Sequester Hit News Today

What we saw with the world war ii vets, now the death benefits cant be paid though top administration officials knew about it. we are learning more facts that are raising eyebrows for some. >> it reminds you of what happened when the sequester hit. remember that? and the white house tours were shut down and how it backfired. one might have thought the president and his team would have recognized as this situation approached that with the publics habit of blaming republicans for a government shut...

After the other. and every time you give them something, they dont stop. they come back and take another person. and now this time they brought the hostages into the middle of the village and threatening to blow the village up. you cant negotiate. it seems that the presidents position is untenable, because he doesnt want to default. this is clear. but if you give in again, having as you pointed out, already given on the numbers, already given on the idea of debt and deficits. deficits are alread...

Were seeing the sequester hit poor people particularly hard. some of the people affected will testify before congress next week in a hearing on the state of the american dream. joining me now from portland, oregon, is diedre, who will be testifying before the senate subcommittee on economic policy on wednesday. thank you for joining me. >> thank you. >> so you work for two on one which is a human services hotline, is that right? >> yes. >> tell me both from your own experiences and from what you...

Seniors are delivered meals on time. it is another example of how americans are doing what the government apparently cannot. joining me from tallahasee, florida is the president and c.e.o. good morning to you, sir. i know this issue has been near and dear to your heart, this issue of making sure seniors do not go hungry. tell me about how the sequester hit your program in florida. >> we anticipated at the end of the year that we were going to have a problem, so in january we prepared by taking a...

$50 million worth of new uniforms a week before sequester hit and parties at the white house usin use taxpar money. trying to do whatever to hurt the most people and it is not a fair approach to handle this. >> greta: a lot of people object to it because it doesnt allow us to use a scalpel and determine what is more important than other things. how come this group of people are exempted? i realize a hiring freeze but why arent they getting a cut like everyone else is? >> that is a great question...

The flight tracking service says flights heading to florida especially are seeing delays. the president of the air traffic controllers union at newark airport in new jersey said some flights out of there have been sent back to newark because the washington air traffic control system was overwhelmed. joining me now, the report we are the associated pretty, scott, thank you for your time. >> this was predicted right around the time the sequester hit. now were seeing the impact. >> yesterday it wen...

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Strategy bred from their failure to win the high road on the sequester debate and realizing they have to show engagement? >> will im all for engagement, i think more engagement is better than less engagement. you can asked, i have asked why we didnt see this engagement before the sequester hit. the white house has answers to that, none of which are particularly convincing to me. i would go back and say that all budgets are political documents, they are, the line item versions of how, what your v...

Jehmu the last word. >> she doesnt want to address the fact even though we added 236,000 jobs in february. >> a lot of part-time jobs. >> kelly: youre he not going to get the last word, this debate will likely continue. ladies, were running out of time and jehmu green, and janine, we thank you both. what youre echoing is exactly the sentiment in washington where the republicans and democrats cant seem to agree on how to move forward even after having a sequester hit us and hopefully will not hit...

And if theyre criticized for using that responsibility or authority, so be it. but that is what you expect of presidents. this president seems more inclined to let the chips fall where they may and fall as hard as they might as long as he can blame somebody else. it is very unusual for the president. >>steve: brit hit the nail on the head. presidents have to put on their big-boy pants. in this case, when you look at whats happening, did you know ever since the sequester hit, what the d.n.c. is d...