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You know, are you concerned that you are starting so far apart? is it what you would expect? where do you see common ground? >> i dont think there are any surprises in the republican or the democratic budget. i think we need to come together and have a balanced way to deal with our fiscal challenges. so i think we need to include tax expenditures, a large part of our federal expenditures in the tax code. and the military also needs to be part of deficit reduction. we also need to do this in a se...

Because of su kwefrt they cut my fails. my joke writers have been placed on furlough. i know a lot of you reported that no one will feel any immediate impact because of the sequester. well, youre about to find out how long you are. some of you have said that im ignoring the washington press corps, that were too controlling. you know what, you were right. i was wrong. and i want to apologize in a video on white house.gov. and finally, in the words of one of my favorite star trek characters, cap...

By higher taxes and the payroll tax on everybody went up and, of course, gasoline prices? >> you are absolutely right. gasoline prices, higher taxes and dont forget the impact of obamacare. what is going on is is a tremendous scramble among workers and employers who employ people say in retail and restaurants in reducing hours to keep penalized from the new government program. there is a lot of things going on. you do obamacare it reduces hiring. >> gregg: the bipartisan policy center predicts t...

This statement about it. the report reads, any job creation is positive news, but the fact is unemployment in america is still way above the levels the obama white house projected when the $1 trillion stimulus bill was enacted. and the ongoing spending binge resulted in a debt that exceeds the size of our entire economy. so at this stage, a week into the sequester, how concerned are democrats that any positive signs we are now seeing in the economy might be erased as the sequester continues? >> ...

And still didnt find it. could be small. i dont know. every time i go through they check my dental work. so i dont get it. i will say this, i will say this in their defense, we never had an incident since 9/11 and thank god. >> here is the other thing, juan. we never caught anyone. >> thats true. martha: we never stop ad terrorist in this program ever. >> i was giving you glass half-full version. martha: people are basically posing as terrorists to get through. what do you think?. >> i think sor...

Be true yes or no, playing for a majority in the house? >> yes i do. one of the key things to me is sequestration. the way that he played it which was, game of chicken. let me try to force the republicans right up to the end to sort of the unilaterally capitulate and give me taxes. he was never very clear what taxes. never laid out a plan saying vote for my plan. i want the republicans admit that we need to raise taxes. it didnt work. and his job approval ratings plummeted. but the other thing i...

The fiscalicy in order and his popularity would be sky high. >> and the federal revenue, 2.7 trillion dollars, the highest ever federal revenue and why are we in such tough shape. and the building debts that weve had and the debt service, but what happened? >> here is the reason why, youre right were going to have 2.7 trillion dollars in revenue burr our outlays are 3.553, this is cbo yesterday. >> we dont try to cut back at all. >> thats after sequestration. >> greta: thats after the sequestrat...

The fiscal policy in order and his popularity would be sky high. >> and the federal revenue, 2.7 trillion dollars, the highest ever federal revenue and why are we in such tough shape. and the building debts that weve had and the debt service, but what happened? >> here is the reason why, youre right were going to have 2.7 trillion dollars in revenue burr our outlays are 3.553, this is cbo yesterday. >> we dont try to cut back at all. >> thats after sequestration. >> greta: thats after the seques...

Those are the people over at s&p and fitch and moodies who are very willing to downgrade americas credit if we dont get our act together and im concern about that going into the end of march. >> neil: there was a story that the rating agencies held back when the sequestration cuts went through because to hear some of these reports, they figured some cuts were better than no cuts, even clumsy cuts better than no cuts. awkward sloppy cuts better than no cuts. so in a way sequestration kind of save...

Wednesday. take a look at this. a new shift. we could be looking at another shift as we head into thursday and friday. >> a lot of late season snow here. may end up getting in what we talked about. that lead us to our next topic. first cabinet meeting of the second term to sound the alarm about sequestration cuts. steve centanni is live in washington with more. >> that will happen at the end of the month if they dont reach an agreement. he will do all he can to minimize the effect of the sequest...