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Editorial urged the administration and the president to rein in access. it wrote, quote: >> r eporter: and common cause, one of the leading government watchdog groups on the left, particularly on the issue of campaign finance reform, has been badgering the white house longest. it's now leading l campaign finance reform on the left, and for them to be ticked off at the president just speaks volumes. jenna: it's really interesting to see that, carl. what does the white house have to say about all this criticism? >> reporter: well, they've been taking a lot of heat for several days, and the admin...

Yesterday. >> the white house set it is president's disedge, and there is no -- schedule, and there is no price to meet with the president. you know, organizations have fundraising, they raise money, and in this one has commit toddies closing. committed to disclosing. >> reporter: few seem to be buying the explanation that ofa will be accepting donations for meetings scheduled by the white house. a lot of folks still think it's selling access, and what irks the heft the most is -- the left the most is this is what the president said he would fight, not lead. jenna? jenna: we'll have more on th...

Attack in benghazi, there may be as many as seven of them getting treatment at walter reed. we'll talk to a lawmaker who wants access to them to see if he can learn what really happened. also we're going to learn more about the group organizing for action. are supporters of the president using access to the white house as a way of raising money? and we'll get the very latest on this giant storm that's slamming minnesota and other parts of the midwest. heavy snow and dangerous winds. we'll tell you what's happening right now and where storm is heading next. all of that and breaking news as the ...

I think this is a way to fund president obama's theory about a community organizer approach to the presidency where he's going to build up a parallel structure outside of the democratic party to implement his own agenda, and the only way you can do that is if on the side you sell a little access to the white house to raise money to do it. so i don't think it's all about selling access, i just think selling access is an integral part to it. jon: and just so viewers understand, this is what used to be the obama for america campaign. i mean, this was his presidential campaign which has now been f...

Jon: new next hour, accusations that big spenders with at least half a million bucks are going to be able to pay to get access to the president. the latest on that bubbling controversy. plus, major concerns about safety in the air. reports of a drone flying near a commercial jetliner. a former ntsb investigator joins us with the latest. >> an arrest in a bizarre attack we've been following. who went after a ballet legend. jenna: police in cleveland, ohio, are looking for a man who attempted a brazen kidnapping outside of a gas station. the whole thing was caught on tape. look at this. it sta...