$16.8 million to trump owned businesses and at the bulk of the spending at his properties. and just the basic cost for a room at trump s d.c. hotel is nearly triple its average rate on november 7th which just happens to be the night in the middle of a two-day senate republican retreat there. it s not the government paying for all this. it is also the case the president directs public money into his properties with the trips he takes to them with full secret service protection. and not to mention the air force stop overs at his scotland property. but it is still pretty darn corrupt to have a party that raises money from donors and deals in a piece of the action to the president of the united states s own bank account as a part of the whole arrangement. the people getting soaked here are the donors themselves and they don t seem to object. just because they don t mind pay offs to a sitting president doesn t mean it s all acceptable or appropriate. that s kind of the story of the
legend david ortiz posting the first photo of himself since he was shot two months ago. ortiz dropping his daughter alexandria off at college in boston reminding her, quote, to be great you have to bring out the best out of you every day. the red sox slugger was shot inside a bar in the dominican republic during a botched hit job in june. he spent nearly two months in the hospital. listen to this quarterback andrew luck gets a 16.8-million-dollar retirement gift. the indianapolis colts reportedly not trying to recoup the bonus money he owed them. the 29-year-old shocked the league with his sudden retirement on saturday. he still had three years left on his 2016 contracts extension, which was the biggest in nfl history at the time. luck was the number one draft pick in 2012. he has been sidelined all preseason with an ankle
liberals reacting in real time as donations spike. after the kavanaugh/ford testimony, act blue shattered its single-day record, taking in $16.8 million. and as families were being separated at the border, a fund-raising call to help 14 small overwhelmed organizations quickly raised $4 million. for us, it was totally a game changer. reporter: for the midterms almost every democrat is now using act blue, building campaign coffers outside their traditional party apparatus. back in indiaa everybody knows how massively we re being outspent by our republican opponent. reporter: jeannine lee lake won t raise a fraction of what greg pence will. but act blue is keeping her in the game, literally fueling her drives across a congressional district. fuel tank of gas costs about $51 to fill up that chevrolet
under arrest by the capitol police. republicans may be gaining moment num the polls but democrats appear to be leading when it comes to raising money. nearly every democratic candidate is using the fund-raising website act blue to fuel their campaign for the midterms. act blue makes it easier for candidates in liberal causes to set up fund-raising websites making it easier to receive donations from small-dollar doanars. it took act blue 12 years to raise its first billion dollars. this year alone from january through september, it s raised $1.3 billion. after the ford hearing, it shattered its single day record taking in $16.8 million. this is civic engagement i don t think anyone has seen on this scale before. they re putting their money where their mouths are in $34 chunks to change our country. that s inspiring to see. we ll check the markets moment before trading closes. you re watching msnbc.
you re seeing low unemployment in every spectrum, by the way. it s literally every spectrum of our economy is doing better. dana: optimism being way up there. yet there still looks like there is the nrcc pulling back some money. obviously, that s normal. you re looking at the races. you don t have unlimited resources. look at this number from act blue tweeting sunday, this is the fund-raiser for democrats. by yesterday s midnight deadline small dollar donors had made 300,000 individual donations adding up to over $16.8 million for campaigns and organizations using act blue, making it the biggest day ever on our platform. how important is it to have a lot of money going into this last month so that you can spend it where you need to? money matters a lot. you can see the left is incredibly energized in raising record amounts of money. they got people like michael bloomberg putting individually $80 million of his money to flip the house from republican to democrat.