up. we re spending a lot of money now trying to build up an afghan was so when we leave we don t there before we came in. and so it opportunity become a base for al qaeda or other international terrorist. i know that s what we re trying to do. whether we are we re gifting there is another matter. sudan, we give them $31 million a year, south sudan, $470 million a year. libya, 25 million daz year to libya. what are we getting out of that? it s a, you ve break it, you own it problem. we helped topple cad moammar gadhafi and we re rebuilding the libyan army. if you think iraq is bad now as one of the top ten most corrupt, to which we give $1.5 billion a year, stand by because anybody who thinks iraq is going to get better instead of worse, is out of their mind. that s true. this picture shows car bombings and i mean, worse
ban on soliciting huge contributions. we had 100 donors who gave $470 million. let s do that now. 100 donors. they gave $470 million to outside group. that s $4.7 million per donor. we will not make a better system by having them give to the parties raised by powerful people. if you have a supreme court that right now equates money with speech, then what is your recipe for reform under that legal interpretation? they haven t gone that far to say limits are uncommon. i don t understand how they can make that. i know they will find a distinction like they are going to because they feel like they have to, but i don t see how you
do the same thing. i think you re right. and i forgot to play this week. i m glad i got another chance. $470 million. you ve got to play. and there s a mega millions jackpot over $200 million. so it s all good. let s play together, and we can split the jackpot. that s no good. you said you were never coming back. that s true. we re talking about money. let s talk about diamonds, more specifically, one diamond. 102 carats sold at auction yesterday for $27 million. pocket change, if you win that powerball, john. it s a new world record price for a colorless diamond. it s gorgeous. the huge pear shaped gem was found in the african nation of botswana. took 21 months to polish that. it s now known as the winston legacy diamond after harry winston, whose company purchased it. that s a beautiful rock. diamonds, schmiamonds, that s a good looking one. something like that for $26 million, if you can afford it, you buy it. hold that in my hand. that s a rock, man.
sustainable. steve: are you saying there s money available where they don t have to furlough those guys? exactly. why don t you take some of that money and put it into the air traffic controllers bucket so we don t have to have these delays? because the president says we don t have the flexibility. we cannot redirect spending. not allowed to do that. so why did the president threaten to veto a republican bill which would specifically have given him the flexibility to redirect the cuts, redirect the money? he threatened to veto it. brian: he wanted a deal they cut. the f.a.a. says they were forced to reduce their budget by $633 million instantly. why don t you take some of that money out of the $500 million on consultants, $470 million on grants, why don t you gretchen: it is political posturing because they want to show these cuts will really affect services for the american people. and, most importantly, president obama wants more taxes. correct. when was the last time an
don t worry if i write songs now we can also call sean diddy co combs foshs richest musician with a net worth of $580 million. coming in second, jay z. $470 million. and dr. dre in third place, $350 million. robin williams $154 million. and 50 cent whose net worth is $125 million. that s a lot of million dollars. 50 cent. i know. i even practiced. are you proud of me? he is worth how many? $125 million. you know what is interesting about this? not worth 50 cent. most of this comes from work outside music. this is all the extra stuff they do. diddy has a vodka and all sorts of things. good for them. erin burnett is going outfront at the top of the