that's what the pro santorum super pac red white and blue just told "outfront" about its cash raising today. the donations pouring in for the candidate who exceeded frankly everybody's expectations last night beating mitt romney in a three-state sweep. santorum met with potential donors in texas today and he's actually headed to california to meet even more potential deep pocketed donors. he's not stopping there. he just sent out another e-mail asking for money. here's what it says, we have it. quote reagan got on a roll winning in north carolina and a slew of states after that, the conservative base rallied to him despite all odds. he went all the way to the convention. clearly, rick santorum feeling pretty good. >> we're doing really well and we feel like going forward, we're going to have the money we need to make the case we want to make. >> okay, making the case though and winning are two very different things. former pennsylvania senator is lagging behind his rivals when it comes to something crucial. whether you like it or not, money matters and the latest filings show that santorum's major super pac was outraised by mitt romney. look at that. wow. cash raised, 41-1. probably won't stop there. because we've been following the money going through the donor list and today, we learned a few things. this among them. romney has the backing of 17 american billionaires. gingrich for his part has the backing of two. we've told you how important that can be for sheldon adelson, $10 million is equivalent to about $45 for the average american. it's looking a bit like a david and goliath story. does santorum have a chance? absolutely yes says his money man, foster freeze. there's foster freeze standing behind santorum giving his victory speech in missouri. and here he is again in iowa right after santorum's surprising win there. but who is this foster freeze? >> well, he's a born again christian, supporter of conservative christian causes. santorum's biggest bankroller, so far, fundinging half of the super pac. he has very deep pockets. -- we had an analysis and apparently, wyoming based manager is worth $530 million. he came "outfront" tonight and told me he's known rick santorum for 16 years. i asked him why he is convinced the former senator can win now. >> so, the reason i think he's winnable because if you call up central casting and say we have to have someone run against this dynamic 50-year-old obama president, here you've got a guy 53 years old, starting each morning with 90 push-ups. the grandson of a coal miner. he's been able to win in blue collar areas where he had more democratic voters registered against him, so the likability, in 70%, 60% likability or personal faveerability, i guess is the term, he's just a great, multifaceted candidate. he has all three leg of the reagan stool. >> so, are you -- how much money have you given him so far? i know you've given him more than half of his pac, ability $300,000. how much have you given him since then and are you going to pour money in? >> i have added more money. i've got to keep this low profile. there's a good chance my wife is watching. i could get in big trouble. it will come out in february. you'll see the results in february. >> but you are continuing to put more in. that's the bottom line. >> i have put some in. about ten days ago, the week ago. i'm very grateful for that opportunity. it's not so much that i'm a friend of his or believe in his policies because we have some disagreements, but i think he's the best person to win because of his dynamic personality, the fact that he authored the welfare reform act when he was like 42 years old and he was elected to the third most responsible position in the u.s. senate as a young guy when all of the older senators revered him. if you talk to the guys in the senate, they think he's a pretty special guy. >> so, how important is religion and social issues to you in your making your decision of who to give to? i ask this because you've given a lot to social causes over the years, you're identified as being a born again christian, is that an important part of why you have chosen rick santorum? >> i think if you look at the united states 83% christian and how important these christian values are. truman said in 1946 in the two centuries since jesus spoken his words have been validated and here in the united states have been shown the fundamental unity between christianity and democracy. that wasn't considered a theocerousy. there's been an attack on christianity. people don't realize how important those values are to the underpinning of the country. the constitution is the how. the declaration of independence is the why. what keeps us together, the top wealthy people, middle class and poor people, we're americans. what makes us americans is that we are endowed by our creator, not government. >> last night, i saw you standing there behind rick santorum when he made his victory speech. and it was pretty interesting. is that foster friess and indeed, it was you. i know you've known him for a long time and you're friendly with him, but as a donor to a super pac, there's rules that say you can't work together. you can't coordinate. and there you are standing next to him and i'm wondering if you think that was appropriate that you continue to spend so much time with him or maybe you think it's just transparent. >> well, by the way, how did i look? did i look excited and fun? >> to be honest, i think you're wearing the same tie. >> now, the answer to that is so simple. basically, our lawyers have told us it's simple. just don't talk about the super pac, so the fact there is a super pac is irrelevant to all of the other campaign people, and by not talking about it is fine. plus, i have so little control over the super pac, all i did was write a check. newt came up to me the other day and made some remark to me i said, i don't see the ads. i'm not a hands on guy. i like writing a check and then turn it over to the guys who make it happen. >> so you don't say, you have given about half the money, so we would think you would have influence on how they spend it. even if you're not talking about the super pac, you could say, this is a good idea, or that. none of that happens? >> no. i'm not allowed to coordinate any of the super pac and it's pretty cut and dry. just don't talk about the super pac. >> and final question. if rick santorum does not become the nominee, will you give to mitt romney? and does he fulfill the conservative christian values that are so important to you? >> well, first of all, someone asked me my favorite choice for vp and i said mitt romney, so that will give you an idea that i'd gladly support him and i'd also support newt. i saw him and met calista for the first time. lovely people. we're so blessed. ran into michele bachmann in the studio. when you think about the lovely, lovely, honest and integrity packed people that we have running, it's really a blessing to grow up in america and i tease rick, rick, if you make it, you've got to promise me to do a favor and invite herman cain to the oval office, say herman, here's the keys to air force one and you go around selling america. everyone has a talent to contribute and certainly, herman would be a wonderful spokesperson for the country as he went around the world. >> somehow i got the image of some kind of a movie that could be done on that. one more question about -- you. i'm just reading a couple of articles about you. eccentric republican billionaire, republican billionaire. i know it's probably not something you want to talk about, but when we looked at the numbers, it doesn't appear you're a billionaire. can you clear this up and say why it's so secretive? >> well, this is a very interesting question. the press somehow, a few months back, someone called me a billionaire. my wife said, you're not squirrelling money away, are you? i want to clear that up. so they said how do you want to be introduced? i said how about billionaire want to be? >> thank you very much. appreciate you taking the time. >> it's been a delight to be with you and god bless your family and your health and have a great year. >> you, too. what's keeping gop voters at home during the primaries and the role of evangelicals? something interesting in those numbers. the bottom line coming up. and president obama in the middle of an absolute fire fight. did he go too far on birth control? >> and tonight, more dead in syria. the situation escalating. we have a look at where the weapons being used right now are coming from. who is bankrolling the government's weapons? >> and does alcohol excuse murder? americans are always ready to work hard for a better future. since ameriprise financial was founded back in 1894, they've been committed to putting clients first. helping generations through tough times. good times. never taking a bailout. there when you need them. helping millions of americans over the centuries. the strength of a global financial leader. the heart of a one-to-one relationship. together for your future. ♪ together for your future. vacations are always wasn'ta good ideaa ♪ priceline negoti - - no time. out quickly. you're miles from your destination. you'll need a hotel tonight we don't have time to bid you don't have to bid. at priceline you can choose from thousands of hotels on sale every day. save yourself... some money until the end of the quarter to think about your money... ♪ that right now, you want to know where you are, and where you'd like to be. we know you'd like to see the same information your advisor does so you can get a deeper understanding of what's going on with your portfolio. we know all this because we asked you, and what we heard helped us create pnc wealth insight, a smarter way to work with your pnc advisor, so you can make better decisions and live achievement. is an attack on religious freedom or essential health care for women? this is the debate surrounding president obama's health care law. it requires all employers including those with religious affiliations to provide health insurance which covers the cost of birth control. john boehner calls the plan unconstitutional. >> this rule would require faith-based employers, including catholic charities, schools, universities and hospitals, to provide services they believe are immoral. >> but the white house says the law has nothing to do with religious beliefs, pointing out that churches, synagogues and other houses of worship are exempt. they're also trying to work out what they say is an acceptable solution for these institutions like religious universities and hospitals by giving them until august 2013 to implement the plan. >> we want to work with all of the organizations to implement the policy in a way that is as sensitive to their concerns as possible. but let's be clear, we are committed, the president is committed, to ensuring that women have access to contraception without paying extra costs, no matter where they work. >> currently, there are 28 states that have some form of mandatory contraceptive insurance coverage and a poll shows that 58% of catholics agree birth control should be covered. the former lieutenant governor of maryland on the board of democrats, ralph brk rie on the chairman of the faith and freedom coalition. great to have you with us. i really appreciate it. both sides represented. a new poll that came out yesterday shows this. 55% of americans agree that employers should be required to provide employees with health care plans that cover birth control at no cost. why do you think this is right? that birth control should be included and this is the crucial caveat, at no cost? >> it's right because it's about women's health and what the studies have shown and ama and college of obstetrics have supported this, they say by getting contraceptive, it helps to reduce ovarian cancer, to reduce endometriosis, ovarian cysts. it helps women to be healthier and if our goal, which i think is the goal of the health care plan is to make sure that women get the best health care they can, it means they need contraceptive care. >> ralph, how do you respond and why should religious hospitals or others be able to deny that to women? >> here's the problem. what the obama administration's directive requires is that religious institutions that are caring for the moor, housing the homeless, feeding the hungry and clothing the naked are going to have to choose between violating their conscience and providing health insurance to their employees. that is ridiculous. 90% of the homeless shelters in america are run by houses of worship, churches or synagogues. one out of over ten americans who is below the poverty level is a client of catholic charities. the baltimore archdiocese alone is turching 160,000 people a year and providing 300,000 hot meals to people who would otherwise go hungry. and what they're saying is it's okay for you to not include things that are morally repugnant or violate your conscience if you're only serving the members of your church, but if you go out and help people who may not be members of your church, then you have to cover this. so, think how absurd that is. if a church or another house of worship goes out and helps people without regard to their theology or their socioeconomic status or their gender or anything else, that's when they have to violate their own conscience. it's ridiculous. >> first of all, as you saw, most catholics, a vast majority of catholics support this. so, many, many catholics who work in catholic charities actually support this. i think that's really important to understand that they do support this. >> they don't take a poll on religious liberty. >> i'm just telling you. you're saying catholics don't support this. catholics do support this. a, number two, the way to help people who are in poverty is to make sure they have contraceptive care. that's critical for them. it means they don't have the diseases that i just described and that they get to use their own conscience to decide what is right for them. this is a issue of women's health and i think that catholic charities believes very deeply that it's important that women get the health care they need. that's what this is about and that's why it's so critically important to women and women whether you can afford it or not, this will make sure that all women will have that opportunity. it's really exciting and as you saw, 28 states already do this. where was the outcry then? 28 states have already required this kind of rule. >> first of all, a number of those states provide much broader exemptions. to religious organizations. secondly, it shows either ignorance, insensitivity or outright hostility to tell religious organizations look i'm on the board of an inner city ministry in atlanta called safe house. they touch hundreds of thousands of people a year. the federal government is telling people they have to provide to their employees, think about this for a minute, a border -- that cause abortion, which they consider to be the taking of an innocent human life. the federal government should never go into the walled garden of a house of worship and tell them they have to provide something that takes an innocent human life. >> kind of a broad question. if birth control prevents someone from getting pregnant who doesn't want to be pregnant and prevents them from having an abortion, from a religious perspective, isn't that better to use the birth control and to not than to have the abortion? >> sure. that's not the issue. the issue isn't whether or not people are going to have access to contraception. the issue here is -- >> who pays for it. >> or religious institution, all they had to do was do what barack obama told the catholic bishops he would do in the oval office was provide them with an exception and part of the reason why this thing has exploded like a mushroom cloud is because the hhs directive was totally contrary to the repeated assurance that the president of the united states gave to the catholic bishops. one out of every six patients in america is in a catholic hospital. this is going to wreak havoc on the health care system. >> thank you to both of you -- >> excuse me, can i just say -- many catholic hospitals and institutions already provide contraceptive care. it hasn't been publicized until now, but they do it. they're able to do it because it fits their conscience. there's a disagreement in the catholic church about contraception as you know and i think what obama administration has done wonderfully is say we're going to protect women. we're going to help women's health. >> okay. thank you very much to both of you. obviously an issue you're passionate about. and a lot of others are. please go on twitter and let us know what you think about this issue and still on "outfront," a father killing himself and his two sons. we have the 911 call made moments before the murders and we focus in on the social worker. and america striking a blow against china. 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