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They are not close to those savings. president obama is not the first president to call for this action. its the process that makes it impossible to sell a federal facility. >> gretchen: so when you hear about the sequester cuts and need for employees not to get overtime and compare that to other cuts warning do you think? >> its the same old problem in washington. congresss answers is to create a program and go out claim they are doing something positive. there are hundreds and hundreds of dupe...

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>> senate leader harry reid sinks to a new low trying it tie the deaths of the u.s. marines to the sequester cuts. and a new study tells how the political press failed in their mission leading to the election. details next on news watch. tudy by the pew

Indiana. i understand parts of the country have different attitudes about guns. again, i think weve really gotten a twisted view of what the american norm is. if you go back to the 19th century or the earlier part of the 20th century, gun control laws were much stricter, even in free-wheeling -- or places perceived as being free wheeling like texas, colorado, western states. i think that our sense of normal has just moved so far away from what a middle point is that we need to get back there. >>...

>> true. >> and so he forced this process to occur and insisted. >> but he didnt want the sequester cuts. >> well, no. he didnt want the cuts, but we had the sequester as a result of his demands. and im told my colleagues in the house that the sequester will stay in effect until there is an agreement that will include cuts and reforms that put us on a path to balance the budget over the next ten years. >> but no tax increases. >> no tax increases. the president already got $650 billion worth of ...

Drones, on the use of whether they can be used to look into peoples back yards, what kind of invasion of privacy that might entail. were not just talking about the strike capability which received a lot of attention but whether or not drones can be used for regular domestic surveillance. >> and there are reports friday the defense department will start sending furlough notices to civilian employees thanks to sequester cuts. how would this affect the pentag pentagon. >> they are exempt from furlo...

>> the pentagon set aside $211 direct funding for the iron dome system just this fiscal year. ready for this? that money is subject to the sequester cuts nearly 8% or about $17 million. there is some efforts in congress to try to exempt iron dome funding. not sure where thats going to end up going. im now joined by nbcs martin fletcher. hes here with me in jerusalem. you are our eyes and ears on the ground here. iron dome, you saw firsthand, we were playing some of your report. are you surprised...

Weapons but that is what the united states and israel are worried about and trying to plan contingencies for to try to deal with. >>steve: leland vittert live in israel. >>alisyn: lets talk about what happened yesterday at hoefplt theres always been a lot of discussion with the sequester cuts how much latitude the head of every agency in what will be cut. yesterday the head of i.c.e. was testifying in front of the house judiciary committee and he admitted he didnt have to release those 2,228 ill...

Welcome back, everybody, the sequester cuts will kick in next week and president obama is getting some flack for canceling white house tours that will affect the easter egg roll for lots of kids and their parents that get invited to the white house. so what does this mean? well check in with congressman stenny hoyer, a democrat from maryland. maybe you can fill us in on what politico is pointing out when republicans and democrats are in jeopardy of losing their seats because of the sequester. it...

Gecko: dont look at me. dont look at me. as congress works to clear the next hurdle before next weeks budget fight, the respective caucuses have just closed their doors on the republican budget for next year. meanwhile the sequester cuts start to kick in and president obama is getting flack for canceling white house tours. now there is word -- no its not. all right. so thanks so much. well check in with our kelly odonnell on mark sanford. we just showed you the video. kelly, youre there for me...