act right now. call the number on your screen now! jenna: well the truth is as it stands right now it is looking less like we re going to see a deal to head of the sequester and more like the automatic spending cuts we re talking so much about will start kicking in at midnight. gerry seib of the wall street journal wrote this just recently saying quote, the most stunning aspect of the latest budget impasse nobody is really scurrying around to prevent it. here is a thought who could perhaps do that. a group of younger, moderate democrats in the washington badly needs right now are people to serve as a bridge between two the parties. moderate and conservative democrats often have formedded these bridges between the parties. gerry seib goes on and identifies six senator as lawmakers who could be part of that bridge. one of them, joins us now.
that she acted in self-defense but have they gone too far with their questioning? our legal panel weighs in on that. the chairman of the house homeland security committee is demanding the answer on the release of hundreds of illegal immigrants. we hear the numbers are in the hundreds. he asked to find out how many we re talking about. texas republican michael mccaul will join us on set next hour. tourists are flocking to southwest florida to get a look at some of their favorite baseball players. that s right, red sox spring training is underway. can you tell we have someone from boston working on our team? the red sox, right. we ll look at the billion dollar preseason industry and some towns that hope to cash in. jon? jon: it is crunch time there on capitol hill in washington where jenna is as democrats and republicans try to stop a looming sequester. if no deal is reached, $85 billion in government spending cuts begin to take effect tomorrow. chief congressional correspondent mike
i just don t know why he needs to keep going at it. he has gotten the facts to use in closing argument. i think longer she stays on the stand the more likely for one juror to feel bad for her. jon: that is all it takes. he does need to end it. he needs to end it. jon: with 11 men on the jury i m not sure that anybody will be feeling particularly bad for her but we ll see. a lot of testimony and closing arguments to come. thanks to each of you for joining us today. thanks for having me. thank you. jon: all right. jenna: believe it or not there is some new talk about bridging the gap between both parties as the clock ticks towards this automatic spending cuts that are said to kick in by midnight. alaska senator mark begich joins us in three minutes. he has actually written a letter that takes on republicans, democrats and the president all together. we ll ask him who he thinks should step up to the plate. also a store owner in his 80s taking on two
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