the irs is quoting they're not going to reward people for not coming in last time. the biggest incentive though is that coming forward hundred voluntary disclosure program will make sure that you don't go to prison. the irs is also really increasing the number of audits on high income taxpayers trying to ferret some of this out. the hsbc case actually came out of the 2009 initiative as taxpayers came in and fast up to their foreign accounts. they told of stories of hsbc private bankers courting them and telling them, we will never report your account to the u.s. government. so, the irs and its voluntary initiative has gotten thousands of leads on banks, bankers, attorneys, accountants, company information agents that are facilitating the offshore transfer of funds and the irs is going after them. here in the u.s., legislation to help combat tax havens last year as part of the hire act, we got a foreign account, tax compliance act or fatcats as we like to refer to it. it has some good provisions in it, but we obviously would have liked to have seen senator levin and r

. >>> speaking of credit, michele bachmann talks about infiltrating the irs. we'll have the real story of her record. we got you congresswoman. >>> and the newest memorial in our station's capitol. dr. martin luther king, jr. unveiled today to the public. welcome to the show, i'm al sharpton. tonight's lead, gadhafi's last stand. as libyan rebels take control of tripoli, celebrations are erupting around the can tole city, can has lived under the dictators iron grip for 42 years. the whereabouts of moammar gadhafi remain unknown. nbc's richard ing el has been reporting through tripoli throughout this historic revolution. he was there last night covering the reaction from the crowd. >> we are hearing from people here over and over and this is a historic day. he says today we live in freedom. that is something we are hearing over and over again. people are saying god is -- they are just thankful and thankful that this day has come and new a new future may be coming for libya. >> joining me my phone interest tripoli's green square is richard engel, richard, good ev

of you love the irs? 's time to change it. i went to work in that system because the -- the first rule of war is know your enemy. so i went to the signed to learn how they work because i want it defeat them. >> now, nia, when i ran, i did saturday night live and we were never that funny. but do you think that these guests are going to really matter to the far right voters that she is appealing to and but will it turn off the middle and the more moderate voters in reflect of the primary? >> certainly. you have to look at this because there is becoming a mattern with michele bachmann. she argued that the founding fathers weren't really abolitionist and fought to end slavery. we all know that founding fathers owned slaves. she made another gaff about john wayne growing up in waterloo, who i believe it was really john wayne gasey who was a serial killer. i think the thing about michele bachmann that we are seeing now is she is getting more scrutiny. she is out there, learning about the reality of national camp

and the irs uses the last-known address. money waiting for 16,000 california taxpayer autos a lot of money. >> thank you. >> and back to school shopping survey shows a gap in spending kpekt taigss between parents and students showing 41% of the teenagers they their parents will spend more than $100 on school supplies, compared to 68% of parents expect to spend more. that is compared to the survey found that 43% of the teens plan to contribute to the cost of back to school shopping. and only 15% of parents expect their child to help pay. and experts say it's missed communities to -- opportunities to talk about money management. and maybe help get them to pay for supply autos a study suggests brothers and sisters of autistic children have a much higher risk of developing the disorder. researchers studdeed 664 infants z about 19% of those younger siblings ended up being dyingnessed by the time they were three. the study says the younger sibling's risk is 20 times greater than children in the general population. >> and these are

the irs says there are several ways to spot tax scams. they include claims for the making work pay credit. which is a program that has expired. offers of free money with no documentation required. clients not being told to sign forms or being given copies of forms. the irs is investigating hundredsover complaints from san jose, oakland, fresno, and sacramento. >>> no more crosses will be added to a hillside memorial in lafayette recognizing falling troops. volunteers have been adding white crosses for each service member killed in iraq. the final cross was hammered into the hillside memorial this week. organizers have said it has become difficult to keep track of the number of service members killed overseas. >>> overnight we learned the names of the death of two more service members. they died in separate attacks yesterday. one was a french soldier. the other soldiers nationality is not known. five american soldiers were killed yesterday in an insurgent attack. >>> we are getting a look at a wreckage of the helicopter that crashed in afg

. >>> free money from the irs? yeah, right. the new tax scam hitting the bay area and the sneaky way crooks are luring people in. >> i'm mike sugerman. san francisco chefs cooking with trees. that's coming up. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, officer. >>> a massive search is under way in los angeles for two men suspect of shooting a police officer. police say it happened late this afternoon when two officers in the patrol car pulled over to question two men. at least one of the men opened fire hitting one officer several times. that officer was taken to a local hospital. he is in stable condition. >>> the suspect killed during a botched armed truck robbery pinole has been identified. 25-year-old pierre daniel was killed in a shootout with police yesterday. his brother was wounded in the attempted robbery. police say he was driven to the hospital by a third suspect, william fuller. those men were later arrested by pinole police. the police officer who was shot in the shoulder had surgery this afternoon and at this point, we don't know what his

>> if the irs -- the whole point, the problem, the irs doesn't know who's stashing money in panama. >hing money. i'm stashing money in panama, doingç the good old-fashioned american rich guy thing and rocking this thing. obama, got us panama free trade, hooked me up. why is it that the irs can't get me with a rule of shared visibility? >> they have to already know you're stashing money there to ask the panamanian government any questions about you. they can't just say, the irs can't just go panama and say give me a list of americans stashing money in panama. the panamanian government doesn't have to comply with that request. they have to already know you're doing it. >> whoenl i'm busted like bernie madoff after the fact, then i can go to panama and see if i had money there? the last yes is, a great way to take money, dude. this is sweet. if you were to look, though, at this why does the free trade deal affect that? in other words, do i need the panama free tad trade deal to do this? >> already happened. the free trade decements that i u.s. law. we try to change the tax status in pan

the irs says they may get their money back from the airlines or the treasury department.on't charge passengers who bought tickets retroactively during the shutdown. >>> comcast will charge families just $10 for its internet essentials program -- program. this includes a voucher to buy a computer for $150. families who have at least one child in the national school lunch program are eligible to participate in the program. >>> 7:47. well, celebrities in tv, movie, sports all came together for a celebration right here on ktvu. celina gomez right there won -- selena gomez there won. she picked up a win with her then-boyfriend, justin bieber. taylor swift was named the ultimate choice, a lifetime achievement award of sorts. >> i want to thank the fans. you guys have made my life so beautiful. it's all because of you. [ cheers ] >> that award, by the way, was one of six for taylor swift. she had the most victories of the night. >>> it's ruled the weekend box office. >> "rise of the planet of the apes" opened as the number one movie. it raised $54 million. $15million more than e

. >>> the irs is sending out a warning about a ring of scammers posing as tax preparers. e group targets mainly asian groups at community centers and churches. feds say the scammers charge victims up to $200 to offer help through tax credits through a program that no longer exists. the irs says it's received hundreds of reports in recent weeks from people right here in the bay area. >>> the weak economy has americans dropping tv service by the thousands. but that doesn't mean they are not watching tv. on the consumerwatch, julie watts explains. >> reporter: whether it's cable or satellite, subscribers are cutting the cord in record numbers. >> it's too expensive. >> i don't want 100 channels. >> we just keep going to hulu and other free internet service providers. >> reporter: they are not alone. the "associated press" reports nearly 200,000 customers dumped their tv providers between april and june. but some say it's not that they are cutting the cord; they are just not signing up in the first place. >> we have a normal churn of customers all the time but usually they are

the protest caused delays for the entire system. >>> 5:46. irsestigating scam artists that seem to be targeting older people as well as asian communities. the con artists from approaching churches and community centers -- the irs says there are several ways to can spot -- making work pay credit. which is a program that has now expired. offers of free money with no documentation required. and also clients are being told to sign forms or they are being given copies of forms. that is not supposed to happen. >> no. >>> 5:47 is the time right now. back to sal to check in on traffic. how is it going? >> it's going pretty well pam and dave. we do have things to watch out for for your drive ennuying nausea valley road winds up like this. at san carlos road there is a car that ran into a pole there and watch for slow traffic in that area. it's still pretty early but it's a beast as you know driving through that area it gets very, very busy. so we want you to take it easy and give yourself extra time. let's take a look at live pictures on westbound 92 as y

the latest reason why she went to work for the irs coming up. they keep getting more interesting. >>> that's ahead in the "sideshow." you're watching "hardball," only on msnbc. for dentists, the choice is clear. fact is, more dental professionals brush with an oral-b toothbrush than any other brush. trust the brush more dentists and hygienists use, oral-b. excuse me? my grandfather was born in this village. [ automated voice speaks foreign language ] [ male announcer ] in here, everyone speaks the same language. ♪ in here, forklifts drive themselves. no, he doesn't have it. yeah, we'll look on that. [ male announcer ] in here, friends leave you messages written in the air. that's it right there. [ male announcer ] it's the at&t network. and what's possible in here is almost impossible to say. >>> back to "hardball" now for the "sideshow." first up, here's a fun one. since the early days on the campaign trail, michele bachmann made it widely known that she has the experience as a tax litigation attorney for the irs. recently, she famously said she

the latest reason why she went to work for the irs coming up. they keep getting more interesting. >>> that's ahead in the "sideshow." you're watching "hardball," only on msnbc. >>> back to "hardball" now for the "sideshow." first up, here's a fun one. since the early days on the campaign trail, michele bachmann made it widely known that she has the experience as a tax litigation attorney for the irs. recently, she famously said she became a tax lawyer because her husband told her to, and the bible commands wives to be submissive to their husbands. today she came up with a creative explanation for why she went to work for the irs. let's listen. >> i went to work in that system, because the first rule of war is, know your enemy. so i went to the inside to learn how they worked, because i want to defeat them. >> women, that's quite an elaborate plan for your career, but is she running to president now to infiltrate the enemy yet again? that comes to us courtesy of the plum line at the "washington post." the crazy talk continues. another personal att

both airlines are working with the irs to get the refunds out. a delta spokesman says it should be relatively soon. now, the irs has asked all airlines to issue refunds, but passengers who fly those carriers which are refusing to comply can actually file for a refund directly with the irs. >>> on a side note, alaska airlines ticket sales are soaring. it's one of only a handful of carriers that opted not to raise ticket prices and let consumers keep that tax savings from the faa shutdown. >>> good news for consumers tired of waiting around for slow internet. a new fcc study found download speeds are up and are almost as good as what companies advertise. so on average, the fcc found dsl services like at&t and verizon deliver download speeds at 82% of what they advertise. cable-based internet like comcast is better delivering an average 93% of the advertised speeds. this is a huge improvement from two years ago when customers only got about half their promised speed. >>> your car seat could be toxic. the nonprofit ecology center found 60% of car sea

the latest reason why she went to work for the irs coming up. eep getting more interesting. >>> that's ahead in the "sideshow." you're watching msnbc. ugh, my feet are killin' me. well, we're here to get you custom orthotic inserts. dr. scholl's custom fit orthotic center recommends the custom-fit orthotic that's best for your tired feet. foot-care scientists are behind it. you'll get all-day relief. for your tired achy feet. for locations, see drscholls.com. thank you... >>> back to "hardball" now for the "sideshow." first up, here's a fun one. since the early days on the campaign trail, michele bachmann made it widely known that she has the experience as a tax litigation attorney for the irs. recently, she famously said she became a tax lawyer because her husband told her to, and the bible commands wives to be submissive to their husbands. today she came up with a creative explanation for why she went to work for the irs. let's listen. >> i went to work in that system, because the first rule of war is, know your enemy. so i went to the inside t

a historic architect for that project, having worked substantially with the ir. and looking at the environmental document, there are many others. the army corps of engineers is here today. there are many others who have been involved in the project. thank you. >> good morning, president, members of the commission. i think that dan did an excellent overview on the project. it is a long coming project. we have had to get over a number of bumps in the road. it is very significant to be here, as the project itself was conceived of as being an open space that would be the lever -- delivered as part of the redevelopment of pier 32. as we reported, we ran into problems with that development. i would specifically like to recognize career in woods and michael sweet as being key people, from the very beginning, locking us through the long history. through the different partnerships with public agencies as well as the community at large, we were able to force iraq and get over the requirements up to this point. included within that was this full environmental impact report a

we know corporations cut a check to to the irs, atheapt pay the taxes, people do, but which people?ers or the employees of the corporation or the consumers? the most recent research seems to indicate that a substantial percentage of the burden of the corporate tax is born by employing in the form of lower wages. in addition to inquiries about where the burden of the corporate tax falls, i think it's important for this committee to focus on how the corporate tax system encourages the use of debt rather than equity. if a corporation is in need of additional funds, our tax -- our current tax system encourages the corporation to borrow money rather than raising money by raising their issuing stock. now, how is that? by making any interest payments on the borrowing deductible whereas any dividends paid are not deductible. from a business stand point, the increased use of debt by corporations make the corporation more vulnerable to the risk of bankruptcy and other downturns in the economy. other dividends not deductible means corporate profits are taxed twice at the corporation level and

attorney's office and state attorney general and the irs. there is really shin beau see biden legacy if i get a fair a shot. [laughter]o i am sure he will want to give his case the proper treatment but also asking the irs to revoke their tax status because they are 1/8 501(c)(3) organization when george soros donates hisns millions it is a tax write-off. he and warren buffett went to write more checks to the government, a great. if you are the 501(c)(3)ell organization as you know, you cannot engage in direct political activity. you can educate the voters but you cannot actively campaign. if you look at the worst relax of 20128 of those 12 are republican and of those four that are democrats three of those are african-american and. in the very beginning of the cruise existence they did not go after democrats have also peopleehe started 2.a finger at the obvious partisanship and politicalan motive then they started tod on pick of the black caucus. and not easily the fanfare going after me or sarah poin or others. there obviously politicalande m

the irs is investigating hundreds of complaints from san jose, oakland, fresno, and san francisco. >>a new york city man has created a new app for the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. his app is called 110 stories. it allows the users to point their phones to where the world trade center towers once stood. the app generates an outline of the two towers opinion he and many new yorkers are worried about the fact that they are gone. they are encouraged to add a personal story. >>> coming up on 7:00. we want to check back in with sal on the friday morning commute. >> we do want to men right now there is power is out in the local area. task it will be awhile before they get it out of there. also this mornings commute you can see it moving nicely. if you are driving to the toll plaza it looks okay. now let's go to steve p >> thank you, sal. it will be sunny and a little warmer. two to four degrees warmer than yesterday. it looks like we are going into a cooling trend. maybe pronounced by sunday into monday. >>> thank you. coming up next on mornings on 2. the guessing game is on the ga

the irs does not take kindly to you not paying your taxes. they would be there to take what you have and sell it. the united states of america is no different. what was done is we've voted or sell a lifestyle that we cannot possibly afford. now the day of reckoning has come. what have we seen happen? we sell the stock market slide 1500 points in one week. yesterday, 420 points down on the stock market. we have lost, what? the credit rating of the united states -- the aaa credit rating went down to aa plus. we are not done with school. bring that back. we have more lessons to learn. bring it back, a young man. we are not done. we have more to learn. we have more to learn. the aaa credit rating but down to aa plus for the first time in american history. we made it to the depression without losing our credit rating. we made it through world war ii without losing our credit rating. if we made it through korea, vietnam, 9/11 -- would made it to all that and never lost our credit rating, but we have not been able to make it through barack obama with

the irs had bad news today for air travelers who were expecting to get an airline ticket tax refund. s a result the bill congress passed today passengerred who purchased tickets prior to july 23rd and then traveled between july 23rd and today are not entitle to a refund of the airline ticket excise tax. the irs says airlines must resume collecting those taxes when tickets are sold by one minute after midnight on sunday night. >>> security officials say a threatening note was behind today's search of a passenger jet at philadelphia airport. the u.s. airways flight was headed to anchorage alaska. passengers and crew members were asked to leave the plane. >>> the man accused of using someone elses expired boarding pass today agreed to plead guilty to a stow away charge. he was arrested when he tried it again. noibi is to enter the guilty plea in los angeles next week. he faces up to five years in prison. >>> a trip to san francisco has turned into a nightmare for a philadelphia family after their 9-year-old son was struck and hit by a -- or struck by a hit and run driver during last nigh

the irs had bad news today for air travelers who were expecting to get an airline ticket tax refund. s a result the bill congress passed today passengerred who purchased tickets prior to july 23rd and then traveled between july 23rd and today are not entitle to a refund of the airline ticket excise tax. the irs says airlines must resume collecting those taxes when tickets are sold by one minute after midnight on sunday night. >>> security officials say a threatening note was behind today's search of a passenger jet at philadelphia airport. the u.s. airways flight was headed to anchorage alaska. passengers and crew members were asked to leave the plane. >>> the man accused of using someone elses expired boarding pass today agreed to plead guilty to a stow away charge. he was arrested when he tried it again. noibi is to enter the guilty plea in los angeles next week. he faces up to five years in prison. >>> a trip to san francisco has turned into a nightmare for a philadelphia family after their 9-year-old son was struck and hit by a -- or struck by a hit and run driver during last nigh

the white house. there would have been -- it's an ire on the right and -- >> back to you. the pitchfork crowd.s whites. a lot of pro-choice. i know your crowd and like them personally. here's the question. would they be forgiving hillary clinton, unemployment rate and -- >> no. i think barack obama, he did climb into a burning bed. i think it would have continued along that way. here's why clinton worked nafta. >> i know the joke's on you. the drunk guy lying in bed and there's a fire. he says it's not my fault i got in the bed when it was already on fire. that's an old joke. >> welfare reform republicans like. nafta, the republican establishment loved nafta. these republicans do not like obamacare. so obama went and put through something the republican and tea party cannot stand, whereas clinton was working with them. she -- she was very good at that. she did not -- i mean, what's -- let's not make this rumpy. let's not make this too rosey. did not rub everyone the right way. everyone loved hillary clinton. >> hey -- thank you. >> okay. >> moving forward. moving one down to oregon, i like to

>> functionally, the next step is these are submitted to the irs. we have to get permission from them, but on october 11, this plan ends, so that is the functional step, and on october 12, social security ends. >> do we have further negotiations with union partners, or is that an ongoing discussions hammond -- ongoing discussion? do you have a plan and then we move forward as a district? >> the board has already approved in mo euau. we meet on a regular basis to discuss how the implementation and has reflected, and step-by- step, we will complete this transition on a timeline. on october 11, the actual transition to social security will begin to take place, and the termination will take place, and we will begin the transition for eligible members. those who are over 55 will have the choice to stay or go into social security or form a separate plan. >> roll call please chairman? [calling votes] >> 6 ayes. >> i think we have worked on this is how many years? [applause] >> let's move on. discussion of other educational issues. none tonight. calendar res

should the irs be in there. >> yes.the irs should be in there. >> bill: ministers united life ministries, what's this? >> here it gets fuzzier because the a.p. reported they raised more than $4 million. they had a telethon to cover the cost of counseling, feeding and caring for 9/11 victims. i don't know how you measure that. the a.p. said the most of them or a large a the money went to the church that's run by the founder. but now the lawyer just now calls up and says we can account for all this money. and they sent out an audited statement. >> bill: this church is down by the world trade center. >> that's right. 2 million of it. they said he misspoke when he said 4 million. we only raised 2 million. >> bill: then there was one called the garden of forgiveness? what's that? >> gashedz around the country that people learn to forgive. forgiving is healthy. reverend linden harris helps in this movement. he raised $200,000. paid himself $126,000. >> bill: that's nice. the reverend pays himself. he answers we want a garden

>> the irs had said passengers would be eligible for a refund if they paid ticket taxes before the july 23rd faa shutdown but then they flew during the shutdown when it didn't have authority to cut those taxes but the faa is now keeping that money. consumer advocates are outraged pointing out taxes were paid but no federal benefits. >> now, julie what, about the people who bought tickets during the faa shutdown? are they gonna -- have to pay back on those taxes? >> well that's the good news. they are not gonna make people pay backtaxes. but most of the airlines raised their prices anyway because of the taxes so the folks won't see that much of a benefit. >> and will that affect the rates. >> here's the good news -- at least in some cases, some airlines about bringing their -- are bringing their prices back down. united and southwest, they say that they did lower the ticket prices as of last night before the shutdown, or back to what they were before the shutdown. but delta and american will only say they are being competitive with what other airlines are charging. so they are lowering s

this happened during bachmann's stint at the irs. she said it was part of a plan to learn how they work so i can defeat them. maybe she was too busy with her secret plan to take notice of the end of the cold war. >>> that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. up next "your business" with j.j. ramburg. [ female announcer ] so you think your kids are getting enough vegetables? maybe not. v8 v-fusion juice gives them a full serving of vegetables plus a full serving of fruit. but it just tastes like fruit. [ male announcer ] get five dollars in money-saving coupons at v8juice.com. while i took refuge from the pollen that made me sneeze. but with 24-hour zyrtec®, i get prescription strength relief from my worst allergy symptoms. so lily and i are back on the road again. with zyrtec® i can love the air®.

she died from a combination of shock and blood >> a southern california woman is in trouble with the irs. they say the 40 year- old woman filed false tax returns and contained fraudulent social security numbers for 19 nonexistent children. she was arrested on july 12th in livermore and made her first court appearance yesterday. she faces one for 40 years in prison and 5.5 million in fees. >> in sacramento, bad water and made some park goers sick from too much chlorine. the injured included children, adults and staff members. there were hospitalized with issues from breathing throat and eye irritations. we will be right back as the kron 4 morning news continues. kick don't opt been banned dick did catch if is and of the hook hope for kunis don had unwittingly enhance been >> is a price seamless already ran run his three today midwest bus tour. >> the problem we have is not with our country. the problem is that our politics is brokenis [applause] >> the problem is, we have partisan brinksmanship that is willing to put to party ahead of country. that is more interested in seeing political o

right after 9/11, the neighborhood tried to create a beautification district and it was denied by the irs twice. we talked as a merchants association and decided to give it a serious ago. we met with the neighborhood association, property owners. we raised money in all three of those groups and we started the plan. we initially sent out petitions in 2009, and that was a bad time. the economy was not doing well. it was clear that no one wanted to spend extra money. we looked back at our plan and we've dropped the assessments by $50,000. half we tried it again. -- we tried it again. i had no idea it would take almost two years to get to this point off off. because it took so long, i'm not sure if this is on the record or not but this is a letter that went out with those bright before they submitted petitions to the board explaining that it is taking that long. -- this is a letter that went out to those right before they were submitted to the board. we had different meetings. one was the merchant specific. there was one where everyone was welcome. we set up a website that had articles on bid

attorney's office, our state attorney general, and with the irs. our sphait attorney general is providing -- yes, there is relation, our vice president's son, so let's see if i get a fair shot. i'm sure he'll want to give this case all of the proper treatment it deserves, and we're also asking the irs to revoke their tax status, to revoke crew's tax status because there's 501c organization so when george donates his, you know, millions to crew, it's a tax write off, and if he and warren buffet want to write more checks to the government, great, but he gets to write off the check to crew. when you're a 501c3 organization as you probably very well know, you cannot engage in direct political activity. you can educate the voters on issue, but you can want actively -- cannot actively campaign. if you look at the top 12 worse, of the 12 in 2010, the most horrible candidates who won reelection, eight of the 12 are republican, and of the four who are democrat, three of them are african-american. now know, there's a very clear agenda here, and in the very be

attorneys office with our state attorney general and with the irs. now our state attorney general is beau biden. yes, there is relation, our vice president's son. let's see if i get a fair shot. i'm sure he'll want to give this case all of the proper treatment it deserves. but we're also asking the irs to revoke their tax status, to revoke crews tax status. because they are a 501c organization. when he donates his, you know, millions to crew, it's a tax writeoff. you know, if he and warren buffett want to write more checks to the government, great, but, you know, he gets to writeoff his check to crew. now when you are a 501(c)(3) organization as you probably very well know, you cannot engage in correct political activity. you can educate the voters about issues, but you cannot actively campaign. if you look at crew's top 12 worst re-elects of those 12 of 2012, they say, you know, the most horrible candidates who won reelection, 8th of those are republican, and of those four who are democrat, thee of them are african-american. so there's a very clear

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the scammers charged $200 to prepare fake tax forms. an irspokesman says there have been hundreds of complaints from san jose, oakland, fresno and sacramento. >>> the man arrested for a 12984 murder in the east bay says he didn't do it. 43-year-old stephen carlson was arrested sunday for the stabbing death of 14-year-old tina faels in pleasanton. carlson told the "contra costa times" that he may be a dirt bag but he didn't hurt anybody. he was 16 when faels was killed. >>> the man accused of running down a 9-year-old boy leaving a giants game is in custody after being bailed out. 21-year-old andrew vargas was sent back to jail after pleading not guilty yesterday. he is accused of hitting ryan white and several cars last week and taking off before police caught up with him in hayward. >>> hard to believe but in a month we'll mark the tenth anniversary of 9/11. new yorkers have done a lot of healing over this decade. one poll found 5 3% of people in new york feel their lives returned to normal, 36% say their lives will never be the same, 49% fea

walker drew the ire of many unions in march, when he used a majority to strip public employees of their right to bargain collectively. it sparked widespread protests across the state. democrats were able to capture two of the six seats up for grabs last night. dashing their hopes of gaining a majority. in a statement last night, governor walker took a more conciliatory tone saying, in the days ahead, i look forward to working with legislators for all parties to grow jobs for wisconsin and to move our state forward. it was a local election. but it drew big national money. special interests poured as much as $31 million into those recall races. >>> and the controversy continues to grow over "newsweek's" latest cover, over michele bachmann. the feature is calling what some are calling an unflattering image of the presidential hopeful. bachman appears wide-eyed, with the headline, "the queen of rage." she is revealing outtakes of the cover shoot. including images of the congresswoman campaigning in iowa and washington. bachman's campaign claims the photo was talken during a lighting test. t

despite your complaints, the irs has still not done anything about it. se counsel for the george herbert walker bush administration c. boyden gray first shed light on the story by writing an op ed in the washington times. well, now he's gone one step further and joins us today from new hampshire. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> i understand you now have filed a complaint with the irs. alleging what? >> that media matters does not qualify for tax exempt status and that the irs should revoke that status. >> uh-huh. and one of the things you are -- you're saying in the petition that you've written is that media matters is involved in unlawful conduct. they're trying to disrupt the commercial interests of an american corporation. >> well, it's not unlawful. it's just not charitable. they're free to do what they want to do with nontax free money but i don't think they can have the government subsidize what they're doing and that's what the letter challenges. >> that's right. also, you talk about how they have executed a partisan strategy. they're not