Barack Obama: “These are America's problems, and we must come together as Americans to meet them with the urgency this moment demands.”

People aren't looking for perpetual anger and division. They are looking for fairness and common sense and mutual respect, that deep in our gut, we want to find a way to turn towards each other again, not further away.

I was a little tall for it.

It was nevertheless important that we all play a part in assuring that our elected officials are accountable.

There’s no doubt that we are going through a period right now of disruption, polarization.