We also take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Host good morning and welcome to washington journal. The New York Times is reporting that President Donald Trump paid 750 dollars in federal income taxes year he won the presidency and another 750 the first year of his presidency. The president is still refusing to make his taxes public, as is tradition for those running for the nations highest office. The president has called the story fake news. We want to know what you think about it. The question of the day is the New York Times story saying 750 int trump paid federal taxes in 2016 and 2017. Democrats 202 7488000. Republicans 202 7488001. 202 7488002. And you can always text us at 202 7488003. And we are always reading on social media on twitter at cspan wj and on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. The story of the day comes from the New York Times. The story saying that President Trump has paid only 750 dollars in federal i
First of all, i do have just havent gotten any Immediate Reaction from anyone in the senate to the New York Times story on President Trump . I think were seeing a lot of democrats coming out and talking about it insane this explains why President Trump hit his taxes from the emergent people which is something that president know since Richard Nixon had been laying out before the people here are my taxes and i pay taxes and they like to brag about how much taxes they have paid but they can say they are hiding things. Now give a democrat saying look, this guy paid 750 in taxes in 2016 and 2017 and said he would come and poke picked the system and they say look, this guy has actually cut taxes for other people in that 2017 tax bill. I think this is something that they can try to run on but whether it will really change anybodys mindhe is doubtful at this point because there have been reporting that there has been a number of years working where he not pay taxes and responded that that mad
Look for a mostly cloudy morning. Be some some brakes. Clouds roll back into night. It is on the thames. Cell is here now for a quick update on the traffic. It is a little slow at the bay bridge toll plaza. You will see it here at the toll plaza. You can see traffic is moving along slowly. It is about a 10 to 15 minute delay. On the other side, in San Francisco, traffic is moving along well with no issues. If you are driving on highway 37 in vallejo, it will be slow heading west into marin county. It is 70 6 01 am. Lets head back to the news desk. Overnight activity in the inner sunset district, police had to block several streets around the area of ninth and judah this morning. Three women told police that he man was refusing to let them leave his apartment, and that he had a gun. Police and the s. W. A. T. Team set up a perimeter. They ultimately took the man into custody. Many people who live in the Apartment Building were evacuated during that time, but there are no reports of any
Tear gas on protesters marching against pension and tax reforms and well tell you the british oppositions big plans for the next election and they all about brings it. All right were starting in israel where the attorney general has charged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with corruption and it stems from 3 separate cases in which nathaniel who is accused of bribery fraud and breach of trust harry force that begins our coverage from western. Theres never been anything like it in israeli politics on the day the grinding stalemate over forming a new government and to the new unprecedented phase the attorney general was ready with his own historical 1st. Today i informed the representative of the Prime Minister mr Benjamin Netanyahu about my decision to try him under an inch document little clues 3 charges a day in which the attorney general decided to serve an indictment against a seated Prime Minister the serious crimes of corrupt governance is a heavy and sad day for the israeli publ
Police attack a massive funeral procession in bolivia where violence over the countrys political transition has turned deadly. Israels attorney general has charged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with corruption it stems from 3 separate cases in which netanyahu is accused of bribery fraud and breach of trust or a force that reports now from western. Theres never been anything like it in israeli politics on the day the grinding stalemate over forming a new government and to the new unprecedented phase the attorney general was ready with his own historical 1st. Today i informed the representative of the Prime Minister mr Benjamin Netanyahu about my decision to try him under an inch and a little clues 3 charges a day in which the attorney general decided to serve an indictment against a seated Prime Minister the serious crimes of corrupt governance is a heavy and sad day for the israeli public and for me personally from an hour later a shocked looking Benjamin Netanyahu began his battle