we ve seen it with fast and furious and we ve seen it with benghazi and now the release of thousands of criminals, nobody knows and nobody s accountable in this government and pointing different directions at anybody else and who is running this government and whatever happened to leaders taking ownership and responsibility and at least trying to make it right if they didn t know? it s so baffling and take it one step further for you. we have two parties that both have control of had a house behind me, the democrats in the senate and the republicans in the house, they all have subpoena power and could all get you that answer right away and doesn t happen. sheriff, i m taking the last word on that, thank you, sir. thank you, greta. thanks for having me on. greta: now to another side effect of the sequester furloughs, listen to this, at the same time government agencies are sending out furlough notices, many are also posting help wanted ads.
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after march. popular tourist spots may be affected. the smithsonian institution is looking at $40 million in budget cut. a spokesperson tells cnn it will put off repairs and implement a firing freeze but keep the doors open. it s 20% cuts. one day a week, only 80% of the people are there providing the services that they provide. so it s a gradual reduction. over time, you ll notice. reporter: the biggest impact will be on the defense department civilian workforce. 800,000 of them are expected to get furlough notices. and that will have a ripple effect throughout military towns in the united states. the public will also notice other changes. the military s popular air demonstration team, the air force thunderbirds, and the navy s blue angels, those shows will be danced for the rest of the week. thanks very much, lisa, for that. did the obama administration go overboard in warning about these forced spending cuts? let s discuss with our chief national correspondent john king and ou
we re not anticipating any problems. my biggest concern, to be very honest with you, is the furlough issue. they ve talked about the furloughs possibly happening between and they wouldn t take place till into april because you have to give 30 days notice. reporter: what will cuts look like? it will vary agency to agency. customs and border protection says furlough notices will start going out at the end the week. they will take effect some 30 days later. overtime has been eliminated. that means those traveling internationally may have a longer wait. and it may take longer for shipping containers to be processed at u.s. ports. the irs says work eers will fac one furlough day per pay period but not till after the firing season. that could last from summer to the rest of the year. low-income families receiving nutrition assistance through the women s infant s and children s program, or wic, could be affected as well, but not until
napolitano making it clear it wasn t thousands of illegals as first reported. several hundred were related to sequester but it wasn t thousands. and it will continue? for the foreseeable future, yes. jenna: that was this morning. meantime secretary napolitano says furlough notices are going out to the tsa she said we should expect airport lines two names longer than normal moving forward. as politics of the cuts continue it play out here is the president s top economic advisor, gene sperling. this is not a win for republicans. republicans are supposed to be for stronger national defense. this cuts our military preparedness dramatically. they re supposed to be for border security. these sequester cuts will mean enough reductions in hours that will be the equivalent of 5,000 border patrol agents being cut. jenna: all this as we mark ten years since the creation of the department of homeland security. michael chertoff, former department of homeland security secretary, one of three