i m andy winkler, associate director of our infrastructure project. the bipartisan policy center through initiatives like our executive council on infrastructure, partnerships like organizations with the u.s. chamber of commerce, has been committed to moving a bipartisan infrastructure package forward.. there are significant though not unsurmountable challenges abouta the process,me scope, and cost, all of which are now coming intp focus since the american rescuec plan is passed. inr goal is to explore the options that policymakers have to fund our country s most pressing infrastructure needs and articulate what s in achievable. in just a moment i ll turnto it over to henry cisneros to moderate our first panel. in addition to being a former secretary of the department of housing and urban development and former mayor of san antonios texas, he is a bpc board member and has been active in many bpc projects from housing to infrastructure to immigration. just one bit of housekeep
Unemployment report but the idea they can goose it, everybody gets a tax cut, were exploring that now with charlie gasparino, mike murphy and last but not least dagen mcdowell. Is this thrown out there, dagen, lower the top right. I dont know how likely that is. The senate plan would bring it to 38. 5 , what do you think . Because im a nerd, i carry this around. This is an editorial in the wall street journal from the other day how to help the hightax states, about that very thing, calling for lowering of the top tax rate. In the senate bill, its 38. 5 . In the house bill, its 39. 6 , but actually because of that onerous additional rate for those making north of 1. 2 million dollars, its 35. 6 . There is the gap, we climb to that. Exactly. How do you offset taking away the state and local Tax Deduction without truly punishing higher income workers. You lower the top rate. Thats how you do it. If you take away the major deduction for them. How about the republicans not punish work . How
While some investors like it when activists come in to shake up public companies, weve got someone who says theyre ruining corporate america. Hell make his case coming up. And the new years going to bring new business in california that would be legalized Recreational Marijuana what took them so long im surprised its taken california this long. You moving back no, i go visit family once in a while, though. Were going to introduce you to the First Company to be licensed to sell in california coming up. Lets get straight, though, to the confusion thats for sure. The confusion surrounding the tax bill as americans continue to line up to prepay their property taxes before the new rules kick in in the new year. The irs did release that memo late yesterday in an attempt to clarify who exactly can take advantage of the prepayment. But there are still plenty of questions. So we sent our guy, eric chemi, out, to look into this he joins us now from a hightax town in new yorks Westchester County
Citations. The nature of the complaint is confidential. Meantime, First Responders are Contracting Construction workers with helping rescue their colleagues who were trapped today. You can hear and see the chaos in this cell phone video taken moments after the partial collapse during the cement pour from the second floor. I was on the third floor. I was walking that way. Reporter construction workers knee deep in cement, others dangling from the rebar. Everybody was worried about the coworkers. Reporter as oakland Fire Fighters arrived, those coworkers also sprung into action, putting up a ladder and putting down pieces of plywood on the now still wet cement which was nearly impossible to move through. Its kind of like quick sand. Reporter oakland fire says 15 to 20 construction workers initially were trapped. Everyone got out. It was a very great rescue between us and them. Reporter First Responders transported 12 construction workers to area hospitals for minor injuries. The general
Done something wrong. But it needs to be consistent to all other hazing incidents that happens and it needs to be fair. I believe hazing happened, but the way they handled it, they might have been victims in beginning, now we have 130 victims. Reporter the entire Coaching Staff resigned in protest threatening next years season. Not until this week did the School District announce it has found another. After todays charges the district issued this statement. Quote, as the d. Aca. s process moves forward we will concentrate on healing, support for all students and ensuring a Safe Learning environment for all students. What would be best for the district . If no charges were brought. Reporter the county superintendent has watched the napa district expel nine students for hazing, four remain out of school. Her office hears appeals and has overturned one suspension so far of quarterback Johnny Torres based on technicalities, she told us. If theres anything in due process that was not done o