him to stand at a podium for two hours. they will try to make that decision this afternoon. his campaign trying to make a little light of the situation. they tweeted out a photo of a younger doug burgum playing basketball. this is not the first time he has had a basketball injury. it s the first time he has ended up in the e.r. from a pickup game. not being able to participate tonight would be a blow to this campaign, which has been trying to get attention, trying to get itself off the ground. had to use a creative way of getting to the donor threshold to make the debate. they want their man on the stage. to follow up there, they ended up paying $20, i think, to get people to donate so that they reached that 40,000 donor threshold? reporter: that s right. you have a candidate who is a multimillionaire many times over who would not be relying on