the president went before cameras and the white house briefing room and pushed back hard. some in congress are trying to undo these automatic spending cuts. my message to them is simple. no. i will veto any effort to get rid of those automatic spending cuts. domestic and defense spending. there will be no easy off-ramps on this one. that was the president a short time ago this evening. now tonight the big questions are what just happened is this any way to govern and what happens now? do automatic and potentially cruel budget cuts now go into effect. we want to begin with nbc s kelly o donnell on the hill. one major poll puts congress s approval rating at the 9%. let s not forget three governments just fell over deficit issues. reporter: that was not enough to galvanize them to get behind this. we asked them about the reaction to the public s outrage and that wasn t enough. this felt like a slow death for a plan that was supposed to help the country deal with the long t
good evening. like a nation of addicts, spending addicts, kicking the can down the road it was part of the deal that was cut back when the fight over the debt ceiling shut washington down and split it apart. instead, this so-called super committee of congress that was supposed to find $1.2 trillion in cuts to reduce the debt has failed. they couldn t do it and tonight the president went before cameras and the white house briefing room and pushed back hard. already some in congress are trying to undo these automatic spending cuts. my message to them is simple. no. i will veto any effort to get rid of those automatic spending cuts domestic and defense spending. there will be no easy off-ramps on this one. that was the president a short time ago this evening. now tonight the big questions are what just happened? is this any way to govern? and what happens now? do automatic and potentially cruel budget cuts now go into effect? we want to begin with nbc s kelly o donnell
good evening. like a nation of addicts, spending addicts, kicking the can down the road it was part of the deal cutback when the fight over the debt ceiling shut down washington and split it apart. instead the super committee that was supposed to find $1.2 trillion to cut the budget. some in congress are trying to undo these automatic spending cuts. my message to them is simple. no. i will veto any effort to get rid of those auto mmatic spendi cuts. there will be no easy off-ramps on this one. that was the president a short time ago this evening. now tonight the big questions are what just happened is this any way to govern and what happens now? do automatic and potentially cruel budget cuts now go into effect. we want to begin with nbc s kelly o donnell on the hill. it puts congress s approval rating at 9%. three governments just fell in government over deficit issues. reporter: that was not enough to galvanize them to get behind this. we asked them about the reaction
welcome to today on this sunday morning. i m lester holt. i m jenna wolfe. the penn state game, took second fiddle. the moment of silence, first time the team played without joe paterno in 47 years. i think football was almost second on people s minds. talk more about what s happening there and the investigation still unfolding into sex abuse charges. other news we re watching, princess kate joins her husband and the queen for the biggest royal gathering since the wedding. a special service being held. we ll take you to london, tell you a lot more about that. new developments in the misery of baby lisa irwin. a case that takes strange new turns. the little girl disappeared from her family s home back in early october. house has been searched by police. no suspects have been named. lisa turned 1 year old on friday. the latest on that story. the new look for mariah carey. the figure showing off her new figure. lost 70 pounds after giving birth to twins. shed the w
captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning, everybody. welcome to today on this sunday morning. i m lester holt. i m jenna wolfe. the penn state game, took second fiddle. the moment of silence, first time the team played without joe paterno in 47 years. i think football was almost second on people s minds. talk more about what s happening there and the investigation still unfolding into sex abuse charges. other news we re watching, princess kate joins her husband and the queen for the biggest royal gathering since the wedding. a special service being held. we ll take you to london, tell you a lot more about that. new developments in the misery of baby lisa irwin. a case that takes strange new turns. the little girl disappeared from her family s home back in early october. house has been searched by police. no suspects have been named. lisa turned 1 year old on friday. the latest on that story. the new look for mariah carey. the figure showing o