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Hard working taxpayers and we think we have a responsible plan to balance the budget. the reason we do a balanced budget not simply the numbers and it adds up. it leads to a healthy economy that creates jobs. >> and ryan is promoting what he calls pro growth tax reforms to bring all the rates down, harris. >> harris: weve been reporting, also, steve, what some in the media are calling the presidents charm offensive, rather, to try to win over republicans. whats his next move that we know about? ...

That he gives them the political cover to do, frankly, what most of them know needs to be done in terms of the need for us to deal with these very important, but unsustained one-time programs. >> reporter: on tuesday, wednesday and thursday of this week, the president goes to capitol hill for several meetings with democrats and republicans from both houses of congress. harris? >> steve centanni, thank you very much. former republican florida governor jeb bush opening up about growing speculation...

Ever met on the streets here t8 years ago and she put my on the air. a shoutout to you. >> jamie: god bless you, father jonathan. >> eric: thank you, father. >> thank you. >> jamie: it has been more than a week since those automatic budget cuts took effect. the initial impact of the sweeping changes havent been as catastrophic as the obama administration had predicted. thats good news. but are we any closer to balancing the federal budget? paul ryan says he has a plan to get the nations finances...

Steve, thank you very much. >> heather: new fallout from the sequester budget cuts and how it is affecting the brave men and women who serve our country. the army is suspending its tuition assistance for active duty and reserve members. that means soldiers who take weekend or night classes will have to pay for it themselves. >> soldiers are currently enrolled in courses that are approved tuition assistance then there is no change for them. they still have it approved, nod after today. >> bottom ...

Himself to afghans so he can remain influential after the americans are gone. >> its internal pol tig -- politics to say the taliban and the united states are cooperating. but i think its part of president karzais game. he wants to look independent of the united states and of the taliban. >> reporter: defense secretary hagel wrote a letter to all personnel and reminded american and allied forces that right now isab important part of the war since the afghan national security forces are on the ve...

The democratic budget director... had -- had this to say. lets listen. >> now the president is reaching out more broadly, among republicans, which i think is a good thing. ultimately, of course, in order foritous reach an agreement, everybodys got to be willing to compromise. ultimately, our republican colleagues will have to back off their position, where they are saying you cant close one single tax loophole for the purpose of reducing the deficit. >> reporter: of course, the president is plan...

Conditions. northern virginia taking a big hit. leaving more than 100,000 homes and businesses without power. our nations capital has turned mostly into rain. federal offices closing in advance of this over what some are referring to as the snows snow is sequester. as congressman issues day in session. it is business as usual. the not so much if you are traveling. hundreds of flights going in and out of reagan national airport canceled and that is where we find steve centanni. reporter: thats ri...

>> a bipartisan filibuster. old-fashioned style. steve hayes for "weekly standard." a.b. stoddard, associate editor of the hill. syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. okay, steve. what do you think? >> what an interesting day. rand paul going back to his objections from the beginning and the extraordinary exchange with eric holder in front of the judiciary committee this morning. as a practical matter, political matter there is no question if the president needed to use a drone to -- in the ...

All state power in the hands of one man. bret, back to you. >> bret: steve centanni live in venezuela tonight. steve, thank you. era of foreign ministers granted the opposition coalition seat at the arab league. today, the united nations says the number of refugees of the civil war topped 1 million. u.n. warns of what calls a full scale disaster there. the u.s. spent too much and gaped too it willle in the war against iraq. that is the conclusion of the final report for the iraq reconstruction. ...

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...