or the loss of the essential programs and investments that we make that largely benefit the middle class. everyone wants to see taxes lower. we all know that ultimately, it would have an impact on economic growth. but it has to be fair. and what the president offers this is why his rhetoric is meaningless now. because the president actually stands up and says, the wealthy will not benefit. you look at the tax plan, 8 oh% of the value goes to the top 1%. that he would not benefit. 5,400 families would receive a $270 billion tax cut as a result of this plan. simply saying something over and over again doesn t make it true. you re a football fan. quick yes or no question. do you think colin kaepernick is good enough to play in the nfl right now? absolutely, yeah. i mean, i don t own a team, so it s up to them to decide. but, look, free speech ought to be protected. it ought to be protected when we agree with it and when we disagree with it. i don t necessarily agree with what he say
benefit in the elimination of the estate tax. 100 families. across the country 5400 families get a $270 billion tax cut. that s just the beginning. people with estates worth more than $5 million or double that if you re married. let me ask you about puerto rico real fast. benny thompson, he wrote a letter asking dhs to investigate these reports that officials on the ground are distributing contaminated drinking water, toxic water to residents there. i think of you and flint michigan crisis. this is deja vu? it is it s painful to watch. i sat in a meeting with 50 members of congress and you said can you imagine people not having safe drinking water for three weeks? i thought yeah, i can imagine it. my home town dealt with it. flint was a marginalized community, very poor community. a majority minority community. puerto rico a marginalized
showing up? no one. the people we asked to show up came because we can t compel the fbi or somebody like that to come at a gathering like this was because it was not a formal hearing. we were just, you know, wanting to gather information and hopefully our leadership would become more interested because this is serious stuff. it turns out that not only was he of often operating computers remotely we found out that congressman basara, now attorney general out in california, that there were 5700 5400, at least, unauthorized accesses to his computer. and it turns out the awans had loaded different congress members clouds and servers on to one, so that anybody could access it without authorization. it s terribly incredible.
data to the states and have done so to florida so they can then contact those individuals directly and there are about 5,400 dialysis patients provided to the state, over 20,000 electricity-dependent and about 6,700 patients electricity-dependent on oxygen concentrators. i want to reiterate what brock said about governors leaning in. governor scott has been a remarkable partner, along with the governors in georgia and south carolina, they ve been very aggressive in making certain they re getting the word out to their population. we ll have a number of rough days. whatever befalls us because of the storm, i can assure the american people your federal government is working as diligently as we can to make sure to address the needs as they arise. we re listening to the fema presser.
the faithful. yeah. there have been explicit ties in all sorts of cultivation between extremist religious groups in russia and extremists in the united states. but i do think it s important to note that russia is exploiting something that is already there. as past commentators have noted, this alt-right evangelical movement has been moving steadily since the 1980s and the gop has embraced it. it s gotten to a point that they really need to turn away those members of their coalition who are violent, who are racist and who are against democratic principles. and so hopefully they will do so. well, let me finish this up with a poll for our viewers. i did a poll on my twitter feed, will donald trump ever attack steve bannon on twitter. 40% of you said definitely. more than 5400 of you voted. 60% said, nope, he s scared of him and that s what s winning so far. keep voting if you like and i ll follow up on twitter with you guys. martha, thank you very much.