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highlightinging stories of real people trying to navigate through this current recession. martha: how about good news? it is happy friday freedom day. know what that men's? today is the rest of the year where the mon you make you get to keep. the tax foundation calculates this every year where the average taxpayer has earned enough to pay off your local and state tax bills and if you can't believe it's taken you this long to do it, tax-freedom day came early this year because of the recession and tax cuts. bill: i guess you're feeling richer. yes or no? >> martha: not really. but anyway -- >> bill in the blank. martha: the qatar diplomat who tried to steal a smoke is getting off scot-free, mohammed amad -- amadadi,
Martha-maccallumPeopleNewsRecessionBrestStoriesFreedom-dayMen-sBillsTax-foundationTaxpayerStatemadadi's days in the u.s. are numbered. >> he has diplomatic immunity. we have been proceeding in accord with diplomatic practices. that have legal force. we have every confidence it will be resolved quickly. >> reporter: a senior state department official says he expects madadi to be on the next flight out of the country to qatar. no charges will be brought against him or official action because they expect the embassy will clean up the mess. for the cost of last night's security alert, the state department said there is no talk right now of sending qatar the bill. >> chris: catherine herridge on the case of smoking diplomat. thank you for that. rescue crews in west virginia today were forced out of a mine where 25 people were killed because of the dangerous mix of gases. jonathan hunt reports on the
UsAccordDiplomatic-immunityDiplomatic-practicesGamadadiReporterCountryState-department-smokesmanOfficialFlightForceQataran eight-year term for terrorism. officials say madadi's only defense was smoking on the -- offense was smoking on the plane. because he's a diplomat, he's immune to any charges. president obama on his way home after a quick trip to the czech republic. he met with his czech counterpart today and signed a new nuclear reduction treaty. you saw that live right here yesterday on "fox & friends." he signed that deal with russian president dmitry medvedev. he says that when it comes to iran, russia will support sanctions but with limits. all eyes -- were your eyes on this yesterday? augusta national, tiger woods get ready for round two at the mast others. woods wasted no time getting into the swing of things yesterday. he shot a four under par, best opening round ever at the masters. the round included two eagles. he currently trails fred couples by two shots. after the round, tiger spoke about the fans' reaction. >> it was incredible all day. from the time i went to the putting green to putt, the range
President-obamaWayDiplomatTermChargesPlaneTerrorismSmokingDefenseOfficialsOffenseGamadadithe diplomat was on official business, the kind of business embassies arrange for their citizens jailed in foreign countries. the convicted al-qaeda member is amari, a citizen of qatar who pleaded guilty to providi providing material to terrorist organization. he is serving eight-year prison term. the diplomat from qatar is madadi. this is from a washington society magazine. while flying from d.c. to denver, he tried to sneak a cigarette in the bathroom. when asked about the smell of smoke, he is said to have joked he was trying to set his shoes on fire. a clear reference to the shoe bomber richard reid who tried to blow up a plane two months after 9/11. his smoke and reportedly cocky comments led the federal air marshals to break cover. f-16 jets were scrambled from the air force base in colorado and in denver the jet was scoured for explosives. nothing was found. this afternoon, state department smokesman hinted
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