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Everybody. it levels the playing field. it gets rid of all of the loopholes but the most important thing is it gets the government out of the business of trying to pick winners and losers and decide what is regressive and what is not regressive. >> chris: the other big criticism as opposed to some other people that would repeal the income tax you are keeping it at a lower rate but introducing a new federal tax, a national sales tax. >> yes. >> chris: how do you guarantee. i asked you this in the...

irene. >> north texas is burning. im ali velshi, about 30 homes already destroyed bay wildfire. 100 more in harms way. its going to get worse before it gets better because officials say this fast-spreading fire is 0% contained. and im carol costello. new developments out of aruba in the disappearance of american robyn gardener. her traveling companion and the chief suspect may be about to walk on this "american morning." good morning, everyone. it is wednesday, august 31st. welcome...

Mississippi rivers here in vicksburg. they hope it levels off. even when it does, the water will remain a problem for weeks. its been creeping into communities here north and south of the city of vicksburg itself. going into a number of subdivisions. there are about 1,700 people who have been forced to flee the waters here. statewide in mississippi that number is closer to 5,000 and continues to grow as the water levels continue to rise in the southern part of the state. you start talking about ...

We have to explain it all. but it gets rid of all personal income taxes, all payroll taxes. all corporate and business income taxes. it replaces them with inclusive sales tax at the national level. price of consumer goods do not go up because the embedded tax comes out, fair tax goes in. >> eric: neil, point this out. it levels the playing field so the big corporations as tim carney pointed out full divisions of tax lawyers wont have an advantage against small businessman who wants to compete. >...

We have to explain it all. but it gets rid of all personal income taxes, all payroll taxes. all corporate and business income taxes. it replaces them with inclusive sales tax at the national level. price of consumer goods do not go up because the embedded tax comes out, fair tax goes in. >> eric: neil, point this out. it levels the playing field so the big corporations as tim carney pointed out full divisions of tax lawyers wont have an advantage against small businessman who wants to compete. >...

Reid and nancy pelosi. they expected paul ryan to look at this and blanche and want to hold hands with them and do it all at once and that didnt happen. now, theyre backed into a corner and have to have a vision and fight they didnt want. i think they wanted a negotiations here and didnt get it. didnt start it themselves and miscalculation in retrospect. now to polling, new polls shows donald trump has nearly doubled his sport among voters in the last month. trump is tied with mike huckabee at...

The democratic base are getting really fired up by what republican legislators and governors are doing in the states. what can you describe to this national audience about the mood in ohio right now? >> the mood is angry. the mood is somewhat fearful but very angry because people in ohio are understanding whats happening. senate bill 5 decimates, decimates collective bargaining. and i dont really get it. collective bargaining. thats people coming together and negotiating with their employer. it ...

Minority leader from the ohio house of representatives, armand budish. thank you for being here. >> its my pleasure. thanks for having me. >> it seems from a national perspective that democrats and the democratic base are getting really fired up by what republican legislators and governors are doing in the states. what can you describe to this national audience about the mood in ohio right now? >> the mood is angry. the mood is somewhat fearful but very angry because people in ohio are understan...

Senate bill 5 decimates, decimates collective bargaining. and i dont really get it. collective bargaining. thats people coming together and negotiating with their employer. it levels the playing field. its basic fairness. and that is being stripped away. and people are getting it. and people are understanding what the impact of thats going to be. especially combined with the $7, $8 billion of cuts that this governor is now proposing in his budget. and hes putting the cuts on local governments an...

Suspending trading is a territory nobody thought we would have been in just three, four days ago. >> yeah, well, john, thank you. it seems we wont be in there for long and after a pause, we are going to see that trading resume but i have to say that if the lesson from both egypt and from tunisia is you can reform politically but dont imagine that will shore up your position in the longer term, that is the lesson that i think will have to be learned in one or two places in asia. john, joining us,...