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Forward on the jobs front. >> neil: isnt the greater risk to the economy this constant maneuvering to do just what youre saying? that everytime were up against the brink we find a way to just move the goalposts? >> well, thats why i think we should use this time, next two or three months, first to replace the sequester so you dont begin to see the very negative impacts of the sequester, and according to the nonpartisan congressional budget office, if you allow the sequester to take full effect f...

A private based in iraq. he saw the videos. he was troubled by it. an interesting tidbit is he had first tried he said in the statement to contact "the new york times." >> i saw that. >> "the washington post." never got a response which is why he eventually turned to wikileaks. >> all right. our national investigate ifr correspondent, michael isikoff for us. thanks as always. >> thank you. time now for the "gut check." veteran washington journalist bob woodward in a dust-up with the white hous...

So that we would come together on a long-term plan. and thats what ought to happen. so my hope is that tomorrow when the president sits down with the leaders from both sides of the aisle, theyll come to their senses, the republicans will, understand he is our president and lets not hurt the president. lets not hurt the country. lets come together on a long-range plan. >> senator barbara boxer of california, thank you. >> thanks. want to bring in the "news nation" plitd call panel now. nancy co...

Moments in political reported a, the sequester was originally thought up in the white house and approved by the b. he b he made the claim in his reporting and reported widely on television, increased taxes closing loopholes the president is talking about speech after speech were not part of the original deal with the house republicans. that the president chenged the goalposts as woodward put it. both these things have been politically damaging to the white house. theyre very upset with bob woodw...

Emotional dynamic and difficult. >> sequester doesnt sound nearly as sexy, either, chris. >> i dont know what the sexy term is for sequester. >> nancy, lets throw numbers here on the screen. this is fifth crisis past two years. more to come. march 28th, government could run out of money. april 15th, congress has to pass a budget resolution or they wont get their paychecks. we have a feeling theyll figure that out. on or may 19th, hitting the debt creoling again. what can we glean about budget ba...

Bond rating goes in the toilet but theyre willing to do it in this case. >> neil: do you think theres something bigger at play here, that at it one thing to make a convincing argument in public, whether youre the president or any one of his cabinet secretaries. but then to be called out on it and proven that you had at best misrepresent and maybe at worst lied about it, and there are people are starting to say that doesnt jibe with what you seed, and even if the administering tries to backtrack,...

And take between sources and reporters. and a lot of the description this was a threat i think when you see that e-mail as well as the e-mail that bob woodward replied it wasnt a threat. >> theres a perception of a thin skin and saying that they have to be willing to live in the world where theyre challenged, referring to president obamas aides. but this friction with journalists, it does not seem to be that unusual with this white house. no? >> oh, its a constant give and take. and not only wit...

Major fiscal battles ahead and the debt ceiling battle ahead could be quite epic, actually. that would have a real economic impact and could lead to a credit downgrade. >> chris, you know, whether the sequester was created in the negotiations, it seemed like perhaps a fundamental miscalculation was made. a majority of republicans would not let the defense cuts hit because thats a piece of spending that they were for politically could defend. what changed that calculation? >> you know, i think th...

Senate democratic plan that does more to perpetuate the culture of -- than spending that washington democrats claim to be concerned about. >> meanwhile, president obamas scheduled to meet with leaders tomorrow and no resolution is expected from that. joining me now, democratic senator barbara boxer of california. senator boxer, good to see you. >> same here. >> republicans are expected to block the democratic plan to avert the sequest we are the filibuster were told and while the republican plan...

Magnificent voice mocking claims that there will be travel delays and other impacts from the sequester, and boehners claim that this is an effort to, quote, steal more money for government. professor peterson, what do you make of that rhetoric? >> that language is extremely offensive, martin. to refer to an increase in revenue is collecting greater percentage of taxes for those who are the wealthiest americans in this nation is -- thats a striking statement to me, and it doesnt make any sense. l...