>> check out the podcast this week pretty good also check out from the kitchen table, we are covering the five stories no one is talking about because the trump indictment that you need to know about. but i'll be right back here for pete tomorrow come check us out tomorrow. >> happy easter. >> evident saturday. neil: is china preparing for combat? those are the claims china's liberation army as u.s. lawmakers continue to meet with taiwan's president in taipei. china holding military drills to send a clear message it is not happy with that meeting. we have never seen drills or activity like this, like ever. more than 70 chinese aircraft detected crossing of the taiwan strait. several chinese ships surrounding the island as we speak of. how support affairs committee

chairman mike mccall is there and promising to back taiwan should china cross the line they are. former secretary of defense on how the u.s. is responding to china's threats they are. not just on the military front but increasingly on the economic front too. while tensions are rising there, crime is spiking here. meet the florida sheriff with a direct message, hold criminals accountable no matter how young. marion county sheriff billy woods is here. welcome everybody i am neil cavuto it. we've got a busy show for you. also taking a look at developments in taiwan and around taiwan because we have never seen a military buildup quite like this. it is a worrying others to say it does not take much for someone to pull a trigger. and maybe trigger a war. let's get there latest right now. from taiwan. >> good morning to you. good to see you. you can see for your self on a type a in the ground of people

are their daily lives despite the fact that china isn't flexing its military muscle less than 100 miles away. we have brand-new video of the military drills let's go ahead and take a look. as you mentioned a stunning 71 chinese army jets and a nine navy ships have entered the taiwan strait as china's people's liberation army launches the three days of military drills. about 45 of these jets are crossing that median line. even going into taiwan's air defense zone. it is happening presumably in response to the big meeting between house speaker earlier this week. and of course the bipartisan delegation in taipei during the three day visit to the island. michael mccaul telling fox news the goal of this trip was to

rally allies support in the pacific and try to deter chinese invasion. but if that were to happen, sending u.s. troops is not out of the question. telling me why it is so critical right now for americans to support taiwan. >> in 90% of the advanced semi conductor capabilities the world in manufacturing exist right here in taiwan. if that is compromise in any way, it is a strategic asset, and national security asset. if that is taken over by invasion, or it is broken it will send this globe into a world of hurt and a global depression. >> lawmakers told me right before they left to the island that as soon as they get back to capitol hill their number one priority is to expedite getting

those weapons that taiwan already bought years ago finally getting those weapons to them as quickly as possible. neil: thank you for that please get home safely. ana and i can't lucas tomlinson is there, lucas. >> neil, those chinese fighter jacks include nuclear bombers. here at the white house to jon kirby try to calm things down before leaving for the easter weekend. but the light of communication remain open. we have communicated to china privately, certainly have done it publicly here with you all that there is no reason for them to overreact to this transit. it is not uncommon for these entrances to happen. they are private, they are unofficial we would urge china it's not to overreact. >> talking about the visit from the lawmakers of course there. the hasty withdrawal from afghanistan that dominated the press briefing thursday after the white house released a 12

page summary report largely blaming the trump administration for the debacle. u.s. officials say 19000 afghans are still waiting for visas to enter the united states. many languishing and refugee camps after helping u.s. military for years. some democratic lawmakers including a marine combat veteran are joining republicans insane part of the blame for the chaotic withdrawal belongs of the current commander-in-chief. >> i don't think it is enough to blame the previous ministration for this is the commander-in-chief. he is responsible for what he and his administration does. clearly they did not start this evacuation soon enough. >> hudson of the fines and report as well. in the middle east sit navy announcing the guided missile submarine uss florida armed with up to 154 tomahawk cruise missiles transited the suez canal headed to the red sea following forces that killed an american contractor and wounded many american soldiers. now coupled with the war in ukraine plenty on the white house's plate overseas appeared happy easter.

neil: you as well my friend thank you for that update. lucas tomlinson at the white house. that's the former defense secretary of the night states doctor mark esper good to have you back. >> hi neil, good to be with you. you would know this far better than i, sir. i do not recall -- i don't recall military buildup but a military presence so sweeping on the part of china around taiwan. do you? what do you make of it? >> if you look operationally in the last 12 months we saw a bigger buildup last summer when speaker pelosi traveled to taiwan. i was there in taipei a couple weeks prior. i think that seven days worth of exercises they were threatening this and that. when you step back to point you made earlier, neil, china is clearly building up its military. it has the largest navy in the world, the largest army. it's increasing the size of its nuclear forces or fold by the year 2035. they have made clear that by

2035 they want to have a modern military. and their goal is to move beyond endo pacific and project power around the world. we should be concerned about that. neil: what are the rules on that median line in that taiwan he and strait, secretary? china with at least 29 aircraft and considerably more since that was posted this morning hasn't crossed repeatedly on the northern, the southern side. but again and again, what are the consequences? >> everyone agrees the taiwan strait is an international waterway. as such, international law says you draw a line midway between taiwan and mainland china and that becomes a demarcation point between those two countries. but we have seen over the last two, three, four years is china increasingly violated that rule. and pushing the boundaries of what has been acceptable over the previous decades. that is why i believe we should respond to these chinese

provocations. maybe have more u.s. navy deployment in the region. we definitely need to increase our training with the taiwanese ruby to push back on china trying to change international rules. neil: they get very close to flying directly over taiwan if they have not already but maybe they did at the time when you were there at the time of nancy pelosi's visit. the fact of the matters are flying fighter jets and firing missiles into the sea nearby china daily basis. that does not leave much room for error. something small could turn out to be a huge mistake. where does this possibly go? >> last year they made a strategic mistake last summer when they fired missiles that hit into japan's exclusive economic zone. that was another straw that prompted tokyo to make bold decisions last year end say they were going to double their defense budget and five years. and they were going to take on offensive strike capabilities. aligning far more closely with the united states.

and by the way, tokyo also recognizes chinese assault on taiwan would affect their own security for its good to see more of the allies in the region recognizing the importance of taiwan and the critical western nations pushing back against this autocracy run by the chinese cummins party. city think about it, secretary, you and i chatted about this earlier this idea of a rival currency that china is trying to shepherd together working with countries like saudi arabia, iran, russia, in the so-called brick countries with brazil. there is a move afoot right now to take the dollar out of the global reserve currency. a lot of people here say what's the big deal? why is that a big deal? >> it would be a very big deal if somehow the rn beat was to replace, which would never happen and be a substitute or an alternative to the dollar. so many transactions would

happen to limit our ability to sanction countries economically, financially if you will. it's never going to happen because nobody trusts the bank of china. nobody trusted chinese, and his party to not manipulate the currency, not to play games with it. you can't have full faith and confidence in it paid last year or two years alone when xi jinping has done to his economy, he is pretty much a decimated tech sector trying to reimpose state control. all of those things should give investors no faith or confidence or little faith and confidence in the chinese economy loaner treasury. space could sixth i have known doubt you are right about that for the time being money talks site's been spreading money around the middle east trying to shepherd a peace agreement not a peace agreement as much as to ease hostility between iran and saudi arabia is been pouring money into africa and south america as well. not only to curry favor and put

a >> and the usi but maybe get support from the rival currency may be a basket of currencies should we worry about the progress they are making. >> we certainly should pray they have a belt and road initiative for several years which is creating goodwill with countries rather particular he africa and latin america we should really concern us for their aim is to have access to strategic material like nickel, lithium and other things for you and they want to build ports and bases overseas we have been very concerned about building a grace on the western coast of africa after hitting on another point. they do throw money around its debt diplomacy and ends up hurting the country and just this year, they, the chinese have increased their diplomacy budget by double digit. they're going to push along the pillar using the r and b is tool to get their way. neil: before move on i want to

address the fact china has already announced sanctions against the reagan presidential library and other organizations it says are not befitting hosting events that are anti- china. it occurred to me we will likely respond with sanctions of our own prove arctic targeted a number of high-tech chinese companies. they will no doubt follow that up with going with the number of u.s. companies. are we preparing the american people for the likelihood of this escalates? things are going to get a lot more expensive. the goods they are used to buy because it seems like everything is from china will be hard to find and a lot pricier to buy. >> it never hurts in this context to increase the strategic talk of the threats we face from china. the director of the fbi is told is opening up an espionage investigation every 12 hours. we know china is pushing its own propaganda here in the united

states. particulate or academic institutions. and so on one hand the administration has been a week terms of supporting our own defense the budget. they put a budget by it increases above 5%. on the other hand they done a pretty good job continuing what we began in the previous administration of sanctioning chinese companies and trying to gain some strategic autonomy like was mentioned earlier on with semi conductors and things like that. we need to continue along this force and educate the american people. neil: the american people have to be prepared if we cut ties or drastically cut imports from china things are going to get a lot pricier here is it worth that struggle? >> it will when i talk about strategic decoupling economically or talk about high end items. they went to sell us rubber doggy bones and shirts and sweaters that is fine. think american companies are finally realizing it too. the good news is the american

people typically pull very highly opposed to the chinese communist party. we long recognize there is an economic cost of this. that is something we are just going to have to bite down hard.on and accept. neil: the reality of that is something to be well telegraphed, well planned and prepared. we'll see what happens. secretary i hope you have a wonderful weekend, a good easter. stay safe. >> thank you happy easter to you too. neil: former defense secretary of the united states mark esper. from a spike in military concerns overseas, a spike in crime in the united states the latest on the san francisco entrepreneurs death and what went down in florida. tragically involving kids and the people behind it, kids. lexa gangs don't go to church on sunday and preach the gospel for sunday and preach the gospel for the next six days. they are gangs because they commit crimes.

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about the killing of cash app creator viably in san francisco. there was another dangerous attack a little more than 24 hours after that. the person who receives it was a former commission who is still in hospital after being attacked with a crowbar not too far outside his own home which was not that far from where this cash app creator himself wasn't knifed and killed earlier this past week. let's get the latest on how that investigation is going with claudia. >> neil it is just heartbreaking to see how bob lee spent the final moments of his life early tuesday morning desperately trying to get help. surveillance footage obtained by the daily mail shows a prominent tech executive right after he

had been repeatedly stabbed in the chest is staggering along the sidewalk. a bleeding, trying to flag down a driver or doorman to no avail. reportedly a kitchen knife with a 4-inch blade was found in a nearby parking lot. but police have not confirmed if that was the murder weapon and have been tightlipped about the case. >> this investigation is still the early stages. because of this we are not commenting on evidence nor police speculate on the circumstances surrounding this horrific crime. >> some of lee's french have launched a change.org to seek justice for viably and make san francisco safe again. that petition calls on city leaders to take stronger action against violent offenders and to improve public safety. lee had recently moved to miami. his friends that he did not feel safe living in san francisco anymore. he called a quote a cesspool. but he had to come back last friday for a business meeting and then he extended his trip to see friends. brought attention to a rise in violent crime including four

stabbings in four days. even in nicer parts of san francisco like rent con hill where elite was attacked spirit at a community meeting thursday night about public safety police chief bill scott said there have been good developments in this case. and he hinted an arrest could come soon. while the mayor and district attorney are promising to hold those responsible, fully accountable. neil: thank you for that claudia. in the meantime here it's not just on the west coast, the east coast and course in florida killing of those three teens but we are a teenager a 12-year-old were indeed arrested on that triple homicide in central florida. the sheriff involved says regardless of their age there is no lightning up on the potential punishment. >> the fact is, society feels it. not hold our juveniles

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>> they took a life. are you all comprehending that? they took a life without tho thought. they deserve the full extent of the law. twenty-six in marion county sheriff billy woods talk about two juveniles who have been arrested and a third now being sought in connection with the recent shooting deaths of three area teenagers in central florida community. the sheriff kind enough to join us now. sheriff, it is very good to have you sir. how is that investigation going

now? >> good morning, thanks for having me. well, we are getting closer and closer to the conclusion. as soon we have this third suspect in our custody we will be able to conduct our interviews, finalize, and put what evidence we have together. with the cooperation of soother state attorney's office in the state attorney bill. we do not have him in custody yet. but hopefully we will hear soon. neil: was there a link between these two juveniles in the third being shot, sheriff, to those who were murdered? did they know them? >> correct scott that is they link. they knew each other. they are associated with gangs and not necessarily at the time are they doing gang activity nor am i going to say the actions were specifically gang rivalry. but the way i put her in my press conference there is no

honor among thieve tragic. there is nothing good in this entire scenario pretty have six teens which is ravishing not just my community but every community across this nation. our youth are engaged in more criminal activity and then they go out there. now, i note some of your viewers are going to say they don't have a criminal history. just because we have not caught them does not mean they have not committed crimes, been part of crimes are helped in crimes. the facts the victims are three juveniles and our suspect and murders are three juveniles, there is nothing good in the scenario. neil: to impress me the most by following you and your remarks, sheriff, over the last week how blunt you are. but you do not leave any room for doubt. stepping back and looking at it starkly and simply. you refer to these individuals with no honor among thieves.

you went on to say at some point these three individuals turned on our three victims and murdered them. and i thought the simplicity of that and the powerful impact of that hit a lot of people. he is right. we are talking, they are under age of got to be careful, don't do this and don't do that. but you looked at it with the reality of the moment. and indeed they were behind us. they murdered three young pe people. >> well, neil, what i'm a simple man. i am as simplistic as possible. i do not believe in being politically correct spray do not believe in holding back. i know my community expects the truth and that's what i give them. i tell them exactly how it is. people don't like me, i can live with that. i definitely can. you know, people think that we, like myself, are hard.

we have hearts, i have kids and they understand these scenarios. but the fact is we dance around the real issues. we want to focus on one thing that has no capability. i can tie the gun did not knock on the door, walk on the room and say let's go kill somebody today. they made a conscious decision. the failure here is that we do not get to the root cause. family, our schools, and even ourselves out here in society. we in fact are enabling everything in which they do just because we do not hold them accountable. just because we minimize their actions. we do not do them justice. we are doing them harm. we are just degrading every single day in our society and these great united states of which you and i live in, neil. it is degrading. we need to go back to what our

faith and our beliefs, back to our fathers that discipline us. this is missing, neil, truly is. the foundation is there but the walls have crumbled and we need to build the backup. neil: what is disturbing all the more about this, sheriff, this is indeed the work of gangs or gang work or gangs of festering in florida. a very prevalent in the northeast and california. we do not hear too much about it in florida but it is a problem. you are worried about it, aren't you? >> absolutely i am. everybody wants to ignore it or deny it. every community has got them. no matter how big or how small there's some form form of a gang in their communities. i am here to tell you 15 years ago i would have denied it too. you would have heard me saying no, there are no gangs here, but there is. now i am not saying there to the level of the cartel.

they are just what i phrasing everybody's hit on this they are want to be gangs. they have no structure is still a gang. it's a group of them that come together how to pound on each other's chest i'm better than you, you defended me mets they are back and forth don't deny it, face it, embrace it and deal with it. neil: do you think these juveniles or whatever we want to call them, should then be prosecuted as adults? >> yes, i do to the full extent. neil: and if not if we don't prosecute them as adults what is your fear? >> the fear is what i just said earlier, we are sending a clear message to individuals like this that there is no accountability. and unfortunately, and it breaks my heart, it is a 12-year-old involved as well. his life is over.

one decision, one decision and his life is done. as he knows it. neil: sheriff, very powerful. it really did stop a nation in its tracks and it needed to be stopped in its tracks to look at violence at its core. in this case it's senseless core. as a dad myself i appreciate that. >> thank you, neil, if on the only one that's going to stand on that line i will stand on that line by myself. i'm tired. the rhetoric around this nation. i am tired of hearing this and that and nobody wants to stand up. we sit back in the shadows and just accepted or tolerated. i will be there. and i encourage people to join me. i will stand on that line if i have to buy myself. neil: keep us posted, sheriff it. thank you for taking the time and thank you for speaking the way you do but we could use a lot more that in this world.

be well, sheriff. >> thank you, neil, be safe. neil: yourself as well. in the meantime we are keeping track of all the attention afforded one at donald trump in its campaign effort. he's raising a lot of money 12 million bucks so far we've been told, may be even more. but he is not the only one, after this.

follow the money when it comes to politics or at least where the money is heading to certain candidates. in the case of one donald j trump after the indictment effect because of that indictment he is seeing more than $12 million come to his campaign coffers. that might be a conservative figure. it is not just him, chris jenkins has more from wash washington. >> good morning. maybe that sheriff should get into the presidential race. he made a lot of sense. what an amazing interview that was and he has plenty of time their 577 days until election day 2024. things are heating up. trump's indictments of ours proved to be a real boon for his campaign from a fundraising standpoint he continues to rake in the dough going in over 12 million since being indicted. he's going after desantis dollars he made a note to donors with polling results they claim shows two -- one head-to-head advantage over the florida governor. now desantis has yet to enter the race for it as we reported on your show this week, a pack

supporting him has raised a whopping $30 million since early march. meanwhile nikki haley reports she has hauled in more than $11 million in the first six weeks of her campaign from 70000 donations from all 50 states. this may be the most interesting dynamic of trumps indictment. but all the other candidates and very awkward position of having to defend him, watch for it. >> are to all these legal gymnastics to try to act like it's a felony. when almost every other time he tried to take the melodies and downgrade them to misdemeanors. this guy is doing politics. he has an agenda. >> you get into political prosecutions like this it is more about revenge than it is about justice. >> click to the overwhelming american people this is nothing short of a political prosecution. >> assist obviously a politicized prosecution. it is a persecution. >> they're all talk about trumpet look he had several of

those hopefuls would be together with the trumpet next week including pence, hutchinson, and sin anew at the nra meeting while nikki haley will be back on the trail in iowa along with tim scott who will appear there along with new hampshire. now finally for the eventual nominee will face in november of next year. president biden has yet to announce for reelection although sources say he is deafly running right now there only two declared democrats. >> so far, so far griffin thank you for that. griff will be coming up right after the show by the way. by the way, he did a nice job laying out free of the candidates who were saying the same thing they think alvin bragg went too far. then there's the case of asa hutchinson the former governor would declare the latest republican interested in that party's presidential nomination, here's what he had to say on the subject of donald trump in that

indictment. >> he is under indictment. residency of the united states i we've always viewed the position of our personal desires? i don't believe donald trump is the right one to lead our country again. neil: he is the only one saying that among the possible mentioned candidates for removal get the reed on this also known for big gop fundraiser. he stood out and saying he too has to agree the prosecutor is being a little bit too aggressive. but it is what it is there's going to be a long string of investigations and a long string of possible indictments to come on a host of other issues. the bigger part of valor for

donald trump abeyta stepped out lesson donald trump has not done that. i cannot see him doing that but what you make of it? >> full disclosure i used to work two cycles with governor asa hutchinson when he ran for election and reelection. i had experience with former governor hutchinson he is a standup guy. i think what he is saying a lot of gop voters feel the same way it is a distraction from getting elected to office and focusing on issues. the only thing i will say is asa hutchinson is the only person that stepped out of the pack to once again say bragg went too far. he also said let's call it out. let's focus on issues. this is turned into a political circus. it's time to get back to the values that republican party and

focus on the issues going forward instead of this three ring circus going on. so at least he said it. let's see if he gets a fundraising bump because so far it looks like the only fundraising bump has been for donald trump with all of the red meat surrounding the political circus. six i was thinking a little bit about what hutchinson was laying out there i could see in the debate if he is included in one. him going after the president saying why don't you step down you have had investigations who knows where we'll be in august when that debate is tentatively scheduled. but he will make it a subject in the debate. you think other candidates would or should? >> i think most candidates are going to stick with the line this is an unfair prosecution by an over zealous and politically -based prosecutor. i do not think any of the

carrots are going to depart from that. the question the republicans are going to have to decide is which candidate can get the swing voter and actually win the election. which candidate would do better job at restoring the freedom of speech and equal justice under the law. these incredible core values is under attack. if you are a candidate you are not going to attack trump over these indictments but you are going to wonder or question who is the best to go forward to solve these problems and bring the country together? >> obviously donald trump's poll numbers have gone up. his fundraising has gone up. he is this rockstar -- has remained through all of this. he could very well be the party's nominee. a lot of the big many people you talk to are not quite as convinced he could go all of the weight. i think as mark has reminded me in prior interviews do not assume that because people said the same thing back in 2016.

so your thoughts on this? >> absolutely. i was going to tell you he has used this to do unbelievable fundraising. especially with the small donor. because what they are reporting is the donations are on average $34. so to me when you see a small donor given that is momentum and that translates into votes. when you see the major donors which is sort donald trump's got problems with the major donors. you've got ken griffin who basically came out and said i am going to support desantis or my checkbook is open. you have got these types of donors. let's see what major donors that couldn't get messages out while the campaign is going on to increase their messages. let's look at larry ellison. let's see what steve wynn is going to do. some of these people have supported donald trump and some

of these people are turned off about what is going on in the news to see if even supports them. neil: will watch her closely, guys thank you very, very much. in the meantime we are focusing on the nations whether for this is one of the first quiet weekends as far as weather is concerned. we have seen in some time. we'll be joining us to spell out what we are in store for it is still a young tornado season after this. mpower, even if we do live to 100 we don't have to worry. eh, not worried. take control of your financial future to empower what's next. [sfx: stomach gurgling] it's nothing... sounds like something. ♪ when you have nausea, heartburn, indigestion, ♪ ♪ upset stomach, diarrhea. ♪ pepto bismol coats and soothes for fast relief... when you need it most.

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out break alone. more than a thousand almost 1000 reports coming in storm damage, wind reports, hailed reports for the here's what we have going on right now most of the energy can fight in the southeast. most of my be heavy rains. if you isolate a pockets of thunderstorms that does include places along the masters we've been watching the rain move through here. in fact a couple trees came down yesterday from a wind gust that blew through here for the future into the afternoon over the carolinas another two or 3 inches of rain. meantime no date the beach over florida especially closer to the gulf coast. we have a few isolate and charge the mix for you print plenty of cloud cover. it is not till late tomorrow the system starts to lift out of here. then we get a break. behind if there is some good news though. so much recovery going on right now. we've got clear conditions for the day today and into tomorrow. temperature started to warm up over the middle portion of the lower 48. with that all the rate down to the south it is going to be cold

over the carolinas for that cold air in and hugging the carolinas east of the appalachian mountains with its cold air does not want to move anywhere we've got temperatures in the 40s after words in the 70s and 80s early before the sun came up yesterday. new storm system event to the pacific northwest for easter sunday. we've got a few light scattered showers over the middle part of the country but here's the big change. high pressure, any time a talk high pressure sinking air that's going to warm us up. that is going to extend over into the great lakes region and into the northeast. now, this is going to be with us through next week. we are watching this area here, guess what it's want to hug the coast and bring more rain to the south and southeast. areas that have been saturated. meantime saw the arab high pressure in place and look what happens, tuesday, wednesday, thursday of sight from the southeast, temperatures are well above average 28 -- 30 degrees above average in some cases. we are talking 200 million americans on wednesday into thursday right above average with these numbers. neil, the big story is going to

be we will watch for snowmelt here as we've had so much snow over the intermountain west that will melt off quickly. neil: thank you my friend very much, always appreciate stepping back looking at the big picture. does not look like a great big picture but craig, thank you have a wonderful easter my friends. >> you too my friend. neil: alright craig herrera out all that bird passing along weather related news here for the event a devil of a time doing with the rain and cold in georgia, augusta and a masters. tiger woods has made the putt again three over par to move to the next round. he has been competing with the weather as have all of the players. he is now may 23 consecutive masters cuts officially ties fred couples and gary player for the most of all time, good for him. unlike some others, neuriva plus is a multitasker supporting 6 key indicators of brain health. to help keep me sharp. neuriva: think bigger.

neil: all right i do not want to rain on your easter weekend i want to remind you tax season, viewed not filed already it's monday the 17th, got to get cracking if you haven't. you better be aware of this the irs is in the process of hiring thousands of new employees. many of them agents are going to start going through returns and more aggressive basis for they say they are targeting the well-to-do and big corporations. but as a spiffy account he and his own rights and do not necessarily by all that pain joins us right now. so dan, obviously more agents and more auditors. obviously increasing number of people on the phones now to deal with questions they have. you are going to have a more active irs, period, right? >> yes we are. and neil, let me say this. i know it is unpopular but i'm going to say it anyway.

the irs needs more resources. in all of those discussions about they are hiring 87000 new agents to do audits, that is not true. the irs is in a position right now where they cannot process returns. they cannot do their job. taxpayers need assistance from the irs. they simply can't get it. so they cannot function like this. so now, over the next two years what they are saying is they are going to be hiring 20000 people. 7000 of those people are going to be involved in enforcement. but the remainder are going to be involved in advancing technology, manning the call centers, modernizing the irs. moving away from paper filing. those things are necessary. i do not think people should start to panic. and if you are not cheating on your taxes you have nothing to

worry about. x there was a lot of attention they're going to be breaking down your door to come after you and all that they have hired a disproportionate number of people to help you on the phone. they are getting refunds out faster than they have in the past. soon they beat some of that money is put into good use. what do you make of the fact a lot of the refunds are smaller than they have been in prior years? what's going on there? no, here's how i look at ref refunds. if you are at a breakeven that you did the proper tax planning. there is no reason to give the irs an interest-free loan for the year. so it is statistics like that can be misleading in terms of saying does that mean people are paying more tax? not necessarily. overall people getting less refunds they have properly planned that is a good thing, neil. neil: got it my friend i'm shall be doing the milk very quickly

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>> all right. former illinois governor rob blagojevich has called it a case of simply uncontrolled weaponized prosecutors. we'll speak to the former government in a second and alexandra hoff on the same thing when prosecutors go overboard. >> that's right, jim jordan sent a letter already asking a lot of questions and right now, trump's legal team saying they're looking to have th