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>> you said the march 1st sequester was a deadline and they needed to focus on march 26 27th to avoid a shutdown. house voted on continuing resolution on wednesday. you voted against that. talk about that. why? >> first of all, what the continuing resolution did was kind of put in cement the sequester cuts. again, i don't think we need to be cutting -- it ended up being about $70 billion out of spending over the next seven months. this is dangerous in an economy that's still on the -- making a pretty good recovery. but we don't want to jeopardize that recovery. so, i didn't like the spending m...

Anxiety the nra should feel right now. >> i want to turn to the threat of the march 1st sequester deadline with both of you. jim, congress is out of town, not back until february 25th. they'll only have four days to hammer out a deal. is anyone taking this seriously? >> i don't think many americans leave the beltway are taking it serious. and it's probably symbolic of the lack of progress on anything in washington and why those approval ratings are in the mid teens. i think it's possible that they probably punt in some way with some last-minute semi deal that sort of puts this off, maybe come ...

Many of his members vote against him but get enough democrats in the house and then in the senate to put something through. but i think they're going to muddle through with some mediocre little measure that puts all this off again. >> if no deal is reached to avert the sequester, who has more to gain in that regard politically? who has more to lose? >> i think that both sides now assume that the sequester goes into effect march 1st. when they passed it last year, it was seemed as impossible -- a dire thing, no way it will go into effect. everybody now thinks it's going into effect march 1st. t...

Forward. john mccain backed away from the pledge not to filibuster hagel's nod. he says he is waiting to see if the obama administration responds to calls to offer up more details about the deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. leon panetta minced few words but what is most likely the last press briefing on the job. with the threat of a march 1st sequester looming, he lashed out at congress. he thinks they could be crippling with price cuts. >> oftentimes i feel luke i don't have a full partnership with my former colleagues on the hill in trying to do what's right for this country...

Thought, was the most over the top yet of anything he's written or said. i think we are going to get to that point. but as you say, there are, i think, seven democratic senators from states that obama did not carry in the last election or up for re-election, and they're having to walk a fine balance. wayne lapierre does not work for the republican party. they do have to walk away from him, but they can't shut him down. >> and the best way to shut him down is speaking out against him, walking away from him, sending a message to the nra, we are with you, like me, 95% of the time. but this extrem...