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Time for congress to take a good look at itself before castigating companies for legally navigating the system. david is a tax analyst, jean is a writer for cnn money. they're grilling over loopholes in the laws. is that fair? isn't tax reform really the answer here? >> well, of course, tax reform is the answer, but remember, the companies are the ones who go and give campaign contributions and hire relatives of lawmakers to get all these complexities. for 100 million of the 140 million tax returns filed in the country by individuals, it's so simple, you could put it on one page, but companies...

That raises a red flag to tax experts to say is that a fair market price? and then as david noted, they don't get paid -- u.s. taxes are not paid on that for years and years because they don't bring the money back home. >> what i learned last week listening to the hearings, listening to fire-breathing senators angry about a tax code that they created, what it cements in my opinion is executives in charge of tax departments are probably the most important people in business today, do you agree? >> they're very, very important. they're very well paid. g.e. has, it's estimated, more than 800 tax ...

Tumblr ceo david carp. it's so interesting, he didn't even finish high school, and now he's negotiating with marissa mayer, what was her role in all of this in. >> look, marissa mayer has for some reason this charm in the tech industry. you see all of these young entrepreneurs going to yahoo now, and they weren't able to get a lot of the younger start-ups to get involved. it wasn't cool to be acquired by yahoo, and i will say this, david carp really defined cool. he's a new york-based entrepreneur, he used to drive a vespa around the streets, has a beautiful girlfriend. >> listen to what he sa...

It is official. tumbler is becoming part of yahoo!. now what. yahoo! bought the website for $1.1 billion this week but it may be worth even more. marissa mayer promised users the company won't screw this up. users are skeptical. laurie siegel sat down with david carp this week and it is so interesting this kid didn't even go -- didn't even finish high school and now he is negotiating with marissa mayer, probably one of the most famous female tech executives for his company. what was her role in all of this? >> marissa mayer has for some reason this charge in the tech industry. you see, all of ...

In a train collision. in dallas, a fire fighter is still missing after a massive condo fire a. fire fighter went missing two-and-a-half hours ago after being heard on the radio, quote "i'm trapped." more than 100 firefighters now on the scene are trying to help. no word yet on what caused the fire. the u.s. supreme court could issue rulings on several high profile cases, including affirmative action and same sex marriage. earlier, the court announced it will hear a new case regarding prayer and government meetings. stick around. we'll have live updates for you. how about this for you a 2...