and we celebrated that night at the historic new york library. and hundreds of activists and family members that i had fought for and others joined as spike lee and robert de niro and samuel l. jackson joined senator chuck schumer and congressman jerry nadler and governor cuomo and mayor de blasio in celebrating some of my life's work. and it was heartening to me as we have many nights that we don't have to celebrate. and in the middle of it, we had a surprise video from former president barack obama that someone in the crowd taped and put on social media. but he stayed on message about fighting for the right to vote and go forward. >> the truth is there's a reason everybody wants to bend his ear including me. he's been one of our country's most urgent voices for progress and justice.