In here or outside . Outside and in here. We have 30s, under mostly clear skies. Most of it is disappearing. Well get a break but we are running noticeably cooler. 8 to 15 degrees cooler than 24 hours ago. Remember yesterday we had clouds and light rain under clear skies so its much, much cooler. 53 to 55, a little bit below average for this time of the year. Santa rosa to san jose, quarter mile by stockton. Livermore has had about 3 miles visibility, but after that it seems to be okay. Slowly increasing clouds in the afternoon, and the system will be here for some light rain tonight. 50s for highs. This rain system will be very weak and gone early saturday morning. 7 01, here he is, and so far, so good, or something new . It has been good so far and were looking at the east shore freeway. I want to show you a time of 21 minutes from the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze. I kind of like what i see of this mornings commute. We havent had very many slowdowns. 21 minutes is about hal
Is a 10 . I know it is 10. Bowie has no music coming out. Nice. And i guess they found a vat of old recordings and im excited because i always liked boeing music. It has been 4 years since he has been gone. I cant believe it. It is cloudy and gray outside, the time of year children are thinking about entering college, taking tests and filling out applications. The organization that administers the a. C. T. Is telling the region why they should keep using the test. They say many underserved students greatly benefit from standardized testing. Some students sued the region saying the a. C. T. And s. A. T. Illegally discriminate against africans that cant afford the prep price and some of which can run into thousands. The region expected to decide whether they will keep the test, make them optional or do without them altogether at the meeting in may. Several students were great students, great people but horrible testtakers and it hurt their chances of getting into their dream college. Thi
There are a lot of new people coming on and a lot of people that were there, thinking about past, have stuck around, because they know it is a new day. We have some amazing speakers to discuss the current state of the irs, priorities, the hiring and staffing plans, and what is on their desk. What we can expect in the year or two years to come. Let me get right to introductions. To my right is mary beth murphy, commissioner of Small Business, selfemployed division at the irs, based in washington, d. C. To my left is don fort, chief criminal Investigation Division isthe irs and to my left nina olson, National Taxpayer advocate. Their bios are online. Im going to leave you to review them, but they are amazing individuals. They have done tremendous work on behalf of the taxpayers in this country and it will be a great evening. So let me start by having each of them talk a little bit about the state of the irs in their divisions. Then we will go into some q a and certainly open it up to the
Have stuck around because they know its a new day. We have some amazing current priorities and staffing, some hiring plans and what is on their desk. And what we can expect in the year in two years to come. Let me get right to introductions. To my right is mary beth murphy, commissioner of Small Business and selfemployed division of paris based in washington d. C. To my left come immediate left is don fort chief criminal Investigation Division ira sent to my far left is nina olson tax tier National Taxpayer advocate. Their bios or on line and if you want to review them they are amazing. They have done tremendous work on behalf of the taxpayers of this country and its going to be really great evening. Let me start by having each of them talk a little bit about the state of the irs and their divisions and then we are going to go into some q a and certainly opened up to the audience for any questions that you might have. Marybeth, can you kick us off . I want to thank the ada for inviting
Dead or dying . David i think the leadership in the house and senate decided its dead and ignoring it. Although i was pleased that over half the House Republicans voted no, even with pressure from the white house and their leadership to vote yes for it. But its true. Epublicans have become big spenders. At least the house and Senate Leadership republicans, just like the democrats. And the tea Party Started out as an independent group. They lined up with republicans because they were smaller government, but they were suspicious of politicians, and i think that sentiment is very much alive. If you had to describe it today, how would you describe President Trumps fiscal legacy . David my view is President Trump worked hard to reduce spending and they were ignored by republican allies in the house and senate, and couldnt get better deals than what they got. So right now, its building debt. And thats going to be a big problem for our country. Weve been saying that for probably a decade now.