Sequester Hadn T News Today

Common, you will see some communities of interest forming over the next few weeks over these other issues. >> the white house sequester strategy, what can we make of it. >> what the president appeared to say fairly clearly yesterday that hes not going to use the upcoming fight over the continuation of the government spending bill that will keep the government open past march 27th when the current bill expires. the president could come back and try to make the sequester an issue again there and g...

This week implied he felt threatened by a white house official gene sperling after noting the white houses responsibility for the sequester. ed okeefe of "the washington post," a colleague of bob woodward. manu raju of politico, not a colleague of woodward. why did the story even become such a big deal? >> bob woodward is a legend and that always becomes news and then when he actually lays out why he felt potentially threatened or was attacked by the white house in a very blunt and direct way. t...

Larger issue which was the sequester and the cuts taking effect friday. >> the effects people in this country. the root of this back and forth was the president was responsible first automatic spending cuts. the white house argues he was not. rer republicans say he was. who is correct? whos right? >> oh, man, you will put that to me, craig? its the $64,000 question in this town this week, right? >> thats why we put it to you. >> exactly. everyones responsible for it one way or another. yes, as b...

Home. if you come back here, this blue house is where this entire incident started and on the left or to my right, your left, this home was also evacuated just after the incident and family members spent the afternoon taking out their belongings here. its been a difficult afternoon for this entire neighborhood and theyre worried that what happens is the sink hole just keeps growing, craig. >> nbcs gabe gutierrez showing us whats happening on the ground in florida. thank you, sir. the military ...

Its happening because republicans in congress chose this outcome over closing a single wasteful tax loophole that helped reduce the deficit. >> the gop brought out kathy mcmorris rojers to respond. >> in the house, weve done the work and shown that these choices can be made in a responsible, thoughtful way. so we urge president obama and the senate democrats to put country ahead of party and pass a responsible plan to replace the sequester. and also this afternoon, four former senators, tom da...

And that our true north is how are we helping american families suck see the. deficit reduction is part of that agenda and an important part, but its not the only part and i dont want us to be paralyzed on everything just because we disagree on this one thing. >> lynn, whats first on the presidents post-sequester agenda? >> well, i would say its a simultaneous agenda think of it going on three or four track set once. you have the gun legislation thats making its way towards votes. there is a hea...

Spiteser quoting, almost no traffic on 395 a.m. joe pounder, another rnc official saying i was surprised today when coming into work that that sequester hadnt turned washington into some scene out of mad max. it did not end when the budgets went through. how much hyperbole did the white house describe with the sequester? >> everyone has been using hyperbole. >> present company excluded, of course. >> of course, craig, of course. >> youve driven the stree stre washington and you know how bad it c...

To come to a bipartisan agreement on these other major deadlines coming down the pipeline and possibly with some time to spare? >> well, i will tell you, several weeks ago i was much more optimistic than i am now. i didnt believe that my republican colleagues would want the sequester to go forward, but now it seems as though they have embraced it. i do have to hold out and be optimistic and say that we will get a deal done because we absolutely have to. the government cant be shut down and these...

>> last question here before i let you go. >> i have to wonder how can the next pope have the most influence? would it be better for the conclave to choose someone from a part of the world where catholicism is strong or might a choice like a cardinal dolan here in north america inspire a place where catholicism is on the decline? >> in fact, catholicism is in a much stronger position in the united states today than it was 20 years ago. the american seminary here in rome right above where we are ...

Mcconnell and rank and file republicans will agree with his approach for more taxes in order to deal with the sequester and its a very risky proposition because the economy could begin to slow and the president could end up getting the blame for that at the end of the day. >> do we think the gop was ever serious at all about negotiating here over the sequester? >> not on this round of negotiations, no. i think they dug in after that fiscal cliff and made it clear if the president got his tax inc...