President Obama pauses while speaking in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus, joined by emergency responders on Feb. 19, 2013 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
With one week until the sequester deadline, the White House is switching up its game plan by bringing in the reinforcements: first responders, police officers and teachers to push lawmakers to make a new deal.
We’ll air a special Friday edition of The Last Word at 10 p.m. EST. Here’s a look at some of the stories shaping tonight’s rundown:
- White House changes course on sequester
- Obama speaks to GOP leaders amid sequester campaign
- David Brooks on sequestration and how both parties are responsible for this mess
- Jonathan Chait slamming Brooks for column and blaming Dems for sequestration
- Sequester to hit Chinese hackers hard
- NY Times editorial on ‘why taxes have to go up’
- Third Republican comes out in support of Hagel; 15 others ask Obama to withdraw nomination
- President Carter says Obama thanked his grandson for the “47% tape”
- Aurora victim’s mom calls McCain town hall ‘appalling’
- How bad is the FBI’s sexting problem?
