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Fighting in those states to really expand access where we can and to push back on these horrific restrictions. >> alexis mcgill johnson, thanks so much for joining us this morning. >> thank you for having me. well, we're seeing devastating images from the aftermath of hurricane ida. one official says half of the homes in grand isle, louisiana, barrier island south of new orleans, were completely wiped away. half. right now more than 985,000 households are without power. many households with more than one person, so a lot of people. some parts of the state are running out of water, gas, medic...

Obama's energy policy, big promoter of gas and oil production, no surprise there. then we see with -- a month later, from this new superpac filing, he gives $985,000, nearly a million -- >> to romney and -- >> what day was it he gave the money? >> april 3rd. >> 34 days later, writes a check for $1 million. >> exactly. now, look, we've seen these big mega donors. the dangers, you've outlined them, on both sides, five or six that have given although far below where the romney superpac is, you know, what's the reason we pay attention to this, do these guys who give this big money, do they have sp...

Promoting more domestic oil production. he's also very critical of the president giving tax breaks. here's what we know. in march he popped up -- romney made a campaign stop in north dakota, fargo, and announced that mr. hamm would be the chairman of something called his energy advisory group to advise him on setting an energy policy. and then we just discovered this week that about that time, about a month later, mr. hamm donates this $985,000 to the romney super pac. and this is -- you know, we've all become a bit jaded by these large six and seven-figure donations. do the super pacs raise q...

$985,000 to the cause of defeating president obama. now, i haven't seen harold hamm talk in public. but i have a few friends up on the prairie that says they have told me he's just a barn burner when he goes to the podium railing on president obama. i wonder why. obama has been pretty good to him. harold hamm's million dollars has put him into a pretty good position, don't you think? two weeks ago, he was on capitol hill advocating for oil and gas company tax breaks. >> i'll be speaking on my own behalf, not as representative of resources, nor am i here on behalf of the romney campaign, for wh...

$985,000 to the cause of defeating president obama. now, i haven't seen harold hamm talk in public. but i have a few friends up on the prairie that says they have told me he's just a barn burner when he goes to the podium railing on president obama. i wonder why. obama has been pretty good to him. harold hamm's million dollars has put him into a pretty good position, don't you think? two weeks ago, he was on capitol hill advocating for oil and gas company tax breaks. >> i'll be speaking on my own behalf, not as representative of resources, nor am i here on behalf of the romney campaign, for wh...