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Airport lines. it canceled events and delayed park openingsings and promises to take a big bite out of some government programs. but americans have rallied coming up with ingenius solutions to the sequester cuts. dan springer haves some examples live for us next. plus a new trend online. what inmates have to say about life behind bars as they post reviews of their prisons. man: how did i get here? dumb luck? or good decisions? ones ive made. ones weve all made. about marriage. children. money....

Minimal delay, the full ramification of fridays vote to give the faa special flexibility to deal with sequester cuts began to set in. the precedent they set is that the sequester can and whether be dismantled if the right people are inconvenienced by it. we can be sure others will try and take advantage of. and they should. lets remember, while americas frequent fliers got relief last week, there was no relief for elderly citizens going without hot meals, kids getting kicked out of headstart pro...

The democratic party because of the budget cuts taking place. agreeing number of democrats say we should not make any cuts because the debt crisis doesnt really exist 17 trillion and the cuts are slowing the economy. what about, steven moore, economic writer for the "wall street journal." good morning to you in washington. which democrats are talking this way? is it a part of leadership sh. >> this is certainly a new attitude in the white house which is very nervous about the sequester cuts. you...

Media has of being more tenacious about this. the reality is that millions of people in the u.s. live and work in the zones around high-risk chemical plants. what more needs to be done? >> well i think there needs to be a lot more workplace safety corage "in these times" magazine weve prided ourselves on the amount of workplace safety coverage. its not just workplace safety that doesnt get covered. texas state university came out with a study that showed between 2008-2011 the number of stories t...

If those come to pass and the economy take as hit, will republicans be ready to take the blame for that? its a great question. i think what republicans, theres some disagreement on the right strategy but i think most republicans including republican leaders in congress believes the president deserves the flexibility within the sequester guidelines an what can be spent to spend it accordingly. with the faa question, ray lahood was given the authority to move funds around to take care of the emerg...

Americans still dont know whether the cuts were good or bad for the country. was this wange that? >> well, i think that were just starting to see the cuts. i certainly think that the polling hasnt necessarily kept pace with the way that we have seen the cuts. i certainly think that tons of passengers and people that were going through airports were really frustrated by the sequester cuts and were starting to see other things like furloughs of employees at the white house budget office, the irs, ...

Dzhokhar tsarnaev is being held. hes in a small cell with a solid steel door at a federal medical detention center, about 40 miles outside of boston. meantimetime politico reports that the sequester cuts may be affecting the defense team. the office apointed is subject to three weeks of furloughs, as they prepare a defense in the high-profile case. for more, steven jones joins me. he defended timothy mcveigh. steven, its nigh to see you again. its been a while. thank you, alex. before we g...

And they do something wrong and you turn and you say, your son just did that! last time i checked, most kids required, you know, both a mother and father to come into the world. but youre absolutely right. i mean, thats just political gamesmanship and ultimately i think the budget belongs to all of these guys and the failure, if there is failure, will belong to them, too. >> rick: so okay. so if we look down the line at the possibility of some quote unquote, grand bargain thats going to get rid ...

$253 million. thats one half of 1%. one half of 1% of the sequester. >> hopefully any delays you experience now can just be blamed on the usual misery of flying. nancy cook is an economic and fiscal policy correspondent for the national journal and josh marks, the executive director of the aviation institute. nancy, i want to start with you. one month into the forced budget cuts polls show around half of americans still dont know whether the cuts were good or bad for the country. was this weeks ...

On the american people. >> republicans have passed two bills to replace the sequester cuts but they havent gone anywhere in the senate. >> thank you, molly for reporting in washington. >> still to come, the explosion lit up the night sky and killed 14 people in one town and coast $100 million in damage yet a newspaper printed a cartoon to make a point. a lot of people not find humorous at all, spantt start texas governor rick perry. well have that story next. >> and also back on dry land. many p...