Truea Lot News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

>> i agree with it. >> joining me tonight colonel jack ka cobs, msnbc analyst. a lot of talk about the bucket. are these severe cuts a and will they have an impact? >> i. >> i think they are too severe and they will have an ill pact. it's interesting, with recutting people. it's the fastest way to save money. anybody in business will tell you that. if you want to save money today, cut people. can you cut overhead costs immediately. if you want to cut programs, you will not save money today. you might save it down the road. the bad news, of course, that if we are cutting it far below what we ne...

With those people really hurting as a result of service to this country, i think you will have a lot of young people out there saying do i really want to make a career in the military? i will tell you this, ed. i didn't know this until i became chairman of the senate veterans committee t. cost of war is enormous. >> yeah. >> you are talking about people whose lives have been shattered. their family's lives have been shattered. their kids' lives have been shattered. and if there is any priority the government of the united states should have is you take care of those people first. >> senator, y...

Anything, it's getting worse. >> will this public comment period have an impact on the issue, as you see it? >> i believe so, yes. i think the public comment period is very important. and it gives folks a chance to weigh in on the issue from all across the country. and i think that from what i've seen, folks from all across the country all have their different reasons to be concerned about this issue. and i've been encouraged by a lot of the support that we've had for our efforts here in nebraska from people all across the country and all across the world. >> what would it mean to you and your...

Christian, then you must be opposed to gay marriage and that's not actually true a. lot has changed since 2005 in that quote that you just played. >> i wonder if we will see a turning point here that now business is going to be the driver of freedom? i mean, i would like to think that arizona would have done the right thing with or without the super bowl. but the pushback, dillon, was so strong fwra the business community. there was going to be an economic impact. that's the last thing any governor wants to have in his or her state. was this a game changer, this veto? and what's the future of ...

Years ago. >> how about group marriage or marriage between little girls or marriage between a man and his donkey? anything allegedly linked to civil rights will be doable and the legal underpinnings for marriage will have been destroyed. now, that's more or less a prophecy, not a prophecy but a prediction. >> joining me on our panel. dillon scott reporter for talking points memo. dillon, you wrote up a good piece on this on talking points memo. how closely are these religious freedom groups working with state legislate o, to lack of a better term quarterback these whole things through? >> well...