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To attack us here. and by the way, i have to tell you, thomas, hillary clinton was with me on september 11th when we went through that horror. i never forgot the lesson that radical islam poses a threat to us in new york and america and even appearing on the other side of the world. i dont know if she didnt learn that lesson or forgot it. in the debate only reference to 9/11 is helps her raise money on wall street and my mind is an absolute disgrace. we need to defeat radical islam and protect o...

Pool, everyone benefits. the second thing is, a lot of the cost increases over the last year are directly attributable to drug increases. 14% on the drugs, everything else has been pretty low. the last thing i would say s i agree with you. cost control is one of the things you have to be on every day of the week. i would flip it back to you. what is the republican proposal exactly on cost control? president obama -- >> you asked a question, tort reform, buying insurance across state borders are ...

Enjoy the relief. . john: most americans say its important to protect our borders. except why is our border where it is? why is this town part of mexico or that town is part of texas or arizona. who decided where america ends and mexico or canada begins? turns out that many of our borders are where they are for bizarre reasons, especially state borders. audience, do any of you know why texas voluntarily gave up the panhandle as part of oklahoma? >> no. john: okay, or why the tennessee-kentucky b...

. john: most americans say its important to protect our borders. except why is our border where it is? why is this town part of mexico or that town is part of texas or arizona. who decided where america ends and mexico or canada begins? turns out that many of our borders are where they are for bizarre reasons, especially state borders. audience, do any of you know why texas voluntarily gave up the panhandle as part of oklahoma? >> no. john: okay, or why the tennessee-kentucky border, pretty flat...

Easier to buy insurance across state borders, which have been a long time idea among republicans. the fact that he started off, as i mentioned, 15 years ago, when he was considering a reason for the reform party presidential ticket talking about a singer payer universal health care system is a complete 180. its kind of remarkable. >> the debate is only a few days away now. shouldnt he have a solid plan so he could present it on that stage as the leading republican candidate? >> well whats good f...

Gulf war was fought at end of the gulf war which for all terrible anxieties was a stablizing force throughout the whole world. saddam hussein in 1990-91 threat 10:00ed the stability of region by violating state borders. to be honest that is the not problem were facing. the problem were facing is complete erosion of sovereignty and erosion of state borders. as president obama mentioned a few moments ago on your program through a tape we have to think about striking hard at individuals where they ...

You find a lot of variation amongst the states. but the nation as a whole which is really run by washington, the nation as a whole has not done well at all. >> you see a direct correlation where states that have lower taxes and or no income tax, where the economies are definitely better there so you will see a trickle-down effect to areas like housing and employment? >> those states that have low tax rates or have cut their tax rates, they way outperform the other states. i mean its just a commo...

>> reporter: officials say they plan to list the do not drink order little by little as safety tests allow. they say residents have to then flush out the left over water in their pipes. the chemical company responsible for the leak had not been inspected since 1991. >> governors annual address usually doesnt get too much attention beyond state borders. you can bet that wont be the case when chris christie telephones steps to the microphone this afternoon. christie is facing scrutiny over the geo...

Done is expand insurance coverage, and what we need to do now is modernize the health care system to deliver care at cost. and sustainability of medical care in the long term is something the nation hasnt wanted to touch, but we have to have the courage to stand up to it. >> and you see doctors deal with the fact that medicare rates and reimbursement rates are going down. it affects hospitals. medicare drives health care costs in this country, right? >> in a large sense. about 50% of the costs a...

>> first of all, they have to modernize the payment system, modernize medical care, they have to find a way to bring technology across state borders. we have to fund the nih, and ultimately the nation has to have the coverage to step up to the looming solvency of medicare. >> does medicare have to become a different program? covers less, fewer benefits? >> one thing medicare has to do is incense people to take care of themselves. we have to deal with obesity which is now 10% of the health care c...