we re following developments of a major escalation in the israel-hamas war. israeli soldiers are now inside gaza, and israel s military is signaling a heavier assault to come. this is all happening as the situation for civilians stuck inside gaza is growing more and more desperate by the hour. we ll go live to the region for the very latest. plus, mike pence is now out of the presidential race. why donald trump may have been his undoing all along. i will be joined by congresswoman and former trump impeachment manager madeleine indeed. congressman gregory meeks, who s the ranking member on the foreign affairs me. and former alabama senator doug jones. then, an appearance by ali velshi himself. who made sure to set us up for the special episode of the velshi book club before he went on vacation. he spoke with two bestselling offers about a new effort to bring the fight for freedom to lead directly into the backyards of the most notorious book banners in america. you re watching
zero out their income taxes. 91 of the top 500 companies in america last year paid zero in income taxes. zero. that s not right. we can t rebuild a highway system. we can t house the homeless. we can t do those things if large corporations aren t paying any taxes. greed has been around forever. it is a human attribute. it is not an american attribute. we re pretty good at it, though. i feel like america would be up there. yeah, yeah, yeah. so what could we actually ac achieve by raising taxes? well, increasing the overall tax rate of the richest 1% by about ten percentage points would generate $3 million in revenue over the next ten years. $3 trillion in new revenue is enough to make college free at all public universities.
91 of the top 500 companies in america last year paid zero in income taxes. zero. that s not right. we can t rebuild a highway system. we can t house the homeless. we can t do those things if large corporations aren t paying any taxes. greed has been around forever. greed s been around forever, human attribute, not american, but human. we re pretty good at this though. if you rank countries by greed, i feel like america would be up there. yeah, yeah, yeah. what could we achieve by raising taxes? well, increasing the overall average tax rate of richest 1% by ten percentage points generate $3 trillion revenue
peripatetic, jumping lightly from one topic to another, engaged on national topics, but only to a degree. when it comes to issues of national life, he spread himself widely, if not deeply. and what you don t get from him is the sense he has shown the patience or had the interest to dig into the consequences of his positions or to absorb the trade-offs that come with them. that said, you can spot the ambition, that unique human ingredient that separates those who achieve the american presidency who from those who make a try for it. as we americans take this presidency to heart and look to its endurance, this factor of ambition is dangerous to over, because as it was in the electoral success of donald trump, so would be to the success of who comes to challenge him. the man or woman who stands on the stage with trump in 2020 may need one undeniable human attribute, an ego able to challenge him, not just an intellect or in the national interest, but in the moment. he or she will have to lo
peripatetic, jumping lightly from one topic to another, engaged on national topics, but only to a degree. when it comes to issues of national life, he spread himself widely, if not deeply. and what you don t get from him is the sense he has shown the patience or had the interest to dig into the consequences of his positions or to absorb the trade-offs that come with them. that said, you can spot the ambition, that unique human ingredient that separates those who achieve the american presidency who from those who make a try for it. as we americans take this presidency to heart and look to its endurance, this factor of ambition is dangerous to overlook, because as it was this the electoral success of donald trump, so would be to the success of who comes to challenge him, the man or woman who stands on the stage with trump in 2020 may need one undeniable human attribute, an ego able to challenge him, not just an intellect or in the national interest, but in the