created. that s unprovable, penny. but we will leave it at that. brian donohue, penny lee, thank you both and happy sunday to you. to afghanistan where officials are pouring over ballots from the country s parlimentary elections. they are also sifting through complaints of fraud. and it could be weeks before we have any results. connor powell is streaming live from kabul, afghanistan. connor? julie, afghan candidates and their supporters are filing official complaints and challenges under afghan law with the afghan independent election commission. it will be several weeks before they sort out the widespread irregularities that international observers say actually occurred yesterday during the parlimentary vote. yesterday they hailed the vote as a success. he admitted there were problems with the vote. it was far from perfect, but he said it was a much better vote than the presidential election that was fraud-riddled and ballot
will make the difference in all the key districts. julie: very interesting. so i think the debt an deficit issues are big issues to the independent voters. i predict not without like i m going out on a limb but i think most independent voters will voted against increased deficits and debt and vote for a more conservative fiscal policy. julie: michael goodwin, thank you very much, great to have you on, gregg? gregg: a frantic search for a cult like group and a number of children, comes to a sudden, unexpected end, casey steegel with the latest in palmdale, california. reporter: police thought they had a massive suicide plot on their hands and now, 13 members of a southern california religious group are safe and sound. the question is. are police buying their story? we ll explain in a live report, next here on america s news headquarters. [ woman ] alright, so this tylenol 8 hour lasts 8 hours.
wind hitting the island. igor was at one time a category- category-4, downgraded to a category one and will pound us tonight and into tomorrow and there is flooding, power outages and several thousand people, 10% of the idle without power, but so far are doing island without purr, but so far doing well, even in these conditions. gregg: stay safe. thanks, rick. julie: small business stimulus bill heading to the house. the senate passing the measure by a 61-38 vote, with two republicans crossing party lines. supporting the bill. but, will house republicans vote for it. joining us is a congressman from utah and martin frost, former texas congressman. thanks for talking to us, gentlemen. you know, republicans accuse democrats of not coming up with some sort of small business tax
taxed every dollar, in other words, if you make $275,000, your tax they re taxed on the $15,000, you re in a higher tax bracket and the small business owners are employing the unemployed with the unemployment rate the way it is. look at the piece in the new york times in the business sections yesterday. a good piece said a lot of the people who net, that is net, after expenses, over $250,000, are sole proprietorships and don t even hire anybody, as the vast majority of small businesses don t net $250,000 and is a false issue and the democrats want the tax cuts to go forward, for everybody less than $250,000. per couple, and i think that is a good idea and i hope we have a vote on it and let the republicans offer an amendment to it when it comes up. we would be given the opportunity on the floor, let s do it. that would be great. julie: we ll have to leave it at that, jason chaffetz, thank you, congressman and congressman martin frost, appreciate you coming on, fair and balanc
count this vote. this is just the beginning of the process here. but so far western officials and particularly u.s. officials are very upbeat about the prospects of this election being better than last year, julie. connor powell, thank you very much. now to the economy in a new study that finds the biggest problem holding back small business is not what politicians like to focus on, taxes or too much regulation. the report by the national federation of independent business claims a simple law blames a simple law, low demand. people not buying enough stuff to get small business growing again. how much weight should a study like this hold? our senior visiting correspondent is here to explain it all. brenda, if it is not taxes or overregulation holding small businesses back and lack of demand, what should businesses do with this kind of information? well, i mean, it is pretty basic. if you look behind the headlines, if people can t sell their stuff they will not have as much money