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House and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning. Well to a special splet edition of today on this very important wednesday morning. Im matt lauer here at the white house. Savannah is back at studio 1a. I have to tell you its excited to be here. Were on the south lawn. Quiet around here until 6 00 this morning and then we opened up the gates to the public and all those people who have been waiting at the ellipse overnight and they sprinted, a mad dash into this area to try to get to the front of the fencing to get a glimpse of the pope. Hes expected to get here at around 9 00. Hell be welcomed again by the president , along with thousands of invited guests. Thousands more, by the way, just beyond the white house gates hoping to get a glimpse of the honored guest, and we expect him to speak, the pope, that is, briefly in english this morning, but his major speech will come tomorrow. That will happen on capitol hill, savannah. Meantime, matt, as you k
His remarks for the first time will be in english, only brief remarks before the two men meet together in private. They have shared concerns publicly about things like Climate Change and income inequality, but behind the smiles there are some real issues of substance like the topic of religious freedom. There will be midday prayers said at st. Matthews cathedral and the pope will head to the basilica where he will canonize junipero serra, the man who brought christianity to california, the first time a canonization will take place on u. S. Soil. Matt, whats struck me so far this morning is just the energy among the people we met here. We met one man who isnt even catholic who said to me im here because this pope is different. He speaks to all of us, and as the father of Young Children i can tell you never wake a sleeping baby. We met another family who brought their 1monthold. We got up at 4 30 in the morning because we wanted our son to be blessed. Matt. Parents with their children he
Households finance 100 of transfer payments to bottom 60 as well as almost 100 of tax revenue used to run entire federal post. What is going on here in your view . Well we hear all the time how the rich are not paying their fair share. So when i looked at this report which is released annually, this report is 2011 data, i dug into some of the details, what i was able to show that they break the households down by income equipment tiles. What i was able to show quintiles. Bottom 60 of the american households by net income are net recipient and receive more in government transfer payments than pay in federal taxes. Fourth income quintile, pays highest, break even. Pay as much in federal taxes as they get in government transfers. It is top income quintile, households in america with average income of about 234,000 that it is that group that pays in 48,000, about 46,500 more in federal taxes than they receive in transfer payments. So that is really the, the main net payer quintile. So they