Barack Obama: “We are already deeply invested in trying to find a solution here.”

They're meant to remind us of who we can be, to remind us of what's possible, so we can forge ahead.

I obviously have a room in his head.

a belief that our military and law enforcement owe allegiance not to any president or political party, but to the people and our constitution … a belief in the peaceful transfer of power

never talks that way when they are in the same room.