ANDRIA HALL, CNN ANCHOR: As we reported earlier, there are new questions, today, about Democratic presidential nominee Al Gore and some of his past fund-raising activities. The latest questions center around a Texas trial lawyer and his contributions to the Democratic party. CNN senior political correspondent Candy Crowley is in Manchester, New Hampshire, where Mr. Gore is campaigning today, trying to stay on point and on message. She joins us with some reaction from the Gore campaign. Hi, Candy.</s>CANDY CROWLEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning. The Gore campaign would like to talk about education, they would like to be as far away as possible from this story. As, you know, campaign fund-raising has been a sore spot for Democrats, insofar as this story is out there. It's certainly is not helpful to the campaign of Al Gore. But, aides say, that that phone call that was requested of the vice president was never made by the vice president. Aides say: We don't know that this story has to do with us. We are not involved with this story, as far as they are concerned. At the White House, Jim Kennedy, a spokesman for the vice president, says that this matter has been up on Capitol Hill, that they have had the information and they find it suspect that it should come up just now. Having said that, it still is not helpful for the Gore campaign to have campaign fund-raising come up just now or at any point during the campaign. So, their MO, if you will, is to stay as far away from this story as possible, and to say that the vice president simply wasn't involved and move on with what they want to talk about, which, today, is education.</s>HALL: Candy Crowley, reporting live from Manchester, New Hampshire. Thanks, Candy.
New Questions Arise about Al Gore's Past Fund-raising