times have been tough with lenny's general contracting. and in this economic downturn, don't go look up lenny's online, this is a assumed name. with the housing market problems, he found himself having trouble meeting bills, having trouble making ends meet. actually had to lay off of couple of his employees. he had just about given up when he actually read that his local chamber of commerce was conducting a small business tax workshop where representatives from the irs would present answers to questions about how we're trying to help struggling businesses in tough economic times. at the workshop, the irs representative explained a lot of valuable information. explained there's a new net operating law with carryback provisions which lenny did not know about, if he files a return and has losses, he can carry back and get an expedited refund in taxes paid in an earlier year, which he realed he could do and hadn't realized before. they also explained that small business owners are generally going to be qualified for the making work pay credit.

i am going to go ahead and direct the first question to you , lenny as i have been calling you for two and a half or three years now i think. let's just start with the ominous question, why did you do this book? >> several reasons. basically to document my father and i, our history that we had in this present effort that started in 1993, developing stock-car drivers for nascar and we found in the industry a lot of black history and efforts were either swept under the rug or forgotten because the few efforts that were out there, i mean most folks don't take the time to either write a book, just trying to survive on the racetrack. nascar now is a diversity program which in my opinion is a ceremonial program for photo opportunities and give a look that african-americans are interested in this board and everything is okay, so i wrote the book along with you to voice my opinions and our experience, to give a real hard-core perspective what my dad and i went through in the carolinas at the grassroots level in nascar. also, the book, the purpose for the book is to destroy some of the myths th

lenny bruce was good friend of mine, and lenny would have loved you. >> really?larry: and i mean that. yeah, he would have. >> that's a great compliment. >> larry: when you come up with a joke, is shock part of it? are you thinking i'm using this, he will be shocking people? >> i think that it's -- you know, i talk about it in the book, and it wasn't something i realized until i started doing interviews like this. and you know how like the biggest revelations are always so simple? so there is a story that, you know, when i was 3, my dad taught me swears. he thought it was hilarious to teach a 3-year-old swears. so i would shout out these swears in the middle of the supermarket. and i saw at three years old this reaction that was shock and delight. and it felt like approval. and i feel like i got kind of addicted to it. it made my arms itch, you know. and it makes sense that that would kind of inform my later life. and i think that it did. but that said, i don't sit around going how can i be shocking because once the formula is figured out, it's no longer shocking

anoche en el verizon center, don nelson se quedÓ muy corto en su primer intento por romper el rÉcord de lennys de mÁs victorias como entrenador en la nba, al caer golden state 112-94 frente a los wizards de washington. nick young anotÓ 29 puntos, una marca personal en la temporada; javale mcgee estableciÓ marcas en su carrera con 25 unidades y 15 rebotes; shaun livingston igualÓ una marca en su carrera con 21 puntos en nueve canastas de 11 intentos, y andray blatche agregÓ 21 unidades, con lo que los wizards tuvieron a cuatro jugadores por encima de los 20 puntos en un partido por primera vez desde diciembre del 2007.el argentino fabricio oberto jugo casi 11 minutos para los wizards. nos metemos en las grandes ligas, debutaron los orioles de baltimore fuera de casa, asi es que vamos aver como le fue a la novena del puerto. arranco la temporada regular en las grandes ligas para los orioles y de que manera de vista en la florida, carl crawford impulsÓ dos carreras al pegar un sencillo con la casa llena en la novena entrada, y los rays de tampa bay arrancaron la temporada con el pie der

. >> i totally noted mary is and i think i have lenny figured out. in january, you announced companies would have to list and certain tax positions before tax sulfur transactions that may not pass muster with the irs. he delayed comment on that until jim. when you expect that to take effect and what will the irs do with this information? >> that's the provision i was referring to before, where in accounting under a regulation, corporations take a reserve for an uncertain tax positions, but the details are not now made available to us. what we have proposed is getting a left, not all the work papers under that, but get a lift of where those of certain tax positions are. the reason for this is we have a voluntary tax system. people show was all their information and it either passes muster or if we have differences in either what the facts are or what the law is, we should talk about that. right now, we spend a lot of time with large corporate taxpayers trying to find issues, which we find eventually. but it is wasted time for corporate taxpayers and w

. >> and i'm sorry, commissioner, i totally know who mary is and i think got lenny figured out. [laughter] >> in january you said people will have to have their unsure tax positions. you delayed a comment period on that notice until june. when do you expect this to take effect? and what will the irs do with this information? >> that's the provision i was referring to before. where an accounting under a regulation called fin48. corporations take a reserve for uncertain tax positions. but the details of that aren't now made available to us. what we've proposed is getting a list, not all the work papers underneath that and the other information that companies goes through but get a list of where those uncertain tax positions are. the real reason for this is my belief is we have a voluntary tax system. that where people show us all of their information and either it passes muster or if we have differences in either what the facts are or what the law is, we should talk about that. right now we spend a lot of time with large corporate taxpayers just trying to find issues, which we fin

lenny bruce almost went to jail for screaming his expression in the '60s in america. >> the dutch artistt was bruteally murdered, that kind of violence casts a pale and does have a tendency to smear an entire community. >> i agree with you 100% and i think the muslim american community is doing their best to get media savvy and get on tv. one of the leaders denounced this. it has nothing to do with islam. these guys are out there advocating violence. >> geraldo: can you give aus quick joke. >> don't do a muslim joke. >> i was in saudi arabia doing jokes there. >> jokes about us. they like, i mean jokes about how much they like cigarette smoke. i went to a gym and there was an ashtray on the treadmill. how arabs love to talk to you in the movie. they love to guess the ending and talk to you about what just happened on the screen. >> thank you. good luck with your career. >> as earth week comes to a close with a big rally planned in washington, d.c. tomorrow in favor of new laws protecting the environment, geraldo spoke with a hollywood director whose movie has made him one of the world's

he's just not -- it is lenny. he's just not that good. we should have a no race blame day.g this was said by nfl teams and a scout. >> he said that somebody said it. >> sean: you don't believe him >> i say sour grapes. >> i'm a redskins fan i love john riggins. if you are a great running back and you are white -- i think america says hey great we like that i don't know how that's a losing deal for anybody. >> sean: let's assume this was said. if it was said is it a form of racism? >> it is yeas ness. >> i agree. >> sean: ending on a happy note. now that i dropped my football here. >> they are not going to draft you. >> i think that was

. >> larry: the late lenny bruce said once "marijuana will be legal some day because every law studentit in november. and there is the old saying as california goes, so goes the nation. >> larry: i think it was maine. >> okay. let's change to it california. >> larry: another twitter question. lots of them by the way tweeting. we mention you, the tweets came in. asking about pot smoking. basically, how much and how often? >> well, you know, i have change mid habits a little bit. my lungs -- and i smoked so much, you know, and i'd roll and smoke and roll and smoke. but i did get congestion from it. and i was wheezing, in the night and coughing. so i switched over to a vaporizer, which you don't get any smoke and you don't get any heat. and for a singer, someone's lungs, it's much, much healthier. >> larry: it's not pot, right? >> oh, yeah. it's pot in a vaporizer. but you -- when you, you know, you're getting vapors, but not heat and not smoke. >> larry: does it have the same effect? >> yeah, it's even stronger, i think. >> larry: did you ever fear that it might be harming you? >> well,

there's lenny and other friends.tside to greet everyone in a couple of minutes. >> several layers did deep out there. >> very big crowd. we'll say hi. i'm matt lauer, alongside ann curry. ann is filling in while meredith is off today. >>> just ahead, a grieving family speaks out. >> really sad story, matt. that's right. monica beresford redman was murdered two weeks ago in c cancun. her husband, a former produce forefor "survivor" is the only suspect. her mother and sisters will be joining us for an exclusive interview, matt. >>> also, jenna bush hager sits down with president bill clinton, the man her father replaced in the white house, to talk about everything from the unique bond their families share to chelsea's upcoming wedding and president clinton's global initiative. that should be an interesting discussion. >>> speaking of the white house, what was our nation's current first lady like as a child? michelle obama's older brother, craig robinson, will be here to tell us all about that. >>> let's begin with new

he passes lenny wilkins for the most wins by a head coach. >> all right, sickers and heat. to make it nine straight wins. pick up action in the fourth quarter. this is dwyane wade. putting on the brakes and knocking it down, and the heat, mission accomplished. 99-95. 22 pointes for wade. and the heat have won nine in a row. that's going to do it for us. for those of you watching on espn2. "baseball tonight" is up next. meanwhile always stay current with espnews. >> celtics and the raptors, chris bosh out, reggie evans in. hits his head with turkoglu. turkoglu sustaining a nasal contusion. ataken to the hospital for a ct scan. meanwhile, flick of the wrist, ties it up. going around the back, getting threes. celtics lead 91-80. rajon rondo. for 3. much better. he had 21 points, dimes. five players in double digits for boston. boston has won eight straight versus the raptors. sonny weems, 21 points, that is a career high. toronto has 16 of the last 24. >> wizards and the magic, one night after clinching the third are vin sanity with the big left-hand, up by eight. magic up by