good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. and "outfront" tonight, exposed super pacs drop the fig leaf. after months of being in the dark about whose bankrolling the candidates, we have answers. now, you know that the super pacs are groups that can raise unlimited money and you know they're major players this election season. the federal election commission says this election might cost $11 billion. twice as much as 2008. and that jump thanks in no small part to super pacs. there are more than 300 of them already. so, today, we poored through hundreds of pages of super pac documents, really only for a few of the super pacs. the pro romney super pac called restore our future raised nearly $30 million last year. now, there were a group of donors that gave a million dollars each and one is julian robertson. he's been a mitt romney fan since the last election and told me that mitt is quote the smartest guy and extremely decent. "outfront's" strike team member mark was on the list. the facebook board member told me quote, i think he gets it with respect to the economy in a way that the others don't. the super pac for newt gingrich raked in $2 million. now, because his single biggest donor, sheldon adelson and his wife, didn't give their $10 million until recently, that money didn't count. he didn't talk to me today, but i have talked to him about newt gingrich. in october, he told me that he liked all the republican candidates. and here's the scary thing. he may not have changed his mind. sheldon adelson is worth $21.5 billion. we did the math. $10 million to sheldon adelson is the same as $45 to the average american family. no joke. just a regular campaign contributi contribution. president obama's super pac hasn't really started raising money yet, but still brought in $4.4 million. and then there's the conservative american cross roads. it raised about 18 million last year, but it's non-profit owner, cross roads gps, raised a heck of a lot more. 33 million. and here's where a loophole comes in. in theory, cross roads gps could give 49% of its 33 million to its super pac boss, american cross roads. and then never disclose the donors. never. we've been talking about this inappropriately loophole available to any super pac for weeks. goes like this. a donor gives to the non-profit a.r.m. non-profit a.r.m. usually gives that to the super pac. now, president obama's super pac has a charitable a.r.m., too, and we're told romney's can set one up any time. forcing donors to testify to close the loophole. all the way through and thanks so much to both of you for being with us. we found a lot out today about who likes who. what stood out to you? >> first of all, a campaign finance reform is supposed to limit the influence anyone can have on election. it is clearly failed. i think it's a very diverse group of people. very, very wealthy. most of these people are billionair billionaires. they've been involved in politics, often republican politics, for years and years. >> you had some that had given to swift-boat. now to romney. >> harold simons, been giving to republican candidates for years and years and years. and rick perry, he spored him initially. >> ken, what stood out to you in terms of people doubling down or new names you weren't expecting? >> one of the things that stood out most was the lack of a response on the democratic side to this type of fund raising we're hearing about on the republican side. democrats have been warning about this for months and saying that if they don't start raising the same amounts of money as the super pacs and non-profit groups supporting president obama and house and senate democrats, they're going to get crushed in 2012. while those messages didn't sink in with the big donors who have the ability to write the seven figure checks. we saw only $19 million come into the six super pacs to support democrats as kind of an unofficial network. that compares to the 51 billion they raised last year. that's a real disheartening statistic for democrats. they were hoping some of the big, big donors would come off the sidelines like george soros. like you said with harold simons or sheldon adelson, that's like $40 to him. >> that was one of the most bizarre things, running those numbers on sheldon adelson. >> business people love romney. i have here an invitation to a fund-raiser mitt did on wall street about two weeks ago and you can see here, woody johnson from the jets, jimmy lee, from jpmorgan chase. steve schwartzman from black stone. some are switching over from obama to mitt romney. steven ross, who is the ceo of a related companies, big new york city real estate concern was characterized as independent. now, he's supporting mitt romney. he also owns the dolphins. so big money there as well. >> that's interesting. ken, is that something that is concerning or should be the president? that a lot of the big money donors who gave to obama last time, they don't like to talk about it, but they do, they may not get them this time? >> it's really concerning to democrats who have for years tried to build a relationship with the business community. this is something bill clinton did well. they would go up, hear out the concerns of these folks. hell, bill clinton would invite some into the white house. that drew some criticism. a lot of the fund-raiser rs say obama has done more to burn the bridges clinton built than bill clinton did to build them. it's forcing them to rely more on hollywood money, which we see them courting in the form of steven spielberg and to a lesser extent, some of the new blood on wall street as well as some of the silicon valley money you see democrats really relying on because a lot of these wall street types who had given to democrats in the past just around enamored with president obama and aren't responding to the pitches of these super packs. >> they see these wealthy democrats as being the business people. you're hearing this now. he has some supporters. democrats can go back to one of their favorite groups of people, trial lawyers. they remain resolutely democrat. >> no tort reform. what about this loophole though? is this going to be closed? because this is one of those things i could see could benefit both sides, but seems ridiculous. >> that's right. and for the first time, we saw the democrats who have complained most loudly about this, take advantage of that. they transferred $215,000 from priorities u.s.a., secret donor group backing president obama to priorities u.s.a. action, which is a super pac supporting president obama. i talked to the folks there. they said this is just for administrative expenses. as to whether it's going to be shut down, i don't see any political will on capitol hill for any type of significant campaign finance reform. certainly none that would be in effect to influence the money dpl flowinging into the 2012 election. >> thanks very much to both of you. bottom line is why americans are so frustrated with congress. it's just something that just makes no sense. and perhaps should change. next, what to make of reports that iran is planning an attack on american soil? 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[ male announcer ] and there you go, business pro. there you go. go national. go like a pro. tonight in egypt, at least 73 are dead. 1,000 injured after fans of rival soccer teams rioted in the stadium in what is described as one of the worst incidents in sports violence in egypt's history. witnesses say protesters bashed each other to death with rocks and chairs. fire also broke out as authorities were responding to the violence. it's hard to imagine this. ben wedeman has been following the story. can you tell us exactly what happened and what caused this. these images are brutal. >> reporter: what we understand is when the game ended and the team was victorious over the cairo team, the port side fans poured into the field and started to attack the cairo players as well as the fans. and what we see from the video is that there was a very inadequate security presence at this game. normally, there are lots of riot police. lots of security at these games to prevent this exact kind of thing. what we're hearing from many of the cairo fans is that security stood back, did little to prevent this violence. many of the cairo fans are members of what is known as the ultras, a group of hard core fans who follow the team around everywhere, but who traditionally have a very hostile relationship with the police. now these fans are saying that what happened was this was the revenge of the police. they just stood back and let the port side fans go after them with rocks, with sticks and stones. and in some cases, we're told there was also some firearms being used against these fans. which tells you that law and order situation in egypt is not very good at the moment and it's played out in the stadium in port side this evening. >> the images of rocks and what happens to a country with no government. horrible to imagine. thanks so much for covering that story from cairo. the obama administration's top intelligence official has a warning for america. that senior iranian leaders are now more willing to carry out attacks on u.s. soil. the director of national intelligence says iranian officials are reacting to perceived american threats against their country. the comments come as tensions between the u.s. and iran are higher than it seems they've been in decades. joining me now, peter king. let me just ask you what you read into this. obviously, of course, this comes on the heels of the u.s. government saying last fall that certain people in the iranian government were trying to kill the ambassador of saudi arabia to the united states and american civilians in washington. >> general clapper is saying that the clap to kill the saudi ambassador, to blow up the restaurant in washington, that signalled an intention by iran to cross what we call the red line and carry out attacks in the united states. since then, there's been other analysis by the cia and other intelligence agencies which caused general clapper to believe that the iranian consider attack in the united states is possible, plausible. in the past was something we believed they would not consider. now, they joined forces, they have forces around the world, hezbollah, cuds force. based on the observation, intelligence, that's being picked up, general clapper believes and i agree with him, that iran is now willing to consider launching an attack against the u.s. and would have the capablcapability. >> what kind of attack? terrorist attacks? bombing on a subway? blowing up airlines or a feeling of they might do something, but don't know what or when? >> my belief is that iran has made the decision it would consider making attacks in the united states. i'm not aware of any specific attacks, but i think we would have to work upon the the standard kind. attacking mass transit, commuter lines, shopping centers. icons. buildings that have symbolic value to the united states. so again, the fact they're willing to try to kill the saudi ambassador and blow up an american restaurant where you could have had hundreds of americans there, shows they are ll to cross that line. >> does it though? so much of these situations seem to be rhetoric and you can talk yourself into a frenzy and end up in a war. are you worried that's what's happening here? certainly iran would know if they did that. the rep -- >> they were willing to attempt it with the saudi ambassador and as far as it getting out of control, remember remember, this is the obama administration. i have no reason to be defending through perspective, but i believe that people such as general clapper, general petraeus, they would not be put in a frenzy. >> there's also a leaked nato report saying pakistan has been helping the the taliban kill american troops. obviously, this comes on the heels of the united states saying that there are members of the pakistani government who have been assisting the taliban for quite some time. but this is a very explicit thing. trying to kill american troops. should we end the relationship with pakistan? is it something the united states must stick with? >> i think the report is not a conclusion. it states what currently has been learned from interviews and interrogations, so it may be accurate, it may not be. let's assume it is. i think there has been a really a market decline in the relationship with pakistan. especially the isi. >> their intelligence services. >> that was being cleaned out. he was attempting to root out islamists. instead, it seems it's filled with islamists, so we have to assume, not assume, we know that pakistan in a number of ways is working gens it. it's still to some extent, an important relationship. they are a nuclear power, but it's a very mixed blessing and in the past year or so, i would say it's 40 or 68 instances where we're going to have to deep putting pressure on pakistan and make the decision whether or not it's a relationship worth keeping. >> thank you for being with us. one thing that surprised me, young, ambitious men that they said it wasn't worth staying in pakistan anymore. that they would want to leave. president obama's plan to solve the houses crisis. republicans don't like it. does it add up? 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