You heard alison kosik say were not going to hit the 14,164 today but we there is a lot going on in washington with the sequester and we have to hope that we are going to be seeing these kinds of numbers, wolf. We certainly hope it for a long time. But depending on what depending on what washington does, well have to see if it sticks. Wolf blitzer . Thanks very much. Happening now, forced budget cuts just days away. Were going to show you three ways the across the board spending reductions could impact you. Also, a diamond heist right out of the movies. 50 million worth of stolen diamonds from an airplane. How they got away. It might surprise you. Plus, a horse meat scandal spreads to one of the Worlds Largest food companies. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Congress did it, congress can undo it. President obama is warning of dire consequences for all of us in lawmakers dont act quickly. Were talking about those forced budget cuts that take effect march 1st, slashing 85 billion from spending across the board this year. But with just ten days left, the consequences are backing more alarming. President obama outlined some of them today, told congress, lets make a deal while there is still some time. My door is open. Ive put tough cuts and reforms on the table. I am willing to work with anybody to get this job done. None of us will get 100 of what we want. But nobody should want these cuts to go through because the last thing our families can afford right now is pain imposed unnecessarily by partisan recklessness and ideological rigid tea here in washington. Visually, the president tried to make that point by having Law Enforcement officers standing behind him. Many of them could lose their jobs. Our joe johns is covering that with the different ways that the budget cuts could directly affect you. We also have renee marsh covering the potential cut and how it kol affect the food we eat. Lets start with joe at the Supreme Court. Joe . Wolf, the federal Bar Association says a quarter of federal Court Employees might have to be furloughed as well. Jury trials might have to be suspended because theres no money to pay the members of the juries. The Justice System is going to be affected across the board, especially the Justice Department. The president has said its an issue of national security. Fbi agents will be furloughed. Federal prosecutors will have to close cases and let criminals go. For example, the fbi would have to cut 2300 employees, hundreds of agents. Others would be affected as well, including Border Security agents. Also, Correctional Officers who work at federal prisons. However, one man i spoke to with the Cato Institute in washington, d. C. , told me there is a silver lining. Its not asking too much for the government to take a tiny bit of trimming. Reporter we do know there are places at the Justice Department to cut. For example, there was a report that came out just last year from the General Accountability Office that said that theres as much as 33 billion spent since the year 2005 on Crime Prevention programs that are often duplicative and counterproductive. Now lets go to renee la mark at vwi airport. Reporter thats right, wolf. If youre flying out of airports like vwi, you are looking for a tough time if these cuts go through. Lets talk about the faa. They are expecting to see an 8. 2 budget cut. That translates to 627 million this year. That could mean furloughs for some employees. Lets talk about the tsa. They could also see furloughs and cuts in over time. I want to show you what that could mean for you, the travelers. That could mean that wait cuts at security lines could be more than an hour. We also know that wait times at customs could go up by 50 . Flight delays. That would be simply because of fewer air Traffic Controllers and instead of conducting business, it could be stuck in those long lines. So we spoke to the airport director here at bwi and he talked about what travel could look like. Take a listen. If you think back to post 9 11, when you didnt have the people on hand to handle all of the passengers, thats what you could be looking at. Reporter okay. Despite that, he sounds pretty confident that things will still remain safe as far as flying but he made it very clear, things will be slow moving. From here, lets go on over to erin with more. Reporter thanks, rene. These forced budget cuts would also lead to less money for Public Health problems as well as Less Research for the international health. Just this morning the president said, quote, hundreds of thousands of americans will lose access to primary care and Preventive Care like flu vaccinations and cancer screenings and the cuts to Mental Health funding will leave 373,000 americans left untreated. Now, that might mean scaling back on Youth Violence prevention programs. The politicians on both sides of the aisle want to see more of after that shooting in newtown. On top of that, the Agriculture Department also thinks our food supply might be at risk, that the food inspectors would have a 15day furlough, which means no safety check on meat, poultry, or eggs. Stores cant sell unchecked meat. And so for our viewers that would mean a lot less protein in the supermarket for weeks. Tom vilsack says forced cuts would result in a loss of two billion pounds of meat, three billion pounds of poultry and 200 Million Pounds of eggs. Vilsack is already worried that store also try to sell unchecked meat illegally. Dont be just wary of that but be watching for higher prices at the supermarket. One thing we need to make sure that we remember, wolf, is that these cuts are just estimates. This morning i spoke to top Senate Officials who say there are smarter cuts that the white house could be making as far as health care is concerned. Theres a 7 billion slush fund in obama care. They could use that as opposed to some cuts to the National Institutes of health. Wolf . Erin mcpike, thanks. Joe johns and rene marsh, thanks to you. Rand paul says these forced budget cuts simply dont go far enough. Im going to be speaking with him later about it. Im filling in for Anderson Cooper on ac 360 right here on cnn. Much more coming up here in the situation room as well. Meanwhile, a surprise announcement by president obama. The man who led allied forces in afghanistan is retiring from the United States military. The marine corps john allen was on track to become natos next Supreme Commander but hes stepping down because of Health Issues in his family. The president calls general allen one of americas finest military leaders. Now he will retire. Lets get to one of the most daring robberies weve seen in some time. Thieves dressed as police broke into an airport in europe, got into a planes cargo hold, and got away with some 50 million in diamonds. Cnns tom foreman has the details which sound straight out of a film from hollywood. What happened here, tom . Youre right, wolf. Heres brussels, belgian, and this is what happened. This airplane was getting ready to leave from the airport for a short little flight over to zurich. What they didnt know at that time is that two vehicles with eight robbers, according to authorities, were cutting a fence down here and getting on to airport property. They came streaking up, driving right across the airport here, all the way up to the plane, and in three minutes time with guns drawn, they managed to take away more than 100 packages from this plane and they came streaking back the same way they went and they were back outside. Now, there are huge questions about when the alarm sounded and why it didnt sound further. We do know the passengers didnt even realize it was happening because it happened very quickly without a single fire shot. We know what happened next. Out into the city they went. This is where it gets quite fascinating. Once they came out of the airport, somewhere down around here, look at all of the art rarelies that they could have gone to. If you think about it, just driving 30 Miles Per Hour in five minutes they could have been beyond that radius in almost any direction, wolf. Its been an extraordinary story of how they were organized, the whole thing from beginning to end took about 11 minutes and then they were gone without a trace. They found a burned out vehicle that they think is connected to this but they dont know if it was the direction they went or anything else. The bottom line is, the diamonds are gone. If you want a sense of what 50 million in diamonds looks like, take a look at this. This bag has half a million small diamonds in it. If you want to have 50 million worth of diamonds, what you have to have is that many bags full of diamonds like that. So its an extraordinary robbery but getting rid of it, wolf, will be the real challenge because the simple truth is, selling diamonds is incredibly difficult when they are stolen, especially in this volume. That may be the bigger challenge for these diamond thieves as they try not to get caught in this large, daring robbery. Very daring indeed. Were going to go toll brussels later and speak to our own dan rivers. Hes on the scene at that airport right now. Other news were following, including an olympic star appearing in court today facing murder charges. Oscar pistorius tells his version of how his girlfriend was killed. And the newtown shooter said, and im quoting now, said to be obsessed with mass murderers. Up next, chilling new details in this very tragic case. Hey, our salads. [ bop ] [ bop ] [ bop ] you can do that all you want, i dont like v8 juice. [ male announcer ] how about v8 vfusion. A full serving of vegetables, a full serving of fruit. But what you taste is the fruit. So even you. Couldve had a v8. [ male announcer ] thats why theres ocuvite to help replenish key eye nutrients. Ocuvite has a unique formula not found in your multivitamin to help protect your eye health. Ocuvite. Help protect your eye health. Ocuvite. 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Lanza was quoting here, obsessed with mass murderers, a source with knowledge of the investigation tells cnn. And the source adds, theres alleged evidence to back it up. One of those mass murderers, according to cbs and the hartford cower rant courans is andres who killed in os low unlike lanza, he was caught and convicted. One theory is that lanza idolized brave vick and wanted to out do his body count. His targets, childrens and teachers were in a confined area. Apparently there may be some evidence to, in part, back up a possible obsession with brayvick. Investigators found several stories about the norway murders in the lanzas bedroom. He was in to violent video games and played them in a game room in his house. Lanza and his mother went to several gun ranges. Authorities have said she kept her guns in a lock box but some of those guns were used to kill her and the 26 children and teachers at sandy hook elementary. The Hartford Courant say that Connecticut Police went to washington to share their theories with the authorities. The fbi is still trying to retrieve information from the hard drive in his computer. He smashed it before launching his massacre. Will we ever truly know what went on in lanzas mind . The Connecticut Police say wait for their final report in a few months. Wolf . It might come out by june. Lets see. Susan, what are the state police saying right now about the new information that appears to be emerging . Well, wolf, last night Police Called the reports pure speculation and added that they are looking at everything. Today, media reports, including ours, are not quoting sources by name and so police say, therefore, all of these stories they call unsubstantiated. I did talk to a representative for lanzas father and brother but they have no comment. Susan candiotti, thanks very much. A fiveyear high on wall treat today. 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