For one last visit. For viewers who havent seen 0 one of your 20 appearances on the Program Since 2003, remind them what the National Taxpayer advocate does the National Taxpayer advocate is appointed by the secretary of treasury and serves in the Internal Revenue service and had the organization Taxpayer Advocate service to help taxpayers solve theirproblems with the irs and im charged with meeting making administrative recommendations to congress , to mitigate those problems and this is sort of in dispute resolution area and the complexity of the law and things like that. After 18 years, why are you stepping down . I reached a milestone birthday and want to have enough energy for the next phase of my life really 18 years is a long time. Of your final projects has been to sketch out the complexity of the taxpayer system. We will show viewers a map here that your office has helped sketch out, why are you doing that . . We had had a roadmap as a teaching tool for my employees, a very hi
Your thoughts on the president s Foreign Policy. What is your confidence level . Democrats 202 7488000 republicans, 202 7488001, an independents, 202 7488002. Join the conversation on twitter cspanwj, or go to facebook. Com cspan. The phone lines are open. We will get your thoughts in a minute, but many foreignpolicy headlines in the papers with running from iran to iraq, afghanistan. We begin with the fight against isis and iraq. Here is the headline in the Washington Times this morning. Take a look at what defense secretary Ashton Carter had to say up on capitol hill when he testified before the senate. [video clip] sec. Carter we have an obligation to support those fighters, and we will have to decide under what conditions in what way we will make that tactical decision when we introduce them, but i think the main thing is that we increase that number from what is now a very small number, and im not surprised that it is running on television, into a much larger number. I think we ca
This is today. With matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Its tuesday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie chlgt we have willie in for matt this morning and this battle between apple and the government just got even more interesting. Remarkable twist yesterday when one of the Founding Fathers of Silicon Valley, bill gates, came out on the side of the government against apple. And now weve seen titans of industry and Silicon Valley line up on differing side. A top story is politics. And the first test out west in the republican president ial race. Todays nevada gop caucus and of course next weeks super tuesday contests are looming large for both parties today. Lets start our coverage with peter alexander. Peter, good morning. Reporter good morning. Donald trump in the drivers seat in this race and yet his rivals have barely toochd them. Tonight the sauk can you say will pit trump against marco he spent a lot of his childhood here and has more f
The government is asking for access to information. Will apple relent under mounting pressure, or will it be up to a judge to decide . Fighting for life. The mother of the 14yearold girl shot by an uber driver in michigan is speaking out. It was a miracle. This morning, how that young girl proved she was alive even as the hopes of doctors were fading. And 75 million lawsuit. Erin andrews gets her day in court after a stalker records her behind closed doors. Was the hotel negligent for letting it today . Happen. Opening statements get underway today, tuesday, february 23rd, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this i itoday with matt lalar and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today. Tuesday morning. Im savannah guthrie. This morning. The battle between apple and the government got more interesting. Remarkable twist yesterday when the foundin father of the Silicon Valley speak out. Bill gates. Came out on the side of the government against ap
Clash with the titans. Bill gates sides with the fbi, saying apple should unlock the phone of one of the San Bernardino shooters. This is a specific case where the government is asking for access to information. Will apple relent under mounting pressure, or will it be up to a judge to decide . Fighting for life. The mother of the 14yearold girl shot by an uber driver in michigan is speaking out. It was a miracle. This morning, how that young girl proved she was alive even as the hopes of doctors were fading. And 75 million lawsuit. Erin andrews gets her day in court after a stalker records her behind closed doors. Was the hotel negligent for letting it today . Happen. Opening statements get underway today, tuesday, february 23rd, 2016. This is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today. Tuesday morning. Im savannah guthrie. We have willie in for matt again this morning. The battle between apple and the government