0 nobody bought it or sold it. it is homemade, how is law enforcement in this country going to grapple with homemade high-powered weapons. what will they do when they print the 3-d fully automatic machine gun? the government agency that will have to deal with the challenges of this new technology when it happens is the atf. last month when president obama unveiled his proposed gun reforms at the white house, one thing he asked congress to do was confirm the nominee to run atf, a man named todd jones who has been acting as deputy director of the atf for five years. president obama asked congress to stop hindering law enforcement, and he called congress out for allowing anybody to be confirmed as director of the atf for six years now. this week we got news that even that part of what president obama confirmed on guns, even just asking the director of the law enforcement agency that is concerned with federal gun laws, yeah, republicans in congress the first full day of sequester. the government will start cutting some $85 billion officially triggering reductions that here pose the congress failed to avert. >> it's important to understand we won't feel the cuts' pain right away. many will have their lives disrupted in a significant away. house speaker john boehner spoke to david gregory for "meet the press" right after the meeting with president obama on friday and other congressional leaders. >> in the end, we will see a pathway here that's open. >> if i did, the meeting at the white house might have gone better. >> $85 billion is a 9% domestic program defense and 13% to defense. hundreds of thousands of americans could be affected. kristen welker has more from the white house this morning. >> reporter: president owe became kra and members of congress are waking up with the knowledge that the $85 billion in spending cuts have gone into effect this morning. this after an 11th hour meeting on friday which yielded no results, only bluster. both sides digging in their heels. president obama says he won't accept a deal that includes new revenues. republicans saying they won't accept a deal that includes tax increases. so as of right now, negotiations are stalled. the halls of the capitol are empty. lawmakers have gone home for the weekend. meanwhile, americans are watching all of this unfold with worry. with the knowledge that as many as 750,000 workers could be certainly there was a lot of that this week classic washington parlor game, when all is said and done, essential the white house that brought the idea to congress while at the same time some on capitol hill were thinking about it, but the white house will turn around and say, well, it was congress that approved it and we agreed it was something we would work to avoid. and they gave themselves an extra two months with the fiscal cliff around new year's day, couldn't get it done and washington just resigned to it happening, the question will, it go through exactly as it was set to do? will they perhaps make some tweaks? is this it? will fiscal 2014 begin on october 1st with the budget battles over with, or will they role on? >> let's look ahead and talk about who is most likely to start feeling the cuts first? >> they are across the board. you saw the president appear in newport news, virginia, earlier this week. military bases, military agents and the white house talked about that this week and last week. and saying travelers will face longer lines because tsa agents are furloughed. head start programs, lots of teachers, and it's all the way across the board. lots of people feel it. and some people won't feel it. that was part of the problem. the white house was counting on the fact that they could use the same strategy they used on the payroll tax debate and people would rally behind them. that didn't work. some people won't be affected. friends of mine that won't be affected in washington and i don't think could care less, so that was part of the problem. >> ed, that the only reason the strategy didn't work this time? >> the other part of the reason is the point that republicans have been making, the president got his tax cuts in january, we want our spending cuts in march and everybody can walk away say we got a little bit of something. and most americans look at this situation and say, look, i don't go to the movies on the weekend, cut the cable bill, don't go to the hockey game. we're trying to save money. and they look at washington and say it's about time washington has tightened the belt because we've all done it. >> a number of polls echo that sentiment as well. amie, what can we glean from the next few budget dates on the calendar. the white house urging agencies. potential startup of partial government shut down on on march 27th. based on how this was handled what does that tell us about how the next important dates will be handled? >> it could take weeks and possibly months, craig. and that's something that the president said yesterday. white house aides say they will push the strategy. the president will take to the road. he will have other events at the white house that sort of talk about this. and also -- they don't want to be hampered by this. they will push other -- other agendas, like immigration and minimum wage, gun control. not just this. >> thank you, amie and ed o'keefe, appreciate your time. coming up, we'll talk to robert gibbs in about six minutes. the u.s. supreme court released the audio recording of this week's dramatic argument over the voting rights act. the act is one of the most important civil rights laws ever passed. comments made by justice antonin scalia caused an immediate reaction. >> it is attributable, very likely attributable to a phenomenon that is called perpetuation of racial entitlement. it's been written about. whenever a society adopts racial entitlements, it is very difficult to get out of them through the normal political process. >> over the noon hour, we'll hear from ben jealous about the comments and the future of voting rights in this country. one day after being swallowed alive by a sinkhole, a florida man is still missing and feared dead. it happened in the middle of the night when 36-year-old jeff bush was sleeping in his bed. his brother tried to pull him out of a sinkhole but couldn't. you can't see the silk hole, because his house rests on it. this is causing a serious problem for rescue officials who can't get down to the 20-foot deep sinkhole. much more for you. the latest on venezuelan president hugo chavez doesn't sound promising. vice president nicholas maduro says he returned to venezuela from cuba because he wanted to be home for the next phase of his "more intense chemo therapy treatments." is he battling for his life after undergoing fourth cancer surgery in cuba back in december. meanwhile in rome, the vatican spending its first weekend in eight years without a sitting hope. the doors at castel gandolfo closed behind benedict xivi. at the meet owning monday, they will take the first step toward setting a day to elect a new pontiff. quick look at weather this saturday morning. live pictures, clear skies in new york city. what does the rest of the country awakening too? dylan dreyer here with the saturday morning forecast. >> thanks, craig. good morning. we're talking about cold, cold temperature as we kick off the first weekend in march. temps drop down to the 30s, down across the southeast. that's the same case tomorrow morning and again on monday morning too. with the huge dip in the jet stream, you can see cold air extends all the way down to central florida, where temperatures will be well below average. as for snowfall, looks like a lot showing up on storm tracker. most of the heaviest snow through northern new england where they could end up with 3 to 6 inches. and elsewhere through kentucky to tennessee, into west virginia, mostly mountainous snow and also it's pretty light and intensity, not going to see too much in the way of accumulation. atlanta, snowflakes fall with temperatures around 43 degrees this afternoon and chilly and rainy in miami today with a high of 69 degrees. in the mid 40s through the northeast as well. 28 degrees in minneapolis. sunday, snow showers will work into the northern plains through the dakotas and montana, and temps told in chicago with 34 degrees. atlanta, highs only top out in the mid 40s. we should start to see some warmer air by the middle of next week. next, roberts gibbs on the sequester and the buzz kill over budweiser beer. 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