est: i think the wld looks at it as -- right now, they see ings like jaary 6. they see the tumulty aut to happen. challenges in different courts. you see the wrestling over who is on the ballot. america looks like a bren and failing democracy. they see the support and energy fosomething like israel and gaza. i would even put ukraine and russia ithis. there are conflicts in somal and afra that were essentially in the es of the world, head of t line of the ukrne and russia crisis. but the momentu basically -- you have a lot of the global south looking at the mess as hypocritical in the way it assesses. host: this is out of midlothian, virginia. good morning. guest: -- caller: my question is, you have israel fighting, but how do you get people to realize that hamas and the palestinian people are not the same thing? i do not think they have a good understanding of the area,ut how can you tell people? how does the news get pple to understand the difference between the palestinian people and hamas? guest: i think it is a very important point. the fact that most peopl

the biden administration passed a 15% minimum corporate tax, that went into effect last jaary.re the revenue -- would have the revenue implications of that been? is 15% enough going forward to support the current spending level? sec. yellen: you have a significant number of highly profitable corporations that in their financial statements are telling their investors that they had enormous profits, and yet have so many ways of avoiding taxes that tre are some corporations that have actually been paying le than that, in some cases, no taxes. so the corporate alternave minimum tax was designed to ensure that, and this only really applies to corporations with over $1 billion in profits, not one begin doars in sales, but a billion dollars in profits , that they need to pay at least 15%. to have a situation where nurses and firefighters are paying a rger share of their income than america's most profitable corporations, strikes me, and i think most americansas unfair it has just gone into effect. corporations subject to it are paying estimated taxes we don't yet know what it is goin

short usual this.iday, i'm no and appeals court ruled that jaary 6th defendants can be held accountablentering the capital, even if they weren't violent themselves. political reporting, quote, thatdecision is a victory for that justice department in case against hundreds of defendant charged with misdemeanor counts of disorderly and disruptive conduct. one of the staple charges that has been applied to nearly every member of the mob that entered the halls of congress. how does the speak tutoring that mob mentality that unfolded that at the capitol? why is it important that everyone be held accountable? >> i look at everything through the prism of former law enforcement officer. to me, accountability is the cornerstone of our criminal justice system. if you want to prevent people from committing criminal acts, they need to be held accountable. they need to be punished. so i think it's important, very important, what the department of justice has undertaken in investigating and prosecuting those responsible for committing violent acts, criminal acts on january 6th, 2021. but obviously, it

. >> narrator: in the midst of the jaary 6th committee's hearings, a dramatic moment. >> live testimonya surprise witness. >> during the watergate hearings there was only one surprise witness-- it was alexander butterfield, while in the january 6 hearings, the surprise witness is cassidy hutchinson. >> narrator: cassidy hutchinson: a 25-year-old white house staffer. >> the most intimidating thing is all those cameras sitting one foot from her face taking pictures of her. (camera flash pops) this is a young woman standing in a setting that could almost feel amphitheatrical. ♪ ♪ >> i was with cassidy on the day of her testimony. during it, i'm sitting behind her. she was incredibly nervous, i think like any normal person would be to do this. there was a time beforehand where she wanted to back out. because it was really scary to go up against the president of the united states, and speak the truth, is something that only a few people will know. >> she was a hardcore trump loyalist. and she's getting ready to destroy the tribe that she gets her identity from. i've been there, right. i've b

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