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You were actually in the white house bus behind the limousine itself. i suppose a question for both of you right off the top, how does it feel to have been involved so directly in an event of such magnitude? let me ask you first. >> of course, its an event none of us planned to be involved in, so the shock was enormous. you didnt have time really to have emotions at that time. i think those of us who were involved in it, i think you went on sort of automatic pilot, you know to do what you just i...

You right off the top, how does it feel to have been involved so directly in an event of such magnitude? let me ask you first. >> of course, its an event none of us planned to be involved in, so the shock was enormous. you didnt have time really to have emotions at that time. i think those of us who were involved in it, i think you went on sort of automatic pilot, you know to do what you just instinctually know to do. >> dr. jones, you were 31 years old. youd been operating that day, part of a s...

We dont deal with every year spending more than we have, increasing the national debt. when does it stop? and you can say they voted for these budgets. they voted for one-third of the budget but not for the entitlements which are two-thirds. and entitlements happen on automatic pilot. something has to happen. and the test is how magnanimous is this president going to be in willing to negotiate? he won big. no surprise. he won big. and henry hyde could have told him that and newt gingrich could h...

Balanced approach like many bipartisan commissions have been. you have to look at the spending side, especially the so-called mandatory spending side. things are on automatic pilot. you have to look at revenue. if you take that off the table, you put much too big a burden on everybody else. and so i was worried the other day when the speaker of the house said, hey, i want a negotiation. i want to sit down at the table. by the way, we refuse to talk about revenue. thats not a negotiation. the ame...

The country is doomed if we dont deal with every year spend morg ing more than we have. increasing the national debt. when does it stop? you can say they voted for the budgets. they voted for one third of the budget. they didnt vote for the entitlements. which are almost 2/3. and the entitlements happen on automatic pilot. something has to happen. to me, the real test is how magnanimous is this president going to be in welling illing t negotia negotiate. he won big. henry hyde could have told hi...

Something about a healthcare system which is on automatic pilot, forget whether its going to show in years it saves money or it doesnt, wait until it kicks in. there is no cost contain tph-plt that baby until 2014 and after that they will never do it anyway. if he wants to leave it alone and not deal with those two big hes, forget the rest of the stuff hell have a failed presidency. >> the president hasnt endorsed it. the republican leadership in the house and senate, and the democratic leadersh...

Thats not going to fly and it shouldnt fly. no matter what race he is and no matter what race anyone else is. the challenge right now, chris, if you could imagine, if this situation continues as you suggest hes barricaded in a cabin. i would tell you, chris, hes probably -- if the fight is still going on, hes on automatic pilot right now. as a police officer, as a military combatant, hes moving from window to window. hes firing. this is -- for some people this would be the ultimate video game. h...

We are not cutting medicare the we said get if there and stop the automatic pilot process. this stuff is on automatic pilot. of $1.1 trillion that came in, in revenue, in 2011, that is everything, it only went to medicare and medicaid and social security. we borrowed to do two wars, infrastructure, homeland security, defense, everything, culture, big bird, the whole works, we borrowed $3.6 billion a day? we dont we were know what $1 trillion is. you say the big bang theory of the universe, the p...

Again in 2014. >> what would you do with $425 million? that is where the jackpot for power ball stands right now. no one picked the winning numbers for the weekend drawing so you can run out and buy your ticket before the mad rush begins. the drawing is wednesday night. lets make our plans now. >> office pool. >> congress returns to work today and they are ready to tackle the fiscal cliff crisis. lawmakers are ready tro compromise. >> lawmakers are ready to give in on tax changes in order to get...

>> but its like the spending on automatic pilot. >> it is absolutely not on automatic pilot. we can see in the upcoming battle over sequestration, dramatic cuts are going to occur cur thatn in the republican party wants and probably a majority of the democratic party dont want. that hardly constitutes automatic pilot unless you mean down. >> john: the "washington post" head lined obama cuts defense to the bone and then some. so there is a lot of talk about that. we have this inflation adjustment...