From the krn kcncnn live today krn center, this is cnn saturday morning. Im Brianna Keilar in for randi kaye. December flation florida. Searchers there are battling time and gravity in their attempt to recover a man swa swallowed up by a sinkhole. Well take you live to the scene. Seeing it believing. Students fed up with a crook on campus. After weevgs weeks of warn threats, americans face 85 billion in federal spending cuts. President obama siren aobama si order. What happens now . Political correspondent jim acosta is live at the white house. What happens now . Reporter a good question. Well find out at the same time. The president said in his press conference yesterday that this will not be what he called and apocalypse, but if you look at what the office of management and budget in his own administration is telling congress about these cuts, this will be serious. This is the order that the president issued last night initiating automatic acrosstheboard budget cuts. Look at the letter from omb to congress, it says right here, the cuts required by sequestration will be deeply destructive to national security, domestic investments and core government functions. Talking billions of dollars in cuts over at the Defense Department, cuts near 1 billion for fema, for disaster relief. Cuts to transportation security for those checkin lines at the airport. The lines may get longer according to the administration. Thats why the president in this weekly address to Congress Said even though the cuts are set in motion he woe like to work out a deal to perhaps turn back the clock and do away with these cuts. What he had to say these cuts are not smart. Theyll hurt our economy and cost us jobs. And congress can turn them off at any time as soon as both sides are willing to compromise. Reporter now, so far the republicans havent really responded to that kind of talk very favorably at this point. They believe that the president is really just after more tax increases and theyre saying that thats not going to happen at this point, but brianna, of course, here in washington folks are always trying to find some of the lighter moments in these dark and gloomy budget times, and you will recall yesterday when the president talked about putting a jedi mind meld on congress he wasnt able toll do that, twitter exploded saying, uhhuh. Hes mixing movie references between star trek and star wars and mixing the Jedi Mind Trick with the vulcan mind meld, if you will, and so the white house put out a tweet yesterday trying to have fun with this. We can put it up onscreen where they have a graphic they put theeg says these cuts arent the solutions that americans are looking for. So theyre trying to have fun with it. Of course, the reactions to this were swift. They were at warp speed or light speed, depending if youre a trekkie or star wars fan. You saw leonard nimoy, only a vulcan mind meld will help this congress. Jim can we really disagree with him . We really cant. I love, the end you see, he ended it buy llap. What does that mean . Live long and prosper. Of course. Of course. Live long and prosper. Well be bog that for a while, even if nos prospering as we get through this debate. Jim acosta at the white house. Thank you. The budget ax wont leave anyone unscathed. When will you goin see the cuts . Where will you see them . Tom foreman is live in washington to break it all down. Hi, tom. Reporter bring in a little more down to earth at this part. March comes in like a lion out like a lamb in terms of weather. In terms of the cuts, coming in like a lamb but could go out like a lion. The forced budget cuts went into effect, what did you feel . The truth is, nothing, by and large pap few people saw little things. By and large most people didnt see anything. Thats going to be that way for a little bit of time here because essentially whats happening is the news. The official action that puts all of this in place is happening through these weeks. When you may yet see nothing going on but believe me, a little fire started she eed her starting to grow. The end of the month, talking about real potential impacts here. For example, as you hit the end, all the notice the sent out will kick in. The end of the month youll see some kind of closures at national parks. See the lines at airports. I say this guardedly, because its not entirely clear how much youre going to see. Maybe at the busiest airports at the busiest times longer waits. Maybe at a lot of airports a lot of waits. Well see how that shakes out in terms how the markets reacts. Nonetheless, start feeling fegts by then. Now in the business of watching the funding for the boudget expire, and this whole budget going on around it complicating things further. Also it opens a door in which a deal could be struck that would get around the sequester without make directly addressing it. Nonetheless a very, very busy month here in march, bri, during which it will come in like a lamb and go out like a lion. At least a little lion. So used to seeing lastminute solutions. The thing about that potential Government Shutdown at the end of march, even if they do it, it costs money to prep in case they dont come to a deal. Taxpayers take the hit there. What are we seeing beyond march. What happens in april and may . Do we see the effects grow . We do see the effects grow, and it depends on what they do here. One of the biggest affects youre going to see, weirdly enough, actually a politicaleffect. Budget negotiations will have to go on in this environment. Now, whatever point of view you have politically, that may be good or bad. If you want a lot of pressure on one side or the other, trust me. By april, youll have a lot of pressure, whichever side you want it to go. Again, well have to see how it plays out. All of the effects in the last months will continue through these moss and probably grow, because so many of the many pras have a lag effect. You put them in and they slowly go away. Kind of like not buying groceries for your kitchen. You can do it for one week, two weeks, three weeks. At some point a cumulative effect you realize youre out of things. That will continue out of that month and into the next month and into may, other things going on. When well actually see smaller unemployment checks may see in in april. Maybe some some places right away. In may, if nufull force and mor as the year goes on. When things start to cook in washington. Thanks, tom. Near tampa, florida, rescuers resumed their search for the body of a man who was swallowed by a sinkhole, and cnns John Zarrella is live there in florida. John, they actually called off the search last night fought jeff bush and began again around 7 00 this morning. Are they any closer to recovering his body . Reporter no. They arent. You know, quite frankly, it is an effort now to just try to find out the parameters, the dimensions of this sinkhole to see how wide it goes. They know its at least 25, 30 feet deep, and continuing to deepen. They know that the initial sinkhole itself is about 30 feet wide. About 30 feet wide. But that around that, its very sandy and it is very steep. And because of that, they believe that it has the potential to continue to expand. Before they even go inside that house, and no ones been in that house since thursday night when the collapse occurred and when the family was pulled out of there, they have been continuing to do ground testing, ground radar systems, that theyre using to try and figure out how widespread this sinkhole could become. Are they concerned about these other homes near the sinkhole . Now youre across the street, well across the street. Reporter right. Is it possible that the sinkhole could even come across the street or into these other properties . Reporter women, yeah. Certainly is possible, and, in fact, they moved us back a ways today to bring ground testing equipment over to this side of the street later to do testing over here just so they can be sure that they have a handle on exactly how wide the potential could be for it. Yeah, yesterday they evacuated the houses on either side of the blue house behind me where the sinkhole occurrd and family members from one of those house was seen coming out carrying belongings. Presumably helped we understand by the red cross, and by others in the community. So they are concerned about that. And definitely a tough time for the family as we saw that video right there of jeff bushs brother. John zarrella in florida, thanks for that report. Sure. 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Reporter tears from jodi arias who broke down on the stand as the first photo of Travis Alexanders body was displayed in court showing him twisted and crumpbled on the shower floor. Maam, were you crying when you were shooting him . I dont remember. Were you crying when you were stabbing him . I dont remember. How about when you cut his throat . Were you crying then . I dont know. With her face in her hands, the prosecutor dared her to look. Take a look, then, and youre the want that did this. Right . Yes. And youre the same individual that lied about all of this. Right . Yes. So then take a look at it. Reporter from the stand, arias did her best to convince the jury she acted in selfdefense. She says alexander attacked her after she dropped his camera. He body slammed me. He body slammed you down. Yes. In a very where did he body slam you down, maam . Right in the same area, on the tile. Reporter even if it was selfdefense, how did had lead to this . Nearly 30 stab wounds, his throat cut and a single gun shot to the head and prosecutors specifically retraced steps leading up to that point starting with the most she says she shot him. He just was running at me as i turned around. Reporter arias alleged alexander charged her like a linebacker. Show me the linebacker pose. He got down well, shope. Show me the linebacker pose. Thats what im asking you to do. He went like that, turned his head. Reporter whats when she says the gun went off. I screamed stop when i pointed the gun at him. And then what do you do . I dont really remember. I just remember i dont remember anything at that point sigh would be speculating. Reporter later the prosecutor displayed several gruesome photos from the crime scene. And according to your version of events, you would acknowledge that that stabbing was after the shooting. According to you. Right . I dont yes. I dont remember. Im not asking if you remember, maam. 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Thats why rear here, because you killed him, right . Yes. Reporter randi kaye, cnn, phoenix, arizona. Was jodi arias a Domestic Abuse victim or cold bsh blooded killer from . Disturbing phone conversations the riveting courtroom drama pulls back the curtains on the murder of Travis Alexander. Watch sex, lies ams am amp audiotape tonight at ni9 00 p. Come into work or quit. Thats the new edict from yahoo ceo marisa meyer, his decision sparked outrages in homes of workers around the country. Heres part of the leaked mem open. To become the absolute best place to work communication kand clabber ace willing important so we need to be working side by side nap is why it is critical we are all present in our offices. This discussion is about much more than telecommunity telecommuting, ice shou should. The william fact of women in the workplace and whether they can have it all. The president of the association for females executives and jessica heron, kre lo and founder of Jewelry Company stella and dot. Betty, start with you. What did you think when you first heard about this memo and do you think yahoo made the rice decision here . When i first heard about the memo i asked, is this a hoax . It didnt seem possible that someone could be going backwards. Most companies today are offering some kind of flexibility for people to work from home and its working successfully. As i thought about it i was realizing that the ceo, marisa mayer, made a choice. Chosen innovation over people. Ploebl going to get her innovation, but at what cost . Shes going to lose a lot of people. You just dont have the to lose people when you are innovating. You figure out a way to get them in, also have the time they need to take care of the things they have to in their personal lives. Jessica, let me ask you this. You began your now multimillionful Dollar Company out of your living room the motto women working from home. Is that just as productive as the face time you might have in the office . Do you think this is sort of, maybe, wrong that shes pursuing this route . Well, i began stella and dot as a flexible opportunity for women because i recognized that Corporate America and Traditional Companies have constraints that just arent going to be fixed in that environment. There needing to be an alternative. I recognize that marisa had to do something bold. Thats because theres been a string of ceos at yahoo trying to turn it around and its not working. So she had a, weve got to turn this ship all hands on deck, ultimately, i think that shes also going to realize that, of course, youve got to give people flexibility to be happy. Happy employees will be best and can still be innovativinnovativ. Just a matter of shades of gray and working that out as she gets the company back on track. You think it will backfire, maybe . Well, i think that in the short term shes going to weed out a lot of people and going to lose good ones, and shes going to lose some of the people that arent necessarily committed to being there and maybe thats a time for that to happen, but i cant imagine that long term yahoo s not going to have flexible time. Its at google and working for them. Its a matter of time and place for the company. Its working out betty is this something that affects women more than men because they take advantage of this when they have children and are trying to juggle priorities . Its going to hit women heavily especially working mothers. Working mother magazine, 100 best companys for working mothers, our Top Companies for executive women list shows that Successful Companies can use flex time and use it well. You have to monitor it. And make sure your managers are trained in how to work with flexible employee, and that may have slacked off in the last five years. So betty a really good point. Go on. I believe i think its really up to management to rise to the occasion. Because you can have innovation even when people arent changing their desks. It just means management has to facilitate that making sure people do come in sometimes and that may be for brainstorms, for innovation and making sure people have time to be together to get that good, spontaneous idea, but that doesnt happen at 7 00 a. M. On a monday morning or 6 00 p. M. When it should be dinner time. Sure. I also do think this impacts men as well, because if women are ever going to have opportunity, true equal opportunity in the workplace, it means that men need to play an equal parenting role at home. So nonflexible work policies is bad for men and women. And you mentioned being chained to the desk. Certainly were all chained to our devices as well, but betty i think the big question is here is, is this just going to be yahoo or something that may start a trend among other companies . What is your expectation . Men and women alike want these policies. 78 of workers say they need some kind of flexibility and were finding that Companies Like cisco and intel and ibm and Texas Instruments all tech companies, all relying on innovation are using flex time really well. Peel be connected 24 7 now by all sorts of devices, and so will marisa turn it around . I wouldnt be surprised if she does, after shes got the company back on its feet. I wouldnt be surprised if she gets the company back on its feet. Shes very good