but yes 287,000 new irs agents. that shows you what his priorities are. mark kelly left our southern border wide open, voted for the trillions in spending and he thinks the fix is 87,000 new irs agents. that is not going to work out. host: i want to get back to you. >> i want to speak up on behalf of the drunken sailor. because duncan sailors, there is a limit to how much money a drunken sailor can spend. that is not the problem here. the problem here is we do not have sound money anymore in our country. that is the reason these guys are bickering about spending more and more and more money. because there is no limit to how much our government can continue to print and spend. we need to get back to sound money again, so that the government can't continue to have no limits on their credit card. that is the problem with our economy. there are always things to spend more money on. there will be a never ending list. we want to get control on our economy, we need to get back to a free market and sound money. host: ok. mark, go back to the idea of irs agents ov

he voted for 87,000 new irs agents. mark kelly kept our border wide open but he sending collectors coming after you. i'm blake masters. ♪ [video clip] i am the mayor of mason and republican. the last few years have been tough in our local businesses and our community needed help. that's when i heard for mark kelly. we may be from different political parties but it doesn't matter for mark. for him, we are on team arizona. mark secured critical funding to help savor small businesses. he doesn't look for ways to blame democrats or republicans, he looks for a way forward. i'm for mark kelly and i approve this message. host: the ad featuring a republican endorsement, what the kind of message that senator ellie is trying to sense? >> the idea that he is centrist, independent and trying to get to good policy out comes, this is very on brand for him to hold up republicans who have seen value in what he is talking about and trying to accomplish in washington stop it's notable that this seat is the one once held by senator john m

but yes to 87,000 new irs agents. that shows you what his priorities are. mark kelly left our southern border wide open, voted for the trillions in spending that caused this massive inflation, and he thinks the fix is 87,000 new irs agents. that is not going to work out. host: i want to get back to you. mr. victor: thank you, ted. i want to speak up on behalf of the drunken sailor. because drunken sailors, there is a limit to how much money a drunken sailor can spend. that is not the problem here. the problem here is we do not have sound money anymore in our country. that is the reason these guys are bickering about spending more and more and more money. because there is no limit to how much our government can continue to print and spend. we need to get back to sound money again, so the government can't continue to have no limits on their credit card. that is the problem with our economy. there are always things to spend more money on. there will be a never ending list. do we want to get control on our economy, we need to get back to a free market and sound

can potentially stop the $80 billion which the president wants to earmark to the irs to hire 87,000 new irsts 167,000 irs agents versus just for comparison sake 15,000 border agents which is absolutely incredible to me. how will you specifically stop that? >> well, there are different options, defunding it is one thing but leader mccarthy has said that the first vote we will take is actually the bill that i've already repealed what congress has done of more than doubling the number of irs personnel. i think that approach is obviously dangerous but we have a lot of other things that we need to do in addition to that. maria: we have been talking for many months on the program about the fact that all of the money from the covid release package has not been fully allocated just yet. jason smith came on the show and told me there are states that are still getting hundreds of millions of dollars, talk to us a little bit about that and why that is one of the pressures keeping inflation elevated. >> when you look at the restrictions, chuck schumer lead the way on telling local governments that they

but yes to 87000 new irs agents. did you or did you not vote to reject 18000 more border patrol agents in the inflation reduction act passage? there it is right there. i've been focused on the border since day one. we have a wide open southern border. if that's the best you can do i respectfully request you resign. >> mark kelly, if this is the result of senator kelly being focused on the border, my gosh he is the most ineffective and worst of senator of all time. the borders are wide open. people are walking through by the hundreds of thousands. >> we set a record this year of 2 million. fresh off his dominant performance last night, republican senate candidate blake masters. i hope every republican candidate watches your debate because it was perfect. you challenged him. you were factual. he has been running this fraud saying that he wants to support border security and he does just the opposite. i am glad you called him out on this again and again and again throughout the debate last night. >> thank you, sean. all

republicans are vowing to repeal the 80 billion dollars currently set aside, at least partly, for new irs agents in the building that democrats call the inflation reduction act. >> but on that very first aid that we are sworn in, you'll see that it all changes, because on our very first bill, we are going to re-build 87,000 irs agents. according to the washington post, republicans also want to extend trump's tax cuts, which are set to expire in 2025, another big agenda item is combatting crime, not just boosting funding to hire more police but demanding transparency from prosecutors and district attorneys who are, and the views of house republicans too lenient when it comes to prosecutions or plea deals. republicans also want to reimpose trump era border restrictions to stem the flow of migrants coming from mexico. there's also what they call a parent bill of rights taking the page on the playbook of republican governor glenn duncan elected last year in virginia, a state that joe biden won by ten points, partially by appealing to parents frustrations with remote learning and masking in sc

you can call anything, any bill you want, but the so-called inflation reduction acts hires 87,000 new irs agents. the only way to pay for the spending that the democrats are putting forth is to tax you more and to come after hard-working americans. so, this biden-pelosi agenda is simply wrong that's why i believe this election will be about accountability. this election is about putting a check on the biden administration and it's high time that we take their checkbook away and that's what i'm hearing about from iowans. jacqui: you faced some criticism from your opponent in your race for opposing, for instance, the bipartisan infrastructure law, but welcoming $829 million in funding to benefit your district locally. is it at all hypocritical to welcome that kind of money coming back to your district after voting against it and generally opposing spending? >> well, i think what it comes down to is would iowans want me to let the money go elsewhere, to new york or california? when i looked at that spending, it was triggering rampant inflation already at that point in the year and the democr

with 87,000 new irs agents, you can take that and put a school resource officer in every school and still have 30,000 extra officers to help with the border. there's a lot of things we can do. the democrats have had the house, senate and presidency in two years and have done nothing. rep. wexton: the gun show loophole allows anyone to buy a gun without a background check. we need to do other things as well. our kids should not have to go to school in war zones. they should go to school -- not have to go to school and scary places with lockdown drills. that is traumatic for them. we don't have a larger quantity of people who are mentally ill or dangerous per se. we have easy access to guns and we need to cut down on that. dr. farnsworth: next question goes to candidate cao. what is the role the federal government should play in the questions of trans identity for children? mr. cao: i think what you're asking is how governor youngkin's new order came out. all it does is put it down to the parents. the parents should always decide. last sunday, a school cannot make a decision on giving a kid

elizabeth: democrats demand 80 billion for tens of thousands of new irs taxpayers when taxpayer money workers accused of stealing and spending 1 million and pandemic relief funds, mercedes-benz gucci handbags, trips to las vegas, home is ticketed workers, tsa fema hostile $2.6 million in bogus jobless claims and thieves overseas in china and russia still money so the president we can believe him is going to hold them accountable? >> i had to chuckle when he said don't do it like don't come across the border, don't do these other things. sadly with these policies and permitted, two thirds of the biden administration has had zero business experience. we know about was she, the details that go into businesses so the fact that we throw these money out, don't do any follow-up planning or look at the consequences or possibility of fraud which is what the administration is doing and we know now hundreds, millions of dollars are being fraudulently used even by our own civil workers in the fact they block any investigation, what is it mean? they are buying votes? it's going to change. elizabet

she said we are going to -- it spends $80 billion to hire new irs agents which are going to go after low-income income -- middle income earners. infrastructure bill, only 6% went to roads and bridges and transportation improvements. the rest is driving up inflation. my opponent has the support things 90% of the time. rep. luria: i think the merit to this legislation stands on its own. she continues to read the same talking points so i probably don't need to rebut them for an hour and a half so i will pass. host: on a scale of one to 10, where do you rate the american economy on its health? ms. kiggans: one, maybe a half. rep. luria: i choose to be more realistic. it is probably about a six. we have challenges, we came out about once-in-a-lifetime challenge that we have through the covid pandemic. the problems she is describing were started long before joe biden came into office. we have 3.5% unemployment and wages rising. our economy is growing. it is here and it needs to get here, but we are making progress. the people you are talking to, their wages are up and we have challenges we

plus democrats want an army of new irs agents to pursue taxpayers but irs workers have been caught stealing taxpayer pandemic money to buy luxury cars, trips to vegas, jewelry and more. the families of crime victims increasingly speak out. that's the family of lieutenant allen russo, saying democrat mayor, new york, do more to stop crime. plus growing backlash, democrat women pushing defund police now silent on growing crimes against women. where is the "me too" movement? more from tucker carlson's interview. hunter biden's former business partner tony bobulinski said fbi officials joined facebook and twitter to suppress the hunter biden story before the election. and the media now in an uproar over elon musk buying twitter. i'm elizabeth macdonald. "the evening edit" starts right now. ♪. elizabeth: welcome to the show. thank so much for joining us. we begin with the stocks down slightly after the dow rallied is a hundred points in two days. now wall street debating whether the fed will pivot away from relentless rate hikes. fed officials some of them saying no. the president and first lady

irs. and, actually, 90% the funds raised by new us audit is from middle and low income classes. lies. so we really have to stop this because i think irs should be focused on serving americans but not targeting americans. as of now, you know, irs is the largest and most feared agency. why we give more power over citizens. we really have to stop that. so my bill is actually the family and small business and taxpayers protection act, and we're going to stop and when republicans take the majority, my bill, it's going to be the first bill that we're going to pass, and we're going to serve our americans. stuart: last one, if i may. maybe a strange question. do you think we will, in my lifetime, see a republican win a statewide election in california? in my lifetime? >> we working on it. [laughter] we working on it. and we've been walking, and we have a great, great candidates. and i hope that everybody's going to vote, you know, vote for republicans for this year. stuart: that was a very good answer, congresswoman. you didn't question my longevity. that's excellent. [laughter] michelle

new rules from the irs, it is raising the amount that americans can actually put into their 401-ks, thatorkers can contribute up to $22,500 to their retirement plans. the 9.8% increase, the biggest jump. it's basically allowing you to save less. joining me now is americans for tax reform president, grover norquist. grover, thanks very much for being here. what's your reaction to this 401-k news during a time when inflation is rising and there's so much financial stress out there? >> well, the government has indexed some of the tax code to inflation going back to when president reagan passed the bill in 1981 where most of the brackets were indexed but there are a number of things that are not indexed to inflation. specifically, capital gains taxes are not indexed to inflation. you and i and everybody that 58% of people who own shares of stock in a 401-k or ira, all of those things hit -- you pay your taxes not just on the real increase but on the increase in inflation as well. for a lot of people, even before all of this massive biden inflation, 40% of what they pay capital gains taxes on

agents, supposed to be 20,000 back to a 15,000 "the big guy" in the white house want to hire 87,000 new irs agents to take number up to 166,000 versus 15 to 20,000 border agents now nbc poll finding voter interest in about november's election all-time high compared to to past midterms so is political divide 81% democrats 79% republicans believe agenda of opposing party puts american ideals in peril liz we've seen peril democrat policy has resulted in. >> i think maria the republicans are going to be pretty good shape november 8 but i got to tell you more important election is 2024. when they take office republicans have to reearn voters' trust and confidence in ability to handle spending to control spending, by the way, they really have not done to dagen's point. not just recently subdoff on bills i thought ask incredibly sketchy semiconductor chips act republicans have to lie down, do continuing resolution without a hard barring in a very different situation than last decade why? interest rates over 4% cost of government borrowering, now at 31 trillion-dollar, is going to become a bigger,

we should impeach alejandra mayorkas, secretary of homeland security, we should defund the 87,000 new irsinto law and put that money secure at the border but it will be a fight because biden in the democrats will continue to refuse the law and we need to use the power of congress to fight back. stuart: protesters popping up across the globe throwing food on iconic paintings, putting food on supermarket floors and interrupted you on the view yesterday. i've got to run this again. >> inflation has one cause and one cause only. [chanting] >> inflation has one cause. >> we do cover climate here. >> ladies, excuse us, let us do our job. we hear what you have to say but you've got to go. >> accusing us of not covering climate change and we do that almost -- >> after the vast majority of americans the answer is no. stuart: a strange question, they went to a commercial break after this and you were still sitting on the set. what was the conversation onset after this? >> the hosts were embarrassed, 2 sets of protesters, screaming and cursing, but the left, they are angry and we are at a time when

maria: yeah, but the law was passed that he wants $80 billion for the irs to hire 87,000 new irs agentsu've got a total when that happens of 166,000irs agents versus 15,000 border agents. that's where the priorities are. will you be able to stop that? >> it's certainly our plan and we'll see a change in november, maria, both in the mouse in the senate. i'm optimistic that will take place. we've got to turn this ship around. we've got to re-prioritize america. again, deliver on our basic promises. if you look at what's happening in law and order, the act that marsha blackburn and i put forward is the time it takes to process rape kits and there was a terrible rape and murder in memphis and the perpetrator was picked up on a rape the year before and the rape kit had not been propsed. had it been processed in time, the murder would have been off the streets. maria: midterms and roeders pole say democrats prefer solving crime and bill with president biden and every democrat in the united states senate vote against deporting those illegal aliens here and committed felonies. so the priorities

from the biden administration including the effort to raise taxes driving up inflation with 87,000 new irs agents, also playing a big role in the chaos at the southern border. he's barely lifted a finger to do anything about i. this year the u.s. has set a record for illegal immigration that we know about and as i mentioned the last segment including 98 on if terror watch list these are only the people we call. this is a quote from limb rat -- liberal. this is after mark kelly by the way voted for biden planned to grant asylum to illegal immigrants. he also voted to send open border activists to courts and repeatedly voted against the construction of a southern border wall. now he says he's been focused on the border since day one. since day one of the campaign starting. mark kelly also supports zero limits on abortion up to the moment of birth. he also wants to get rid of the legislative filibuster so radical socialist democrats can pretty much do anything they want to secure power in perpetuity and make no mistake in the senate mark kelly does not have independent thoughts or opinions. i

she is out there saying 87,000 new irs agents? what about new border agents? we're in arizona here.look, the other thing that kari lake represents and is not alone in this regard. in addition to female voters realigning with the republican party this cycle. some women are running and winning as republican candidates. we already have mayra flores and the special election in the rio grande valley first republican there. mexican born mayra flores 100 years. we have so many women out there being elevated and being elected as republicans. and so i think that's incredibly important because they are -- i call it the safe will, security affordable security and education. they are willing to go out there and talk about those issues that the voters are talking about. the democrats had so many opportunities to do that and they missed it again and again by pretending election is only january 6th, trump, trump, abortion, climate change. >> jesse: i just loved how katie framed her opponent for breaking in and the next day she is like i don't understand to talk about it. i don't want to talk about

hillary, this scandal is happening, folks will remember, while president biden is hiring 87,000 new irs >> exactly, sandra. this bombshell investigation from the doj kind of highlights the irs might already have their hands full policing the people they already have on staff. one of these irs employees committed pandemic fraud in more than one way. a 38-year-old woman from tennessee submitted loan applications for pandemic relief for businesses that did not exist, she also claimed to be unemployed to collect extra cash, all while being actually employed by the irs. so not only getting taxpayer funded paychecks, but stealing taxpayer money at the same time. u.s. attorney for the western district of tennessee saying these thieves stole the money not out of need but greed. these individuals acting out of pure greed abused their positions by taking government funds meant for citizens and businesses who desperately needed it. and what they spent the money on will blow your mind. the five employees used stolen taxpayer money to buy luxury goods like a mercedes benz, gucci clothing, purses and

the democratic party responded by hiring 80,000 new irs agents.ck men that vote we love our families. and we don't want to abort our children. that means we want our kids to have a quality education in district conflict that makes gender studies priority when our black kids in chicago for example, have a literacy rate of only about 10%. and then there's crime we said we want equal justice and for the punishment to fit the crime. democrats response was to empty all of the jail and give money to black lives matter. thatthat's an organization that doesn't want black men in the household so you get my drift we may have our differences with some cop but we never said defunctioned them and surely did not say limit our right to bear arms so we can protect our communities you can offer us that or you can insult us like this. you feel ignored and go over to other side oppress feel oppressed so you try align with the oppressor so i'm not putting black men down and sometimes it is like some of you kerch following quoting people please -- look at the truth an

the massive unfunded government spending and of course everybody happy you're going to hire 87,000 new irs agents. you'll be getting what i call the hannity treatment. she's also open to a ban on fracking. she's against energy exploration, and even voted to stop construction on. keystone xl pipeline. if that completed by now, we would be importing 900,000 barrels of canadian oil a day. now, the senator penned an op-ed begging the federal government to reduce oil and gazelleses, h issue, and now gas is more than $5 a gallon right here in the state of nevada. that's over a dollar more than the national average. so you can thank your senator when you see her, and her democratic colleagues when you go to the polls. by the way, something else very important for nevada voters to consider. in 2021, she voted four separate times to keep your schools closed and keep kids out of the classroom. at the very same time, she had no problem celebrating herself at a lavish gala in washington, d.c. all while kids in her state were falling behind in math and reading and writing because of her policies. she's

ridiculous bills they can he can have hearings control budget to some extent maybe cut back on increase new irsake legislative proposals that give people real option come 2024, if thank you switch parties this is what will pass so you can do a lot of things that slow biden down as the republicans slowed obama down in 2010, they did dodd-frank obama care stimulus spending republicans came in stopped it things got better i think things will get better. but the damages this administration has done so severe, that it is going to take more than two years of republicans controlling a branch of government for these problems to get corrected . maria: that is what we keep hearing going to take a long time, for this to correct, i mean look at open border, for example, you've got a wide-open border, fentanyl people looking for work we've got breaking news on housing to cheryl casone right now get those numbers first. cheryl: yes, we are seeing now actually weaker than expected on housing starts, obviously, this is construction that gets underway 1.439 million maria, expectation was 1.475 this is about a 7

charges for tax crimes and the president earmarking $87 billion to go to the irs and hire 87,000 new irs agents to go to the people and we got his son not paying income tax and we'll follow the story pretty closely and we'll take a short break. markets are moving 20 minutes till we get the september jobs report and we talk about the markets and how you should be allocating capital and rick perry will be my special guest and bind's energy crisis depleting the oil reserve and chinese government spying on a weapons site in decades and we'll have weigh ins and reaction from the jobs report and john and kenny is here for tonight's show. 7:00 p.m. on fox business. join me. we'll be right back. maria: welcome back. futures indicating mixed opening this morning looking ahead to september jobs report now out in just about 15 minutes. economists are expecting 250,000 jobs created in the month of september. with the unemployment rate holding steady at 3.7% but there are other issues to look at behind the headlines and we are getting into it now with making money with charles payne host charles payn

republicans are vowing to repeal the $80 billion currently set aside at least partly for new irs agents in the bill that the democrats called the inflation reduction act. >> but on that very first day that we're sworn in, you'll see that it all changes because on our very first bill, we're going to repeal 87,000 irs agents. >> according to "the washington post," republicans also want to extend trump's tax cuts, which are set to expire in 2025. another big agenda item is combatting crime, not just boosting funding to hire more police, but demanding transparency from prosecutors and district attorneys who are, in the views of house republicans, too lenient when it comes to prosecutions or plea deals. republicans also want to reimpose trump-era border restrictions to stem the flow of migrants coming from mexico. there's also what they call a parents' bill of rights, taking a page from republican governor glenn youngkin, partially appealing to parents' frustrations with remote learning and masking in schools. >> we're going to go to work in order to protect parents' rights and to make sure

right now and that's super disappointing for example, mark kelly thought it was important for 87,000 new irsorder agents are we going to have? >> lawrence: you said something very interesting. you said that you think the media and a lot of the democrats want to make it about abortion. you feel like the people of arizona are going -- the number one issue for them is going to be the border? >> i think border. the economy especially. i think that some of the money pouring in from other states, funding this campaign, they are trying to make it about abortion. and the people that my circles, it's not about abortion. it's about economy, border issues, and security. >> lawrence: thank you so much. i appreciate it. we continue to hear that a lot. we also have a general manager as well, and you are in the restaurant business. you say it's really hard getting people to work. >> yes. very hard. we run ads all the time and we get people in and it's like one day and then they are gone the next. i believe the unemployment has caused this with this because it's not required for you to get a job. it's just

i would reprioritize, i would not be spending $80 billion on 87,000 new irs agents.aybe some of that could go to early education and childcare funding. >> thank you. how would you address the childcare crisis? rep. welch: i did support the build back better fund for child care. childcare is critical for the kids. it's critical for the parents. it's critical for our employers. the problem we have in the workforce is when a family with two kids is doing the math, the couple decides, one of us is better off dropping out of the labor force because the cost of childcare, i'm going to correct you on this, my understanding it is 30% of the family income. you can't sustain that. there has to be a federal role. it does involve priorities. we spend a trillion dollars in the military budget, but we don't do much on childcare. so, we need universal childcare. we have to have it, for the benefit of our kids, that is a great investment for the security of our parents and for the strength of our economy. i would can eat -- i would continue to support it. >> if you found yourself in

need hearings, oversight and impeach alejandro mayorkas and we need to fight to defund the 87,000 new irsat funding on securing the border. biden and the democrats will fight us. it will be a battle. next year it will be a battle where republican leadership will be less than eager to take on the democrats. i hope when we have majorities, we use it and fight because this fight matters. >> martha: it's incumbent upon -- if you win the majority, people want to see results. so let's see this today. you had an interesting time so far in new york. you went to a baseball game and didn't get a warm welcome. then you were on "the view" today and this happened. watch this. >> excuse me, excuse me, ladies, ladies. excuse us. let us do our job. let us do our job. we hear what you have to say but you got to go. you got to go. you got to let us do our job. you have to let us do our job. >> martha: so what were they pro tersing? >> they were climate radicals and screaming. it shut "the view" down for a while. it was a bit of a circus. the reason i went on "the view", it's think it's important that conse

mark kelly said no to 18,000 more border patrol agents but yes to 87,000 new irs agents. >> i have beenen southern border. if that's the best can you do i respectfully request you resign. >> bret: matthew, there were a lot of exchanges like that. and people who are nonpartisan lookers at elections say that blake masters performed well and it could change the dynamics there. >> i think masters needed a strong debate performance to change the dynamic in the election to catch up with mark kelly. i think he largely presented himself as acceptable alternative to kelly arizona voter. the key, bret, was his ability to link kelly to biden. biden is unpopular president. midterm results will track with biden's approval and it may well be enough to get blake master's elected in arizona. so democrats are running away from biden but what you point to is the voting record and how often they voted with president biden or leadership democrats like tim ryan in ohio and others. >> exactly. i mean, you know, we are seeing the democratic candidates who are having to answer for those records in terms of spe

. >> mark kelly said no to 18,000 more border patrol agents but yes 287,000 new irs agents. this premise that he is taking voting against border patrol agents, i have worked hard to make sure we have the money so we have more border patrol agents on the ground. >> senator mark kelly is the abortion radical. there is arizona women have totally lost the right to make a decision about abortion. >> martha: very interesting and those are the contours of the issues hot in arizona and joe concha standing by. he will chat with us after we chat with these two arizona voters who are gracious enough to join us today. fred davis and fernando solubles. fred is a tombstone, arizona, native, fourth-generation rancher who lives close to the border. he says he will vote republican in this race, fernando owns her own business, sweets business and it sounds fantastic. and she says that she will vote for the democrats. it is great to have both of you with us today. thank you for being here. so, fernando, when you watch him go back and forth and you hear for example mark kelly talking about or b

voted against 18,000 new border patrol, which the border patrol begged for before he voted for 87,000 new irs agents to the funded to come after middle american illinois is an american -- those earning $200,000 or less. you voted against a $300 million bill in order to allow port and screening detection centers -- cameras, drones, and other protections that the custom and border control wished for and asked for. you are part of the problem. president biden in this administrations open border policy is damaging our country, both domestically and it has allowed fentanyl to come across our border, one hundred thousand americans last year died of sentinel. in the small hospital right on the mississippi border -- not only that we have human sex trafficking. in my professional work, i have helped two of those people, one from congo in russia, escape human sex trafficking. >> we have more questions. -- ms. salvi: because of the lack of results we see -- >> keep it brief. we have a lot to get to. ms. salvi: we need to support the folks who are here. we have to be practical about how we do it, we have

the first thing i want to do is stop the hiring of 87,000 new irs agents. we don't need those. i'm proud of my endorsement from the national federation of independent businesses and the u.s. chamber of commerce because they know who can grow our economy, create his nessus, and grow jobs. rep. wild: [inaudible] the spending in congress. let me point out that the spending due to the pandemic started as a very bipartisan process. under donald trump. by the way, my opponent was one of the prime beneficiaries of that government spending. you cannot have it both ways. you cannot take $5 million in ppp money, which you kept, and then complain about the spending that the united states government is doing. i submit that there is no person out there who would suggest that we did not have severe economic problems during the worst of the pandemic. there are people out there who benefited from these bipartisan programs that we rolled out to make sure that people did not lose their homes and did not lose their jobs, and to make sure that our small businesses and restaurants had very tailored

and spending in the book or how consumers are going to have to synthesize the new taxes or how the new irs audits are going to impact them because you haven't covered it long enough. can you ask the right questions or are you just going to react to some study that says, well, if we do this it'll create this outcome and think that's actually a bigger problem than? reporters running around. trying to bat for one team or another. i don't think that happens nearly as much as people think. just a matter of where people from, if you don't know cultural conservatives or cultural liberals, how are you going to understand them and ask questions and then report on who they really are? knowledge is really the key. i think improving our reporting and then regaining some trust. but this is also like all the other institutions in the united states at this time. i feel like it's very long term project. well, we should say just as a coda on that, we should say this was a very deliberate strategy by donald trump. i mean, he knew what he was doing. remember he gave an interview to lesley stahl of cbs and sh

the irs has announced the new changes, so take us through that, as well. >> reporter: david, the irs is increasing the standard tax deduction for the 2023 tax year to adjust for the rising price of gas, food, and rent. these are changes that could help prevent you from being pushed into a higher tax bracket because of a cost of living pay increase. so, take a look. for single people and married coupling filing separately, deductions will rise $900 to $13,850. and married couples filing jointly will see an $1,800 increase in deductions to $27,700. david, even the irs forced to make changes because of inflation. >> and we know people at home will have a lot of questions on this. we put much more on our home page at abcnews.com. mary bruce, thank you, as always. >>> in the meantime, we turn now to the war in ukraine. the ominous move from vladimir putin tonight. in a televised address, putin imposing martial law in the four ukrainianer th erterritorie illegally annexed. russia always announcing evacuations from kherson. again, a signal of what could be coming. and what secretary of stat