it s spent here. but it might be worse than sect hague especially ohe will outlined yesterday. he ll cut the force. but you have to remember, sequester cuts are coming along. he ll cut the force. but you have to remember, sequester cuts are coming along. on top of that. you could be down to 420,000, 430,000 for the u.s. army because of those cuts. our former secretary of defense said he did his cuts preemptively, he said the cuts that were being proposed when he left would be catastrophic. he said he would resign in his book rather than deal with that. the president is saying not explicitly, but implicitly, he s saying we re retreating throughout the world, let s trim our military to fit that reduced role in the world. that is what he s doing. that is a political choice. the company has moved to 11:00 eastern right on the numbers. what do wi expee is expect on y show? a full two hours, i ll talk a
us. and compared to the frivolous it seems spending elsewhere, it isn t making sense to the american people and to our military. when you look at this week, 175,000 to swimming abilities of fish? i think they can swim. 100,000 to promote a book club for the labor department centennial celebration? 356,000 to study social influences of risky cycling? i ve been hit by a bike. i m okay if you don t spend the money researching that. i can tell you it hurt. that s for free. you re the research project right there. so keep in mind hethey re talki big cut to the military and in two years, more sequester cuts could be coming down the pike. so they could go even deeper and hitting the bone in the next round. and yet are they making changes elsewhere when we re spending money on whether or not fish can swim? does this make sense to you? i just wonder why the president of the krund united states, his chief obligation is
then they didn t like how it was turning out, so the white house turned and said, you know, those darn republicans made us do sequester. and then it became bad. it was good, then it became bad. now apparently they re going to try to spin it back the other way a second time, saying those sequester cuts, that s austerity. see what we re doing for you? it s amazing the verbal gymnastics they re playing with. let me get julie s take on it politically. maybe i m wrong. i think it is strange to ask members of congress and senators to vote on a bill to cut the military in an election year where they re already underwater with public opinion and look to be on the verge of maybe, at least losing a few senate seats if thought losing the majority. what s the political rationale? i agree with you. you re not just cutting the military. you re cutting military pay, military benefits, which i wouldn t do because of the reasons you mentioned, and in a lot of these states, louisiana,
they want to keep the sequester cuts going and lost. they lost an effort to shut down the government. no wonder establishment republicans like john boehner want little to do with them right now. by the way, who got the biggest applause the other night, not the tea party, boehner. finally, from one troubled new york politician to another, michael grimm gets advice from anthony weiner? thanks for nothing. anyway, this is hardball, the place for politics. (vo) you are a business pro. seeker of the sublime. you can separate runway ridiculousness. from fashion that flies off the shelves. and you.rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle. and go. and only national is ranked highest in car rental customer satisfaction by j.d. power. (natalie) ooooh, i like your style.
the bridge might be the least of it when they re done. remember johnny friendly on the waterfront? which is in hoboken. i m rooting for terry malloy. anyway, thank you. could have been a contributor. thank you, howard fineman. it s not funny. it s awful. but it s a hell of a yarn. we re getting pictures of the bullying operation which appears to have been the m.o. of his political team, the crew they re called, the lobbyists, the pressure people, and the alleged warning in a shoprite parking lot, you better get aboard the team here. plus, even before today s news from rudy, christie s poll numbers were sinking. the man seen as the gop s best chance to beat hillary rodham clinton keeps falling further and further behind her. and don t look now, but the tea party is losing its grip, its death grip i think. they wanted to destroy the food stamp program and lost. they want to keep the sequester cuts going and lost. they lost an effort to shut down the government. no wonder esta