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How to finance campaigns. there aren't a lot of functioning democracies around the world that work this way, where you can basically have millionaires and billionaires bank rolling whoever they want, however they want and in some cases undisclosed. and what it means is ordinary americans are shut out of the process. and democrats aren't entirely innocent of this in the past. and i had to raise a lot of money for my campaign. so i -- there's nobody who operates in politics that has perfectly clean hands on this issue. but what is also true is that all of us should bind ourselves to some rules t...

Functioning democracies around the world that work this way. where you can basically have millionaires and billionaires bank rolling whoever they want however they want and in some cases undisclosed, and what it means is ordinary americans are shut out of the process. >> ordinary americans have been shut out. but today the president went after the political bullies. he went after the secret money. and made it clear he's fighting for our democracy. joining me now, richard wolffe, msnbc.com executive editor and author of "the message: the reselling of president obama." and krystal ball, co-host ...

Now the conservative court is gearing up for yet another decision that could change the way we do politics in this country. today the justices heard oral arguments in a case that's being called citizens united on steroids. sean mccutcheon, ceo, is the plaintiff in the case of mccutcheon versus federal exchange committee. now this man claims aggregate contribution limits violate the first amendment by limiting an individual donor's political expression. mccutcheon is now challenging the aggregate limit on donations to federal candidates, political parties and political action committees. presid...

Citizens united. >> it would say anything goes. there are no rules in terms of how to finance campaigns. there aren't a lot of functioning democracies around the world that can work this way. where you can have millionaires and willion airs bank rolling who ever they want and however they want in some cases undisclosed. and it means that ordinary americans are shut out of the process. and you know i had to raise a lot of money for my campaign. so, i -- there is nobody who operates in politics who has perfectly clean hands on this issue. but what is also true is that all of us should bind ourse...

And rio's mayor under fire over security lapses suggests almost mockingly more problems lie ahead. protests are not a problem, he says, they are a part of functioning democracies. the pope started his day in the southern city of operacita, a visit to the shrine of the virgin mary the 16 inch statue found by fishermen in the early 1700s is revered here. he encouraged the faithful to resist earthly temptations. "the dragon evil is present but does not have the upper hand" he says. "our young people feel attracted to idols taking god's place appearing to offer hope, money, success, power, pleasur...