Quickly as it would have. Unemployment will not go down as quickly as it would have. And there are lives behind that. And thats real. And its not necessary. Thats the problem. Reporter there is a way out of this, of course, scott, and thats for both sides to compromise. But in this conflict, neither side has shown any willingness to do that at all. Pelley thank you. It is a feature of this law that federal managers cant choose where to cut. The reductions must be across the board thereby eliminating both the wasteful and the vital. A few programs are exempt, however, and we asked nancy cordes to tell us where the cuts are coming. Reporter food stamp fund will not be cut. Neither will Childrens Health subsidies or medicaid. Democrats protected those programs for the poor and a few others when they were negotiating the sequester with republicans two years ago. And both sides agreed that military pay and benefits along with funding for veterans should be shielded from the budget ax as wel