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Every other bill to run the government effectively doesnt need. this the one set of bills he doesnt need to pass. republicans are using their power to make an ideological power sending it where the argument in total will fail. what part of the strategy may be, it will come back to the house where a revised bill will have a chance of passing with boehner taking out most of the cuts to obama care but giving the right something else. >> the sequester, which is now the moderate position. >> but, oka...

Allotted annually in the federal budget to the community mental health services programs that go out at the local level. and right now were seeing cuts that could amount to as much as 46 million out of those from the sequester. so if we dont do anything, we continue to have cuts to those kind of programs. do you think thats a good thing from a law enforcement perspective? >> absolutely not. we cant afford to have any cuts in anything that involves mental health in this country. a lot of people a...

Your email, your bank account. your phone calls i dont know if they shame me. use as much energy as i want and. begin with a fox news alert this morning. a bus crash in southwest, ohio that we were just telling you about. here it is. leaving 34 people injured just a short time ago. emergency crews said that the greyhound bus was headed to detroit carrying 52 people when it overturned. all of the injured have been taken to nearby hospitals. six had to be air lifted were told injuries minor to ser...

A stockpile of nerve agents. >> a blister agent. because of the highly sensitive nature of the more than 500 tons of chemical weapons that are stored at the bluegrass army depot in kentucky, that site has their own specialist firefighters, which seems like a good idea except that a few months back because of the budget cuts, they got scheduled for furloughs, sent home. dont come to work. >> we spoke with a firefighter at the bluegrass army depot. he expressed concern for the communitys safety. t...

Genius. do not have to look far to see examples of the dumbness of the sequester. there are 41 countries, you think theres a reason to investigate theft, 41 countries, because of the sequester, were only following up on one. the other 40 ripping us off, were just letting them slide. and this is not even to mention the 50,000 american children who have been forced out of preschool because of cuts to federally supported programs, leaving those kids to have to try to raise money for preschool by de...

Thousands in america because of budget cuts. the sequester has cost america somewhere around 190,000 jobs. our infrastructure is crumbling. its kind of dollars and cents kinds of arguments. they contrast that with the fact that just one of those cruise missile cost about $1.6 million. you can count on about 100 to 150 of them being launched. it costs about $100 million a day to keep the navy where they should be over there. its kind of common sense kind of arguments. theyre angry. not buying int...

In this town in 25 years this is one of the first times ive seen federal government falling. the reason youre seeing decline in federal government spending precisely because of spending caps and that sequester. a lot of liberal groups in this town dont like the sequester. they want the government to spend and spend and borrow and borrow. my point this is the first time in over 50 years, jenna, that we have seen a decline in government spending two years in a row. the reason that is happening bec...

Not comforting to me. i like bryce harpers spunk. my wife loves -- my wife is very pro-bryce harper and his twitter feed, but we got to win games. >> well, it was -- when i heard about it and looked at the video this morning which is clearly something that were not allowed to use, i guess. its their video. but man, they were at each other. lets talk about camp pendleton. the president is going to stop, meet with the marines, talk about the defense sequester. thats a big issue thats not gotten en...

Of that. andrew johnson joins us, nice to talk to you. >> thanks for having me. happy to be here, greta. >> what is the secretary doing to preserve the promotion within the hhs for obama care? >> basically, what shes doing is because the department is going to be undergoing a $15.5 billion cut because of the sequester, shes decided that her top priority is going to be promoting and outreach for obama care. its placing funds elsewhere nords to pay for traveling which she most notably said was one...

Standpoint, it is world youth day, the youth turning out for the pope, it was amazing. >> dana has told me before the segment she was taking a -- going for a w-a-l-k. dont have to spell when the dog isnt around. bad phrase. how you say i dont want to do something. i have mixed feelings about this presentation. try that at home when you tell your wife, i have mixed feelings about seeing your mother. doesnt work. >> i have 20 seconds. here goes. the sequester, remember how bad they said it would b...