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That right, steve? >> reporter: in a sense yes, it was part of the discussion at a public revent held in washington that mayor emanuel took part in. local press was made aware of it well in advance. it touches on the city's most dramatic problem which is gun violence in this city. you mentioned over 500 homicides. just this past weekend, three more homicides, two of them teachers, all gun related. emanuel suggested in the d.c. forum the best course of action for greater gun control measures is to force the house's hand. >> start in the senate. that is where you get your best leverage and clear...

Air and share with all the viewers around the country. >> and we fully expect president obama will submit himself to questions from the d.c. press corps but it is important that local press have a chance to ask the president of the united states questions, not just idle casual questions about local food preferences, but the questions that are important regionally and specifically locally, and so the d.c. press corps gets plenty of opportunities to grill president obama and also to grill jay carney, his spokesperson -- >> not lately. >> it's an important thing for local reporters, local press, ...

Listening? are we too entranced by what's happening in the republican party or perhaps too over it all to listen to these -- to give obama a fair shot? this plan has very little likelihood of getting passed. does $3,000 actually make a difference? >> i think people are disillusioned, i think people are concerneder the economy, they look back and they don't see as much progress as they would have liked in the last three years or so or four years. on the other hand, president of the united states, people are going to pay attention. if he's offering policy proposals, people will consider them. wh...

Would be the first thing you'd tell them to do at this point in the race. now we're really moving quickly towards the nomination. >> let me take santorum for example, he has a very short but open window to make a very strong case for why he would be a great leader for the country, why he would beat president obama and why he would be a better candidate than the others. i would hire some great speech writers, work together, i would not do any tv for about a day then i'd give a really major good speech on sunday so that -- even on saturday so it's in the sunday papers, or on monday that sets him...

Towards the nomination. >> let me take santorum for example, he has a very short but open window to make a very strong case for why he would be a great leader for the country, why he would beat president obama and why he would be a better candidate than the others. i would hire some great speech writers, work together, i would not do any tv for about a day then i'd give a really major good speech on sunday so that -- even on saturday so it's in the sunday papers, or on monday that sets him up well going into the new hampshire voters. jenna: take a break from tv appearances, if we take a look a...