taxpayer doing what the irs pretty my information to these agencies since big brother -ish tomato i get the some people to like it will is a whole lot code section 61 of three the internal revenue thatse determines when d if the irs which share information with another federal agency for this very purpose in congress is been pretty stubborn and changing 61 of three and it takes years and years and years of loving and i remember when i first started in government and that 1990s, we were trying to get the irs wasn't at the iris of at the time of his feet trying to chair the taxpayer information the department of education to validate whether these programs where i'm an improper or not it welcome they finally for that authority i think is maybe close to 20 years later, he finally went through homeless finally enacted it so i think was going on right now is god is running into the same thing out into what i try to address publics i need more information. but congress and only congress historically has decided it whether the irs can share information with other agencies to

the services side of the irs. the layoff of this size of 7,000 people during the filing season that is hard to imagine it wouldn't be disruptive to the organization. during filing season the last thing you want to do is take increased risk and take on additional operational complexity and you want things steady as she goes and the layoff this size creates a lot of risk for our tax system and we want to avoid that risk. we don't think that the lay-offs are appropriate especially in the name of cost efficiency. because we think in the name of the american government and fiscal sol svensy we should be collecting the receipts and not leave them on the table. we want a fair tax system. the fact that the irs has a diminished capacity to collect the tax that's are owed. that shifts the tax system for those that don't play by the rules to those that do. and they are carrying more of the load of funding this government. so there is just a fiscal sensibility issue. why not collect what is owed if you are trying to improve th

the services side of the irs. layoff of this size of 7,000 people during the filing season that is hard to imagine it wouldn't be disruptive to the organization. during filing season the last thing you want to do is take increased risk and take on additional operational complexity and you want things steady as she goes and the layoff this size creates a lot of risk for our tax system and we want to avoid that risk. we don't think that the lay-offs are appropriate especially in the name of cost efficiency. because we think in the name of the american government and fiscal sol svensy we should be collecting the receipts and not leave them on the table. we want a fair tax system. the fact that the irs has a diminished capacity to collect the tax that's are owed. that shifts the tax system for those that don't play by the rules to those that do. and they are carrying more of the load of funding this government. so there is just a fiscal sensibility issue. why not collect what is owed if you are trying to improve the bo

>> the irs does have a form. the identity theft affidavit. 1403 seven. file that and that will make it where the irs is aware of the situation. they'll go and then be able to go and separate your account from the fraudsters. they'll try and get the money back from the fraudster, and they'll give you a pin number so you can file your tax return and get your right taxes taken care of. >> good tips. now here's another worst case scenario. what happens if your tax preparer turns out to be a scammer? we've heard several cases of that they never filed and they stole viewers refunds. >> in that situation, the irs also has a form for that. the 14 159 is to go and say that you believe the person is doing misconduct, not filing tax returns that they've been paid to do. there's a variation with the letter a afterwards, which is to go and report a person that actually steals the refunds or files false tax returns without your permission. so that will make it where the irs goes after that preparer. if it's a big enough situation, you can even potentially get a whistl

he recently lost his probationary job at the irs. oug, just first off, um, you know, tell us why you chose to work for the federal government. what attracted you to this work? >> sure. thanks for having me on, brianna. uh, you know, federal government is a natural fit for a lot of veterans. one of the first things you do when you become a civil servant is you raise your right hand and take the oath to support and defend the constitution. and that's something that we all did when we wore the uniform. and i think it's an extension of our military service to continue serving in the federal government. uh, and looking out for the public interest. >> and just to be clear about your job that you were holding, that you were new to. you did public affairs for the irs. if anyone could use that, i think we could agree it would be the irs. what does it mean? firing people in those positions. >> well, you know, it's not good on a personal level. it puts, uh, people's lives livelihood in jeopardy. it turns their lives upside down. and so now they

well, this next question from mary asking whether the irs has a payment plan option so you don't havethe full amount right away. and she does note this is not about taxes that are delinquent. >> which is a very good question. so as you're filing your tax return, if the amount on the return is more than what you can afford to do, still file it. so because you have penalties that will start april 16th even and with the payments is that the irs is required to accept if your balance is $50,000 or less and you're proposing the amount that will pay it off in five years or less, they are required to say yes and accept that proposal and they can do it online. you don't need to pay a tax professional to do that part for you. if it's that you're needing to resolve a larger balance or you need more time to pay, that's when you want to get a tax professional and that can negotiate to get those other arrangements for you, but always follow the return first. >> good tips. one last question quickly from peter. we're seeing more people required to be back in office, which is great. but for those who

oftentimes. >> it begins. >> with the irs. sending you a collection letter. >> but then escalates. >> and before you know it, you're having your paychecks garnished, your bank accounts seized. even your home or business could be at risk. my problem was i hadn't paid my taxes in eight years. i was trying to take on the irs by myself. i have five children. i'm trying to take care of my kids. and it was a lot of stress. >> i owed the irs over $10,000. they told. >> me the possibilities of garnishing my wages to. >> resolve this debt. >> that i owed them. >> i owed a lot of money to the irs, almost $15,000, but there was nothing i could do about it. i was just overwhelmed of what to do. these stories are all too common, but thankfully there's optima tax relief. america's number one most trusted tax resolution firm. optima's experts have helped thousands of people with stories just like these resolve their tax debt. i owe 15,000. i only had to pay 3500. and now my debt is clean. i don't owe anything. it was. it was easy. like one,

the warning about the increase in imposter scams, especially those posing as the irs. plus. >> i called the police and i said before i even said it, the police said this is a hate crime. >> a community rallying in support of a berkeley business targeted by hateful vandalism. >> this is ktvu, fox two news at 730. >> and welcome everyone to the show tonight, i'm heather holmes. we're going to get to those top stories in just a moment. but first, a violent crash to tell you about in east oakland with the driver critically injured after slamming into a traffic pole on international boulevard. our crime reporter henry lee joining us now live in henry. this was a violent crash with that car wrapped around the post. >> yeah, sure was happening. now, crashes along international boulevard have injured or killed many pedestrians, innocent civilians, suspects and other drivers. and now oakland police have yet another investigation on their hands. this is what's left of a bmw that crashed into and ended up getting wrapped around a light pole, nearly slicing it in half. >> this is a

and amanda, we were talking earlier about the big news from the irs, the potential cuts to half their workforce. do you expect there to be fewer audits now? >> i do expect there to be fewer audits. there's fewer people working there. there's going to be fewer fewer uh- to audit information coming from the irs. now, that doesn't mean you need to get crafty and creative with your tax returns, because they might not be looked at by a human, but they will be looked at by robots. and that's been the irs has been using computers to compare and analyze the data received to similar tax returns in your zip code. and so they're going to pull it no matter what. >> so no funny business. a good reminder, but this next question is not funny. it does though apply to anyone working from home. this is from richard. he's a self-employed contractor. he uses a home office. he recently tested his water and found it contaminated. so he bought a filtration system. it cost him thousands of dollars, and he's wondering if he can deduct any part of that on his taxes. >> so the filtration system could be a part

you always have to report your income to the irs. it's just the irs now knows about it. if you sell crypto at a profit, you owe tax money, right? got to pay you. let's do the right thing. pay now, pay later. exactly. now i don't want to pay behind bars. all right. let's talk about this. inflation tariff impacts. well that's the top of mind of many shoppers out there. and many of them are trying to make it in the bay and looking for ways to save on groceries. so there's this new app. it's called flash food. it's connecting shoppers with groceries at 50% off the retail price. now that app takes food, which is nearing expiration date at a grocery store, and it sells it for nearly half the price. most of the users buy produce, meat and seafood. and according to the company, a flash food user is saving about $1,000 a year on the groceries. ceo of flash food says th it also helps keep food out of landfills. since we started out, we have diverted over 150 million pounds of food away from landfills, and we've saved shoppers over $300 million across the 33 u.s. states that we oper

people of color make up. 56 1% of the irs workforce and women representing 65%. now in other news, the department of veterans affairs is planning an aggressive reorganization that includes cutting 80,000 jobs. these chief of staff told top level officials at the agency it had an objective to cut enough employees to return to their 2019 staffing levels of just under 400,000 veterans have already been speaking out against a cut of the v a which so far have included a few 1000 employees and hundreds of contracts. democrats are already up in arms and congress over the recent government cutbacks. even some republicans are joining them more than 25% of the v a's workforce are veterans themselves. we're going to closely monitor the situation. darya james, i'll send it back to both. ok, thank you. reyna 10:30am. let's talk basketball and the warriors. yeah. they were in new york out of madison square garden taken on the knicks. >> and boy, what a 2nd half comeback that was or sports reporter and our sports director. actually, scott reese has highlights. >> hey, everybody,

. >> well, i want to dive into the news that broke yesterday with the irs. cy reportedly planning to cut half its workforce. do you anticipate we should expect delays getting our refunds this year? >> yes and no. most returns are electronically filed, so humans don't work on that. so that part. no. but uh- call centers are going to be down if there's cuts in the free uh- filing that needs maintenance or updates, then yes. >> so talking about doge, the department of government efficiency, pulling the plug on that team that helped to create the irs free tax filing service. we know millions of consumers relied on that to file their taxes. are you concerned that that team leading it is gone now? and do you anticipate there will be impacts? >> well, i think there will be impacts because the team was helping to make sure that everything was working right. and the participants were adhering to the rules. now that they're gone, then who knows, right? >> we do know that the site is still active online, but of course, there's concerns about the leadership, as you point

. >> and you mentioned the irs. i mean, they just made an announcement today of cutting half the workforce. at least that's a plan that's being devised. but is there one issue that you think is going to kind of prevail? i mean, it was the economy that got him elected. people didn't like the price, as they said, of eggs, or they didn't like the price of gas. they didn't like the price of all of these other issues, because certainly it's been a very busy time since january 20th. is there one that you think is going to be the one that maybe either garners in favor or turns the tide? >> all right, what degree is emphasizing the economy versus, say, foreign policy, given what's happened in the world the last couple of days, the last couple of months, is it 80 over 20 economy versus the world, or is it more like 5052 out of three, something like that. it's the degree to which you pushing the economic message, because pushing that economic message is what got him into the white house. again, it's the economy, stupid. can he

of the administration. >> it's not about the ire of the administration.s making sure that an immigrant communities across our state, people feel free to engage with law enforcement. if you're a survivor of domestic violence and want to call the police or call a hotline, we don't want you to pause for a second to be concerned about what documents you have or a family member has. it helps make us all safer if if there's community policing, and that means involving everyone in our. >> one more on this topic. when i think about, um, jd vance is going to the border today for the trump administration, one of the most effective kind of messaging tools, republicans have used the president and also governors is the southern border, right? whether it's sending migrants to northern cities, whether it's just standing there, whether it's saying, kamala harris, why didn't you go? what is the democratic kind of counter message to this? >> the counter message is comprehensive immigration reform that our immigration. >> policies are ignored by congress in the last than co

the irs also says it will never text taxpayers about their returns, refunds or stimulus checks. ght, let's take a look at the stories trending tonight@ktvu.com. one of our top stories. police investigating a deadly crash after a man lost control of his vehicle on 101 in san jose tonight. the man was pronounced dead at the scene. a violent crash in east oakland this morning after a vehicle slammed right into a light pole. this crash sent one person to the hospital and shut down international boulevard for hours. and federal civil rights lawsuit has been filed in connection with the arrest of an alleged jaywalker in san francisco. surveillance video shows an officer pushing the woman against a wall. her attorneys say the officer's actions were unnecessary, violent and illegal. you can find these stories and a lot more, all of it right there@ktvu.com, next at 11. this month is national kidney month. coming up, we hear from one man who stepped in to donate his kidney after years working in the donor network. but first, just a quick look outside at the san francisco skyline. just a re

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as you mentioned, possibly 6000 at the irs. house speaker johnson was asked this morning right here on cnn if he has met with elon musk about these cuts. and this is what he said. >> he's shown me many of the examples. >> of the outrageous abuses. >> and i'm telling you, dana, when the american people understand what has been happening with our taxpayer dollars, that congress has been unable to discern, even with our best oversight efforts, elon has been able to crack the code. he's inside the belly of the beast of the bureaucracy. >> so, congresswoman wasserman schultz, you know, you're on the oversight committee and reform committee. is it a case of congress not being able to see the waste to cut? but musk can see the waste, and how will he be? i guess, um, held to account to define what is waste. >> quite honestly, speaker johnson himself is utterly lacking in governmental experience. i mean, he's been speaker for about five minutes. and you know what's happening with elon musk and his his department of government inefficienc

although i know you were recently fired from the irs just five days before the end of your probationarydent trump tonight as you sit in the audience, along with other federal workers who also lost their jobs recently? >> first and foremost, thank you for having me on. i'm hoping i hear the president say that he has a plan to reinstate the veterans that. >> were. >> fired. >> and also the spouses. >> of armed forces. >> members that are overseas that use federal employment. that's really it. i'm here on the on behalf of veterans. >> i don't want to say that. elena haba, counselor to the president, speaks for him, but she is a spokesperson for the white house. and she was asked just today about people like yourself, particularly veterans who have been fired from the federal workforce. and i want to play for you what she said just a short time ago. is the. >> president starting. >> to. think about. >> maybe some of those veterans who worked for the federal government and maybe what the administration can do to at least help salvage their lives? >> well, as you know, we care about veterans

they don't have to report to the irs.k the last administration was getting very onerous in terms of irs expansion, reporting and otherwise, and and i'm happy to see the country on track with life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. i don't think any of us want to see an irs that is heavily expanded with even more reporting requirements than we already have. stuart: okay. let's move on to the first ever crypto summit. it's on friday at the white house. what do you want to hear? >> well, i think it's the moment when we look back in history where we have a bit of a preview, but that's the moment where i think we're going to look at that date, march 7th, 2025, is the day where we went from being in the shadows to acknowledged and recognized by the greatest government in the world, and with that, the rest of the world will follow. we're going to heaabt the strategic reserve, we'll probably have greater sense, and i imagine there's going to be some additional announcements that are going to be just as exciting. so i'm, i'm,

the same way the bank tells the irs about you or your employer files a w-2. you're taxed on profits you make on crypto. you're taxed on everything that you make a profit on. we saw this when the real crypto boom, you know, the crypto bros sort of thing, would go out and buy a ferrari with the money they made, not realizing they owe tax on that money as well. yeah. if you're bringing in income, you owe tax on it, right? it doesn't matter if anybody's reporting it or not. yeah. they thought it was a new thing. you could. yeah. this doesn't count. yeah. same with venmo. same with everything else. all right. thanks, scott. hey, check out this spectacular site on the big island of hawaii. this is actually a live look showing the very active kilauea spewing lava into the sky there. this stage of the volcano's latest eruption only started about 24 hours ago. the usgs says it's reaching heights of up to 600ft. kilauea's current eruption started in december of last year. well, the warriors are in the big apple to play both the knicks and the nets. but last night at the

geological survey office in menlo park, the irs office in san mateo and the equal employment opportunityce in san jose. those federal leases have been terminated. doe's says that that'll save millions of dollars. meantime, government officials estimate some 2400 workers for the department of veterans affairs were laid off during a recent doge purge. and among them was a disabled army veteran working in palo alto. dan kerman has a closer look. >> elon musk's chainsaw approach to government efficiency has resulted in the firing of thousands of federal workers in the last few weeks. >> among those let go disabled army veteran daniel key who has worked for the va since october as an emergency management specialist at the palo alto health care system. >> i basically worked my entire life to develop the skills and the background and the knowledge and the experience to even be qualified for this position, then at, you know, finally have, you know, achieve my my life's goal, being very successful on the 4 months let i was in the position having it taken away was one devastated. >> but tuesday, k

the irs is roaredly dropping plans to slash 90-thousand person workforce in half. ces tell the associated press tax agency hopes to achieve that through layoffs, attrition and buy out offers. the timeline for the major reduction remains unclear. con sis tonight streamline the federal workforce. the irs laid off about 7,000 probation naturally employees in a cost cutting move. today is ash wednesday. hallow app. take part in prayer. mark wahlberg sat down with penbenjamin hall to talk about faith and family. >> i wonder how you talk about faith with your children. you said before you are not forcing them to be religious or pray. how do you want to i object expire them to be religious. >> i think by being an example. i think by just living it every single day and they know no matter what i'm standing on hands and knees and no matter what i'm going to make it to mass on saturday or sunday. that's the most important part of my life. that has allowed me the ability to be there for them in every capacity but, hopefully, just being an example they are going to gravitate to

it involves a legitimate looking text message about a $1,400 stimulus check from the irs. ing us on the floor that attackers are getting more sophisticated in their attempts to get people to click on their links. >> what we're seeing is over 50% of mobile phishing attacks are phishing attacks are coming over either sms or messaging app, which makes sense because that's where users interact with messages. but we're seeing attackers use other evasion techniques, like pdf files as an example that contain links within them. >> experts say if you do, click on a suspicious link. change your passwords and monitor your accounts for fraudulent activity. the irs says it will never text taxpayers about the returns, refunds, or stimulus checks. >> all right. up next, a hayward police officer jumps right into action. [music] >> and after the break, we're going to meet that man who saved a baby from choking. and it was all caught on camera. >> and more rain on tap for the week as we give you a live look outside the city of san francisco there on this first monday night of march. meteorol

. >> the irs was told to fire more. >> than. >> 6000 people this. past week. >> just as tax filing season is getting underway. trump has just fired more than 2000 people from the va, from the. >> agency that. >> serves our. nation's veterans, including people who work to support the veterans crisis line. yeah, there's a lot a lot of fraud, waste and abuse there. got to cut that. trump also cut funding for veterans cancer care. seriously and for veterans. cemeteries seriously. before good journalism about those cuts and a resulting huge outcry yesterday forced them to reinstate some of those things, but they. didn't try to cut them. >> but these cuts. >> that i'm talking about. >> the. >> impact of these cuts that i'm talking about. >> the legal. >> fight over these cuts, but also the pushback against these, these cuts. and what they're doing. it's not at all a washington story by now. it really is by now, everywhere. >> one of the places where we've already. >> seen. >> impacts from those. federal cuts is right here at the detroit va. >> on a day tha

the last trump commissioner of the irs said it was 1 trillion a year. if we took that number and multiplied by 10 it's $10 trillion. that's a third of the national debt almost so there are things we can do and another one islegacy systems which gao has talked about. they've highlighted the top 10 candidates for retirement and legacy systems which would save over $331 million a year. we owe the system and we've identified that it's 51 years old so we can do productive things, find common ground democrats and republicans we on the side of the aisle are never going to support a mindless wrecking ball approach to quote achieving efficiency in the federal government . that's not how to do it. it will wreak harm on the american people, damage our form of government and it is not something that will ever merits our support. >> i'm pleased to welcome comptroller gen. jean dodaro who brings 50 al years of experience at the government accountability office and has served as head of the branch agency since 2010. the comptroller gen. is serving the final year of his

charities and partnerships set up for the purpose of dodging taxes and musk and trump just fired the irs enforcement personnel who are going to make sure those taxes would finally be collected. dog's attack on social security in my view is a first step on the path to privatizing social security. wiped out social security, most experienced employees and continue today pressure more to resign when the agency is already at 50-year staffing low. taken together there's no con seeable way that social security benefits will be paid on time and in full to americans who have earned them by paying into the program with every paycheck. what happens after benefits are interrupted, of course, will be the question, once they are broken, doge and billionaire allies are going to swoop in and enhance social security over to the well-healed contractors and wall street. elon musk is new to politics but he gave thehe game away when colleagues said he called social security a ponzi scheme. if you go to any coffee shop in america people will tell you social security is not a ponzi scheme, americans know the v

so the va, the irs, social security. and then tonight there's this reopening, the immigration prison where they locked up all the little kids. quote, the trump administration is reopening a sprawling detention center in south texas for migrant families facing deportation, resuming the practice of detaining children for years after the biden administration ended it. everywhere they go, everything they have tried to do, they are running up against opposition and annoyance. they are running up against their own stupidity. they are running up against their own ignorance. they are running up against the law. they are running up against journalists, figuring out what they are doing. they are running up against the revelation that the american people really dislike what they are doing, and people who are. and people are willing to let that be known. they are running up against constituents, even republican constituents, people who live in bright red districts and states telling their members of congress and their senators how mu

the irs announced plans to cut half of its workforce. the irs employs an estimated 90,000 people. cites two anonymous sources who say the plan includes cutting the employees through layoffs, attrition and incentivized buyouts. live look now at washington, d.c, where president trump laid out his vision last night for what he calls a renewal of the american dream. in his first address to a joint session of congress since returning to office. fox's doug luzader reports. >> this was the longest presidential speech to congress in modern history, clocking in at about an hour and 40 minutes. and the division among lawmakers was evident. >> our spirit is back. our pride is back. >> six weeks into his second term, president trump took a victory lap in front of a joint session of congress and highlighted the dozens of executive orders he has signed so far. >> we have accomplished more in 43 days than most administrations accomplished in four years. >> here at home, the president said pain from tariffs will be temporary and claimed that federal spending cuts will help bring down inflation. h

the irs employs an estimated 90,000 people.ted press cites two anonymous sources who say the plan includes cutting the employees through layoffs, attrition and incentivize buyouts. >> automakers are preparing for the impact of president trump's tariffs on their business. car dealerships nationwide are preparing to pay more for cars. kelley blue book reports the average increase will be $3,000 a vehicle, but auto analysts say a 25% tariff will take the average price higher than that. one car salesperson says a ram heavy duty truck made in mexico that cost about $90,000 would be closer to $120,000 with the new tariffs. >> yeah, that doesn't work for us. i mean, this is a cummins diesel. so this is a big one. but that's a perfect example. i mean, all of our heavy duty trucks are made in mexico. those are high ticket items. so you put 25% on these. it cripples our business. we won't sell anything. >> he went on to say this will impact the price of parts as they cross the border, sometimes multiple times. and that means it will be m

the irs is in charge of trying to make sure that we have less tax fraud, less tax waste. right. and to allow the cuts to the irs means we're going to lose money. i mean, this is not allowing taxpayers to get their money back. we're losing money as a country. >> and going back to loyalty. i think it's a very fair point, because you claim that trump is not asking for loyalty within the federal government. he absolutely is. i was at the department of justice. they are telling, you know, essentially attorneys, career prosecutors. if you are not loyal to trump, then you should get out of here. he fired. he fired the january 6th prosecutors. he's trying to fire fbi agents, 5000 fbi agents who worked on january 6th cases. if you fire 5000 fbi agents, we will have a terrorist attack. unfortunately. >> we. >> have elections for a reason in this country. we vest all executive authority in a president of the united states, not in an unelected bureaucracy, not in independent agencies, but in a president. the president's agenda matters. when a republican is president, the bureaucracy resists.

through the irs whistleblower program alone billions of dollars have been recouped since its inception in 2007. whistleblowers have played an instrumental role in helping the department of justice pursue false claims cases that resulted in billions of dollars in reclaimed settlement costs. it seems to me is an administration were serious about wanting to root out waste, fraud, and abuse, they would support and resource whistleblowers and inspector general's. they would not demonize them and certainly not fire them en masse during an unlawful midnight purge. there are other reforms that are more technical, but just as important. key statutes like the federal funding accountability and transparency act. the data act. critical platforms like usa spending.gov were really important improvements and innovations when they came about but are in need of overhaul and reform. currently the status quo is we have an extraordinarily hard time tracking federal dollars into end. this is due in large part to a broken chain of data collection, of reporting information, and the ability to monitor and tra

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our state partners looks like the irs is behind me. >> that's because we mean business. we are serious. look at these guys. they're showing up. our mayor daniel, he doesn't play. we don't play. this isl. >> this is serious. this is our city's ability to contin to thrive on the line and we're going to continue to do the work. we're going to continue to make this happen. we love san francisco. we're so happy to be here and thank you so much for all you do to support us. >> and next when i ask up my legislative partner in this effort. assembly member matt haney. >>oodorningverne. don't worry i'm not the tax collec you know wre world class cities have world class nightlife. and in order for our city to thrive, we need world class nightlife. if you look around what's happening all over the world as cities have come back from the pandemic, they've done it with thriving restaurants, bars and people places for people to come out and enjoy themselves with each other, period. and what we're seeing in california in particular is the cities that have really invested and supported th

the other problem the irs has had is because of identity theft. s a lot of people that steal identities of legitimate taxpayers. we made a number of recommendations. one was to expedite the information on w-2s from employers to irs. the irs was due to give it to individual taxpayers in the end of january. in the past employers haven't given the information until march and april. they needed it to compare to the return. the irs has been able to forestall billions of dollars in identity theft. they still need to focus on that. host: managing federal property. this one has only been on the high-risk list for 22 years. guest: there has been a lot of excess property around for a long time. it has been accentuated because of telework during the pandemic. a lot of the buildings were older, they were built for days when you used to have paper flats. he needed to have room and administrative support. the computerization of a lot of things has changed that dramatically. the buildings were good for the current workforce. host: the government printing office h

we spoke to associated press and "the new york times." more than 7,000 irsorkers were already laid off in recent works, and thousands more have accepted elon musk's offer to resign. >>> americans are growing more concerned about the highly contagious measles virus that's spreading across the country. one unvaccinated child has already died in an outbreak in texas involving more than 150 cases. now the disease has been reported in at least nine states as far away as alaska. cbs' karen hua reports from houston. >> reporter: officials in harris county, texas, are announcing updated vaccination locations, encouraging people to line up for protection from measles as cases rise in the state. >> right now is not the time for anybody to get overly excited. it's not the time for anybody to get scared. it's a time to get smart. consider your situation, and if you need to get vaccinated, get vaccinated. >> reporter: measles is one of the most contagious infectious diseases. >> really, your best protection against measles is to be vaccinated. >> one dose of the mmr vacc

the longer you wait, the more the irs tends to get backed up, and getting your return sooner means you will have more on hand to deal with things like unexpected expenses. there are also steps to take to make sure your tax information is secure, especially if you're filing online using e-file. always pay attention to that url address that you'll find on the web address. there should always be an s after that http that will signify that you're using a secure website, and it is safe to transmit information to and from. taxes are due by midnight tuesday, april 15th. our gia vang is here working on the 5:00 newscast to tell us what's coming up. hey, janelle, we've got a lot that we're covering. first, we're going to start with local university students who say that they will not be silenced even by the president. this is a clash over social media post by the president saying he expelled, imprisoned or even deport student protesters. that story and then a nsf people are back on the streets after they were promised housing that isn't ready yet. we're going to hear from those worried resident

james diaz is his name, and he worked at the irs. he had exceptional reviews. but here's what he told me a few moments ago about being terminated by doge. listen. will this impact how you vote in the midterms? >> i will have to see what's going on. it's going to impact how i vote in the midterms. yes. >> in what way? >> um, well, i'm going to see exactly who's going to try to help fight for, you know, for, for for the workers, for veterans. um, i, i want the best for this country. no matter no matter who's in charge. >> he voted for trump three times. says he doesn't regret his vote at all. but what do you say to employees like him who, frankly, are impacted by the decisions this president has made? >> it's a tough situation, but we have to acknowledge the fiscal realities in washington. for too long, leaders in both parties have massively overspent. they just have hired workers, promising everybody that it's going to be reigning forever, that the money was going to continue to to come out of, you know, manna from heaven without looking at the realities. and so

the irs employs about 90,000 people. the associated press cites two anonymous reports sources who say the plan includes cutting the employees through layoffs, attrition and incentivized buyouts. well, more plans to turn big buildings into housing. >> and the impact of the tariff war is still top of mind on wall street. pam cook is tracking the effects and is back in studio with dollars and cents. >> yes, the uncertainty is not great. always felt on wall street on what comes next. certainly playing havoc with stocks as businesses shift strategy to deal with the tariffs and then investors respond to that shift. also this morning, a new report on jobs shows job growth in february was not nearly as good as economists predicted, who say this is a signal that the economy is slowing now. ringing the opening bell this morning. women in leadership global as the new york stock exchange continues to celebrate women's history month, the organization helps women network and move into leadership roles. they offer coaching and mentorin

i'm on the ways and means committee with jurisdiction over the irs as well as treasury at large. it is very disturbing what is going on. a report telling everyone usaid should not report or cease what you are doing. very disturbing things that are autocratic. host: seizing congressionally approved payments and they have a budget coming up, they could change the way money is appropriated. >> they can do what democrats did four years ago with the house, senate and white house. if they really think eliminating funding for cancer research is good, let the bill passed. when we on the democrat side wanted to enact the american rescue plan, whether you agree with it or not we went about it legally. the house, the senate, it was quite the process enacting the initiatives but that is the way it happens, you cannot just have one branch say we will ignore them and grab power input unelected people into agencies and computer systems. we talk about right to privacy, you should be very concerned. host: the budget they are messing with is the one that republican congress approved. guest: that i

geological survey office in menlo park, the irs office in san mateo and the equal employment opportunitymission office in san jose. >> the doge website claims the terminations have saved the government more than 10 million dollars. meantime, government officials estimate some. >> 2400 workers for the department of veteran affairs were laid off and a doge purge among them, a disabled army veteran working in palo alto kron four's dan kerman reports on sudden turn of events put him back on the job. >> elon musk's chainsaw approach to government efficiency has resulted in the firing of thousands of federal workers in the last few weeks. among those let go disabled army veteran daniel key who has worked for the va since october as an emergency management specialist at the palo alto health care system. >> i basically worked my entire life to develop the skills. >> and the background and the knowledge and the experience to even be qualified for this position, then at, you know, finally, have, you know, achieve my my life's goal. all then being very successful on the 4 months let i was in the po

also at least a 1000 to 5000 firings at the irs across the last week.urrent total, i have looked at every known mass firing. i have 30,000 plus people have been fired. geoff: 30,000 people? >> at least. that does not include 7000 people at the social security administration. we have heard from them that they intend to fire those people. that's not even in that total. this is part of elon musk and president trump saying government needs to be downsized. what they are doing here is haphazardly targeting very wide groups of workers without clear reviews and it is leading to some protests around the country. this video was sent to me by a fired worker in west virginia they had a protest today. so you hear them saying, vote them out. in that crowd, trump supporters who have been fired. one person told me they were denied unemployment after being fired from treasury because they were fired supposedly for because even though they had high-performance records. geoff: elon musk's doge group is trying to find new ways to fire workers. >> there will be another ema

. >> the next wave of federal layoffs could be at the irs. tedly drafting plans to eliminate up to half its staff as part of the trump administration's effort to slash the federal workforce. this morning, we're hearing from researchers in the bay area impacted by recent layoffs in a different agency. heather welch, matt kohler, and alison cluett worked for the national oceanic and atmospheric administration until thursday. their team provided critical data to groups that manage our coasts, everything from predicting the location of whales to help avoid deadly collisions with ships, to identifying threats to salmon. they say their work touched almost every species along our coast, from great white sharks to the seafood we eat, seafood we eat. now they're fearful for what these layoffs mean for climate change studies. >> and so now that i'm no longer at noaa, i was the person that was running the tool and keeping it operational. and it's unclear who's going to carry that forward. >> so i would say we are losing our ability to be nimble and adapt