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Speech. i was touched by the speech because i think what the president tried to do was conversational, and he tried to basically state some facts for the people. number one, look at what we've done. in the last seven years, you know, inheriting the worst recession since the great depression, i stood on that senate floor and held my head like this, 700,000 jobs a month being lost, the housing crisis, deficits skyrocketing. now we've gone from 10% to 5% unemployment, 14 million jobs created, the housing crisis appears to be behind us, the auto industry, 640,000 new jobs on top of many that were ...

What did you make of the speech at any time tonight? >> my 34th straight speech that i heard, i frankly have to say it was a no o nostalgic moment as a watched the president doing his last speech up there. i was very touched by the speech. i was touched by the speech because i think what the president tried to do was conversational. and he tried to basically state some facts for the people. number one, look at what we've done. in the last seven years, you know, inheriting the worst recession since the great depression. i stood on that senate floor and held my head like this 700,000 jobs a mont...

That's been cut by 2/3. the unemployment rate is down from 10 to 5%. we see the housing crisis. we've gotten past that. the auto industry, 640,000 new jobs created, a million saved. nine million jobs in all. so whether you look at that or the fact that 17 million more americans now have health care. i could go on. the fact is, with this leadership of this president, with a hostile republican caucus, let's not forget that. he did take these issues straight to the american people, and we are on our feet. and it showed that we can be resilient as a nation, that we can come back from remarkable ch...

I don't want to throw l.a. under the bus. i understand being cautious. we are in difficult times and the decisions have to be made more and more. what we should be talking about is sharing more information between police departments and intelligence offices. new york, we have been dealing with the greatest counter terror. >> we don't have a week to vet. this is a decision you have to make right there. >> you have to make a quick decision. >> john, one of the important issues is that 640,000 students and 70,000 employees didn't go to school or work over one e-mail. >> imagine the inconvenience,...

Of now reshaped the presidential race. in a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll -- 40% of americans say national security should be the top priority for the government. only 33% say that job growth should be the top priority. plus, there is a huge partisan split here. 48% of republican primary voters. a majority cite national security and over the past few weeks, a pervasive air of fear infected much of the media. there is no clear indication on the tangible effects of the cause of that and what happened today in the second largest school district in the country. this morning, officials cl...