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The door if you cant get away. >> when you talk about the reaction from students we are getting more information from a junior at ohio state who tells nbc she was in a classroom with a hundred other people who reacted calmly when they got the text message alert. the woman describes blocking the door with backpacks, having people stand by the door trying not to freak out, in her words. they were not allowed to leave the building. i want to share information now as well. the president of ohio stat...

Bad months on the economy. it was a slower growth of jobs. and the bush campaign accused the democrats of rooting against the economy. and that was an effective pushback. >> oh, sure, yeah. theyre very much at risk of having that turned back on them this year. chris is absolutely right. you cant cheer for high unemployment. it is hard enough to explain it if it happens and the reality is it leads the republicans i think to some secondary targets like getting control of the senate back and not a ...

What will you do to slow the rate of increase in medicare, the single largest piece in the entitlement system? >> at the risk of stating the obvious, eliot, thats not going to be done exempt on a bipartisan basis. >> happy to do it on a bipartisan basis. >> sure, but having said that think we have to move to a model where, as at some state levels with regard to medicaid extension or medicaid spending, the program is allowed to take place in the form of medicare recipients buying insurance polici...