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Very much from the white house. joining me now for this discussion, reuters political reporter andy sullivan and staff writer for the hill elyse freeback. nice to see you both. thank you for being here. >> hi, alex, thanks. >> andy, ill begin with you. we saw lawmakers on all the sunday talk shows, pretty much the same arguments. the senate is set to reconvene late on monday. the house comes back tuesday. whats going to happen? >> well, as i think you heard speaker boehner say today, theyre mo...

In the white houses view, there will not be a government shutdown in several weeks. this fight will extend now to a budget fight in the fall. is that a fair thing to say? >> what is fair is that if republicans stay with their part of the deal, meaning that they put forward a continuing resolution thats reasonable, not political, stays at the level we agreed to, which is $1.043 trillion -- >> are you committed to not shutting down the government? >> if they agree to that, which they suggested the...

The house has acted twice over the last ten months to replace the sequester. if were going -- the president got his tax hikes on january the 1st. >> speaker boehner this morning on the sequester cuts now in effect. of course, meanwhile, states are looking inward as they brace for impact. my next guest represents california which, of course, is already facing its own budget calamity, to say the least. joining me now from washington is golden state congressman adam schiff who also sits on the hous...

Sort of longer term political gain? >> i think republicans have cocoalessed around this idea of no new taxes. weve seen defense go by the wayside. the party has found at least within the house gop something where everybody can agree. i think we really have to remember the gop is still recovering from a very devastating election that set in motion a process of internal reform that is going to take months, if not years. and so i think we have to wait and see what the power plays will be within the...

A man continues to grow. the search for the missing man has been officially ended and the house will be demolished today. president obama blames house republicans for the sequester cuts now taking effect. he said that they refused to close a single tax loophole to reduce the deficit. now back to "lockup." ♪ daddy, when are you coming home, we dont want to spend another christmas with you gone ♪ ♪ mama cries most every night, shes always feeling blue, daddy, we dont want to spend another ...

>> all of this will cause a ripple affect. >> you look sharp. >> you havent seen me naked. >> were going to keep it that way. >> the longer the cuts are in place the more damage to the economy. >> congress might allow a series of immediate, painful, arbitrary budget cuts to take place. no one in known in washington as the sequester. >> sean: few moments ago he signed an order to begin the sequester cuts. joining me to react his old bosss to avoid this mess, former chairman of economic advisors, ...

Were not going to get anywhere. maybe everybody needs to take a nap. if you look at the sides are staked, about revenues, about where the budget cuts can come from, i dont see see where they come to the table. i can see the sequester cuts being baked into the next budget resolution and maybe they are actually going to be the law of the land for a while. >> dana: if you could talk about another relationship where there is tension between the press corps. he said this earlier today. >> the preside...

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Common, you will see some communities of interest forming over the next few weeks over these other issues. >> the white house sequester strategy, what can we make of it. >> what the president appeared to say fairly clearly yesterday that hes not going to use the upcoming fight over the continuation of the government spending bill that will keep the government open past march 27th when the current bill expires. the president could come back and try to make the sequester an issue again there and g...

Might change some of the balance on this, and that is as the cuts start to hit real people in their real lives, and they start to respond. i mean, we are seeing both very, very painful kinds of hits with this sequester. those are the ones that the governor and others talk about, but im concerned about the invest. to future, so it is not just about what we dont have tomorrow, but it is about the nation and the families and the children will not have in the next two the three years. >> and those e...