>> no feature of the obama presidency has been sadder than its constant efforts to divide us, to curry favor with some americans by castigating others. having previous moments of national danger, we americans are all in the same boat. if we drift -- >> the defining issue of our time is how to keep that promise alive. no challenge is more urgent. no debate is more important. will not settle for a country where a shrinking number of people do really well while a growing number of americans barely get by. where we can resto an economy where everyone get a fair shot and everne does their fair share and everyone plays by the same set of rules. what is at stak aren't democratic values or republican values. they are american values. we have to reclaim them. >> rose: we are live and so we apologize, the first speaker you saw was the governor mitch