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Our taxes -- let them suck it up and pay. >> politicians can be out of touch with reality and the american people. massachusetts recently raised their sales tax to 6.25% there's an initiative on the upcoming ballot to lower it back to 3%. a perfect example of why that needs to happen. people are crying foul -- >> embarrassment, you are describing kerry's bet like that. it reminds me of the interior of your airplane. >> sean: i rented an airplane once. i paid for it. >> i know, but once? >> sean: excuse me, i paid for it. >> okay fine. >> sean: you are not with me when i take jetblue to fort me...

Stocks plunging today after disappointing earnings in economic reports. the dow jones industrial tumbling 261 points. the s&p 500 falling 31 points. and the nasdaq taking the worst of it, diving 70 points, decline of more than 3%. earnings from ge, bank of america and citigroup all coming in better than expected. but revenues were weak across the board. evidence of a still struggling economy. ge shares sink 4.5% today. citigroup shares down 6.25%. meanwhile, dell shares tumbling more than 4% as it nears a settlement with the sec over misleading accounting practices. and in economic news, now...

She's only contributing to the problem. >> have a wonderful day. >> reporter: currently the massachusetts sales tax is 6.25%. ka karla is supporting a ballot initiative to cut to it 3% and says the only way to cut big government spending is to cut big government funding and so describe your best case scenario if it passes. >> it will be wonderful for massachusetts families. more people back at work, more savings, more people able to take care of their families. >> reporter: still not everyone in the bay state is as optimistic as karla. in fact, some are predicting complete catastrophe. >> the ...

This is charles street, 6.25 inches. i bet they have more than that since this picture was taken. thank you for that i-report. as you can see on radar, heaviest snow is through philadelphia down through washington, d.c. certainly into maryland. that brings me to our next i-report from western maryland in and around the fredericksburg area. this is also a snowy street with trees falling down. look at the weight of that snow on the tree branches. incredible pictures taken from the backyard of allison cook, 19 years old. thank you for those pictures. that's why we have hundreds of thousands of pe...

>> i'm zane verney, you're watching "world one" live from london. also ahead -- washington is sleeping unblankets of snow. the sun will come up in an hour or so, how many people will manage to get to work today. >> if you're going to do it, do it right. that certainly wasn't the case with these inept smugglers who got caught red handeded by the u.s. authorities. and a chase for tiger woods. we'll bring you all the details in the sports update. we gip this hour with the unrest in egypt having a serious impact on the country's stock market where trading was stopped for about an hour after ...