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>> with the sony attacks that took place, with the twitter account that was hacked by islamist jihadist sympathizers yesterday, it just goes to show how much more work we need to do. >> today the president will be focusing on new steps to increase access to high-speed broadband during his visit to iowa. can you believe it is the official start of tax season. it's just days away. the irs has an alert for taxpayers. abc news learned refund checks will take longer than usual to arrive and that's not the only bad news. abc's jonathan karl has the details. >> reporter: coming soon from the irs, d...

Have no choice but to do less with less. refund checks will be slowed by a week or more and that irs help line only about half of the people who call will actually get through. about the only people to benefit, tax cheats. the irs will conduct 46,000 fewer audits. spending less on the irs' budget will cost the government money because there will be fewer audits, fewer officers going after tax cheats and as a result $2 billion less in revenue coming into the treasury. jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. folks in eastern connecticut are wondering when the next earthquake will be felt. re...

Have no choice but to do less with less. refund checks will be slowed by a week or more and that irs help line only about half of the people who call will actually get through. about the only people to benefit, tax cheats. the irs will conduct 46,000 fewer audits. spending less on the irs' budget will cost the government money because there will be fewer audits, fewer officers going after tax cheats and as a result $2 billion less in revenue coming into the treasury. jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. folks in eastern connecticut are wondering when the next earthquake will be felt. re...

It's not trickling down to spending and cobbback in the economy. if you are under 40, 0 for 2, you don't own stocks or own a home or have equity in it. >> you broke that down. >> how about the many happy returns, tax refunds. 40% of people have gotten their taxes in already. people who are expecting a return file earlier. they have the electronic refund checks. on average, more than $3,000. up 3% over last year. will that play itself out in terms of spending into the economy? maybe not because when asked what are you going to do with that three grand, many people say i'm going pay off loans or...

Refunds. 21% say they will pay off debt, a good idea. another 18% will spend money on necessities. according to a survey by td ameritrade, here's an interesting wrinkle, millennials, those most likely to save their refund checks. millennials. interesting, right? maybe because they're living in their parents' basement with imported beer and they don't have -- >> they need money for the xbox. >> just teasing, millennials, just teasing. 20 minutes to the hour now. we have breaking news. valentine's day is in jeopardy. no joke here. here's the deal. it could be tough to get your hands on roses o...