TranscriptTHISISARUSHTRANSCRIPT.THISCOPYMAYNOTBEINITSFINALFORMANDMAYBEUPDATED.MARIAABARCA,COLLEGESTUDENT:Education.Ithinkcollegeshouldbemadecheaperforstudents.Noteveryonehasloadsofmoneyintheirpockets.Somepeoplethatlovetostudyandaresmartjustcan'tgotoschoolbecausetheycan'taffordit.So,Iwouldhopethatsomething,justpricesgotlower,ormorescholarshipsavailabletomorepeople.ANSERIGBY,COLLEGESTUDENT:Employment,peoplehavingjobs,theeconomy.Makingsurethatyou'regoingtoschoolforapurpose,notjusttogetoutofschoolandthenbefacedwithnothavingajobornotbeingabletouseyoureducation.CARLAZUZ,CNNSTUDENTNEWSANCHOR:Okay,acouplestudentsthere,talkingaboutsomeoftheissuesthattheythinkaregoingtogetalotofattentioninthenewyear.We'regoingtohavemoreontheeconomyforyouinjustabit.I'mCarlAzuz,andyou'redialedintoCNNStudentNews!FirstUp:TerrorReportAZUZ:Firstuptoday,PresidentObamaoutlineswhathecallsthefailuresthatledtoanattemptedterrorattackonaU.S.airplane.ThisistheChristmasDayplotwe'vebeentellingyouaboutthisweek.Accordingtothepresident,threeproblemsledtothegovernmentnotbeingabletopreventtheattackaheadoftime.First,intelligenceofficialsknewthatsomeoneconnectedtoalQaedawasplanningtostriketheU.S.,buttheydidn'tfollowuponthatinformationwellenough.Second,therewasafailuretoanalyzeintelligenceinformation,whatthepresidentcalled"afailuretoconnectthedots."Andthird,thoseintelligencefailuresmeantthatthesuspectwasn'taddedtoano-flylist,whichwouldhavepreventedhimfromgettingontheplane.Thepresidentalsomadeitclearwhohethinksisresponsible.U.S.PRESIDENTBARACKOBAMA:Moreover,IamlessinterestedinpassingoutblamethanIaminlearningfromandcorrectingthesemistakestomakeussafer.Forultimately,thebuckstopswithme.Aspresident,Ihaveasolemnresponsibilitytoprotectournationandourpeople,andwhenthesystemfails,itismyresponsibility.EconomyAZUZ:Gettingbacktotheeconomy,somemajorretailershadveryhappyholidays.That'sbecausetheirsalesnumberswentupnearlythreepercentinDecember.Thatmattersbecausethelasttwomonthsoftheyea