good evening to all of you. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, february 5th, the new groundhog day. if they can t get a bigger package done by the time the sequester is scheduled to go into effect, then i believe that they should at least pass a smaller package of spending cuts and tax reforms. a smaller package. because you can t get a deal done in time? so of course, it s not the first time washington has kicked the can down the road. we know that. remember when we first heard about sequester, that bizarre word that is now part of the lexicon? it was august 2011 and the word sequester came out of the failed deal on the debt ceiling. then came the fiscal cliff, that was the next chance to prevent all of the cuts. washington punted, they said hey, three more months, we ll solve it then. nope. now three months is coming so guess what? they will punt again. you know what, thinking about it today, it reminded me a lot about this. put your little hand in mine put your
if they can t get a bigger package done by the time the sequester is scheduled to go into effect, then i believe that they should at least pass a smaller package of spending cuts and tax reforms. a smaller package. because you can t get a deal done in time? so of course, it s not the first time washington has kicked the can down the road. we know that. remember when we first heard about sequester, that bizarre word that is now part of the lexicon? it was august 2011 and the word sequester came out of the failed deal on the debt ceiling. then came the fiscal cliff, that was the next chance to prevent all of the cuts. washington punted, they said hey, three more months, we ll solve it then. nope. now three months is coming so guess what? they will punt again. you know what, thinking about it today, it reminded me a lot about this. put your little hand in mine put your little hand in mine put your little hand in mine there ain t no hill or mountain we can t climb
5th, the new groundhog day. if they can t get a bigger package done by the time the sequester is scheduled to go into effect, then i believe that they should at least pass a smaller package of spending cuts and tax reforms. a smaller package. because you can t get a deal done in time? so of course, it s not the first time washington has kicked the can down the road. we know that. remember when we first heard about sequester, that bizarre word that is now part of the lexicon? it was august 2011 and the word sequester came out of the failed deal on the debt ceiling. then came the fiscal cliff, that was the next chance to prevent all of the cuts. washington punted, they said hey, three more months, we ll solve it then. nope. now three months is coming so guess what? they will punt again. you know what, thinking about it today, it reminded me a lot about this. put your little hand in mine put your little hand in mine put your little hand in mine there ain t no hill or
thank you. thank you, counsel, for your very helpful arguments. this matter is submitted. we appreciate the importance and the time-sensitive nature of this matter and will endeavor to issue our decision as soon as possible. thank you again for appearing on such short notice. we are adjourned. court for this session stands adjourned. i m wolf blitzer in washington. you just heard the live oral arguments on whether or not to immediately restore the president s travel ban. erin burnett has full analysis of the hearing. good evening. i m erin burnett. you ve been listening to the oral arguments on the fate of president trump s travel ban. let s talk about what we have heard. jeffrey toobin is with me, former federal prosecutor paul callum, alan dershowitz, aryan devogue, tony blinken, and nurtds in the obama