another voice on the tape is a top aide of sheldon adelson. he works for the las vegas assange corp. read this is one of the casinos that sheldon adelson announced. he basically said, we will take care of it, everything will be fine. to identify this woman as adelson's daughter? >> i believe it was andy. or someone else. there was a large entourage that responded to this incident. a third incident happened where another one of his aides ended up grabbing my cell phone, attempting to take myself hundred once hany's camera was on the ground, i attempted to take out my android to record what was happening. he immediately grabbed my hand and grabbed on to the phone and refuse to let go. he held on for about 20 seconds or so. you can hear that in this tape as well. take a listen. >> privacy. >> we were not recording her. >> do me a favor. do me a favor. do me a favor -- >> you just tore up my camera. you took on camera. >> are you joking? >> i'm sorry. >> it's on camera, we're not worried about it. >> should i camera and ran off with it. >> that's

that's not sheldon adelson's things over the years. the point of that meeting putting it bluntly kissing the ring. they understand how important sheldon adelson's spending to those on the right is going to be in this election. they wanted to make sure that he had a chance to hear from the pick for vice president. >> eliot: in a way it's more likely that the right wing groups the koch brothers and sheldon adelson their universe will be happier. mitt romney was not their first choice. in a way i have a sense that they will look to ryan to be their voice in the white house should the romney-ryan ticket win, of course, because he'll be carrying their loyalty and would have worked with them over many mother years than mitt romney. >> that's true. it's policy and personality. paul ryan everybody ised in the choice with chris chikolo head of the club for growth. he was on the staff committee for the freedom works the tea party organization that is active around the country. he received an award for those brands of americans for prosperity. he

because, you know sheldon sheldon adelson, a major contributor to mitt romney's election effort, is pressing the republican nominee to come out for the release of israeli spy jonathan pollard, a major republican donor and associates of adelson and romney tell "the daily beast," romney has rejected the request so far, telling adelson he would have to review the relevant intelligence material accessible to him as president before granting pollard clemency. this is perhaps what we call the chickens coming home to roost or the vague threat of a horse head being left in his bed if he doesn't do something about this. sheldon adelson has given mitt romney $10 million. >> isn't just intelligence stuff going to be enough for romney here? he's held hostage by a lot of people. he owes a lot of people favors. again, his unwillingness to put himself out there and take any political risk speaks poorly for him as a governor, i don't mean as the governor of massachusetts, but as someone who wants to push ideas forward. he seems to have no ideas of his own. the idea that he's resisted adelson so far, i mean,

because, you know sheldon adelson, a major contributor to mitt romney's election effort, is pressing republican nominee to come out for the release of israeli spy jonathan pollard, a major republican donor and associates of adelson and romney tell "the daily beast," romney has rejected the request so far, telling adelson he would have to review the relevant intelligence material accessible to him, as president before granting pollard clemency. this is perhaps what we call the chickens coming home to roost or the vague threat of a horse head being left in his bed if he doesn't do something about this. sheldon adelson has given mitt romney $10 million. >> isn't just intelligence stuff going to be enough for romney here? he's held hostage by a lot of people. he owes a lot of people favors. again, his unwillingness to put himself out there and take any political risk speaks poorly for him as a governor, i don't mean as the governor of massachusetts, but as someone who wants to push ideas forward. he seems to have no ideas of his own. the idea that he's resisted adelson so far, i mean, th

sheldon adelson does not even think there is such a thing of palestineen. i think it's outside of the jewish mainstream. >> jennifer: david? >> governor, as you pointed out at the outset, israel is important to american jews. but that's number six or seven. president obama has a stellar pro-israel record. and also this is a brand new thing that visiting israel in your first term as president is a litmus test. two presidents in history has done this. one of them is president carter. this is not something that we expect our president to do in the first four years as president. >> jennifer: you guys are awesome guests. i would love to have you back and further this conversation. unfortunately we're out of time. that is peter beinart from the daily beast and david harris from the national jewish democratic council. thank you so much for joining me inside "the war room." coming up, if you can't show a commercial on tv that says drinking beer makes you smarter then why can you show this? after all, there is a same amount of truth in both of them--none although it

ryan was there to meet with sheldon adelson. you know all about him. he's already contributed sheldon adelson already contributed more to this presidential campaign than any single donor has ever. more than $50 million. plus he's given an additional $10 million to karl rove crossroads gps. he said he'll spend as much as it takes to defeat president obama. you can do that if you're a billionaire. as if that was not enough, adelson is now calling in his wealth friends foracacp. adelson invited three dozen potential donors to meet paul ryan in a club which is a private casino and dining room on the hotel's 36th floor that only be reached by guarded elevator. it was built primarily for asian high rollers with six- and seven-figure credit lines. they spoke with congressman ryan with his budget ideas. and even the guest list included wealthy potential donors in in an intimate setting the romney campaign called the event a finance meeting. so they could bar journalists from covering it. the journalists gathered outside of the casino along with protesters. pro

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you saw sheldon adelson, who pledged to give $100 million to the republican cause. of course, david koch was a member of the new york delegation and said he may give as much as $400 million. >> in their meetings, celebrations were going on behind the scenes? >> absolutely. it was not on screen for the most part. >> arun gupta, your covering not only inside the convention, but outside as well. >> essentially, a military zone, a war zone outside the convention that was certainly part of the strategy. protests were extremely limited. they were spirited, but maybe 500 to 1000 people at mess. it was quite remarkable. when you're moving with the protesters, there were blanketed by the media, then it was in his police bubble and surrounded by this surveillance. i think that was the intention. at one point, i happened upon the westboro baptist, the guys who hate fags bunch -- >> explain which you mean. >> an extremist religious group. it is basically one family. they show up at high-profile events with signs of lycee "gode hates fags." they show up at u.s. soldiers killed i

sheldon adelson does not even think there is such a thing of palestineen. i think it's outside of the jewish mainstream. >> jennifer: david? >> governor, as you pointed out at the outset, israel is important to american jews. but that's number six or seven. president obama has a stellar pro-israel record. and also this is a brand new thing that visiting israel in your first term as president is a litmus test. two presidents in history has done this. one of them is president carter. this is not something that we expect our president to do in the first four years as president. >> jennifer: you guys are awesome guests. i would love to have you back and further this conversation. unfortunately we're out of time. that is peter beinart from the daily beast and david harris from the national jewish democratic council. thank you so much for joining me inside "the war room." coming up, if you can't show a commercial on tv that says drinking beer makes you smarter then why can you show this? after all, there is a same amount of truth in both of them--none, although i

paul ryan goes in to vegas to cash in from sheldon adelson. we sent epic after him. >> i don't know about you, but when i come to las vegas, i expect to lose money. not paul ryan. he is coming here tonight because the owner of this casino sheldon adelson has promised to put $100 million behind the republican ticket. >> not just that: we want to show you how paul ryan is a bought man, how he does the bidding of the people who give him political contributions. we are going to prove that case later in the show. by the way, the guy running against paul ryan also on this program. how is that possible? you will see in a little bit. then, the tsa said that they were tracking pairterrorists. apparently they have moved past that and now they are profiling blacks and latinos. >> now more than 30 tsa officers cataloguean airport say the method is promoting racial profiling. >> blacks and latin 0s? what do they have to do with terrorism? we will tell that you terrible story later in the show. my god, nbc hits the bottom of the barrel. >> a big blank slate

and what romney did was he went and catered to sheldon adelson, never mentioned the world palestinian state, never mentioned the word palestinian, and said america should never publicly criticize israeli policy which would put him at odds with even old past republican presidents since israel begin building the settlement. i thought on the foreign policy terms, it was simply absurd. >> bret, you said that this trip actually made you warm to mitt romney for the first time. >> yeah, for one thing there seemed to be an aspect of sincerity and conviction in what the governor was saying, which you don't always hear from him on many other issues. i think he really believed what he was saying. perhaps we ought to give him the benefit of the doubt. going to what peter just said, i'm not sure that what was in play here was the jewish vote in the united states, although that might have been part of the political calculation. i think israel has become an -- a hugely important issue to tens of millions of american christians. that's an aspect which romney can distinguish himself in temss of his fo

some people took it that way. >> the worst thing for romney was having sheldon adelson at his side. a huge donor who is buying all these ads -- that is unseemly. >> when romney talked about culture, he was not and it was. he cited a book by an economic historian at harvard who said -- he wrote a book in which he talked about culture as the ultimate element. nothing new. the reason i quoted the un document is because that is the last place that you would have expected a discussion -- a big report chiding the arabs for the corruption, the lack of women's rights as the ultimate -- >> he also cited a book by dan senor as the basis for the statement, talking about why israel was a big success. he did not cite culture as the reason. he cited conscription and immigration. by doing those two things, israel gained the advantage. >> what about the tax cuts? the brookings tax policy center said that those cuts would increase government revenue and put the burden on middle and lower classes. >> here is a totally bogus issue. obama is attacking romney basically for being for tax reform, because

sheldon adelson is top of the pile. he's put $36 million into the pot so far, more than 10% of all super pac donations. adelson has also donated more than any other contributor, more than the next four super pac contributors from both parties combined. all of them except for one is a republican. but don't feel bad about his bank account. adelson is a very wealthy man, worth about $24.9 billion, according to forbes. so $36 million is the equivalent of $112 donation made by the average american family. this is a man whose bank roll is largely built on a bet that his cau casinos would pay off an they have. his company generated $91 million from its casinos in las vegas and pennsylvania. properties in macau brought in four times that amount, $429 million. he's a friend to china, it's been good to him, unlike the man he's supporting. >> it's good to trade with other nations, good for us to be able to trade. it creates jobs for us, but we have to make sure that when nations like china cheat, we hold them responsible and make

sheldon adelson is top of the pile. he's put $36 million into the pot so far, more than 10% of all super pac donations. adelson has also donated more than any other contributor, more than the next four super pac contributors from both parties combined. all of them except for one is a republican. but don't feel bad about his bank account. adelson is a very wealthy man, worth about $24.9 billion, according to forbes. so $36 million is the equivalent of $112 donation made by the average american family. this is a man whose bank roll is largely built on a bet that his macau casinos would pay off and they have. his company generated $91 million from its casinos in las vegas and pennsylvania. properties in macau brought in four times that amount, $429 million. he's a friend to china, it's been good to him, unlike the man he's supporting. >> it's good to trade with other nations, good for us to be able to trade. it creates jobs for us, but we have to make sure that when nations like china cheat, we hold them responsible and ma

>> sheldon adelson has made no bones about the fact he would like to show president obama the door. he might be at the front of that list. he's put a lot of money into this race. about $20 million into newt gingrich's failed campaign. he donated 10 million to a super pac. they say they're not raising money, which is why the doors will be closed. >> have they said what the difference between the two? >> they said the fact they are not going to be slis itting donations at this event. this is the nevada finance team looking f looking for where they're going to put their resources. because of paul ryan's really lack of foreign policy experience, sheldon adelson cares very much about the state of israel. if he has any sit down time with paul ryan, we might suspect they get around to talking about israel and try to bring paul ryan up to speed on what sheldon adelson would like to see. >> in my part of the world, we call that a prospecting event. quickly, what is next for our candidates? ron, i'm going to start with you. >> reporter: well, tomorrow paul ryan is off to ohio, back where he w

adelson now a dosen is currently under federal investigation related to allegations that he bribed the chinese officials for favorable casino contracts and there are also those reports that also has a history of doing business with chinese crime gangs with the tree ads so why was it so important for paul ryan to fly out to meet this guy well because so far this election. is spent more money to defeat progressives than any other single singular person anywhere in the country or the world he spent fifty million bucks on the cause already and he's promised to spend more than one hundred million dollars or whatever it takes to make sure romney wins and obama loses that's why paul ryan's first order of business as the republican candidate for vice president was to stand before a bill said in person and promise to be a loyal lapdog promise to kiss the ring there's no question about it it's going to be hard for progressives to win in november with people like sheldon adelson willing to dump their fortunes into this election just like it's going to be hard for progressives to win with voter id

and so in some respects, this is a coming out party for the mega donors like david koch and sheldon adelson, and they're being much more public than they have before. but it's also noteworthy because congress back in 2007 after the jack abramoff scandal imposed new ethics rules that were supposed to put tight curbs on these types of events. in fact, lobbying entities were barred from throwing parties for a member of congress. but sure enough, clever lawyering and some interesting ethics rulings, interpretations of that, have thrown open the bar so we're basically back where we started. instead of honoring individual members of congress, the lobbyists are honoring groups of members of congress. the congressional yacht caucus, the oklahoma delegation, i brought a whole bunch of these with me. and you know, so that's one sort of way they're skirting the rules. i talked to jack abramoff today about all this who said nothing has changed. he'll be there as a common tear for "inside edition." and he's say lg of the old games that were in play that led to these congressional lobbying restrictions a

so you could have two weeks before the election someone like sheldon adelson or someone step in drop a half million dollars in election race and flip it like that do you think that we're going to see the effects of citizens united more on the congressional levels and even said senate races the than in the presidential election is going to be a lot harder to swing that election when you know we had such an enormous change structurally in the political fund raising scheme of things since citizens united because of also another supreme court case that was decided right around that time and the role of non-profits i mean we're not even talking about that so i think it's really i think the congressional level certainly and at the presidential last level it's going to be interesting because like in chicago in the new obama campaign they're saying well we're going to do you want fundraiser but now we're going back into rallies and they're hoping that that's where they're going to actually make a difference those charity groups the five zero one c four as those with the biggest scare will so

adelson now a dosen is currently under federal investigation related to allegations that he bribed the chinese officials for favorable casino contracts and there are also those reports that it also has a history of doing business with chinese crime games with the tree ads so why was it so important for paul ryan to fly out to meet this guy well because so far this election. is spent more money to defeat progressives than any other single singular person anywhere in the country or the world he's spent fifty million bucks on the cause already and he's promised to spend more than one hundred million dollars or whatever it takes to make sure romney wins and obama loses that's why paul ryan's first order of business as the republican candidate for vice president was to stand before a bill said in person and promise to be a loyal lapdog promise to kiss the ring there's no question about it it's going to be hard for progressives to win in november with people like sheldon adelson willing to dump their fortunes into this election just like it's going to be hard for progressives to win with vot

i don't think sheldon adelson is really going to hurt among voters. i think it's pretty inside baseball and it's certainly not going to hurt him on voters within the next 90 days unless something really goes down. all you have to do is really look back at the clinton years. there was all kinds of funny business going on with their donors and it didn't -- >> behind closed doors. >> all the hurt is erased by $10 million worth of aid for the campaign. >> absolutely. you take your lumps and go cash your check. not a bad plan. >> we will see. coming up, another fast and furious sequel. house republicans file a suit against eric holder, frequent foil and witness of darrell issa. >> have you and your attorneys produced internally the materials responsive to the subpoenas? >> we believe that we have responded to the subpoena. >> no, mr. attorney general, you're not a good witness. a good witness answers the question asked. let's go back again. >> we will discuss issa's suit and pursuit when the ranking member of the oversight committee, congressman elijah cum

when sheldon adelson investigation gets dropped, of course people well recommend that. there are such large contributions on both sides. this will get funneled into the large contribution fund. there is also a medium presumptions that -- >> [inaudible] [laughter] >> it is seen as contribution must be divided something. that is until proven wrong. often the contributions are about i do not like the other guy, i hope he loses. like the president, he wanted to lose. i do not think you want a casino in the mall of washington, dc. >> we do not know is the main thing. i can't the system we are not talking about the law, i thought it was interesting that mitt romney said earlier today on fox news that if he ran for reelection, he would abide by the public funds for his campaign. in some ways i am tempted to ask bill whether he feels president obama opened the door to what we of this time, because it was obama's decision and a very different kind of campaign where money was literally raining down on you, mainly from t. he public system. >> after earlier saying he would abide by

and, you know, i mean paul ryan being out in las vegas today with sheldon adelson, i don't get that. you talk about a risky move. here is a guy whose company, los angeles sands is under investigation for money laund laundering. the republicans in the house have gotten so smug in how they do business and, of course, you know i have caulderic cantor a bought and paid for crook. he is. there is no question, you know, he havelled eric cantor a bought and paid for crook. he is. there is no question, you know, he have bur for paul ryan to go out there today, you know, with sheldon adelson, i don't get it. to me, it's nuts. >> this guy is the republicans -- ties the republicans in the house to mitt romney. there no way, no matter how much he wilks and squiggles. >> there is no question about it. >> your point, they are not in the mainstream of this country. they represent the tea party. >> the main question to get your reaction on it the ryan selection provides a whole array, a panoply of other things to be able to attack mitt romney on. >> everything. >>. >> including the ryan budget obvio

he had children adelson on an ego -- sheldon adel sent on an ego trip with him there he never mentioned the peace process. you always hear trellis approvingly quoting -- charles approve beagley quoting a u.n. document. the palestinians are among the best educated and most entrepreneurial of the people in the entire region. mitt romney -- the reason the press is upset is the entire trip, he had taken three questions from the press. barack obama, already when he made the trip in 2000, at a press conference every place he went. >> the press hates to be ignored, colby. >> we deserve attention, and when we don't get it, we complain about it. i am not going to grade his trip. heent to israel and said that jerusalem should be the capital. it is a question that the u.s. has always hedged on. the use of the word "culture" -- it is good to have people after the fact revise his remarks to say what he meant by it, but the word is loaded. it is a loaded term. i have heard it before to explain differences between african-americans and whites. stycan have some very na applications. let me finish, plea

he had children adelson on an ego -- sheldon adel sent on an ego trip with him there he never mentioned the peace process. you always hear trellis approvingly quoting -- charles approve beagley quoting a u.n. document. the palestinians are among the best educated and most entrepreneurial of the people in the entire region. mitt romney -- the reason the press is upset is the entire trip, he had taken three questions from the press. barack obama, already when he made the trip in 2000, at a press conference every place he went. >> the press hates to be ignored, colby. >> we deserve attention, and when we don't get it, we complain about it. i am not going to grade his trip. he went to israel and said that jerusalem should be the capital. it is a question that the u.s. has always hedged on. the use of the word "culture" -- it is good to have people after the fact revise his remarks to say what he meant by it, but the word is loaded. it is a loaded term. i have heard it before to explain differences between african-americans and whites. stycan have some very na applications. let me finish, pl

george soros, sheldon adelson. ok, and hypothetical. if romney is elected and the justice department decides to drop the investigation of sheldon adelson, which he would have done anyway, there will be a lot of stories that say -- and conversely, if obama is elected and he sides with the hollywood types, then the same thing. >> one thing that bill never mentioned and has not come up with it here is unions. unions are the largest donors to bill's superpac -- i believe they are. to my knowledge. they announced earlier this year they would spend $450 million, elections. then "the wall street journal" estimated it would be a lot more than that. when you have the president saying that the private sector is doing fine, what we need to be doing is helping the public sector, and it is public-sector unions that are usually found in the campaign, i think that's a big part of the discussion also. that is nothing new. >> when sheldon adelson's investigation is dropped by a run the justice department, of course people are going to ask questions. tha

george soros, sheldon adelson. ok, and hypothetical. if romney is elected and the justice department decides to drop the investigation of sheldon adelson, which way -- and have done anyway, there will be a lot of stories that say -- and conversely, if obama is elected and he sides with the hollywood types, then the same thing. >> one thing that bill never mentioned and has not come up with it here is unions. unions are the largest donors to bill's superpac -- i believe they are. to my knowledge. they announced earlier this year they would spend $450 million, elections. then "the wall street journal" estimated it would be a lot more than that. when you have the president saying that the private sector is doing fine, what we need to be doing is helping the public sector, and it is public-sector unions that are usually found in the campaign, i think that's a big part of the discussion also appear that is nothing new. -- discuss in also. that is nothing new. >> when sheldon adelson's investigation is dropped by a run the justice department,

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with casino magnate, sheldon adelson and his wife, miriam, who have given millions of dollars, mrs. adelson will have her own pavilion at the convention called woman up. >> she's got a pavilion, karl rove, who's been raking in six, seven-figure checks also has been all around town. it's definitely true that this year, there's a real imbalance between democrats and republicans when it comes to collecting checks in very large amounts. it's a real shift from the 1990s, where the clintons, and bill clinton was really the master of collecting what was then called soft money checks, from donors. republicans often were playing catch-up. this time around, it really is the republican party and mitt romney that's been able to attract these sums in large amounts. and there is really no shame here in tampa, in celebrating the donors. and feeding them in these -- in pavilion pavilions, as you said. >> indeed. michael isikoff, final question to you. is this all just the consequence, the coming to fruition of what happened with citizens united? is this where all of this originally stems from? >> t

. $30 million so far by sheldon adelson and predictions he may go up to $100 million. the americans for prosperity has put out it's going to spend as much as $150 million. much of that is believed to be koch brothers money. so we're seeing the sorts of sums that we have not seen for quite some time. and so in some respects, this is a coming out party for the mega donors like david koch and sheldon adelson, and they're being much more public than they have before. but it's also noteworthy because congress back in 2007 after the jack abramoff scandal imposed new ethics rules that were supposed to put tight curbs on these types of events. in fact, lobbying entities were barred from throwing parties for a member of congress. but sure enough, clever lawyering and some interesting ethics rulings, interpretations of that, have thrown open the bar so we're basically back where we started. instead of honoring individual members of congress, the lobbyists are honoring groups of members of congress. the congressional yacht caucus, the oklahoma delegation, i brought a whole bunch

. >>> mitt romney's running mate, paul ryan had a meeting in las vegas with casino owner sheldon adelson. "the new york times" reports that since the law prevents elected officials from asking donors for money. an aide said its a finance event, no a fundraiser. a until poll finds that 80 million americans do not plan on voting this election day. 43% of those nonvoters support president obama and only 20% prefer romney. >>> tmz reports that megadeath front man, dave mustaine bashed president obama during a concert in singapore. he told the concertgoers a s ar trying to pass gun ban, so he's staging these murders. >>> the romney presidential campaign has used a song at candidate appearances called "panic switch" by a ban called the silversun pickups, the group sent a lawyer to stop the use of the song and the band's front man said we don't like people going behind our backs using our music without asking and we don't like the romney campaign. and there's a new song about the romney campaign by the band devo. the new song about the romney dog riding on top of the car, is called "don't roof

you mentions the cokes, david coke, sheldon adelson, those kind of guys? >> exactly. a coming out party for the mega donors, the billionaires who have been pouring money into the super pacs. sheldon adelson who has put in over $30 million so far to this election may go up to $100 million, is going to be the featured guest at a group called the republican jewish coalition, salute to pro israel lawmakers. this is a group that he primarily finances. he'll be making an appearance here. probably the big, most eagerly awaited one, david coke, coke industries. a salute to david coke, sponsored by the americans for prosperity. his conservative advocacy group on thursday, a lot of people will be there. >> a phrase i never thought i would say, michael isikoff, our party guy on the scene, thank you. >> that's going to wrap up this hour of "jansing and co." thomas roberts is up next. good morning, thomas. >> good morning to you. good morning, everybody. the agenda next hour, moments now from the latest tracking information on tropical storm isaac. tampa gets a pass but new orlean

someone like sheldon adelson is buying his seat at the table. the reason he travels around the country with mitt romney. there is a reason that the first fund-raiser that paul ryan did was at the casino of sheldon adelson. there was a reason he was in israel with mr. romney. and not everybody can do that. when the numbers get so big and corporations can give unlimited sums and individuals can give unlimited sums, no disclosure of what they're doing, the voices that get drowned out are the folks in the middle-class. you get to a point where the $25 donations make less of an impact than they could otherwise because the numbers are so extraordinary. if mitt romney wins, it will basically be an affirmation of the system. yes, you can buy your way through this process. a lot of people talk about all the super pacs through the primaries. one person who has rarely benefited from superpac is mitt romney. he would not be the nominee today if it was not for charlie and the hard work he was doing at that super pac. the difference in this race, i think, is

. >>> billionaire republican donor sheldon adelson has filed a lawsuit against the national democratic jewish council. the casino owner made liablous statements about his political contributions. >>> al gore will anchor the current tv coverage of the republican and democratic conventions. gore is the founder and owner of current tv and will lead the coverage from studios in new york. >>> politico reports the cast of mtv's "the jersey shore" says they care about voting, and in a new video, urge participation in the 2012 election. snooki says, quote, i am seriously worried about my country's future. >>> and speaking of jersey, mitt romney's motorcade accidentally crashed a jewish wedding there yesterday as the bride and groom were posing for photographs. a.p. photos showed wedding guests in the parking lot reacting as they tried to get a look at romney and his car. later he posed for some pictures with the wedding party, but the media was kept away. >>> and president obama told a crowd in colorado yesterday that he has promised his wife no more singing al green songs. politico says the p

. >>> the "wall street journal" reports billionaire republican donor sheldon adelson's corporation is the target of a federal investigation into possible violations of u.s. money-laundering laws. uh-oh. the u.s. attorney's office in l.a. is looking into the casino company's handling of money from two businessmen accused or convicted of crimes. >>> plus, when president obama and mitt romney are nominated at their conventions, protesters may be kept far away. a federal appeals ruling gives officials in tampa and charlotte the authority to allow tighter restrictions on protesters and limit them to areas where they may not be seen or heard by convention delegates. >>> congresswoman michele bachmann would be the perfect running mate for mitt romney. that's according to a leading democrat. former pennsylvania governor ed rendell joked on cbs that "i'm for michele bachmann for vice president," although he actually prefers incumbent democrat joe biden, at least i think so. as more lawmakers say they support a law to keep olympic medal winners from having to pay taxes on their prize, who is di