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Leaders. they announced a boycotted citing displeasure from the help they received from washington. then kerry dialed up the syrian head of the council to attend these meetings in rome but listen to secretary kerry. >> the president of the united states has sent me here and sent me to the series of meetings and sent me to rome because he is concerned about the course of events. he is currently evaluating precisely what steps we will take in order to fulfill our obligations to innocent people. >> reporter: also at some time, he will hold his first face to face since becoming u.s.'s top diplomat...

Governor's association about the deadline. the white house and congress have been deadlocked on how to handle things. here's the deal with the sequester. the sequester is something they sort of made up. if we don't get to the deadline, these cuts will automatically take place. but the sequester has turned out to be something we're looking at here where the big picture is what matters. we have to get the two sides together on how to fix the big problem. more taxes, cut spending, a compromise. we're nowhere near that. because of the sequester, that's what we talk about. the sequester's not the p...

Compromise by refusing to consider additional tax revenue as a deal to reduce the deficit. it's hard for the white house to deny they're putting pressure on congress. the president called on the nation's governor to take the time in washington to turn up the heat on congress to tell them what's at risk and what's at stake. >> what we can't do is careen from manufactured crisis to manufactured crisis. as i said in the state of the union, the american people worked hard and long to dig themselves out of one crisis, they don't need us creating another. >> governors are concerned the spending cuts...

The other. bobby jindal says it doesn't have to hurt as much as the white house says. >> it's time for the president to show leadership and present a list of reductions. every governor balances their budget. every family has to balance their budget. every business has had to become efficient. the reality is it can be done. the administration has a insatiable appetite for new revenues. >> jindal wants targeted spending cuts. janet napolitano says the sequesters are structured. people will start noticing a change in a few weeks. >> average wait times to clear customs will increase by 50% and in ...

The phones. after the -- the secretary warned diplomats they could be affected by the sequester. kerry dialed the president of the syrian opposition council and encouraged him to return to the bargaining table at rome. state department officials won't confirm the meeting is back on but we understand the appeal was successful. the sir ran rebels want the u.s. to help them in their bloody two-year uprising against bashar al-assad. the war has claimed more than 70,000 lives. secretary of state john kerry says the u.s. has new ideas about how to change the thinking on the ground but a washington w...