Again, as many people on the ground as possible since there is a lock down to make sure the residence halls and the perimeter is secure in case there is another gunman. bill: what is remarkable is how the alerts went out, text message form or e-mail form or the web site for the campus to warn students what is going on, that has been a proactive move, made by just about every school in america. and just looking at the new videotape into us from austin, the first time we have seen this, that is a live picture from ktbc, our fox affiliate out of austin which gave us great information 35 minutes ago, rhonda weldon, came to the microphone and told us as much as she knew and she couldn t answer every question and that is understandable in a situation like this. at one point she was asked why do you think that is there is a second suspect and she said we have heard that and you might be able to gather from that, witnesses in the library said we thought we saw another person and something
Bill: question this morning at 15 minutes before the hour does the federal government encourage illegal immigration. check out the rassmussen survey where they think the practices and policies urge people to enter the country illegally. we have the chairman of the caucus back with us here. i think washington knows more about this than they are willing to admit. the fact is you just had the leader of the senate propose amnesty while 72 illegals were slaughtered at the border. you have people that are refusing to implement e-verify to stop the source of illegal immigration, that s the employers. across the board the american people are right. washington refuses to do simple
Breaking news here and hopefully things are resolved but we cannot go there, just yet. let s hope we can soon. martha: we ll continue to keep you posted on that unfolding situation and in the meantime nearly every public school in america is facing very tough budget decisions these days. some saying desperate times call for desperate measures, how computers could soon replace a teacher near you, and, this is no joke, it is already happening. bill: also this is no joke, a lighter note, how did bristol the pistol as her mother said, how did she do? another week. guess who was in the audience? we ll tell you.
This, of course, from the november 4th, election night, of course. and, that was the biggest crowd of all which is understandable and now, just weeks before what could be the most crucial midterm election we have seen in years, having a tough time, according to reports out there, filling small areas, small rooms in america s biggest cities. and reports of ticket prices being slashed on seats at a fund-raiser in manhattan and the president putting pressure on the folks who helped get him elected calling on young voters to get out there, again and do their part. president barack obama: the point is, though, you cannot sit it out. you cannot suddenly just check in once every ten years or so, on an exciting presidential election, and then not pay attention during big midterm election where we have a real big choice between democrats and republicans. martha: audio there, this is how we start a new hour of america s newsroom, i m martha maccallum. bill: i m bill hemmer. fueling the fir
Unions go out and have the misleading ads, they have hair gubernatorial candidate, who has a record, four year record of failure and what else will they talk about? and so, we re going to go out there and continue to run or campaign. they are going to continue to go out there and try and mischaracterize meg whitman and her record. reporter: martha, as you alluded to the numbers in california are extremely close between the two, the one area where whitman is beaten handily is the hispanic population and they are trying to make changes and they have a lot of offices opened up and will be interesting to see how the advertisements go, going forward if they change in tone, martha. martha: looks like they are going to the heart of vulnerable areas, adam, thank you very much, adam housely on a beautiful morning there. in california. bill: politics again, and just into america s newsroom, brand new fox polling on some key senate races and these are the ones to watch, larry sabato, director