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>> well, thats based on my voting record. but im voting what folks in kansas are concerned about. >> absolutely. in light of these achievements, what are your thoughts on the imminent sequester cuts that will prove devastating to this nation? >> well, a lot of history seems to get lost in washington very quickly. these cuts were proposed by the president over 18 months ago. as part of the deal to raise the debt ceiling. >> congress man, congressman, i do understand that. and thats not the questi...

But there also is the sense that it is the continuing resolution that everything will get done then. but again, how does it happen when you have these sides that are so wide apart in terms of what they want to happen? republicans are refusing on tax hikes and obama not wanting to see some of the drastic cuts and insisting on tax hikes. >> and one thing that was fascinating that obama did today, howard, the senate republicans talked about giving him the ability, the power, to move the sequester c...

>> steve schmidt, youre one of the people who can almost make this stuff make sense to me, thank you. >> thank you, ezra. the sequester cuts, government spending in a really stupid way, but it doesnt have to be that stupid. and later, the hospital may cure you, but the hospital bill will give you a heart attack. at a dry cleaner we replaced people with a machine. what? customers didnt like it. so why do banks do it? hello? hello?! if your bank doesnt let you talk to a real person 24/7, you n...

Capehart, and congressman elijah cummings. congressman i know you rushed out from a vote to join us. thank you. >> my pleasure. next, a republican congressman who doesnt think sequester cuts enough. truly. stay with us. >> whenever youre on television particularly live television where you cant edit and do it again, you got to tell the folks everything. >> quite frankly you are the worst excuse for a journalist ive ever seen. >> i am the what? i cant hear you? >> the worst. ♪ ♪ vo:wiplus w...

Back to households and then cut the corporate tax result to 15 billion, we can do that by helping us fight global warming which is a far larger threat. and number two, get medicare to stop paying providers for every single thing they do, and begin paying them for each patient. they can keep the leftover money as profit. it forces them to think about how to treat patients as opposed to giving out services. number three, all the deductions, they do more for rich people. make them credits that ever...

And number two, get medicare to stop paying providers for every single thing they do, and begin paying them for each patient. they can keep the leftover money as profit. it forces them to think about how to treat patients as opposed to giving out services. number three, all the deductions, they do more for rich people. make them credits that everybody who pays income taxes can get. that makes it more fair and progressive. it raises $2.7 trillion, we can use most of that money to lower tax rates....

Cuts. how is that -- >> senate republicans have a bill that would give the president some discretion, especially on defense, over what to cut. what seems to make sense, this kind of wholesale cutting across the board dunce seem to be the best way to do this. but democrats dent seem to want to get on board with that. they have their own bill replacing the sequester cuts. >> neil: why would you be against that? thats an opportunity for the presidentm to say, if youre going to force me to cut, give...

To see them, but they show the projected growth in federal spending is the blue line for 2013 with and without the sequester cuts. the sequester cuts show the red line. it is almost inch perceptible. if you take a look at ba bar graph of the federal bulge net 2013, on the left there without the sequester and on the right with the sequester, again, my eyesight is reasonably good and i almost cannot tell the difference. secretary, the question to you, admiral mike mullen the former chairman of the...

Sequester into perspective, its 85 billion dollars. we have spending problem in washington, we borrow more than a trillion. we roughly borrow 85 billion dollars every 28 days. so what were looking to do is cut less than what we borrow in one month. not what we spend, but what we borrow. this is not time for a road show president. this is a time to look for someone who will lead and work with us, cause were willing to work with them to solve americas problem. >> all right, now, congressman mccart...

>> when i walked down 9th avenue in 1964 going to the warrick -- >> now is the anniversary of the trade center bombing. we will talk to police commissioner ray kelly and one of the statest that could be hard e hardest hit by the sequester cuts, senator tim kaine and robert gibbs and eugene robinson. first, bill karin. >> i have myself a rattner crush, too. didnt think you needed to know that but i do. we are getting nailed again. two storms in about two weeks. the last one we had last week dumpe...