Every day in every state across the country, our political system is bankrolled by an army of fundraisers, pulling in millions of dollars a race. Sometimes it looks like you might imagine knocking on doors, calling every name in the phone book, and emailsso many emails. But for all those Little Fish throwing 100 to their local race, its the whales those campaign fundraisers really need powerful, rich individuals and companies. And when they donate 25,000, 100,000, A Million dollars, they want a Favor. Or 10. It should be obvious thats corrupt, but with a wink and a nod, political Deals Toe the Bribery Line every single day. And we may never have noticed that if a certain illinois Governor Hadnt flung back the curtain with an unrepentant ego, a political corruption crime spree, and a set of unprecedented Audio Recordings that shined a bright light on the inner workings of american political power. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Rod Blagojevich. It was early morning, cause i used to get up e
Welcome to the whole story. Im anderson cooper, since his defeat in 2020, former President Donald Trump has repeatedly and falsely claimed in the election was stolen. The results somehow rigged by democrats. There is no evidence of widespread voter fraud, but that hasnt stopped mr. Trump and his allies from relentlessly pushing these lies now, many of those same defeated in november. Cnns Donie Osullivan spent the past few months with some of trumps biggest promoters, who continued to spread doubts about the security of the election and are doing whatever they can to ensure trump win. He begins with the most famous Pillow Salesman in america. [music playing] Donie Osullivan how are you . My name is Donie Osullivan. Woman ok, tony. Donie Osullivan Donie. Man johnny osullivan. Donie osullivan no, not johnny, like johnny mitchell. Man tony . Donie Osullivan Donie woman donie . Man are you an irish boy . Donie osullivan yes. Man god bless you. So am i. Donie osullivan as a journalist, i sp
Start the clock thank you people. Hi, everybody. How are you doing thank you i appreciate it. Thank you very much all right, sit down. We have so much. This show, i mean unbelievable, the amount of news we have to cover it. Its a good Thing Weve stopped clapping so lets not bury the lead. The big story this week that tried to shoot trump again. Lets not not funny this okay. Im being serious now. This is the second time this happened. I said this before. There can be no fuzz on this. This is not funny, okay . Its not okay. Its not okay to wish it happened problem people. Well look, this happens too frequently. Im sorry. This happened on the golf course. A guy was laying in wait, and it happens too much. In fact, besides the shooter, there were other two other shooters beside him waiting to play through this has got to stop course, the nra had to come out with a statement. This is no time to talk about gun control. They said guns do not kill people. Pagers kill people other big story thi
Anderson cooper: welcome to the whole story. I m anderson cooper. Since his defeat in 2020, former president donald trump has repeatedly and falsely claimed the election was stolen, the result somehow rigged by democrats. There s no evidence of widespread voter fraud, but that hasn t stopped mr. Trump and his allies from relentlessly pushing these lies. Now, many of those same allies are gathering again, ready to claim fraud if the former president is once again defeated in november. Cnn s donie o sullivan spent the past few months with some of trump s biggest promoters, who continued to spread doubts about the security of the election and are doing whatever they can to ensure trump win. He begins with the most famous pillow salesman in america. [music playing] donie o sullivan: how are you? my name is donie o sullivan. Woman: ok, tony. Donie o sullivan: donie. Man: johnny o sullivan. Donie o sullivan: no, not johnny, like johnny mitchell. Man: tony? donie o sullivan: donie woman: doni