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we'll talk to senator ron wyden. he's the man expected to be the next chair of the senate finance committee. he has views on all this. auto sales news to tell you about, chrysler reporting u.s. sales in january of 127,000 units. that's the best january for chrysler group since 2008. the jeep ram -- you don't like the jeep by the way, ram and fiat brand all saw sales of 8%. >> the jeep wave, if you have a wrangler, not the commander. the new jeep cherokee, i'm sorry, is ugly, awful, hideous. >> i have to agree with you. >> it's a pontiac aztec. >> we're back in a moment. century link. your link with what's next. ok, here's the way the system works. let's say you pay your guy around 2 percent to manage your money. that's not much, you think except it's 2 percent every year. does that make a difference? search "cost of financial advisors" ouch! over time it really adds up. then go to e*trade and find out how much our advice costs. spoiler alert. it's low. really? yes, really. e*trade offers investment advice and guidanc
we'll talk to senator ron wyden. he's the man expected to be the next chair of the senate finance committee. he has views on all this. auto sales news to tell you about, chrysler reporting u.s. sales in january of 127,000 units. that's the best january for chrysler group since 2008. the jeep ram -- you don't like the jeep by the way, ram and fiat brand all saw sales of 8%. >> the jeep wave, if you have a wrangler, not the commander. the new jeep cherokee, i'm sorry, is ugly, awful,...
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ron wyden wrote a piece in an op-ed piece. so i'm putting you on notice, corporate america, that i'll go retroactive to this period that i'm giving you this notice now. match does not agree with that. so that could be a point of contention. but i don't see anything wrong with putting people on. but we don't care at burger king and tim horton's. it won't make any difference. >> how likely is it you think for us to get corporate tax reform? >> i will guarantee you that ron wyden and orrin hatch disagree significantly on a lot of points but i think they could write something they would both agree is something better than what we have and not what they would like. and i would love to see them do that. and then i would love to see congress take it up. but if you're talking about anything that's revenue neutral. you'll have people who pay more. they will make occupy wall street, it'll be occupy k street is what will happen. i actually think there's some chance of it getting done. because it should be. i think the four of us at this
ron wyden wrote a piece in an op-ed piece. so i'm putting you on notice, corporate america, that i'll go retroactive to this period that i'm giving you this notice now. match does not agree with that. so that could be a point of contention. but i don't see anything wrong with putting people on. but we don't care at burger king and tim horton's. it won't make any difference. >> how likely is it you think for us to get corporate tax reform? >> i will guarantee you that ron wyden and...
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the stock is moving lower, as two members of the senate financial committee, including chairman ron wyden asked the company to defend the 80,000 cost of the breakthrough treatment for hepatitis c. is you can see there gilead shares down toward session lows. the stock is still, though, up some 34% just over the course of the past three months. >> dominic, thank you very much. >>> a make shake-up until general motors. they're down 7% year to date, and there you see them today, up a little bit, about a third of 1% at 3788. the automaker reels from the major recall crisis that seems to go on and on. it has now hired a bold executive to run the struggling cadillac unit. phil lebeau is behind the wheel. >> this is a move that a lot of people in the industry are saying i think mara barra got it right, the new man in charge of cadillac has a strong reputation in the industry. he is the new president of cadillac, coming from infiniti, but he's being brought in to sharpen the focus of cadillac and get it to where it can compete. he resigned earlier this week, and earlier this week we did a couple s
the stock is moving lower, as two members of the senate financial committee, including chairman ron wyden asked the company to defend the 80,000 cost of the breakthrough treatment for hepatitis c. is you can see there gilead shares down toward session lows. the stock is still, though, up some 34% just over the course of the past three months. >> dominic, thank you very much. >>> a make shake-up until general motors. they're down 7% year to date, and there you see them today, up a...
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senator ron wyden has come out cautioning against this behavior, yet a couple banner deals. >> are they being unpatriotic by doing this? or do we just simply look to washington to change the tax codes so that they aren't forced to do this? >> were you listening to "street signs" earlier on today, bill? we were talking exactly about that point. >> see, great minds think alike. >> great minds think alike. we'll ask him about that. >>> all stops at the top of the hour. >> is that heather? >> it is, heather will be with us. >> so the unpatriotic question should be particularly of interest. she's a good pittsburgh girl. do you know who her dad is? >> senator joe manchin of west virginia. >> heather has been on this show, i consider he a friend, i would be really interested to see how she answers that question, guys. >> student. we will see you again. thank you. mandy, listen carefully to the next story. the australian wines that you love and drink by the gallons could be permanently changing. according to a new stud,. the hot dry region where most of the wine come from could get too hot and
senator ron wyden has come out cautioning against this behavior, yet a couple banner deals. >> are they being unpatriotic by doing this? or do we just simply look to washington to change the tax codes so that they aren't forced to do this? >> were you listening to "street signs" earlier on today, bill? we were talking exactly about that point. >> see, great minds think alike. >> great minds think alike. we'll ask him about that. >>> all stops at the...
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he never could get it through the senate or the entire congress and now, i guess his buddy, ron wyden from oregon is next up to try it and see what happens. >> what is their intent? is that part of the income equality debate? >> it would be helpful. if you give them 500 a year and tax- free account that helps those who are 75 percent below the average household income. and so it would be significant. >> this is taxpayer dollars. do you like the idea? >> do i like the idea. i like the idea better than some. but what is the bad idea is coming up with a program rather than clean up all of the programs that clearly haven't worked and put together a metric and judge their success and keep those. the federal government has so many programs, that not even health and human service or education department, none of them know what is replicated and what they are costing us. it is extraordinary. >> is the principle of helping kids who need money for college good. but inflating the cost of education? every kid. >> it is a fair point. on that point, i want to squeeze this in quickly. among college
he never could get it through the senate or the entire congress and now, i guess his buddy, ron wyden from oregon is next up to try it and see what happens. >> what is their intent? is that part of the income equality debate? >> it would be helpful. if you give them 500 a year and tax- free account that helps those who are 75 percent below the average household income. and so it would be significant. >> this is taxpayer dollars. do you like the idea? >> do i like the...
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it was a proposal made in a speech in southern california by democrat ron wyden. he is a senator from oregon. the proposal is as you suggested, bill, $500 to go to each and every baby born in america. every baby is an american citizen if you're born here. $500 straight -- bill: tell me about this democratic senator, ron wyden. oregon, and he will get a bit of a promotion soon? >> this week he could become the chairman of the senate finance committee, replacing senator max baucus. that is the tax-writing committee. he would become the top tax person in the united states senate. this deals with tax and handing out money. he is a powerful guy. bill: powerful indeed. didn't chuck schumer have an idea like this couple years ago? >> 2009 this proposal was raised at that point by senator charles schumer and his suggestion was, $500 to every child born in the united states that money would go towards college or towards a house, or towards eventual retirement. bill: where does the money come from? >> taxpayers. bill: taxpayers, right? >> federal taxpayers. you and i bill,
it was a proposal made in a speech in southern california by democrat ron wyden. he is a senator from oregon. the proposal is as you suggested, bill, $500 to go to each and every baby born in america. every baby is an american citizen if you're born here. $500 straight -- bill: tell me about this democratic senator, ron wyden. oregon, and he will get a bit of a promotion soon? >> this week he could become the chairman of the senate finance committee, replacing senator max baucus. that is...
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i read senator ron wyden of oregon, a friend of mine, he wants to extend all 50 billion of the tax extenders. there's so many special-interest carvous, i'm a simple tack guy. i thought the senate financial committee was moving in a different direction, so i asked you, is tax reform dead? >> well, i hope -- hopefully senator wyden will take a look at some of these things in smaller chunks. if some of these tax extenders are such good policy, why didn't you make it permanent law? of course you don't, because companies keep having to run to congress. from my standpoint, if you could treat every corporation, tax corporate income at the shoulder level, treat them all like llcs and subchapter -- imagine incentivizing that. that's how you strengthen the mid sell class. >> especially the corporate tax. >> absolutely. >> i think wyden is pretty good. i was surprised to see him go down this road. >> we'll work on him. >>> all right. >> he understands economic growth. >> all right. i like that. bob lutz, thank you very much, sir. as always we appreciate it. >> i'll miss you, larry. >> thanks, i'll stil
i read senator ron wyden of oregon, a friend of mine, he wants to extend all 50 billion of the tax extenders. there's so many special-interest carvous, i'm a simple tack guy. i thought the senate financial committee was moving in a different direction, so i asked you, is tax reform dead? >> well, i hope -- hopefully senator wyden will take a look at some of these things in smaller chunks. if some of these tax extenders are such good policy, why didn't you make it permanent law? of course...
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intelligence james clapper who responded to a question from longtime nsa critic, democratic senator ron wyden. >> does the nsa collect any type of data at all on millions of hundreds of millions of americans? >> no, sir. >> it does not? >> not wittingly. there are cases where they could inadvertently perhaps collect. but not wittingly. >> some suggested that clapper should be tried for perjury because of his testimony up on capitol hill. senator widen asked him a question that the senator knew he could not answer truthfully in public session without violating american law. senator wyden already knows the answer. every senator on that dais knows the answer. why didn't he just have the courage to do it himself rather than trap a career public servant. >> we asked the senator about that hearing. he said, quote, i sent director clapper the question a day in advance so that he would be prepared for it. neither he nor his staff asked me not to ask the question. i was certainly surprised to hear him give an untrue answer. his statement failed to address the accusation that his grilling of clap
intelligence james clapper who responded to a question from longtime nsa critic, democratic senator ron wyden. >> does the nsa collect any type of data at all on millions of hundreds of millions of americans? >> no, sir. >> it does not? >> not wittingly. there are cases where they could inadvertently perhaps collect. but not wittingly. >> some suggested that clapper should be tried for perjury because of his testimony up on capitol hill. senator widen asked him a...
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and senator ron wyden, i believe wyden with work with camp to make some of the tweaks to get things through. we have jared bernstein and steve moore, we're going to put them back in the batter's bock. steve, what did you hear? >> i don't great with everything, but this is a big day for tax reform. for my friends that are republicans in congress, i'm sick of the republicans being in this fetal position. this is a big issue for republicans. it's popular with voters, it's pro-growth, and jared, if you don't like this plan, let's see the democrats put something on the table. we haven't cleaned out the stables since ronald reagan was president. >> i like that point, as i said earlier, i think this is a good play to start the conversation. when you end accelerated depreciation, all you're doing is collecting same thing, he phases down the corporate race very slowly, so it looks better in this decade than the next. there are other timing problems, but these are problems i think can be managed. i don't like the way he goats after the earned tax credit, but again, we can talk about that. >> steve mo
and senator ron wyden, i believe wyden with work with camp to make some of the tweaks to get things through. we have jared bernstein and steve moore, we're going to put them back in the batter's bock. steve, what did you hear? >> i don't great with everything, but this is a big day for tax reform. for my friends that are republicans in congress, i'm sick of the republicans being in this fetal position. this is a big issue for republicans. it's popular with voters, it's pro-growth, and...
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it could look like the one ron wyden did back in 2010. there are corporate tax reform bills out there which will not be 100% what republicans want, but will improve the system, will be an accomplishment, and that's going to get sent to the president's desk. then he'll have a choice whether to veto it -- veto with some bipartisan support or do nothing. >> chris, you know what i would do if i was the president? i'd throw out every liberal super progressive agenda that i could, make the republicans turn everything down. then i set myself up for 2016. i'll say, look, i wanted all this stuff. and the republicans said no. meantime, the republicans could do the same thing. i see -- i kind of agree with you. i see extreme policies coming out of both sides to make the other side look bad. and the american people lose again. we lose again. with nothing. >> the incentive is to get re-elected. incentive is to hold the senate beyond 2016. and if they follow that strategy, they will not. >> chris sounds a lot like jimmy. >> you know, us greeks, you kno
it could look like the one ron wyden did back in 2010. there are corporate tax reform bills out there which will not be 100% what republicans want, but will improve the system, will be an accomplishment, and that's going to get sent to the president's desk. then he'll have a choice whether to veto it -- veto with some bipartisan support or do nothing. >> chris, you know what i would do if i was the president? i'd throw out every liberal super progressive agenda that i could, make the...
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. >> mark udall joined by the republican congressman ron wyden, and for al awlaki killed. senator rand paul is taking the debate a step further. writing in the "the new york times" the american people deserve to see the redacted verges of this memo so they can understand the legal ramifications for the extraordinary exercise of executive power. what's striking in his reporting, not even congress knows for sure how many legal memos were written about the drone program. the aclu's best assessment is that there are 11 memos and four have never been seen by capitol hill. >> what are mens of the legislation saying about this? >> a short time ago we head from white house press secretary jay carney who said it's optimistic that they'll get the nominees through. >> i think the president's track record getting his nominees supported by democrats has been very strong. and continues to be strong. and we look forward to confirmation of all of his nominees in a timely fashion. >> and facing this bipartisan pressure, the senate majority leader harry reid saying this afternoon that two o
. >> mark udall joined by the republican congressman ron wyden, and for al awlaki killed. senator rand paul is taking the debate a step further. writing in the "the new york times" the american people deserve to see the redacted verges of this memo so they can understand the legal ramifications for the extraordinary exercise of executive power. what's striking in his reporting, not even congress knows for sure how many legal memos were written about the drone program. the aclu's...
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that was enough for ron wyden who had been a critic. >> it's unfortunate that it took mr. barrett's nomination to make these memos public. it has been frustrating over the past few years to see the justice department's resistance to providing congress with memos that outline the executive branch's official understanding of law. >> reporter: today the justice department suggested the public wouldn't get to see the drone memo until june. so paul called for holding up the vote. >> i ask that we delay until such time that the public can review the text of his memos on the use of targeted force against americans. >> is there objection. >> objection. >> reporter: other critics say it isn't just the drones. senator ted cruz says barrett sees courts as a tool of power and is far too liberal for the bench. >> beyond mr. barrett's providing the legal basis for the killing of u.s. citizens abroad without judicial process, both in law school and his writings, has been an enthusiastic activist of judicial activist. >> lawmakers can read the bill later. in this case it's vote on the nom
that was enough for ron wyden who had been a critic. >> it's unfortunate that it took mr. barrett's nomination to make these memos public. it has been frustrating over the past few years to see the justice department's resistance to providing congress with memos that outline the executive branch's official understanding of law. >> reporter: today the justice department suggested the public wouldn't get to see the drone memo until june. so paul called for holding up the vote....
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joining us now from capitol hill is senator ron wyden, democrat from oregon. senator, you are chairman of the senate finance committee. let's start with michael lewis' comments in his new book "flash boys" saying the markets are rigged. what's your reaction to it? >> first of all, i just parachuted in to the program about 45 seconds ago so i just -- >> you missed a good one, senator. >> i want to look at what he's writing about. >> well, what he's writing about is the fact that in his book, he says that the stock market is rigged, that it is rigged because of high frequency trading. do you, one, agree with that. two, what do you think washington should do about it, if anything and would you like to see the s.e.c. change the regulations over wall street? >> right now, i'm just going to dig into his book. i think it would just be sort of malpractice to shoot from the hip and make a variety of proclamations and i won't be part of that. >> let me turn you to the other topic of the hour and that is your proposal which is i guess a bipartisan proposal along with sen
joining us now from capitol hill is senator ron wyden, democrat from oregon. senator, you are chairman of the senate finance committee. let's start with michael lewis' comments in his new book "flash boys" saying the markets are rigged. what's your reaction to it? >> first of all, i just parachuted in to the program about 45 seconds ago so i just -- >> you missed a good one, senator. >> i want to look at what he's writing about. >> well, what he's writing about...
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people tie him to edward snowden and nsa and lying to ron wyden under oath. clapper will keep his job. julia pierson will not survive next week. >> reflection on him. he is too arrogant to let anybody go because he made a poor choice after the prostitution scandal. >> and the dutch drinking scandal. >> andrea, you and i talked about this before you're not doing any group, women, people of color, no one, any favors if you hire people not right for the job. >> bingo. >> you don't do people favors by doing that. >> we're seeing that example, harris. great point. >> set people up for failure. >> mixed messages from the obama administration on terrorists we're fighting in syria, more specifically the khorasan group and whether it is the same as al qaeda. the state department pulling out a statement, saying quote, the khorasan group is term sometimes referred to al nusra front and al qaeda core violent extremist who is share a history of training operatives facilitating fighters and money and planning attacks against the u.s. and western targets. one day later stat
people tie him to edward snowden and nsa and lying to ron wyden under oath. clapper will keep his job. julia pierson will not survive next week. >> reflection on him. he is too arrogant to let anybody go because he made a poor choice after the prostitution scandal. >> and the dutch drinking scandal. >> andrea, you and i talked about this before you're not doing any group, women, people of color, no one, any favors if you hire people not right for the job. >> bingo....
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. >> ron wyden of oregon whose committee is looking into the claims of irs targeting said quote, we are now working with the irs to determine if any relevant domes were not provides and will continue to work toward a release of our bipartisan report and despite this setback, the irs maintains it is quote, committed to working with congress. back to you. >> thank you very much and still to come, dealing with the aftermath of house majority leader eric cantor's astonishing loss to a tea party backed upstart. we're going to ask our panel about the soul searching going on within the gop, about the direction of the party going forward and the scramble to fill cantor's leadership spot in time for the upcoming midterm elections. >> i do think that the members are going to make this decision. we're going to do it next week and i'm sure some will considering it's too soon. some too long. but it's important we revolve this issue in a fair amount of time. >> and some sad news to bring you. legendary nfl chuck noll has died. hall of famer who won a record four super bowl titles with the pittsburgh
. >> ron wyden of oregon whose committee is looking into the claims of irs targeting said quote, we are now working with the irs to determine if any relevant domes were not provides and will continue to work toward a release of our bipartisan report and despite this setback, the irs maintains it is quote, committed to working with congress. back to you. >> thank you very much and still to come, dealing with the aftermath of house majority leader eric cantor's astonishing loss to a...
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wyden from oregon. it's about putting those things on the president's desk with broad, bipartisan support. let's start by putting those solutions like keystone pipeline, repeal of the medical device tax on the president's desk. show we can do it with republicans and democrats and prove to the american people washington learned its lessons. that will ultimately help republicans when it comes to our nomination for 2016. >> thank you for your time. please come visit us when you're in washington. >> will do it. thank you. >>> next week we'll introduce you to tom cotton of arkansas who unseated democratic tom pryor. >>> coming up, a show of bipartisanship as president invites congressional leaders for lunch at the white house. but were there any signs of breaking the ice? we'll find out from two members of congress who were there. >>> what do you think? will the shift of power in washington end the gridlock or only increase it? let me know on facebook or twitter @foxnewssunday and >>> president obama sat dow
wyden from oregon. it's about putting those things on the president's desk with broad, bipartisan support. let's start by putting those solutions like keystone pipeline, repeal of the medical device tax on the president's desk. show we can do it with republicans and democrats and prove to the american people washington learned its lessons. that will ultimately help republicans when it comes to our nomination for 2016. >> thank you for your time. please come visit us when you're in...
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wyden and mark udall demanding more oversight on the nsa surveillance programs that the president is expected to deliver on, at least partially, in a speech friday, and on health care a democratic pact is running this ad in support of democratic congresswoman ann kirkpatrick of arizona. >> it's why she blew the whistle on the disastrous health care site calling it stunning ineptitude and worked to fix it and another said at a meeting white house chief of staff dennis mcdonagh dismissed his concerns about rising health insurance premiums schrader saying they feel confident about it. i'm sure he knows best. i'm just a little country veterinarian from a small town in the great state of oregon so what do i know? i'm from a marginal district that they need to have that talks to people on a regular basis, whatever. now, two other democratic congressmen at that meeting called me tonight, and they insist that while health care is a high stakes issue the conversation got intense. they say it was not a big blowup and dennis mcdonagh was respectful in his response. >> ed henry live on the north
wyden and mark udall demanding more oversight on the nsa surveillance programs that the president is expected to deliver on, at least partially, in a speech friday, and on health care a democratic pact is running this ad in support of democratic congresswoman ann kirkpatrick of arizona. >> it's why she blew the whistle on the disastrous health care site calling it stunning ineptitude and worked to fix it and another said at a meeting white house chief of staff dennis mcdonagh dismissed...
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wyden from oregon. it's about putting those things on the president's desk with broad, bipartisan support. let's start by putting those solutions like keystone pipeline, repeal of the medical device tax on the president's desk. show we can do it with republicans and democrats and prove to the american people washington learned its lessons. that will ultimately help republicans when it comes to our nomination for 2016. >> thank you for your time. please come visit us when you're in washington. >> will do it. thank you. >>> next week we'll introduce you to tom cotton of arkansas who unseated democratic tom pryor. >>> coming up, a show of bipartisanship as president invites congressional leaders for lunch at the white house. but were there any signs of breaking the ice? we'll find out from two members of congress who were there. >>> what do you think? will the shift of power in washington end the gridlock or only increase it? let me know on facebook or twitter @foxnewssunday and use #fns. [ female announce
wyden from oregon. it's about putting those things on the president's desk with broad, bipartisan support. let's start by putting those solutions like keystone pipeline, repeal of the medical device tax on the president's desk. show we can do it with republicans and democrats and prove to the american people washington learned its lessons. that will ultimately help republicans when it comes to our nomination for 2016. >> thank you for your time. please come visit us when you're in...
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wyden from oregon. it is about relationships, putting those things on the president's desk that have broad, bipartisan support. let's start by putting those kind of solutions like the keystone pipeline, repeal of the medical device tax on the president's desk. show we can do it with republicans and democrats and prove to the american people washington learned its lessons. that will ultimately help republicans when it comes to our nomination for 2016. >> thank you for talking with us. please come visit us when you're in washington. >> will do it. thank you. >>> next week we'll introduce you to another new member, congressman tom cotton of arkansas, who unseated democratic tom pryor. tom cotton on the next "fox news sunday." >>> coming up, a show of bipartisanship as president invites congressional leaders for lunch at the white house. but were there any signs of breaking the ice? we'll find out from two members of congress who were there. >>> what do you think? will the shift of power in washington end t
wyden from oregon. it is about relationships, putting those things on the president's desk that have broad, bipartisan support. let's start by putting those kind of solutions like the keystone pipeline, repeal of the medical device tax on the president's desk. show we can do it with republicans and democrats and prove to the american people washington learned its lessons. that will ultimately help republicans when it comes to our nomination for 2016. >> thank you for talking with us....
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democratic senators, ron wyden and carl levin are considering legislation to prevent companies from doing tax inversions, widen who shares the senate finance committee wants to make it harder for u.s. firms to move their headquarters abroad to lower taxes. he wants to increase from 20% to 50% the amount of stock a foreign company must own in a u.s. rival for an inversion deal to legally take place. "the wall street journal" is reporting astrazeneca's management is hitting the road in europe to try to convince investors to resist pfizer's advancers. executives were in sweden thursday as part of a week of meetings. swedish shareholders have about 10% of astra stock. u.s. investors hold between a fifth and a half of the company. we'll end where we began. it's all about the taxes. ross? >> oh, it certainly is. yes. it's worth remembering, astrazeneca was originally a uk and swedish merger as well. a big chunk of swedes have a say in that. hampton, good to see you. thanks to are that report. >> thank you. have a great weekend. >> you, too. >>> gap's april same-store sales was up 9% which easil
democratic senators, ron wyden and carl levin are considering legislation to prevent companies from doing tax inversions, widen who shares the senate finance committee wants to make it harder for u.s. firms to move their headquarters abroad to lower taxes. he wants to increase from 20% to 50% the amount of stock a foreign company must own in a u.s. rival for an inversion deal to legally take place. "the wall street journal" is reporting astrazeneca's management is hitting the road in...
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senator ron wyden who chairs the committee has floated the idea of raising the bar of foreign ownership needed for u.s. companies to move from 20% to 50%. he also wants to apply any measure retroactively, something that hatch steadfastly opposes. >> i share my colleague's concerns about the number of unversions that have taken place over the last few years, however, i do not believe that imposing confusing and arbitrary retroactive restrictions on u.s. companies is the answer. >> now, hatch says that the problem of tax inversions should be solved by broader tax reform, lowering corporate rates, killing tax breaks an shifting the u.s. away from a system that taxes a company's foreign earnings when the cash is brought back home. there is consensus in washington on the need for reform, of course. but democrats and republicans are still far apart on the specific details. no disagreement is expected on capitol hill until at least late next year. pfizer isn't the only company debating whether to leave the u.s. for greener pastures. drugstore chain walgreens is considering a deal to reincorpor
senator ron wyden who chairs the committee has floated the idea of raising the bar of foreign ownership needed for u.s. companies to move from 20% to 50%. he also wants to apply any measure retroactively, something that hatch steadfastly opposes. >> i share my colleague's concerns about the number of unversions that have taken place over the last few years, however, i do not believe that imposing confusing and arbitrary retroactive restrictions on u.s. companies is the answer. >>...
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. >> democrat ron wyden who is looking into the targeting accusations said we are working with the irs to determine if any relevant documents were not provided and continue to look toward a release of our bipartisan report. and despite the latest development, the irs maintains it is still, quote, committed to working with congress. arthel, back to you. >> thank you, elizabeth. >>> now to the growing crisis in iraq. the u.s. aircraft carrier george h.w. bush moving into the gulf as the radical sunni insurgents are just miled from reaching the cap -- miles from reaching the capital of baghdad. and the administration is still weighing its options on how to respond to this growing crisis. doug mchale live with those items. >> reporter: they are moving closer to iraq and expected to arrive closer tonight. that as sunni militants are gaining more ground in iraq today with the seizure of a small town only 60 miles north of baghdad. in baghdad young shiite men have been flocking to volunteer centers by a call by the top cleric to stop the isil. and the pentagon is awaiting a decision from obam
. >> democrat ron wyden who is looking into the targeting accusations said we are working with the irs to determine if any relevant documents were not provided and continue to look toward a release of our bipartisan report. and despite the latest development, the irs maintains it is still, quote, committed to working with congress. arthel, back to you. >> thank you, elizabeth. >>> now to the growing crisis in iraq. the u.s. aircraft carrier george h.w. bush moving into the...
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wyden questioned james clap every, the dni, and asked him if there was any broad reach program that was collecting the phone data of americans and he said not wittingly were his words. so, katy, what do you make of the comments of peter king over the weekend? >> i think it's a little ridiculous for peter king to suggest that essentially the blood of americans would be on the hands of rand paul simply because rand paul is addressing an issue that polling shows many americans are concerned about. an independent review showed that, you know, in the sa doesn't necessarily need to be collecting all data from every single american cell phone to prevent terrorist attacks. not to mention a federal judge a couple weeks ago saying he thinks it is unconstitutional and the government hasn't given enough proof to show they need the program and mass collection of data to prevent terrorist attacks. peter king wants to run for president. if he is going to tell americans that their privacy concerns shouldn't be addressed when it comes to the nsa, then he will have a real problem with that. martha: i
wyden questioned james clap every, the dni, and asked him if there was any broad reach program that was collecting the phone data of americans and he said not wittingly were his words. so, katy, what do you make of the comments of peter king over the weekend? >> i think it's a little ridiculous for peter king to suggest that essentially the blood of americans would be on the hands of rand paul simply because rand paul is addressing an issue that polling shows many americans are concerned...
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ron wyden, one of the democrats pressing the president is demanding major change. >> what they recommended, particularly with respect to collecting millions and millions of phone records on law-abiding americans is, one, was it necessary to prevent terror attacks. two, existing authorities would be sufficient. >> reporter: so that is part of the pressure on the president that he has had some of these lawmakers saying, these programs have not really stopped terror attacks. you need to keep these records of all americans, especially innocent americans who are not involved in terror? this is the balance the president is trying strike here bill. it is about privacy rights versus keeping the country safe. bill: indeed that is a concern and you wonder if any changes come about in that results in a bigger threat of terror attacks and you know the white house is ready to take on these questions. how will they answer it? >> reporter: it's a difficult one as you say retired general michael hayden, he ran the cia and the nsa he was on nbc's "today show" this morning saying he fears some of the reform
ron wyden, one of the democrats pressing the president is demanding major change. >> what they recommended, particularly with respect to collecting millions and millions of phone records on law-abiding americans is, one, was it necessary to prevent terror attacks. two, existing authorities would be sufficient. >> reporter: so that is part of the pressure on the president that he has had some of these lawmakers saying, these programs have not really stopped terror attacks. you need...
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. >> senator ron wyden has spoken aggressively about this, says he doesn't like what companies are doing, arbitraging the tax code, if you want to put it that way. he and senator joe manchin, your father, have an 86% similar voting record for the u.s. congress. in other words, it seems fair to draw from that that senator joe manchin would not enjoy this activity or see it as a problem for the u.s. while i understand this may create interesting dinner conversations, i also think it kind of does get at this issue and whether there is legislation potentially retroactively that would not allow companies to do this. is there a clause in this deal that if this changes or changes retroactively, this deal would be -- you'd be able to walk away? >> well, look, let me start with this. we feel very confident that this deal is going to get done. we've said q-1 of 2015. and i won't speak for senator wyden or senator manchin. what i would say is that i would, you know, i wouldn't jump the gun so quickly that every senator feels that it's the corporation's fault. i do believe, maybe it's a minority, un
. >> senator ron wyden has spoken aggressively about this, says he doesn't like what companies are doing, arbitraging the tax code, if you want to put it that way. he and senator joe manchin, your father, have an 86% similar voting record for the u.s. congress. in other words, it seems fair to draw from that that senator joe manchin would not enjoy this activity or see it as a problem for the u.s. while i understand this may create interesting dinner conversations, i also think it kind of...
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ron wyden, the new chair of the finance committee saying there's a chance for tax reform, pro-growth reform. listen to republicans still talk about particularly tea partiers and the need to raise the minimum wage. you could find a possibility for agreement around some of those issues. i think it's hard to see a path to that today. >> let me see if i'm getting this right. you think there's a chance of something around the minimum wage on a federal level? >> i do. i think democrats will stick to this issue. if you look at the national polling. even amongst the most conservative republicans, including members of the tea party wing of the party, there seems to be a desire to see that happen. don't get me wrong, i don't think it's an easy thing to do but i think there's a chance that something around these issues could come to fruition. >> i thought the tea party was a hands off party. >> if you look at the polling with be they are big supporters of raising the minimum wage. it may run counter to our thinking of them. i'm not going to sit here and try to psycho analyze that wing of the pa
ron wyden, the new chair of the finance committee saying there's a chance for tax reform, pro-growth reform. listen to republicans still talk about particularly tea partiers and the need to raise the minimum wage. you could find a possibility for agreement around some of those issues. i think it's hard to see a path to that today. >> let me see if i'm getting this right. you think there's a chance of something around the minimum wage on a federal level? >> i do. i think democrats...
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then finally, of oregon, senator ron wyden. he says you don't need a special prosecutor. i'm going to block ted cruz on that. there is no problem here at all. there is enough investigations. on this saturday morning, this is your magnificent seven for the 2010, '11, '12, '13 and '14 irs scandal. >> wow. you have brought submagnificents as a group. that is a perfect summation. these are the people you ought to be following as this scandal unfolds. >> i think you're right. >> great to see you. thank you. >>> imagine finding this, an envelope full of cash. thousands of dollars. would you turn it in? a child did. wait till you hear why. >>> a parents' worst nightmare comes true. >> wednesday was the worst day of my life. they told us to get out of the house because they wanted to steal stuff. >> the robber was the babysitter. guess who cracked the case? a 4-year-old. she and her mom join us next. if you have moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis, like me, and you're talking to your rheumatologist about a biologic... this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve my pain.
then finally, of oregon, senator ron wyden. he says you don't need a special prosecutor. i'm going to block ted cruz on that. there is no problem here at all. there is enough investigations. on this saturday morning, this is your magnificent seven for the 2010, '11, '12, '13 and '14 irs scandal. >> wow. you have brought submagnificents as a group. that is a perfect summation. these are the people you ought to be following as this scandal unfolds. >> i think you're right. >>...