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Court could take up this case? let me know on twitter. it is not yet zero hour for budget negotiations but many people worry washington is close to experiencing that old familiar feeling. but this time there is a glimmer of hope. associations will not fizzle. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is on the hill with more. >> reporter: with one month to present a budget deal both sides want to find a better way of handling the sequester cuts but have different ways to get there. democrats led by patty murray said any deal should boost revenue, including closing loopholes and increasi...

Today msnbc launches a new app that allows subscribers to watch in real time on mobile devices as well. of course there is a ton of extra digital constant and that includes reporting by susie kim, our relaunched msnbc.com. her latest article, how the government sequester cuts are hitting one small town in kentucky. tell us about this piece. >> basically for the story, i traveled to the district of howell rogers the chair of the house appropriations committee, his district is one of the poorest in eastern kentucky, in coal country there. the sequestration cuts are hitting at the worst possible ...

Cnn money. i appreciate you joining me. i hope it is better this time around. to you, john, sequester was supposed to be the poison pill. what about this time? >> that is right. every time we set out the self-imposed markers designed to scare congress, they have been managed to blow past it. the impulse to charge into the bayonette was a super fail. there are public polls, we have to do something. bottom line, this is not rocket science. this is a budget reconciliation committee. this used to be done. whether patty murray and paul ryan can get it together, that is what the country can focus on...

Because now people in the middle class don't have to worry about whether they can feed their family or buy prescription pills. >> and when you look at the republicans' economic agenda, their polls raising the minimum wage. they want to cut $40 billion from the food stamp program. and they support the sequester cuts to head start and meals on wheels. no wonder they are not doing very well in opinion polls. when their polls with most of the american people even if they don't need it, they support as having the values of saying this is a country that helps its own. >> that's right. and that's all...

It's always meant to say, like when nancy pelosi said the cupboard is bare, no room to cut, and harry reid says everyone wants to pay more taxes, people have no problems with that. i think the narrative is something like, we know these government shutdowns are onerous and the sequester cuts are onerous, and if we can just say it. but it never pans out because we get numbers like these that show the hellish ramifications never pop up. >> think of how much the economy could improve if they'd get out of the way. with had a simply identified tax code, didn't have so many regulations, didn't have s...