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Right now that -- >> i'm not going to say anything. >> i keep wanting to sing a black eyed peas song, because i gotta a feeling. there was a press conference and it was held at the pentagon. and the president goes over there to say look, i'm going to build a leaner fighting force. we're going to be cutting things because we have budget problems. we're going to be cutting back troops because we don't need as many. he ended one war and is is about to prematurely end a second war. he's going to go forward and we're going to go forward as a country with a fighting force shrunk down for approximate...

Have a feeling if they're saying right now that -- >> i'm not going to say anything. >> i keep wanting to sing a black eyed peas song, because i gotta a feeling. there was a press conference and it was held at the pentagon. and the president goes over there to say look, i'm going to build a leaner fighting force. we're going to be cutting things because we have budget problems. we're going to be cutting back troops because we don't need as many. he ended one war and is is about to prematurely end a second war. he's going to go forward and we're going to go forward as a country with a fighting ...

Class taxpayers. >> reporter: now for states or cities the options are limited. they either adjust the pension and health care benefits which unions have resisted or increase taxes to cover the benefits which taxpayers will resist or cut other services. more and more governors and mayors of both parties will face that very dilemma maflt the city of detroit, for instance, has just announced it will be forced to close its police stations to the public from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 a.m., 16 hours a day to reduce personnel in an effort to save $250,000 over the next 18 months. jon? jon: it is not just...

The next bill will be if he signed it and it has a short shelf life. what gets settled. >> we buy more time and continue to spend at the same levels. the problem is we are not addressing our budget problems. the house resolution has budget cuts and none of those are in we are delaying kicking the can down the road. >> you wouldn't run your household like that. isn't it against the law for not having a budget for a thousand days. it is ridiculous. we keep passing temporary stop gap measures and some point we need adult supervision . we are going to do it right,

Blitz. he will visit seven states, do lots of interviews with local reporters there, to make that point. to pressure and in doing so, he will put pressure on several republican senators in those states who are up for re-election. senators like corker, heller and snowe, are all sort of in the cross-hairs here on this trip in terms of how all this will go. republican senator richard shelby will not be voting for mr. cordray. he is the ranking member on the senate banking committee and he joins me this morning. senator, good to see you as always. >> good morning. bill: what do i see as the thrust...