To work this morning. At a special convened gathering in the white house, he addressed the potentially devastating effects of the socalled sequester cuts, which in the words of the president would take a meat cleaver to military and domestic spending. So these cuts are not smart, they are not fair. They will hurt our economy. They will add hundreds of thousands of americans to the unemployment roles. This is not an abstraction. People will lose their jobs. President used todays appearance with a group of First Responders to explain what these cuts would mean to the life of an average american family. Cuts to airport security. Thousands of teachers laid off. Hundreds of thousands denied primary and preventative medical care. And if these cuts do go into effect, the president made sure that everyone would know it was republicans fanaticism over taxes that will be to blame. And so far at least what they have expressed is a preference where theyd rather have these cuts go into effect than
Administration during the debt limit negotiations in 2011. And now we in the house on behalf of our constituents are calling on the president to join us in replacing his sequester with better, more responsible spending cuts. Joining me now, correspondent for the garden, Anna Marie Cox and White House Reporter for the washington post, david kna knackmara. Whats going to happen . There was a lot of concern about taxes going up. You saw everything go down to the wire. We tipped over the fiscal cliff for a day but then they came to an agreement. This time, this is a big sequester is a big issue and could result in a lot of job losses and a lot of damage to the economy. But because its slower moving, there seems to be less impetus to get a deal done before the march 1st deadline. Youre hearing maybe this would all be wrapped up and the continuing spending resolution, if thats not solved by the end of march could result in a government shutdown. There seems to be posturing for negotiating al
Use. Were following the story and more on the announcement in a few minutes. Athletes are starting to arrive for the olympics in sochi, russia amid new terror threats in the country with more than 10,000 american athletes and their families expected. U. S. Officials are taking no chances. They are moving war ships in and putting evacuation plans into place. Our Senior International correspondent ivan watson is live in sochi. Tell us more, ivan. Reporter thats right. Well, a massive Russian Security force presence here in sochi, the site of the upcoming games. Ill give you a little bit of a look around the area. Weve seen Russian Navy Ships patrolling right off the coast here in the waters of the black sea. Very close to the olympic park that was just constructed at a cost of billions and billions of dollars by the russians for hosting these games, a show of force, perhaps in response to some of the terrorist threats that have come in recent days, in fact, to the olympic games, particul
Relevant. Im not questioning her health. I think that health and age is fair game. It demonstrates how utterly afraid they are of her. My brain says shes running. My gut says, you know what . We dont know what kind of shape your brain is in. Your forecast on this sunday afternoon. Karl rove is still, and will likely continue, talking about Hillary Clintons health. So how is that going to play out as she gears up for a book tour while the rest of the world continues to fixate on 2016 . The topic was all over the sunday shows this morning and not many conservatives were stepping up to roves defense, except rove himself, of course. Now he says he wasnt even talking about clintons health. This is all about whether or not shes going to run for president. Just take a look at how his argument has changed over the course of the week. How did this comment come up suggesting that Hillary Clinton may suffer from brain damage . Where did that come from . No, no, no, wait a minute. No, no. I didnt
Talking about Chris Christie. This time its president obama an the Tappan Zee Bridge minus the scandal. The president is right there now driving a week long push for roads an bridges. He put the rebuild on the fast track two years ago. The existing bridge is in such disrepair, one of the top aide was called the hold your breath bridge. It has a 4 billion price tag, more than a quarter comes from a federal loan. The president wants congress to pass a 302 billion Transportation Plan because the current fund is running out. Anthony fox says a quarter of u. S. Bridges need significant help and 2 3 of roads are inadequate. Its also about jobs. 700,000 according to the wiet house. All that congestion is causing more problems than other. 120 billion in gas and lost time and 27 billion in additional shipping costs for businesses. 6 in 10 americans feel roads and bridges are up will they use it to ref their midterm engine. Henrich is here with more. You have sarah palinsstyle knowledge about th