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Be bad, but armageddon might be overstating it. theyre not called out for the claims theyre making and jay carney, his claim that we have to close the corporate jet loophole and republicans want to keep, take money away from babies and food out of babys mouth so that the corporate jet owners can get tax loopholes, well, the senate and democratic plan doesnt have anything in it about corporate tax, tax cuts for jets. so, i mean, its just-- youre like, why doesnt he get called out on this. >> righ...

Because nobody wants to cut spending except and it will be some what painful. but not cutting spending is going to be disasterrous for our country. >> chris: let me pick up. you just heard republicans say the problem is the president isnt searous about cutting spending, senator mccaskill. lets watch. >> house republicans already pass today bills to replace the presidents sequester. so the question is why wont he work with us? and the answer quite simply is because he wants higher taxes. >> chris...

President obama said any last minute deal has to include more tax increases to go along with the spending cuts and chided republicans for not going along with that. >> it appears that republicans decided instead of compromise and they would rather let the cuts fall on the middle class. >> republicans are ready to make a deal on spending cuts but no more tax hikings. >> house republicanings have already passed two bills to replace the presidents sequester and so the question is, why wont he work ...

Shut down the washington monument or yellow stone park or something important. and the point of that, identifying that syndrome is to say the reporters should make fun of it and attack, its obviously youre doing this, and theyre eating it up. >> weve heard that animals are going be to be released from the national zoo because they cant afford to feed the pandas anymore. >> not only that, secretary of state john kerry and we have janet napolitano our homeland security and saying its worse than th...

Be overstating it. theyre not called out for the claims theyre making and jay carney, his claim that we have to close the corporate jet loophole and republicans want to keep, take money away from babies and food out of babys mouth so that the corporate jet owners can get tax loopholes, well, the senate and democratic plan doesnt have anything in it about corporate tax, tax cuts for jets. so, i mean, its just-- youre like, why doesnt he get called out on this. >> right, and going all the way back...

Definitely affect things. >> the feds project a sequester could shut down poultry and meat plants nationwide. a 5% budget cut will shorten visiting hours at national parks and make some areas completely off-limits to visitors. in his new weekly address, the president doubled down on blaming the sequester on republicans in congress. >> these cuts dont have to happen. congress can turn them off any time with just a little compromise. unfortunately, it appears that republicans in congress have ...

Will we go through the sequester or will a deal be made? >> i dont think a deal will be made. some kind of delay tactic will probably be made. ed okeefe in the hour had it right. the real deadline, march 27th. because we run out of money, funding authority anyway. we have to come to some kind of agreement on how to fund the government between the end of the month and the end of the fiscal year, september 2 3 0th. so friday is kind of an artificial deadline that really doesnt mean much, but, you ...

Are at risk. playing to the cameras there and beginning a dismal forecast for americans, should congress not act and should the automatic spending cuts take place on march 1st. the g.o.p. responded, today the president advanced an argument republicans have been making for a year and his sequester is the wrong way to cut spending, replacing the presidents sequester will require a plan to cut spending that will put us on the path to a budget thats balanced in ten years, we keep the first responder...

Living his life. his coach, like said, even talking about training immediately, so he wont have any imminent races. i mean, his schedule before this happened had him racing on four continents within the next to you months. thats gone now, sponsors as well suspend their contracts or sponsorship with hip. but he will be able to work out, stay healthy, visit with his family and friends if out to dinner, hell likely be seen around town if thats what he chooses to do. but we know photographers are al...

>> president obama will have conversations with congress this weekend and into next week. so far, talks have yielded no results. both sides are dug in, and it seems increasingly likely that the sequester will go into effect. in his weekly address today, president obama said its up to congress to act. >> i never think anything is inevitable, we have the opportunity to make the right decisions. my hope is we can see a different course taken by congress. this should be a no-brainer. >> in an effort...