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Asked this question last night, might that mean that he would trim them just a little bit? >> that didn't come up over the course of the meeting with axelrod. it wasn't like we were high-fiving him. i mean, the mood in the room was cautiously optimistic, but they made very clear in that meeting that when their new budget comes out as a result of this spending freeze, there are going to have to be a lot of significant cuts. and it could be a situation where in a few weeks, the so-called professional left will be howling because of these budget cuts. i mean, there needs to be a lot more details....

There are a lot of specifics we have not seen yet. and i think once we see that, people will start to react. >> ari, on specifics, when they're talking about a spending freeze, did david axelrod unravel the riddle of how you can have a spending freeze and increase all those spending items that the president said he wanted to increase spending on? >> no, and the fact is, they didn't really make it clear how they're planning to get these spending increases through. now there's a republican house. this is probably a nonstarter. that's why i think there's an element of political positioning here. ...

Might that mean that he would trim them just a little bit? >> that didn't come up over the course of the meeting with axelrod. it wasn't like we were high-fiving him. i mean, the mood in the room was cautiously optimistic, but they made very clear in that meeting that when their new budget comes out as a result of this spending freeze, there are going to have to be a lot of significant cuts. and it could be a situation where in a few weeks, the so-called professional left will be howling because of these budget cuts. i mean, there needs to be a lot more details. it was a vague speech. i ink pe...

December, they did show some possibility of compromise. let's bring in pete dominick, cnn contributor, sirius xm host, joining me via skype. pete, this is an important speech, but the reality is, we've already been warned, it is not going to be big on specifics. specifics come later. they come in the budget. but americans are going to want to hear specifics in this speech and they're probably not going to get it. >> yeah, that's right. americans probably won't be getting specifics, and i hope that, number one, first and foremost, that americans will tune in. my concern, ali velshi, 8 million p...

Megyn: "kelly's court" is back in session. the nfl star sacked with a second flag for unnecessarily roughness off the field. ben roethlisberger at age of 28 accused of sexual misconduct again. the second time in less than a year. a 20-year-old georgia college student claims the qb sexually assaulted her at a nightclub south of atlanta this past weekend. police extremely tight lipped on specifics. but big ben is facial a lawsuit accused of raping a hotel employee in lake tahoe. how does this play out for him? let's ask our panel. mark, the second woman has come forward and said she is just 20 y...