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Out of work. and there will be more suffering where there needs to be recovery. >> what do you see as the way out of this? in congress since the republicans won control of the house and were sworn in 2011, weve had these repeated trips to the brink, whether its the debt ceiling fights or the government shutdown fights and now this sequester fight. all of them coming to the 11th hour that werent imposed from the country without, but were designed crises. how do we get out of it? >> manufactured c...

Cuts will be fake, phony and wont happen. the main appeal is its already law and it will happen. that is why they do nothing. >> bret: next up, the politics of the sequester fight. stay with us. [ male announcer ] at his current pace, bob will retire when hes 153, which would be fine if bob were a vampire.

For a body in motion. ♪ im bret baier in washington. big story, what some republicans call scare tactics to add pressure over the sequester. to on "special report," we are days away from implementation in cuts in the rate of government spending increases. the white house is warning national security could be impacted. whenever the sequester fight is settled, another budget battle begins. funding for the government runs out in late march and there could be a shutdown. also the debt ceiling limi...

Sequestration is really harming our states and our national economy. >> the sequester was put in place to be a hammer, not a policy. now here we are just a week away. find another way to do it and get it done now. >> arizona, choose. weve got raytheon there. we dont know exactly what that will do. weve got the federal government over there in my opinion not doing their job. >> i think there should be a limbed government but i done like random changes. if you look at my budget, i didnt do across-...

Caucus to support any of his own proposed bills. he is the guy who is bringing in members to work really hard only 126 days this year. he is the elected leader who doesnt care if republicans lose their job and americans lose their jobs. >> if some of those jobs are lost in this, so be it. were broke. its time for us to get serious about how were spending the nations money. >> so on one hand, they say that the president doesnt want the make cuts, but now that were coming down to the wire, theyre ...

58% want to see further gun violence-free safety legislation. it seems like the republicans are painting themselves into a corner and if they go into this sequester fight, its only going to get worse. >> thats absolutely right. they are painting themselves into a corner. and let me just say that a lot of the reason that president obamas favorability ratings have improved is not just that the american people support his -- the policies that he supports, but its also true that the president is exe...

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♪ oh what a relief it is! >> per today in the cycle, the state of politics can put that expectation is the root of all heartache. americans dent expect much in the brand-new nbc poll. >> its clear the sequester fight is putting pressure on both houses. will either survive the tragedy. >> to be or not to be? is it better to be three hours too soon than a minute too late? the republicans only after the cuts take effect. >> all the worlds a stage and the men and women merely players. they have ex...

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Speaker who just cant get his caucus to support any of his own proposed bills. he is the guy who is bringing in members to work really hard only 126 days this year. he is the elected leader who doesnt care if republicans lose their job and americans lose their jobs. >> if some of those jobs are lost in this, so be it. were broke. its time for us to get serious about how were spending the nations money. >> so on one hand, they say that the president doesnt want the make cuts, but now that were co...