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One aide said they wanted this message as of recently. heres the main deal. by march 18th, the government will run out of money if there is not a current plan put into place. we will see a temporary funding bill for two to three weeks for that to occur, house republicans say there have to be cuts involved. its not clear where theyll come from. last time they had one was $4 billion in cuts and expect something in that range. the big issue here, if you continue to have the short-term two to three-...

Included suts to embattled corporation to public broadcasting, already imposed by the president but left out cuts to planned parenthood and social programs which mr. obama vowed to veto as partisan. >> these arent really budget items. these are political statements. lets not try to sneak political agendas in a budget debate. >> reporter: g.o.p. leaders are more concerned about potential rebellion in their own ranks. tea party freshman and fiscal conservatives want a shut down/showdown now instea...

Should be able to get this completed. now, because i think neither democrats or republicans were in the mood to compromise until their 100% maximum position was voted down in the senate, we have probably lost sometime. and we may not be able to fully resolve this and meet next weeks deadline for the continuing resolution which means there may be potentially one more short-term extension. but let me just make some broad points about this. number one, we cant keep on running the government based o...

Extensions because they cant tack tl bigger problem. overseas there are new rormts that moammar gadhafis forces are once again bombing an area. meanwhile in the countrys west, gadhafis supporters rallied in the main square of zawiya after regaining control of the city that had been captured by opposition forces. meanwhile there was a security team meeting yesterday. jake carney says there is no timeline on the decision to intervene further in libya. >> there has never been a situation where ...

Of stopgaps and short storm extensions -- term extensions is no way to govern. and the vice president twisted arms from moscow, so it has not changed but both of the bill are dead and they will meet behind closed doors to figure out a compromise. >>shepard: thank you from capitol hill, carl. and the forbes magazine poll, we know a lot of the richest in the world. they report that the net worth of the billionaires rose 25 percent over the past year to $4.5 trillion. good for them, right? i have b...

Short-term extensions to try and prevent a potential government shut down. >> i get paid two weeks at a time. why not the government! i think part of the problem here, eric, is, and, you kind of -- we have hit on this as we talked about this, republicans and democrats philosophically have different ideas of how much money the governments should be spending. and, democrats look at a lot of these ex-send expenditurspen --s necessary to help people get through tough economic ties and republicans se...

The real question is how long will the american people be able to with stand the bickering back and forth even the massive spending. >> before we go there are a few republicans paul rooin notably that understand we need to make cuts on entitlement reform. will any democrats step up? will the president say that? >> why wouldnt they. even members of the tea party across the country dont want cuts in social security or medicare. he realizes his own party the tea party part of the caucus has gone to...

Government shut down? i dont know. >> march 18 is the deadline. they dont have long to get this done. will they continue to do these temporary extensions? how long can they continue to do two-week extensions? republicans have said look, if they continue to cut 2 billion a week, were fine with continuing the two-week process. but clearly that is not a good play book for this country to follow. certainly some agreement needs to come. but its a long way off. >> march 18 is the next deadline for thi...

This harold the ability to create jobs stymies our capacity to move forward as a country. it imperils the childrens and grandchildrens futures. all of these things are beginning to make people wake up and say we can either make sacrifices now or we are going to have a huge sacrifice on the backs of our kids. >> can we keep on doing this extension two weeks, two weeks. >> kick the cab do can down the road. >> we can kick the road, too, if you want to. it can happen for a while but the good news i...

Thats still within brazils rather flexible target rate for inflation of 4.5%. give or take 2% either way. thats rather easy for central bankers, i think, by comparison. anyway, andrew? >> that certainly is. okay. we want to bring you up to date on a story that is certainly raising a few eyebrows. and creating not a few worries in the u.s. among sports fans at the moment. american football team owners in the players union have agreed to one more day of negotiations. extensions of the talks a pote...