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Christie has not -- well, hes sought some accommodation with his legislature, and its a democratic legislature, so he has divided government. but his approach is kind of basically to bully the other side into submission. and he does it with a smile. and again, its been effective. i think president obama is in a different situation. theres been a lot of fun made of the president, that he hasnt been leaderly enough and hes been timid in his budget. but i think on the national scale, you have to --...

Certainly for the next year, so for the next little while, someone is going to have to sacrifice. were either going to pay higher taxes, seek cuts or both. we vote government officials into office to represent our interests, and it seems to at least some americans reducing debt is one of our major interests. so i guess heres my question to you. at what point do voters aloulow the government, allow their elected officials to make the tough choices we elect them to make without threatening to thro...

Economy at risk by just ignoring the issues? >> that what keeps drawing 14.12 trillion dollars and another 1.6 this year, 1.1 for next year, you have to, you have no choice. you have to go after medicare, medicaid, cut them, raise the social security retirement age from 65 to 68 or game over, well continue to run deficits. and by the way, by the way, 2.36% growth rate going forward, if you dont get that its going to be 2 trillion dollar debt. >> brenda: hold on, hold on just a minute. governors ...

Table really deal with the huge giant structural problems that are ailing the country. in fact, the house republicans didnt cast it on the $60 billion in cuts until nearly 5:00 a.m. and that huge cut that dominated our attention is only looking at the current fiscal year which runs through september, only $60 billion out of more than a trillion dollars so its a tiny drop in the bucket. >> but $60 billion that would be felt were it to go through over seven months instead of 12. that will pinch ha...

Gop. third rail republicans now. all these third rail issues, pension reforms never went after teachers or firefighters. theyre going after them now. >> the point. >> feel differently about social issues. >> great discussion. thank y thank you so much. a controversial issue from a controversial star, suzanne somers. what shes saying that is really raising eyebrows. thats next. happybaby strives to make the best organic baby food. in a business like ours, personal connections are so important. ...

There are blizzard warnings posted. winds over 100 miles an hour in parts of northern california, and over 60 miles in salt lake city proper. and very high winds moving through the intermountain west. a bit of a break in precipwise today. meanwhile, record highs continue to pile up across parts of the midsection. well talk about that and how warm its going to get in the big apple today. t.j. and kiran, back to you. >> thanks so much. also coming up, he says he doesnt want to be president, but ...

I did not vaporize into the carpeting, and i said it! we have to reform medicare, because it costs too much. and it is going to bankrupt us. once again, lightning did not come through the windows and strike me dead. and we -- >> martha: thats the way we talk in jersey, steve. i know, im from there! talk to me about where hes going there and what hes pointing to, as what could be real potential. its a shock of all shocks, right? >> yeah, i thought that was the most interesting part of his speech ...

>> education, transportation and energy. >> yes. >> in terms of all discretionary spending in the budget. >> so chris christie is saying get out front, lead on this and hes saying if you do it, you wont lose politically. you will win politically. just like -- >> down the road. down the road. hes been saying that to people who belong to unions in new jersey. they dont like them now but maybe like them down the road when the pensions are safe. it seems to me in this speech, hes calling out republi...

Bankrupting america and led to the largest deficit in history are medicare, medicaid, social security and defense. you have to look at defense. martha: lets look at the -- what ari is talking about, demonstrating the problem, nondefense is 610. look at the chunk medicare and social security take up and you have the interest on the debt and then you have defense. even within defense there are areas a lot of people think we could see cuts. >> the president has to find a way to fix social security ...

Bill: he is a tough hoosier! baker is doing just fine, he told the folks there, who rescued him, he is not going kayaking in the winter, ever again! martha: seemed like a good idea at the time, right? you know what this is, about the third rail, folks, medicare, social security, and medicaid. critics are now going after president obama because he didnt touch any of those in his new budget plan, and several analysts out there believe that both parties are kind of playing a game of chicken here, w...