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Senator reid said no, was to say okay, what about a one-year delay? >> well, i think the original demand was viewed by the american public as unreasonable, and as a result kind of armed harry reid and president obama to dig in their heels and to continue to point to republicans as being utterly unreasonable no matter what we proposed later on. >> reporter: but george will says democrats didnt seem particularly reasonable either. >> the president followed his sequester folly, the sky is falling, ...

>> reporter: true. but they disagreed on how to avoid them. republicans want entitlement reform. the president asks for higher taxes and new spending programs. >> im announcing the launch of three more of these manufacturing hubs. use some of our oil and gas revenues to fund an energy security front. put people to work as soon as possible on our most urgent repairs. make high-quality free school available to every single child in america. redesign americas high schools so they better equip gradu...

Have come to see him on occasion theyve come out and made statements and said that actually he is totally innocent, and his agent too who came over the weekend and said that he was innocent too and also added that his sponsors were completely behind him, draen. >> thank you so much. its going to be a big day in court tomorrow. well see you there. coming up next here, the sequester showdown. our political briefing up next. e can keep this car fresh, we loaded it with fast food, sweaty hockey ge...