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Votes, they are selling decisions. >> yes. i think the model, the way we always think of the influence market in d.c., is that it's like bribery. that you have these outside interests that are in effect bribing our politicians. and that certainly can take place. i think the bigger problem is more akin to extortion. where the politicians identify wealthy companies or industries and basically mark them for extortion. they introduce pieces of legislation or they threat uncertain things that put those entities in a position to where they have to play ball. >> reporter: one person who knows all abo...

The politicians identify with companies or industries, and they basically mark them for extortion. they introduce pieces of legislation or they threaten certain things that put those entities in a position to where they have to play ball. >> reporter: one person who knows all about this fully legal form of extortion is the former president of shell oil usa, john hofmeister. >> i realize that there is a price to participate in the political process. what i never know was what a huge price it was and how it was an endless process of continuously being hit up for money. >> reporter: in 2008, when...

That no one will get a perfect bracket. i don't think we need to worry too much about mr. buffett. >> one of the fun things about this whole thing is that you have made a you tube video explaining these odds. it went viral yesterday. you've been, i'm sure, getting hit up by everybody. so do you have any mathematical tips to increase our chances? >> well, actually, it's kind of a tangential tip. i would say have fun with it. the odds are so slim, have fun with it. if you're in a bracket, you just want to beat everybody else. you don't need to get a perfect bracket to win. this is becoming so bi...

Verizon has no choice and i bet at&t has been hit up and every single phone company in america has about hit up. >> neil: what if companies -- you heard google -- they're just asked for this information, and without anything, they just go ahead and give it. stand on. on. they can go to court and fight it. >> neil: everyone is afraid. >> not that they're afraid. it's that the law has been twisted into a pretzel and it's difficult stop these things? >> neil: what is happening? what is going on? >> i think people better wake the hell up and understand something. we aredhç not a constitutional r...

Bill: they have taken a punch, haven't they, janice? >> they have. we're still talking about extreme heat and tropics this weekend. florida could get hit up to a foot of rain. bill: triple digit the here in new york. digging that. see you, janice. bit of context. this was the heaviest two-day rainfall in duluth, minnesota, in 150 years. 50 miles of pavement either damaged or destroyed. if you poured that much water in an area one quarter of the size of duluth, it would equal about 2.7 billion gallons of water. and now you get to understand the pictures the way they turned out. patti ann: it is...