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>> gregg: ben stein, let's say it doesn't come. it's not nearly as bad as he trumpeted it that it might be a case, you keep doing this mr. president, you keep doing the boy cries wolf, you have to stop the howling, what do you think happens? >> the real crisis is not so much of the economic crisis that affects the ordinary citizen. we do know to charles' point that tens of thousands of defense workers will be laid off. its real catastrophe to lose your job. the real catastrophe is that the government will not compromise. this isn't the third reich. it's supposed to be some people giving and no...

Spending, hurt, that they hurt, and that you shouldn't be behind them. and they sort of think there's a conflicting motive by some on the left. your thoughts on that? >> well, look, i think that as i said, i think we're hitting the reality phase of this debate. i think that the suspects are not against cutting government, they're not against reducing spending, but i think the point, this is where i agree with mark, if we're going to do it we've got to do it right and smart. >> megyn: so optimistic. >> no, no, and the programs that don't make any sense are antiquated and where i agree with mark...

Suddenly, faraway places don't seem so...far away. ♪ i'm bret baier in washington. the big story here today, rhetoric gets sharper as the clock ticks closer to sequester. tonight on "special report," president obama goes to shipyard in virginia to emphasize impact on defense workers of the automatic sequester. boehner is advising senators to get moving and take action to stop the sequester.

Iran's strict code for women. instead of the thin strapped dress, they really poorly photo shopped it. did we think they would do a good job? the dress included capped sleeves and a high neckline. they have to cover up their hair, arms and legs. not sure they have to be blurred. $85 billion in automatic spending cuts set to kick in unless congress comes up with a last minute deal. this is how jon stewart is preparing. >> what happens if the sequester kicks in. yosemite will see their services cut. >> all right. >> 700,000 civilian defense workers to take one day off a week. a 20% pay cut. >> a...

Of compromise. >> reporter: tomorrow the president will begin showcasing the impact of sequester cuts on individual states when he travel s have virginia where 90,000 civilian defense workers would be furloughed one day a week, jenna. jenna: a big story in the state of virginia and many states, wendell. we know the president just made these comments in the last hour or so, but what's the republicans' take on all this? >> reporter: they say the president got the tax hike he'd been demanding at the end of last year when the rate was raised, the top rate on families making more than $450,000 a ye...