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Expire next month. the program provide employment benefits after state benefits run out. it was last extended at the beginning of this year as part of a deal to divert fiscal cliffs with spending cuts. the chances of that happening again don't look very good despite a push from congressional democrats and the white house. the program is still necessary due to the sluggish recovery and still high jobless rate. it will cost 250 billion and more. they will discuss the right stance on this issue yet. they are struggling to find alternatives in sequestration cuts. the chances of an extension before...

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 ...

From west point that have been playing music for us all day on this veterans day. >> also, didn't we do a show from the uss new york? >> we did during fleet week -- no fleet week because of the sequestration cuts. but they're open for business. we've got maria molina who has been over there and she said she stopped by, they've give you a tour. >> they won't ask for cash up front. if you had a chance to watch the sunday shows, they took note of what's happening today and in politics. somebody else who takes down notes on sunday and wallace kids still talk to him, but he wants to be ready for th...

The negotiation position of gop leaders. are we about to see a shift where the budget hawks will give a knockout to the war hawks? >> the pentagon already has been struck in year because of the sequestration cuts. there is also a strong group of both republicans and democrats who believe that the military budget should not be cut even the 4% or so that it's been cut under the sequester. it's actually less than 4%. so i'm not ready to call it a paradigm shift. you hear the nsa revelations, you have increasing discussion of drone warfare. none of which are particularly by the way large budget it...

Perilling america's sku e's sec. >> military leaders say they are already pinching pennies and the cuts heard them significantly. and the cuts are affecting readiness. take a listen. >> we're looking with sequestration at a long range problem that is significant. it will take us 10 plus years to get readiness back for the level we want under and i fully sequestered budget. >> a decade. are you buying that? >> you know, i don't buy it entirely because we heard prior to the sequestration cuts that it would have a dramatic and immediate effect on military jobs, on against contractor jobs. and tho...