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Those we visited with over the last several days in israel, the remarks and the statements and the way that he has carried himself with the jewish people and with benjamin netanyahu over the last several days, this is the speech and this is the visit that the israeli people wanted to see early in the presidents administration, in his first year as a senior administration official, formally guiding the policy. advisers acknowledged that the first year of his first term was in many ways a miscalcu...

Other. >> i would love to hear from bob. he doesnt read as a threat. >> now with this information, i think the ball goes over to bobs side of the court and its time for him to respond. gene, gene, the dancing machine. he was great on the show. he and chuck barry. way too early. >> time for a non-holiday version. see you tomorrow. thanks for watching. >> 30 seconds i will never get back. as the clock ticks down to the sequester deadline, the chances are slim to none to find a deal with leaders an...

Be 90,000 civilians furloughed from d.o.d., army base funds cut by $146 million. navy canceled maintenance on ships. what are your big concern cans? >> the impact on virginias economy. we look at it and know there could be up to 200,000 jobs affected by this, both direct and indirect. a $20 million impact. i think that we have a pathway forward. theres been a lot of ideas about how do we reduce spending equal to the $85 billion to meet the sequester deadline. that could be done. i want to make s...

Including the transportation department which oversees air traffic control will be impacted. nbcs michelle franzen has more on whats in store if washington misses the sequester deadline. michelle. >> reporter: alex, like you said just about every federal agency could feel the brunt of the automatic cuts if washington cant reach a deal by friday. the defense department could take the biggest hit. they could see a cut of nearly $43 billion which will impact weapons purchases and base operations. u...

>> yeah. lots of conditions attached to this. it seemed like the judge wanted to do what he had to do according to the law based on those questions that i mentioned, but he didnt want to make it easy for pistorius. you can really tell how careful this judge was being. maybe wanting to please everyone by not making it too cut and dry and just releasing him. pistorius now has to surrender his passports, his guns. he cant use drugs or alcohol. he cant return to the scene of the alleged crime, which...

Make a couple of really tough speeches like he did yesterday, and the republicans will cave. i mean, that is the history of this. >> krystal ball, i wish i could share rush limbaughs confidence -- >> he is always right, so -- >> of yeah, how this works, i dont really have a counter-theory of how this works out. weve never been here before, so were just guessing. >> well, and the problem is here for republicans, they dont want to agree to any tax increases in this deal. so they feel like the cuts...

I mean, that is the history of this. >> krystal ball, i wish i could share rush limbaughs confidence -- >> he is always right, so -- >> of yeah, how this works, i dont really have a counter-theory of how this works out. weve never been here before, so were just guessing. >> well, and the problem is here for republicans, they dont want to agree to any tax increases in this deal. so they feel like the cuts that are on the table are better than having to agree to tax increases. and the democrats fe...

More tax increases. we agreed to that to avoid the fiscal cliff. we will not do that with sequestration. you are working with john boehner to make sure all republicans on are message. i was talking to a moderate democratic senator last week saying he thinks it could be into the spring or summer before members realize maybe we should do something here and we have to get home for our parades and for the fourth of july and it may drag out that long. >> irin, you have congress in recess until the 25...

What is his gain? >> well, i think he is ready for a shutdown. i dont know that he would be ready to refuse to lift the debt ceiling. but, you know, he cease himself as having won something in the fiscal cliff go-round, chris, and so -- and i think that boehner sees himself as having lost something and needing to win back the fealty of those tea party republicans. so i still think were in for an ugly few months. but i think they -- if they wont do the debt ceiling, they have less leverage. >> wh...

Warfare. >> that nightmare scenario triple threat includes raising the debt ceiling. you remember the last time that was fought over, the u.s. credit rating was downgraded. the sequester deadline was march 1st and then theres that continuing budget resolution. that expires on march 27th. im joined by the national journals congressional correspondent. chris, aint we got fun here? zit like one crisis to another, chris. >> compared to the fiscal cliff, how serious is this triple sf t threat? >> i t...