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The sequester. >> right, yes. jon: is cutting tens of billions more the way to go right now? >> i don't think that is the way to go, and most republicans don't think that that's the way to go. but, jon, if they don't come up with some agreement, you will have those sequester cuts in the defense budget. and again, republicans want to decrease the -- increase the budget. so i believe that, listen, you had "forbes" magazine that did an article that college students can actually balance the country's budget. why can't congress do it? jon: yeah. that is a very good question. the last time around we...

Some type of conclusion, but the bottom line is this, the house wants to go out of session he's 13th. the senate on the 20th. so they have until friday the 13th to come up with some resolution. jon: they've got $91 billion more in sequester cuts that are coming up this the middle of january. >> yes. jon: i mean, that axe is going to fall if they don't come up with some kind of a deal, right? >> right. exactly. and republicans, they want to stop the mandatory budget cuts to the defense. so in other words, they want to increase defense spending, whereas democrats, they want to increase spending ...

To stretch my party budget. but when my so-called bargain brand towel made a mess of things, i switched to bounty basic. look! one sheet of bounty basic is 50% stronger than a full sheet of the bargain brand. bounty basic. the strong but affordable picker upper. senator pattie murray of washington state and u.s. congressman paul ryan of wisconsin are getting closer to a budget deal. but it won't be anything close to a grand bargain. but murray of the budget committee and ryan the republican chair of the house committee have until december 13th to reach a deal. that's next friday. and politic...

Committee have until december 13th to reach a deal. that's next friday. and politico reports they're inching toward a small scale deal at least. to replace sequester cuts for the next two years. most importantly the deal could potentially reduce the threat of another government shutdown come january 2014. and we'll be right back after this. [ male announcer ] campbell's homestyle. mmm! this is delicious katie. it's not bad for canned soup, right? pfft! [ laughs ] you nearly had us there. canned soup. [ male announcer ] they just might think it's homemade. try campbell's homestyle soup.

Save money on food. good evening, jennifer. >> reporter: good evening, bret. defense department budget cutters say everything is on the table in light of more sequester cuts, including a plan to close all u.s. base commissaries where military families shop for food at reduced rates, saving thousands of dollars a year on their grocery bills. the entire budget for commissaries is $1.4 billion a year. 178 commissaries would close in the u.s., including alaska and hawaii. 70 commissaries overseas would be exempt, but these figures don't tell the whole story. 30% of the employees at the commissarie...