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Mr. kushners past and see it if theres more connections to the russians. >> thats a major allegation. >> absolutely. >> people can agree jared kushner wants to be mega rich, mega powerful, jared kushner and ivanka want to be mega, important, glamorous, super star celebrities but you think he wants to be a russian agent? thats kind of a stretch. >> hold on now. the concept of a russian agent as we heard director brennan said about treason that someone goes down the path they may not be aware they...

As i said at the top, as an individual, you still have an individual cap on what you can give to a candidate. justice thomas said that should have been done away with, as well. would you like to see that happen? >> we, ive been saying the whole time i thought some base limits made some sense, but i think theyre a low number because you cant buy many ads with $5,200. again, this is about freedom of speech and an individual and its funny how he believes its about we the people. thats what i believ...

Someone who pays $5 million as a baseball player or $10 million a year this media but applying to those people, probably 50,000 probably out of 309 million. >> when the numbers were crunched we were only talking about 450,000 voters and now we are talking about 50,000 people. >>alisyn: dont you think the white house should check with warren buffett before naming a new rule? >> this happened with moodys, he was supporting the presidents jobs plan and a week later, he revised that and said that is...

now, actually pretty good since where it started pretty much in the 100 level, stocks are negative even though one of the big three credit agencies affirmed the u.s. governments aaa rating today, calling its credit worthiness exceptional. thats a sharp contrast to this months downgrade by standard & poors. we told you this this was going to happen yesterday. it did. protesters make san franciscos rush hour commute a mess. bay area rapid transit shut all four downtown b.a.r.t. station...

>> reporter: they are all billionaires, many household names, and theyve and it a public pledge to give at least 50% of their wealth to charity. it began with warren buffett and bill and melinda gates. all three have already committed vast sums to causes such as global health and education but they wanted to expand on the idea. three secret dinners brought the mega rich together to discuss ways of getting their dollars to change the world. the gates and warren buffett discussed the giving pledge...

That, the what was just -- >> did you sense that? >> just a little bit. so the countrys most famous billionaires are making a public declaration and moral commitment. cnns lisa sylvester will explain why they have agreed to do this very, very generous pledge. >> reporter: they are all billionaires, many of them household names. buffett, gates, rockefeller, bloomberg, and theyve taken a public pledge to give at least 50% of their wealth to charity. it began with warren buffett and bill and melind...

Very unique pledge. lisa sylvester has been looking into the story for us. tell the viewers what is going on, lisa? >> well, wolf, something to keep in mind, this is not a legal contract, but a public declaration, and as they put it, a moral agreement or commitment to leave at least half of the net worth to charity either when they are alive or upon their death. >> well, keep moving. >> reporter: they are all billionaires and many of them household names. buffett, gates, rockefeller, bloomberg a...

That even with giving away half, it still leaves them a lot to go around. >> all of the billionaires on the forbes 400 list were to give half of the wealth, that is $600 billion to go to charity and philanthropic causes. that is a fantastic amount, and if it were to go to help the worlds poor, it could make a huge difference. >> reporter: now the giving pledge is not meant just for the mega rich, but to inspire others, and even those without deep pockets to give what they can. wolf? >> thank you...