aaron s 8th birthday. got a e-mail. as of march 9th, moving forward. first to be honest we thought it was kind of a joke, not sure, you know how to kind of take the e-mail. so, i phoned my mom to let her know, guess what, we thought we have a tour and we don t have a tour anymore. no way. that night actually on fox news, at 5:00 it was plastered everywhere. reporter: tour cancellations have become as much of a red hot political potato as the sequester itself with some suggesting tour cancellation, they cost the government $74,000 a week were unnecessary way for the white house to maximize sequestration s impact. in terms of the overall costs of operating the country and the government, small change, i think. it is for posturing more than anything. reporter: one tour group, the sixth grade class at st. paul s lutheran school in