this is how businesses is supposed to get conducted on capitol hill. it's 12 appropriation bills smooshed into one, and it's everything that is not mandatory, half of this is dedicated to defense spending, the other half rangin ranging fd start to the epa. even though it is expected to pass the house, not everyone is happy about it. some are saying not only are they displaced about the cuts and choices, but some think that congress inside for time to pour through it. this is one of the concerns lodged, and now democrats are calling foul. they hammered out the details, and that's why it's expected to find passage this week. >> no word on the unemployment extensions. >> that's right. that really faltered yesterday. they couldn't move forward, and while the senate has a few more days left of work this week they don't expect to be in washington next week. if they can't move any future efforts now, many will be left waiting to see what happens next. it comes down those who want to see how they'll play for those bills. >> libby casey on capitol hill. thank y

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. >>> it is almost that time on capitol hill. president obama will take center stage surrounded by his strongest allies and toughest critics. i'm anderson cooper in washington. we are now about an hour away from the president's big entrance for his state-of-the-union address. he'll leave the white house very soon, head to the capitol where many of the nation's most powerful people are arriving right now. it is a rare moment when washington comes together. the president may invite a bit of confrontation with republicans tonight just months before the critical mid-term election. let's bring in wolf blitzer with more. >> we're told the president will threaten to use his executive powers more often when he feels blocked by republicans in congress. he'll also make a new push to close the income gap of the country. look for the republican response by congresswoman kathy mcmorris rogers to be heavy on criticism of obama care. that's the main talking point that the gop has in terms of their battle for congress. we'll also get reaction fr

it happened on capitol hill right after the state of the union address. it all happened when the reporter asked a question the congressman didn't want to answer. >> read the bottom of your screen. republican michael rim facing a federal fundraising investigation, the reporter defending his question several times but grimm off camera said he would break the reporter in half. he has apologized and invited the reporter to lunch. >> we'll be right back. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. another day has come and gone in the peace talks in syria. thou a document that will layout their basis for negotiations. nick schifrin is in geneva. how significant is this latest move? >> this is a political transition and lots of steps that both sides have agreed to take. but the government says they will talk about this document only if they can go step by step. the first step is terrorism, ending the violence inside of syria. that is not going to happen any time soon. that's what the government has been saying for years. we heard from the opposition

the president has made no bones about his frustration with partisan gridlock on capitol hill. he says he will use executive orders to pass legislation that is blocked in congress. >> let's make this a year of action. barack obamadent signaled he is not giving up on advancing key programs like fighting income inequality and immigration reform. stymied the political gridlock the last 2 years, the president and congress on alert. not stand still and neither will i. whenever and wherever i can take steps without legislation to expand opportunity for more american families, that is what i am going to do. >> a big portion of his speech was devoted to the economy. he promised to strengthen the middle class and announced plans to tackle the wage gap between men and women and to raise the federal minimum wage. >> in a couple weeks i will issue an executive order requiring federal contractors to pay their federally funded employees a fair wage of at least $10.10 an hour because if you cook our troops' meals or wash their dishes, you should not have to live in poverty. >> obama hasn't ab

jonathan karl, abc news, capitol hill. >>> let's bring in karen travers live on capitol hill.big? >> reporter: no, ryan, he did not. there was no major legislation. there was no calls for sweeping change. the president offered a modest but realistic proposal last night. it was what he thinks he could possibly get done. it's mostly through executive action. he knows congress is not willing to take any tough votes. it's a midterm election year, remember, so he knows they're not going to take action. he has to do it himself if he wants to get anything done. ryan? >> karen, really quickly, twitter is going crazy over the new york reporter's exchange with congressman michael grimm. >> reporter: this was quite a moment. new york one was interviewing the congressman and at the end they threw in a question about investigation into campaign finances. congressman michael grimm did not like that very much, he threatened this recorder. of course, that is getting a lot of buzz. we really didn't find out what he thought of the president's speech last night though, marci and ryan. >> abc's k

on capitol hill you hear a lot of things.here was a controversy this time when senator mccain and photographers were up in the elevated spots, senator mccain was playing on his phone and one of the photographers tweeted out a picture of it. we can see notes. we obviously don't photograph the notes. you hear a lot of things that are off the record. any time you're behind the scenes, spent some time behind the scenes with president obama during the campaign for reelection. you hear a lot of things that you can't repeat. >> who says you can't repeat? >> the white house. that's part of the agreement when go behind the scenes as a photographer, you're there to see, not hear and not listen and not really repeat anything that you hear. it's kind of a mutual agreement because we are let into meetings when you're behind the scenes that are sensitive. i was there when president obama was at a rally and at the same time, the hurricane just come up the east coast and it was up in north. he was on the phone on a secure phone talking to fe

comcast nbcuniversal >>> welcome back to our special coverage here on capitol hill.'s get more on the new nbc news wall street journal poll from the experts. i'm joined by chuck todd, nbc news political director and chief white house correspondent and host of ns nbc's "daily rundown" and chuck, first of all to you, this poll, we've been talking about how negative it is and job rating is bad. there's really an overwhelming wrong direction feel, that wrong direction is what's driving a whole sense that this country is not improving. >> well, it is, there's a big picture here. we sit here and look at every poll. this is a decade, ten straight years where the right direction has not even creeped over 40% in this country. and over the last decade, there's been various reasons why the country has felt down on where we're headed as a country, whether it was the iraq war or recession, health care, political polarization, people can pick their reasons why but collectively, it's led to this decade long of melees, whatever you want to call it. it is now with the back drop for t

the less time they have on capitol hill, the more likely they are influenced by those outside groups.e partisan fury because that's the political age they've come in. when you see retirements like a congressman from iowa, the john boehner sort of the republican party is retiring. they're getting out of there. who fills the vacuum? people propped up by the outside groups and that makes everything we talk about on the show that much more worse going forward. >> luke, you're also our boehner whisperer. you asks him questions and he answers them. in terms of someone like john boehner -- everyone is an old-line deal maker with shrinking running room. how do people in the center and republicans like john boehner feel when they hear about these departures? >> boehner, he loses his top two dining companioncompanions. he's out of his best friends. it does have an effect on him. but i also think it changes the culture. you have to remember these guys who have been there for a while, they are from this age where they would go out with each other and have a drink and have dinner. the new guys fun

on capitol hill leaders from the major u.s. intelligence agencies are meeting to discuss global threats with congress it's no surprise they're talking terrorism but there is also concern over leakers like edward snowden more on that in just a moment. and the state of the union did the president say anything groundbreaking last night or was he off stage by a congressman who threatened to throw a reporter off of a balcony more on that coming up. and we'll take a look at the shocking number of people dying in police custody in local u.s. jails lives lost due to the failure of staff to administer yet critical medicines we'll hear stories from affected families later in the show. as of wednesday january twenty ninth four pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching r.t. america. we begin today on capitol hill where senior intelligence officials are meeting to discuss worldwide threats leaders from the cia an f.b.i. face questions from senators on how they're handling current and future threats at least some of the law

mike viqueira is on capitol hill with more. mike? >> i think it's the definition of small ball what you heard from the president tonight. bill clinton made it famous, small issues. president obama didn't mention school uniforms, but what he is proposing is, by definition, going to be of a smaller scale. he can't to go around congress and do things by executive order. he can provide tax incentives. he'll go through the ways and means, the finance committee. he proposed a starter savings account for individuals who do not j employer based accounts. something about that. he's hitting the road over the course of the next few days and will talk about that, particularly in pittsburg. tomorrow morning, it's in maryland, just outside washington , talking about the minimum wage. he proposed a rise of $2.10. a relatively small universe and are talking about doing it at the beginning of next year and only for new contracts. at the same time the president is pushing the initiatives, blowing the dog whistle to democrats and key support groups to

at least we are not to that point on capitol hill.we don't see the fights breaking out, physical fights. >> there is the argument, the socializing where people got along and calm, that lasted roughly fdr administration to the end of the cold war, you are right. >> the tea party statement and xerps in the statement and using the term regarding obamacare as godizilla. the people are taking on the the sharp language and heavy hands. >> do you think that the language is getting more difficult? clearly the preponderasident, t president has been called out in the middle of congress by a member of congress, but the president's speech is not seeming to do that. >> well, it is couched in a polite language. on the other hand, think of how many more places are jabbering at once and to be heard, to stick out from the screaming mob, you have to sharpen it, kick it up a notch or two and to be heard above that. so the word and the discussion, the hot language that's from the last 20 years, i date that from bill clinton's arrival to washington. >> pa

cnn anchor jake tapper is up on capitol hill right now. what are we learning about the president's speech. >> wolf, good evening. we're told the president and his team have been making late tweaks within the last couple hours. we should expect some surprises in the state of the union address. a senior official tells us that is mr. obama will call for more executive actions than he's ever before called for in a state of the union speech and that he will make another hard push for immigration reform as a potential area where there can be bipartisan work. white house sums up the speech in three words. they say opportunity, action, and optimism. cnn will be bringing you the first reaction to his speech and anderson cooper has more on that. >> jake, thanks very much. republicans are putting a new face on their official response to the president, kathy mcmorris rogers is the highest ranking republican woman in congress. she's also a mom. republicans are hoping she maybe will be able to help them improve their appeal to women. after the speeches

. >> libby casey is on capitol hill. what are we expecting to hear from the president during the state of union address. >> the president pledged to make 2014 a year of action. we expect to see a blueprint on how he plans to do that. expect to hear a sense of energy, and a sense of urgency. this is the last best shot the president has to set the agenda in washington. as crazy as it sound, a year from now we'll look ahead to the 2016 presidential elections. we'll deal with the aftermath of the elections, this is an opportunity to do what he said, set the agenda and use executive action. he'll outline ways to do that on issues ranging from income and quality to environmental causes. the debate is raging on capitol hill about how the president will move forward. we heard it played out on the talk shows. senator ted cruz and white house advisor offered differing opinions. >> if president obama wants to give an honest candid state of union address, he'll address the fact that the economic policies are not working and they are

and here we are on capitol hill in washington to cover the president's state of the union address later this evening, while at this hour the real urgency is being felt across a huge stretch of our country in the deep south. a rare and unusual snow and ice event. some bad winter weather in cities and towns not equipped to handle it, from east texas on up through louisiana, including new orleans, through mississippi and alabama, where the national guard's been called out. and georgia, including atlanta right on up into the carolinas. put another way, 140 million americans are living under some sort of weather watch or warning tonight. and while snowfall is one thing, some cities are icing over this evening. it's where we begin our coverage with our meteorologist dylan dreyer. >> reporter: these subfreezing, icy and dangerous road conditions are wreaking havoc tonight, particularly in atlanta. and they're only expected to get worse. police and emergency crews have already responded to hundreds of accidents in several states. with cars stranded, dozens of pileups, major traffic jams, and ro

white house appointed for view board made its way to capitol hill to make a case for n.s.a. surveillance changes but will lawmakers and the white house agree on any meaningful reforms when have a report from capitol hill just. found in some parts of west virginia it's now safe to drink the tap water but not everyone can drink from the fountain after last week's chemical spill also state judge has a warning for the company responsible for the leak details coming up. and an undercover drug deal exposed the d.d.a. and justice department secretly met with members of the mexican drug cartel all mexican authorities were left in the dark find out how the u.s. was doing the cartels dirty work later in the show. it's tuesday january fourteenth four pm in washington d.c. i'm near a david and you're watching r t. we are now just three days away from a speech president obama is expected to give regarding the changes he's willing to make to satisfy concerns over the n.s.a. surveillance programs one of the most important questions to be addressed is whether the government will continue to

libby casey live on capitol hill right now. libby the clock is running out, saturday at midnight, if the senate is to act it must act soon. >> that's right. del. harry reid filed cloture, and the senate can vote on that tomorrow morning. they could even do it today, but that would take a lot of bipartisanship camaraderie. but do expect it to hit the floor in this the next day or and to pass as well. >> libby after that christmas recess, another recess for the senate and the house. what is this one about? >> that's right. so martin luther king day next week, and the senate and house are out for the whole week, and democrats are beating a drum that they think they are leaving a lot of the work undone. top theme, unemployment insurance. democrats are talking a lot about that as well, and they say the long-term unemployed need

we're live from capitol hill.n just a few hours president obama will be delivering his state of the union address. his agenda could make some members of his own party uneasy, traditionally those in red or purple states, ones that are up for re-election. dana bash spoke with harry reid about what he happies to hear from the president and whether what the president has to say could encourage some democrats to keep their distance. >> the answer is, no. he's going all in. in fact, he's doubling down on president obama, despite the fact that his popularity has waned. never mind the fact that he hasn't been popular in the red states. for those endangered democrats, he's saying stick with the president. >> any time the president of the united states appears supporting a candidate, it helps. ronald reagan hurt me by coming to the state all the time. barack obama is personally a very popular guy and people love this man. they love his family. of course with what the republics have been doing, trying his numbers are going u

protesters marched along constitution avenue to capitol hill and then the supreme court. organizers said the event was adoption. pope francis also showed his support for the march and tweeted that he sent prayers to the marchers. target says it will no longer offer health care coverage to part-time employees. they cite new options available under the affordable care act. the company says less than 10% of part-time employees enroll. target also announced it is cutting nearly 500 employees and eliminating 700 vacant positions. the layoffs are tied to slow holiday sales and losses from the massive security breach. new details in a story that you saw first here on 7. a woman says she got on a bus to stay warm but us ash but instead was insulted -- assaulted by a bus driver. facing 47-year-old is felony sex offense and assault charges. kevin lewis explains what led to the arrest. cold decembertter evening. lmeus -- to documents, lemus was smoking a cigarette and his bus sign read not in service. heh chili commuters nearby, alleged that he invited a woman on board to stay warm

i don't mean this to be disrespectful to the person, but his lobbying effort, his ties to capitol hillere almost nonexistent. >> the lobbyist needs to be the president. >> schieffer: of course it does. >> really big question of how much effort he wants to put in to that and at this stage how big an impact that can have because relations are afraid both for republicans and democrats. >> schieffer: i think you're right. i couldn't agree more on that. but it has to be anyways to face, one on one congressional relations not just going on television making a speech. expecting everybody to fall in to line. >> it's been interesting to hear the white house talking about congress being one element of their strategy going forward. apparently someone equal with the pen and the phone that a president has acquired. there they are. >> schieffer: all right. we'll stop it right there. thank you all very much. it's fun to talk this morning. back in a moment with our "face the nation" flashback. >> schieffer: out of this world interviews are tough to come by but 45 years ago this month, "face the nation

one of the leading liberals on capitol hill announced he is retiring after 20 terms in the house. democrat henry waxman of california, was part of the post-watergate class of 1974. congressional correspondent nancy cordes spoke to waxman today. >> i would ask-- >> i will have you physically removed from this meeting if you don't stop. >> reporter: on capitol hill, where conflict is a way of life, henry waxman's passion was backed up by productivity. >> it's a landmark piece of legislation. >> reporter: the 74-year-old democrat from los angeles led the fight to invest in aids research, to cut air pollution, and reduce pest sized in produce. his legislation helped pave the way for generic drug, food nutrition labels. >> cigarette are the single most dangerous consumer product ever sold. >> reporter: his assault on big tobacco weakened the industry's image and its power, which throad new federal regulations on cigarettes. what was your secret? because i'm sure a lot of legislators, even the ones who didn't always agree with you, would say, wow, he managed to get a lot done. >> there'

as you said, a hot topic here on capitol hill. across the capitol we are seeing yet another hearing. intelligence committee members grilling the heads of the cia, the f.b.i. and a lot of it focused on national security and the snowden leaks. well, clapper, james clapper just spoke. the director of national intelligence. he said look, we know that americans need more transparency, if we give them more transparency they will be more accepting of what we need to do and talked about the fact that even though he wants to move forward with stronger measures, they may have to ease back a little bit. >> we are thus faced with collectively and by collectively i mean this committee, the congress at large, the executive branch and most acutely all of us is the inescapable imperative to accept more risk. but the dealing with reduced capacities is when we need to ensure the face and confidence of the american people then we will work as hard as we can to meet the expectations before us. >> so basically a warning from clapper saying that with m

you worked on capitol hill? guest: yes host: it goes on to goldman sachs and united parcel service all of this coming in to the chairman of the ways and means committee. does it work? guest: when you think about it we are talking about trillions before and now thousands. these are very small amounts of money. i think they are just tokens of appreciation or respect to the chairman. i really don't think they influence him in any major way. i think what -- from where i sit, i think there is too much emphasis on the influence of contributions and not enough on lobbying. that is many multiples. host: what is the difference between getting a check in the mail and lobbying? guest: well, let me just -- most tax issues -- there are tax issues we see on television all the time. what is the rate. and there is partisan politics. and that is what usually dominates the headlines. that is only the upper crust of what is going on with tax policy. beneath the radar we have hundreds of issues in every tax bill that are technical,

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millions of americans are hoping for progress on capitol hill today. robert gets back to work. -- congress gets back to work. story today and tomorrow is going to be the weather. we want to get to jacqui jeras. she is in the weather center. right now, it feels fine. temperatures actually went up to the overnight hours. it is counterintuitive in terms of waking up to temperatures in the 40's. now, we arers from talking about temperatures almost 40 degrees colder than that. some of us are going to be waking up to single digits, i think most of us will, by tomorrow morning. i put the temperatures on top of super doppler radar to show you that the precipitation it is out there at this hour is just rain. light and that will be the case through the morning hours. we could see a transition to snow late this afternoon. this morning, still some patchy fog up there, but the fog advisory that was in fact -- was in effect was canceled early. light rain will be expected on and off throughout the morning hours with the mix late this morning. this afternoon, skies ar

wasn't just capitol hill had a little holiday. >> not at all. listen, if you're going to attack the republicans for not being in washington and working on unemployment benefit, you should probably pick a different venue than waikiki beach, hawaii, where he spent 17 days. look, here's an individual, the president, who came to town to overcome partisanship in washington. and beginning in the new year, he's right back to the same partisanship that made his last year, even his friends say circumstance the worst year of his presidency. >> what i don't understand, one of the criticisms he when he was first elected in his first term is at least it was reported he said something to the effect of "i won." it steams to me if the idea -- it seems to me if the idea is to get people to work together, the last thing you should do is declare war on them or poke a stick in their eyes. >> right y. don't we have an aide who said, "mr. president, i saw this statement. doesn't look that good, why don't you try this? say, his a great vacation in hawaii, a lot of the

it will take them up pennsylvania avenue to capitol hill. the president is expected to enter the house chamber shortly after 9:00 eastern time. he will be introduced. seated high the president will be the president of the senate, vice president biden, and speaker the house, john boehner. democrat line. what do you want to hear from the president? what issue is important to you in the year ahead? caller: hello. thank you for your time and taking the call. address issue of marijuana. two states that have made income off of this medical marijuana. it can help the economy. i think obama should recognize the medical benefits of cannabis. he has to address it. it seems he has taken the issue off. he implemented congress laws to govern the states a dispensary business owners and protect them under something. for the call. members of the senate are departing. there is ruth bader ginsburg. there are other members of the supreme court that will be in attendance for two nights state of the union address. tonight's state of the union address. >> there y

coming up on our capitol hill leaders from the debate your u.s. intelligence agencies are meeting to discuss global threats with congress it's no surprise they're talking terrorism but there's also concern over leakers like edward snowden is this intel fear mongering more than that in just a moment. the states of the union did the president say anything groundbreaking last night or was he upstaged by a congressman who threatened to throw a reporter off a balcony more on that coming up. and we'll take a look at the shocking number of people dying and police custody and local u.s. jails lives lost to new due to the failure of staff to administer routine critical medicines will hear stories from the families affected later in the show. it's wednesday january twenty ninth eight pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching our team america. well begin tonight with efforts to earn edward snowden the nobel peace prize the former n.s.a. contractor was nominated for the nobel peace prize today his name was added by two norwegian politicians

there is demand on capitol hill. the president isn't stepping up and not addressing that demand and that's a huge problem. neil: what do you think of the kindf dismissive attitude he has had, tea partiers feel, of them and he doesn't need them and will go full steam ahead on issues they're leery about including immigraon reform? >> that doesn't work. any one who worked any legislative environment, anyone who is governor, anyone who has been a chief executive officer, or a parent sitting around the dinner table. tough bring people in and work out differences. tough find common ground and solutions as you go forward. it is real, neil, we have these people on capitol hill who want to get things done. they're republicans and democrats. neil: do you think speaker boehner wants to get things done and tea partiers don't? or. >> i suspect everyone wants something done in terms of job creation and expanding opportunity. nobody will stand in the way of doing tha that is where you roll up yr sleeves. you have to do exactly what

if obama does not act, capitol hill will.needs to do something before they try to -- >> what is the issue? >> it is a collection of telephone records, and millions of them. they feel like it is a key component of what they do. on capitol hill, you have got democrats who have major problems with that program. they want to move legislation to change that. the obama administration is in a tough position. >> there are legal challenges. there have been conflicting court decisions. this will end up in the supreme court, wouldn't it? >> it is definitely heading in that direction. there was a judge in d.c. that said the collection program is unconstitutional. another judge in new york says it is constitutional. the only end for this is in the supreme court. >> and edward snowden? >> if you talk to officials, he could be heading to jail. you would think they would keep him in russia. there is a growing momentum. no one i talked to in -- in the administration thinks that is an idea they want to pursue. >> this is a crystal ball looking

i'm jake tapper live at capitol hill.ational lead now, his journal talks about typical teenage stuff, like acne problems, getting rejected by girls, that type of thing. but police characterize it differently. police say it reflects his general unhappiness with life. investigators have been pouring over the writings of darion aguilar to find out what might have prompted him to bring a gun to a mall. he killed 21-year-old brianna benlolo and tyler johnson and then turned the gun on himself. our senior washington correspondent joe johns is following this story in columbia, maryland. we've got new information about the shooter's gun and ammunition? >> reporter: right, jake. it was a 12-gauge shotgun. he apparently purchased it on december 10th from united gun shop in rockville, maryland. apparently went back just before christmas, bought some more ammunition. he was accompanied by the same friend on both occasions and said he needed the gun for home defense. the store says there was no indication of any red flags at the time.

and on capitol hill leaders from the major u.s. intelligence agencies are meeting to discuss global threats with congress it's no surprise they're talking terrorism but there's also concern over leakers like ad words no doubt more on that in just a moment. and we'll take a look at the shocking number of people dying in police custody and local u.s. jails lives lost due to the failure of staff to administer routine yet critical medicines we'll hear stories from families affected later on. it's wednesday january twenty ninth five pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching r.t. america president obama addressed the nation last night for the annual state of the union speech after that speech the situation turned to grim for one reporter covering covering the event and then why one news reporter was interviewing representative michael graham and asked him a question about an investigation into illegal fund raising for the congressman's campaign all this outrage graham would then resorted to threatening the reporter and

and on capitol hill leaders from the major u s intelligence agencies are meeting to discuss local press conference. it's no surprise that talking terrorism but there's also concern over a week or is like the average snow depth. lauren and in just a moment. and will take a look at the shocking number of people dying in police custody in local us jails lives lost due to the failure of staff to administer routine yet critical medicines will hear stories from families affected. later on. the one day january twenty nine by yet here in washington d c it. i'm liz wall when you're watching rt america. president obama addressed the nation last night for the annual state of the union speech. after that speech the situation turned a grand for one reporter covering on a covering the event and an ally one news reporter was interviewing representative michael grant and ask him a question about any investigation into illegal fund raising for the congressman's campaign all this outrage granted and resorted to granting the reporter anna was all caught on camera. i know i'm leaving you with an eye on him

and chris lawrence is on capitol hill with more. >> yes. that is true. they could not pass it when they were going for a hike to $9 and hard to get it done going for more than $10, but if you combine the push with what is going on here locally, the workers may yet see a bump in pay. >> reporter: from the field workers to the factory floor, store clerks and local cooks, hourly workers in our area are going to be keeping a close eye on president obama's speech and a bigger push to raise the minimum wage. >> the minimum wage in maryland is no longer a wage that anybody can live on. >> reporter: and the governor wants $10.10 statewide, the same amount the president will call for. and some small business owners say that on top of the added cost of obama care is going to squeeze too hard. >> it does make it more difficult for them to operate and put together profitable businesses. >> reporter: but a recent study showed that while the region is home to the 7 of the top 10 counties, poverty ra the census bureau estimates more than 6% of the montgomery county res

there are journalists, lawyers, economis editors.s, we have capitol hill correspondents. we have a network of world.pondents around the and in all 50 states. host: who pays for it? a nonprofit. we don't get any contributions that i'm aware of. any grants. e funds ourselves through subscriptions to our publications. host: let me read some of what pearl stein wrote. teams at george mason university. was someone who shined an early light on how companies manied in nation transfer prices the price one division charges another for services to shift profits to low tax jurisdictions. explain that. pricing is a r very obscure term to most of the general public. if you are at all interested in tax policy, at all interested n corporate tax policy it is very central to what is going on. that is the first thinking i want to point out. means is that when multinational corporations do with different parts of their business so they might u.s. headquartered company and its subsidiary france, they are always transacting with each other. they are treating services an goods goods. and how y

coming up on r.t.e. a white house appointed review board made its way to capitol hill to make a case for n.s.a. surveillance changes will want makers and the white house agree on any needing full reforms we'll have a report from capitol hill just ahead and in some parts of west virginia it's now safe to drink the tap water and not everyone can drink from the fountain after last week's chemical spill but the state judge has a warning for the company responsible for the leak details coming up. and an undercover drug deal exposed the da and justice department secretly met with members of a mexican drug cartel all mexican authorities were left in the dark find out how the u.s. was doing the cartels dirty work later in the show.

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