Everything i have been a able to decipher up to now, half the benefits go to the top 1 . I have been in congress a long time. I remember another president who was able to railroad a tax code through the congress during the 1980s. And the Wall Street Bankers the corporate president s took that money and outsourced our jobs from the region of the country that i represent. So theres no requirement that money be invested in america. Even if they get it. So its a really lopsided to the top to the same class that is has cause sod many of the problems were facing today in regions like i represented. Frankly, as a member of the defense committee, i have to say were a nation at war and for any president who be sort of hanging out at a tax cut to the very wealthy at a time were at war, there isnt a veteran in his family. I think its really dangerous
and no matter who they are, trump or the establishment character like mitch mcconnell, they are obsessed with the estate tax. They call it the death
him sort of lying on the ground. we ve been told the man has been release fd from the hospital. he hasn t been charged yet, but charges could be pend iing. the mayor says there will be a thor reinvestigation into what happened. also something you should note is that most police officers in chicago wear body cameras so as investigators are going through this, we might be able to see what transpired before people pass aing by in a car were able to shoot this video, but this video circulating on the internet has applied pressure to the police department. ryan young, cnn, chicago. zpl thank you, ryan. a u.s. customs officer is facing a murder charge after police found his wife shot to death at the front door of their home on thanksgiving. police tell ktrk that the couple along with their two young sons were inside celebrating thanksgiving with family. dudley bernard shot his wife, 42-year-old chantelle bernard, multiple times. both work for cvp.
he had a lot of problems, a lot of trouble. and we re very much into that. as you know, i funded a lot of money toward mental health for that reason. and we re continuing to do it and we continue to look at the laws. we want to make sure look. it is a disastrous problem. it makes you sick to look at it, but he was a very, very mentally ill person. [ inaudible question ] well, he was a war veteran. he served time. he saw some pretty bad things and a lot of people said he had the ptsd. that s a tough deal. we re spend iing as you know i ve given tremendous funding. people come back. that s why it s a horrible thing. they come back, they re never the same.
house declined the request, asked security to use sirens to cut through traffic, reassigned staffer after they raised concerns about his spend iing. requested 24/7 security on personal trips like rose bowl and disneyland. spent $120,000 on a vatican trip. hired 12 more agents and flies first class and military jets. briefly, i know you spoke with somebody over there this week. what did you learn? the context in which this is all coming is it s the appearance that administrator pruitt thinks that federal services were the perks. that s what raised questions about whether he was receiving a gift by staying with this lobbyist for $50 a night. i met with the ethics official. we wound up talking for about an hour over coffee. and he feels very strongly that his analysis was correct because there was only the analysis that he wasn t doing anything wrong? yeah, the analysis that he was paying market rate even though it was only $50, based on
perhaps here referencing how these protests began. that they began with an economic thrust. complaints about rising inflation, unemployment. he is saying that the government must do more to tackle these issues, but at the same time, he says that anyone trying to damage the government through these protests must be identify immediately. there is tho doubt that a government is taking these protests in a very, very concerned light. nic robertson, london. thank you so much. i want to discuss the developing situation there in iran. joining us now, republican congressman will herd of texas, a member of the house intelligence committee and a former undercover cia officer. thank you so much, congressman, for spend iing part of your wee and especially this holiday weekend to discuss this with us. i want to read more from president trump s warning to iran. quote, from his tweet, many reports of peaceful protests by iranian citizens, fed up with the regime s corruption and its squandering o f t