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The same talking points that the president presented a precise, specific, detailed plan to solve the sequester problem in a balanced fashion. but the president has never laid out such a measure. so we really dont know. i think the president has been content to this point in raising these concerns about the impact of the sequester. he was happy to have secretary of transportation ray lahood go out and say 5,000 air traffic controllers are going to have to be furloughed. the interior secretary sal...

Laid off or kids not have access to head start, or deeper cuts in student loan programs just because you want to protect a special tax interest loophole that the vast majority of americans dont benefit from. thats the choice. thats the question. >> gretchen: i dont understand is, in the debates way back before the election in november, the president said that he wanted to solve this sequester problem. if you are the president of the united states, dont you have the power to figure out how to sol...

Good morning. im chris jansing. developing news from the white house. in 45 minutes we are expecting president obama to talk about the $85 billion in the harsh automatic budget cuts known as the sequester. hell be in the south court auditorium of the white house with a group of first responders. those are the folks whose jobs are on the line if the president and congress dont reach a deal. time is running out. the cuts would go into effect march 1st and congress in recess this week, it gives t...

Happy with that, going to sit pretty at least until that happens. >> molly ball and matt friedman, big thanks to you both. >> thanks, craig. coming up, making it personal, how president obamas using the emotions of the shooting in newtown, connecticut, and other gun tragedies to make his case for new gun laws. plus how will congress solve the sequester problem in the short term? if its left? if its gone home? its gone home for recess. why go on recess? ill ask congresswoman marsha blackburn ...

The policies we did and it cost money, no question about it. on the other hand, in the relative scheme of things we, thought it was very, very important to address those issues. i think its very important at this stage to come back on this basic fundamental proposition of debt. what drives the entitlements? defense is a small portion of the budget. weve already agreed to cut $500 billion out of that in a budget thats going to start in october. they want to take out another $500 billion out of de...

The policies we did and it cost money, no question about it. on the other hand, in the relative scheme of things we, thought it was very, very important to address those issues. i think its very important at this stage to come back on this basic fundamental proposition of debt. what drives the entitlements? defense is a small portion of the budget. weve already agreed to cut $500 billion out of that in a budget thats going to start in october. they want to take out another $500 billion out of de...

today wisconsin is a fall preview. >> they look at wisconsin, and they see americas battleground between people who want to work together to solve problems and penal who want to divide and conquer. >> democratic challenger and milwaukee mayor tom barrett on his bid to oust the republican governor in a recall race. then battleground politics with virginia republican governor bob mcdonald, u.s. jobs and the bloodshed in syria. plus, unemployment is up, the dow is down, and the presidenti...

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