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News. well, we just had one of these weeks here at wal-mart u.s., where are all the customers? and where is their money? >> i dont disagree with matt that people there was certainly a shock to it. a lot of people got that paycheck. >> megyn: they werent expecting it, thought it was just the rich. >> i thought it was my cousin i was so jealous of. >> megyn: i dont care if he pays more, not me. >> it certainly was not sequestration and people thought that was the asteroid that blew by a few days a...

The budget cuts and if those go through, those people arent spending money and overall coming to the economy with the sequester. >> megyn: really? i hate to contradict the narrative of the major media outlets, but are people paying attention to the sequester? >> no, i do not think they are. not the average person going to wal-mart or just spending-- >> the sequester, marge, the sequester is coming. >> we have to push back the purchase of a big box of soda because of sequestration and i personall...

And 160 million people who got a tax hike that were not expecting a tax hike, on top of that, december there was a ton of money in this country and incomes were up huge because everybody wanted to beat the tax hikes, dividend payouts and special bonuses and savings went through the roof. it felt like the american public was so afraid they started to save money which is definitely against our dna and theyre pulling back a little bit and i think that wal-mart is feeling is. >> and wal-mart is tell...

Trouble hurt by this every day, americans by the sequester. the president using the leverage of almost guilt to try to convince people to listen up. >> are you willing to see a bunch of first responders lose their job because you want to protect some special interest tax loophole? are you willing to have teachers laid off? or kids not have access to head-start? >> so, again, painting the picture of what it means ten days from now if the sequester, the first round kicks in, a sfamt from john boeh...

Tweeted ever and the hug right there. chip, let me ask you, as we look at the other big headline today, politico. gop senators waiting for president obamas outreach would they be most likely to get a tweet from barack obama and would that be more helpful in negotiating problems with our sequester? >> as long as it was signed b.o. and means its done by him and done that way. you have to look out for that look. i think what is fascinated about this white house they use the different portals to get...

The difference between those deals and the sequester is the sequester there is no discretion. we cant say first responders are valuable thing and we cut them and go deep into farm subsidies. we have to do everything same across the board. so you get very stupid cuts in very important parts of federal spending like first responders. >> when we talk about entitlement issues here with medicare and medicaid and social security they are protected with the sequester cuts. you wrote the taxes paid and ...

Washington where president obama is surrounded by uniform police and is now issuing dire warnings about the consequences if automatic budget cuts, the sequester, will create job losses and a setback to the recovery if that goes into effect next week. in response senate republican leader mitch mcconnell still prefers campaign events to -- joining me now for our daily fix, chris calizza and managing editor of post politics.com. well, chris, we saw the performance at the white house. this was a set...

Tip oneill. these personal relationships that matter. >> take a listen to this, though, chip. this was this morning on "morning joe" talking about that. bridging and building personal relationships. >> i think the president could do a lot of good by walking over to capitol hill and saying, okay, lets go. >> but he doesnt do that. i cant figure out why he cant pick up the phone. >> we have gravity and that will not change. the president will not suddenly become bill clinton. >> chip, just at the ...

This "the washington post" columnist and msnbc columnist ezra klein. we showed the president earlier this hour and flanked by first responders. quite an optic at the white house. how is the sequester going to effect everyday americans? the point the president was trying to make here about the cuts? >> lets back up and say what it is. its about a trillion dollars of spending cuts over ten years. the spending cuts done in a very dumb way. they are spread automatically in the exact same proportion ...

Many of his members vote against him but get enough democrats in the house and then in the senate to put something through. but i think theyre going to muddle through with some mediocre little measure that puts all this off again. >> if no deal is reached to avert the sequester, who has more to gain in that regard politically? who has more to lose? >> i think that both sides now assume that the sequester goes into effect march 1st. when they passed it last year, it was seemed as impossible -- a ...