presumably to subdue what the suspect is. what do you make of his response? you heard what noah said, and the press core was brought out as if was over and he was done. he took a minute and a half and he is back onstage, back on his rally speech. i thought it was a great impromptu moment for him. he said nobody said it was going to be easy for us, and he went right back into his speech, not all of it on prompter and then unfortunately right after started talking about the sequestration process and of course there s military spending that got hit and republicans has held that process hostage since that budget deal, but i will give him credit that he responded the way he should, and he didn t seem scared.
it was artificially created in order to be unbearable, but it is a ridiculous way to run a country. and gee, all we needed was a clown like ted cruz to come in and egg on the house republicans to shut everything down and he seems to manage not to bear any personal responsibility or have to make any tough calls himself. but we ll see what he does. he could torpedo this whole thing by refusing to give his consent. matt lewis, what s going to happen, matt? i ve been calling a lot of my conservative friends in the house on the hill, they seem just as concerned as everybody else that we could have a default. we could continue the sequestration process which really hurts defense, hurts dod, hurts our intel capability. what your hearing? here s what i think might
if if does the payments will stop, and even before then regional offices handling disability claims will likely cut back on services. federal law enforcement agencies such as the fbi coast guard will be exempted, as will about personnel who protect life and properties, from from air traffic controllers to meat inspectors but with 800,000 federal workers accomplishingees of agencies like the national park service, nasa, and federally operated museums, expected to be benched this week. this community is feeling beth frustrated and apprehensive. federal employees and executives have been through a three-year pay freeze, several of these near shutdowns, through the sequestration process which resulted in furloughs over the summer. so, there s sort of a combination of anger and fear of what might come, and i think a certain sort of sense of resignation about, here we go again. roughly the same number of federal employees, 800,000, were
that we re going to take these revenues from taxes on the wealthiest americans that came about as a result of the year-end deal, even though paul ryan and the republicans in the house fought against that revenue increase every step of the way, which is why the supercommittee didn t reach agreement and why we ended up with the sequestration process after one year of getting know where so when you look at their plan for fixing medicare by voucherizing it and cutting dramatically the benefits to people who rely on medicaid, it s an unworkable solution and that s why we have to talk about real, practical fixes, including focusing on run away health care spending and how we get that under control by being looking at the behavioral economics that is at the root of health care costs. well, let s look at the other side. we know you re running for senate to replace a retiring tom harkin. right.
republican governor rick scott actually agrees writing to the president, he says, quote, the impacts on florida s military installations and defense industries will be severe under sequestration. our immediate concerns include dramatic reductions to our national guard, which threatens our ability to respond to wildfires this spring and hurricanes this summer. oh, do they need federal funds to do that? what a handy reminder. governor scott, of course, blamed the president for the sequestration process. by the way, the day before the sequester hits, the house of representatives has taken a long weekend and gone on recess until monday. nice work if you can get it. let s get right to nbc s kristin welker who is at the white house. kristin, the sequester, as you and i know, is just hours away, and so is the president s meeting with congressional leaders tomorrow, is this about the sequester or do you think now that we re going to actually