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Unfortunately in just four days congress is poised to allow a series of arbitrary, automatic budget cuts to kick in that will slow our economy, eliminate good jobs, and leave a lot of folks who are already pretty thinly stretched scrambling to figure out what to do. jon: so once again, as you heard there the president is blaming congress for this idea of the sequester, although every indication is that it originally came from the white house. at any rate, if you would like to hear more from wh...

Going to speak. house speaker john boehner who has been putting on memos and articles in the "wall street journal" as the president speaks around the country about the damage about to be inflicted on us all friday with the sequestration cuts. finally today hell respond with republican leaders moments away now from a g.o.p. press conference ahead of what democrats have been saying will be all but financial armageddon but four days away. when it gets under way, we are there. >> welcome, im neil ca...

Them. the big item is the sequester cuts that are due to come up on friday if no deal is reached to avert them before then. heres the president on the sequester. >> as ive said we should be asking ourselves three questions every single day. how do we make america a magnet for good jobs? how do we equip our people with skills and training to get those jobs, and how do we make sure if they get those jobs that their hard work actually pays off. as governors youre the ones who are on the ground seei...

Restore the system and that the states are compensated for the economic losses that theyve received. >> reporter: in pretrial statements, bp has contended that no single action, person or party is responsible and that many parties share the blame. its going to be interesting, jenna. jenna: it certainly will be. and well continue to watch it, casey. of thank you. jon: youve probably heard president obama warning americans well be feeling budget cuts as a result of the sequester. a look at the pol...

The phones. after the -- the secretary warned diplomats they could be affected by the sequester. kerry dialed the president of the syrian opposition council and encouraged him to return to the bargaining table at rome. state department officials wont confirm the meeting is back on but we understand the appeal was successful. the sir ran rebels want the u.s. to help them in their bloody two-year uprising against bashar al-assad. the war has claimed more than 70,000 lives. secretary of state john ...

Take over. castros speech was attended by his brother, fidel, who, of course, led the cuban revolution in 1959. this morning oscar pistorius checked in with authorities under the terms of his bail. she free as he waits for his murder trial to start in the death of his girlfriend. more legal troubles for the pass tore yeah family. his holder brother, carl, now officially facing negligent homicide charges for the death of a woman in the 2008 traffic accident. americans still drink too much a...

Sequester is set up, some communities and some places are going to see some pain because some people will be furloughed. the continuing resolution battle ends potentially in a standoff, if it does, with the federal government shutting down. and thats a much bigger deal. jon: yeah. we just heard president obama exhorting the nations governors there at the white house to call your members of congress, visit them while youre in town, let them know that congress needs to get to work. but as you just...

Wanted and, what, now he wants more many. >> of course. yes, he wants more. he got $600 billion in tax rate increases in that deal. now the white house would like to see what the house speaker brought to the table the first time which was closing loopholes and deductions, and they would like to go after that, the white house would, as a part of this broader deal. of this is all shaping up towards the end of the month, jon, and this is the continuing resolution. and that is really the next big ba...

President held a news concerns at the white house in which -- news conference at the white house in which he said he was going to hold congress feet to the fire, and he was not going to erase this sequester, kind of sword of dam cleese over the head of congress, and he was going to leave it in place. and it is now here. jon: yep. >> even lawmakers talking about passing whats called transfer authority enabling these agencies, the pentagon and others, to set priorities and not this draconian seque...

Especially over the past weekend over who is to blame for getting us into this pickle. republicans have been quoting a piece by bob woodward in "the washington post" that says the sequester was initiated by the white house and brainchild of neighbors. the white house has pushed back on this. they insist revenue has always been part of the equation. how much does this matter in this big debate? >> you know, i think it matters a little bit but not very much. i think, you know, talking with congres...