have him speak more about his work with the church, for example, some of the good works he s done, some of the charity he s done, and he didn t really talk about that very much, and i think had he done that more maybe we would have got even to know the mitt romney who would have resonated to a stronger extent with the american public. jon: again, you know, they talked about a number of other items in that interview, they talked about immigration, they talked about especially how the president is handling the sequester. listen. well no one can think that that s been a success for the president. he didn t think the sequester would happen. it is happening. to datewhat we ve seen is the president out campaigning to the american people doing rallies around the country, flying around the country and berating republicans and blaming and pointing. now what does that do? that causes the republicans to retrench and put up a wall and fight back. jon: should the media be doing some stories about
fiscal crisis to fiscal crisis right now. i can t remember, you know, a time in this nation s history when it has been from the fiscal cliff to the sequester and, another debt ceiling fight. it just seems to have happen every couple months now. absolutely and we have one this month, march 27th. we ll have to decide what level the government should be funded at. if there is no agreement, then the government would shut down. both the president and republican leaders say they don t want that i think they will avert a government shutdown but you never know. almost monthly, and certainly i think this summer will be once again the biggest fight on the debt ceiling. we ve seen that movie before and we re going to see it again when the weather gets a little warmer. jon: seems that the president believes voters will side with him and give him a democratic house two years from now. we ll see how that strategy plays out. bob cusack, from the hill , thank you. thanks, jon. jenna: growing conc
team and as new people are named to head federal agencies that have played controversial roles in this administration we re also getting a clearer picture of what budget cuts could mean for the american people as the political fallout from the sequester continues. senior white house foreign affairs correspondent wendell goler is live at the executive mansion. tough time to be nominated budget director, huh, wendell? reporter: is in fact, jon. you start under orders to cut a the budget deficit without ways to do it. after the president friday night after he and republicans in congress failed to reach a agreement how to cut the deficit. sylvia matthews burr well-was part of a administration team that produced a budget surplus when republicans controlled the house. she is stuck as omb director stuck with budget cuts each side already made a issue. we cut of deficit $2.5 trillion, $3 of spending cuts for every dollar of
welations. there will be tough talk in those confirmation hearings. jon? jon: fireworks ahead on capitol hill. wendell goler from the white house. wendell, thanks. jenna: that never happens. fox news weather alert now. a winter storm watches and warnings in place ahead of a storm some are saying could be the biggest of the season. maria molina is live from our fox weather center with more. maria? jenna, good to see you, speaking of capitol hill that storm system we re tracking across the north and central is actually headed into that direction and could be producing some pretty significant snowfall across the d.c. area and the baltimore area, possibly over five inches of getting into wednesday but right now the center of the storm system is actually starting to exit the northern rockies and starting to move into sexes of minnesota and the sections of the minnesota and dakotas. we re seeing it impact sections of northern illinois and areas across wisconsin and minneapolis is dealing
in just the last 90 days. jon? jon: how many calories in a peanut butter and jelly sandwich? you happen to know. that is what got me through school. reporter: i have to think it is north of 200. the rolls we serve on trace is more than 200 calories. it will take fancy footwork to comply. jon: what a concept, what a country. shannon bream, keep an eye on it for us. reporter: will do. jenna: no juice? jon: no juice. jenna: we re awaiting more testimony from jody arias at her capital murder trial. she already spent five grueling days under cross-examination where the prosecutor kept hammering her over what he called her repeated lies about the stabbing and slashing and shooting death of her lover, travis alexander. the prosecution claims she killed alexander in a jealous rage. her attorneys say it is self-defense. arias seems to be holding firm under questioning, several times saying she simply didn t remember the details of the killing, adding she may have even