i have a fortune 1,000 company based in my district, brown foreman distilleries which would be adversely impacted to the tune of several hundred million dollars by this change. meanwhile, it does about $3.4 billion worth of business, about half of that is exported. so it is contributing to our helping our trade balance. my question to you is while calculating the impact the change in life for accounting methods in terms of the revenue sides has omb calculated. the other implications, economically, of that change including the possible death of some businesses in the country. >> right. on the lifo, that disproportionately benefits oil and gas producers who have record profits. there was a lot of game that can go on through that lifo system. the treasury secretary is the point person on specifics around individual tax policies. so i'll have to defer to geithner on the calculation and how cost to benefits are weighed. >> i appreciate that. i have raised that with secretary geithner as well. quick question. when i'm home this weekend and anymore costco, mr. simpson says people don't care abo

very difficult in state law in west virginia to reach beyond the foreman to site anyone else and get anyone else held responsible. >> brown: so tell us a little bit more about the federal side of this and that foreman. gary may is the highest official charged to this point. what does that tell you? is he corporating at this point or this a way to get to some of the higherups? >> it certainly looks that way based on the way this... these charges were filed. gary may wasn't indicted. he was charged in a criminal investigation and federal prosecutors use a criminal information when the defendant is corporating and when they're trying to get testimony against higher level officials. they was superintendent of the mine, one of two superintendents of that mine and he was responsible for day to day operations for portions of that mine but, again, he was somebody who was working at the direction of higher-level people at the subsidiary company that operated that mine and massie energy. he's not somebody who invented the... a way to operate that mine. he was working at their direction. so all indicators are... prosecutors won't sa

foreman. >> reporter: snapped outside a hollywood restaurant last week, these are the last photos taken last week of her husband bobby brownild, bobbi kristina brown. just 18, a family friend says she appears to be overwhelmed by her mother's death. she appeared with her mother in this video a few years back. last fall, she created a small sensation when she posted this video of herself on youtube. ♪ so like you >> reporter: but if bobbi kristina has shown hints of her musical pedigree, she's also shown a knack for the family controversy. >> i can figure for you to take me out. >> reporter: bobbi kristina was born in early 193 while her mother was still riding a wave of media excitement over her role in "the bodyguard" and her marriage earlier. but over the years, her parents were battling addiction problems and frequently battling each other. audiences were watching bobbi kristina's struggles on the reality show "being bobby brown" that first aired in 2005. the program ended after one season, however, the problems went on. the couple divorced in 2007, whitney took custody of their child and once again lit up the tabloids.