Tax exempt status. Our phone lines you can also join in on facebook and social media. You can also email us at journal cspan. Org. Lets take a look at the headlines from the super bowl cities. Post denver and this from the Seattle Times from the Richmond Times dispatch you login to espn. Com, there is a story about the tax exempt status for the nfl. Tom coburn has proposed an amendment to the marketplace fairness act that would end the nfls exemption from Tax Exemption. Before you start comparing the nfl to the american red cross, it is important to know why it is a taxexempt organization. It is classified as a trade or that is organization under the 501 c six code. Angus king spoke about why he wanted to change this. [video clip] this is ridiculous on the first place. It is an organization designed brand. Ote a particular i love going to games, i love watching the games. After this bill i may have to go to nfl games under the witness protection program. This isnt about the teams. They
Today, saturday february 1st, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with lester holt and erica hill live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, welcome to today on a saturday morning. Im lester holt. And im erica hill along side jenna wolf and dylan dreyer. Big weekend here. Big weekend. We have the super bowl happening. Groundhog day. Thats tomorrow. Keeping us busy. Are you not going . Are you going . Ill be watching. Youll be there. Id rather watch it at home with the food and the commercials . Is that because i said im going . No, sorry. She had no shot at tickets. Or in other words. I couldnt go. Exactly. Were going to talk more about that coming up. Well, speaking of football, could its future be in trouble. More and more parents saying they dont want their kids to play the game at any age. That comes as super bowl great joe nammoth is speaking out about injuries that had lingering effects on his life. Now theyre on administrative leave after claims they refuse
The alleged plot to pat down attractive passengers at Denver International airport. This is just the tip of the iceberg, according to a former officer. Whats happening at security checkpoints . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com a shattering blast outside the consulate in iraq. No american personnel hurt but a calling card from isis claiming responsibility and a direct challenge and threat to the United States. Isis is already on the move to the south, where it threatens to capture the key iraqi city of ramadi. Sending tens of thousands of residents fleeing, and the terror group has been brazenly showing off its assault on iraqs Biggest Oil Refinery with new pictures of fighting there. Ill speak live with senator king of the intelligence and Armed Services committees and our analysts and guests standing by for complete coverage. We begin with cnn Global Affairs correspondent with the very latest. Reporter the u. S. Began air strikes in part
But who is speaking today . Hi fred. Well senator rand paul of kentucky just got off the stage. He did some predictable things he bashed the president. He bashed his potential rival, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton. But he also did something that may be a little bit less predictable. He talked about the need for the Republican Party to expand its base. Lets listen to what he had to say. The one thing i would like to leave you with is id like you to think about how were going to move forward and how were going to win. I think we need to stay true to principle. I think our message needs to be carried to new people. We too need to talk to the Business Owners the workers, rich, poor, white, black, brown. We need to get out there and go to places we havent been going. So senator paul has been one of the most vocal voices in the party for trying to expand beyond the traditional Republican Base hes talked about engaging black voters. Gone to speak at historically black colleges. It