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Bill: we have 24 hours to go. president obama will meet with leaders of the house and senate about the impending sequester. next we will we'll talk to senator james inhofe about a new proposal to take away some of the most painful cuts. martha: just moments away from the pope's final departure from the vatican. it will be an amazing scene when this takes place. it's moments away. it looks like a painting in vatican city. we'll be right back with father jonathan morris after that.

Will that be affected if the sequester occurs in two to three days' time? >> in the immediate term, the deficit that policymakers ought to be focused on and congresswoman schakowsky knows this very well because she does focus on this is the jobs deficit, the growth deficit. but to the contrary, these austerity measures go exactly the wrong way. the congresswoman mentioned the hundreds of thousands of jobs that would be lost. both the congressional budget office and other nonpartisan analysts point out it will shave half a point of growth off gdp. the spending cuts are the wrong medicine. if yo...

Handicapped children who require transportation or the elderly who need meals on wheels. i mean, it's not just a content policy issue. they are acting in a stupid manner, and it's damaging themselves, isn't it? >> and i can't imagine that that won't become perfectly clear in a very short time as the effect of the sequester, these meat ax budget cuts that are absolutely mindless, go into effect and start affecting neighborhoods, municipalities, police departments, fire departments, teachers -- >> air-traffic control, food safety. >> exactly. people are going to experience these cuts and say rea...

Overwhelming popularity in new jersey. is this really just because he appeared with the president of the united states after a major tragedy that occurred in his state? >> oh, no. >> was that the crime? was that the sin? >> i'm sure that had nothing to do with it, martin. i think there was probably just -- let me just tell you in washington speak, we would say there was a scheduling conflict. so i'm sure it was something of that nature. no, look, i think greta pointed this out last night rightfully so, this is a very clear message not just to chris christie but to others who may be thinking ab...

Belief if they were able to do it enough he would perhaps withdraw. he was pretty vehement last week he would not withdraw. now with the sequester looking like it's going to go forward, my calculations there's $46 billion in military cuts over the next seven months that presumably you'd want to have a secretary of defense in place to help implement them ned instead leon panetta out in california. >> you have anticipated my next question which is the fact that the president went to a shipyard today to emphasize the impact of these cuts on the military, and can you explain how it is that the def...