sequestration is already starting to degrade our infrastructure. we have been force to reprioritize recapitalization efforts and to be able to sustain a ready force. susan miller will be little left to offset a readiness requirements. over my 42 year career as a united states buried, i have seen the effects of strategic miscalculations resulted from declining resources and budget driven strategies that resulted in cuts. we only need to look back to the 1990s when our nation executed the first drawdown of the overall volunteer force. following the gulf war we saw firsthand how the cuts produced unintended consequences and increased risk to our nation. during the mid-to-late 90s, we were challenged with limited conflicts in somalia, kosovo, and along with the bombing of our east african embassies. by the end of the decade the u.s. military had reduced its active-duty force by 25%. operations and maintenance funds or/. wearing down the force, wearing down our families. for this very reason, congress began to require the services to track and report ou

the impact of sequestration on the u.s. air force. we wwhen we realized we'd ome left gear behind. rain we were up the creek without a paddle. i mean, we literally needed paddles! campbell had left 'em in his garage. thankfully i had my navy federal credit union credit card on me, so we got new paddles and earned cash back. next time we'll remember the paddles. seriously? and forget campbell. 4 million members. 4 million stories. navy federal credit union. >>> the pacific air force is the largest command in the world. more than 450 fighter, bomber, tanker transsport other aircraft. headquartered in hawaii, it's the u.s. pacific command, spanning the globe from california to india and australia. or as the chief likes to say, from hollywood to bollywood and polar bears to penguins. washington is renewing its focus as north korea continues the threatening antics and china becomes aggressive in asserting its territorial claims. we met with the general at the air force association's exposition outside washington, d.c. i asked him how it's affecting his command and what he is telling all

had it not been for those sequestration cuts, it may not have happened at all.be the millionth customer. would you mind if i go ahead of you? instead we had someone go ahead of him and win fiy thousand dollars. congratulations you are our one millionth customer. nobody likes to miss out. that's why ally treats all their customers the same. whether you're the first or the millionth. if your bank doesn't think you're special anymore, you need an ally. ally bank. your money needs an ally. >> lack security at a navy yard blame sequestration cuts. floods in colorado, blame climate change. growing angst over the health care law, blame republicans bashing the health care law. time and again if something goes wrong, it's never this administration's fault. never harry reid's halt. never nancy pelosi's fault. it's either mother nature or those mother you know what republicans. it's getting old. it's nothing new. forget the buck stops here. just keep passing the buck here and here and here. i always figure there's plenty of blame to go around so why the same runaround? lea

sequestration? what is that? what is he saying?it is nutty and i know it's kind of a cliche and i try to avoid them but it does seem to be that line of never letting a crisis go to waste that, both obama and the mayor jump right on to this, making completely obtuse political points. there was a poll yesterday i think showing that the majority of americans haven't noticed the sequester. everyone remembers it wasn't that long ago and this, by the way, also argues for trying to defend obama care, when the sequester first went into place and obama said no white house tours for the little kids and we find out bonuses are being paid across the federal government. everyone knew that was political to make it look like it was worse than it was. if the government ends up being shut down and they try to play these games of only -- >> this guy gray is look obama. obama spent the last third of his speech insulting republicans about getting rid of sequestration. it is to me, first of all, a good thing, not a bad thing because it cuts spending, w

to sequestration. it is not going away. i think we need to be aware that it has to be a part of the consideration as important as things are that we also have to consider how we are going to pay for it and what other ramifications it has on our military. mr. smith. click secretary kerry, and your opening remarks you spoke of a war weariness and i think that mrs. the mark slightly. it is not so much of the weariness but it is the lessons that we should have learned or did not learn from those wars and the lessons about the limitation of american military power to fix problems in the world. saddam hussein was a problem and we had all kind of controversy in dealing with him. i think we learned the ability of the u.s. military to simply come in and create a better situation was limited particularly if there is a lack of international support. the concern is not so much that we are we are re-of war but what the military response is going to do to truly fix the situation and syria. havesome other countries e

the fight was sequestration levels. now it's the consensus position we all agree on because we're fighting on obama care, which is crazy and radical. >> we're not even fighting about implementing an actual budget. we're fighting about a continuing resolution that might last three months, which is crazy. >> counter-intuitively i'm hoping for a shutdown. a shutdown for two or three days could teach a lesson politically to the republicans and also is not that cataclysmic. the thing i fear is they pull the nose up and say, okay, we're going to double down on the debt ceilings and then you're really playing with fire. >> maggie, i don't think anybody thinks they are not going do use the debt ceiling and implications for the economy are far more catastrophic. that said shutting down now is different than 1995 in large put because i believe in terms of seven of the government's 13 appropriation bills in 1995 have been signed into law. there are no appropriations bills in 2013 which basically means we come to a stop in a profou

sequestration. even as we commit our military to another new mission. we have cut the military's budget informed missions over libya and cut the military's budget. we are pivoting to the asia pacific and cutting the military budget. these cuts total $1.2 trillion. we are now considering strikes on syria while the military budget continues to be cut. i share president obama's concern about the use of chemical weapons. i am also deeply concerned about the united states standing in the region. the president put america's cards on the table. i am equally concerned about the conditions of the military in years of fighting and the lack of certainty. we have not had a budget and determine this office. they do not know really what they have to spend at the end of this month going into next year. it is not a way to run an organization. we cannot keep asking the military to perform dangerous mission after mission, including sequestration hanging over their heads. through miss clarity of purpose and leadership

to sequestration. even as we commit our military to another new mission, we've surged troops to afghanistan and cut the military's budget. we've flown missions over libya and cut the military's budget. we're pivot oling to the asia -- pivoting to the asia pacific and cutting the military's budget. these cuts total an outstanding $1.2 trillion. and now we're considering strikes on syria while the military's budget continues to be cut. i share president obama's concern about assad's vicious use of chemical weapons on his people. i'm also deeply concerned about the united states' standing in the region. when the president drew his red line he put america's cards on the table. a leader either enforces his red lines or he becomes irrelevant. however, i'm equally concerned about the condition of a military that has been chewed up from budget cuts and years of fighting and the lack of certainty this chief and the chiefs that served with him have not had a budget in their term in this office. they do not know

security was not compromised by sequestration. stop that kind of talk, and maybe give it a one-week wait. >> sure. i completely agree that we have a climate in our country where a member of the house of representatives calls the president of e united states a liar on the floor of the united states congress. it's repugnant. >> i asked you about this week and thes statements. this week. >> constantly calling each other names and attaing policies. >> when that happens, en he calls him a liar, "the new york times" reports it about it and they criticized the congressman. and that's the difference, adam. the press is complicit this stuff. >> i reject tat completely. i think you're making that up entirely. >> you're rejecting that 2/3 of the media is aut as left of center as president obama and agrees with him on every topic? and doesn't cover the dumb things he says about the econo constantly? >> and i think that 90% of the media are made up of responsible professionals who are doing a good job. >> right. and they're perfectly objective

. >>> minority students across the country are being hit hard by the effects of sequestration. that's a message delivered today, south bay congressman as he toured science labs at san jose state university. damian went along for the tour. >> reporter: the program here call minorities active in research careers. sequestration has cut this federal program in half and that has many students here worried about the future. she spends most of her time looking through the view finder. >> you're looking at worms that have their neurons glowing using different types of proteins. >> reporter: she is a student doing research at san jose state thanks to the program. it pays for tuition and issues -- if they major in careers involving biomedical verge. >> it's a really good program that we can be exposed in the science community. >> reporter: but sequestration is cut in half, leaving these students worried. >> which would take away from me having the opportunity to work in a research lab. >> so, two markers on the tail? >> reporter: the congressman stopped by the science building at san jos

unfortunately that's what sequestration has done. so have we tried to find ways to insure that public housing doesn't suffer given the bad choices by some in congress >> absolutely. it's not about just bringing up in private capital but whether you can have a grocery store or about creating a partnership that opens up public housing housing to be part of the community as the mayor said. yes part of it is getting new and creative source of capital but? not a neither nor. the federal government should be doing their fair share and with the cuts we've seen we need to do more. and the president has a budget that would significantly increase housing i hope congress funds that budget. but we're not going to depend upon on congress we're going to continue with the great leaders to save public housing >> last question. secretary (inaudible). mr. secretary can you tell us >> the first thing the president said his greatest education was on the south side of chicago. he learned a lot of lessons and he has asked the entire constant to travel aro

neil: so if a job paul sequestration and cuts including those for defense what you said?> in order to set those aside there has to be meaningful cuts elsewhere the president proposed that with the super committee that with his mr. all their failure resulted in the white house having the responsibility to come forward with those proposals the house passed two bills to set aside the sequestration but the senate has passed in and of those said they have no response while meanwhile the meanwhile the military has continued to pay the price. neil: john baker said republicans will say he will go along. it sounds that unless you get this you won't. >> the president has not made that case certainly not to congress and does not appear to have any strategy also to have the unexplainable policy of the unimaginable rabbis. neil: i am not clear what that means. but the case he has stated has been all over the map but he has said he is not interested regime change so that assad stays in power and crippled a and we could therefore to set the stage for him to be overthrown is not good eno

the president came up with sequestration. it was his idea. to blame it on congress, the republicans. it was his idea. now he will blow through sequestration with the kind of spending. if he does go into syria, hundred million dollars before it is a dollar. which means that he cannot get a special bill. he has to deal with sequestration, and that needs to go away. lou: russia sounds like president putin intends light of this president word to the proceed unilaterally, the cost will start rising rather quickly because you will continue his assistants irrespective of whether we attack. now will save a different way, what is a administration decides to attack even without congressional approval. >> there is no clear plan, no clear in the game. as you think through the kinds of things that they raise as possibilities, none of them. almost certainly any attack on facilities that have chemical weapons involve the loss of russian lives. that is going to raise the stakes for this instantly. it will not turn out to be a clean, surgical, and easy exit.

military to perform dangerous mission after mission with multiple rounds of defense cuts, including sequestration hanging over their heads. through decisiveness, clarity of purpose and leadership, the president has the power to allay many of these concerns.

sequestration, snowden, and syria. in a sense, each lends itself to representing a piece of the long-term picture. a couple words on sequestration. we are probably in for it for another year. i found it interesting a lot of people somehow think intelligence was given a pass on sequestration or that we got exempted. we have not been or will we be. -- nor will we be. the problem i have run into in explaining all of this and explaining impacts, it is not quite like longer lines at the airports or shorter hours at public parks, or air traffic control delays. people can see, feel, and touch and experience that. intelligence, a capability we might produce today, the impacts impactse today, the of that may not be known for some time. it is kind of insidious. we will know about it when we had a failure. it is very hard to explain to people of the impacts are if you cut so many analysts, because it may not have real impact tomorrow. i, like many of you who are very concerned about the magnitude of these cuts and sustaining them

. >> on the other hand, sequestration has brought the deficit down. you think that if things continue on this road, we could see a balance the budget in the not too distant future? >> when you look at the numbers, we have had two years in a row where government spending was actually smaller than it was the year before. that hasn't happened in more than five decades and it's a big reason why the deficit has gone from 1.3 trillion to 640 billion dollars. if we limit the growth of spending, in other words, let it grow faster than what has happened the last two years, if we limit the growth of spending, we'll have a balanced budget. it's not that difficult to right our fiscal ship with we restrain the growth of government. in regards to what josh just said, i don't have the conventional view to government crowds out private activity through rising interest rates. somebody rates can be low, if the government is consuming a share of our national income, those resources aren't available to be used someplace else. when you look at austerity in the united king

we're already struggling with sequestration. in new mexico, sequestration is a painful reality. having a chilling effect on our economy. folks are worried about their jobs. the most vulnerable groups -- the poor, families with children, seniors and native americans -- face serious cuts in education and social services. our state has two great national laboratories, sandia and los alamos. their work is essential to the security and safety of all americans. keeping our nation's nuclear stockpile safe and secure. we are host to three air force bases as well as white sands missile range. this budget impacts -- this budget impasse is damaging to these installations and it threatens economic chaos in the nearby communities. businesses that rely on federal contracts wonder if they can keep their doors open. sequestration is already damaging small businesses that survived the recession, businesses like queston construction, a general contractor. their president, tina cordova has seen the number of employees shrink from near 40 to just 18 today. and then there are the businesses like p.s

we don't want to assume sequestration stays in effect. >> ifill: how?their budget assumes it's going to be fixed with a bigger deal, maybe surrounding the debt limit, come up with some tax increase or spend cuts in other areas to get rid of what the president calls the meat ax approach. here's the republican's play on this-- their continuing resolution has the sequestration cuts baked in. these are the new levels, the new baseline, $988 billion, to throw one number at you. democrats have shown really not much of a-- an appetite to fight over the number. they're pointing to obamacare fight because it makes the republicans look divided and weak and they are divided on this. on the number, john boehner seems to be pushing a 988 number and democrats don't really seem to show much motivation to fight it. >> ifill: yet, this is the not the first time john boehner has run into resistance, an unyielding member of his own caucus, also on the farm bill. >> farm bill, transportation bill, the debt limit fight last year where john boehner put a legislative gamut on

as a result of sequestration. that said, overall that's a region of the country where the economy's doing pretty well in the last few years. >> better than almost anywhere else. >> i don't think the effects would have been outsized. i wouldn't say the effects fall principally on the poor. most programs for the poor are mandatory tri programs. >> you have head start programs, education programs, some entitlement programs that are being cut and there is certainly an impact on the poor people. >> most of the big programs that are particularly important to poor people things like medicaid food stamps the earned income tax credit that isn't affected by sequestration. >> dan, after spending the day on capitol hill, we have a president when he was in the senate argued about raising the debt sealing, we had republicans not worried about raising the debt ceiling, not wanting to do it now, are they going to come together in an intelligent plan? >> washington, intelligent? they argue against it when they're not in charge. we

and will also the continuing resolution double down on sequestration.and as i look for your report, what struck me if your testimony again today affirmed it. you continually said rising cost of health care as one of the single biggest driver of the long-term debt. you go on to say the increase in health care has declined. you expect -- it's going to continue for some time; correct? >> yes, congressman. and so it's hard to understand if the affordable care act is contributing to deficit reduction why the strategy my good friend open the other side of the aisle to repeal this deficit reduction tool of the affordable care act in an effort to reduce the deficit. am i missing something? >> i can't and won't speak to the motivation of -- >> okay. the affordable care act if were appealed would substantially add to the deficit. >> we estimate that repeal the affordable care act would increase the debt sit over the next decade and the long emerging it . >> that's because we're built in to a series of payment reform and demonstration project and competition that

like the red line, sequestration was the president's idea. was the one who said th the republicans would never go along with this, and they did. and if we attack syria, don't you think that we would have to end the sequestration order to pay for the military action that is going to cost way over $100 million at times? neil: do you worry about that? actually not only is the sequestration cuts go in, they all go in. civil money resolve and congress goes on. pushing that limit. neil: i suspect this is why was brought to congress anyway. >> is the president does act with or without congress and the money is spent, then it's up to the republicans and the opposition to hold his feet to the fire. and if it is blown up by this action, that the funds are going to have to come from somewhere. we are not going to fund a war without cuts being made. cuts must be made. if they don't recognize their responsibility, shame on. neil: thank you very much for coming on. coming up next, when the men in orange thank you orville and wilbur... ...amelia... neil and

they've already been hit by sequestration.suggest would be more like honeywell boeing. both of those commercial aerospace plays, secular trends out of asia that are really moving right now, and then eaton for something stateside related more to trucking. the thought is here then in terms of retail retail would be the other one, would be -- probably go for tiffany's, exposure to japan, and then we'd also say ford motor company. >> at what point does this thesis fall apart? it sounds like it's pred kaigsed on the notion the shutdown will be short-lived and not reach the point where it will shave the gdp by 1.4%. >> it would have to be a scenario in which these guys who are baby boomers, they are toward the end of their political career, would say the hell with our legacy they can say what we want but we're just going to do a clint eastwood here or worse we'll do a quentin tarantino hostage situation -- >> they already blew up their legacy though. it's scarier because they already blew up their legacy. these guys don't have a leg

does this have to do with sequestration or does this predate that? >> this predates sequestration.questration has become sort of the buzzword for budgetary constraints. again, the i.g. in their report have the navy specifically talking about budgetary constraints for their new processes, and the i.g. raises the issue of how does the navy look at the issue of balancing both security risk and budgetary constraints. but i think this really does go to the heart of what we're trying to do in the department of defense, finding smart ways to do things but at the same time, lower risk. security is not an area that should at all suffer as we look to ways in which cuts might be able to be found. >> all right. congressman mike turner, thanks. keep us updated on this. >> thank you so much. >>> coming up next, voices in his head and in the walls. run-ins with the cops. how did a man like aaron alexis slip through the cracks of this nation's mental health system? ♪ ♪ (announcer) answer the call of the grill with new friskies grillers, full of meaty tenders and crunchy bites. >>> he heard voices

you could get a reprieve from sequestration. something like that along the lines where both parties are like, well, we don't really want to do it, but in the sake of making sure we pay our bills -- that's why the republicans keep going there. they know obama care defunding isn't going to happen, but there are other hostages. >> why does president obama come to the table at all? >> i think that's a kind of deal they would come to the table on. they would consider that a deal over sequestration. i'm not sure if they would do that exact deal, but the two deals they won't do are the ones the republicans want. they don't want that sequestration deal. they want an obama care deal or a debt ceiling deal. they won't come to the table on those. one interesting wrinkle is this might be in certain ways bad for the republican narrative on obama care. imagine the government shuts down, as i think now there's a real chance it will on september 30th. we're at the beginning of obama care. all the sudden, there are going to be givelitches, bad s

the impact of sequestration is negative but it is being absorbed. we in the year and going to next without those kinds of a driving put on the economy. would be growing without all that dry. looking the energy revolution we have had, the attractiveness of investing in the united states, there are a lot of things that are poised to do better. i believe you come to washington to make things better, not to commit self-inflicted wounds. we need to make sure washington devastated the way of an economy that is poised to grow. >> are you worried about the european economy? >> i spend a lot of time looking at the european and chinese economy. the three largest economies in the world. a year ago, you could get through the first hour of a morning without getting an update on where the european economy was. there was an impending since the crisis in europe would pull down the united states economy and cause a recession. they made a lot of work. they need to reevaluate. they have work to do in their making system to say they're better capitalize. they seem to b

republican efforts to maintain sequestration, cbo tells us, will cost the u.s. economy up to 126 million jobs this year. again, i want to repeat, according to the cbo, not a democrat organization, not a republican organization, tells us will cost the u.s. economy up to 1.6 million jobs this year. in fact, the republican budget plan shortchanges american jobs and infrastructure, results in education and defense layoffs, slows head start and afterschool programs, and slashes health research. that's why i strongly support the van hollen stop the sequestered job loss amendment, and urge the committee to make the and in order. the bill before us is unfortunately, and this is what i feel is so tragic, a waste of valuable time. we should be using to reach bipartisan solutions to sustained economic recovery and put more americans to work. at every stage of the game, unfortunately, the majority has failed to lead. they walked out of negotiations with the president last year. they ignored this request replacement plan and the administration's budget request that she. they

. >> well, everything is subject to sequestration. but you asked a specific question. >> you said you're going to take it out of next year. but the people who are not getting paid and having their pay reduced, they're look at sequestration stopping in 2014 because the president has no proposal on the table. >> that's not true. he does. and i introduced it. but if you want to get into budget debate about that we can. but he does have a proposal on the table. i would also answer your question this way. the national security of interest probably trump budgets. that's up to the congress to decide that. i think that's important. no one anticipated this. we were trying to plan as best we could to take down another $32 billion in the fiscal year that we're still in, anticipating taking another $52 billion next fiscal year. >> thank you. i don't think anybody quite understands your answer but i appreciate it. >> i'll be glad to write it out for you, congressman. >> that i appreciate it. >> you keep citing the act of 2003, you did it in your o

sequestration will continue. major cuts it throwing thousands and thousands of seniors off the meals on wheels program. we have a serious housing crisis in america. sequestration will make it harder for over 100,000 families to get a variety of affordable housing programs. everybody knows the cost of a college education is soaring. working-class families can't afford college today and yet sequestration would result in 70,000 college students losing federal work-study grants -- that's the means by which they earn some money to help stay in college. sequestration will result in cutting back on chemotherapy treatments to thousands of cancer patients because of a 2% cut to medicare providers. low income heating assistance program -- very important in the state of vermont, where it gets cold -- massive cuts. long-term unemployment checks -- unemployment remains high -- 10% cut. that will be continued. so that is where we are right now. and it gets worse. it gets worse if the boehner c.r. is approved. programs that mil

congressman al green argues that sequestration has left hud with fewer people to do oversight. >> but i don't think we can overlook the fact that hud is understaffed. i don't think we can overlook the fact that sequestration has had an impact on hud, and is having an impact on many of hud's programs. >> reporter: hud's inspector general, who uncovered the waste, fraud, and questionable spending says states and city that received the billions are also to blame for lax controls. >> it is our fundamental belief, and i believe hud's, that these localities should also take responsibility for proper overheight cite and management of those programs. >> reporter: hud wouldn't agree with an interview but told us is carefully monitors activities of recipients all over the country and promptly fixes any problems. meantime, as of the end of march, not one penny of $5.4 billion in hud money meant for superstorm sandy relief had been spent, and believe it or not, more than $500 million meant for the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks still hasn't been touched 12 years later. sharyl attkisson,

we have not been held harmless from sequestration. sequestration applied across the board. in terms of what we will receive, at this stage, i do not know. both of the appropriations committees have held committees on the usda request and i've had a chance to testify before house and senate committees. we will see what they decide. but how often you testify before congress? >> a number of times. i've an opportunity to test every year during the appropriation cycle. i testify on various issues. for example, there have been a number of hearings on the snap program and on broadband. hearings on my role as the ig council chair. chair,king of council back in 2008, the government authorized the council for inspectors general on integrity and efficiency. why did you need this? i assume that's what you are doing anyways. why are you first chair on this? >> ok. as you point out, in 2008, congress created the council. prior to that, there was no entity. for that as the ig community evolves, various residence has created councils for agencies and agency heads. over the years, we came t

with the department of defense drawing down its overall spending and now with the sequestration, the next governor will face serious economic headwinds. we cannot afford the next four years in richmond to be like the last four in washington. gridlock driven by the tea party is once again risking a government shutdown that would be devastating to the virginia economy. in virginia we have a strong record of working together, democrats and republicans, and with the challenges that lie ahead, we must embrace the tradition of mainstream solutions. we need those solutions now more than ever. >> thank you. >> and that is what i look forward to talking with you tonight. >> thank you, mr. mcauliffe. mr. cuccinelli, your opening statement. >> i want to thank the chamber and nbc 4 for hosting us today, chuck and the panel for their participation and terry for being here as well. it is nice to be in the backyard of where i grew up. i am the only candidate in this race with a lifetime fighting for virginians, whether preventing sexual assault, helping the homeless or helping those with mental ill

sequestration is one area where we hope to advance.we know the department of energy has resources that they've already announce hd, $6 billion in resources that are going to continue to fund the development of these types of technologies. this is what is going to ensure that we have a diverse energy supply in the future, and i feel very confident that the information we have in this document will show that we know how to not only do those three components but it's been demonstrated in facilities that the part y'all c.c.s. capture that -- sks partial c.c.s. capture that is being demonstrated stood, what kind of facilities the u.s. government thinks are going to be effective in a car bom-constrained world. >> following up on that we have a couple questions about the kemper project, which one person describes as vastly overbudgetet. what are your conclusions at this point about how economically feasible that will be. >> good question. kemper is a southern company facility. i will tell you i can't speak to will whether it's over budget. i'

a number of times. >> i think that's right, sue, and the one thing, people look so much at the sequestration issue. there's a certain amount of uncertainty. what will obama care do as far as full-time employment. america is headed towards a part-time nation. you look at number of people who are either uncertain about their long-term job prospects or saying if i don't job out i'll at least get a part-time job. i think the president right now needs to send a very clear message and be very deliberative of here are the barriers to economic growth and here are the things government can do to get out of the way instead of thinking government should be the solution to the problem. >> mr. mayor, you brought up syria, and we were talking in the newsroom yesterday about it. given the fact that the latest nbc news poll a large percentage of americans run certain whether or not military action is a good idea or are against it, if indeed we have a strike, could that have a chilling effect, if you will, on economic growth, on -- what does it do to the psyche of the american public? >> important question.

we need to address that we need to get rid of sequestration. we need to give the troops the money they need for training and for readiness so when they get called upon to do missions like this, they are able to do it and carry it out without putting them, their own lives in jeopardy. martha: congressman, i hope you will come back when you get closer to making a decision how you will vote on this and come see us again. we'll be watching. thank you, sir. >> thank you, martha. bill: so you got that battle on. there is another battle with the president pulling out the big guns in a pr blitz over obamacare that begins october 1st, former president, the super bowl champs are selling this idea. how much the white house is now spending to push the health care law. we'll debate. ask me what it's like to get your best night's sleep every night. [announcer] why not talk to someone who's sleeping on the most highly recommended d in america? ask me about my tempur-pedic. ask me how fast i fall asleep. ask me about staying asleep. [announcer] tempur-pedic ow

and secondly we live in the age of sequestration. you don't do anything, sequestration will happen. >> look at this. it's about leadership. and this is the president offering a forceful defense of the affordable care act. >> i think the really interesting question is why it is that my friends in the other party have made the idea of preventing these people from getting health care their holy grail. their number one priority. that's hard to understand as an agenda that is going to strengthen our middle class, the idea that you would shut down the government unless you prevent 30 million people from getting health care is a bad idea. >> get out there, like that. it was a little bit laid-back. but he made his point. these guys are jugheads. their only goal is to get rid of health care. >> he talks about bending the cost curve and republicans beat him with death panels. you've got to fight fire with fire. >> you would agree it doesn't keep you awake at night. you don't wake up in the morning hoping that you'll be able to bend the cost cu