killings tragic and shocking and vows to hold the killer responsible. the suspect is on his first appointment in afghanistan after several tours in iraq. a live report from kabul just moments for now. and it s a rainy monday in mississippi and alabama, including the park where mitt romney appeared with comedian j jeff foxworthy. he learned to ay all. he likes grits. now he s side by side with the most famous red neck. the fact that you would stand here in this pouring down rain to listen to the next president of the united states [ cheering ] meanwhile, rick santorum is coming off a big win in the kansas caucuses, aiming to symptom newt gingrich from building on his win in georgia on super tuesday. both men are fighting to be the more conservative alternative to front-runner romney. gingrich addresses an energy form in biloxi later this hour. gas prices back up again. the national price of self served regular shot up 3.5 cents over the weekend to $3.80 a gallon. a mon
e-file. e-file did open on friday. if you are taking the educate irexpense, tuition fees deduction or if you re taking an itemized deduction on schedule a, you have to wait. it would be from state and local taxes, your tax preparation fees, job search expenses, charitable giving, that type of thing. if that s for the e-filing, but does that also affect if you re going to take them to your tax guys? yes, regardless of the tax preparation method. even if you re e-filing, using a tax software proom, as 40 million people do, whether you re using a paid preparer, whether you re fighting electronically, paper returns, this delay affects 40% of taxpayers. what should they do if they re affected by the processing delay? the good news is you can still go ahead and complete your taxes. if you use a tax program like turbo tax which is used by 20 million people, go on there, complete your taxes, get everything done, when the irs is actually ready to accept your return, turbo tax goes ahead
massive tax reform in simplifying the system what we re going to do. or for a president who promises to eliminate debt, how do you pay for these tax cuts? we re going to eliminate on the personal side everything other than mortgage interest and charitable deductions. for what it s worth, gary cohn had said retirement deductions would be protected as well. we ve asked for clarification but we have not heard back. that means popular deductions for state and local tafls, student loan interest, tax preparation fees, medical and dental expenses, job expenses will all be eliminated. and resistance against any one of them could threaten this plan. that s how washington works. then there are the details. here s how gary cohn talked