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The biggest debtor in the world we're going to be even more immediate trouble. i really do think we're at a tipping point. we've got a president who wants to take us in one direction which basically is the european direction. they got a guy over in france, socialist leader that is leading nicolas sarkozy in the polls that wants to raise the top rate to 75%. i hope obama doesn't see that. if the small business person will pay a little bit more, we'll solve this budget problem. we've got some other folks. i know what the candidates are going through. i know how long it is. they are getting bette...

high school in chardon, ohio, that's near cleveland. one student dead, four others wounded. two of the wounded students are in critical condition, one is serious, and another is stable. yet another student showed a reporter from wkyc where one of the bullets grazed him. >> yeah, right here on my ear. i was actually -- as i was turning away from the gunman, he caught me right on the ear. >> reporter: how's your hearing, how close was he when he fired that shot? >> we were the table right next to him, he was within three feet of us. three of the victims were at my table as well. >> the...

the presidential candidates go toe to toe tonight. as they face off in jacksonville. romney and gingrich are in a virtual poll. romney is ahead by just two percentage points. on the campaign trail, gingrich conceded that all the super pac attack ads have now hurt. but he's not backing down. >> i can promise you i am going to fight every day from here until we win the nomination, because i am not going to allow the monied interests that are bose buying those ads to come in here and into other states, to misinform people and think we're too dumb to fight back. >> jessica buchanan, she ...

>> so let's take a look at -- this was a chart i think we talked about indirectly. but when you talked about what to do about the budget and the budget deficit, it comes down to one thing, which is health care. everything else is basically going to be held flat as a percent of gdp, even social security remains constant as a percent of gdp as does other programs and so-called discretionary spending, which includes a lot of good things like education and so forth held flat. what's really driving our budget problem is health care spending. and you can see it's essentially going to double its shar...

Talked about indirectly. but when you talked about what to do about the budget and the budget deficit, it comes down to one thing, which is health care. everything else is basically going to be held flat as a percent of gdp, even social security remains constant as a percent of gdp as does other programs and so-called discretionary spending, which includes a lot of good things like education and so forth held flat. what's really driving our budget problem is health care spending. and you can see it's essentially going to double its share, unless we do something, it's going to double its share ...