amy: james henry, you are an economist and lawyer with the tax justice network. you talk about how -- talk about the republicans who are opposed to trump's plan. >> we haven't heard much from them. ostensibly, there are opposed to the deficit this is going to create, something like $1.5 trillion to two point $6 trillion in the deficit. traditionally, the deficit hawks, some of whom are like senator corker, rand paul them have been concerned about that. but that appears to be going away. the reason is, this is a huge payday for the donor class. i would say the most important impact of this that we haven't 2.6ly discussed is the trillion dollars offshore that belongs to companies like apple and google and microsoft. very large u.s. companies. going to be able to repatriate that and pay only a five resented timber six -- 5% to 6% tax rate on that. amy: explain exactly how that works. you have written a lot about this. timeis is basically a one repatriation like bush tried in 2004 when he did the same thing, gave major companies that have parked money offshore a 5% t

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country as a haven to avoid european taxes or i would joining me from new york now is tax expert james henry james is a senior fellow with columbia university on sustainable development and a global justice fellow with yale university thanks for being with us so i want to ask you first of all just broadly speaking is this a tax plan that is going to benefit most americans or is it largely going to benefit the wealthy. well i think it's pretty clear that this plan was set out by goldman sachs and so you know that gary cohen who's a former president of. goldman sachs is now trump's leading economics advisor the plan calls for a fairly radical change in the corporate income tax to what's called a territorial income tax. major companies like apple and google which have parked a lot of money in tax a vns offshore about two trillion dollars would be able to bring that back at a very low tax rate. and. the rate that trump has been talking about is a fifteen to twenty percent. nominal rate but nobody pays that now most of these big companies to figure out ways to avoid that so this is a real sort of

this would be before even james henry hammond made his speech on the floor of the senate should -- of senate. the looms provided the orchestra to butler's first campaign, an effort to institute a 10 hour workday in the mills. his law practice soon outgrew its office space and was soon boasting a second, satellite office in boston. those who underestimated alert as just a country lawyer, and there were many, did so at their peril. mostt only mastered the simple details of his cases, but he thought it through education relevant fields. when representing a plaintiff scurvy contracted because his captain had not taken a fresh supply of veretables, he poured o encyclopedias and spoke with old sailors, and he studied five treaties on scurvy. old german onean that his opponent had never encountered. his deep research was rivaled only in the courtroom by his theatrical flair. perhaps inspired by his wife, a talented stage actress who in the 1840'sces and 1850's. then butler would rehearse for the role of his life in the civil war. by april of 1861, he was among the most prominent of democrats

seems probable, wrote hen henry james, 200 years after the trial, if we were never bewilder thread would never be a story to tell about us. thank you. [applause] we have time for questions. who microphones in the aisles for whoever gets there first. >> i'm wondering about why people would confess to something that they didn't really do. you know there was this situation in central park with the central park five. these were teenaged boys, and they confessed. the police worked them over. they confessed to crimes they didn't commit. and i'm wondering what the process is whereby somebody is going to do something like that. >> turns out to be remarkably easy to extract a false confession but in salem is a ex-exacerbated by other issues. with some of the young men who are accused, they are actually tortured and we have evidence of the fact they had been hung up in a rather grotesque fashion to have the truth ex-attract from them. many of the people who are brought in are women, many of them have never been -- have never stood before an authority before. the men who were interrogating them are

he has written biographies of dickens, henry james, which would have been interesting research mark twain, john quincy , adams, abraham lincoln, and this great book he will be talking about tonight, "lincoln and the abolitionists." historians want to tell you what happened in the world and why it is important. literary critics tell you about the power of words and how the great poets and rhetoricians did their best, they do it as well. for instance -- this is from the carlyle biography. one of the most famous librarians in history -- used to be the british library in, and thomas carlyle would go there a lot, and he did not do well with him. the library and a librarian were generating small antagonisms toward each other. this culminated in the public criticism during parliamentary hearings. that is when libraries were really important. on the future of the museum in 1849, he was one more example of thomas carlyle's archetype of the anal librarian. he stands like a jackal at the gates of the library to preserve and protect books by keeping readers away. [laughter] so frank kaplan is also a

washington and barbara johns, thomas jefferson, james madison, james monroe, and patrick henry. as i thought about how to best address the need for action in the other chamber, mr. speaker, i determined that there were no better words than those delivered by patrick henry of virginia, slightly amended, on march 23, 1775, in st. john's cathedral as he addressed the second virginia assembly in richmond, virginia. with all credit to the author whom i paraphrase, i would read. mr. speaker, no man thinks more highly than i do of the patriotism and abilities of the very worthy people who have served and do serb in the senate. but different people often see the same subject in different lights and therefore i hope it will not be a thought -- it will not be thought disrespectful to those senators if, entertaining as i do, opinions of a character very opposite of many of theirs, i shall speak forth in my sentiments freely and without reserve. this is no time for ceremony. the question before the senate is one of an awful consequence to this country. for my part i consider it nothing less

james madison had come under the sway of jefferson. so had patrick henry -- he of eventually gets pushed away and so did james monroe who marshall went to school with. so a lawyer from virginia had a statesman. he is in philadelphia for his supreme court arguments, he impresses a lot of people. they probably talk a lot about him. when we are in trouble with france and there is a delegation het is going to negotiate talks to marshall. finally, he says yes. pretty gooduld do a job. it worked out well for him even though it was a total failed negotiation. they get to france and france does not want to speak with them at all. no, they have trouble holding him in some time. they are then made public after he takes up the name and replace them with a letter. this is the xyz affair. where marshall you may see as a failed negotiations gets turned into a national hero for standing up to the pretensions of france. so that when he comes back he is hailed as a hero. to see himy comes up when he sails back on the ship. they go down to philadelphia and he is met outside

the convocations of the institution they inherited, people like henry clay and rufus king and charles mercer. also, david walker. even, james buchanan, our 15th president and lincoln's first vice president, the wonderful hannibal hamlin. and lincoln's hand picked successor and therein lies a story -- there enlies a story, the ultra-racist andrew jackson. we should not abstract him from a narrative that gives due attention to the complexities of the man and the situation. it is hard to deny on the evidence of history and experience that racism is an offshoot of tribalism, identity politics, us against them, in every area of human life. when individuals and groups -- the pervasive tribal nature of otherness is difficult ground on which to grow togetherness. the individual human heart, yours and mine beat with flawed arrhythmias. racism never will be, they are the candy, totally eradicated. but it is impossible for us to not constantly and continually try. the book that i've written has proven somewhat controversial. it may be staring some thoughts in you and in a minute, we will get to the illegal portion of this presentation

. >> james figueroa junior was killed trying to stop the suspects from stealing his truck. henry lee spoke to neighbors where it happened in a woman who witnessed it. >> reporter: it happened on via del sol and san lorenzo around 5:30 am. the went outside his home to start his truck to get it warmed up before going back inside. >> he came out. the suspect jumped into his truck. he tried to stop the suspect from stealing his truck. during that encounter the suspect in our victim's vehicle run the victim over. >> a woman told her she came across the scene while dropping her daughter off. >> it impacted him and he fell to the ground. it wasn't until i got closer to get him to respond that he started to bleed from his head and spitting out blood. >> reporter: residents of this quiet neighborhood are stunned. they say the victim is a construction worker with two sons. >> a hard-working guy. a family guy. he grew up here. my wife told me that he and my oldest daughter of the same age. that's how long i've known him. >> this is a really quiet area. not a lot of crime happens here. we ge

james vince is expected to bat at three in their opening warm—up match. he was dropped last year after a string of poor scores. our reporter henryere in perth that the england ashes tour begins in earnest. yesterday the players acclimatised on the golf course, today they hit the net is a a walmart match against western australian 11 coming up this weekend. -- warm up match. our preparation in the next three weeks will be important. if we get that right we give ourselves a great chance. well this is the first three practice games that england have leading into the first test in brisbane on november the 23rd. no question about it that england will be relieved to consider on cricket as opposed to events of the field of play. let's have a quick round—up now of some of the day's other stories now and warrington's ben currie replaces sam burgess in england's starting line—up for their second match of the rugby league world cup against lebanon in sydney on saturday. burgess damaged knee ligaments during friday's defeat by australia, so currie will make his first start for england — that's the only change to the side. lebanon are the lo

lunch he has with secretary tillerson and defense secretary james mattis, he's also going to be sitting down with former secretary of state henry kissinger. so a lot here to unpack at the white house, hallie. >> kristen welker, a busy day for you, my friend. see you in a little bit. >>> first, to mount pleasant, south carolina, where garrett haake just talked to another frequent republican donald trump critic, senator lindsey graham. garrett, let's talk this through. after the gop silence, there's new reaction from republicans today that seems to center around two things to me, number one, bob corker is a good guy, that's the line, and number two, none of this makes it easier for the president to get stuff done. >> reporter: that's exactly right, hallie. republicans want to diffuse this fight as quickly as they possibly can. they know it is just not helpful. they cannot get their agenda passed if they spend their time taking hot shots at each other. lindsey graham does not agree with bob corker's characterization of the path, but he respects bob corker and thinks he's a smart guy. and he knows how important he is to getting the

james reston is a wilson center global fellow. i believe so -- is it? i was going to an event henry kissinger was speaking at and the chair said can everyone hear me and from the side henry kissinger said, by definition, the people who cannot hear will not respond. [laughter] you're at the wilson center and today is another in our books at wilson series featuring the latest book by the remarkable james reston who is a wilson center global fellow. the topic of the book deals with a contentious period in the history of the vietnam war, and the book itself deals with the contentious debate over how to mark that war and the american'' role and sacrifice during that period. that was fraught with politics and contention over the appropriate artistic expression to memorialize that dramatic period in american history. the gold standard of book reviews remains "the new york times." they reviewed it this week and described the book as superb and affecting in terms of the emotions it evokes as one reads it. it is a fantastic volume. jim has been affiliated as a fellow at the wilson center. it

james mattis on top of what we just heard. share the reporting and their insigh insights. of the "new york times," the weekly stand. interesting to see henry kissinger and the history of that. the president is in this fight with bob corker and in this fight with his own secretary of state. he is try there not to focus on what the republican party would like to talk about every day. tax cuts and whatever you are go going to do administratively until they make another attempt next year on repeal and replace. it's an interesting day in the life, shall we say for the president. >> it is interesting and for the reports we are getting, he is asked whether he has confidence in rex tillerson and the president said yes. obviously they had a little bit of a fraught relationship, but it gives an indication that the white house realizes they need to get some of this stuff done. if they keep having these side shows where the president is fighting with members of his cabinet and kicking secretaries out and having to replace them, it stymies all of the legislative efforts in congress. that's snag sources a has been personal for us with the president. >>

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henry joins us now. >> not a surprise to see the president lashing out. what's new about this episode is the extraordinary assist he's getting from james mattis and shootinge reporting. the president so incensed today about that report, bruising over the first amendment to use the federal government's power to use strip nbc of its broadcast lies and after they claim it's a earthly report that secretary state rex tillerson had called the president a moron, came because the president allegedly used a big meeting the summer at the pentagon to push a massive increase, as you noted, in america's nuclear weapons stockpile. one big problem with this claim seems to be off the mark. president tweeting, "fake at nbc news made up a story that i wanted a tenfold increase in our u.s. nuclear arsenal. diction made up to demean nbc equal cnn." he added, with all the fake news coming out of the network, at what point is it to challenge their license? bad for country." he said it was secretary mattis among others who said it could be trusted to pull the president back from chaos. he is now backing the president over nbc, declaring "recent reports of the president called f

a coincidence james many thanks torch relay for i'm sure let's get more on that for you joining us live on skype as henrik or doll director of the peace research institute in or slow henry cordell given the optics of where we are as of today when it comes to nuclear aspirations the nuclear debate which countries do you think will really listen to this and which countries won't absorb the central key message. first of all i would like to say that we're extremely happy to see the price of going to the abolition campaign for nuclear weapons i think this is going to we have a process now within the un a lot of countries have signed up more than fifty countries so the treaty will come into effect i think this crisis also putting a lot of pressure on the states that have so far decided to stand on the sidelines including all the major countries and obviously all the nuclear powers but how do you think crucially the united states north korea iran all the nuclear powers pakistan india the u.k. france how will they react. they will most likely to react negatively obviously there is no sign that this campaign will immediately lead to any change in policies in these countries what

james reston is a wilson center global fellow. i believe so -- is it? i was going to an event henry kissinger was speaking at and the chair sa c