have fired them. i realize that he has said he likes firing people. i want to restate far from backing off i invite "saturday night live" to come here to huntsville to tape one of their skits. if you're taping it at the space camp. >> there is commander gingrich. back to the future. next up yesterday may have been an important day for republicans but president obama is getting his own jump-start on the battleground states and spoke today in north carolina and didn't pass up an opportunity to ding his potential opponents at a manufacturing plant. let's listen. >> since i took office, america's dependence on foreign oil has gone down every single year. you wouldn't know it from listening to some of these folks out here. some of these folks. next time you hear some politician trotting out some three-point plan for $2 gas, you let them know, we know better.