so let s see what happens on august 23rd. donald trump says i m up by so much do i really need to do this. ron desantis expect everybody to be there governor christie is poking him, calling him a coward if he doesn t show up. everyone needs him there. one of the biggest prize surprises is one of the people that has not qualified yet is vice president mike pence e has not hit the 40,000 threshold with the 1%. he needs 40,000 separate donations. but governor desantis, i guess, is the first mini crisis. got the money. maybe overspent. not resonating like he thought, and has toe rejigger some of his lineup. has to super pacs and start going to hostile territory beginning today and then possibly two or three times after. steve: getting a clear picture of the status of all the candidates right now. over the weekend it was the filing deadline for how much they raised. your point about mike pence, he has only raised $1.2 million. ron desantis in the last quarter raised 20 million,
ainsley: it was hot. connecticut hot this weekend. thank you so much, steve. a new report from the i.g. s committee which tracks the $5 trillion that congress spent on covid relief efforts is raising a few eyebrows. look at this. so there s $5 trillion of your tax dollars that went to covid relief efforts. they specifically tracked, this is just a case study. they looked at a small portion. 2.65 billion that went to six different communities around the country. and then, according to this report, they found it was too difficult to track and they weren t sure where the money went. so, let s talk to stuart varney about this the host of varney and company. is he over here sitting down with us. hey, stuart, how are you? good morning. ainsley: good morning. thanks for coming in. sure thing. ainsley: what do you think about this? it s a lot of money but understandable. should have records of where our tax dollars are going. stuart: here have you got vast government bureaucracy th