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Stopped since. between january, 2001 and 2013 bill clinton was paid nearly $105 million for 542 speeches. >> that's not bad. and by the way -- >> i'll do that for half of that. >> but they have high overhead. they have a high burn rate. >> and the amount of time he spends preparing for those speeches. >> wait a second. he writes it on napkins. so sam, the next part of it is really the bigger problem, i think. more than half of those earnings came from events -- not overseas. in 2011 a single speech in hong kong netted clinton $750,000. this is the part of the story that i think could cause dem...

Whom. an eye-opening washington post article detailing bill clinton's sometimes frantic pace giving speeches to corporate audiences worldwide, at one time pulling in a million and a half bucks in a week's time. he raked in a staggering $105 million for 542 speeches between the years of 2001 and january 2013. that's not counting book advances or investments. the majority of the former president's speaking income from foreign speeches. wall street banks and financial firms paying mr. clinton about $20 million for 102 appearances. hillary's standard fees considered to be lower than her husband's ...

To fall. >> going to fall. >> it really is. the exhaustion. the collective exhaustion of the bush and clinton dynasty. it is going to exhaust the american electorate. i think something big is going to happen. >> do you? >> i do. >> you're making fun of me. both bill clinton and hillary clinton are saying they were dead broke when they left the white house. >> they were. >> they were in debt. that happens to a lot of families. especially -- but it comes back quickly is the issue. a new -- they know it's coming to they don't need to say. financial struggles didn't last long. the former president...

To offer that to many, many more people. >> 542, i believe, is the number of people who have been in space over 50 years. you've sold 700 tickets already. that's a very big increase, but not only that, you're talking about civilians who might not necessarily know if they're physically capable of that. >> the people who have been to space in the past -- what virgin will do is enable thousands of different kinds of people to go into space. there will be a three-day training program. the most important thing is we want them to have the ride of their lifetime. >> i went to nastar in pennsylvania t...

Were written and in kansas for example had -- >> utah had one struck down. >> utah and they were struck down or it never made it to the floor. it's the same thing that's going to happen in georgia too. fundamentally it is unconstitutional. attorney general eric holder made the statement yesterday, that those laws or bills that come up that are unconstitutional will be defeated. >> thank you so much, mr. takei, your stand on this has been moving a lot of people. i would love to come back as this develops. >> thank you for having introduced this for discussion here. >> all right. today's battle ...