You know, clinton has been pushing this thinking that the wealthy should pay for. Those are part of her proposals. Indeed with her tax returns it shows just that. Clinton paid an effective federal rate of 34. 2 . State, local income rate of 9 . Add up you get 43. 2. The clintons donated 9. 8 of their adjusted gross income to charity. Theyre trying to push this number, campaign, since 2007, the clintons have paid 44 million, 44 million in federal income taxes and also in that time frame, some 15 million that they have donated to charity. With it, Hillary Clinton has also put out a statement, which reads, and i am quoting here. Families like mine that reap rewards from our economy have a responsibility to pay our fair share. And it is not just the right thing to do. It is also good for growth. So we had Hillary Clinton yesterday, in the detroit area, once again lay out her tax plan which she talked about the wealthy need to pay their fair share, buffett rule. If you make million you need
Donald trump picked it up. He assembled a stage full of deplorables and taking the high road on hillarys health. Hes campaigning vigorously, the child care plan, and the new scripted trump rolls on. And it pivoted this past weekend. 55 days to go. Investors, watch out. Oil down and stocks down today. Money and politics, its what we do. Varney company is about to begin. You have a long way to go. Excuse me, excuse me, hey, back up excuse me, excuse me excuse me off, off . Stuart how about that . Thats what we woke up to, crazy scene, dancing with stars during lochtes performance. While waiting for the scores, two men with antilochte tshirts rushed the stage, handcuffed and removed as well as two women sitting behind the mean in the audience. What is this . An antiswimming demonstration . What the devil is going on . Two guys, i dont know whether they were brazilians are not liz didnt like a perceived liar. Ashley called him a liar. Stuart for at that you interrupt this liz with tshirts.
But jeff flock is on all of that. Jeff. Oh, boy, what a morning here in indiana and the Hoosier State for the donald trump rally, i cant wait to hear what donald trump has to say about all of this. You know . Unbelievable comments in some way. I dont know if it hurts or helps donald trump. The other thing that cruz said was that apparently mr. Boehners inner donald trump has come out. Heres a little bit more of what he said. By the way, cruz at a rally in fort wane to the north and where we are in the southern part of this state of indiana right now. Take a listen. The corruption that boehner and hillary have been in mesh with for year funded by donald trump, donald trump is writing checks. Boehner is writing checks to hillary, funding the corrupt system. It is unaccountable to the people. And what made john boehner mad is that i let the people that hold washington accountable. Is this perhaps an indication, neil, that part of the republican establishment has made their choice and fall
For a day, but when i received this information, it was so moving to me that it was something that i could just simply not refuse to attend. Neil all right. A few minutes wag ago at the vat began. This is a conference vatican. This is a conference to discuss the needs of humanity. I think thats simplifying it a bit, but continuing pope francis call to look out for those who need help; the disadvantaged, the disenfranchised. And that is something that has certain hi been the focal point of Bernie Sanders campaign. A lot of folks wondered did he come at the invite of pope francis, the vatican says no. In fact, pope francis isnt even at this symposium. That does not rule out the possibility that Bernie Sanders could still meet with the pope, but at this hour it does not look like that. Having said all of that, is there a risk, political risk, to the candidate leaving new york with the big primary just a few days from now . The washington examiners phil kline on that. Phil, what do you thi
Bergdahl. More on the swap thats causing quite a stir. At this hour, theres confusion on the jihadi forums about the swap and whether the japanese hostage is alive. A wellknown isis linked twitter account has posted this image. The countdown clock there on the right with only seconds remaining, and on the left, a screen grab from a recent isis propaganda video that showcased the mass execution of Syrian Military officers. Jordans information minister says they will swap this woman, a failed suicide bomber who was part of a 2005 attack on three hotels that killed 60 people for the jordanian pilot who was captured on december 24th after his plane was shot down. But the jordanians want proof of life first. These street demonstrations show the considerable pressure the jordanian government is under to secure the pilots release. Today the administration is being pushed to explain an apparent double standard. How is jordans proposed swap for its pilot any different than the administrations d