Don t start a war you know you re going to lose. finally you can now find all of netflix in the same place as all your other entertainment. on xfinity x1. welcome back to news room. venezuela s cash problems just keep getting worse. that country s president announcing the 100 bolivar note would be discontinued. happy holidays, right? but protests broke out after the currency set to replace it didn t arrive at many banks. rafael rom ahaas more. it s an extraordinary sight. long lines of desperate venezuela y allans trying to get rid of their 100 bolivar bills. the bolivar is the venezuelan currency. some people carry in travel bags sfufd with packs of bills. this is chaos, this man said. if you go to banks, you ll see
It appears the momentum has changed. it used to be the government is hunting rebels. rebels better armed and better trained are hunting the government but still these rebels have not been able to control major cities. they haven t taken aleppo. certainly have not taken the capital damascus. as things on the ground are shifting we re getting more and more indications, russia, syria s key ally are getting nervous. they moved warships in the mediterranean to conceivably evacuate russian citizens into syria in things continue to deteriorate. there is question of chemical weapons. will assad use his chemical weapons in a last act of desperation? or will the rebels seize control. you have a lot of chemical weapons in the hands of many without command-and-control structures. martha: much of the chaos in syria but a little bit of order for rich around engel and his crew. thank you very much. bill:. government s cash problems
With a dirty angry money report. for months we ve heard chest thumping reports from the romney campaign about how much money they ve raised. take a look. for each of the last three months, the romney campaign reported over $100 million, and out-raised the obama campaign for much of the summer. these numbers don t include the powerhouse fund-raising from outside groups like those super pacs. but romney s alleged fund raising success have been followed by a mystery. if his campaign is flesh with cash why is he being outspend in ad buys in crucial swing states especially at a time when he could use good publicity? it turns out money has been ticketed for republican national committee and state and local elections. in other words, it s not his. it s theirs. and with me now is new york times reporter nick kamusori. who wrote about this today. and neara , former policy director for hillary clinton s campaign. let me go to nicholas. you re new to the show. tell us why mitt romney who i alwa
And with me now is new york times reporter nick kamusori. and neara tan deny, former policy director for mill re clinton. let me go to nicholas. you re new to the show. tell us why mitt romney who i always identified as having unlimited lds money, unlimited equity money, friends over the business community, wealthy people across the country, why he is having cash problems and had to borrow the money, $20 million? because even the richest guy in america can only give $2,500 per election to a candidate. now mitt romney has many, many of those people. lots of rich supporters, people who can max that amount. and he got most at the primary and spent a lot to win the primary. and once that was done, he had the last up until september after his convention to tap into the general election money he had raised on top of those checks. so really, he was sort of cash-rich but cash-flow poor for a lot of august. and that helps explain why there were so few romney ads on the
Ticketed for republican national committee and state and local elections. in other words, it s not his. it s theirs. and with me now is new york times reporter nick kamusori. who wrote about this today. and neara , former policy director for hillary clinton s campaign. let me go to nicholas. you re new to the show. tell us why mitt romney who i always identified as having unlimited lds money, unlimited equity money, friends over the business community, wealthy people across the country, why he s having cash problems and had to borrow some money, $20 million? because even the richest guy in america can only give $2,500 per election to a candidate. now mitt romney has many, many of those people. he has lots of rich supporters. people who could max out that amount. and it got most of them in the primary, but then he spent a lot of it to win the primary. once that was done, he had the last up until september after his convention to tap into the general election money he had raised on t