there's new software on the market called phone 2 action inc. what was the issue that caused phone 2 action to become? -- i was theng to national director. it was national. what i found is that we did not have the tools for people for them to connect with elected officials. at the time, i asked a lot of people for help, developers and meet its and technology. i found someone who understood the problem. that is my co-founder. >> what were you trying to solve? how are you trying to connect people? >> you'll hear about the issue. everyone does. some may not be able to physically attend events. but does not mean people do not care. people want to care. there are a variety of issues. they want to hear from their constituents. they will listen. at the time, i was trying to connect people that care about issues and want to connect with legislators and tell them how they feel. it was very hard for them. deals withcampaign that issue. there is a campaign we have that is on immigration. people care about the various issues. jeff is a software developer. is

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actions that they are involved in. >> some companies are trying to do just that. for example, gap inc. which outsources to 40 countries, launched a $22 million program last october to improve fire safety at its factories in bangladesh, and children's place, which manufactured garments at the rana plaza building in bangladesh which collapsed say they will likely narrow their supplier base and conduct more frequent and extensive site visits. other companies have promised to be more aggressive in monitoring working conditions where their products are made. the american apparel and footwear association says less than 3% of our clothes are made in the u.s., so what can consumers do? >> a boycott isn't of any help. i mean, it will only punish the workers who are already next to starvation. they need these jobs. if we paid $1 more for a good t-shirt, you could use for years, would that kill us? would that destroy our economy? >> and clearly a complete boycott of clothing made in china or bangladesh is unrealistic, but something we can do is demand to know more about where our clothes come fro

inc. i saw this in the vietnam war, incremental escalation. we need to have a game-changing action. and that is in oamerican boots op the ground, establish a safe zone and to protect it and to supply weapons to the right people in syria who are fighting for obviously the things we believe in. every day that goes by, hezbollah increases their influence -- excuse me, the radical jihadist flow into syria and the situation becomes more and more tenuous. >> now, in the wake of the red line and the alleged use of chemical weapons, the administration says it is now rethinking arming the rebels. >> i hope they are. i also hope the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff who testified repeatedly of these air defenses that the syrians have are so tough and we would have -- the israelis seem to be able to pen trit it fairly easily. one thing i've learned about some of our military, some of our military leaders, if they don't want to do something, sthek invent lots of ways of not to do it. the fact is we're able to take out their air on the ground with cruise missiles. all of these supplies, by t

2012 asi like aoi had no employees and carried out its operations to the action of the us-based board of directors also for apple, inc. employees in california. of asi's 33 board meetings from 2006 to march 2012 all 33 to place in california. in short these companies decision-makers board meeting assets and asset managers and key accounting records are all in the united states. their activities are entirely controlled by apple, inc. in the united states. apple's tax director acknowledged to the subcommittee staff that it was his opinion that aoi is functionally managed and controlled in the united states. the circumstances with asi and aoi appeared to be similar. our legal system has a preference to respect the corporate forum. the facts here presents this issue and these offshore corporations are so totally controllecontrolled by apple, inc. that their identity is separate companies is a sham and mere instrumentality of apparent and if so whether apples claims aoi nasi owes no taxes as a sham as well. aoi sits at the apex of the tax avoidance strategy. apple's claim that aoi and its other subsidiaries are not tax re