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Michelle account has to be cut by 8%. this is why congress and the president both say better alternative would be to settle on a deal that would pick different winners and losers. >> heather: back to the polling numbers, white house officials say the president will continue taking his message on the road. you mentioned it and gregg and i were talking about flying to the battleground states on air force one highlighting, he says, people hurt by the sequester. but his approval rate is down 8 point...

They may be actually losing this right now. so, i think as we move forward and evaluate whether sequester is actually a big deal for the economy, i think this is one of the anecdotes thats going to be front and center. >> well, $2 million is $2 million. your latest article about the republican paul ryans budget and how it might change the medicare cutoff point. whats the controversy there? some in ryans own party are squawking about this, right? >> thats right. paul ryan will come out with his l...

Fashion to figure out the best way to reduce government. >> well, mayor booker has a lot more to say about the effects of sequestration on his city. i talked to him about how hes helping the fight against childhood obesity. well have the rest of his discussion here at 1:30 p.m. eastern. for more on the sequester and the presidents dining diplomacy, lets bring in john yarmouth. welcome back. good morning. >> good morning to you. >> do you think the white house really needs to suspend the white ...

Charitable can be complicated and people dont break it down, but theres a lot of misinformation. the sequester is providing a drag. so congresswoman blackburn may be right that business owners are making investments and making decisions that are growing the economy based on the sequester, but everything i have seen is economists saying its putting a drag on the economy. this is the wrong time -- >> you know what? we may disagree. i think basically this is the grand solution. i think the democrat...

Criticized for not reaching out enough to members of congress. he is now reaching out to rank and file members of congress and also circumventing congressional leaders really in admission to some extent that dealing with congressional leaders hasnt been getting the job done. as you point out, alex, the president has been talking to these members of congress about deficit reduction and, of course, the sequester, ways in which they can cut off the sequester which took effect last week. we are seei...

And the spending cuts are already taking a toll. the army announced friday it is suspending tuition assistance for soldiers as a result of the budget squeeze. that shut down effective as of 5 p.m. eastern time yesterday. soldiers already enrolled in the program are allowed to continue. the marine corps suspended tuition assistance. starting today, most of the general public will get to see the white house only from the outside. the secret service aus suspended all tours at 1600 pennsylvania aven...

>> so, there appears to be some goodwill, genuine appreciation. the president reached out which hes not known for doing in the first term. did anything concrete happen in those first meetings? >> its hard for us to tell. we know what they ate but we dont really know what they said. the white house is closely guarding the details of this meeting. and even many of the republican senators in attendance are very unwilling to talk about exactly what was discussed. we assume that in the future, the de...

Goal if we simply hold the annual growth of spending to 3.4% each year. >> the president says he wants the senate to pass a comprehensive immigration bill in the next three months. he made those comments during a meeting with faith leaders on friday. kristin welker at the white house for us with another hello to you on this saturday, kristin. i know the president also says he plans to hold some more meetings on the sequester next week. what are you hearing about that? >> well, thats right, ale...

But there are other ways that i think the white house could have made -- made those cuts. >> yeah. lets take a look at your state because kentucky, the white house is projecting some mandatory spending cuts of about $20 million in education funding. more than $100 million trimmed from the military. more than 10,000 civilian d.o.d. employees being furloughed. any impact thus far? have you seen anything as a result? >> weve gotten bits and pieces. one school principal in my district said that hed ...

Onto anything that includes tax increases, unless we really see the sequester impact start to take a turn for the worse. unless the white houses predictions turn out to be true. you know, i think were still a very long way away from actually having any kind of an agreement on this. >> well, heres a practical application of the sequester, aaron, and your colleague david has a front-page story on the white house stopping tours beginning told. i mean, is that really a victim of the sequester cuts o...