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Post sequester tomorrow. what are the real impacts in the next week? >> they will be almost nothing because the main impact will be reduce grants to various organizations, people who run head start programs and furloughs of federal workers. the federal government must give 30-days notice and very few agencies have done so yet. those impacts won't fall on us until april. we will see the hint of the economy on 0.6%. now, not great, but very manageable. better than the tax hikes we might have had. spillover impacts on industries that rely on the federal government to run smoothly. for example, if...

Republicans play this game. take a listen. >> we need to cut spending, and more than the sequester. but don't put 50% of the cuts on the u.s. military. >> oh, by the way, the u.s. military is in virginia. i mean, this is a classic comment right there. you know, he wants all these spending cuts, but don't do it in my backyard. i mean, that's where they are. they're self-serving in many regards, and this is why the country can't stand government right now, can't stand the congress. >> well, look, it's total head-spinning, ed. here is the republican line. if you cut defense spending so you have f...

112th. it's just a different -- it's a role reverse. it's almost like it's boehner's turn to pick up the gavel and stop everybody. here is virginia governor bob mcdonald. this is a great example of how republicans play this game. take a listen. >> we need to cut spending, and more than the sequester. but don't put 50% of the cuts on the u.s. military. >> oh, by the way, the u.s. military is in virginia. i mean, this is a classic comment right there. you know, he wants all these spending cuts, but don't do it in my backyard. i mean, that's where they are. they're self-serving in many regards, a...

Or whoever it may be. >> well, they're obstructing in the house, just like they obstructed in the senate in the 112th. it's just a different -- it's a role reverse. it's almost like it's boehner's turn to pick up the gavel and stop everybody. here is virginia governor bob mcdonald. this is a great example of how republicans play this game. take a listen. >> we need to cut spending, and more than the sequester. but don't put 50% of the cuts on the u.s. military. >> oh, by the way, the u.s. military is in virginia. i mean, this is a classic comment right there. you know, he wants all these spend...

Shows hosted by yolanda adams. yesterday the president did his best to make sure communities across the country know they'll feel real pain in their homes. >> we've got some automatic spending cuts coming up in nine days that will lay out of hundreds of thousands of folks. there's no reason they should lose their job or be laid off. this is a problem the congress can solve. things like head start programs and help for the mentally ill, all these things have a direct impact on people's day-to-day lives. we do not need these automatic, mindless spending cuts that could hurt our economy. all of u...