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Crucial to understand. there is no midnight deadline for this debt ceiling. i know weve got a clock ticking down. and this creates the urgency. but i assure you it is not like the budget. where boom, come midnight, you know, the u.s. will default. what happens on thursday is that the wiggle room of the treasury runs out. the ability to rob peter to pay paul to shift the money around, to do the extraordinary measures, that comes to an end. and hard choices have to be made. >> and there is a cushi...

Is unexpected or unwelcome. >> the department of interior warned of devastating consequence to the parks and possible closure of hiking trails and campgrounds. there is 13 new national historic landmarks including a kentucky whiskey disstillery and artist retreat in upstate new york and three new national monuments. republican senator coburn in oklahoma said it makes little sense to expand the sites when the budget of every otheritate park is cut and visitors are turned away from visiting the wh...

To count sheep rabbit and elk. stop adding park sites while people wait in line to see exstissing national land marks. in response sequestration does not allow the flexibility to rob peter and pay paul. it appears interior will need a fix or the cuts go forward. bret? >> bret: mike, thank you. who do you blame for the sequester. let me know on twitter. follow me at bret baier. the simpling health insurance application. new form for single people pages long. shorter than industry standards. consu...

In the form of harsh, indiscriminate cuts that are hurting some of the countrys most vulnerable. the "huffington post" reports that 99,000 people are seeing their unemployment salaries cut by 10%. those in rhode island are seeing much the same thing. >> long-term unemployment benefits are cut for up to 8,000 rhode islanders. >> thats another $40 some odd dollars, you have your phone hanging off the hook over and over with bill collectors, but all you can pay is your rent, rob peter to pay paul, ...

Cutting 2.5% out of the $3.7 trillion federal budget would somehow be a bad thing to do when we have a trillion dollars deficit. >> judge jeanine: with all due respect, i understand the budget problems you want to scare people but you dont let criminals out of jail. especially people who came here illegally and have been ruled to o. r. room be the worst of the worst. how can the ice director. i want you to take a look at something else he said. >> i did not want to rob peter to pay paul and my v...

>> bill: back of the book segment tonight. did you see that? we begin with a very controversial situation. the obama administration releasing illegal aliens from prison who have been convicted of crimes in this country. >> did you release any resittist drunk drivers? >> yes. >> how many? >> i dont have the exact number, but we have released many individuals who had dui offenses. >> repeat offender dui. >> repeat offender dui. congress has not provided that dui is a ground of removal. in fact mos...

Offenses -- who had d.u.i. offenses. >> only can request a rescheduling so you can move money around. this notion that you dont want to rob peter to pay paul, you could have easily done that. you could have found $600 to k these level one violators from being released and dont act like yocod not have. >> you can me money around. you can say hey, can i move money around? remember, the republicans offered that, but the white house declined. also when he mentioned 600 bucks, extraordinarily i.c.e. ...

Place dont you have to if you want to make the argument demonize, as throwing in with the corrupt organizations and rich people and not carrying about the old lady down the street or kids in school going to get heir lunches cut. you almost have to make that argument in the face of a $14 trillion debt. >> if you are going to do that and make it personal. dont tell me we poisoned the well of politics too long. its old time chicago politician. dont tell me this other stuff. barack obama is running ...

To keeping the entitlement in place dont you have to if you want to make the argument demonize, as throwing in with the corrupt organizations and rich people and not carrying about the old lady down the street or kids in school going to get heir lunches cut. you almost have to make that argument in the face of a $14 trillion debt. >> if you are going to do that and make it personal. dont tell me we poisoned the well of politics too long. its old time chicago politician. dont tell me this other s...

To keeping the entitlement in place dont you have to if you want to make the argument demonize, as throwing in with the corrupt organizations and rich people and not carrying about the old lady down the street or kids in school going to get heir lunches cut. you almost have to make that argument in the face of a $14 trillion debt. >> if you are going to do that and make it personal. dont tell me we poisoned the well of politics too long. its old time chicago politician. dont tell me this other s...