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>> all of this will cause a ripple affect. >> you look sharp. >> you haven't seen me naked. >> we're going to keep it that way. >> the longer the cuts are in place the more damage to the economy. >> congress might allow a series of immediate, painful, arbitrary budget cuts to take place. no one in known in washington as the sequester. >> sean: few moments ago he signed an order to begin the sequester cuts. joining me to react his old boss's to avoid this mess, former chairman of economic advisors, austin is back with us. president panic, doom and gloom, i thought he was going fix this mess. we...

Personnel and their families watching right now wondering what is going to happen on friday. what do you say about them and their paychecks, first of all? >> well, what i say is that this doesn't need to happen. sequestration is a bad idea, it's been a bad idea, and the affect that it could have on naval readiness, as secretary of the navy i've got to worry about that, the affect it can have on workers both in our federal shipyard like here in norfolk and in the private shipyards. the workers around nor fork and virginia could be furniture load for up to 22 days, lose to 2 22% of their salarie...

Parts of the midwest this weekend. it's now breaking down on the northeast bringing the same wintry mix of sleet and snow that is sure to make for a messy evening commute. and boy it is cold out there. meteorologist janice dean live in the fox news weather center. how many days until summer, janice? >> reporter: i have to check. it's going to go up to near 60 degrees in new york city within the next couple of days. jaime: the rest of the folks tell them what they have to look forward to. >> reporter: it's been cold here in new york. across the upper midwest and the great lakes in the northeast...

Sections could get 3 to 6. a general swath of one to three inches, though. again the main point, the main take away is we have very cold temperatures across the south so that icing will continue for the mid south, mississippi river valley, tennessee river valley into the afternoon into the afternoon. flights canceled out of dallas that will be a ripple affect across the country. jenna: a great heads up for us, jd, thank you. jon: let's take a look at headlines from around the world right now. a new wave of violence in belfast, ownre ireland. protestors loyal to great britain highjack two buses...

So damage there. you can see where these polygons are. that's where we have our tornado warnings . so dangerous system and not only for the midwest but also the south and gulf coast. speaking . snow. talking about it kansas city up to greenbay. we could get a foot or more of snow. blizzard warnings in the areas of red and gusts of 50 miles per hour and blowing snow and scriz down to nothing and travel is going to be crippled in the midwest and that is going to cause a ripple affect in the country. >> steve: how rare are december tornados in really? >> we are on the low side of seeing tornado m...