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>> chris: and hello again from fox news in washington. when all sides agreed to the sequester a year and a half ago is automatic across-the-board spending cuts were supposed so be so painful it would force the president and congress to make a deal. now, with just five days to go there is still no deal. and the deadline is here. joining us today two senate leaders on budget issues. from oklahoma, republican tom coburn. and from missouri, democrat claire mccasskill. about the sequester happen. wil...

Haggerman. the white house is taking two aspirin and trying to refocus its blurry vision. "the wall street journal" reports that the president will pivot from the budget issues that have dominated his public appearances for weeks and instead use his microphone to focus on other issues. president obama and the democrats have indicated they will not inject the sequester into upcoming budget negotiations and risk blame for a government shutdown. it is perhaps a sign of recognition that republicans,...

>> chris: and hello again from fox news in washington. when all sides agreed to the sequester a year and a half ago is automatic across-the-board spending cuts were supposed so be so painful it would force the president and congress to make a deal. now, with just five days to go there is still no deal. and the deadline is here. joining us today two senate leaders on budget issues. from oklahoma, republican tom coburn. and from missouri, democrat claire mccasskill. about the sequester happen. wil...

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Immigration and gun recontrol reform the president hopes that he can form a package and again, working with the congress more so than fighting them though. to get something actually passed. and i think those two issues you may see him be far more conciliatory than on, for example, dealing with budget issues, debt ceiling issues, the issues coming up in the short term here. jon: but he would also like to see a democratic majority in the house for the last two years of his term defying the odds on...

Washington about where millions in this country really stand when it comes to gun rights. chris stirewalt is our digital editor and post power play on fox news live. this is unfolding as the first big debate in the second term of barack obama. weve got budget issues and outside of those this is the biggie. some are pushing back on this gun appreciation day particularly online. some on the left suggesting, and ill just read you one of the, you know, more out there tweets, suggesting that this is ...

What they do best, punt so they will have a deal for three months or six months and kick the can down the road. it is a lame duck president, or could be. >>neil: so i dont know if the markets will like that. they will say here you go again. >>reporter: so the presidents home is he wins, he gets a mandate and everything will stop and he can say, 9 balanced approach, i won, this is the mandate, we need to do this. do you think the republicans will fall over? unlikely. if mitt romney wins, will pel...

>> cheryl. i read that line three times, the notion that taking the bush tax cuts away will take away the tax warfare it is honestly creating more tax warfare. the people who sit at bloomburg terminals are the people hes hurting and the customers and people who pays his bills with. hes creating more of a mess and hes not going to create jobs by taking away the bush tax cuts. >> wayne rogers bloomburg said it is not a great plan, but it is the best plan we have right now to deal with 15 trillion ...

Type of job report that you need to deal with long-term budget issues. >> i got to get it in quick. >> yes, look at alternatives. you dont want to put your money in china right mow. >> thank you. charles. and right now president obama is at camp david, but his press secretary jake carny issued this statement in reaction to the news of the credit downgrade. >> we must do better to make clear our nations. america is riskier than france. how is that for a headline?