Barack Obama: “Right now if Congress fails to come to an agreement...everybody's taxes will automatically go up.”

Use that hope to make a difference. Get involved.

I'm going to go to Michigan to campaign for Abdul El-Sayed.

People need to “rediscover what’s the story we tell about how we’re going to live together, and see each other, and recognise each other, and disagree, and yet, still care for each other”.

I think when we act on that basis, it doesn't always work out, but over time things do get better.