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>> sequestration hasn't hit or bitten for us yet. we're pretty regular travelers. >> but the white house may be undercutting its case with some budget hype. consider education secretary arne duncan who now says he misspoke when he claimed last week that teachers are already receiving pink slips. >> i want to apologize for not being as clear as i should have been. when i said pink slips, i should have used job eliminations. >> what is the administration doing to make sure these numbers are not hiked? might that undercut your message? >> here's the thing, if you disagree with the cbo and with ou...

Create these negative effects. >> americans may not be feeling the punch, but there are plenty of spending cut punch lines. over the weekend, the s in snl, stood for sequester. >> we are asking everyone to take a photo down the front of their pants and just text that to us. >> with washington becoming a joke, it's no surprise both sides appear willing to pass a measure that would avoid a government shutdown at the end of the moeth. >> i'm hopeful that the house and senate will be able to work through this. >> jim, i love the "saturday night live" skit. it captured the whole ridiculous outrage ...

Not feeling it yet. >> sequestration hasn't hit or bitten for us yet. we're pretty regular travelers. >> but the white house may be undercutting its case with some budget hype. consider education secretary arne duncan who now says he misspoke when he claimed last week that teachers are already receiving pink slips. >> i want to apologize for not being as clear as i should have been. when i said pink slips, i should have used job eliminations. >> what is the administration doing to make sure these numbers are not hiked? might that undercut your message? >> here's the thing, if you disagree with...

Hyped? because might that undercut your message? >> here's the thing, if you disagree with the cbo and with outside economic analysts who say that up to three quarters of a million jobs will be lost, well, you should make that case. there's no way to do what the sequester calls for and not create these negative effects. >> reporter: americans may not be feeling the punch but there are plenty of spending cut punch lines. over the weekend, the "s" in "snl" stood for "sequester." >> we no longer have full body scanners so we're asking everyone to take a picture down their pants and text it to us....

Thinking? >> i don't think the antelope was attacking me. if it was trying to attack me, it would have stayed around after it hit me. >> whatever the animal's motivation, evan walks away from encounter with a greater appreciation for a small piece of equipment, a helmet. >> i believe it was a small miracle that i came out the way i had. wearing a helmet is crucial. helmets are really strong and they do really great job. i think it probably saved my life. >> more than 10 million hits on youtube in less than a week and even though there is a serious lesson to be learned, the punch lines fly arou...