get a mortgage, to have children and put them through a good education and affect what kinds of jobs that i choose. columbia student, rachel boehr started out studying drama but skyrocketing tuition costs forced her to drop out. at age 30 she s only just finished her graduate degree. we re asking too much of our college students and narrowing and narrowing the field of who can be a college student in the country. reporter: american college gradss owe over $1 trillion in student loans. as tuition rates continue to soar, rising interest rates could be a headache. tuned stafford loans were fixed at 3.4%. that rate is scheduled to double. i think doubling the rate to 6.8% would definitely increase default rates because, again, the stoonts receiudents receivi
a live interview, listen. yes, it s never, you know. okay. shepard: okay. as you might imagine, local reporters are trying to get as much information as they can. we have megan franks, a teacher at lone star college in houston area. it s my understanding about 18,000 stoonts. large a large system with multiple campuses. and on this campus, a shooting this afternoon, somewhere around 12:30 central standard time. megan franks, a teacher, did you hear anything. caller: no, i did not. shepard: go ahead. caller: it was another building. but the students came running. shepard: ma am, hold on. a student speaking about what she heard. listen. two young men who had an argument and then gunshots. reporter: how did you get the order to leave the campus? was it something that came through an email no, it wasn t by email. it was just about had to the
caught on tape. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. the politics of unemployment swirling today as president obama and the republicans try to spin the latest jobless numbers to their political advantage. while the president is highlighting new signs of economic strength, the republicans are spotlighting the unemployment level that remains unchanged despite solid job growth. cnn white house correspondent dan lothian has more in prince georges county in virginia. dan? reporter: wolf, the president came here today because he says rolls royce jet engines are helping to boost the economy. 140 new jobs expected here, another hundred at a plant in indiana. but it was also a chance for him to cheer the latest job numbers which he says proves the u.s. economy is on the right track. even though not everyone agrees. the u.s. employment picture is far from sunny. but the better than expected february job numbers seems to have pushed a few more dark clouds out of the way.
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