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This morning former presidential hopeful mitt romney sat down with fox news and admitted that it is killing him not to be the president. both mr. and mrs. romney expressed their belief that the country would be far better off with the former presidential hopeful in the white house today. when asked about his infamous 47% comment romney had this to say. >> yeah. it was a very unfortunate statement that i made. it's not what i meant. i didn't express myself as i wished i would have. you know, when you speak in private, you don't spend as much time thinking about how something could be twisted an...

Conversation, according to a top white house official, with some top senators on both sides hoping to find new compromise. but according to congressal republicans, no progress on that as well. take a listen, though, to folks from both sides as they weigh in on the impact of sequester and what it says politically. >> you know, republicans aren't getting a win by letting the sequester go into effect. they want more funding for border security. they say they want more funding for defense. the speaker says he wants more on long-term entitlement reform. this gets nothing. >> it isn't so much the ex...

Was an existential fight with the soviets. today i'm not sure the north koreans really want better relations with the united states. i hope that they do. i don't mind testing them. on the other hand, we have to have them stop what they're doing. they are destabilizing not only their region but the rest of the world. they are selling their three stage ballistic missiles and their nukes to iran. so this is not just a north korea problem. not just a north asia problem. this is a middle east, persian gulf, iran problem as well. >> yeah. dennis rodman's going to get involved, i agree with george st...

Drag over the next few weeks heading up to the march 27th deadline? >> that is what i'm hearing. when it comes to the sequester the republicans are just not giving on anything involving new tax renooufs. no kind of compromise is really on the table there. that debate is more or less over at this point despite the talk. but, yeah, now folks are looking to this march 27th deadline. just to keep the government going. neither side really wants to have a big fight over our government shutdown. so you may actually see some real talk here as opposed to what we didn't see with the sequester. >> sit ti...

But, in other words, bounce up from it. back into some level of prosperity and opportunity. that hasn't happened. until it does, we're going to go down this cycle. it's unfortunate. >> michael raises a really interesting point here. the dow hit 14,000. that means people investing in this country still think it's a pretty good place to invest. they don't think the sequester is a big problem. >> you make a good point with that. can i ask you quickly just to switch gears for a second because the cover article of the "washington post," governor, today is titled "obama sees 2014 as key to legacy." ...