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They dont. they know him in new hampshire and iowa but a third of americans are undecided about him. they dont know who the guy is. thats his opportunity tomorrow night. if he can make his case well as a champion, we have a corrupt political system, potentially he can break beyond who is his liberal white base. >> thats what he is going to talk about. hes going to talk about what he calls the rigged economy, which is bolstered by this corrupt political finance system. hillary clinton of course h...

It with conviction. >> reporter: barack obama as senator voted against it, sanders is quietly borrowing from obamas playbook. sanders and clinton have a long history together. their relationship goes back 25 years. when sanders got to the senate in 2007, the two co-authored the green jobs act and served on various committees and worked together to make primary care medicine more available. but just because hillary clinton isnt criticizing sanders, a super pact supporting her is connecting sander...

If somebody told me he was going to have a super pact with 100 million. so its proportional with what he was able to raise. >> its not a good sign hes spending $25 million this early in the race. he would obviously prefer -- >> you would rather have the the money to spend -- >> donald trump is arriving here at the ronald reagan presidential library there is his vehicle. i think hes going to be arriving. thats what were told. lets see if he walks out of this vehicle and gets ready to go inside. p...

>> there is danger for candidates playing a long game. nobody expected trump to be this successful and last this long at a certain point -- >> including the two of us. >> hes far out front. depending on gambling everything on donald trump imploding, that could be bad. >> i think the strategy of many of the campaigns and ive spoken to them is just to hang in there because its an honest point, they think there is great fluid in the system. its not going to remain as constant as it is now and you w...

He has one super pact backing him. >> he has more than one. he says there are pacts forming because they love what we are doing here. donald trump has to play the traditional game of raising money when youre running a national campaign at some point. in fact, i think its already started to happen. its just this is a big promise that youre not going to take money, youre not going to fund-raise, and then when you start doing it, i think people start to say, maybe you -- >> what made him so attract...

Million dollar checks and 700 people at a hundred is making 7 grand. >> it costs all in about a billion dollars for mitt romney and barack obama. donald trump, while he is a billionaire, i dont think anybody -- this is how they get to be rich, right? they dont really just spend money blindly and the reality he is look at jeb bush he has been attacking every day. jeb bush has a super pact at a million dollar ready to go. if its aimed at donald trump and reason to believe it will be, he has fight ...

Money. >>incredible. >> its staggering to look at numbers. what does it say about the power of super pacts? >> it says a lot and about what you need to run a campaign. you saw when we had the delay from jeb bush getting in the race he was going around with donors making the case building the super pact. even on smaller lesser known candidates, she has used super pact as a way to raise more money than her campaign to be able to help with their political strategy. from a voting perspective, that m...

Raise money for her campaign but able to talk to potential doughnors for super pact. if you dig in, theres so much gray area here. you cant coordinate with super pact but can appear at events. you cant technically ask for large donations but everyone knows what theyre in the room to do. i think for voters those that want to see a candidate come many and reform the finance rules, this is going to be a bit uncomfortable. >> we have seen jeb bush is working more closely than the others with his sup...

Direct link showing clinton helped donors. the circumstantial evidence overwhelmingly clinton donors received favorable treatment before she left the state department. >> rich edson joining us live. >> his super pact raising more money in the first 1 shun days than any 100 days. he did not say how much he raised. they seem to think he will have $100 million by the end of may. up until now pushs father held the record for the best fundraising debut bringing in $47 million back in 1999. the time n...

Days than any republican in modern history. hes still raising money for his pack which is legal. does he create a problem of optics and open himself up for criticism in the future if and when he declares? as a candidate you cant raise through a super pact? >> i think were going to see complaints filed on the day he announces his candidacy. he more than anyone is sort of pushing the new boundaries here. theyre going to try to find out, did he cross them or not? >> chris, over the weekend we heard...