escape. a zoo employee was in the costume. brian? >>brian: everyone talks about spending cuts. you know the first place they want to cut on the democratic side any way? it is defense spending. they feel republicans will come to the table because they fear defense spending cuts. joining us is concerned veterans for america president who understands what it is like to get the funding and what it would be like not to get the funding. how concerned are people in the military about what could be coming our way march 1? >> very concerned. news reports talk about what's going to happen. one recently talked about the navy. we're going to have less ships. they're going to move less. they're going to train less. they're going to be maintained much less. therefore, they're not going to be able to deploy to respond to threats and project power as necessary. the constitution mandates providing for national defense and our military guarantor of our freedom. if we don't maintain that, everything else goes way.