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For our free usaa retirement guide, call 877-242-usaa. >> brian: time for shot of the morning. former nba star, sitting head and shoulders above the crowd. this is -- he's with the government advisory committee in china. he's 7' 6 and still looks like he should be playing. let's take a closer look, the man sitting next to yao only up to his knees. [ laughter ] >> gretchen: oh, gosh. >> brian: and i would not be on the other end of that, yao ming pointing the finger at someone in front of him, hopefully he wasn't too unhappy. yao ming, he's a chinese -- >> steve: he's in china and dennis rodman...

Persian gulf because sequester is coming. it seems the defense department took a back seat to politics. >> absolutely. it was yet another chip, yet another card in a bargaining hand in a grander picture that you start to wonder as you watch more and more, is this more about the 2014 mid terms than it is about making sure that we're getting things done, that we're prioritizing properly? sequestration is the worst of all words for those who are deficit and defense hawks who believe our debt is a national security threat and also believe we need to maintain the most powerful military in the world...

Me, obama, something to say and do one thing. he want obama to do one thing, call him. he wants a call from president obama? >> that's right. he told me that. he said, if you can, dennis, i don't want to do war. i don't want to do war. he loves basketball. at the same time, i said, obama loves basketball. let's start there. >> gretchen: i'm incredulous over there. are we supposed to think dennis rodman is our ambassador to finding a solution in north korea? >> well, it's probably better than what we have. if you look at the world, the world is blowing up around us. maybe dennis is a lot better...

>> brian: she's the number two player in the entire world. only see in a woman's got -- serena williams has a better record. she'll be outside talking to us and actually is a chance to talk while we play tennis. >> gretchen: that's sam on our set. >> brian: that's the court we'll be on. samantha, a lot of times she would be answering the phone for the green room that keeps ringing. she's outside playing tennis. unbelievable. >> gretchen: she's pretty good, though. (phone ring) who is she playing against? >> brian: we're not really sure. it could be somebody that a weather watcher of maria's. b...

For the country. that doesn't make him a bad negotiator. >> gretchen: i think most americans want solutions and they just feel like we've had six years and counting of no solutions and kind of passing the buck. here we go again as we approach the end of the month and yet another budget crisis. >> the election was a disaster, according to lots of people. >> brian: thanks so much for joining us. i watched "celebrity apprentice." it will be a great season. we're going to be -- it's going to be great to get your insight every monday morning. >> thanks such. >> steve: straight ahead, more on our to...