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Bowles and Simpson: U.S. must tackle big ticket items to balance budget

By 2020, Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security will make up about 94 cents for every dollar spent.

Former White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles and former Republican Senator from Wyoming Alan Simpson chair the President's Deficit Commission and say the U.S. must cut into the big ticket items to balance the budget. Bowles and Simpson speak to American Morning's Kiran Chetry about their plan.