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These cuts, and theyll do it right. >> the sequester cuts are dumber than dirt. i mean, the way its being employed. but to your point, how about just getting the head of any american household to come in and take a look at the budget? because they could cut it more effectively than the sequester cuts. theyve been doing it for a decade. people have been doing it at home for a decade. taking one penny out of their dollar. >> all right. you can get all of our -- >> and again, i keep saying a penny ...

Afternoon calling republican and democratic senators who he thinks could be part of a caucus of common sense to help move our country forward. >> we will leave it there. gene sperling, thank you very much. >> thank you, david. and coming up here, what are the sequester cuts and all of their impacts, both real and politically? how does it get resolved? how do we get to a point where we can avoid these crises in the future? these kinds of financial crises. with me, insights and analysis these[ m...

Important to make this note. there is some flexibility in how the sequester cuts are applied, despite whats been said. this week, you know, the congress is going to pass a bill, a defense appropriations bill, to allow the defense to have flexibility in how to apply the cuts. and theres more to say on that, but its not quite as extreme as it seems. and the republicans, theres just no real reason for the republicans to give at this point. republicans to give at this point. >> let me get if break (...

Important to make this note. there is some flexibility in how the sequester cuts are applied, despite whats been said. this week, you know, the congress is going to pass a bill, a defense appropriations bill, to allow the defense to have flexibility in how to apply the cuts. and theres more to say on that, but its not quite as extreme as it seems. and the republicans, theres just no real reason for the republicans to give at this point. >> let me get if break

>> well, its certainly not going to help their position. remember, this is a congress that continues to have record low approval rating. voters continue to blame republicans more than the president for each new crisis that we have. and its costing at the ballot box, it cost them at the polls and in the polls. its not a good political strategy and its a terrible strategy policy. if you look at what sequester cuts would do, if you look at what shotting the government would do, for almost a million...

General speaking out in the sequester cuts, chairman of the joints chiefs of chief martin dempsy that the mission to protect all of us had no change . >> i dont know how long tell last. our elected officials options and can exercise those options over the next few weeks or month. well live with uncertainty for a while. >> in the weekings leading toupt sequester, general dempsey warned that the ability to respond to crisis may be in jeopary. >> marines are fining the sequester cuts hard to swallo...

Says it needs to be a balanced approach. but he doesnt have a problem with the size of the cuts, just the way the sequester applies them. >> shannon: you have a fascinating inside look at how we got to where we are now. but what happens next? >> reporter: where are we heading? people point to march 27, the continuing resolution to fund government. it doesnt look like there will be a huge battle for that. the debt ceiling debate comes up again in may. but it looks like republicans in congress for...

Signed into law. yet he blames everyone other than himself for the sequester cuts. >> lets the be clear. none of this is necessary. it is happening because a choice that republicans in congress have made. they have allowed these cuts to happen because they refuse to budge on closing a single wasteful loophole to help reduce the deficit. >> judge jeanine: wait a minute. wasnt that done a few months back during the fiscal cliff negotiations? but it is not just the republicans he blames. he says it...

Signed into law. yet he blames everyone other than himself for the sequester cuts. >> lets the be clear. none of this is necessary. it is happening because a choice that republicans in congress have made. they have allowed these cuts to happen because they refuse to budge on closing a single wasteful loophole to help reduce the deficit. >> judge jeanine: wait a minute. wasnt that done a few months back during the fiscal cliff negotiations? but it is not just the republicans he blames. he says it...

Friday. the polls are are showing the president shares some of the blame for the crisis. his approval rating dipped from 51% to 49%. and even as senate minority leader mitch mcconnell downplayed the seriousness of the cuts calling them modest, a top white house aide said nobody wins with the automatic across-the-board budget slashing. >> this is not a win for republicans. republicans are supposed to be for strong iser national defense. this cuts our military preparedness dramatically. they are s...