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Flight in florida. drivers on the road saw the plane and managed to get out of its way. talk about bad optics, war veterans in wheelchair breaking down barriers to visit the world war ii memorial, government shutdown or no. >> at first i didnt think id come, but im glad i did now. >> reporter: were you worried when you saw the barriers up? >> no, didnt bother me a bit. >> reporter: youre still going to enjoy this trip? >> yes. >> yes he did. catalyst though perhaps for government alacart in an...

Doing that. right now our republican friends, when you talk about want to do entilement reform, its not entitlement reform. lets be clear. its massive cuts in social security, medicare, veterans programs, medicaid. >> you know their argument is that you cant just raise taxes. you have to, at some point, you have to get your fiscal house in order and that means cuts to some of these entitlement programs. >> no it does not. when you talk about getting your fiscal house in order, thats correct, but...

good morning, everyone. its wednesday, december 14th. im christine romans along with carol costello on this "american morning." good morning. >> good morning, good morning to all of you. good and bad news this morning for the gop front-runner newt gingrich. with less than thee weeks until the iowa caucuses his political director in the state stepped down after calling mormonism a cult. two gop candidates, mitt romney and jon huntsman are mormons. gingrich is already working with a bare...

>> so 30 million more people going under a program we already cannot pay for. and medicare and other entitlements are beginning to overwhelm the rest of government. president obama, who has obviously been thinking about it, pointed to that very dilemma, explaining the nation cant get close to balancing the budget if entitlements are off the table. >> you would have to cut non-discretionary defense spending by 60%. thats everything. student loans, nasa, veterans programs; you name it. >> the pres...

More people going into a program we already cannot pay for. medicare and other entitlements are beginning to overwhelm the rest of government. president obama who has obviously been thinking about it pointed to that very dilemma explaining the nation cant get close to balancing the budget if entitlements are off the table. >> youd have to cut non-discretionary defense spending by 60%. thats everything. student loans, nasa, veterans programs. you name it. wed have to cut by 60%. 6-0. >> reporter:...

Spending here and there but when the seniors complain they often back down the savings never happen and the program falls deeper into debt jane. jane: and thats a problem for the federal budget too right? >> reporter: absolutely. the problem is medicare and other entitlements are on autopilot money goes out the door automatically whether were in a recession or not for instance. in fact president obama during a q and a session with drem cat -- democratic senators talked about that very problem sa...

Our colleagues on the other side of the aisle are making, i think its important to explain to people that in order for us to balance the budget while exempting entitlements, no new revenues, youd have to cut non-discretionary defense spending by 60%. cut it by 60%. thats everything, student loans, nasa, veterans programs, you name it. wed have to cut by 60%, 6-0. thats just not going to happen. thats why we called for the commission, because weve got to look at some tough long-term policy object...

Million. >> reporter: so 30 million more people going into a program we already cannot pay for. medicare and other entitlements are beginning to overwhelm the rest of government. president obama who has obviously been thinking about it pointed to that very dilemma explaining the nation cant get close to balancing the budget if entitlements are off the table. >> youd have to cut non-discretionary defense spending by 60%. thats everything. student loans, nasa, veterans programs. you name it. wed h...

That. earmarks account for 1% of the budget. all right? so even if we eliminated all foreign aid in all earmarks it doesnt solve our problem. and as far as the arguments our colleagues on the other side of the aisle are making, i think its important to explain to people that in order for us to balance the budget while exempting entitlements, no new revenues, youd have to cut nondiscretionary defense spending by 60%. cut it by 60%. thats everything -- student loans, nasa, veterans programs, you n...