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The fact boehner and obama back it, that's a positive sign. the will be a lot sniping and cross fire. that's one of the reasons why paul ryan spent much of the press conference trying to mak the case that he wasn't a conservative sellout. >> for marco rubio, the republican of florida rejecting the deal saying we need a government with less debt and an economy with more good paying jobs. this fails to accomplish both goals. he doesn't like that it eliminates the sequester cuts. paul ryan predicts ts will pass. do you think that's wishful thinking or most republicans would go for this. i don't t...

That was just loud. brian shakt man, in the show, we have interesting followups on the kenyan mall shooting courtesy of the new york city police department. we want to begin in washington, d.c. a budget deal has been reached between the senate and the house negotiators. so the called cease-fire on capitol hill buys lawmakers time to address the nation's larger fiscal issues such as the tax code, health care and social security. paul ryan and patty murray brokered the deal which raises military and dmen spending through 2015 replacing over $60 billion worth of sequester cuts. joining us for mor...

>> the sequester cuts. they're gone. >> at least part of them are gone and they're replaced with more flexible spending cuts that congress can work toward. basically what the idea is there, that people who are upset about thing like defense cuts, conservatives, you can work around those. and maybe the democrats who are concerned about some of the cuts to domestic programs, they can work around those. paid for with additional money going to federal workers' pensions. that is something the democrats are not so sensitive about. >> that is a sticking point, especially with house minority whip sten...

Year? >> that's right. i mean, one of the problems with the sequester cuts, those forced budget cuts was you know, they were never supposed to happen. they were supposed to be so draconian, so onerous and horrific there's no way they would ever take effect. that's how they were designed. of course, they did take effect. now there are spending cuts but there's a lot more flexibility. they're not as deep. and there are ways for people in decision making it positions to decide what gets cut and what does not get cut. so there is a big sigh of relief from those who do not want those draconian cuts...

Months. >> it seems like a triumph when we can keep the government opened. let's get the details the so-called cease-fire on capitol hill. five law make, addressing the larger fiscal issuessh such as the tax code, health care costs and social security senator paul ryan brokered the deal, which raises domestic spending through 2015. the plan also replaces $53 billion in sequester cuts over the next three years and cuts it from long term deficits. last night congressman ryan spoke about the negotiations with senator murray. >> whatever we did i wanted to make sure it was a right step towards def...