democrats are not only paying for this $700 billion tax and spend package by raising taxes, super sizing the irs to bring more muscle on so they can go after taxes. the tax reduction act the senate passed over the weekends gives the irs $80 billion to add agents to their roster spending money to bring in more money. this is six times the current annual budget of the irs. half of the $80 billion goes to inflation efforts, having auditors pour over taxes with a fine tooth comb to make sure they re paying their fair share. we also empowered the irs to go after wealthy tax cheats so that we collect taxes that are already to you and owing from very wealthy people that try to hide their income. not contribute to the country. the white house and the irs commissioner insists that audit rates for anyone making less than $400,000 will not increase. but last year half hoff all irs audits were people making $75,000. republicans say there s no way that the irs can guarantee that a bee
And theres no catch, its fre. We make money from ads, but they dont follow you aroud join the millions of people taking back their privacy by downloading duckduckgo on all your devices today. Hello, everyone. Im kate bolduan with john berman in new york, and sara sidner is in jerusalem, and this morning the number of people taken hostage by hamas is being raised to 222. And sources say that the u. S. Is asking israel to delay a Ground Incursion into gaza to allow more time to get these hose tajs o hostages out. And nevertheless, there is a huge build up of Military Armor stationed around the enclave, and israeli sources say they are preparing for Ground Assaults even as it has conducted more intensified ache strikes overnight. Our Nic Robertson who is stationed here in sderot says it is some of the most intense shelling that he has seen into gaza for some time. We go right to sara sidner who is here in tel aviv, and Nic Robertson is right there in sderot. Yes. I have come over to jerus
goli, taste your goals. as of this moment, there seems to be a complication or even a snag in the scheduled release of the israeli hostages by hamas terrorists, and this is the fourth scheduled day of the release, but right now, sources tell cnn there is a question about mothers as part of the deal mothers are supposed to be released with their children, but there seems to be some mothers missing on the list today. israel considers this a violation of the fragile deal. with that issue hanging in the balance is the hope that this truce is going to be extended beyond today. israel is making the stance clear if more hostages are not released, military operations are going to be taken to take out hamas. we are learning from the hostages that have been released what they have been living through. one of the hostages taken from music festivals was escaped from captivity, only to be recaptured and then finally released to the israeli officials yesterday. kaitlan collins is in te
News coverage here in New York City now. Craig melvin at msnbc headquarters. The nation on high alert, on high alert over a domestic tryst terrorist whos been waging war through the u. S. Mail all week. Pete williams just a few moments ago reporting that a person has been taken into custody at this point, a person were told perhaps in his 50s taken into custody in florida for questioning in connection with the mail bombs that have been sent to prominent americans all over this country over the past few days. Details as to this persons connection right now, those Details Remain unclear. This coming as two more explosive devices were discovered today, a total of 12 devices have now been sent, 12 explosive devices. Today one package found at a new york postal facility on the west side of manhattan. That one was addressed to former director of national
intelligence James Clapper. The other intercepted in florida. That one was addressed to new jersey democrat cory booker. All of these devic
it s later that evening. this intruder comes in and is confronted by jake sullivan in the house. this is described to me by sources as a very momentary encounter. he says what are you doing? the intruder realizes there s somebody in the house and leaves. apparently, according to sources, entered through an open door. now, the secret service detail is posted outside. they were unaware of this till sullivan notified them. but here s what didn t happen. secret service didn t reach out to the d.c. metro police with a description or looking for a male on foot in the area. they didn t notify the secret service uniform division, which is often on patrol in that area looking after various embassies. so no one went looking for this individual. they did a video canvas. they have some grainy video of a male that they re looking at, but they re behind the curve here.