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Government, fund base being research, move education forward. and so we've seen some progress. >> reporter: day three in a row, president obama coming to capitol hill today to meet with senate republicans and house democrats. democrats not liking so much some of the offers that he it making for a big deal and republicans want him to give up the idea of new taxes, martha. martha: boy, here we go. mike, thank you very much. bill: in meantime the 1st of april is the deadline for the senate to present a budget resolution but often times deadlines don't mean much in washington, do they now? today m...

And some moderate democrats. martha: in colorado, one of the strictest gun measures in the country is about to become law. yesterday the democrat-controlled house there passed a rule that limits the size of ammunition magazines to 15 rounds. today the legislation moves to governor john hickenlooper's desk. he is expected to sign that measure into law. bill: meantime we're watching the cpac meeting this is the annual conservative political action committee. it is underway in maryland. the first major gathering of conservatives since president obama's re-election in november. the newcomers are c...

We don't have a long-term plan to rein in spending, to reform medicare and medicaid. to cut defense, to basically balance our budget and reduce our debt. when people see these symbolic issues as rich was saying where the people suffer and the politicians and the political class don't, it just drives home how dysfunctional our system in washington is and, how great the need is for change. >> i think, martha, that goes to a major political miscalculation the white house has made here. it thought through further confrontation, high-profile and tense confrontation with these issues it could drive ...

Working on these problems, and they say most of their systems are functioning normally. the coast guard is aware of the situation, but they don't think their help is required at the moment. boy, another not great pr for carnival. so we'll see how that one goes. that's what they tell me. bill: there is new reaction to president obama's meeting with house republicans, his first in nearly two years. the meeting part of a push to reach a deal on the wuj. seems both sides are still far apart on this. congressman randy forbes, the republican from virginia, was inside that meeting yesterday. sir, goo...

Floor and as we begin to focus on how do we solve this problem for the american people. >> reporter: bottom line, we expect that the continuing resolution to keep the government up and running will get through at some point. everybody seems committed to doing that but the budget is where the real fight is on capitol hill, martha. martha: it works both ways, mike. democrats clearly do not like the paul ryan house republican budget proposal. so what is their approach? >> reporter: well they are saying essentially that paul ryan is too extreme harsh. they continue calling for new tax revenue whic...