revealed edwards has a serious heart condition. now newly filed finance reports show the presidential campaign spent nearly $900,000 last year. even though he dropped out of the running in early 2008. the money went to airfare, hotel and legal fees. despite a ruling from the federal election officials that edwards still owed taxpayers more than $2 million in public matching funds. he received after he left the race. one try that is expecting in california is not welcome there. correspondent adam housley reports on new business bringing if mety of trouble. along california majestic coast, 250 miles north of the mexican border. sur evidences and sailors have company. they are moving further north. they re cartel smugglers, bringing drugs and illegal immigrants to the shores of malibu, ventura, santa barbara. they want to know coming to the country and prevent bad
anita dun is with us. good morning. good morning, chris. are you worried about these outside groups raising up a this money on the republican side? and reports frankly from bill ber tin that there may be problems for his group to reach its $100 million goal? there s going to be a significant difference in how obama s campaign is funded. president obama s campaign, as it was in 2008, is going to be fuelled primarily by small donors. if you look at the finance reports, you ll see recently over half of the donors to the president s campaign are donors who have given $200 or less. grass roots donors. over a million including a lot of new ones. but is part of the problem that some of the big donors who
we will see you tomorrow night. good stuff there. the new york times calling it one of the most iconic moments in baseball history. the cards coming back from behind five times to beat the rangers in game six. all thanks to an 11th inning homer by david freese. he was mobbed by his teammates. the world series will be decided tonight in st. louis. he ll be getting a new shirt for that one tonight. the fight over ohio s new collective bargaining law is turning into a battle of the bills. millions of dollars are gushing into the state ahead of the november 8th electric. union groups pushing for the repeal of that law which robs 350,000 public employees of their collective bargaining rights. the fundraising for this ballot battle could i m joined now by andy control, staff reporter. new finance reports showing that one union group spent upwards of 17 million bucks so far. is this law going to live or die based on who coughs up the most cash?
goods. that s a big difference that doesn t come out. some of those new goods include bread and milk. despite his surge in recent national polls, a conservative columnist saying cain is not a real contender for the white house. we re having a kind of andy warhol primary where everyone is leader for ten minutes. it s cain s turn. it s clear he s not running for president. he s sort of strolling for president without infrastructure. it s pretty and cute and nice. whether or not that works, we can be doubtful. as always, the presidential race will come down in large part to campaign cash. recent finance reports suggest president obama s weakening relationship with wall street is impacting his fund raidsing. the new york times reports mitt romney is beating the president. since the spring, he s raised an estimated $1.5 million from wall street bankers. president obama raised just over $270,000 from firms that were
done because the return on investment for sending a couple hundred grand to d.c. is billions of dollars in tax loopholes fly in the face of a conservative ideology? brent? i m sorry, i thought you were asking for chris. i m asking you, brent, i m sorry. i m saying conservative ideology listen, first of all, you said secretly it is obviously not secretly, you just reported on it we know about it because it is in finance reports. a lot of the money again, brent, not answering my question. not try to be difficult. do this with as few words that will offend you or distract you as possible. i m a conservative and believe in self-reliance through entrepreneurialism and self-reliance, independence, i have said that a few times, why i be in favor of a system where if i can send a little bit of money, a labor union, a large bank or an agribusiness to a politician and politician can