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Well, you finally have cuts. thats why republicans are not that -- most republicans, including speaker john boehner, he doesnt like the sequester, but he says well, weve got to get cuts some way. and obama doesnt want to cut, so we have to take what we can get. >> were seeing cuts, and later ill speak with a four-star general about the defense part of this because at least half of the 85 billion will come from defense. those are automatic cuts, and that could impact national security. well ask h...

Comments. pat advised the democrat whose ran for president and they are bullying everyone all the time. >> you are saying that obama is a bigger bully than rich nixon? >> i because the youngest person on nixons enemy list and i can smell the game when it is happening. i think he is equal, maybe worse because he is so arrogant. >> nixon had a hostile media. >> the press conference was as embarrassing as anything in history. he said come help. you have good ideas you work for me and not one of tho...

See what happens. theyre going to try to collect these aneck dote dotes and urgem to call members of congress. we dont now how the sequester will affect the nation, but theyre going to have to -- the lobbyists have to prove to congress that this part of the sequester should be remedied. >> it seems to me that the one thing that americans will feel the most, especially as we get toward easter and other holidays, that theyll go to the airport, they will have those flight delays as predicted becaus...

That raised revenues, which speaker boehner himself you know had called for, as well as long-term entitlements together to get rid of the sequester was not only not moving the goal post, that was the whole idea of the sequester. and i think that email was cordial. it was substantive. it was polite. >> but youre going to regret it. do you think thats a good idea to say that? >> ive had a 20-year relationship with bob woodward. its been friendly. cordial. those emails are very substantive. cordial...

Causes hundreds of homes to collapse and injured 30. it is reported that 2,500 homes were damaged and 700 others were destroyed. mission accomplished. a privately built unmanned spacecraft successfully docking with the international space station to deliver supplies after serious mechanical trouble on friday. >> president obama and congress failing to reach a deal to avoid forced spending cuts. now the house speaker boehner said they better get on the same page because they are facing a possible...

Is his way or the highway and that is not good leadership. we need to consider what cuts are necessary. sequestration is a start but not the right type of cuts. we need to manage good growth for our nation. >> heather: funny you should mention the highway. white house officials they said over the coming weeks the president will continue taking his message on the road highlighting people and places that he says will be hurt by the sequester. i want to take a look at the latest poll. when asked wh...

Sperling squared off this morning on the sunday talk hoes in the aftermath of the $85 billion budget cut called the sequester. the speaker says he doesnt think anyone knows how this situation gets results. he blamed the president for kicking the can farther down the road, saying we are running out of road to kick the can down and says the president doesnt seem to have a plan. >> if he had a plan, why wouldnt the senate democrats pass it? the house has acted twice in the last 10 months to replace...

Necessary as opposed to 29% with the confidence lawmakers can fix the deficit? does that mean that the voters are already aware theyre going to be hit? >> i think so, jamie. i think that a lot of people know that these cuts are coming and they could be bad. i think its going to depend on which sector is hit, and the big question, of course, is the sequester going to cost any lives, and if there are flight delays, is that because of sequester? is that what is going to be the reason or there are a...

Academy awards which is another matter. >>gregg: it was the $9,000 dress. >> the poll indicates and another poll shows the economy is folding and we have a dip and people are suffering and no one in washington is talking about it. i think the president won the week because the republicans in the shot term do not know how to do this. >>gregg: this poll is how does your family feel about the economy. it has taken a nose dive. >> you have had the personal income diving because of the taxes. food pr...

That is all that matters. >> yesterday, crews ended the effort to recover bushs body after determining that this was no sign of life. as a precaution several homes near have been evacuated. >>gregg: fallout from the budget chopping block, president obama signing an executive order over forced spending cuts when negotiations on both sides broke down. speaker boehner said the president and senate democrats never put forth a serious proposal. >> if he had a plan why wouldnt senate democrats pass it...