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They were a happy family >> ten weeks after the sequester taking effect, the economy and reunions for 2 other two women released there was none of them the most vulnerable in this that for michelle knight because society are continuing to she didnt have anywhere to go. experience its effects. we are not sure who is taking care of her. >> who are those most i assume it is a social service agency or nonprofit group. vulnerable. think head start, think after school programs. people like that who st...

Expanding enfranchisement. >> thank you for joining me today. i appreciate your insights. coming up we have only two days, less than 24 or 48 hours until the sequester taking effect. and now we have the president. asking for face to face meetings with congressional leaders. it is the first time hes meeting with some on the right face to face. plus hagel at the helm after weeks of delay but no delay in getting to work today. he is on the job. our power panel is going to weigh in on that coming ...

Tonight at the academy awards, and before heading off on a multi-nation tour secretary of state john kerry wished ben affleck the best of luck at the assors tonight for his film "argo." both john kerry and ben affleck are, of course, from massachusetts. to the political playground we go. turns out sequester is terrible for news rearedship and internet traffic. we knew this. a recent pew research poll found that just 27% of you have heard, quote, a lot about the sequester taking effect later this...

Kristen. lets talk about the president, what hes doing this weekend to help broker some sort of a deal to avoid the sequester taking effect on friday. >> reporter: alex, good afternoon. the president says hes going to have conversations with members of congress and throughout the week. but so far the limited conversations they have had have yielded no results. both sides are dug in it seems increasingly likely the sequester will kick in. on friday president obama met with the prime minister of j...

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Happens. the unemployment rate is stuck around 8%. this is a pretty lousy time for nothing to happen. in fact, if you look at the cbo projections, the projection with the sequester taking effect is for the unemployment rate to be 7.9% the first half of this year, 8% for the second half of this year. so, basically stuck at a place thats really very disadvantageous for so many workers. >> jared, let me interrupt this colloquy here and ask you, jared, we know that there are other looming fiscal fig...