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With mental health that would be important. when we have the sequester debate, we hear, well, here's the actual reality we're creating with long-term cuts when we need more support. what do you think politically is the wall or separation here from those realities and stories actually translating into some action? >> i think the problem honest hi is we wait until there is a tremendous horrific tragedy to act. in virginia, for instance, after the virginia tech massacre, there was a ton of funding poured into the state, $42 million. then over the next couple of years because of the recession and ...

Crowds listening to i don't know about rubio but other tea partiers, that's not the message. they want to hear i'm going to washington and blocking stuff. i'm going to make sure gridlock keeps going. it's not just that we have a politician, i agree with mike, who like the president said i'm not blue, i'm not red, i'm going here to get things done, it's that we have a base who's pretty divided on that issue. >> now i think on that point, the question is how does a senator cory booker perform in the heat of, you know, the moment on the budget? now -- because he's going to get there. it's going t...

Lieutenant governor and the governor take care of, you know, the federal stuff, the federal end of it. and they kind of keep me in the loop on that. but i just want to make sure that everybody in my community is taken care of. if they need something that they can call me. i'm just that kind of guy. like i've said before, my family moved here in the 1940s, so these are, you know, friends and acquaintances we've known for a long time. i know a lot of them. >> there is going to be a debate over federal funding and how much money. not just should come to oklahoma but other areas. it's been part of...

Pass would have added the embarrassment of overridden veto he decided to go with it. >> bret: despite what they say publicly? >> brit: exactly. >> bret: all right, brit. thank you. president obama has tapped charlotte's mayor to lead the department at the center of the sequester debate. i nominated anthony fox for transportation secretary. fox is the first african-american the president has chosen for his second-term cabinet. if confirmed fox will replace ray la hood, one of the few republicans serving in the obama administration. new indication the housing market continues to bounce back pend...

Really interesting was hearing your story and then you talking about the sequester and your feeling about government spending and the first thing i wanted to know was when the sequester debate was happening, were you following it and did you think it would have an impact on your life? >> no. well, first of all, thanks for having me here. and i'd like to point out that while i think my car smells like failure, it's not because i work at a pizza place. it's because of the decisions i've made that have made, that's the failure that i've made is to put me in the spot that i'm in. where as the sequ...