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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. it's 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. you know, the other thing i would tell you is i thought about this early this morning, and i actually...

Purposefully or just with a political motivation. those things are things we can't rule out, of course, until we learn more information, and i'll say we have an active -- this was just a few hours ago. there's an active investigation going on at this time. we'll 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 but are pleased with our first respond is and students and faculty and staffs well. all did wha...

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 wasn't in the vatican, he was outside but it is when he least expected it. how do you gird for things you can't 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 will. you hope that that presence will curtail any sort of action. >> how do you separate them from ...

With me this morning to share their reporting and insights, peter baker of the new york times. let's watch the president answer. john kale from abc asked the question. if you call on john call, you're going to get this kind of a question. >> with respect to mr. romney's assertion that russia's our number one geo flil foe, they don't 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 off in manhattan. >> so you guys know how this process works. that's a big jarring at the end....