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Kenya. >> 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 adv...

>> 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, ...

Possible from the sequester cuts. >> ed, is this administration more sensitive to criticism than past administrations? >> i dont think theyre any more sensitive to it, but theyre certainly quite aggressive when they dont get their way. i think what bob may have experienced in some of the pushback than anyone who has dealt with the white house on stories that theyre not pleased about gets and that is a little bit of anger and aggressiveness and it just comes with the territory, but certainly admi...

Certainly. how long before someone blinks? anyone giving you an idea on that? >> i think as lauren said, the white house looks like from what the president said yesterday that theyre not going to use the spending resolution in late march to sort of force this sequester issue forward again. the president said he would sign another spending bill that would keep the government open. theyre not going to do a face-to-face showdown like that. but you saw from the presidents weekly address the white ho...

President made clear on friday that the sequester means less money in american peoples pockets and the ripple effects of the cuts will be strongly felt at the state and the local level and the impact on one state, pennsylvania, will be millions upon millions and almost $48 million less in education funding and putting 360 teacher and teacher aide jobs at risk, and between 60 and 90 million in hud and housing lost to sequester. to bring some perspective to the huge figures the mayor of allentown ...

>> more of alexs conversation with richard haass today at 12 noon. richard will talk about the biggest security threat facing the united states today. up next, though, why do the majority of americans want the sequester cuts to stay in place? i dont use super poligrip for hold because my dentures fit well. before those little pieces would get in between my dentures and my gum and it was uncomfortable. even well-fitting dentures let in food particles. super poligrip is zinc free. with just a fe...

Street journal" poll was bad to. particularly for president obama and democrats. craig, this is good news for the poll. it shows theres an appetite for spending cuts only 14% said they want the sequester cuts but an additional 39% said they even want more. you add that up together thats a healthy 53%. >> lets talk about the presidents approval rating right now. he has been declining steadily over the past few months. it seems according to our poll at least. how much of a certain is that for midt...

Effects of this for about another month. well see lawmakers in different parts of the country for different reasons start to express concern and maybe find a way to fix them. >> manu raju, well do it again in a few minutes. come back later. >> sounds good. >> all eyes are on florida. that sink hole that swallowed a man in his bedroom. as the sink hole expands authorities are warning neighbors to stay back. well go live to the sunshine state in just a moment. >> day one of the sequester cuts now ...

With a good saturday to you, kristen, what else are you hearing from the white house today with this sequester now in effect? >> reporter: good afternoon, alex. white house officials are telling me that president obama is going to continue to try to work toward a solution to stave off these sequester cuts. in the short term. but its hard to see how that happens, alex. because right now theres really no clear path forward. president obama met with congressional leaders here at the white house on ...

Government jet. eighths 40 or 30 minute. maybe the acting attorney general or deputy ready there with the phone and still have satellite phones in the planes and cheaper ways to do that. >> even joe biden says he looks forward to taking the train now and got the secret service to allow him to do that because of the sequester cuts. >> greta: its unbelievable, every place we look theres money going out and when we talk about cutting things we sort of looked around and use the common sense. >> the ...