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With mental health that would be important. when we have the sequester debate, we hear, well, heres the actual reality were creating with long-term cuts when we need more support. what do you think politically is the wall or separation here from those realities and stories actually translating into some action? >> i think the problem honest hi is we wait until there is a tremendous horrific tragedy to act. in virginia, for instance, after the virginia tech massacre, there was a ton of funding po...

Crowds listening to i dont know about rubio but other tea partiers, thats not the message. they want to hear im going to washington and blocking stuff. im going to make sure gridlock keeps going. its not just that we have a politician, i agree with mike, who like the president said im not blue, im not red, im going here to get things done, its that we have a base whos pretty divided on that issue. >> now i think on that point, the question is how does a senator cory booker perform in the heat of...

Lieutenant governor and the governor take care of, you know, the federal stuff, the federal end of it. and they kind of keep me in the loop on that. but i just want to make sure that everybody in my community is taken care of. if they need something that they can call me. im just that kind of guy. like ive said before, my family moved here in the 1940s, so these are, you know, friends and acquaintances weve known for a long time. i know a lot of them. >> there is going to be a debate over federa...

Pass would have added the embarrassment of overridden veto he decided to go with it. >> bret: despite what they say publicly? >> brit: exactly. >> bret: all right, brit. thank you. president obama has tapped charlottes mayor to lead the department at the center of the sequester debate. i nominated anthony fox for transportation secretary. fox is the first african-american the president has chosen for his second-term cabinet. if confirmed fox will replace ray la hood, one of the few republicans s...

Really interesting was hearing your story and then you talking about the sequester and your feeling about government spending and the first thing i wanted to know was when the sequester debate was happening, were you following it and did you think it would have an impact on your life? >> no. well, first of all, thanks for having me here. and id like to point out that while i think my car smells like failure, its not because i work at a pizza place. its because of the decisions ive made that have...

Really interesting was hearing your story and then you talking about the sequester and your feeling about government spending and the first thing i wanted to know was when the sequester debate was happening, were you following it and did you think it would have an impact on your life? >> no. well, first of all, thanks for having me here. and id like to point out that while i think my car smells like failure, its not because i work at a pizza place. its because of the decisions ive made that have...

Sequester debate was happening, were you following it and did you think it would have an impact on your life? >> no. well, first of all, thanks for having me here. and id like to point out that while i think my car smells like failure, its not because i work at a pizza place. its because of the decisions ive made that have made, thats the failure that ive made is to put me in the spot that im in. where as the sequestration certainly exacerbates the problem ive made for myself. however, no. to an...

Congressional committee recently compiled a list detailing more than $42 billion worth of wasteful spending and costly regulations. some highlights? how about taxpayer money funding the development of a dancing iphone with robots. snail sex research. and puppet shows for kids. what great idea. you cant make this stuff up, folks. that waste is enough to fund 45,000 years worth of white house tours. one of the first government functions that shut down during the sequester debate as you remember it...

The impact of those cuts, whether it was president obamas very dramatic press conference that he held with first-responders. whether it was having secretary of transportation ray lahood to the white house to brief about the potential impact of those cuts, they sold it as if the nation were going to fall into some sort of a catastrophe and even if there are these cuts, even if the cuts that you just described go into effect and have some impact, i think for most people the impact will be minimal ...

Get rid sports teams? youll see immediate reductions in what children are able to have at schools and military bases. the whole state of virginia -- virginia will see a disproportionate share of the pain. if you are a state that has a lot of military sort of infrastructure, like colorado, so its going to hit in a lot of places a lot harder than others, and i think for republicans it sounds like its fine for the whole country and that its fear mongering, but if you are a person thats losing one-f...