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Were going to try to get him back. but im wondering, jon, youve never been in this situation, we call john the macguyver of fox news, and you talk about s snow hes one, and flown one. and if there are any passengers on board that flight. is there anything nethey can do to help? >> no, stay seated and seat belts tight and follow the pilots instructions. its going to be a clincher of a landing and everybody is going to be paying attention on this one. >> megyn: and just to let folks now, its keepi...

>> megyn: and thats the thinking, you and punxsutawney phil are the only ones to believe that. >> punxsutawney phil got it wrong, i think. he was drinking that night. see you later. >> megyn: okay. well, this weekend we heard the first big interview with former republican presidential nominee mitt romney as he and his wife ann sat down with our own chris wallace on fox news sunday. among other things, the former candidate suggested some of the countrys current budget troubles can be blamed on wh...

Cut the budget than what he calls this silly sequester the president demanded. he said president obama is kicking the can down the road, kicking it so far, were running out of road. and that the president didnt seem to have any plan of his own for cutting spending. listen. >> if he had a plan, why wouldnt senate democrats go ahead and pass it? the house acted twice over the last ten months to replace the sequester. the president got his tax hikes on january 1. if were going to get rid of loop ho...

States. [applause] thats going to be called whats the sequester. his position is i represent the people, they represent ideology. i represent the folks and they represent the rich. he won the election on that find of argument. he won on the fiscal cliff, on that kind of argument. if he came out and wins the next round on the sequester, i think he will have weakened and fractured the republican house in a way that will clear the way to his being the dominant actor in washington for the next term....

States. [applause] thats going to be called whats the sequester. his position is i represent the people, they represent ideology. i represent the folks and they represent the rich. he won the election on that find of argument. he won on the fiscal cliff, on that kind of argument. if he came out and wins the next round on the sequester, i think he will have weakened and fractured the republican house in a way that will clear the way to his being the dominant actor in washington for the next term....

The president wants to raise taxes and keep spending as is. thats very different from the republican side which says enough with the tax increases. get on with serious spending cuts. they are very, very far apart. >>gretchen: republicans were on the record yesterday -- we played at the top of the hour -- saying were willing to increase revenue by reducing some of these tax loopholes if -- if -- we talk about the big spending issues like entitlements. >>steve: and tax reform. >> they are edging t...

Steve is live in washington on this monday morning. despite the fact the presidents cabinet and the president said pretty much the sky was going to fall, it didnt fall. >> not yet. even some republicans, however, mitch mcconnell, the senate minority leader, saying the sequester only imposes modest cuts, though. hes downplaying the size of the sequester, the possible impact of the sequester. nothing on the horizon that could reverse all that. house speaker john boehner saying spending is out of c...

And you dont have two days and two lawyers to find out what it means after you read the bill? >> democrats did pass the bill though it took a rare last minute parliamentary tactic to do it. >> the speaker. >> john: with the help of the tea party republicans took back the house in 2010. >> that didnt allow the g.o.p. to pass their own policies, only to block those of the president, but on one issue, the ability to just say no gave house republicans enormous leverage to force spending cuts. if the...

>> would you trust any of the folks in washington d.c.? >> none of them. >> none of them. >> right now the highest on trust is 6% because theyre not trustworthy. we had john boehner over the weekend saying i dont know how this mess is going to be resolved. talking about the sequester and the budget. by god, hes one of the three most important people in the equation in determining how to resolve it. and stan had it right. if he says theres a storm coming, pay attention. >> megyn: see the clouds o...

Unpopular, the white house just kept saying, no, eventually it will be popular, eventually it will be popular, and its sort of fascinating that romney now agree with them, that it might be the obama care that it might be the early stages of following things like medicare that are ultimately seen as a benefit, part of the safety net that is actually quite popular. >> i think one thing that was an agreement on, it was very popular among hispanics, which has been part of that conversation that mitt...