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Kidding. i dont kid. here we are. >> this is a campaign full of wwe rallies where the chant was build that wall. he was not messing around. the homeland security directors are coming out implementing these new measures. shouldnt be a surprise. but the challenges he faces are a surprise to him and his administration. because enforcing the laws are difficult. we dont have immigration judges or detention facilities. some of these countries wont accept immigrants back in. its easier said than done b...

Merkel. >> im joined by congressman elijah cummings of maryland, ranking member of the oversight committee. congressman cummings, i appreciate your time. thanks for being with us. >> good to be with you. >> my question is, are we less safe now and really what damage has been done? as i ask you that question, i quote from the new nsa director who specifically said that the revelations in his opinion do not lead him to the conclusion that the sky is falling. so is the sky falling? how big is the...

The nation is in default and many bad things may follow. thats more or less their definition of it. republicans, however, are essentially saying, at least some of them are saying no, only this top one, the interest, must be paid in full to avoid default. imagine that this is the mortgage on your house, you must pay it. these other checks are for electricity, water, gas. yeah, you owe it, they should be on time but they can be a little late without the sky falling. you see the difference here. fo...

Arrest by trary way right now. they dont want further tax increases but it will be an interesting back and forth and see whether this propels those negotiations over a budget deal. >> back to austans remarks, he says that now youre going to interestingly start seeing a the love discussion about maybe the sequester is a bigger deal than people thought. we know after that deadline passed, there were many who mocked the presidents reaction saying where is the sky falling? we were supposed to see lo...

And it is health care where were spending orders of magnitude more than any other nation on health care. if were serious, somehow thats where we have to get our house in order. if were going to save the money we need to in the long term. >> picking up on your point about the sky falling, dont you think it is pretty odd that the situation were in, we started with a debate over whether these cuts were a good thing. and now were having this national debate over whether they are a thing. because in ...

Not a government shutdown actually occurs, there wont be much time before the next major battle on the hill after that because in the middle of may, the debt ceiling must be be raised if the united states wants to pay its bills on time. back to you in new york. >> alisyn: oh, thats exciting, peter, thank you for that coming attraction. thats great. so weve gotten to the sequester, 23 days until the next battle shutdown and then i didnt know about the may deadline, and im going to set my calendar...

Of labor said between i think it was june of 2011 and july of 2012 that they found 5 billion in improper payments for unemployment. 5 billion. >> we found 110 billion in inappropriate statements, but this government is spending twice now what it did ten years ago and theres plenty of waste to be dealt with and we cant find 2 1/2% cuts without the president going around the country trying to scare people in an effort to try to raise taxes. were a strong, resilient nation and were going to get thr...

Of labor said between i think it was june of 2011 and july of 2012 that they found 5 billion in improper payments for unemployment. 5 billion. >> we found 110 billion in inappropriate statements, but this government is spending twice now what it did ten years ago and theres plenty of waste to be dealt with and we cant find 2 1/2% cuts without the president going around the country trying to scare people in an effort to try to raise taxes. were a strong, resilient nation and were going to get thr...

And in lubbock, texas and government said they put more people in the towers but in reno there was only one. that one was asleep. are the skies safe? >> well, the skies are absolutely safe and let me start off by saying any controller in the tower is an indefensible situation. but that doesnt represent the 10,000 controllers working their tails off to get people from point a to point b. you look up at the crash in 2009 and three million operations, 1.5 operations. safety in the sky falling, that...

>> but the entire machine is not designed to solve any ofç thes problems. the machine is to declare the sky falling, cover the sky as it falls, and look for the next piece of falling sky and never deal with the reason why the sky is falling. >> or, to cover something youre saying or to use the sky is falling as a cover to maintain the imbalances and institutional card game. so you keep the status quo goin going. >> go ahead, mark. >> let me suggest this whole analogy of the bad status quo, and...