Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100316:19:25:00
About today is our skyrocketing debt. if we don't get our financial house in order we could run the risk of losing our nation's coveted aaa credit rating. what is that and why is it a big deal? let's ask cnbc's trish regan. how big a concern is this? >> it's a very real concern. the reality is one of the reasons we as americans, as a country can borrow so much money at such low rates is because we have this aaa credit rating. it's just like a credit rating that you would have or i would have. and if we take on too much debt, if we spend too much money, then, of course, our credit rating would ...