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In a particular school, a very special school. so are jurisdictions beginning to blame this on the sequester? is this really the sequester kicking in? >> well, look, there's no free lunch at the end of the day. the reality is, we can and should make cuts wherever possible. if there's waste in the budget, it should be eliminated, we should find efficiencies. but as i indicated, two years ago we cut over $1.2 trillion from this whole portion of the budget. that goes to things like head start. that goes to early education. that goes to special education. so if you're doing a whole 'nother round o...

That would have given the president more digression for the cuts. >> they said we are going to cut off three fingers. we want the president to decide which finger goes first. and that is about it. we have tried everything we can and they will not budge on anything. period. >> i have been going through the details on this. the next big deadline is the end of march. when the resolution expires. is that the end game? >> everyone seems non interested about the sequester kicking in tonight? >> i think it is an end game in the following sense. what i think and fear what will happen then is that, the...

Coming home, disoriented, unemploy unemployed, some homeless and no one pays a price. i submit to you, we would not be in iraq, afghanistan and a whole lot of other places that we've introduced our troops if when we voted into congress, members of congress said oh, my god, they're talking about my grandkids. >> quickly, before we go, some members of congress are making cuts in preparation for the sequester kicking in is that something that you're thinking about. no, i'm not thinking about that. >> that's not a drop of water in the two oceans that surround us. no. we don't need is imbelsymbols....

Transportation. i mean, is that what needs to happen for republicans to reach a compromise? to absolutely see abject suffering in the lives of people? >> i think it is going to take the sequester kicking in and watching the real impact of these cuts across a broad spectrum of people's lives to get republicans to sit down at the table. they understand what could happen, and that's not certainly motivating them towards compromise. >> and there was me stupidly thinking they won election to serve the people of this country. robert gibbs, sir, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> next...