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Lead to darn near armageddon. i think more than a few times they used terms like that. senator rand paul says if the marks were worried about that, they have had and since had a funny way of showing it. senator, i don't think the markets were one iota concerned about those sequestration cuts at all. >> well, if they knew the truth they would be even less concerned the sequestration cuts are a slowdown in the rate of growth, and so we can absorb this. it will actually be good for the economy because the debt is such a burden and causes loss of job. so if we have less debt, we'll have more jobs ...

Eating less is a beautiful thing. >> neil: all right. don't look at these calm scenes at airport and assume everything is hunky doorie. we have seen no evidence of it. but if we do, we are on top of it. in fact, we have no news to report on anything out of sorts this first day of sequestration cuts kicking in. but i'm sure we're going to keep on looking. that man there. i don't know.

>> what's the 'roids? why are you on 'roids again? >> allergic reaction. >> to what? >> sequesters. president obama downplayed the impact of the sequester which is in effect. >> just to make a final point about the sequester, we will get through this. this is not going to be an apocalypse i think as some people have said. >> actually, he's the one that said it. that's good. >> and the republicans. >> so we're going to be okay. >> both sides did it. >> nothing's happened. >> mike, it's all right. >> nothing has happened. >> actually, that's not true. they're not happening to you, barnicle, and ...

Obviously it's at the lower sequester number, but i'll certainly vote to extend funding. >> sir, over the weekend, gene sperling spoke on "meet the press." take a listen. >> we will still be committed to trying to find remembers and democrats that will work on a bipartisan compromise to eliminate, get rid of the sequester and that's why the president was calling leadership on friday. that's why he spent saturday afternoon calling republican and democratic senators who he thinks could be part of a caucus of common sense to help move our country forward. >> caucus of common sense. at the end of ...

He had one. >> i would love senate democrats to pass it. we could have regular order. but these senate democrats haven't passed a budget in four years, so why would they pass any plan whatsoever? nicolle, i just want to get this out there. we say, like everybody else says, budget cuts, budget cuts. you heard leon panetta talking about the doomsday scenario, that defense budget was going to be slashed so much that we were going to become a regional power. his undersecretaries talked about castration. i wish they wouldn't. it makes me uncomfortable. another one talked about assisted suicide, tha...