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Says $500,000 and you get quarterly meetings with the white house and the president. >> sean: thats the point. its there in black and white and you can read it and you have jay carney, perfectly acceptable. >> perfectly acceptable. >> sean: now, i understand under eric holder, which is a justice department that has been politicized, nothings going to happen then, but is there any -- do you see potential legal problems for the president as you know, considering all the mistakes that theyve made a...

Quarterly meetings with the white house and the president. >> sean: thats the point. its there in black and white and you can read it and you have jay carney, perfectly acceptable. >> perfectly acceptable. >> sean: now, i understand under eric holder, which is a justice department that has been politicized, nothings going to happen then, but is there any -- do you see potential legal problems for the president as you know, considering all the mistakes that theyve made and all the evidence they l...

It requires the government to keep current staffing levels at detention centers for undocumented immigrants. boosts embassy security by $2 billion. and funds the government through september the 30th. but if the gop is working to mitigate disaster for defense, theyre far from rolling back the sequester reductions. democrats wanting to restore head start or health care funding, of course, came away empty handed. indeed, new estimates from the congressional budget office show that under the stopga...

The citys most disadvantaged children might be hit as the head start programs face a 5% cut. that could affect 70,000 kids across the country. in texas, the state budget could lose $334 million in public education programs. and starting july 1st, 285 schools stand to lose federal funding. in california, cuts to funding for schools, the military and disability services could total $500 million. a half a billion. but theres more. heres part of my colleague, kristen welkers, report and reaction on ...

This week. military bases, military agents and the white house talked about that this week and last week. and saying travelers will face longer lines because tsa agents are furloughed. head start programs, lots of teachers, and its all the way across the board. lots of people feel it. and some people wont feel it. that was part of the problem. the white house was counting on the fact that they could use the same strategy they used on the payroll tax debate and people would rally behind them. tha...

Post sequester tomorrow. what are the real impacts in the next week? >> they will be almost nothing because the main impact will be reduce grants to various organizations, people who run head start programs and furloughs of federal workers. the federal government must give 30-days notice and very few agencies have done so yet. those impacts wont fall on us until april. we will see the hint of the economy on 0.6%. now, not great, but very manageable. better than the tax hikes we might have had. s...

Republicans play this game. take a listen. >> we need to cut spending, and more than the sequester. but dont put 50% of the cuts on the u.s. military. >> oh, by the way, the u.s. military is in virginia. i mean, this is a classic comment right there. you know, he wants all these spending cuts, but dont do it in my backyard. i mean, thats where they are. theyre self-serving in many regards, and this is why the country cant stand government right now, cant stand the congress. >> well, look, its to...

112th. its just a different -- its a role reverse. its almost like its boehners turn to pick up the gavel and stop everybody. here is virginia governor bob mcdonald. this is a great example of how republicans play this game. take a listen. >> we need to cut spending, and more than the sequester. but dont put 50% of the cuts on the u.s. military. >> oh, by the way, the u.s. military is in virginia. i mean, this is a classic comment right there. you know, he wants all these spending cuts, but dont...

Or whoever it may be. >> well, theyre obstructing in the house, just like they obstructed in the senate in the 112th. its just a different -- its a role reverse. its almost like its boehners turn to pick up the gavel and stop everybody. here is virginia governor bob mcdonald. this is a great example of how republicans play this game. take a listen. >> we need to cut spending, and more than the sequester. but dont put 50% of the cuts on the u.s. military. >> oh, by the way, the u.s. military is i...

Shows hosted by yolanda adams. yesterday the president did his best to make sure communities across the country know theyll feel real pain in their homes. >> weve got some automatic spending cuts coming up in nine days that will lay out of hundreds of thousands of folks. theres no reason they should lose their job or be laid off. this is a problem the congress can solve. things like head start programs and help for the mentally ill, all these things have a direct impact on peoples day-to-day liv...