Campaign, these are crucial days and crucial stops out west for the former president, especially coming off of his guilty convictiones in new york, chris. deirdre, you are outside the house where tonight s fundraiser is being held. we think of san francisco as the bastion of liberalism, we think of silicon valley as a place where joe biden and democrats have done very well, so what s happening here? reporter: well, there s been a real shift, especially over the last eight years, and part of the reason for that is that the republican party is seen as friendlier or at least less hostile towards the tech industry. you can look at the biden versus trump administrations, biden and his regulators have been tough on tech, whether that be a crackdown on cryptocurrencies, lawsuits from the doj and ftc on big tech workers. the trump administration there were tax credits that helped the
Means did not earn it and this sort of backlash to that which i believe going to deirdre s point is what a lot of them consider as a regulation they have to do it, they feel it s mandatory that they do this. it s a response to that, among other things, because one of the other trends that we re seeing is the increased attempts at unionization in a lot of these big companies. think about apple, starbucks, amazon, for example, all of these companies that these tech companies in particular that are now starting to see more worker activity and organizing. so there s all of this is a response to a lot of opportunities that democrats have found a way to take advantage of to kind of mobilize their base. you know, brendan buck who was an aide to paul ryan and john boehner and has been extremely critical of donald trump was talking in the last hour about how he thinks the democrats missed an opportunity. they stayed quiet for too long.
Democratic surrogates were out there talking about it and raising money from it. there s still a biden money advantage and that money advantage goes to the ability of his campaign to be able to talk to independent voters, talk to disaffected republicans to actually outreach to more people so i do think there is still an advantage. i don t know that you would necessarily want to keep hitting on the trial because at the same time you ve got to also talk about the good things that you re doing. so those two things need to be in place at the same time. basil smikle, vaughn hillyard, deirdre bosa, thank you all very much. well, there s new controversy on capitol hill, the one unexpected figures tapped to join one very critical committee and why it s prompting a lot of blow back. but first, if you think finding buried treasure only happens in the movies, think about. a couple of magnet fishing enthusiasts scored big time after finding a muddy safe filled with an estimated $80,000 in a new york city lake.
Days, with some spots going for hundreds of thousands of dollars each. tonight in the liberal heart of san francisco the new york times reports he s expected to raise north of $12 million. nbc s vaughn hillyard is reporting from phoenix, v nbc s deirdre bosa is reporting from san francisco, basal smikle is still with us. vaughan, donald trump appears to be striking while the iron is hot post verdict with his base as i said. where is the support coming from in this big fundraising swing? reporter: right. tonight it s going to be in san francisco. potentially upwards of in excess of $10 million. this is in the heart of silicon valley and for donald trump ultimately donors who are able to contribute potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars each. for donald trump this is going to be crucial here. after an enormous fundraising month in the month of may, especially in the days following his guilty verdict, when the campaign says it raised in
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