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Been heard and traced, millions of americans are still being impacted by the cuts. a new poll released today by cbs and the new york times found that 27% of americans say that sequester is personally affecting them somewhat or a great deal. that's a huge number of americans whose lives are being directly impacted by the sequester and we're only a month and a half into this thing. when you scratch the surface of the latest polling a bit, you start to see a very real measurable difference in how people feel about the sequester depending on how much money they make. 39% of americans whose househo...

The forecast for tomorrow for april, the forecast, 150,000 jobs added. unemployment of 7.6%. the good news, a lot better than europe, where they have 12% unemployment, and throwing out the life raft to keep the economy going. but it's just not -- doesn't feel robust. >> no, it does not feel robust. let's talk about why, steven? does the sequester, forced cuts have anything to do with it? >> look, i am a fan of the sequester. the fact that we have gotten serious, or semi serious about the budget deficit and the enormous debt we have. >> people go through the forced layoffs because the cuts. >> ...

Which are subject to medicare cuts mandated by the sequester. since become so expensive to administer cancer clinics around the country are turning medicare patients away. while congress is in recess this week, the effects of reckless decisions continue to beat down people around the country every single day, and they have a requirement to fix this thing. accept the normalcy of a post-sequester world as the status quo and we here refuse to do that. so, joining me tonight, rose gerber, director of the community oncology alliance and cancer survivor herself, rose, thank you for joining me. >> hi...

New congress, zero is the number of times they've actually proposed a replacement for the sequester. so, we can help those seniors on chemo therapy and help remove the other disruptive by replacing it. >> all right. here's the question, what is the leverage here, what is the leverage, right? republicans have a majority in the house, they actually like cuts to nondiscretionary funding like this. they are quite happy with them. there's a few things here and there, their flights are delayed, that congresswoman doesn't like the chemo disruptions, which i completely understand. what leverage does t...

Only from venus embrace. we asked total strangers to watch it for us. thank you so much. i appreciate it. i'll be right back. they didn't take a dime. how much in fees does your bank take to watch your money? if your bank takes more money than a stranger, you need an ally. ally bank. your money needs an ally. why, perchance, that part of the sequester? >> a few hours after voting, members left capitol hill and headed to the airport for a week long recess.