in a political op-ed, two former judiciary committee chairman, including republican jim sens sensenbrenner said, "based on ample legal precedent and our systemic review during reauthorization, we expect the supreme court to continue to declare that section 5 is critical to protecting minority voting rights." and by the way, that it's congress' job to deal with this. . >>> back to sequester, joining me now is david gregory, moderator of nbc's "meet the press." mr. gregory, good morning, on a wednesday morning. the end game. i say this because you asked this question of republican leaders, of folks at the white house, and other than hope, there doesn't seem to be a strategy. >> right. because i don't think we're at the end game yet. i think the key for republicans is how do they unlock some kind of entitlement cuts. which i think the white house is willing to do, just not yet. and for the white house, it is, it had to unlock tax reform that can raise some additional revenue. which they describe, and you know this as well, as, you know, the president's principled leadership, that he doesn't w