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Makes me despondent is we have these debates and we're talking about debt and you have people that say let's throw money at the problem. again, one of the things that shocked all of us is when he said last night even spending on wasteful defense programs are okay for now. but nobody in washington seems able to address the underlying structural problems. corporations making more money than ever before. the stock market being higher than ever before. poverty being higher than ever before. jeffrey sachs wrote in his last book, since 1973, average wages for males in america have been going down. t...

>> on this sunday morning, there is new fallout from the bottoming battle in washington, americans are wondering, will they ever really get their act together? president obama signing the order to begin forced spending. the reductions after the negotiations in washington failed. now washington lawmakers are weighing in on the true impactost across-the-board cuts to domestic and defense programs. welcome to a brand-new hour of america's news headquarters. >> jamie: a lot of different stuff this hour. lawmakers are giving their two cents on who is to blame. we talked about the lobbyists earlier,...

In about 15 minutes, the senate will take votes on rival democratic and republican bills that would avert the sequester but both bills are expected to fail. the democratic bill wards off some cuts focusing spending reductions on farm and defense programs. it also includes tax increases on wealthy americans and the oil and gas industry. meanwhile, the republican plan would keep the $85 billion in cuts but allow president obama to reallocate those cuts. here's the senate majority and minority leaders today. >> the republican plan what we thought was coming and it did would be like you're told yo...

Serious disruption in defense programs and a sharp decline in our military readiness. we have already begun an all out effort to plan for how to operate under such a scenario. but it's also very clear that there are no good options. jenna: no good options. captain chuck nash served more than 25 years as a naval aviator and so captain we read through those stories, and it's difficult to really understand what does that mean for us, and for your national security? how would you explain that? >> well, what it means, jenna, is that there are two ways to do something, you can do it in a smart, plan...

That word was sequester. it would cut $100 billion from the budget next year, half from domestic programs and half from defense programs. and now as the deadline draws close, experts are look at these cuts from a national security standpoint and warning one final time about their impact on the safety of our service members. >> it is going to affect the operational force that is deployed in terms of its you ability to maintain its equipment and get repair parts. that force is deployed around the world. it is not just the force in afghanistan that is being reduced. it would impact on the trainin...