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>> but in the meantime, sequester is going to happen. >> right. >> its going to happen and the cuts are going to be uneven as far as the public. the public is going to feel it in different ways. >> right. >> its not like the fiscal cliff. >> a community like the president was in yesterday, newport news, theyre going to feel it pretty quickly. but not all parts of the country will. so public opinion, as a driver of this, it doesnt seem its going to hit the way the white house -- >> and this is wh...

Tell us something. and the revenue is definitely not at record highs. here is a graph, the final number is what the congressional budget office expects the number to be this year as the economy, 16.9%, yeah, not the highest ever. that was about 20 in 2000. anyway, because speaker boehner wouldnt agree to raise revenue washington is doing nothing to stop the sequester, a sequester that is really unpopular. according to a newly released msnbc wall street journal poll, 21% of the americans think th...

One direction albums. youre like in this slugfest. its like ali/frazier 4, man, with the white house. you guys going back and forth. they did not take kindly to the fact that the president said hey, this wasnt my idea. and you, of course, you know, found evidence that it was. whats going on with the white house? >> which the white house has conceded, that it was the presidents idea, the sequester. you mention that word and people flee. and i think peoples heads are about to explode about all of ...

Critical to protecting minority voting rights." and by the way, that its congress job to deal with this. . back to sequester, joining me now is david gregory, moderator of nbcs "meet the press." mr. gregory, good morning, on a wednesday morning. the end game. i say this because you asked this question of republican leaders, of folks at the white house, and other than hope, there doesnt seem to be a strategy. >> right. because i dont think were at the end game yet. i think the key for republica...

The sequester is getting something done. it is just a dumb thing to get done, a dumb thing to do. this is the part of the show i get to tell you about anything i want to tell you. i want to tell you about a better way to do it. in fact, 15 ways to do it. do we have the clock? okay, the hamilton project is a think tank here in washington. and they asked experts to make the policies to reach two goals. they make the economy better, by growing the economy or protecting the environment or something....

Authority for the reason the president said, not just in terms of defense but in terms of domestic spending where there are also very deep cuts. and the way one white house official put it to me, he said that is great. theyre going to give us the -- the power -- >> might give them that, too. >> theyre going to give us the power to decide which finger to cut off. do you cut head start or early childhood education, and then feeding programs and so forth? so they see it as a political trap. but i a...

Official put it to me, he said that is great. theyre going to give us the -- the power -- >> might give them that, too. >> theyre going to give us the power to decide which finger to cut off. do you cut head start or early childhood education, and then feeding programs and so forth? so they see it as a political trap. but i also agree with you, ezra, that even if somehow theyre forced to the table by the sequester, which is questionable, there are these other trip wires that are coming. and i do...

Not at record highs. here is a graph, the final number is what the congressional budget office expects the number to be this year as the economy, 16.9%, yeah, not the highest ever. that was about 20 in 2000. anyway, because speaker boehner wouldnt agree to raise revenue washington is doing nothing to stop the sequester, a sequester that is really unpopular. according to a newly released msnbc wall street journal poll, 21% of the americans think the cuts are a good idea. i would like to meet them...

Well, get us nowhere. but speaker boehner refuses to negotiate, this is literally his announced policy right now. he wouldnt talk to the white house. the way he sees it to jump start negotiations with obama, he would be slammed for engaging in out of sight secret talks with the president who the party doesnt trust. he will endanger his very speakership, both are simply nonstarters. this is a nonstarter to negotiate and a nonstarter to compromise. so what is left? well, the sequester is left. joi...

It is crickets, as you would describe. there is nothing going on. and were sort of in a situation where everybody is in the canoe which is about to go over the water fall and nobody is paddling. what are they doing to start negotiations? nothing from either side, from what i can tell. and everybody is now moving to the next phase, which is the sequester goes into effect on friday. we see what happens, world saved, world doomed. you know, how dramatic it will be, probably not so immediately drama...