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election commission. that would make it the most expensive election season in american history. but heres the dirty truth about american history. money always seeps into politics, and it has been going and going and going for a long time. take president mckinleys campaign at the turn of the century. even know that guy? railroad and steel barrons gave him the then insanely kingly sums of $6 million for his 1896-1900 presidential win. that would be a lot of money even now. president nixo...

"outfront" tonight, big, big, and bigger money in politics. upwards of $11 million will be spent on this years election, according to the federal election commission. that would make it the most expensive election season in american history. but heres the dirty truth about american history. money always seeps into politics, and it has been going and going and going for a long time. take president mckinleys campaign at the turn of the century. even know that guy? railroad and steel barr...

florida is a big prize, with 50 delegates up for grabs in a winner-take-all contest. its time to turn to cnn political reporter peter hamby whos live in plantation, florida, a suburb just west of ft. lauderdale. >> reporter: they are not letting up on newt gingrich. ive got to tell you, every television ad ive seen has been negative and most of them have within negative from romney or his allies against newt gingrich. today theyre out with a brutal new ad thats sat rating air waves her...

This is not a hyperbole. literally, i want our kids to read and my grandkids to read theyre my age, this is the beginning of a new chapter in american history. >> kids, you might want to skip that chapter. its called chapter 11. they were given millions in stimulus dollars and now its bankrupt. the companys ceo citing insufficient customer demand. stuart varney is here. stuart, this sounds like solyndra. >> its another major embarrassment for the presidents green energy policy. solyndra, beacon ...

long-time nemesis former speaker now presidential candidate newt gingrich. plus a snomobilers helmet cam captures the moment one of his buddies buried alive by an avalanche and then their frantic race to pull him out. we begin tonight here on capitol hill. the stage tonight for the presidents annual state-of-the-union address. theater, yes. but important theater. president obamas election year message will be heavily focused on the struggling economy. and yes, we are told tonight the...

400 ethics violations and they were hyperbole. martha: he paid i think $300,000 in finest in those ethics violations did he not? >> yeah i think -- im not sure but it dealt with a book where he took an advanced fee and subsequently hillary clinton incendiar ended up getting millions of dollars and nobody did anything about it when she was in office. martha: the thing that may be more significant in the long run than that, and i know there will be more talk about ethics violation is the questions...

failure. these are infrared images. what youre watching, those are actually people who are scrambling to save their lives on board that ship. now, right now, navy divers are using explosives to blast their way into the ship to search for others victims. perhaps survivors. youre going to want to hear what the captain said on the night of the disaster. weve got that up for you in just a few minutes. and brace yourself. gas prices going through the proof again. thats right. gasmoney.com...

>> you cant have an sec filing in which he is the signatory which says that he is the sole share holder and has. >> ddi is one of the companies that is under attack this that he say is false. he was the sole -- he was in charge of bain capital as late as may 10, 2001. so either you filed a false sec report which i doubt he did or he is telling the voters something that is not true. >> chris: bottom line if he he stands by the statement his campaign made but doesnt answer your specific questions....

>> you cant have an sec filing in which he is the signatory which says that he is the sole share holder and has. >> ddi is one of the companies that is under attack this that he say is false. he was the sole -- he was in charge of bain capital as late as may 10, 2001. so either you filed a false sec report which i doubt he did or he is telling the voters something that is not true. >> chris: bottom line if he he stands by the statement his campaign made but doesnt answer your specific questions....

>> you cant have an sec filing in which he is the signatory which says that he is the sole share holder and has. >> ddi is one of the companies that is under attack this that he say is false. he was the sole -- he was in charge of bain capital as late as may 10, 2001. so either you filed a false sec report which i doubt he did or he is telling the voters something that is not true. >> chris: bottom line if he he stands by the statement his campaign made but doesnt answer your specific questions....