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>> i think its often friendship. sometimes its access and a policy priority on some issue. but also it depends how rich the donor is. with allegedsddelson, people sat $100 million in the campaigns. he says himself thats nothing. he makes that in two weeks on his dividends. so people dont understand the scale of the wealth that is accessible to these groups through super pacs. >> it is very hard to get your head around what it would mean to have a billion dollars at your disposal, right? so its v...

Kind of nomination of a permanent ambassador. as you know, wolf, there are cuban american republicans up on capitol hill like marco rubio whos running for president who doesnt like what the president is doing here with this new policy. he says that the united states needs to demand a fuller appreciation of human rights in cuba, protection of human rights in cuba. and thats been a sticking point for u.s. and cuba the last several months in terms of opening these embassies, the u.s. wants to be as...

Not only is there the question of what were they hiding but they on the face of it violated what was a clear rule. >> its also not rebutted in the response. the response doesnt address that. >> i think the larger takeaway from the article is we caught the clintons in a quid pro quo. we caught them selling u.s. policy for a clinton speech but its not there. >> here is what drives me nuts, okay. the strong errs version of this and the "clinton cash" book, from what ive seen of the excerpts, is thi...

In the colombia free trade deal, colombia makes a donation to the clinton foundation, the secretary pushes for a colombia free trade agreement. >> right. >> that seems pretty ridiculous on its face because the colombia free trade agreement is already a policy priority. its going to happen independent. >> exactly. >> what does seem clear, though, is there is a lot of money going into the clinton foundation. there are a lot of people who have interests before the state department who are donating,...

The colombia free trade deal colombia makes a donation the secretary pushes for colombian free trade agreement. that seems pretty ridiculous on its face because the colombian free trade agreement is already a policy priority. what does seem clear, though, is theres a lot of money going in the clinton foundation, a lot of people who have interest before the state department who are donating, right? and given what hillary clinton was walking into shouldnt have there have been unbelievable care tak...

In vegas, you already know this, the house always wins. joining us now, lucia graves, staff correspondent for "national journal." thank you for being here. talk to us first about how internet gambling became such a policy priority for so many of these folk. >> well, i think you have to look at sheldon adelsons priorities and he, you know, hes always been staunchly pro-israel but first and foremost a casino mogul and internet gambling is a threat to his brick and mortar business model. if you can...

There and still win the law that is boost him. in vegas, you already know this, the house always wins. joining us now, lucia graves, staff correspondent for "national journal." thank you for being here. talk to us first about how internet gambling became such a policy priority for so many of these folk. >> well, i think you have to look at sheldon adelsons priorities and he, you know, hes always been staunchly pro-israel but first and foremost a casino mogul and internet gambling is a threat to ...

Between when politicians do favors for people who were nice to them versus when they cross that line and deserve to go to jail. >> well, this is also why the governor, chris christie scandal on the hoboken money is more complicated than, say, the virginia case because, you know, here hes saying that he was influencing money for the benefit of the lawyer friend who represented the client. >> thats the theory of the case thus far. >> thats the theory thus far if the media is getting it right. so t...

Adding a dime to our deficits. >> and now, a cycle first from athe lawn of the white house, president obamas assistant from economic policy gene sperling. gene is also from the economic national council and named obamas progressive voice of the economy by the republic. thanks for joining us today. >> thanks for having us. >> absolutely. i want to talk with where the talk has been. the notion this budget from the president is some kind of middle ground, yet at the same time, what does it say abou...

To lead it. in partnership with you. >> at last years clinton global initiative, president obama put a spotlight on the issue of human trafficking and made it a policy priority. the state department estimates that between 27 million men, women and children are trafficked each year around the world. and it is not for nothing. trafficking has become big business. generating $32 billion person year. but it is not just a problem that exists outside the developed world. each year an estimated 45,000 ...