single story about life in the united states during our long, grinding an unnecessary austerity era, but there are thousands of other americans who do or will have similar stories. another story details 100 examples of current or impending cuts caused by the sequester. everything from housing assistance being slashed in texas to research jobs being cut in durham, north carolina. so the question is, why doesn't washington seem to care about any of them? joining me at the table, heather mcghee, the vice president at the public policy organization, ezra cline, msnbc policy analyst and shaina hewitt and from washington is jeff merriack. jeff, i want to start with you because what i thought was really interesting was hearing your story and then you talking about the sequester and your feeling about government spending and the first thing i wanted to know was when the