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And new guidelines on Cyber Security. Well get to jack lews confirmation in a moment. First the cbo director Douglas Elmendorf testimony. He warned of the sequester could cost 750,000 jobs. Could you tell me in terms of the negative Economic Impact of the sequester, the. 6 , what does that translate in point of lost jobs . Our estimate is that the sequester alone would reduce gdp growth this year by zero point six percentage points. It would lower that gdp at the end of the year. We think that would reduce by about 750,000 jobs. 750,000 jobs between now and the end of 2013, right . Right. That...

Administration on taking quick action. You have this meeting this afternoon to discuss next steps on isis but you have the president going to nato next week, perhaps some reluctance to announce major decisions before he goes there. He Needs International cooperation. The same can be said on the reaction to ukraine. The trouble is events on the ground are moving quickly, and frankly, others are getting ahead of the administration, for instance, you have ukraine itself calling russian action there in the words of the president a fullscale invasion. The white house still calls it an incursion. An...

Helping assad. There is a lot of individuals fighting with isis who are not syrian or, rack i. We know that there are definitely americans in the ranks of isis. There is clearly movement on the issue of how to deal with isis. The cart and the horse are both about three years overdue in syria. It does come down to who you ask at the end of the day. Imis ra klein in for alex wagner. We have breaking news in this hour. In just a few moments, president obama is expected to make a statement from the White House Briefing room. The president was originally supposed to meet in the white house situatio...

Marshfield inspecting damage after the storm surge punched out a 50foot hole in the sea wall of several towns at the mercy of the tides. Trashed. Demolished. What happened . The ocean just tore down my roof caved in. The roof collapsed the side wall. This is the worst storm ive seen. This place is like a war zone right now. Just north of marshfield Governor Charlie Baker assesses damage in the town of scituate where a sea wall there was breached as well flooding local homes and streets. And after spending the past couple of days stranded at the airport, flights are slowly getting back to norma...

The fireworks ended in the frances bastille celebration. The driver was a tunisian man who lived near by. Plowed through the crowd before a shootout with police. Prosecutors say the truck was represented earlier in the week suggesting that the attack was premeditated and they are looking for accomplices and forensic teams process the area a mile on the french promenade. Heres more from where the injured were taken, greg . Reporter it is a horrible, horrible scene. Up to the hospital a mile from the water front and a sad scene and tearful relatives coming and going, it is here where the adult i...