Scoop: THIS WEEK on ABC - Today, March 3, 2013

HEADLINERS
Gene Sperling, Director, National Economic Council; Assistant to the President for Economic Policy
Sen Kelly Ayotte, R - New Hampshire; Budget Committee, Armed Services Committee

POWERHOUSE ROUNDTABLE
James Carville, Democratic strategist
Matthew Dowd, ABC News political analyst, ABC News special correspondent
Paul Gigot, Editorial Page editor, The Wall Street Journal
Mayor Mia Love, R - Saratoga Springs, Utah
Cokie Roberts, ABC News


As the clock ticks down to automatic spending cuts, White House economic advisor Gene Sperling and Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., speak to George Stephanopoulos about what comes next in the battle over the budget, Sunday on "This Week." Can the White House and congressional leaders work to resolve the automatic budget cuts set to begin this weekend, or has compromise become impossible on Capitol Hill? Has the White House overplayed the impact of the sequester, or will real consequences soon hit the economy and American families? And what really happened in that war of words - and e-mails - between the White House and journalist Bob Woodward?

Plus, the powerhouse roundtable debates the budget showdown and all the week's politics with ABC News' Matthew Dowd and Cokie Roberts; Democratic strategist James Carville; Wall Street Journal Editorial Page editor Paul Gigot; and Mia Love, Republican mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah.

See the whole political picture, Sunday on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos."