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There are a lot of reasons other than the government stepping in to trip the economy -- >> even though all these problems in washington with the sequester. >> despite the problems in washington, this continues to happen. it is factored in. isha is here with a 360 news bulletin. >> ron paul, eric holder stopped short of absolutely ruling out a drone strike against an american citizen on u.s. soil. he also said it had never been done and the obama administration had no plans of orders such a str...

>> the rules outside the united states are different than the rules inside the united states. >> paul held the floor for three hours and step minutes by himself. looking live at the senate floor he is still going strong. others joined him on the floor to ask him lengthy questions and give him a bit of a breather. bret? >> bret: we will continue to follow that and have more with the panel. thanks. >> president obama invited senate republicans for a night out minus the snow here in washington. chi...

Backward. there are a lot of reasons other than the government stepping in to trip the economy -- >> even though all these problems in washington with the sequester. >> despite the problems in washington, this continues to happen. it is factored in. isha is here with a 360 news bulletin. >> ron paul, eric holder stopped short of absolutely ruling out a drone strike against an american citizen on u.s. soil. he also said it had never been done and the obama administration had no plans of orders ...

One senior democratic congressional aides said that the president seems to view relations with lawmakers as a chore and not an opportunity. is this the right thing to do, to be inviting some of these republican senators to dinner? >> yes, his mitch mcconnell said, he should have done a long time ago. its not just republicans, but the entire congressional delegation. oftentimes they feel that they dont make that effort to develop the kind of ties that allow you to drive people and understand what...

White house. we had a budget below where the sequester is taking us. we had lots of tours. >>steve: absolutely. the other thing that this administration is not saying is those white house tours are given by volunteers, people who dont make any money. congressman tim griffin, republican from arkansas, sir, thank you very much for joining us today. >> thank you for having me on. >>steve: good luck getting home. i know its snowing there. >> straight ahead, a sink hole swallows a man whole. now scam...

Biden, hows the naval observatory? they shut off tours there. >>gretchen: the government released thousands of illegals thanks to the sequester. now theres word the plan was even to release more. >>brian: the dow is at an all-time high. will president obama use this rally to raise taxes? stuart varney is next. [ female announcer ] you can make macaroni & cheese without freshly-made pasta. you could also cut corners by making it without 100% real cheddar cheese. but then...it wouldnt be stouffers...

Washington. but yesterday the white house said, look, were already shutting down the white house. but its not because of the snow. its because of the sequester. theyre saying they took about a $1 million hit, so what theyre going to do is theyre going to shut off white house tours. theyre going to stop them. >>brian: they are pricey. lets be honest. when you walk through there, when youre doing the self-tour, you wait on-line and no one talks to you and you go in because your name is on a list a...

Brown by the punches. the republicans are being invited over for dinner, some of them anyway, there are signs that the president is trying to reach out to republicans to try to come up with a new budget deal. mitch mcconnell says that he welcomes the move. >> i expect the president has talked to various members and i wish he would have done more of that over the years. we have had very limited interaction with the president and he certainly doesnt have to go through me and im sure he will and i ...

Out by congress woman christie gnome of california. she asked congressman vilsack are you trying to use the sequester in the most destructive way possible? he had no answer. all we can do is point it out when its there for a reason. if in two weeks youre waiting three hours to get on a plane or youre inconvenienced in any sort of way, if you find out more thousands have been let out of prison in arizona and texas because of sequester, then people are going to say those bad republicans, they allo...

House tours. heres the thing about the white house tours that the white house doesnt mention. the people who are giving the tours? they are volunteers. they dont get paid. so exactly how much money are they going to save? probably not that much because, as brian said, and as weve been telling you for the last month, the white house is just trying to scare you. and now that the sequester has kicked in, to make it look as painful as possible. >>gretchen: this is a high-profile thing too. this is a...