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Last year, amazon made $5.6 billion in profit, they netted that. but they used tax credits and other benefits to avoid paying any federal income tax. did you pay federal income tax last year? oh, one of the biggest companies in the world. none. nevertheless, governments around the country, state and local, are racing to provide amazon with more perks and tax breaks as it looks to choose the site of a second headquarters because masochism is very common among state governments. a financial analyst, a very smart one, joins us tonight. thank you for coming on. how does it work that one of the big...

Nbc's luke russert has more, lawmakers back in town for an emergency session. we know how the vote is going to break down. tell us what this vote is about. >> well it is quite a significant vote for democrats, chuck, because it is a $26 billion jobs bill, 10 billion of which will go to teacher's salaries do not get laid off, 16 billion to go pay state's deficits as well as civil service individuals, cops and firefighters, of that sort t is a very important bill for democrats because, why? able to placate one of their most important unions and that is in voting blocks and that is teachers. repu...