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Budget problems. you just can't do this campaigning. i think he realizes that being campaigner in chee chief is not working and if this is just an effort to create an image of bipartisanship it will not bear fruit. he has to get in the room and that is what you told him. >> mike: also an indication that he is still holding fast there has to be more revenue on the the table even though republicans have given up $600 billion six weeks ago and saying you got your taxes and now we want to see some spending cuts. are those two positions in concrete and intractable? >> i don't think so. the only tim...

I don't know if it is the dropping poll numbers or wants a leg icy and realizes you you can't have one without talking to republicans. either way it is a constructive thing. >> mike: i said you can't govern if you don't have relationships. >> right. >> mike: you can't have relationships if you don't look at each other face to face and spend time together. may not always be pleasant but it has got to be done. are you convinced and you were one of the senators that had dinner with him on the thursday night at the jefferson hotel. is he being a workhorse? or a showhorse? >> that is the ultimate t...

Some time period. here is general james matis last week telling congress what he thinks. >> what about the residual force? >> the post 2014 force, senator, that decision, i know, has not been made yet. it's still under consideration. i have made my recommendation. >> which is? >> that recommendation is for 13,600 forces, sir. >> now, i asked jay carney about that today. he would not commit to a figure. important because when you look at what happened in iraq, there were a lot of the critics of the president wondering why he didn't leave any kind of a force behind in iraq. bottom line here it's...

Budget problems and issues. they may not be trained very well and they may be getting fake bombs may be getting passed them but they will be dressed pretty well. $50 million of our money going to uniforms for the tsa workers. what is that? clearly they need training. >> until the sequester is solved there will be people all upset whatever it is that money is spent on versus what it could be spent on. >> heather: training for tsa workers. >> i'm sure they will. >> the uniforms were made in china. >> heather: in mexico. >> some foreign country. >> and then fewer undocumented immigrants will come...

1, people are going to start seeing the smaller unemployment checks in the next few weeks. the national employment law project actually warns that the budget cut will have a ripple effect, also impacting funding for state agencies and potentially making it harder for people to get help finding jobs or to have their claims processed when they are looking for every dollar. brianna? >> are there concerns about the economy in general, just the bigger economy and the impact this will have? >> you know, as you know, it depends on who you ask about this. we talked to a couple of economists. one said,...