brian: simpson and bowles are on your board. how big is your board? maya: 30 people.rian: how much money do you spend a year? maya: budget is about three and a half million dollars. brian: how many people work for you? maya: 18. most of them are policy. we have the smartest policy team. then we have communications people. an engagement team. we have public education. it is a great team of people. brian: i have an article from 2012 from "the new republic." maya: which one? brian: the headline says "maya macguineas, doyenne of debt." doyenne, that is a woman who is the most respected or prominent person in a particular field. that would be you. what do you think? do you remember this? do.: i brian: it talks about you throwing a glamorous dinner party. maya: i have thrown a lot of dinners for republicans and democrats, or breakfasts, or policy meetings. one of the things i believe is that policymakers don't have enough time where they get to talk policy. these folks come to d.c. because they want to get things done, although they may have different ideas. it does not see

. >> simpson bowles. >> you voted against that. >> i don't want to get rid of taxes.ed our our military, did nothing to repeal balm beob and -- >> yours is an improvement over that? >> absolutely. >> the point, you're saying, where do you get the money from, close loopholes, close the special interest washington carveouts. that means more incomes subject to taxation to lower the rates on our businesses and be fair. here's the problem with the tax code right now. if you have a special carveout for your business, your industry, in you do something washington approves of, then they'll let you keep some of your money back. we don't like that. keep your money in the first place. let's make our companies competitive. let's make good business decisions dominate their decision making, not what's good for washington carveouts. >> i find it bizarre i bet not one member of congress can do his or her own taxes because it's so complicated. >> it's a testament to how awful the -- >> no once understands the tax code. former secretary of defense rumsfeld says he sends his in and did

similar to the simpson bowles framework, which would have saved enough money where the debt was no longer growing faster than the economy and made changes to all part of the budget, but one that was respected, kind of republican agenda. democratic principles the policies needed to protect the most vulnerable. i think they structured a plan that was close to doing that. i never got the sense some of the political leaders were australia bought in as they were. boehner was really a good leader on this and they walked away because a lot of dichbt things going on in the negotiation that kind of broke down trust and really hard to do. i think we have to keep in mind that at the time, this was the beginning of basically congress was having a hard time getting much of anything done. things are breaking out. there are two camps. not only because of the debt is so important, in my mind, this was a really important event and would have succeeded to show we can still work together. since then, i feel like any kind of ability to really grapple the tough issues with democrat republicans and democrats t

i think where he tried tori reach out to the middle theree e was some movement he had with the simpson bowlsour very long-term fiscal issues such asa social security the future of medicare.medicare. that was an opportunity he hadty that he didn't run with when wie there was a bipartisan consensus behind it. but also aas too where he, you y know, he described his on shortcomings on the issues of race saying younger generationss need to continue that as well. l >> obviously it's not domestic issues but this is our commandea in chief. ininvolvlso involved in international policies.ie >> correct. >> on the international frontinr let's start with success.s starh >> i think the success, the killing of owe samba bin laden bringing him to justice wastices major step even though there was pressure from his own party hesa continued many of the drone programs, special forcescf programs that are very effectivr and attacking some of these radical groups we've seen from al-qaida to isis. i think he has challenges wheree it's looking at the legacy off our intervention in libya what w became of that after t

you were simpson-bowles, a lot of us at the table along with a number of ceos who may be changing theirw. >> i guess i'm closer to speaker ryan's view on this than i am to president trump's view on it. i'd like to see us move in a more moderate direction. but again i'd go back to focusing primarily on capital cuts. it would be not so much the rate cuts but rather expensing. one of the things he's talking about and probably get to in the next half hour when you talk about infrastructure is credit for infrastructure. that's not a bad idea but should be more general. it should be credits for all investments rather than cutting taxes on that. that's a much better way to get the economy moving if you do full expensing and immediate depreciation, essentially bonus depreciation is a much better way to go. so i'd like to see us do something like that. i would want to make sure we have a more revenue neutral kind of structure. again, sorry, but one last point. you've got to do this on the spending side. you can't do it on the tax side. it's just impossible. go ahead, becky. >> the campaign on th

. >> senator, i was just wondering whether or not you think simpson bowles would be championed by a presidentmp. >> yes, bullt they'll have to u a new name. because of the acronym we switched it, but it's there, it's a 67-page report. it's in english uses phrases like going broke and shared sacrifice, but you can't use the phrase because it made it a toxic thing. but let me tell you, it's like a stink bomb at a garden party. it's out there and it ain't going away. and you either start dealing with the entitlements and social security solvency, listen to the wailing of all the special interest groups, but boys and girls, you got to start acting like men and women and do something with this system. >> sir -- >> senator, do you expect donald trump to come off his pledge not to touch social skurecurity, medicare and medicaid? >> as you see rudy giuliani right there. >> no, he won't. they're terrified of the -- we don't even affect people over 55. no one who's suggesting anything is doing anything to somebody over 55. and howling is like the ghouls in yellowstone park out here, not here -- >> does

simpson-bowles was all about the debt and deficit and balancing. >> i wasn't just marketing. soldier. >> can't we all jeust get along? i have a question. historically, we don't have many major tax reforms. doesn't that suggest if they actually put one in and the consequences are not yet known on some of these issues, fixing it later may not be as simple as you suggest? >> yeah, it's definitely not simple. you try to do the best you can. when you talk about tax reform in general, overall, what we mean is lower taxes. because where we're at with the high taxes, we're still running big deficits. they're not going to ever cure the deficit problem by raising taxes. there's not enough money to do it. what you need to do is lower taxes, promote your business, grow the economy. the only way to get rid of deficits is a growing economy, not a stagnant economy with high taxes. and it seems in the past number of administrations, their idea of cutting the deficit, which nay never accomplish doing anyway, was raise taxes. so we know that doesn't work. and we do know in 1986 when there were

. >> if you take a look at the simpson-bowles proposal, that tax reform package in there is largely worky me and judd greg. so i'm still very much in favor of that. i've always felt that was a big jump starter and that we need both sides to come together and agree. the debt problem, i think i've been pretty vocal about that one. richard haas mentions it in his new book. we need to address these sort of things. if we start fixing some of these issues, addressing some of them, i think that's a boost to the animal spirits. >> yeah, could be good. could be good for the next few years. we'll see. maybe things are dependent on some of the stuff coming to fruition, but there's a different feeling right now. >> no doubt about it. you'd be silly to deny it. you talk to small company, big company ceos, everybody's more optimistic than they were a month ago. >> they can't believe it either, i guess. >> but facts are facts. it's one thing to maybe not want something to be true, but you got to look at the facts and say that's the facts. >> it's exciting times. a anyway, thank you. >> always fun. enjo

. >> i've got the scars to prove it, having to advocate for simpson-bowles, got hits from the left ande have to get this deficit and debt under control. >> so there's going to be a conversation about what dynamic skoe scoring means and what rate we're talking about. i'm beating a dead horse because i've talked about it all morning, since the market has moved in large part on whatever the tax cut is. what do you think it will become? >> first of all, it's ironic that some of these guys are now trying to say the old scorekeeper, the congressional budget office and joint committee on tax, now that we got controls, we're going to change the referee status and use this so-called dynamic scoring. there's some formulas around dynamic scoring. some of them are just plain h hocus pocus. you can cook the books whatever way you want. anybody that drives up the deficit right now, and we're already at 19 to 20 trillion. when interest rates go up a hundred basis points, which they will, adds $140 billion in additional debt payments every year. if you have a tax scheme that's going to add 5, 6, 7 tri

ben's chili bowl painted overr the faces of chuck brown donnybo simpson barack obama and nowd nw it's new year new mural. mual. the owner says it was time for e a change and not because ofot the controversy involving sex sx assault allegations againstgati bill cosby.coby. >> absolutely surprised.ely su i'm just wondering -- i'm -- m thinking we're not the unitedt t bowl. >> the whole country seems toy o be changing. let's see most faces and let'sns see most importantly what the te community wants up there.itnts r >> for now the landmark is lands allowing people to leave theirae own positive messages on the mee wall. you can also go to their web web site to vote on who should beshe featured on the next mural. there are about 20 names onmes the list ranging from rosa parks and eleanor holmesolm norton to prince. rachel ray and jimmy fallon. >> okay. maybe they should put the whole fox5e they team up there.. >> oh, i think that will be i ti good. let's vote for that.at. [laughter] r] >> probably wouldn't be p received as werollba as some of the other people on the list. l >> i don't want

bowl. overnight the restaurant painted over the mural featuring former president obama, chuck brown, d.j. simpson, and comedian bill cosby. the restaurant says cosby's upcoming trial on sex crime charges was not the reason for the change. >> it's been 5 years since the mural was first put up there in 2012, and the weather has beat it up bad, and it needed a refresher or repaint, and we decided to let's whitewash and start new. >> they are asking you, who do you want to see on the new mural? check out our wusa 9 app for a link to their website. >>> and there's a makeover for the nation's secretary. silvia matthews burwell will be the head of american university. she was the health and human services secretary until president obama's term ended last week. >>> arlington update on a story from last month. virginia's general assembly is looking a the -- at a bill that would undo the towing regulations from the county. right now the law requires snow companies call businesses and get authorization before they tow a car parked there, but a bill in the house of delegates would get rid of that requirement

yea ben's chili bowl painted over the faces of chuck brown donny simpson barack obama and billil cosbyles perews hour. the ali family says it's time for a change andmily s not becab of the controversy surroundingug sex assault allegationslleg against bill cosby. >> absolutely surprised.su i'm just wondering -- i'm i'm thinking we're not the united nations we're just ben's chili bowl. bowl. >> the whole country appears to be changes.h let's put up new faces up facesp there and let's see moste ost importantly what the communitywt wants up there.nts up there. >> the d.c. landmark is. landmak allowing people to leave theirhr wall. you can go to their web site and vote on who should be be featured on the next memorial. >> ♪♪ >> mural. memorial might be a strong word. i think it's just going to be mg a mural.'s jt go 5:54 is our time now. no let's take a look at our at facebook fan of the day say sa good morning to ija wallace.alc. she says she's one of fox's f biggest fans.bigg >> she has been watching since a teen. she says from 6:00 a.m.een to o good day d.c. we are on her tvrv because it

bowl is a washington d-c staple. but this morning - it looks a lot different. the resa last night- painting over images of bill cosby, barack obama, donny simpson and chuck brown. now -- ben's wants you to help design the new mural. it's asng for input online. we'll link you to the site at wjla.com. in a abc-7 consumer alert, its' that time again.... tax season. so this morning we want to tell you about some ways to get more money back this year. there's thousands of dollars in tax refunds you might be missing out on. how about - the earned income tax credit which is available to eligible families earning less than about $53,000 it could be worth more than 6-thousand dollars. also often forgotten --- the child and dependent care credit. it helps cover childcare costs for eligible working families with kids under 13 that could be worth dollars. the capitals are heading into the all star break with the most points in the n-h-l. the eastern conference leading caps, were on the ice last night in new jersey against the devils. evgeny kuznetsov lead the night scoring two goals. alex ovechkin added a goal and an assist of his own. they make it look easy, skating past

simpson, again, i'm sticking with spongebob. >> yeah. you know what, tom brady looks good doing anything. >> looks like he's smuggling someone in there. >>> we have a super bowlark to shoot for this year. the largest ticket transaction, one person actually bought six front row seats on the 30 yard line at more than $83,000. and in vegas, the patriots open as a three-point favorite. >> they do things in a big flashy way in dubai. tall skyscrapers, luxury jetliners and cutting-edge firefighting? >> this is the dolphin. it combines a jet ski with a jetpack for a quick response to fires on yachts and shoreline buildings and there's no for a hydrant, of course, you just lower the hose and voila. >> only good -- fourth of july. >> it's a prototype. >>> so where does a 600-pound sea lion -- >> where is he? >> -- sleep? on the roof of this in puget sound. seems to enjoy the attention it's getting preening a bit before catching a more winks. >> the owner of the car didn't realize themorning washington. a wet and windy day ahead.. and that could have a big impact on your morning and evening commute. a full hour by hour weather forecast is coming up. but first here are

bowl is gone. the restaurant website announced the painting of cosby, barack obama, chuck brown and donnie simpson were covered. the makeover has nothing to do with the cosby investigation or mr. obama leaving office the owner says. the management is simply asking for the community input to do a new mural. >> president trump announcing 20% tariff on imports from mexico to pay for the mexico border wall as part of the tax reform plan. white house press secretary sean spicer says tariff will and pay for aal wall. it will tax other countries for their imports, too not just mexico. sylvia berwell is about to become part of the university. berwell was h.h.s. secretary from mid-2014 through the end of president obama's second term. ahead at 5:00 -- >> this is nothing to cheer about here at springbook high school for a week now. the dance squad says it is disappointed with what the principal had to say about them. i'll tell you what it was coming up. alison: first, how a keg of beer helped bring a beloved firefighter statue back where it belongs. larry: coming up at 6:00, a big sporting event to bring th

simpson, again, i'm sticking with spongebob. >> yeah. you know what, tom brady looks good doing anything. >> it looks like he's smuggling someone in there. >> or wearing anything. >>> and we already have a super bowlark to shoot for this year. the largest ticket transaction, one person actually bought six front row seats on the 30 yard line at more than $83,000. and in vegas, the patriots open as a three-point favorite. >>> they do things in a big flashy way in dubai. tall skyscrapers, as you know, luxury jetliners and cutting-edge firefighting as it turns out. >> yeah, so the civil defense unit calls this system here the dolphin. it combines a jet ski with a jetpack for a quick response to fires on yachts and shoreline buildings, and there's no need for a hydrant, of course, you just lower the hose and, voila. >> only good on -- >> it's a prototype. >>> so, where does a 600-pound sea lion -- >> where is he? >> -- sleep? apparently the answer being anywhere it wants to including the roof of this honda civic at a boat yard on whidbey island in puget sound. the animal seems to enjoy the attention it's getting preening a bit before catching a few more winks. >> the owner of the car didn't realize tha

bowl open since 1958. but the mural attracted many with the image of former president obama, bill cosby, d.j. simpson. cosby was the most famous vito to eat in 2009. cosby image is controversy initial the wake of the allegation he sexual assaulted dozens of women. someone painted a picture of kim jong un over cosby and the owner says it has nothing to do with the cosby investigation or obama leaving office but it instead needs a new look. overnight they repainted wall. >> it has been five years. a lot of change in the country. time to change the mural. put new faces up there. >> among the ideas submitted, martin luther king, prince, many, many other icons. coming up at 5:00, we will tell you the top two choices right now and what they want to paint here on the new mural. reporting live, richard reeve, abc7 michelle: all right. it's up to the people. two would you put on the new mural? there are 48 choices on the ben's chili bowl website. we have a link for you at our website wjla.com. jonathan: well, in the last hour and a half, white house spokesman sean spicer told the press pool how president trump

bowl made some changes this week. the famous mural that included bill cosby that remained outside the landmark despite the allegations against the comedian is now gone. paintings of former president barack obama, and simpson are also gone. they say it was time for a change. >> new year, new mural. it's been five years since the mural was first put up there in 2012. the weather has beat it up pretty bad. we said let's whitewash it and start new. let the people decide who they want up there. >> now the restaurant plans to replace the mural as you just heard and you can vote for who you think should be there. among the candidates are michelle obama, merriam barry, and prince. >> hundreds of people plan to take part in the annual march for life in d.c. it comes on march which pushed for reproductive rights. more people are now expected for tomorrows event. >> they're tuning the instruments at george mason university's eagle bank arena. the place is sold out tonight for a 7:00 p.m. evening prayer service for young people planning to attend the march for life. >> we have 8500 young people from all across the country. >> kevin boley youth ministry districter director says he cease more enthusiasm after the elect