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A $30 million check made out to gop aligned super pac with one hilarious caveat. as a federally elected official, ryan not permitted to solicit seven-figure political donations. when ryan left the room, norm coleman made the ask and secured the $30 million contribution. want to bring in firmer u.s. assistant attorney myra wiley. lonnie, im going to start with you on donald trumps view on how shoelden adelsons giving works for the candidate you worked for, marco rubio. >> i like sheldon a lot. he...

Cancer treatment centers of america. appointments available now. are you having a great year, viewer? i dont know if you are. do you know who is having a great year, thanks to trump and the republican party? sheldon addelson. not only did his company notch a fourth quarter windfall of $670 million as a result to the massive republican tax cut he also won big in his foreign policy, using the embassy to jerusalem, also a big addelson priority.

Reason that youre basically purchasing this from the government. >> its like a return on investment. >> the best return on investment. >> even for a guy in the casino business. $10 million and gets $670 million back. he has decided to invest three times as much so the republican congress will give hmm three times as much back. >> i thought norm coleman asked too low. youre up 670 in the quarter. cut us 100 here? well take half. >> theres nothing new about this. weve got a long, long, long histor...

My time is off. its beautiful here. >> reporter: yeah, you like it? >> yeah. you come here, you lose money in this casino that helps the republican party in israel, so come here and lose. >> i hear donald trump is meeting with sheldon addelson today. what do you think of that? >> i think sheldon will do a lot of listening. >> heres a question for you. youre going to be on the undercard debate. youve said you dont think thats a very fair setup. how do you break out of the undercard debate and get...

Brooke, this is just -- it depends on what kind of candidate you are, how important this moment is for you. are you the kind of person who wants to be on that stage and see where the facebook questions are going to be, who wants to look at the lights that are going to cut you off at the end or are you a candidate like donald trump. he didnt come here to do his own walk-through, he sent his stachlt hes the kind of guy that likes to roll in kind of at the last minute and just sort of take that flo...

Disincentivizes the billionaire. the billionaire player in this suddenly they have cut out the middle man. they have cut out the political party. they have basically set up their own -- >> i understand. >> so i dont think that their power goes away. >> so sheldon adelson, i keep bringing him up because everybody is talking about him. he is not playing on the field by himself if the national republican party has a lot of money, they can say, okay, you can change this person or that person. >> sur...

Democratic party more money but im maxed out. >> good luck. >> for a lot of people you see they have so much money this is -- they just hate all of the fund-raising letters that they get and its more of an irritation. they dont have that excuse either. again, you cant curse at sheldon addelson and the guy in san francisco giving $100 million on the left and curse this ruling at the same time, i dont think. >> thats right. >> this cuts against those rich people. >> thats right. >> having worked f...

Groups and special interest groups that can gather together donors. >> also political party. i was going to say we have been hearing the great lament arnold this set when extremism on the left or right. republicans are asked where are all of your big leaders is in the big leaders are in las vegas, you know? sheldon adelson or guys will write $90 million in checks. does this supreme court decision not give -- take power away from these individuals, and, as you say, give it more to these groups an...

To run without this guys money, im going to get small donors, small deed crass vicious not big money. >> bobby jindal and rick perry were not invited who made this clear theyre throwing their support behind adelsons opposition to internet gambling. clearly the support of this $100 million donor is what people are seeking. and given the desperation to win in 2016, i dont think republicans will get the small donors. its shameful. >> newt gingrich wouldnt have even been a candidate if adelson wasnt...

Indication, it an indictment of what our democracy has become. close to $100 million one guy? this is banana republic stuff. this is the kind of stuff that has happened in other countries which where guy with a lot of business before the u.s. government. adelson -- will are at least two federal investigations of adelsons companies. we know what he wants from a president dancing on his string. he wants those investigation cancelled. these questions are not being asked, this is being covered as if...