according to the irs, thises the latest of many firning scams using the irs as a hook. >> what they're doing is skaerms are sending e-mails that supposedly come from the irs but they'll really are not irs e-mails. >> the e-mail tries to get someone to click on a link that will download malicious software on their computer. >> their intention is to steal your money and possibly your identity. >> schwartz was smart enough to the to open the attachment but he could see how others would fall for the phishing scam. >> it looks pretty legitimate although there was one word that was bad grammar. >> the irs says that's one way to tell but here's an easier way. >> the irs doesn't send unsolicited e-mails about your tax accounts and never send request for your personal financial information, pin numbers, credit card numbers or anything like that. >> tracking down who's behind the cyberscam isn't easy but the irs is working with law enforcement to shut down the operations. >> a lot of them are in foreign countries so it's harder to do but we can shut down the websiteors wherever this is coming fr

of a boot camp for liberal pundits and the last activity is key because a federal court ruled that the irs was corre correct.... >> when you sought to declare war on a media outlet. when you start to accuse fox news of being the spokesman for the republican party, which is demonstrably false, there's no basis for that. brock, in matters, makes no effort to substantiate any of that. that's when it crosses the line. >> now, fox news obtained documents showing that multiple complaints have been filed with irs as part of an online campaign filed by some on air talent. challenging the media tax exempt status these very grounds and citing procedures declining to say what action it might be taking or whether it received the challenges to the media matters tax status for one of the challenges we fax'd a redacted copy and withholding the information to media matters. despite receiving the tax, doug stouffer did not respond to our request to comment. >> jon: where does the group get its money. let's take a look at funding they have reported. in 2007. contributions totalled, grants and contributions

>> the irs permitted these accounts. the tax-exempt nature and framework -- historically and traditionally, they were offered in conjunction with high deductible health-insurance plans. they worked in tandem. the idea of offering these as a stand-alone product, the employee was not provided an accompanying health insurance plan, but is provided money in one of these accounts. that appears to be unique to san francisco. the brokers advertise these plants as not just the health reimbursement account, but the san francisco health reimbursement account, which distinguishes and shows that these were designed to meet the technical specifications. a few specific practices have flown from this. in some cases, it limits or precludes the robust use of these accounts. but in select occasions, we see employers provide essentially no notice to their employees. the easiest way to ensure that a lot of this money is going to revert back to you at the end of the year is for there to be limited notice provided to the workers. that is parti

the irs says airlines need to issue tax refunds, at least kind of, "today in the bay's" nicole lapin with that and the rest of the news before the bell. good morning. >> good morning to you. i'll get to that. futures are higher after yesterday's big market sell-off. investors growing worried about the stalemate in washington over raising the nation's debt ceiling. the house is to vote on the boehner plan but he might not have enough votes and senate democrats for their matter say they are going to oppose the bill. it will run out of cash to pay the bills starting tuesday, setting the stage for the first u.s. default. asian markets were down, europe lower, but we get significant employment data this morning and pending home sales and earnings from dupont and exxon-mobil. recapping some of the market action yesterday, at at the end of the session, the dow was off 198, 12,302, the worst since june 1. the nasdaq lost 75 to 2764. foreclosure activity has dropped in several areas because banks are no longer taking a move against homeowners falling behind on payments. foreclosure rates fell

i don't think you can blame the bush irs tail end of that administration. i think -- i don't think you can blame that on bush or say that, therefore. the obama internal revenue service is exonerated. >> bill: do you think it is that the obama administration is actively knows about this and wants this to happen? >> it should know about it. and after this broadcast. >> bill: it will know about it, absolutely bill. >> it will know about it that's the point of writing and speaking about it. >> bill: what has to happen now is that some american or a group has to file an objection with the irs, formal objection, all right, that this agency, media matters should not have tax exempt status. but then it's going to take years, right? doesn't it take years for the investigation and all of that nonsense? >> i don't think it should take years. i don't think the proceeding with the american academy, the republican organization took years. so it shouldn't take years. if it does, then you know you have got a problem. you should, perhaps, go into court and force a little act

but united and delta tell us that they are referring customers back to the irs. wever, american says it is "looking into what we can do." >>> doctors are seeing more pregnant women and new moms hospitalized for strokes. a new c.d.c. study finds that the number of cases jumped from 4100 to 6300 over about a decade. now that's a 54% increase but still not a huge number considering 4 million babies are born each year in the united states. researchers believe they are seeing an increase because more and more mothers are obese and suffering from high blood pressure and heart disease and also point out women are having children at later ages and age contributes to that stroke risk. >>> well, a local police department is deking out on a new crime fighting tool that is also a money safer. it is something a bay area math professor came up with. it is supposed to predict where crime is most likely to happen next. it relies on the idea that human behavior has something to do with earthquake aftershocks. >> reporter: police officers are armed with one of the most effective we

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there are a variety of plant that the irs recognizes. we are utilizing them to meet the requirements of the employees spending requirement. employers under the irs will have part of discretion about how they work. typically, they are essentially free, because the third party that is administered by them, can be taken out of the balance from these workers. administering these with third parties is typically no cost to employers. a certain number of these reimbursement accounts are of the stand-alone variety, and that is to distinguish these are provided to a worker not in conjunction with a high deductible health-insurance plan, but provided a loan to the worker. these have become popular in san francisco to meet the employer requirement. there are ways in which these help reimbursement accounts, as stand alone, are an adequate with the federal health care reforms. those come into play in 2014, employer mandates. there are a number of tangible regulations put forth by the federal government to suggest these stand-alone help reimbursement a

so the irs says it has now asked the airlines to provide refunds when requested from passengers because, well, they don't have any information about when those tickets were purchased or any of those travel dates. but many airlines are refusing. united and delta say they are referring customers back to the irs. but american says it's, quote, looking into what we can do. if your airline refuses a refund, you can file a claim with the irs but you will have to submit that proof of purchase and, of course, those travel dates. >> thank you, julie watts on consumerwatch. >>> if you do drugs and on welfare, you risk getting your benefits cut. it's the law actually in two states florida and missouri. they require drug testing during the welfare application process. and the new poll shows a majority of americans are fine with testing welfare recipients the rasmussen survey found 70% say benefits should be cut off if people test positive for illegal drugs. >>> well, when it comes to headaches, how do you spell retree? >> how about a comprehensive new headache clinic in the bay area? dr. kim got a

she was working for the irs. >> that's spooky, she runs against the government and irs and everything. >> she was a lawyer for the irs, which means she prosecuted people who the irs targeted for not paying their taxes, which is probably a good thing to do, but a lot of the right wingers out there hate the irs and want to defund it. >> she was going both ways on the road to damascus. >> at the same time, she has a great health care insurance with her job at the congress and a very generous federal pension. she supports the ryan plan, which wants to end the medicare guarantee, would she live by those same terms herself in terms of her own health care? i doubt she would. >> michelle, give me a sense of where she stands. i don't want to beat a dead horse, romney at 30, perry at 11, everyone's talking in the crazy world i live in, perry is going to come into this race and knock her out in a second, or she's the only woman in a field of men, she has that advantage, besides being a better politician in a field of men? >> one of the reasons perry looks so great right now is people are so frus

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she was working at the irs go br she got into politics. >> she runs against the government and irs, shete hip ro criticize here. >> she was a lawyer for the irs. she prosecuted people for the irs targeted for not paying their taxes. which is a good thing to do but a lot of right wingers hate the irs and you want to defund it. >> she was going on the right road to demass cuss. >> at the same time she has great health care through her job at the congress and very generous federal pension. she supports the ryan plan which want to end the medicare guarantee which she lived by those same terms herself in terms of her own healthcare. i doubt she would. >> let me go back to you michelle. so michelle, giver me a sense of where she stands. i don't want to bet a very bad horse, which is a very bad metaphor. you know, everybody's talking like in the crazy world i live in, which is completely political, perry will come into this race and knock her out of second. does that look credible? or because she is the loin woman in a field of men ba she still has that advantage besides being a better politic

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it's now a matter for the irs. >> i was told the same thing and when i asked for that in writing, i'm assured that within 30 days someone will contact me back. >> reporter: now, keep in mind, congress could vote to retro ak tell you collect retroactively collect these taxes. liz, just in case you're interested, spirit and alaska airlines are the only two airlines not hiking up fares to compensate for the tax. a lot of people here want to fly those airlines. >> that's for sure. all right, julie watts life in san francisco, thank you. >>> -- live in san francisco, thank you. >>> much of the nation is focused on washington tonight. lawmakers have one week to come up with a plan to raise the u.s. debt limit before the deadline. congressional offices are taking calls from voters after the president urged americans to pressure lawmakers to reach a deal. right now there are two competing plans in congress. the plan for the republican- controlled housecalls for raising the debt ceiling now and again at the end of the year. the other plan in the democratic-controlled senate would cut $2.7 tril

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because the irs has a long record of frankly either lacksly enforcing the regulations in this regardg it in an unbalanced or unfair way. if you google tax group or nonprofit group loses exemption, you'll see in the very first 10 or 15 results that come up, it seems like it's always either an evangelical christian group or a pro life group that has a problem with the irs so they need to have public pressure on them to enforce their regulations fairly and evenly. >> right. >> fair and balanced, we might say. >> i like that. we should put it on a sign somewhere. mark tapscott from "the washington examiner" the editorial page editor, thank you, sir for joining us live. >> he just mentioned the people who have filed complaints with the irs. if you'd like to, go to foxnation.com and it will link you to another page where someone out there in tv land put together a page, prefilled out some stuff so you can do just that. meanwhile, juror number 11, a guy who admitted it would be very difficult to hand out the death penalty. oh, yeah, did we mention he was also the foreman? our next guest say

the irs is after her. there are various civil cases. there is -- the florida authorities' attempt to try to get casey anthony to pay for some of the investigation that went forward. all of that will be resolved in the usual way civil litigation is resolved, which is very, very slowly. i anticipate these things will kick around in the courts for years. i would be surprised, other than the irs, if casey anthony ever winds up paying anybody any money. >> jeffrey toobin, thanks so much. >>> let's go direct ily to the white house, brianna keilar is just out of the meeting the president is having, small group of democrats and republicans, sitting down trying to negotiate a number of things, obviously, how to tackle the federal deficit and the budget. want to go to brianna. what do you have for us? any progress here? >> well, suzanne, i think there's been a lot of movement here in the last day. we learned yesterday president obama was considering a deficit reduction package of $3 to $4 trillion over the last -- over the next ten years. much big

the irs is asking airlines to repay travelers who purchased tickets ahead. don't get paid by the airlines can submit claims to the irs. those eligible would have bought tickets for travel on or after july 23rd. >>> five continental flights seem to have been affected by a sickout of pilots. it had to cancel 24 flights nationwide after pilots called in sick. continental was purchased by united airlines last year. some unions have been at odds with the company as it tries to consolidate the two airlines. publisher redman says the -- weekly has been forced to cut back. the guardian sued the competitive -- by trying to ruin the guardian. they recently settled. >>> in south korea, rising floodwaters claim the lives of at least 39 people and triggered dramatic rescues such as this one. a landslide crushed a hotel killing at least 13 people, most of them students. forecasters say more heavy rain is likely in the coupling days. >>> in afghanistan, another high profile association of one of the president's allies. a witness told reporters the a sass ---- this is the th

the irs is asking airlines to repay travelers who purchased tickets ahead. those who don't get paid by the airlines can submit claims to the irs. those eligible would have bought tickets for travel on or after july 23rd. >>> five continental flights seem to have been affected by a sickout of pilots. it had to cancel 24 flights nationwide after pilots called in sick. continental was purchased by united airlines last year. some unions have been at odds with the company as it tries to consolidate the two airlines. publisher redman says the -- weekly has been forced to cut back. the guardian sued the competitive -- by trying to ruin the guardian. they recently settled. >>> in south korea, rising floodwaters claim the lives of at least 39 people and triggered dramatic rescues such as this one. a landslide crushed a hotel killing at least 13 people, most of them students. forecasters say more heavy rain is likely in the coupling days. >>> in afghanistan, another high profile association of one of the president's allies. a witness told reporters the a sass ---- this

the city wants the irs to look into alleged tax evasion problems by both gang members. bviously a thorough effort by the city of east palo alto at their conference that will start later on today. >> it sounds like they are using a lot of tools that were already available to them but they have a renewed vigor behind it? >> reporter: absolutely. it sounds like, you know, in speaking with community members and others that the gang violence is really out of control and i think the killing of a 3-month-old -- how can you mistake a 3-month-old baby as a gang member? these types of activities are really pushing the buttons of a lot of residents saying enough is enough and we need something done. >> thanks. >>> police have identified the man shot and killed by bart officers but they are not telling us yet. they are waiting to contact his family before releasing his name. bart's deputy police chief said cameras did catch a partial rue of sun night's incident but they are not telling us what they saw. investigators say the man was drunk and being aggressive carrying a broken bottl

. >> we're following the irs that airlines cannot release 8 tax refund travelers may be owed a will refunde they did not renew the faa. the islands are not required to issue the refund and some of airlines are asking customers to research and contact the irs >> the woman said she was adopted at 87 and is afraid of being touched by a stranger she grabbed an agency brass during passenger screening they have not filed a felony charges against the woman >> the victim was trying to feed the homeless what his wife and two children were in the event someone drove up and opened fire when a shooting happened at 42nd avenue in oakland residents in the year are a set >> a churchgoing and a good man >> a good samaritan was a of it and of a of a drive-by shooting they can hardly believe it in this community >> it is a very unfortunate of someone that is very compassionate and has a big market >> heat goes around the neighborhood all the time and gives out food >> i felt they cleaned the neighborhood up by it is really sad >> many of the homeless in the area depend on charity he passes out free mills in

the money was put into health reimbursement accounts as permitted by the irs and the tax code. it would remain available to workers. president o'brien: this brings a whole new dimension to the proposal, the logistic associated with it, the accounting of that going to a lifetime of someone's career. that scares me a little bit. i would also say that to me, i do not know what the supervisor's intentions were, but i think that he came to the realization one day that is -- that it is a tragedy that somebody can be medically infected with something, really need help, and cannot get it because they do not have insurance. i see that as a noble problem, a noble cause to tackle the problem like that. i think it is an ongoing risk control mechanism that we are talking about. i think it is a good idea for the purposes of managing risk that there is some sort of periodic reassessment when you get through the year without it, like a car insurance policy. it is not the same league, but if you have been lucky and did not have a problem, having the employer take responsibility of resources to

additionally, we are capping the potential salary at the irs cap, or a lower number. the cap is 85% from the total and 75% to keep them comparable in terms of the reduction. note that in addition, a lot of attention has been paid to the idea of premiums and whether or not they are pensionable. premiums will not be calculated on hand pensionable salary. that is already the case for overtime. supervisor elsbernd: it has changed from 24 months to 36 months? >> yes. supervisor elsbernd: can you point to other jurisdictions that are beyond 36 months? >> no, i cannot. in on aware of any jurisdiction that has more than 36 months. supervisor elsbernd: that would be the high-end? >> that has been the standard. most of these plans are created with a three-year final salary. there was a move to go to the current city employee is -- city employees, with the addition of those who have a two-year. for the maximum for miscellaneous would go from 2.3% of salary at age 62 to 3.3% at age 65. to not only -- they do not only decrease our costs, but it reflects the fact that people are ind

since she admitted faking information to the irs about her departments and income. she told other lies they did not detail. the maid's attorney would have none of it. outside court he made an impassioned defense of his client's integrity. he went into painful detail about physical injuries she allegedly suffered during an alleged attack. >> the victim from day one has described a violent sexual assault that dominique strauss-kahn committed against her. she has described that sexual assault many times to the prosecutors and to me. she has never once changed a single thing about that account. >> reporter: her attorney also accused the d.a. of being afraid to go forward with the case. fact is it's possible the felony charges will be dropped down the road. the d.a. says the case is not being dismissed right now. >> susan candiotti, thanks so much. here to walk us through what happens next, we joined by two legal experts. sun why you huston and holly hughes. let me put it to you, is this case toast now is? it done? if you have an alleged victim that seems to be sort of a

you might know them, the irs. [laughter]. i hope there are no irs workers here today. bad reviews, i think you know those. [inaudible] sexism, regionalism, we can go on and on with the isms. i am the oldest granddaughter of james leon, he is a monster fighting and so am i. that comes from southern tales of supernatural. a porch lie is not a mean or vicious lie, it is a story of exaggeration and humor. the one that loretta told you about, cake lawrence. all the people that knew him called him cake, he used to steal the warm cake that his mother put out. he would cut a slice and run off to the crawl space. they call him cake. i use that in my story. those 2 come from my grandmother, she was the germ, the seed of those 2 books and many others. let's go back to that front porch again. this time daddy james is the story teller. we sit at his feet and listen about stories about sara and pat and nollen. that is my brother, my sister, and me. we thought we were just as clever and smart and just as brave as the children in his story. he told stories vaguely familiar, but differe

for one man, it took three years to get his money the irs. michael finney stepped in to help. >> nathaniel carter had two tax refund checks but no bank account so his friend tried cash the checks at her bank but little did they know the money would disappear for three long years. >> i couldn't get anybody at the brarng to give me an answer. i kept running into dead ends. >> i was so stressed out because its his money. >> he deposited the checks, totaling $1118 in the atm machine, the former washington mutual bank but did the bank didn't accept checks made out to a third party. that is when the money disappeared. >> it was available to her for a short period of time and then all of a sudden it was removed from the account. >> the bank took the money out of her account and after that the money crisscrossed the country, twice, the bank sent the money to the treasury department which returned the funds to the bank, which sent the money back to the treasury department which gun returned the funds to the bank. -- which again returned the money to th

tax experts say the man who caught the 3,000th ball from derek jeter will have to pay $13,000 to the irs for the the gifts he got after the ball was returned. that includes luxury box seats for the season and post-season and signed memorabilia. >>> stay with us. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,, scientists have figured out a >>> want to feel better, get fit enjoy better health and lose weight for good? who doesn't. bay area scientists have figured out a way and a study shows it works. dr. kim mulvihill joins us to explain it. >> reporter: sounds too good to be true but it's not. this program is based on years of solid research and the high- tech appeal of the internet. >>> reporter: with each and every step she feels more alive. >> i feel a lot younger. i feel i have more energy. i don't have any aches and pains like i had before. >> reporter: melanie is participating in a program that changed her life. she lost weight, eats better, exercises more, all on her own terms. >> it's not a diet at all. i hate the word diet. >> reporter: it's part of the alive project, an email-based parameter

while the irs permits an employer to contribute to them, 99% are employee contributions only. there are essentially a health care reimbursements and accounts. supervisor campos: i wanted to add something, through the chair. one of the points i think is really important is to put this in the context of employees who are under health insurance. . even if you look at the businesses that are anywhere from 20 to 99 employees -- let's say the employee works full time the whole year. at the most, they can accumulate $2,850 in that account. you can imagine that will not even pay for one night at the hospital, let alone some procedures that have to be covered. that gives you some context of what that means for the employees. commissioner clyde: thank you for being here. michael tonight is not to penalize the high road employers. there are employers who use health reimbursement accounts who i believe use them properly, who do not have expirations. who provide benefits statements regularly, who allow the broadest possible use of the account, and whose employees may elect to use their bene

well, the treasury department says taxpayers don't need to do a thing and that the irs will be providingnformation in the near future about all that. so just hold your breath. we'll be right back. house and his train ride to philadel >>> tim lincecum caught the flu somewhere between the white house and his train ride to philadelphia. bottom line, barry zito started in his place tonight against the phillies. zito pitched like he had the flu. already down 5-1 in the 6th. chase utley tagged him deep center. no chance for andres torres. the ball rolls back to d.c. utley is going to try for an inside the park home run. the tag by eli whiteside safe. giants lose the series opener 7- 2. matsui's resurgence continues for the a's tonight. where was this guy in the first 70 games? 17 doubles this season, that made it 3-0. the a's are 6-1 winners tonight. nfl, a three-year deal with the san diego chargers. linebacker will be reunited with former niner, greg. they played 187 games in his 13 year career, never made the playoffs. alex smith is one-year, $5 million. that is his deal with san francisco

it is ready to expire and the irs is asking for the refund for those who bought before last weekend and are just taking their trips. here is the catch, airlines are not required to issue the refund. they are required to issue a refund only if customers ask. so on top of that, most airlines are not changing the price of flights. they are raising their rates. >> airlines regularly raise fares and adjust their pricing. that's the way the market works. >> i don't think that's fair. >> it is not fair. and they should really do the right thing for their customers. >> the industry says it needs the money to stay profitable, and it is a lot of money. >> they were taking in $5 million extra per day. >>> a hollywood premiere looked like a scene from a movie. police crashed with a crowd that threw bottles and vandalized cars. it happened after hundreds of people angry about a canceled movie premiere took over the streets. that premiere was for a documentary about the electric daisy carnival rave. the two-day music festival where a 15-year-old girl died of a drug overdose last year. >>> clean up is

right after 9/11, the neighborhood tried to create a beautification district and it was denied by the irs twice. we talked as a merchants association and decided to give it a serious ago. we met with the neighborhood association, property owners. we raised money in all three of those groups and we started the plan. we initially sent out petitions in 2009, and that was a bad time. the economy was not doing well. it was clear that no one wanted to spend extra money. we looked back at our plan and we've dropped the assessments by $50,000. half we tried it again. -- we tried it again. i had no idea it would take almost two years to get to this point off off. because it took so long, i'm not sure if this is on the record or not but this is a letter that went out with those bright before they submitted petitions to the board explaining that it is taking that long. -- this is a letter that went out to those right before they were submitted to the board. we had different meetings. one was the merchant specific. there was one where everyone was welcome. we set up a website that had articles on bid

well the treasury department says taxpayers don't need to do anything and that the irs will be providingmation about this in the future. good luck. >>> mcdonald's is lightning up the fast food chain, making its happy meals into healthier meals. they are going to be cutting back on french fries and replacing some of them with apples. >> mcdonald's is putting the happy meal on a diet, but some of its biggest fans are not thrilled. >> why not. >> i don't like it. >> parents might be, starting in september. apples and a smaller serving of french fries will be standard fair in every happy meal. right now, happy meals average 503-calories. the new meal cuts that 20% to 400 calories. >> we have actually been looking at this and testing it in various formats over the last two years. we think now is absolutely the right time to do it. >> consumer groups long criticized the chain for using toys that come with meals as a way to hook children on what it calls unhealthy food. san francisco banned fast food meals that included toys unless the meals met certain nutritional guidelines. >> i'm all for it

now, that is up to the irs to decide, but when it comes to uncle sam, no good deed goes untaxed. >>> and, finally, it was shoeless day at the tour de france for thor hushovd, the norwegian who had a problem with his shoe. and, no, it wasn't athlete's foot, but thanks to his team, he had it fixed without getting off his bike. he took off his shoe and put it back on while moving about 40 miles an hour. hey, if the shoe fits, wear it again. that's your look at sports on "early today." i'm mario solis. >>> well, which talk show queen may be tapped to host next year's oscar ceremony? your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, honoring an army ranger who put his life on the line for his brothers in arms. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back on this wednesday morning. still got that pesky upper level low sitting over the northwest. that's why we have showers in the forecast. there's not a lot of wet weather out there, but clouds will be prevalent. still chilly. upper 6 s, low 70s. lower in boise and medford but still below average. should be nice in c