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Been heard and traced, millions of americans are still being impacted by the cuts. a new poll released today by cbs and the new york times found that 27% of americans say that sequester is personally affecting them somewhat or a great deal. thats a huge number of americans whose lives are being directly impacted by the sequester and were only a month and a half into this thing. when you scratch the surface of the latest polling a bit, you start to see a very real measurable difference in how peo...

The forecast for tomorrow for april, the forecast, 150,000 jobs added. unemployment of 7.6%. the good news, a lot better than europe, where they have 12% unemployment, and throwing out the life raft to keep the economy going. but its just not -- doesnt feel robust. >> no, it does not feel robust. lets talk about why, steven? does the sequester, forced cuts have anything to do with it? >> look, i am a fan of the sequester. the fact that we have gotten serious, or semi serious about the budget def...

Which are subject to medicare cuts mandated by the sequester. since become so expensive to administer cancer clinics around the country are turning medicare patients away. while congress is in recess this week, the effects of reckless decisions continue to beat down people around the country every single day, and they have a requirement to fix this thing. accept the normalcy of a post-sequester world as the status quo and we here refuse to do that. so, joining me tonight, rose gerber, director o...

New congress, zero is the number of times theyve actually proposed a replacement for the sequester. so, we can help those seniors on chemo therapy and help remove the other disruptive by replacing it. >> all right. heres the question, what is the leverage here, what is the leverage, right? republicans have a majority in the house, they actually like cuts to nondiscretionary funding like this. they are quite happy with them. theres a few things here and there, their flights are delayed, that cong...

Only from venus embrace. we asked total strangers to watch it for us. thank you so much. i appreciate it. ill be right back. they didnt take a dime. how much in fees does your bank take to watch your money? if your bank takes more money than a stranger, you need an ally. ally bank. your money needs an ally. why, perchance, that part of the sequester? >> a few hours after voting, members left capitol hill and headed to the airport for a week long recess.

The parties didnt get together after the election. 2014 will be a fight about whether he didnt get anything done or whether the republicans -- >> hang on. hang on. his budget dead on arrival. three budgets in a row. he cant get one democrat to support. sequestration -- >> sean, he is not going to get ten cents in new taxes out of that republican house, which means just what you said is correct. his budget is dead. big budget deal is dead. the best they are going to get is could be he will some l...

The parties didnt get together after the election. 2014 will be a fight about whether he didnt get anything done or whether the republicans -- >> hang on. hang on. his budget dead on arrival. three budgets in a row. he cant get one democrat to support. sequestration -- >> sean, he is not going to get ten cents in new taxes out of that republican house, which means just what you said is correct. his budget is dead. big budget deal is dead. the best they are going to get is could be he will some l...

Hit late 80s, you hit elderly. >> 85, 92. >> youre stuck. >> that is correct. >> youre running out of money. >> that is correct. these arent people that can go out and shout in the streets and make sure the folks on capitol hill know whats going on. they are truly shut in. >> whats a meal like? >> meals good, tasty. >> not an unhealthy pizza? >> if we were to eat that meal all day, wed be big. probably their only meal all day. >> 4:00, 5:00 in the afternoon, how does it come in? >> most around t...

>> does he have any leverage left. >> hows he doing. >> to mark the occasion, the president plans a press conference at 10:15 a.m. >> the 39th press conference of his administration. ♪ >> the washington press corp meeting the president for the first of his weekly conferences. there are 234 of the elite journalism present. >> things are pretty dysfunctional on capitol hill. >> a rapid fire of questions and answers. >> do you have the juice to get the rest of your agenda through congress? >> the...

♪ >> the washington press corp meeting the president for the first of his weekly conferences. there are 234 of the elite journalism present. >> things are pretty dysfunctional on capitol hill. >> a rapid fire of questions and answers. >> do you have the juice to get the rest of your agenda through congress? >> the questions the president answers frankly. >> maybe i should pack up and go home. >> this is democracy in action. >> lets just step back for a second. >> the president also addressing ...