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Weve got to do more to reward schools that deliver for students and our future. so thats number one. number two, were going to encourage more colleges to innovate. try new things. do things that can provide a great education without breaking the bank. so for example, a number of colleges across the country are using online education to save time and pone for their students. or they may be, for example, seeing if you can get credits faster. if you can show competency, if you know your subject mat...

Might think this is a bit of nostalgia on my part talking about bobby, talking about my native town like i am, and by the way, by the way, theres only three women who that i know who are close to perfect. one was perfect, the blessed mother, the other was my mother and the other is bobbys mom. ellen casey right there. [ applause ] a lot of you ask, why i left scranton when i was a kid. i went to st. pauls and lives in north washington. why i left scranton. it was simple. i lived 3 1/2 blocks fro...

We will be back with more of the president. were going to fix that technical problem and well be right back. lets go to kristen welker traveling with the president in scranton and part of this bus tour. what are the big themes were expecting? earlier today it was about education. there was a town hall. what are we expecting from this address this evening? >>. >> well, i think you are going to hear more about education, college affordability. but certainly part of this broader theme, this broader...

Can i get my aleve back? ♪ for my pain, i want my aleve. [ male announcer ] look for the easy-open red arthritis cap. were going to take you to scranton now where vice president joe biden is about to introduce the president. >> my town, mr. president. the presidents right behind the curtain. i know you know my native town, scranton. but id like to introduce mr. president because you can hear me back there, the community that formed everything i believe. my absolute conviction that if you giv...

Job so im back to school. that was hard. thats everybody around this area. its hard. >> reporter: its not like stimulus money has bypassed this area. one county here received almost $98 million in federal money to create and sustain employment. still, scranton is hemorrhaging jobs. bret? >> mike, thank you. al gore making things up. pope francis making phone calls and someone who works for you making noise about a coming race war. the grapevine is next. [ male announcer ] running out of steam? �...

Out here in scranton where he and the vice president were here earlier this afternoon. the president mentioned his former 2012 rival, mitt romney when talking about obama care saying it used to be a republican idea. the governor of massachusetts tried it up there and its working out well. definitely a campaign style feel out here today. >> he gave biden a shoutout saying picking biden was the best move. great reporting, get some rest. >> reporter: thank you. john king takes over here in the "s...

Heyday. it garnered the nickname electric city for the streetcars that ran through the center of town, but when the mine dried up, the prosperity dried up as well. scranton saw a resurgence in the 90s, but this day and age this town is struggling. >> scranton is not having a good time in terms of employment in the sense that our unemployment rate, the last that was published, the data came out of the state is standing around 9.2%. thats in june. which is higher than our state average. our state ...

Talking about this since january since the autopsy, the only that will help is for even conservative forgive people to a this is crazy talk. we cant indulge it anymore. were not going to impeach this president. he got re-elected. obama care passed. its the law. we can fix it. we can try to tweak it, but they wont say that. theyre so afraid of the base and dont know where to go for future that they wont say the necessary words. were stuck with this ratcheting up of insanity. >> we need a republic...

This in hard-hit scranton, pa. mike tobin is live with a preview. mike? >> reporter: and, jon, the presidents talking about aodder bl tuition, but what do the people here in scranton want to hear from him? details coming up. [ male announcer ] running out of steam? ♪ now you can give yourself a kick in the rear! v8 v-fusion plus energy. natural energy from green tea plus fruits and veggies. need a little kick? ooh! couldve had a v8. in the juice aisle.

Invited to a st. patricks day party. that the ladies were hosting. and i got to say, michelle got a little jealous because they were -- you know, i was getting kisses and i came home and had all this lipstick on my collar, and michelle said, whats going on there? i said no, i was just campaigning. so that makes me like scranton. a second reason that i love okay.