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Students, when you think about the parents, many of whom were, of course, texting and snapchatting their kids, you know, it is remarkable what these first responders did. there will be a lesson all across america, in all the campuses across america about what you do when things like this happen. these tabletop exercises are not to be taken lightly. its the same way we feel about our high schools, our k through 12 schools, all of which need to be taken more seriously by everybody in the field. yo...

Purposefully or just with a political motivation. those things are things we cant rule out, of course, until we learn more information, and ill say we have an active -- this was just a few hours ago. theres an active investigation going on at this time. well all look forward to getting as many details a as we can and quickly as we can. i will say, like my colleagues on campus around the country do, we do tabletop exercises and prepare drills. we always hope and pray nothing like this will happen...

When outside the white house or in public forums that are not quite as protected as they would be within a compound. the same with pope john paul ii. he wasnt in the vatican, he was outside but it is when he least expected it. how do you gird for things you cant control because the crowds are so big? >> well, what you do is you put as many law enforcement officers, police officers, as possible in an area and new york will have thousands of officers assigned just as philadelphia and washington wi...

With me this morning to share their reporting and insights, peter baker of the new york times. lets watch the president answer. john kale from abc asked the question. if you call on john call, youre going to get this kind of a question. >> with respect to mr. romneys assertion that russias our number one geo flil foe, they dont pose the number win national security threat to the nights. i continue to be much more concerned when it comes to our security with the prospect of a nuclear weapon going...