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"huffington post," sam stein. you guys have been doing a great job chronicling the reality of the sequester cuts, what it seems to me is here we have a case of the two americas, the legislating class, and actual americans. and the fact that sort of congress seems to be in its own bubble regarding the pain of the sequester cuts, republicans especially in so far as theyre declaring victory on this, when in reality theres a serious toll that the squekter is taking. >> theres a national story and a ...

Your party doesnt want to go after the people and say, lets mess with medicare. is sequestration the smart move for obama? is it the smart move? >> i agree, there are no off ramps to this. i think this is much more politically about posturing for the end game now, which is the debt ceiling increase and the last possibility for our grand bargain. so i think, you know, local stories like this, and these will get much more attention. >> does this help obama, this stuff? >> i think it helps position...

Mess with medicare. is sequestration the smart move for obama? is it the smart move? >> i agree, there are no off ramps to this. i think this is much more politically about posturing for the end game now, which is the debt ceiling increase and the last possibility for our grand bargain. so i think, you know, local stories like this, and these will get much more attention. >> does this help obama, this stuff? >> i think it helps position him for an end game where we decide cutting aid to students...

I cut you off tantalizingly mid thought. >> this is this game being played in washington. you heard mitch mcconnell say, its a 2.4% cut. thats because medicare is exempt and largely social security. the actual programs affected, its more like 7 to 10% and when you go into that, there has been this effort among republicans in washington to try to make the sequester cuts to hide them. what i thought was the most sickening episode in this whole very, very sad affair was when washington had a freak ...

>> exactly. >> oh, i calculated the gulf trips, that is a million dollars a shot for the airplane by the inflated by secret service expenses is a month and a half. >> today defense secretary hagel said the sequester cuts and growth and spending are having significant affects on the military. codo you think this is going to be a lasting and will we feel it over time. >> they were design to do that and thats why they were designed to be odious and not just the republicans and punishing them. i don...

Cures for brain diseases like alzheimers, which currently affects five million people at a cost of $200 billion a year. >> imagine if no family had to feel helpless watching a loved one disappear behind the mask of parkinsons or struggle in the grip of epilepsy. imagine if we could reverse traumatic brain injury or ptsd for veterans coming home. >> the program would be funded with $100 billion from president barack obamas first 2014 budget. the white house says it is in line with its state of th...

Say via television. >> the white house complained yesterday, jay carney was grilled on why sequester cuts were indiscriminate and then there was a realization they was a choice. jay carney said whoa, you and the press havent covered the pain of the sequester and complained about that but its hard to say that when the presidents family has been on vacation since the beginning of the year and theyre having a glitzy concert. its hard to explain to furloughed workers why the white house can carry on...

I cut you off tantalizingly mid thought. >> this is this game being played in washington. you heard mitch mcconnell say, its a 2.4% cut. thats because medicare is exempt and largely social security. the actual programs affected, its more like 7 to 10% and when you go into that, there has been this effort among republicans in washington to try to make the sequester cuts to hide them. what i thought was the most sickening episode in this whole very, very sad affair was when washington had a freak ...

Hes getting a ton of it. defensive tackle anthony adams essentially a role player showing his sense of humor by announcing his retirement at a white castle. >> do you have any questions today? wondered if anybody had any questions? >> well he played for the bears and of course the 49ers. >> 20 minutes to the top of the hour. unless you are this guy government red tape makes it really hard to fire infective federal employees. >> tours of the canceled and the administration blames the sequester cu...

Systemone could sue. no doubt they would. it may not jeopardize it immediately but it could. christians fear what happened in canada. if you are someone i think in the 1990s when they approved same-sex marriage, that if you are a minister preaching the opposite, a hate crime. there have been prosecutions along that line. one thing wont naing the short run. christians, millions of them believe that the bible is the word of god. it mentions homosexuality seven times, all negatively. so they believ...