether they want someone who is entirely in control of his own ship. and his finances. or the candidates who, go around fund-raising. >> jake you talked to trump. it is interesting because what he says is look i used to give money to candidates. gave money to candidates. i wanted them to do thing for me. that's what's wrong about this system. you

friends with sheldon adelson enough. 25 will enter.one will arrive at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. that's where the white house is. >> it has been -- we crack ourselves up. what can you say? it's been a while since we last checked in on our 2016 fantasy candidate draft. in which five fearless contestants randomly picked numbers off of a large board unveiling 25 presidential hopefuls that are now forced to live with those selections until november 2016. according to our official 2016 fantasy candidate draft rules, it is time to update our scoreboard. now, you may have heard a thing or two about a republican debate held earlier this month. those polling in the top ten were able to participate in the main event, while those are less robust poll numbers were invited to an earlier more sparsely attended forum. our rules state the contestants are awarded 200 points when one of their candidates participates in a sanctioned debate. and according to the rnc, the primetime and not-so-primetime fox news debates are both considered to be sanctioned d

. >> yes, when you're dealing with these sums -- one of my favorite stats is what sheldon adelson spenttire campaign, $150,000. his net worth fluctuates by that on a daily basis. donald trump, $5 million, $10 million he's looking to spend through the end of the year, that's not a lot of money for him. but it does -- if it goes up to $20 million, $30 million, he's going to have to make tough decisions. >> stand by. we'll take a quick break. more with our analysts and reporters after this. no sixth grader's ever sat with the eighth grade girls. but your jansport backpack is permission to park it wherever you please. hey. that's that new gear feeling. this week, these folders just one cent. office depot officemax. gear up for school. gear up for great. devhighest quality,the clinically proven nutrition isn't easy, so at gnc, why do we do it? why do we include key ingredients found in fruits and vegetables to create the world's best multivitamin programs? why do we do over 150 quality checks before putting them on the shelf? well, here's why... ♪ celebrating 80 years of quality life and qua