The sequester: What's really at stake?. (VIDEO)

In six days, the automatic budget cuts known as sequestration will go into effect if the GOP and the Obama administration don't come up with a better way to deal with America's ever present debt crisis.

Many economic experts claim that the sequester cuts could prove to be catastrophic to the country's economy and security.

The goal is to come up with a plan that will help achieve a $4 trillion deficit reduction to stabilize the US' finances. Arturo Viscarra, advocacy coordinator for the School of the Americas Watch, joins us to discuss how the mass budgets cuts could affect everyday Americans.