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Almost liked the poison. it was clearly a blunder by the president. it was just a complete misreading of the opposition. >> it will eviscerate job-creating investments and education and energy and medical research. >> reporter: the president tried to convince the public that the sequester cuts would be too painful to bear. >> 3w0rder patrol agents will see their hours reduced. fbi agents will be furloughed. federal prosecutors will have to close cases and let criminals go. >> the president went into full chicken little mode. the sky is falling, he said. in fact, he said planes are going to fal...

The auto pilot part of the government. we are permanently asking the federal workers to contribute more to their pensions so the hard-working taxpayers who pay for the pensions don't have to pay as much. that's not a permanent law change. that's not something that is a promise and might happen later. it is happening now. the savings accumulate. if god forbid we have a hillary clinton second term, we would have to change a new law. we are doing permanent law. that's the point i am trying to make. look at the details of those who are criticizing it. it is keeping our principal in tact. no tax in...

A lot of talk about a grand bargain for years. the idea that democrats would give on entitlements and republicans give on tax revenues and it never happened because both camps were solidly against it. and so, only when they dispelled the notion of doing anything grand could they find any common ground at all and there's a tiny little patch of common ground that they found and it involves shaving $65 billion off of the sequester cuts. >> right. >> that's helped for 20, 14 and 15 and helpful from my perspective meaning less fiscal drag in those years and then takes away with the other hand with ...

Almost liked the poison. it was clearly a blunder by the president. it was just a complete misreading of the opposition. >> job creating investments in education and energy and medical research. >> the president tried to convince the public that the sequester cuts would be too painful to bear. >> border patrol agents will see their hours reduced. f.b.i. agents will be furloughed. federal prosecutors will have to close cases and let criminals go. >> the president went into full chicken little mode, the sky is falling, he said. in fact, he said plane also fall out of the sky. >> air traffic cont...

Doesn't make up for all those stories we're missing about the amazing things women are doing in the world. >> nancy pelosi as speaker of the house did not make one national magazine cover. that is unbelievable to me, anna. >> it is unbelievable. not only are women doing amazing things. we need to talk about that. women are adversely impacted by a lot of the policies we've been talking about. sequester cuts affected more women. more women in poverty. more single wage earners for families. >> they are the breadwinners. >> more than ever before. not only we need to be celebrating their accomplish...