susan davis, congresswoman from down state. senator ted lou may have had some money disappear but then reappear. this is all related to the california accountant that worked on countless campaigns in this state over the last couple of decades who is now facing criminal charges on charges of embezzling millions from these people. it's pretty sickening. >> so we have not got a lot of good news for elected officials coming? >> not a lot of news for elected officials. >> let's talk about the republicans. >> these poll numbers preface these republicfrom purepublican. michelle bachmann will be speaking. romney and perry are not on the schedule, but when i talk to the gop chairman he played it very poised. he said you never know who's going to show up until the convention is over. i think that's good advice. mitt romney is here doing fund raisers so you never know if he meteorologist pop by. it shows the republicans have quite a task ahead of them. they have to move mountains and those mountains are the sierra nevada. that's where we

susan davis believes she's missing about $250,000. as for senator feinstein, her campaign tells fox news, quote, what the ultimate damage is, we just truly don't know, says bell kerrick, taking anything as a positive in this situation, she, dianne feinstein, is a good fund-raiser and she'll be able to replenish this. the problem is for dianne feinstein and others, they have no idea how much money was taken end right now they don't have any access to those accounts. now, representative susan davis, she says kende durke may become known as the bernie madoff of campaign treasurers. back to you. jon: anita vogel in california for us, what a story. thank you. jenna: moving overseas now, the recent political turmoil in egypt, having a big impact on tensions between israel and gaza. a reduced presence by egypt's military is allowing gaza militants to use an underground tunnel like the one you're seeing on your screen to help transport goods, weapons and maybe even fighters across the border. reena ninan is live from jerusalem with more on th

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so now the likes of congresswoman susan davis, democratic senator dianne feinstein, must find ways toir accounts. political attorney, former white house counsel bob bauer joins me now. he's somebody that whenever i'm trying to understand campaign finance law, between him and ginsburg on the republican side, they know how to dissect this. bob, let me ask. how does this work? is i said there is no fdic. they're essentially handing over control to just one person like this, a campaign treasurer? >> well, i don't know that it's uniformly the experience that campaigns turn this responsibility over to simply one person. they're frequently turned over, and that's what -- appears to be in this case to someone who was known to be a specialist and had done this for many years and was operating as a subcontractor, an independent contractor, to a whole range of campaigns. and clearly, they had every reason to believe, based on history, that their accounts were being managed to the highest professional standards. >> now, we know that kind kinde durkee was charged of misappropriating $670,000. one

other senators, as susan davies before him did. other senators, members of the house, others. ed begano, my chief of staff, who kept everybody together on this, and of course bruce cohen, my chief counsel on the judiciary committee who every time i thought maybe we're not going to make it would give me -- would tell me you have got to keep going and he was right. eric khabibulinot, scott wilson -- the presiding officer: the senator's time has expired. mr. leahy: i ask consent for 30 more seconds. i wish to commend the hard-working staff of other senators. chairman smith's dedicated staff. now it will be the law of the land. i thank all my colleagues who worked together on this. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the bill -- a senator: mr. chairman. mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from washington. ms. cantwell: mr. president, rising in opposition, this is not a patent reform bill. this is a big corporation patent giveaway that tramples on the rights of small inventors. it changes first to invent to first to file, which means if you're a big corporation

susan davis believes she is missing $250,000.r senator feinstein, her campaign tells fox news, what the ultimate damage is we ju don't know. taking anything as a positive in this situation, dianne feinstein is a good fundraiser and she'll be able to premen i shall this. they don't have any access to their accounts. but during rkee had access -- but durkee had access to 400 accounts and according to the complaints she was using those accounts to shop at costco, making mortgage payments and covering her payroll. megyn: a new fallout from two big wins for the gop. first there was new york where votessers in queens and brooklyn are d where voters are sending a republican to represent hemth congress for the first time since the roaring 20s. in nevada another special election with the gop coming out the winner. mr. amodei is my guest now. sir, thank you for being here. congratulations to you. >> thanks, nice to talk to you. this is a district that was expected to go republican. this seat has been held by a republican since the first el

he handles money for other high-profile politicians, like congresswoman laura sanchez and susan davis and they handled campaign money, documenting contribution an authorizing expenditures and activities caught the interest of the state's fair political practices commission, which turned its investigation over to the feds. and now she's accused of federal fraud charges and bilking clients out of possibly millions of dollars. >> it looks like gross misappropriation for trips, for shopping, for family, we don't know the full list yet. but, those of us, again, who knew her and worked with her, just... it is mind-boggling how somebody could do this. >> reporter: now, she was arrested earlier this month on suspicion of fraud charges and is due in federal court, on october 19th. now, keep in mind she had access to roughly 400 bank accounts, and so, bill, we don't know how many more charges there could be and one u.s. attorney says there will probably be more charges coming. bill: something to watch, anita vogel and some people compare it to the bernie madoff wipeout, politically speaking. wh

susan sarandon stops by. you say "from thelma and louis" and i believe brad pitt was in there. >> and gina davis played the cop, right? >> no, no. you are thinking "back to the future." >> no comment. >> overshoot day. greg, you said the odds are we will find another earth. we have some choices. in the pre crisis earth was was a 2% and the heart prime while they were characters and then the crisis on multiple earths and your 52 and final crisis. there are 52 earths and all we have to do is get to them and then steel their stuff. >> what does his cat have to do with it? >> with what i just said? >> absolutely nothing. >> then that question has been answered. >> what an odd little man. >> i was told all questions are good questions. >> who told you that? did the question fairy tell you that? >> this whole half time is over. >> gotta go? >> yes. you gotta go. coming up, nancy grace is dead set on winning "dancing with the stars." but first, she is a delight. and what is wrong with the once thriving cocaine market 1234 why would anything be wrong with it. this is the greatest show. and i want to read my movie scri

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