of compromise. >> reporter: tomorrow the president will begin showcasing the impact of sequester cuts on individual states when he travel s have virginia where 90,000 civilian defense workers would be furloughed one day a week, jenna. jenna: a big story in the state of virginia and many states, wendell. we know the president just made these comments in the last hour or so, but what's the republicans' take on all this? >> reporter: they say the president got the tax hike he'd been demanding at the end of last year when the rate was raised, the top rate on families making more than $450,000 a year. they say he traded away increased revenue as part of the sequester for an 18-month expansion of the nation's debt ceiling at the end of 2011, and they say the 3% spending cut the sequester demands doesn't have to hurt as much as the white house says it will. >> the reality is nobody is saying he should make these exact cuts, but we can cut less than 3% of the budget without jeopardizing air traffic, without jeopardizing meat inspections. >> reporter: the problem the white house says is under the