appeals in the future they want to make sure they get this done right so all the americans and america as a hole whole will not have to go through this over and over again. what do you think about it? one marathon survivor pointed out he couldn t get lunch and parking money to attend that trial and if he had moved out of state they would have to go there on his own. what do you think about this? are you outraged by this? let s see. unbelievable. the penalty phase picks up monday and defense is up next. speaking of justice there could can be major legal problems on the horizons for bill and hillary clinton. some veteran lawyers say the clinton foundation s questionable handling of money could, in fact, lead to criminal charges. criminal charges. leland vittert live from washington, d.c. to explain. good morning leland. good morning anna and good morning guys. the main question still revolves around the difference mere aappearance of donors to the clinton foundation and som
speaker boehner and leader mcconnell, that they are serious about wanting to get some things done. the tax area is one area where we can get things done. and i think in the coming weeks leading up to the state of the union, there will be some conversations at the staff levels about what principles each side are looking at. i can tell you broadly what i would like to see. i would like to see more simplicity in the system. i would like to see more fairness in the system. with respect to the corporate tax reform issue, we know that there are companies that are paying the full freight, 35%, higher than just about any other company on earth if you are paying 35%. and then there are other companies that are paying zero because they ve got better accounts or lawyers. that s not fair. there are companies parking money outside the country
talking to speaker boehner and leader mcconnell that they are serious about wanting to get some things done. the tax area is one area where we can get things done. and i think in the coming weeks leading up to the state of the union, there will be some conversations that the staff levels about what principles each side are looking at companies with paying full freight about 35% higher than any other company f you re paying 35%. and other companies are paying zero because they have better accountants or lawyers. that s not fair. there are companies parking
thereby every there are companies parking money outside because of tax avoidance. we think everybody should pay the same if they are effectively head quartered in the united states. in terms of corporate inversion, those are situations where companies really are head quartered here, but on paper switch their headquarters to see if they can avoid paying their fair share of taxes. i think that needs to be fixed. so fairness, everybody paying their fair share, everybody taking responsibility i think is going to be very important. some of those principles, i ve heard, republicans say they share. i m going to make sure we put forward some specific proposals building on what we have already
concerning a recent heist by a public official in the town of ridgewood, new jersey. thomas rico was the public works inspector in ridgewood. he pled guilty last week to four counts of third-degree theft, admitting that he stole at least $460,000 from the town. specifically, though, and this is the geek part of it, he stole those $460,000 from the town in quarters. over the course of 25 months he stole quarters from ridgewood s meter collection room. meter as in parking meter. he stole almost half a million dollars in people s parking money. which, okay, is sad and corrupt and pitiful. but b, is also kind of amazing. i mean, physically, how did he do this? first of all, $460,000 $460,600 equals a little over 1.8 million quarters. the 1.8 million quarters in total are said to have been pilfered over a period of 25 months. if we assume conservatively that mr. rica took two weeks vacation and he worked a