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Definitely affect things. >> the feds project a sequester could shut down poultry and meat plants nationwide. a 5% budget cut will shorten visiting hours at national parks and make some areas completely off-limits to visitors. in his new weekly address, the president doubled down on blaming the sequester on republicans in congress. >> these cuts don't have to happen. congress can turn them off any time with just a little compromise. unfortunately, it appears that republicans in congress have appeared instead of compromising, instead of asking anything of the wealthiest americans, they woul...

Will we go through the sequester or will a deal be made? >> i don't think a deal will be made. some kind of delay tactic will probably be made. ed o'keefe in the hour had it right. the real deadline, march 27th. because we run out of money, funding authority anyway. we have to come to some kind of agreement on how to fund the government between the end of the month and the end of the fiscal year, september 2 3 0th. so friday is kind of an artificial deadline that really doesn't mean much, but, you know, the president had it wrong a little bit. getting a bit off message here, i don't think the ...

Are at risk. playing to the cameras there and beginning a dismal forecast for americans, should congress not act and should the automatic spending cuts take place on march 1st. the g.o.p. responded, today the president advanced an argument republicans have been making for a year and his sequester is the wrong way to cut spending, replacing the president's sequester will require a plan to cut spending that will put us on the path to a budget that's balanced in ten years, we keep the first responders on the job, what other spending is the president willing to cut? these staged events, is that in...

Living his life. his coach, like said, even talking about training immediately, so he won't have any imminent races. i mean, his schedule before this happened had him racing on four continents within the next to you months. that's gone now, sponsors as well suspend their contracts or sponsorship with hip. but he will be able to work out, stay healthy, visit with his family and friends if out to dinner, he'll likely be seen around town if that's what he chooses to do. but we know photographers are already camped out outside this house where he went yesterday, alex. >> okay. michelle kosinkski, ...

>> president obama will have conversations with congress this weekend and into next week. so far, talks have yielded no results. both sides are dug in, and it seems increasingly likely that the sequester will go into effect. in his weekly address today, president obama said it's up to congress to act. >> i never think anything is inevitable, we have the opportunity to make the right decisions. my hope is we can see a different course taken by congress. this should be a no-brainer. >> in an effort to pressure congress, the obama administration has also been painting a fairly dire picture of wha...