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Leaders. they announced a boycotted citing displeasure from the help they received from washington. then kerry dialed up the syrian head of the council to attend these meetings in rome but listen to secretary kerry. >> the president of the united states has sent me here and sent me to the series of meetings and sent me to rome because he is concerned about the course of events. he is currently evaluating precisely what steps we will take in order to fulfill our obligations to innocent people. >>...

Governors association about the deadline. the white house and congress have been deadlocked on how to handle things. heres the deal with the sequester. the sequester is something they sort of made up. if we dont get to the deadline, these cuts will automatically take place. but the sequester has turned out to be something were looking at here where the big picture is what matters. we have to get the two sides together on how to fix the big problem. more taxes, cut spending, a compromise. were no...

Compromise by refusing to consider additional tax revenue as a deal to reduce the deficit. its hard for the white house to deny theyre putting pressure on congress. the president called on the nations governor to take the time in washington to turn up the heat on congress to tell them whats at risk and whats at stake. >> what we cant do is careen from manufactured crisis to manufactured crisis. as i said in the state of the union, the american people worked hard and long to dig themselves out of...

The other. bobby jindal says it doesnt have to hurt as much as the white house says. >> its time for the president to show leadership and present a list of reductions. every governor balances their budget. every family has to balance their budget. every business has had to become efficient. the reality is it can be done. the administration has a insatiable appetite for new revenues. >> jindal wants targeted spending cuts. janet napolitano says the sequesters are structured. people will start not...

The phones. after the -- the secretary warned diplomats they could be affected by the sequester. kerry dialed the president of the syrian opposition council and encouraged him to return to the bargaining table at rome. state department officials wont confirm the meeting is back on but we understand the appeal was successful. the sir ran rebels want the u.s. to help them in their bloody two-year uprising against bashar al-assad. the war has claimed more than 70,000 lives. secretary of state john ...

Wait times could grow to four hours. >> the president will travel to virginia to talk about more proposed cuts. >> shepard: thank you very much. the climate of fear. theyre good at taking us there. of course now we talk about the sequester. thats not the issue. the issue is we spend more than rebring in and they havent figured out how to resolve that. [ male announcer ] this is kevin.

People. >> the president of the united states has sent me here and sent me to this series of meetings and sent me to rome because he is concerned about the course of events. and he is currently evaluating what steps to take. >> the sir ran opposition leader is reconsidering the decision to boycott. james rows is an with us -- rosen is with us from berlin. secretary kerry got personally involved in the effort to lure the syrians back to the table. >> thats right. even before his plane took off fr...