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To need the caped crusader the previous guest was talking about. look, i think if the leaders can get together and do two things. one, come up with a plan to replace the sequester for a period of time. even if its a relatively short period of time, two or three months. and then use that time to try and get a framework on the longer term agreement -- >> neil: been there, done that. >> well, actually, the reason we keep luhr king from artificial crisis to artificial crisis we have not got an compr...

How many reports have we heard from over 80% of the federal budget is exempt from the sequester. over 80%. how many times have we heard the media say were about $85 billion this year, when the congressional budget office said its $44 billion this year. how many times have the media reported that were talking about $22 billion when it comes to domestic spending, not even $44 billion. and we have a pretty brand new government accountability office report that tells us every single year theres an e...

Spending cuts known as the sequester. woodward slammed the president. he said the budget fight is madness. woodward says he hasnt seen the likes of since the nixon administration. that conjures up all kinds of mental connections when people think about that. woodward is explaining how the white house responded to him. watch this. >> said, youre focusing on a few specific trees that gives a very wrong impression of the forest. but perhaps we will just not see eye-to-eye here. he says, you know, i...

Thought up sequestration. they basically admitted. they lied about that, yes, it was their idea. this offers a window how washington works, suck uping air kiss between reporter and source. it is honest about it to claim youre threatened when youre writing e-mail you never need to apologize to me. i will see you at lunch. bye. sort of hard for woodward to have it both ways even though he legitimately caught them lying that doesnt undue that legitimate fact. this is not the boss ture -- posture af...

Woodward. this all happened when woodward challenged how the sequester came about. he says he got a threatening email saying quote, i apologize for raising my voice in our conversation about. youre focusing on a few trees that dont give a full sraouf view of the forest. doug schoen is here and also monica crowley. good morning to both of you. monica you have a special relationship with bob woodward, proceed tpegt professionally. >> i worked with president nixon during the last four years, and we...

Msnbc here he is with wolf blitzer. >> they said, look we dont see eye to eye on this. they never really said, afterward they said this was factually wrong and it was said to me in an email -- it was said very clearly, you will regret doing this. bill: does the white house expect bob woodward to take on the president? >> well,. bill: is that the bottom line? >> i dont know. what is interesting is that if this is in fact a white house attack on bob woodward its not because they think hes lying, i...

In a helicopter. that comes up in less than an hour from now. in the meantime back here at home, the white house is now changing its tune a bit on how dramatic those defense spending cuts would be if they take effect tomorrow. brand new hour of "americas newsroom" getting rolling right about now. im martha maccallum. bill: im bill hemmer. a couple of deadlines coming up today, huh? and then you have the pope later this hour. last night the president said the cuts should not send americans into c...

Perfection game one is rarely repeated. >> other journal *eufpss are piling on bob woodward because he dares to speak about the president and the sequester. the big question is not woodward versus the white house its that this president has a serious sequester credibility problem in his tale about how it came about. >> a credibility problem. >> a credibility problem in general. >> yes, absolutely. bill: thank both of you. we are going to run because we are watching the vatican, okay. much more t...

State. that will --. bill: let me get that in a a moment. i dont think anybody is arguing that. you call this a man-made crisis. why wait until friday to sit down and talk with the leaders who could make it happen in congress? >> i think there is real conviction in the white house and frankly in the house as well that the speaker has decided that the sequester has to be initiated. this decision was really made probably a month or two ago as a way of managing their own members. that a lot of the ...

He is surrounded by people that lie to us all the time. thats the truth. and what woodward did he helped bring the veil down ever so slightly and now well see what the rest of need ya does as i said on my show. seems to be about 80/10 defending the white house. 80 defending, about 10% defending -- another 10% are probably drunk. >> neil: i dont know about the drunk thing. mark, always good having you on. now, whether gene sperling meant to be threatening, my nest given says it comes down from th...