who was born at the tail in of the depression, who had grown up in the segregated south, to the mlk morrill, passing by the words in the statue's the reminded us of fdr, i thought that we must have in this country once again an fdr moment. [applause] and i thought about that american dream, and it made me think about the 48 million people last year who did not work with one single day -- one single week. and i thought about the american dream, and i thought about the 16.4 million children in this country who live in poverty. and i thought about the american dream, and i thought about 46.2 million americans who live in poverty, the highest that it has been in my entire lifetime. i am 53 years old, the highest that it has been in 52 years. i thought about that american dream, and i thought, could i say the same thing for my son and for all of my children in this generation, that my parents thought for me, even as they lived in segregation, even as they live through jim crow, even as they live through the voting rights act, even as they lived through the riots of the 1960's, even as they lived