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We spend $137 billion a year with obesity-related illnesses. so how do we stop this serious problem here? for one, we need to understand the disease, and the disease is caused by two factors. very simple. one is sedentary lifestyles. and second, the poor nutritional value of the food we consume in the u.s. so in order to attack this problem, we need to understand the process and be able to measure accurately. >> well, david, let's look at some of those numbers the doctor is alluding to, a number of obese children in the united states. 12% nonhis panic white children obese. 27% and 33% in the o...

Deficit. it's your republicans who screwed up. why don't you admit that on national tv right now. republicans never balanced the budget, and they always screwed up. go ahead and admit it. >> what was the deficit in 2007? answer -- $137 billion. obama pelosi and reid blew more than that in february of last year. >> that was awesome. that was awesome. you just said 2007 when bush left office it was over $1 trillion, wasn't it? >> no, i picked 2007, because guess what? that was the last year a republican congress and republican president passed a budget. >> of course, of course when clinton balan...

That? what are we getting from that? >>alisyn: a lot of interest payment. it's incredible. obviously we know we are suffering from crushing national debt but he breaks it by the end of the day you wake up and by the end of the day, $5 billion more will have been borrowed. >> what will hell hill -- capitol hill do? >>reporter: until the entitlement programs are tackled we will not see major cuts $137 billion to run the arm. to maintain our army. we will pay $225 billion in interest payment and $14 trillion borrowed from china, japan and elsewhere. >>alisyn: and, also, yesterday we talked to our...

There's a deadline coming up as early as today or tomorrow. they have to file paperwork to refinance their bonds or else they are going to be in deficit which they can't be and they have $137 billion deficit to close. so what are they going to do? they are going to have to lay off between 1500 and if this lasts for a long time, 12,000 state and local workers. >> that should get them back? you would think. >> maybe. what are the democrats thinking? let's ask ed and see what he says back. >> we're here because the straw that broke the camel's back and all the radical ideas from the republican ho...

Seniors. we didn't have any problem is that right. bill. >> the deficit was $137 billion. it was trivial and it was a surplus in 2000. it would go back into surplus if we didn't have the huge splurge in spending with presidents bush and obama. >> entitlements are huge problem. we made significant cuts. you come to something like social security and here is where the problem is. are the tea party people going to say you know what, we will raise the age requirement for social security and cut benefit. are they willing to say that or just scream at washington over taxes. you have to have accommod...