is older than scott brown s. he doesn t have any high-paid consultants or ad budget. he s raised about $40,000, chuck. but he says he has something the millionaires don t. he says he s in touch with regular voters. so the question is, will that help. well, it s interesting and i want to ask you a quick question. you mentioned meg whitman. she is writing a staggering check so far, $59 million she s put in so far. they ll probably put in i m told at least another $50 million more. she ll get over $100 million. michael bloomberg only has spent that kind of money. but california has never let somebody buy these guys have tried. we saw al check can i, nicknamed al checkbook. miming huffington tried. californians a lot of times say huh-uh. it s true. and you have to be careful with the early polls but you re seeing some of that here. she s has actually told people
this is probably going to have about 180 to 200 mile path, second all time. two more fatalities from this outbreak in al bhax. total up to 12. this can all be replaced, the loss of life obviously cannot. no, it cannot. jim cantore of the weather channel. a tornado that almost was a hurricane-like destruction. moving on, this afternoon the senate is going to hold a procedural vote to begin debate on financial regulatory reform. senator shelby said a deal between both parties was unlikely today. democrats plan 0 push forward on legislation they consider crucial. here we are 17 months after someone broke into our house in effect and roob the us and we haven t even changed the locks on the doors and need to get it done. all right. nbc s kelly o donnell covers capitol hill for us. i know that i think richard shelby was on another program earlier this morning and said no deal today. not going to happen. does that mean the senate republicans though all 41 of them will vote to revent thi