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Onto anything that includes tax increases, unless we really see the sequester impact start to take a turn for the worse. unless the white houses predictions turn out to be true. you know, i think were still a very long way away from actually having any kind of an agreement on this. >> well, heres a practical application of the sequester, aaron, and your colleague david has a front-page story on the white house stopping tours beginning told. i mean, is that really a victim of the sequester cuts o...

>> you said the march 1st sequester was a deadline and they needed to focus on march 26 27th to avoid a shutdown. house voted on continuing resolution on wednesday. you voted against that. talk about that. why? >> first of all, what the continuing resolution did was kind of put in cement the sequester cuts. again, i dont think we need to be cutting -- it ended up being about $70 billion out of spending over the next seven months. this is dangerous in an economy thats still on the -- making a pre...

Members of congress are in relatively very safe districts. the more you push against a republican the more that republican doesnt have to fear a primary challenge. i mean if its coming from the president, that republican is solid, fighting the president, more solid by fighting him than working with him. so i think the president realized the only way to get anything done now is to change strategies and try to sit down and win it on the inside, not fight from the outside. jon: the question i guess...

The rules. >> put their mouth with their money is. chris, the change inside the republican party on national security and defense is pretty breathtaking. i mean, you now have a part of the -- you have rand paul and some establishment republicans that didnt think the sequester cuts were deep enough, were happy to take the defense cuts, and are now pursuing a, you know, a fairly not drastic, but very well articulated argument against a hawkish counterterrorism policy. >> i think theres -- im of tw...

From the tension center and talking about the air traffic controller shortages. teacher layoffs. the goal is inflict pain as a result of the sequester cut for the public to help pressure republicans to agreeing to more tax hikes. we know that is the whole goal. we know every effort that they made to ease cuts the white house rejected. >> bret: how many more facebook appeals from the sixths graders and fourth and third graders can the white house sustain before tours start again? >> we are about ...

Belief you are not going to do a deal over dinner, its not that easy, but this is a different tone and they will play along those lines for a while and hope for the best. jenna: well see fit continues. one of the things you wrote in the article this week you said what is frustrating about the past two years is that the two parties have wasted so much energy to under achieve. its interesting to see two different leadership styles. you see the president making these dinner and lunch invitations th...

Ryan voted no on the republican study committee. >> neil: i understand that. on the sequestration, i just want to be clear. they might be -- might have longer term effects but looking at a chart of government spending and where this slices out, these sequester cuts tiny little percentages. one governor said talking about the fear tactics used here and about the administration. they probably went over the knopp terms of saying the consequences would be horrible, splash by because the world has no...

Good point. >> can i just for one second toot my own horn? i was on the show two weeks ago and i said the sequester cuts would be good for the economy and good for markets, and thats exactly what has happened. up 500 points. i want you to validate i said that because i was right, and theres a lessan here that all the spook stories how this would destroy the economy, its just the opposite. so were you -- >> neil: copied me right after that. youre absolutely right. >> thank you. >> neil: these cut...

Think takes credibility out of that video. >> ten seconds. >> when you have sequester and gop sequester talking about real stories of people being affected by the sequester cuts, that i think has more credibility. >> boom, done. you beat the buzzer. yay. go ahead, anna. >> well, look, just recently we heard speaker -- former speaker pelosi say there is no spending problem in washington. obviously she is the only one in america who thinks that. but you know, i think it is ridiculous that we have ...

Blamed more so by the public if the sequester cuts continue to be in place and continue to hurt middle class voters and working class americans. >> done. look at you. like a local news reporter, get on, get off. love it. so finally, drone strikes inside the u.s. only in quote, extraordinary circumstances. thats according to attorney general eric holder who in a letter said that while the u.s. has no intention of taking such action, the president could authorize drone strikes if necessary to prot...