. >> reporter: christian leaders, led by american missionary dr. white prayed or aquino. he also asked prayer for his own country. >> you need to pray for us in america, because we are drifting away from holding the bible as being the infallible truth, and the only way of real life. i wish more of our countries would take that attitude about following christ. >> reporter: cbn news, manila. >> george: thanks, lucille. the global day of prayer is followed by what is called 90 days of blessing. it is a chance for christians to meet their communities through acts of service. >> and thousands of christians gathered in fredricksburg, virginia. and i was there as they cried out, asking god to turn america back to him. ♪ you're beautiful >> the sounds of worship filled the air at the expo center as the mostly young crowd cried out to god for his love and mercy to fall on america. >> in this hour, that is our only hope. to come together, to stop business as usual, and to start crying out for the mercy of god. >> virginia has always been a leader, and thousands who gathered here fo

dr. jim white from the general accounting office, where he is the director for tax issues. dr. white is responsible for g.a.o.'s work pertaining to the i.r.s., tax administration and tax policy. thank you for being here, sir. second, we welcome back dr. donald marron, the director of tax policy for the center at the urban substitute here in washington, d.c. dr. marron's research has focused on tax reform, as he has previously served as the acting director of the congressional budget office and as a member of the president's council of economic advisors. thank you for being here today, sir. third, we will hear from mr. alex brill, a research fellow at the american enterprise substitute here in washington, d.c. mr. brill is an alum of the ways and means committee staff, and he has also served on the president's council on economic advisors and has served as an advisor to the president's fiscal commission in 2010. welcome back to the room, sir. glad to have you here. and finally, we'll hear from alex gornstein, the undersecretary for housing and community development for the common

dr. white, the floor is yours. >> thank you. mr. chairman, ranking member, and members of the subcommittee, i am here to talk about the expiring tax provisions, sometimes called tax extenders. most are tax expenditures, so i will focus on those, however, this apprize more broadly. these are deductions, referrals, and so on, which reduce the taxpayers' responsibility than what it would be under a quote normal tax. they often have policy goals similar to those of spending programs. they may promote economic development, energy efficiency, or research and development. the provisions may, in effect, be viewed as a spending channeled through the tax system. like decisions on spending, the decisions on whether and how to extend tax provisions involve trade-offs. my written statements summarizes statements commonly used to value it government policy, including tax policy, such as some provisions. first, extending the provisions on revenue. tax expenditures shrink the tax base. they either reduce the f

dr. jim white from the general accounting office where he is director for tax issues. dr. white is responsible for gao's work pertaining to the irs, tax of ministration, and tax policy. thank you for being you. second we welcome back doctor donald marron, director of tax policy center at the urban institute here in washington, d.c. dr. marron's research at the tax policy center is focused on tax reform as his previously served as the acting front of the congressional budget office and as a member of the presidents council on economic advisers. thank you for being here today, sir. third we will hear from esther alex brill, richard hill at the american enterprise institute here in washington, d.c. mr. brill is an alum of the ways and means committee staff. and is also served on the presidents council on economic advisers and to serve as an advise her to the president's fiscal commission and 2010. welcome back to the room, sir. glad to have you. and, finally, we will hear from aaron gornstein, the undersecretary for housing and community development for the commonwealth of us

dr. jim white, from the general accounting office. dr. white is responsible for gao's work pertaining to the irs. thank you for being here. we welcome back the director of tax policy center at the urban institute in washington. his research at the center is has focused on tax reform. as he has previously served as the acting of the congressional budget office. they give for being here today. we will hear from a person from the american enterprise institute. he is alum of the ways and means committee staff. he has served as an adviser to the president's fiscal commission in 2010. welcome back to the room, sir. black to have you here. we will hear from the undersecretary for housing and community development for massachusetts. go, celtics. being from ohio, there is an added emphasis on that. thank you for being here today, folks. the subcommittee has received from each of you written statements and they will be made part of the formal hearing record. you will be recognized for five minutes for oral testimony, and then we will have questions.

those are the decisions that the white house made in 1971 that involved the establishment of the plumbers, creation of the enemies list, the plumbers breaking into dr. fielding's office. the two main operatives in the plumbing -- plumbers operation were g. gordon liddy and e. howard hunt. remember those names because they're going to be important again. if you have the white house's overreaction to the leaks, now, again, let's be clear about this. leaking was illegal. but we have a way to deal with those crimes. the white house created this investigatory unit in the white house, and it didn't use subpoenas to acquire information. that's where the problem arises. here, a little bit later in 1971, the white house wants better political intelligence for the pending 1972 elections. the president appears was concerned about his re-election. and so here we have information laying out for you what we know and what one can know about the extent to which the white house sponsored what was then called a dirty tricks operation to undermine the campaigns of potential adversaries and launched an intelligence organization that would use wiretapping and surreptit

dr. king the white church resisted dedegregation. there is in effect a new south.ights movement because the walls are down, lsu can now play alabama. you can have automotive industry in the south and a president of the southern baptist convention because this is an ongoing battle that we're winning every day, making america in some sense more open to issues of racial justice and equality. >> i remember dr. king writing that america was never more invited than at 11:00 a.m. on a sunday. is this a real change, do you think? >> well, we've changed leadership. culture has to change with the leadership. you see when you look at lsu play alabama in the big game, you look at the atlanta falcons play the carolina football team, there's more did he segregation there than there is in the church. but the fact some churches see the value of going on with a great moral ethical agenda there in our country that too many poor people are -- set the captive free. too many guns and drugs and jobs out. it's our job to lift up those stuck at the bottom and so i think it's a great moral

dr. fry says, "this is an important tipping ., a transformation from a mostly white baby boomer culture to the more globalized, multi- ethnic country that we are becoming." the new york times calls this a milestone for the nation. here's the times piece. "such a turn has been long- expected. but no one was certain when the moment would arrive. signaling a milestone for a nation whose governor. was founded by white europeans and has wrestled with issues of race from the days of slavery through a civil war, bitter civil rights battles and most recently highly charged debates over efforts to restrict immigration." question, is the hispanic birthrate surging or is the white birthrate being delayed? >> the white birthrate has been below replacement level for about 35 years, john. and if you want to see what the future of america will look like, i think you ought to look at california, where whites are clearly already in a minority. they're down i believe to close to 40% now. what is happen to the golden land? it's got lowest bond rating in the united states, its budget is completely in deficit.

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dr. collins wanted to fit white-fronted nusmile stainless-steel crowns on marissa. according to former employees, this was not unusual at kool smiles. they say the chain encouraged its dentists to use crowns. >> the reimbursement for a stainless-steel crown is much more than a filling. >> o'brien: how much more? >> about 50% more. >> they do a lot more... >> o'brien: a lot of procedures. frontline and the center for public integrity have spent the past year investigating the business of medicaid dentistry and the new corporate model for treating america's poor kids. >> this is all billings from medicaid. >> o'brien: we were able to obtain and analyze medicaid data from two states: virginia and texas. we found that on average, kool smiles used crowns more frequently than other providers on children eight and under. in texas, half of all the restorative care on kids eight and under, stainless-steel crowns, 50% more than the state average. virginia, 50% more crowns than average. that's a big difference than other medicaid providers. why? >> our focus is looking at each

white. forensic pathologist dr.en and psychiatrist john sharp and candace delong and a former nypd homicide detective join us. all right, dr. beaden. tracie's body is found in a ditch two months later. they say it is in advanced stage of decomposition. what can be done forensically now? >> advanced stage still has tissues on the remain and exhuming the body with new technologies it might be possible to determine the cause of death which was not determined at that time which is the kind of thing done in old cold cases and we could find a lot in 28 years. >> and might be able to get dna on a decomposed body from the killer? >> we have been able -- if there is a sexual assault we have been able to find dried semen on bodies that were older than that. >> judge jeanine: so we could pull that out, candace delong, former fbi profiler, pull that out and put it in the dna check list. who would be writing a letter. you are a profiler. that identifies or says there are three juveniles who i believe are responsible for your dau

the reestablishment of the white house initiative by president obama was another accomplishment. president obama's cabinets has dreven chu. the very first asian-american -- as ambassador to the republic of china. we have a lot of accomplishments. it was not that accident, my friends. everyone of you know that you work hard. all these things are done on purpose. i want to let you know that we also can boast twice as many asian-americans on federal benches. those of us to understand the impact of the supreme court and what it can do or on june, we know that having asian-americans on the federal bench is a line up for appointments to the supreme court. thank you very much for this opportunity. i want to say that silicon valley is the birthplace of high-tech. silicon valley is the birthplace of norm. five minutes? thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you, congressmen. we would have extended the five minutes if we got a karaoke's song. >> this event would have not been possible by the financial contributions of our sponsors. we want to thank chevron corp., wells fargo, mcdonald's, academy of arts university, at&t,

the reestablishment of the white house initiative by president obama was another accomplishment. president obama's cabinets has dren chu. the very first asian-american -- as ambassador to the republic of china. we have a lot of accomplishments. it was not that accident, my friends. everyone of you know that you work hard. all these things are done on purpose. i want to let you know that we also can boast twice as many asian-americans on federal benches. those of us to understand the impact of the supreme court and what it can do or on june, we know that having asian-americans on the federal bench

dr. bronner's magic soaps was arrested outside the white house on monday protesting the u.s. ban on industrial hemp farming. david bronner locked himself inside a steel cage along with several hemp plants that he harvested for oil. >> we buy hemp seed from canadian farmers. we've been trying for 10 years to grow and purchase him seed oil from american farmers. we're getting really frustrated with obama, who as a state senator from illinois, but it twice for industrial hemp cultivation. as a president, he has ignored as completely. it is like a poppyseed bagel. it is not a drug. it is the same thing with industrial hemp. the rest of the world is moving on -- canada, china, europe. american farmers are cut out. >> david bronner was detained after several hours inside the cage when police broke open the lock. for our full interview with david bronner, go to democracynow.org. the obama administration has announced commerce secretary john bryson will take an immediate medical leave of absence after getting involved in two car crashes over the weekend. bryson was found unconscious

i'm most intrigued by the sound component of this, the white noise as you describe it. why is that so important, dr? >> well, inside the womb, the sound babies hear is louder than a vacuum cleaner 24/7, and that sound and all of those ss that you talked about actually turn on a calming reflex that's like a relative off switch for crying and on switch for sleep that all babies are born with. >> you know, not all white noise is the same, and i actually have a prop here i want to show people. this is a little bit what it looks like here. you can hear that probably plenty loud. there's different settings on here. that's surf. but you also have rain, if you can hear that. >> right. >> brook. there's even one that sort of simulates the sound in the womb, little heartbeat. you can hear that. is this what you're talking about? is this the right stuff, so to speak? >> when you think about what a baby hears in the womb, they're in water and water filters out high pitch. so they don't hear so much of a swoosh as much as they hear a rrmm, rmm nk, more low pitch. when you think about calming a baby, when they'r

white house continue to delay reforms on this important program? or should we act now? dr. blai house? >> i'm an advocate of acting as soon as possible. >> i think speedy action is called for. whether the actual changes in policy you make need to be implemented next year or after is a totally separate issue. this is an area where we generally phase policy in over a long time to get people accompanied. >> it will be impossible to protect current retirees. so your advice to us, what's the timetable? how soon do we need to act? this year? next year? your advice to us. >> you know, i think you should act when the climate is right. when changes are being made -- >> not from the plolitical standpoint. i'm asking as a trustee looking at the numbers, how much time would you say we have to act in your belief? >> i would hope that you would act within the next five years. >> dr. blai house? >> yes. with a disclaimer, if you were to line up ten experts, i'm probably on the pessimistic end as to how bad it's going to be if we delay. definitely within five years. i would hope to do it e