according to watchdog.org, in the past two decades nfl teams have received 7 billion in taxpayer support for their stadiums. the stadiums, often privately owned, operated for profit, routinely financed by tax-free bonds usually reserved for public infrastructure. the nfl enjoys a special exemption, you pick up the tab and they mark the things that you care about, just so you know. meanwhile, president trump has continued to throw attacks at the league, the football league, predicting imminent disaster if they continue to let protests happened during anthem. the nfl is in a very bad spot. you cannot have people disrespecting our national anthem, our flag, our country, and that s what they are doing. in my opinion the nfl has to change or, do know it s going to happen, their business is going to go to hell. tucker: marc stein know something about powerful organizations going to decline, he s been writing what you re up for decades he joins us tonight.
according to watchdog.org, in the past two decades nfl teams have received 7 billion in taxpayer support for their stadiums. the stadiums, often privately owned, operated for profit, routinely financed by tax-free bonds usually reserved for public infrastructure. the nfl enjoys a special exemption, you pick up the tab and they mark the things that you care about, just so you know. meanwhile, president trump has continued to throw attacks at the league, the football league, predicting imminent disaster if they continue to let protests happened during anthem. the nfl is in a very bad spot. you cannot have people disrespecting our national anthem, our flag, our country, and that s what they are doing. in my opinion the nfl has to change or, do know it s going to happen, their business is going to go to hell. tucker: marc stein know something about powerful organizations going to decline, he s been writing what you re up for decades he joins us tonight.
annual budget is $9.3 billion. they are facing in question only $1 million, $74 million of their annual budget goes to the city attorney s office alone. the state of california has an annual budget of $183 billion. they just designated $50 million to defend illegal immigrants facing deportation. there is no way the money and question is in coercion at all. 80% of taxpayer support the notion of illegal immigrant convicted being turned over to federal authorities. the money california relies upon for the federal government, this year alone for grant money. we have to be mindful about the potential for backfire and also unintended consequences here. the federal government is requiring that state and local authorities give them 40 hours notice before releasing any undocumented immigrants. if that s the case, inevitably
they are warning that art will disappear across this nation without robust taxpayer support. tim daly is a seasoned and longtime actor. he voiced among many other things superman. he had a lead role in madam secretary. tomorrow, he is visiting capitol hill to advocate for whatea he calls the right to ber art. tim daly joins us now. good to see you. oo good to see you, too. ke tucker: i am not against art. i just don t know why average people, and a country in which the middle class is shrinking, getting poorer every y year, out to be subsidizing rich people in order to do a for art. that is not what is happenin happening. i agree with you. the national endowment for the arts does not subsidize rich people, it has nothing to do with them. the national endowment for the arts has grants i go to every congressional district in this country. hollywood will be fine, broadway will be fine, the kennedy center will be fine. it s the little towns in idaho, nebraska, which otherwise would h
of ukraine that accent was from. with us now, i say, gosh she speaks really good american. we ve got former u.s. diplomat now the ukraine kranian finance minister and international correspondent michelle caruso-cabrera. great to have you here. natalie, you re doing pretty well over here. up to $40 billion in support of a country that is taking it on the chin from a nuclear aggressor. yes, we re very very grateful for the u.s. taxpayer support, from the u.s. administration, the congress bipartisan support. it s been good to have u.s. leadership in the g-7 and imf because it s a very very difficult time. so but you have a bunch of bill collectors standing in your way, other countries, and they want payment on principle that they ve loaned ukraine. what do you say in order to get them to take a hair cut on these on these monies?