a volunteer job. at 72 years old, was he qualified to be handling a gun and a taser? kevin tibbles said the same things n april. it seems these days with more and more reports coming out on video because we have video and not before the accountability piece. i love it. there is the accountability piece and there are even cops on the beat everyday that make mistakes in life or death situations and a lot of times we can t judge them. but 72 3773 reservists? i say we can t judge them because it s hard to put yourself there. there s things that are very straightforward and horrific. but in those life or death situations don t you want a cop that s active? that s trained day in and day out instead of a 73-year-old insurance salesman who paid his way on to the force? it s sad. to pay your way on the force, it s basically a hobby, almost that he s taken up to pay his way into. but there is an accountability there. policing in this nation there are issues where many of these
here in houston. i hope it carries across america. we re going to be asking those who have mortgages, those who have to pay rent, meaning those who are the rental people, those who hold mortgages for individuals, all the utility people, to hold off on anybody who shows an unemployment compensation stub, not to put these people out in the street, not to in essence evict them, not to foreclose on them. because in actuality, this was a lifeline for these individuals. they were out looking for others, bankers and others. i think it is a crisis of heart and mind. i introduced a bill hr-3773 on the 16th of december. i m very delighted that senator reid from rhode island and heller from nevada introduced bipartisan legislation on the 18th. that s what i was hoping to do. they could have done it then, but the republicans insisted on a pay-for, which is allegedly
news contributor rick santorum says the government is giving the terrorists just what they want. he joins us later, too. in the meantime, there is a stalemate now in this ongoing debate over the extension of the bush tax cuts. after a big meeting to hammer out a deal congressional leaders left with nada, nothing. now democratic plans to hold votes on it, anyway, during the lame duck session. can laic lawmakers strike a deal? and everyone, republicans so far on the senate side say they are doubtful. the more important thing we can do to create jobs between now and january 1st is to send a message to job creators that we re not going to raise their taxes. that s why i offered a bill back in september, s3773 that would make current tax rates permanent. this is the only bill that has yet been offered that would prevent a tax hike on anyone. in other words, nobody in