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And russian officials tomorrow. they don't want the president to go to the g-20. a few called for a boycott of the olympics. any indication at all that they are going to gain momentum? >> it's really a slippery slope for the administration to go down. if they continue to cancel meetings on the staff level as well. that's really where a lot of work gets done. secretary of state john kerry and defense secretary chuck hagel are scheduled to have meetings this week as well with russian oh fficials. if the countries have a prayer of getting back on track the lines of communication need to remain op...

About? >> i find it interesting that government christie took on senator paul in this and found it more interesting that senator paul would fire back and start this back and forth that usually leads to people like chris and myself to do that on a staff level for a couple of years. now the heavyweights are in the fight early. >> chris christie talking about government surveillance last week, pointed to what he calls a dangerous strain of libertaria libertarianis libertarianisms. he said are you referring to rand paul? he said you can name any one of them and he is one of them. i want them to co...

Then in november there was the presidential election. in march, that's when the treasury department was first informed at a staff level only we're told, that there was -- they were given a draft that showed there had been wrongdoing. they found wrongdoing, but that only got to the staff level. in april of 2012, a final report got to the treasury secretary, and the deputy treasury secretary. and then in may, we all know that the final report went public. so it was in march of this year that others inside the treasury department got word, and then in april that the treasury secretary found out. ...

Given how long he's been working on it, sends a message to a lot of republicans that the white house are looking for a political issue. >> i thought you didn't want the white house to be calling anybody, but okay. >> jonathan, we get past -- >> calling them and saying how can we help? how can we give you the space you need? >> john, when you get past the hurt feelings and you get to the policy, where do we end up on this? if they actually do get in a room and they get the space they need, what's the policy at the end of the day they can agree on? >> it sounds as though from the leaked proposal...

Figured things up. >> reporter: lawmakers are not entirely on vacation. they're back in their districts talking about the impact of the sequester. in boston, funding for health research would be reduced. >> we have got to stop the sequestration cuts, we can't strand our researchers. >> reporter: in indiana, they could slow production driving up the cost of your main course. and in san diego, about 30,000 military jobs would be in jeopardy. >> i'm as frustrated as you that they sent us home. >> reporter: insiders say staffers are also negotiating, even with their bosses away. >> i believe at th...