michael lawrence. >> thank you. >> thank you very much for being here today. >> good afternoon, my name is mike lawrence, i'm the district [inaudible] the board of equalization as you may be familiar with is tasked with the responsibility of collecting and maintaining the sales and use tax program within the state of california along with a whole host of other types of taxes including environmental fees, timber tax, property tax, cigarette, alcohol, i believe there's over 20 taxes that are involved. in response, i believe finding number 3 was what we were asked to respond to and on september 10 or a letter dated september 10 was provided to the grand jury. i don't know if that is -- if you've gotten that or what. i mean, so what i will do is summarize that letter and explain what actions the board of equalization has done in regards specifically to the surcharge. sales tax applies to the sale of tangible personal property and the amount upon which that tax applies is the gross receipts under 6012 which is our reference, the gross receipts are anything that are charged so if you go into

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tonight colin powell's former chief of staff lawrence wilkerson on sununu's charge. >>> and michael eric dyson on racism as a campaign tactic in the year 2012. >>> plus righties are freaking out, calling the obama campaign satanic over this ad. >> super uncool to be out and about did you vote, no, i wasn't ready. >> and lives hang in the balance if obama care gets repealed. pearl jam guitarist mike mccready is standing up for people with preexisting conditions and he joins "the ed show" tonight. good to have you with us, folks. thanks for watching. all eyes are on ohio in the final weeks of the 2012 election. the romney campaign hit a sour note last night at a rally in the buckeye state. ♪ ♪ and crown from sea, to shining sea ♪ yeah! >> actually, the note mitt romney hit was a heck of a lot worse than that. the republican nominee out of nowhere told a crowd of supporters some unexpected information about auto jobs in nearby toledo, ohio. >> i saw a story today that one of the great manufacturers in this state, jeep, now on the other hand by the italians, is thinking of moving all product

i'll have reaction from former chief of staff lawrence wilkerson and we'll talk with michael dyson aboute in the 2012 election. >>> and a rock star shares his story of living with a preexi preexisting condition and why the affordable health care act is important to him and millions of americans. pearl jam guitarist mike mccready will join me later on the program. share your thoughts on facebook and twitter. we're coming right back. [ female announcer ] today, jason is here to volunteer to help those in need. when a twinge of back pain surprises him. morning starts in high spirits, but there's a growing pain in his lower back. as lines grow longer, his pain continues to linger. but after a long day of helping others, he gets some helpful advice. just two aleve have the strength to keep back pain away all day. today, jason chose aleve. just two pills for all day pain relief. try aleve d for strong, all day long sinus and headache relief. >>> welcome back to "the ed show." thanks for watching tonight. big news when one of the republicans of the bush administration endorses a democrat for pr

parr >> michael: eliot may be out tonight but we're still going to talk wall street reform. first lawrence with different difficulties, and a science lesson from congressman paul broun. when it doesn't fit anywhere else we put it in the view finder. >> don't say you weren't warned this would happen. we don't have it. we were going to show you i guess you can figure outs the etch-a-sketch tape of the romney guy saying we're going to etch-a-sketch thing. but the control rom room, it doesn't always happen. >> the woman fainted on the air and her co-host kept talking like nothing happened. >> are you okay? >> what this does is give us an opportunity. >> one person was unconscious while the other person kept talking like the last year's debate. >> everything is coming up romney. the latest polls have romney neck and neck with obama. >> which polls are the pundits' favorite? >> before the debate the majority were leaning toward pew and gallup, but look what happened last week, a massive swing. >> in7-eleven cull polls obama is up 20 points. >> the poll is polling well among pundits who no longer

lawrence lamer at 10:00 eastern. >>> a little bit of sports before we take it to break. in case you missed sunday night football eagles hosted giants. eagles quarterback michael vick kicked to shawn jackson for the first score of the game just before halftime. the eagles criticized for turnovers so far this year. they had none last night. new york pulled ahead in the fourth quarter after eli manning connected on that touchdown right there. philadelphia add a field goal -- i'm waiting for it -- we're not going to see it. they added a field goal to go up 19-17. giants had a chance to win at the end but lawrence tynes 54-yard field goal was way short. kind of embarrass ing. the other new york team was just crushed. we're going to ask the question later this hour, is it time to go tebow? >>> former nfl star tiki barber will join us to talk about that. >>> also, very strong words and a warning from the top u.s. commander in afghanistan about those deadly insider attacks on american troops. you'll hear what -- you'll hear general john allen say he's mad at hell about it. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. governor of getting it done. you know how to dance..