proliferated along with them. no word though she did not explain how that would square with priorities usa, the democratic super pac that she has blessed to help her in her run. meanwhile, republican presidential contend marco rubio holds his first press conference today. he spends on the first days working in washington. he said hillary clinton is not entitled to the women vote any more than he is entitled to the hispanic vote. i would never assume that every hispanic in america has to vote for me because i m his panic because my last night is rubio. ultimately i have to prove that i m the right person for the job. tied with senator rubio for sixth place in the latest cnn poll is new jersey governor chris christie who is not so far an official candidate. so why is he in new hampshire?
the typical worker. there s something wrong when american workers keep getting more productive that productivity is not matched in their paychecks. reporter: the only policy position hillary clinton outlined was a proposal to do away whey she called unaccountable money. so super pacs the and the big donors who have proliferated along with them. no word on how that would square with priority usa, the democratic super pac that she has blessed to help her in her run. what about the presidential contender, new contender, marco rubio holds his first campaign event today. he will push for tax reform. the senator stuck in washington working on business. and as speaking to cnn s jake tapper. a really interesting interview. he said that hillary clinton is not entitled to the women s vote any more than he marco rubio is entitled to the hispanic vote.
the battle continues over what to do on about the border crisis. you look on capitol hill and there s no agreement to this point. democrats, they are voicing opposition to changing a law that would require a hearing for kids that are crossing over from central america across the border. republicans, they want that change to the law, and they want more to approve the president s request for nearly $1 billion. a white house briefing last night doesn t appear to have convinced some lawmakers to reach compromise. let s discuss this more with cnn political commentator paul begala, senior adviser for the democratic super pac priorities usa action and also matt lewis, a senior contributor at the daily caller. good morning guys. good morning, kate. first of all, let s talk about this meeting at white house that the president held with the congressional hispanic caucus. he said coming out, the president said he d take every action he can within the confines of the law to move ahead to t
let s talk about that. i want to bring in white house correspondent for yahoo! news. there is, matea, criticisms focusing too much on hillary and not much on the midterms, which are important. sure. and i think we saw that today with priority s usa which is a democratic super pac in 2012 making it clear they are encouraging donors to give to the super pacs and they are not even going to begin actively fundraising for 2016 until after the midterm elections. really trying to answer some of those concerns in the party that they are going to cannibalize the group and when you have americans for prosperity, there s a real anxiety among democrats that are not going to have the money to compete in this cycle. there s a big fear and back
and decided to form their own organizations. for a handful of billionaires, politics is a new playground of sorts. some of the folks are becoming household name. on the right, charles and david koch, the industrial tycoons that founded americans for prosperity. they ve spent more than $27 million just since august on attack ads. for years, one of the leading funders on the left has been hedge fund heavyweight george soros. he s provided the seed money for the tides foundation, democracy alliance, just to name a few. just the last year, he has reportedly donated at least $500,000 to various democratic organizations and to the ready for hillary super pac in 2012. the nation s 11th richest man spent close to $150 million trying to defeat president obama in 2012, and now the casino magnet is concentrating on a new campaign to stop online gaming. former new york city mayor and media mogul michael bloomberg dumped $2.5 million in the democratic super pac for the democrats. last month, spent