>> who is paul thompson? >> paul thompson is a business development -- skbl okay, so who does he work for? >> who is he working for? >> yes. >> in the company? >> yes. >> he's a lobbyist for your firm, right? >> i don't know -- i wouldn't characterize it -- >> okay, he's a lobbyist for your firm. let me ask you this. before thompson worked for you, bho did he work for? >> i don't know. >> it was harry reid. i want you to see something. this may refresh your memory. there's a little thing i want to show that we can maybe put up. this will help you remember this. >> i was driving along i-80. it may not look like much, but it's geothermal energy. it could mean other 16,000 construction jobs in nevada. >> yeah, harry reid got over 144 million. >> it's nevada 20 bucks. >> senator reid is making that happen. >> i'm harry reid, and i approve this message. >> yes, i'm sure he does. you go through this. here's my point. here's my point. there's a way to navigate these waters. when only 7% of the applicants actually ge

paul rights tommy thompson is well-known g.o.p. candidate. host: we'll continue on the calls about the bush era tax cuts if they should be extended or not and you can weigh in on twitter and email and facebook as well. iowa, good morning to dave, republican line. hello. caller: good morning. host: hi. caller: i'd like to respond, i think the tax rate should go up on probably everybody. if maybe just -- maybe just the rich. and i am not -- i'm not a rich person and i am a business owner. i do construction work, and i hire a lot of people so that person, that guy who says you can't get a job from anybody who's not rich, he doesn't know what he's talking about. and the lady who said that she's a democrat who claims to be a business owner and claims that she's paying 30%, i know she isn't because you can deduct everything. you can deduct right down to zero income if you want to. host: so you're saying even a tax hike necessarily wouldn't impact your business directly? caller: no, it wouldn't. she's not paying 30% on anything, only her profits. th

paul was arrested inside his cheep p obtained power of earn for an olerly woman. he faces 12 felony counts. >>> round two of the u.s. open will start in just about 90 minutes from now. michael thompsonis your leader. shot forforyou were if thompson say he ha a vantage because he arrived a week ago. >> i was fortunate i was able to come out -- spend three or four days with here if >> u.s. open officials say the first round was still a sellout despite the fact it took fans longer to get the to olympic club because of that shut down on bart yesterday. >> give you indication i never heard of an albatross. clearly i have not gotten one. >> but you could have if you wanted to. >> i played golf with you, pam. i like your swing. it's pretty even. >> i look good everyone if it doesn't go right? >> sure. >>> good morning, everybody. happy friday to you. bart is running normally. just in case you are wonnerring. they fixed it yesterday afternoon. let's go outside and take a look at westbound bay bridge. that traffic is backed up for only a small delay. and this mornings commute looks good on northbound 101 approaching the 80 split. the traffic here is moving along nicely. if you are driving th

paul thomson is working in our development business department. >> who does he work for? >> who is he working for? >> yes. >> in the company? >> obvious for your firm, right? >> i don't -- >> let me ask you this. before thompson worked for you, who did he work for? >> who do the work -- before he worked for a? >> yes spent i don't know. >> it was harry reid. i want you to see something. this may refresh her memory. we have a little thing i want to show that we can maybe put up. this will help you remember this. >> you drive along i 80 and you see steam coming up from the graphic and may not look like much, but it's geothermal energy. geothermal can mean over 16,000 construction jobs in nevada. >> harry reid saw the potential before just about everybody else. >> harry reid got over 144 million. >> it's about energy. harry reid is making that happen. >> so here you read, you go through this, and here's my point. here's my point. there's a way to navigate these waters. when only 7% of applicants actually get the prize, you've got to wonder as an average american sitting in my homes, and my business, how did these guys get there and all the rest didn't. and we find out that almost every single one of these is tie