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And you wait-and-see if you are indicted and you defend the indict. >>stuart: criminal charges likely? probably? >>guest: probable and ought to be for a theft of this magnitude. >>stuart: thank you, judge. the president's buffett rule, rebuffed. in the senate. the senator calls it a political ploy to get points. ploy to get points. it is a democratic next. of tre, not quite knowing what the next phase was going to be, you know, because you been, you know, this is what you had been doing. you know, working, working, working, working, working, working. and now you're talking about, well you know...

Government coffers if all of these millionaires were taxed 30%. that would cover spending for about one day according to the data. so, when you talk about growth, andrea, that doesn't sound like something that will really stimulate real growth. >> right. think about what kind of spending they're talking to, martha. we saw the gsa. shrimps on a treadmill. they're using money wisely on tax day when all of us are forced to pay the government heaping loads of money they're just wasting. this is not policy at all. reason the administration admits and chuck schumer says we're going to bring the "buf...

>> eric: not only are the lobbyists gaining access for a price. but companies getting preferential tax treatment. if you put up enough money -- >> bob: energy companies for president bush. >> kimberly: deals for play. like solyndra, what is next? algae company? seems to be into that these days. then you have exemptions under the obamacare, too? never ending. >> bob: how can you say anything when my good friend dick cheney had -- wait a second. wait one second. >> eric: break in, bob. i'll get back to you in a second. you are looking live at the senate floor where lawmakers are moments away fro...

Orleans. heavy rain from the northern rockies to the dakotas. evening showers and mountain snow in the pacific northwest. >> 54 in seattle. 66 in salt lake city. 73 in sacramento. near 60 in the twin cities. 73 in omaha. 80 in dallas. mostly 70s from new orleans up to boston. some election year political theater is playing out over the issue of taxes on capitol hill. as expected, republican lawmakers have blocked further discussion of the so-called buffett rule. the bill would ensure that highest earning taxpayers pay at least a 30% tax rate. republicans had argued that the bill would hurt s...

>> wait i'm not sure i follow your math here. he pays 13% in taxes on --. martha: capital gains investments that is the money we're talking about. >> right. i believe, capital gains rate is not 13%, is it? martha: 13.9% is the rate buffett paid. is the rate that mitt romney paid in taxes. >> the capital gains rate is 20%. martha: what they're making is just on their invests. >> then you have to ask yourself, again, we can disagree on this and obviously we do. i just don't think, particularly so much of that is paper money that they're making by shuffling stocks around and options and rest of i...