senate democrats led by robert menendez of new jersey recently put out their version of a plan to tackle puerto rico's growing debt crisis, and we've been discussing the plan this morning with senator menendez, the main sponsor of that legislation. he's in washington, d.c. with us this morning. senator, time is of the essence here. we kind of illustrated that. however, do you think this is gonna get through the house? because republicans are for sure gonna put up their arms and present their own plan. >> well, first of all, joe, we welcome any initiative that basically deals with what puerto rico fundamentally needs. it needs broad restructuring. anything short of that doesn't help, and then, secondly, it needs equity and growth and opportunity in how its treated as american citizens. so i'm willing to work with anyone, republicans or democrats republicans have a majority in both houses, here in the senate, because of the rules, they will need democrats to approve any provision. so there is plenty of room for negotiation and compromise as long as the goodwill to help the people of puerto

. >>> well, a travel site is teaming up with a senator robert menendez are asking for a federal probe into delta united and american airlines. they claim that passengers are charged two or three times as much for single ticket with several stops than they would for multiple one way tickets. american airlines and united say that the new policy closes a loophole. >>> well, now to a fox business alert. pain at the pumps. say so long to the low gas prices. i d of this. >> once again, they go up and go down. laura with fox business here with how high prices are going. lauren? >> good morning, ladies. filling up the gas tank is getting more expensive. gas prices jumped eight cents in the past three weeks. now averaging $2.10 a gallon. this as gas stations are raising prices nearly twice as much as refiners. get this, bloomberg expects gas prices to continue to go up to more expensive summer gasoline. >>> are you rushing to get your taxes done? relax. you have three extra days. tax day is april 18th this year, not april 15th because washington is celebrating emancipation day. and for folks i

new jersey senators cory booker and robert menendez will lead >>> transportation officials revealed the new fully protected bikeway over the pulaski bridge. the brim connects long island city queens to brooklyn. >>> a mixup with the standardized test at a new jersey school leaves some students in tears. the kids were told they were given the wrong exam and would have to take another test all over again. >> it's the latest problems for the controversial standardized test. >> the principal came in and told us he we had taken the wrong test. >> 34, 8th dividers were supposed to take the algebra 1 assessment but were administered the grade 8 mathematics test. >> she was like sad about that, and she almost cried. >> some people were crying because we had taken a whole test and we had to basically throw away all the answers. >> now we're going to spend another day missing class. >> the school district would not go on camera but says as soon as it was brought to the administrator, the test was closed. the new jersey department of education office of assessment was immediately notified of the i

tomorrow judge garland me to the democratic senators robert menendez of new jersey and tim kaine of virginiahas wrapped up a meeting with the saudi king in riyadh part of 24-hour visit that includes a persian gulf summit. the white house has said that the summit will focus on regional stability, iran, and the fight against the islamic state and al qaeda. global news 24 hours a day part by our 2400 journalists in more than 150 news bureaus around the world. i'm mark crumpton. tracy, scarlet, back to you. scarlet: it has been a bear of an earning season for banks. bank of america is no exception. the number two u.s. lender announced first-quarter revenue fell 6.5% to 19 point -- $19.5 billion. tracy: for there is a bright spot. bank of america added 2.5 million new mobile banking customers, bringing the total number of active users to just under $20 million. who is behind the trend? cathy bessant is chief of bank america's operations and technology officer. you have a big budget in the sense that when it comes to cyber security, it is potentially unlimited. you are dealing with cyber security

new jersey senators cory booker and robert menendez will lead that summit. >>> a scare at trump tower, an intern working in trump's campaign office opened an envelope containing a white powdery substance. trump tower at about 8:00 last night. five staff members and an officer who responded were temporarily isolated and evaluated as a precaution. the substance is harmless but additional testing is needed before the powder could be identified. last month an envelope and a threatening letter was sent to the manhattan apartment of trump's son eric. it's now 8:56. let's get a check on your weather for today and the weekend. here's meteorologist john elliott. >>> forgive me for one second. i love the definition of the clouds. you have to have clouds at a certain level and you have to have a certain kind of wind profile aloft to get that kind of signature. itst very pretty out there. that said, obviously it's gray but it's a little wet too. cloudy and 50 in the city. cooler readings into the hudson valley still in the low to mid- 40s. speaking of, there's a little bit of wet weather, light r

and cardin as well as other members of the working group, senators roberts, burr, toomey, coats, stabenow, carper, casey, warner, menendez and nelson. a lot of time and effort went into examining these issues and compiling this report. i appreciate everyone's willingness to help advance this cause. tom barthold, the chief of staff for the joint committee on taxation, is with us today to provide background on business tax reform issues and highlight some of the major topics reviewed in the working group's report. we appreciate his work, and we appreciate him being with us. we have a great group of additional witnesses here today as well that will provide important insights and recommendations about broad design issues of the business tax system and practical on the ground issues that are important for us to keep in mind as we further develop and refine proposals in the business tax space. i want to take a minute to discuss one particular business tax issue that was discussed in the working group report that i believe warrants real consideration by everyone here today. corporate integration. in very general terms corporate

i want to thank the cochairs, senators sun and cardin, and senators roberts, burr, isaacson, burr, carson, casey warner, menendezelson and others. a lot of time and effort went into examining they issues. i appreciate everyone's willingness to help advance this cause. tom bartell, the chief of staff for the join committee on taxation is with us today to provide backs ground on business tax reform issues and highlight some of major topics reviewed. we appreciate his work and appreciate him being with us. we have a great group of additional witnesses here today. they'll provide important insights on brought design issues, and practical on the ground issues that are important for us to keep in mind as we further develop and refine proposals in the business tax space. i want to take a minute to discuss one particular business tax issue that was discussed in the working group report that i believe warrants real consideration by everyone here today. corporate integration. in very general terms, corporate integration means eliminating double taxation of certainly corporate business earnings. under current law, corporat

as other members of the working group, senators roberts, burke, isakson, foreman, to, isaacson, foreman, to me, stamina, carper, casey, warner, menendez, nelson. a lot of time and effort went into examining this issues in compiling this report. i appreciate everyone's that willingness to advance his cause. tom bartel, the chief is staff is with us today to provide background on business tax reform issues and highlight some of the topics reviewed in the working group's report. we really appreciate you being with us. we have a great list of witnesses here today as well that will provide important when set insights and recommendations on broad design issues of the business tax system and practical, on the ground issues that are perverse to keep in mind to develop and refine proposals in the tax state. i wanted take a minute to discuss one particular business tax issue that was discussed in the working group report that i believe warren's believe warrants real consideration by everyone here today. very general terms, corporate integration means eliminating double taxation of certain business earnings. under current law, the corporation's