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They cut so much out of noaa which funds the tsunami warning center that there would have to be furlough there's. so we're sticking to where we're at. the short term cr moved us in that direction. we only have six months left. the president, senate democrats, house republicans are sitting down and negotiating and we should get it done already. you can't fund a business two weeks at a time. you can't faund government two weeks at a time. >> has the president done enough behind-the-scenes that relationship between you and the white house has been somewhat rocky during the lame duck. has the pres...

Out for tsunamis. they cut so much out of noaa which funds the tsunami warning center that there would have to be furlough there's. so we're sticking to where we're at. the short term cr moved us in that direction. we only have six months left. the president, senate democrats, house republicans are sitting down and negotiating and we should get it done already. you can't fund a business two weeks at a time. you can't faund government two weeks at a time. >> has the president done enough behind-the-scenes that relationship between you and the white house has been somewhat rocky during the lame ...

Somewhat rocky during the lame duck, up and down. has the president been involved enough? >> oh, yes. i talk to the white house every day. we are talking to one another. we're not always on the same page but we usually are and the overall goal, again, cutting waste, using a smart short scalpel but not a meat axe. senate democrats and the president are on the same page and we're moving in that direction. i'm optimistic we can get there based on the negotiations and what happened in the short term cr which is something we can support. >> very quickly on libya, the arab league has called on the u...

Begins in earnest there is something else to take care of. a chief correspondent reports on paying the bills right now. >> reporter: there is something far more pressing for the budget next fiscal year that begins in october. it's the lack of a budget for year and republicans want to cut now and not later. >> we are not waiting for the next year. we are doing it now. we'll be on the floor cutting more than a hundred billion dollars. >> reporter: the government and agencies are operating on what they are calling a continuing resolution that authorizes them to spend at current levels. five month...

>> we are waiting for them to put it on the table. it is only talk so far. we'll be glad to look at what they put on the table and see if it makes sense. if you are looking at camden, new jersey, where they have cut 50% of the police force, and 50% of the fire department, consider what the impact will be when you make a 911 call, and it takes 10 minutes for a fireman to appear to deal with the heart attack. this is the impact. you have to look at exactly what they are cutting and can't just take a meat axe and they want to use the meat axe and we want to use a scalpel and do delicate cuts. the...