He is our guest this week on the communicators. Commissioner welcome. The debate on Net Neutrality is a moving target right now on the hill and the fcc getting ready to do something. Whats the debate morph into at this point in your view . Guest first, peter thanks for having me on yet again and you picked a good time. The agency is em broiled in a number of high profile issues, Net Neutrality first and foremost among them. To me, the debate has morphed into a political football which i think is unfortunate because it obscures some Common Ground namely that everyone believes in a free and open internet. And i, for one, embrace as a part of that thenchairman powells four internet freedoms lawful content, applications of ones choice the freedom to attach devices to ones network and transparency in terms of service plan information. The question is how do we embrace those four freedoms in the context of regular ration . Regulation . I, for one, believe the bipartisan consensus that has be
Its not all about the broad indexes, is it . Absolutely. Bigets get a look at the three right now. Target has a lot of attention because of the data breach of credit card information. That caused a lot of problems. Its main income actually fell 46 . The company incurred costs. Also people stayed away the away from the stores. Nevertheless, the shares are up. People look forward to the spring and hopefully some better numbers. Lows this has really been the s,ght spots within lowe this has really been the bright spot within retail. Doing renovations in their homes. Lowes up. The largest u. S. Solar manufacturer announcing a plunge in their earnings. Revenue for when it delivers, but it has not been booking new projects. That is why we see a big decline in the profits and the shares as well, guys. For the big story. The house ways and Means Committee is planning a huge change to tax cuts. What are they planning . This would collapse seven brackets into two brackets for essentially all tax
Separate. David corn and barbara, we appreciate you both making time fours tonight. Our conch continues at the top of the hour as we begin the next hour of the week. Im joshua johnson. A bombshell report from the new york time detailing the taxes or lack thereof paid by President Trump up to and including and during his time as the 45th president of the United States. According to the New York Times, the president paid just 750. Not 750,000. But 2k7s 50 in the year he won the white house in his first year as our president. It revealed that for the last 5 years the president has paid no taxes for ten years, apparently because he did not earn enough money to pay taxes on his income. But the details of his tax and his wealth and the nature of his Business Empire is laid out in this mammoth report as to whether or not hes the business man he has claimed to be. Whether or not the business man he portrayed himself as in the apprentice, which paid him hundreds of millions of dloors was real.
Middle class and the poor. Republicans are calling his plan a non starter and accusing the president of waging class warfare. Kevin joins us live from the white house with a preview now. Kevin . Youre right. A non starter because much of what the president is expected to propose tonight, once again simply doesnt pass the g. O. P. Eye test or for that matter the g. O. P. Math test when youre talking about controlling the Purse Strings in congress this is a very very big deal for the g. O. P. And they are leadership. Take a look at the ideas the president is expected to float tonight. You talked about raising big time money to pay for some programs down the line. He would like to raise cap pal gains taxes, charge banks new fees, close the socalled trust fund loop hole and tax krej savings plans, the 529s which you dont have to pay taxes on if you take the money out. Whats it all about . The goal is raising 320 billion to pay for a middle class tax cut and other programs like Free Communi
I never miss a darrell issa town hall. What is free time for i know, your life is as exciting as mine. Thanks a lot, rachel. Have a nice weekend. The congressman who wants to limb et tit the war powers toni. And there is willing to teach us but still donald trump is scared silent tonight. He is afraid of even moving his mouth in the presence of reporters. And now he has very good reason to be afraid. What is going on there . Its important that President Trump tell the American Public that he lied. Will the president apologize to president obama for making such a serious charge . Lets not get ahead of ourselves. 235,000 net new jobs were added to the u. S. Economy in february. Dont believe those phony numbers they may have been phony in the past but theyre very real now. The numbers probably 28, 29. I even heard recently 42 . New Research Says that neanderthals used to relieve pain by chewing on a plant containing the main ingredient in aspirin, which is now called the new Republican He