daniel patrick moynihan professor of public affairs at maxwell school of syracuse university, and bob carroll with ernst & young. now, all three of these gentlemen have books. i believe bob's book is already out. [laughter] here's bob's book. len has a book coming out. i think i have the flyer here. yeah, i got a flyer here. taxes in america: what everyone needs to know. and joe has a book coming out, the title will be -- >> "their fair share." >> it's only a rumor that i'm getting a commission on this. [laughter] having said all that, joe, would you start us off? >> all right. well, you know, i've got to say i've got to start by confessing i promised i'd book at so many events, but it really is sometime soon, i hope. chris promised we're going to clear some stuff up, and i don't know if i'm going to clear anything up, actually, i think

it's a little different from what is suggested in bob carroll's book, which i haven't read yet, but look forward to. and i think it would be great if we -- we can't do it here, but in a subsequent event to look into these alternatives and to see, you know, how can we actually do it if we decided that we wanted to. thank you. >> okay. did i see somebody raise their hand in the back, by the way? okay, two. and then joe, i'll get around to you. >> i'm rebecca wilkins. i'm with citizens for tax justice. i think we need to embrace taxmaggedon, or as bruce calls it, tax-majinon. it's almost an opportunity to reset the button and let the bush tax cuts expire, and then do some sensible reforms, come back in january, and decide what targeted tax cuts really need to be made. and everybody, like len said is going to have to pay higher tax rates to address the budget problems. but i find it really frustrating for us to focus, as scott did, on just the federal income tax. when you look at the chart that len so kindly copied up from our report in april, the taxes that people pay, people at the low inc

and basically what it says is i like bob carroll's -- i think were you the dif when the capital gains -- >> i was over at the council of economic advisers. >> so i liked your first proposal better than the one that was actually enacted, which was the lower rates. [laughter] >> i don't disagree. [laughter] >> he's hid a chord. okay. this gentleman here and then, scott, i'll go to you. >> i want to go back to -- >> name. >> steve hankin. i was a, i used to be an attorney with the irs. i'm retired now. um, i want to go back to the statement made about fairness and how, you know, that's the major concern. you seem to have accepted the notion that everybody agrees that this income tax system and particularly with the progressive rates is fair. i would like to submit to you that taxing the rich is essentially taxing a person based on his status. it would be, to me, it's not much different than taxing a person based on his religion or his ethnic group. a big difference, of course, is that the it gets the amount of revenue in that if you tax people who are wealthy, that's a big source of inco

expenditures, this will be a supplemental tax rate that is a little different from what is suggested in bob carroll's book. i think it would be great -- we cannot do it here. but to look into these alternatives and to see how can we actually do it if we decided we wanted to? thank you. >> ok. i see somebody raised their hand in the back? >> rebecca waltons. i think we need to embrace -- it is really an opportunity for us to push to the reset button. do some sensible reforms, come back in january and decide what targeted tax cut really needs to be made. everybody will have to pay higher tax rates to address the budget problem. i find it really frustrating for us to focus on and just the federal income tax. when you look at -- copy that from my report in april. the taxes that people pay, people at the low income range pay huge amounts of state and local taxes. for all of us the income tax is the biggest we pay. there is a washington on the other coast where the bottom 20% pay 17% of their income in state and local taxes. the top 1% pays less than 3%. when you go to the store to buy your kids school sup

. >> they noticed a small plane bobbing up and down at carroll county regional airport. moments later, the small airport crashed 30-50 feet in a grassy areas. but they went to assist the unconscious 64-year-old native of rock bill. they transported him to shock trauma but according to state police, the chopper had mechanical issues. the man boarded an ambulance while en route. they picked him up at mitchell's golf course center. in flight, the man went into cardiac arrest and passed away at the hospital. >> i never want to hear that. that is just very saddening and disheartening. >> he has been flying small craft plans for over 30 years and did not know the pilot who lost his life. he said he is sad about the news and hopes the hobby does not get a bad rap from friday's tragedy. >> they would never get any sleep. it is unfortunate, but that is what happened. there's really not much can do about it. >> the cause of the crash is under investigation and we are told the faa officials will be out here as well to continue this investigation. the identity of the man has not bee

. >> reporter: we have things going on as bob mentioned in the carroll county area. let's talk about down wires and flooding. if you are traveling, we have down wires baltimore boulevard. we have that downed tree affecting traffic, tony town at bull frog avenue. as far as the interloop, cars are trying to get out of the way. you are looking at 25 minute from his charles street to 95, another 20 on the interloop from 95 to security boulevard and outer loop, 30 minutes in that direction from stevenson road to he had monsoon avenue. it slows again. 70 west bound heavy from 29. accidents include wind brook avenue, north hilton at west baltimore, keith monument at north wolf. let's take a live look. there is a look at our camera. you can see things are very heavy and skies do not look so stable. another live look, not bad there, 95 over tieings memorial bridge. things are gloomy. it's backed up from 29 to marriotts ville road. this traffic report is brought to you by sara lee. so good you will eat the whole loaf. so good it's gone. back to you. >> thank you very much for

bob, thank you. >>> bear sightings in baltimore and carroll county may have peaked recently. there are ways to ensure bears and people don't cross paths. >> over the past half century a growing black bear population has forced some young males out of western maryland with sightings in baltimore, howard and montgomery counties. >> this was him leaving going back into the woods. >> it'll travel 20 or more miles a day and travel for over 100 miles in order to find its own territory. >> reporter: in the past few years bears have wandered as far as neighbors in queen anne county in the eastern shore. >> and he was up on two legs and he was reaching up into somber reu -- into somber -- some berries in a tree. >> reporter: biologists think it strayed from pennsylvania. >> it was not very big and it looked very thin. >> reporter: to limit contact with bears limit food sources, keep garbage cans locked inside a garage or shed. remove bird feeders, remove pet food. bears will the sniff out a free meal. >> waking up in the morning and seeing my bird feeder destroyed. he got into my tras

carroll county live with the damage. gigi barnett reports from hartford county and bob turk is tracking radar from the first warning weather center and pat warren joining us with pictures you sent all over the area. let's start with meghan mccorkell. she's live with us tonight. meghan? >> reporter: denise, this is pretty much what it looks like all over the region. take a look at this massive tree that just fell down. the power of this storm is just amazing and fell across our area. driving rain and frightening wind. >> the trees were in front of the house, bending over. >> reporter: doug and his wife were inside their home when a 90-foot tree smashed through the roof, nearly hitting them. >> it was panic. it was just a panic. my wife screaming, trying to find the cats. water was seeping down into the family room. >> reporter: the tree tore through the roof making the room unlivable. this family wasn't alone. one local tree service company said within two hours after the storm, they already received 50 phone calls. >> i was like, oh my god. >> reporter: some carroll county students found themselves in the middle of the bus

carroll. len: phillies into their six-game skid with 9-6 win over the orioles in baltimore. len: jim thome had two doubles and an infield hit. how about that. bob: jim thome and soriano getting an infield hit on the same night. wow. thome dhg tonight for the phillies. nationals beat the red sox 7-4 at fenway. 13 ks for strasburg in six innings. he's 7-1, he threw 119 pitches, a career high. how about 13 strikeouts is not even his career high. 14 a couple of years ago. in his major league debut. bob: what was the limit on innings this year? 180. len: 160. bob: enjoy it while it lasts. len: it will be fouled as revere with you on the move. cincinnati beat detroit on a wilson valdez squeeze bunt in the bottom of the 10th. len: first time the tigers had ever played at the great american ballpark. len: james russell is public enemy number one here in minneapolis. bob: whitey herzog i'll stop throwing to first if you promise you, you aren't going to run. bob: nine times out of 10 that pick-off move comes from the bench. len: barney with the flip castro to first, double play! we head to the ninth cubs leading 7-6. ♪ ♪ [ al michaels ] do you believe in

bob had up. a lot of this weather that we had bernadette was confined to like quick intense hits. it was really brutal. alex was in baltimore and carroll county which were hard hit by the storms. the damage is so expansive it's going to take months for people to clean up there. >> reporter: it didn't take long for the wi to turn violent. >> i've neverseen wind like that. it was intensely violent. >> reporter: crews have been removing massive trees. >> we had trees down everywhere. it only lasted about 30 second. >> reporter: that was more than long enough to leave homeowners facing weeks if not months of repair work. a huge tree landed just feet from lamont's home. >> at that moment the tree came down and everything just shook. it was frightening. >> reporter: it wasn't as if they just blew down. >> i've seen them blow before but i've never seen it twist. >> reporter: in the gamble area of carroll county where the trees were twisted or snapped or just flattened, a confirmed tornado left this tree damaged. when trees are big enough to take a crane to clear, you're talking a lot of weight. >> they're like 1,300-pound. >> reporter: this n