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- My question, North
Carolina, is can we do this?

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Can we do this?

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(crowd cheering)

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Can we do this?

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- [Crowd] Yes we can!

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- [Michelle] Can we do this?

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- [Crowd] Yes we can!

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- Just imagine how many
of our kids we could help.

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Imagine how many lives we would transform.

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And like anything, this
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and it will not happen overnight.

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Be determined, be hopeful, be empowered.

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I was fortunate enough
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where we didn't have
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My parents didn't get to go to college,

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but that didn't mean that
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My parents saw this flame in me.

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That flame that would
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and speak up for myself.

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They found a way to keep that flame lit.

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I'm not gonna be here forever

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and neither are any of you.

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And I wanna make sure that
the work that we've begun

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and the progress we've made will continue,

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not just for the length
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but until the problem is solved.

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I have seen firsthand that being president

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doesn't change who you are.

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No, it reveals who you are.

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- I love that the Queen put
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And I believe that she said,

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"You know, I never
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- I'm more the storyteller,

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and, for me, I wanted this book

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to read like a story
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particularly young people, to
just get lost in the journey.

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- [Narrator] Michelle Obama
is now a bestselling author

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and a Grammy winner, thanks
to her book, "Becoming,"

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which is now the bestselling memoir ever,

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along with the audio book.

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Now both Malia and Sasha

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are both full-time college students,

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Michelle and Barack are
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but that doesn't mean they are
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In an ambitious deal with Netflix,

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the world-renowned couple are producing

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seven documentary films.

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Their new production company,
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aims to be touching on
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democracy and civil rights and much more.

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The first of those seven,
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even managed to clinch an Oscar nod

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at the 2020 Academy Awards.

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Their powerful voices
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with something to say and something that

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needs to be heard.

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Obama was also asked to make a speech

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at John McCain's funeral, his opponent

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in the 2008 presidency race.

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He had been hand-picked by Senator McCain

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to speak at the funeral
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- Opinionated as ever,

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fiercely devoted to his friends

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and, most of all, to his family.

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It showed his irreverence,
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a little bit of a mischievous streak.

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After all, what better
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than to make George and I
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to a national audience?

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And most of all, it showed
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an ability to see past differences

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in search of common ground.

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- [Narrator] Obama used
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out against the status of the
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that some principles transcend politics,

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some values transcend party.

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Still, despite Michelle
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she has still made it very clear

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that she will never lose sight

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of where she came from,
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- Well, I was fortunate enough to live

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in a household where we didn't have much

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My father was a working
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My parents didn't get to go to college.

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but life hit them, and they had to work.

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that they weren't intelligent,
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are not highly gifted in their own right,

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when a lotta times your station in life

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is limited by the circumstances
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I talk about how each of the children

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lived with an elder of some sort.

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We grew up a Great-Aunt Robbie,

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who was a strict task
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that I describe, because she taught piano

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all those young people trying to please

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my Aunt Robbie because she was very clear

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about what she expected.

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I always wanted to keep up with others.

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and that's one of the stories I tell.

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I was four years old
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the piano with Aunt Robbie,

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and she was kind of a crank.

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She had a particular way
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I'd start to play it.

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than she wanted me to,
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At four years old, I was
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Why do I have to play
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She was my first combatant,

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So I grew up with that kind of energy.

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and you weren't allowed to use slang.

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"I'm raising adults.

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"I'm not raising babies."

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Her philosophy was that
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a lot if she took the time to explain it.

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She encouraged us to
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believed was that my voice was relevant

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and my opinions were meaningful

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and my anger and frustration was real.

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And that's something that's important

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for parents of any socio-economic
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That was the gift that she gave me.

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I say that my parents
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that flame that would
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and speak up for myself.

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to girls who are feisty,
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that flame out, to douse it ever just so

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because we're worried about them not

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being ladylike or being bossy,

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they found a way to keep that flame lit

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because they knew I'd need it later on.

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means that you have to value her voice

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and let her speak and learn how to use

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it with boundaries.
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- My father, classic example, he believed

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in real, practical lessons.

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I don't write about this, but I remember

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there was a time that my brother wondered

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Look around, we live
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in a little bitty neighborhood.

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What he did was, he took his paycheck

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at the end of the month
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that he had to pay, and he put money

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on top of each bill, the rent, the gas,

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the car note, groceries.

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from multiple sclerosis,
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that took a serious toll on his life.

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When she lost her father
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it rocked Michelle's world.

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She called him the hole in her heart.

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- Her family was like Beaver Cleaver,

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that it was so wholesome, just they earned

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But this really was an
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She really loves family,
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Family is really important to her.

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- I didn't want to let my parents down,

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so I worked hard in school.

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I read everything I could get my hands on.

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I did my absolute very best
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I did everything in my power

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to be a good student.

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I dreamed of one day going to one

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of the best universities in America.

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But despite my efforts,
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in my life who told me that I was setting

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my sights too high.

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That a girl like me couldn't
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It was like these folks were tryin'

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to put me in a little box,

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a box that fit their
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And after a while, I started to wonder,

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well, maybe I was dreamin' too big.

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What if these folks were right?

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See, back then, I didn't
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I didn't know that I'd be accepted

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to a top university.

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I didn't know that I'd
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and become an NGO director
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and eventually first lady
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- [Narrator] She aimed high,

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applying at Princeton University,

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where she was accepted and
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Four years later, she
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but Michelle didn't stop there.

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She would go on to study and earn a degree

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from Harvard Law School in 1988.

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- Michelle went on to Princeton,

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and everyone knows, of course, after that

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she went to Harvard Law School.

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And she rose to the
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One of the other things that comes out

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in the book that's very compelling

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is that she hated being a lawyer.

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She'd gone to Harvard Law,

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she was at the top of her game.

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She was at a law firm, very prestigious,

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and she was doing all
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day in, day out.

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And she said to her mom, "I hate it.

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"I hate being a lawyer."

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And her mom actually tried to talk her

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into staying as a lawyer
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money she was making.

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It was an incredible amount of money.

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And she said, "Okay, make your money,

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"and later do something you love

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"because what an amazing opportunity."

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But for Michelle, she realized that she

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had to follow her passion,
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And, of course, we all know what happened.

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- If I worried about who liked me

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and who thought I was
cute when I was your age,

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I wouldn't be married to the president

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of the United States today.

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(crowd cheering)

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Sorry.

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- [Woman] That's amazing!

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That's so great!

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- [Narrator] In August of 1989,
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson

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was working as an associate in the Chicago

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law firm Sidley & Austin
when she was assigned

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to mentor a summer intern.

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That summer intern was
Barack Hussein Obama.

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Barack landed the internship off the back

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of his exceptional work as a law student

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at Harvard University.

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In her book "Becoming," Michelle expresses

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that the glowing praise that surrounded

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the confident young Barack seemed at odds

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with his easygoing attitude.

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He was like no one she had ever met.

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Despite a fluttering interest

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in this cool cat from Hawaii,

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Michelle, being career
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It's safe to say that
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- He was definitely pursuing her,

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and she had her reservations.

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And eventually, he won her over.

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- [Narrator] Famously,
the couple's first kiss

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is commemorated at 53rd and
South Dorchester in Chicago.

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A quaint plaque on a rock reads,

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"On our first date, I
treated her to the finest

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"Baskin-Robbins had to offer,

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"our dinner table doubling as the curb.

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"I kissed her, and it
tasted like chocolate."

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(rock music)

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♪ G-G-Give it up ♪

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♪ Give it up to me, baby ♪

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♪ You got to give it up ♪

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♪ Won't you gimme your sweet love ♪

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♪ Oh, yeah, baby ♪

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♪ Gimme that love ♪

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♪ You gotta gotta gotta give it up ♪

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♪ Baby ♪

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- She's very candid in her book

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about the fact that it
wasn't love at first sight.

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That he had this distinct
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And she saw him as being amazing and great

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but not dating, marriage material.

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I think he kinda grew on
her but rather quickly

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because once they actually did have

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their first date, Michelle says it was

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almost immediate that she knew

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that this was gonna be
something pretty incredible.

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(gentle music)

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One of the biggest revelations
in Michelle's book "Becoming"

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is her own painful
struggle to have children.

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We find out that Michelle had
a very painful miscarriage

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prior to having her daughters

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and then was forced to rely on IVF

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for the successful conception

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of her two girls, Malia and Sasha.

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This was something she
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breathtaking detail.

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She talks about the
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herself at nine o'clock at night somewhere

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with the hormones she needed.

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How the fact that Barack was often gone

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or traveling was difficult as she was

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contemplating the IVF and doing the IVF.

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She's very honest about it

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and very candid about her own struggles

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to have her girls.

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And this is something
we never knew before.

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Michelle is very honest
in her book "Becoming"

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about her and Barack's
marital difficulties.

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She doesn't paint a perfect
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In fact, she actually said in an interview

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with Oprah Winfrey for
"Harper's Bazaar" that

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"Yes, I know people see
us as #relationship goals,

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"but it's not as
picture-perfect as it may seem."

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I think for Michelle, it
was important to paint

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a more accurate, realistic picture

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of the fact that you have
two very intelligent,

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very driven, very ambitious
people who are trying

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to find a way to have a successful
partnership and marriage.

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One of the things Michelle talks about is

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her way of loving and
her feeling of security

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was different than Barack's.

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Barack didn't grow up near his mother.

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He was raised by his grandparents.

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And yet he knew his mother
loved him very much.

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For Michelle, she wanted him present.

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She wanted her husband around her.

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That's how she felt loved and secure.

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But for Barack, it didn't
need to be that way.

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So I think Michelle's very honest and open

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about the fact that she and Barack had

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to find a way to love each other

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and also be true to themselves.

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And she openly talks about the fact

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that the pair underwent couples counseling

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shortly after the birth
of their daughters.

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- Barack Obama didn't get

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into Columbia University right away.

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He actually started off and
went to Occidental College

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in the U.S. in California.

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And then he transferred
into Columbia University,

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an Ivy League school, but from there on,

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his career really soared.

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He would eventually get a law degree

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from Harvard Law, and he would be one

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of the editors, the first
African American editor

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of the "Harvard Law Review."

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Then he continued to engage
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in the state of Illinois, in Chicago.

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And from there on, he became an Illinois

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state senator for eight years.

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He gained some experience in the Illinois

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state senate, and then this propelled him

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to the national stage when he would

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become a U.S. senator in 2004.

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He lived a very solitary
life when he was in DC,

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and he didn't uproot
his family to be there.

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But his greatest achievements weren't

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gonna be in the Senate.

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He probably knew that.

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He had the level of fame
that really no other

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senator had achieved at that point

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given what he had actually accomplished.

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- We are all connected, as a people,

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that all of us share something.

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That these children right here lined up,

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waiting for the Red Hot Chili Peppers,

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- [Children] Yeah!
- yeah, that I've got

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an investment in them

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even though they're not my children.

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Just like you have an investment

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in the children in the
South Side of Chicago

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who are tryin' to figure out

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whether they've got a decent education

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(audience applauding)
And it's that idea

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that we are all connected.

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That I am my brother's keeper.

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I am my sister's keeper.

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That we have a set of
mutual obligations towards

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each other that express
themselves not only

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in our families, not
only in our communities,

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not only in our places of worship

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but also in our government.

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- The Obamas were a breath
of fresh air, literally.

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And even people who were
die-hard Republicans,

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diametrically opposed to every single

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policy position, like my mother,

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loved them because, she
said, "This is what we need.

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"We need this kind of breath of fresh air.

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"We need this kind of new energy

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"to be brought into the White House."

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I think it was difficult for Michelle

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to come to terms with the fact that Barack

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wanted a political career.

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She's very civic-minded,
but she hates politics.

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And so she really didn't want to get

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into any kind of career where
there would be mudslinging

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and all the different
things that come with it.

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But, as always, she
wanted to support Barack

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and whatever aspirations that he had.

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I think she understood
that he had aspirations

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for greatness and was capable of achieving

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these types of things.

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And that he's sort of a
once-in-a-lifetime type of person.

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A type of candidate that the world

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had never seen before,

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definitely the U.S. had never seen before,

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and that she was gonna
need to support him.

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And that that didn't necessarily mean

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that she had to let go
of her own ambitions.

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It just meant that she needed
to be side-by-side with him

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and supporting him all along the way.

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I'm sure she was one of his biggest fans

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but also one of the people that he trusted

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the most in terms of offering him advice.

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- Can we do this?

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(crowd cheering)

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Can we do this?

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(crowd cheering)

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Can we do this?

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- [Crowd] Yes we can!

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- Can we do this?

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- [Crowd] Yes we can!

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Yes we can!

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Yes we can!

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Yes we can!

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- And North Carolina,
who is that candidate?

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(crowd cheering)

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I-I I didn't hear you.

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- [Crowd] Obama!

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- And as I was lookin' at her, I thought,

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she could be any one of us.

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She's a great mother.

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She's got a great education.

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She's about all the values
that women need to strive for.

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So I think she'll make
a perfect first lady.

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(upbeat music)

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- [Narrator] As Barack
Obama's fight for the 2008

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presidential election began,
the eyes of the American

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public turned toward their
perspective first lady.

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- When she was originally
campaigning with Barack in 2008,

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what's impossible to think of now

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is that she was thought of as a liability

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because of several
things that she had said.

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She was being interviewed by reporters

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in early 2008, and she had mentioned

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"This is the first time in my adult life

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"that I am proud to be an American."

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And this really didn't play well.

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People didn't like the fact that she was

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emphasizing race too much.

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Then her dissertation was published

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when she was a student,
which emphasized how

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difficult it would be to
be an African American

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in a white university.

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That also didn't play over very well.

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And there were caricatures of her

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as this angry black woman who was militant

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and was overly focusing on race.

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And they decided that they were basically

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gonna give her a complete makeover,

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a complete image makeover
because they felt

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that she was coming
across as too forceful.

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But that's part of who she was.

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If she wanted to defend her husband,

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you know, she's a Harvard-educated lawyer,

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she would do it in a
forceful and efficient

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and effective manner.

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But that wasn't playing across well

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given some of the other events that were

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going on at that time.

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So they gave her this big image makeover,

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which they unveiled at
the Democratic Convention

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in August of 2008.

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And it was really successful.

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- As I tuck that little girl
in and her little sister

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into bed at night, you
see, I think about how

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one day, they'll have
families of their own

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and how one day, they and
your sons and daughters

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will tell their own
children about what we did

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together in this election.

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(audience cheering)

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They'll tell them

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they'll tell them how this time

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we listened to our hopes
instead of our fears.

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- In her speech, and
she was a great speaker,

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just as Barack is, she
mentioned family quite a bit.

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She really emphasized her maternal role,

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and she exuded a lot of warmth.

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And it was really natural, this warmth.

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- How this time in this great country,

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where a girl from the
South Side of Chicago

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can go to college and law school

524
00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:45,550
and the son of a single mother from Hawaii

525
00:23:45,550 --> 00:23:48,148
can go all the way to the White House

526
00:23:48,148 --> 00:23:49,916
(crowd cheering)

527
00:23:49,916 --> 00:23:51,593
that we committed ourselves.

528
00:23:53,140 --> 00:23:54,320
- The world goes into it.

529
00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:56,010
And so this is really looking at things

530
00:23:56,010 --> 00:23:58,920
from hair to clothes to diction.

531
00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:01,270
People don't wake up and
become Michelle Obamas.

532
00:24:01,270 --> 00:24:03,270
That takes time, that take effort,

533
00:24:03,270 --> 00:24:06,410
and that takes a mighty
great team as well,

534
00:24:06,410 --> 00:24:07,420
to put you together.

535
00:24:07,420 --> 00:24:10,120
- Now you know why I asked her out

536
00:24:10,120 --> 00:24:12,590
so many times
(audience laughing)

537
00:24:12,590 --> 00:24:14,113
even though she said no.

538
00:24:15,197 --> 00:24:17,797
You want a persistent president.

539
00:24:17,797 --> 00:24:19,040
(gentle music)

540
00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:22,010
- [Narrator] Michelle,
Malia and Sasha traveled

541
00:24:22,010 --> 00:24:24,120
the length of the country during what was

542
00:24:24,120 --> 00:24:25,883
a grueling campaign schedule.

543
00:24:27,830 --> 00:24:30,880
Delivering speeches, hosting fundraisers,

544
00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:33,520
Michelle did her part to support Barack.

545
00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:36,070
But it wasn't without its challenges.

546
00:24:36,070 --> 00:24:38,010
- The campaign experience was draining

547
00:24:38,010 --> 00:24:41,210
for all of Barack Obama's family.

548
00:24:41,210 --> 00:24:43,650
They were constantly on the road

549
00:24:43,650 --> 00:24:46,930
and having to deal with
raising kids on the road.

550
00:24:46,930 --> 00:24:50,670
Michelle Obama was having
to give a lot of speeches.

551
00:24:50,670 --> 00:24:53,350
And this kinda carried
on into the eight years

552
00:24:53,350 --> 00:24:54,500
that she was in office.

553
00:24:54,500 --> 00:24:55,487
She was exhausted.

554
00:24:55,487 --> 00:24:57,740
He talked about how
she was looking forward

555
00:24:57,740 --> 00:24:59,630
to being able to do so many things

556
00:24:59,630 --> 00:25:01,110
that she couldn't do before.

557
00:25:01,110 --> 00:25:06,110
It was something that
she really gave up a lot

558
00:25:07,090 --> 00:25:12,090
in order to support him and for this goal

559
00:25:12,220 --> 00:25:14,020
of achieving something
for the greater good.

560
00:25:14,020 --> 00:25:15,877
I think she really felt
that this was something

561
00:25:15,877 --> 00:25:17,740
that she needed to chip in on

562
00:25:17,740 --> 00:25:20,760
and be supportive of,
not because she really

563
00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:22,350
wanted to do it, that this would've been

564
00:25:22,350 --> 00:25:24,250
her first choice, but she just felt

565
00:25:24,250 --> 00:25:25,730
it was the right thing to do.

566
00:25:25,730 --> 00:25:28,310
(gentle music)

567
00:25:28,310 --> 00:25:30,890
I think she knew that everything,

568
00:25:30,890 --> 00:25:32,560
starting from the campaign to the way

569
00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:35,800
she adjusted her image for the campaign

570
00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:37,349
to the way she adjusted her image

571
00:25:37,349 --> 00:25:40,540
to be this new type of first lady,

572
00:25:40,540 --> 00:25:42,660
all of this stuff was a
huge sacrifice to her.

573
00:25:42,660 --> 00:25:45,080
This wouldn't have been her choice.

574
00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:46,640
This wouldn't have been
what she wanted to do.

575
00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:49,400
She didn't have these types
of political aspirations.

576
00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:51,520
But I think she saw this as all part

577
00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:55,170
of something that needed to be achieved

578
00:25:55,170 --> 00:25:59,340
just for the greater good of U.S. society,

579
00:25:59,340 --> 00:26:01,130
political culture.

580
00:26:01,130 --> 00:26:03,770
The country at this time needed optimism

581
00:26:03,770 --> 00:26:05,520
and needed these types of policies.

582
00:26:08,370 --> 00:26:11,670
The actual night itself, there was quite

583
00:26:11,670 --> 00:26:14,380
a bit of optimism because Obama was going

584
00:26:14,380 --> 00:26:19,380
into the night with a lead
in the polls by 5% to 10%.

585
00:26:21,029 --> 00:26:23,590
And there was a feeling that his campaign

586
00:26:23,590 --> 00:26:25,790
had been very dynamic and that he was

587
00:26:25,790 --> 00:26:28,000
likely to flip some states.

588
00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:33,000
So in the end, you had him
winning 338 electoral votes,

589
00:26:34,010 --> 00:26:35,480
winning 52% of the vote,

590
00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:38,160
and he flipped seven states that had

591
00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:41,110
been previously in the
hands of Republicans.

592
00:26:41,110 --> 00:26:42,930
And that was significant.

593
00:26:42,930 --> 00:26:45,110
I think some of the most significant wins

594
00:26:45,110 --> 00:26:48,378
were in the Rust Belt, namely Ohio,

595
00:26:48,378 --> 00:26:53,378
but also Virginia, of course,
North Carolina and Florida.

596
00:26:53,750 --> 00:26:57,628
These wins came out earlier in the night,

597
00:26:57,628 --> 00:27:00,200
and it became clear he was
going to be the winner.

598
00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:04,190
But at election night,
the electoral victory was,

599
00:27:04,190 --> 00:27:07,584
for many people, one of the
greatest moments for them.

600
00:27:07,584 --> 00:27:10,240
They probably agreed
with what Michelle Obama

601
00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:12,310
had said earlier that year that it was

602
00:27:12,310 --> 00:27:14,850
a moment where Americans felt proud.

603
00:27:14,850 --> 00:27:18,180
It was definitely a moment for minorities,

604
00:27:18,180 --> 00:27:21,228
the African American community,
even the Hispanic community,

605
00:27:21,228 --> 00:27:26,228
that they felt that they
had achieved something.

606
00:27:26,397 --> 00:27:30,060
(audience applauding)

607
00:27:30,060 --> 00:27:33,990
It was just one of the
most impressive things

608
00:27:33,990 --> 00:27:35,830
that the U.S. had accomplished.

609
00:27:35,830 --> 00:27:37,970
- Michelle Obama's famous
for a lot of things,

610
00:27:37,970 --> 00:27:40,530
not the least of which
is her enviable arms.

611
00:27:40,530 --> 00:27:41,960
One of the things we saw from her

612
00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:44,010
as first lady was the first time

613
00:27:44,010 --> 00:27:46,400
a first lady started
wearing high street brands.

614
00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:47,600
She was wearing J. Crew.

615
00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:50,830
She was wearing other brands
which were very mainstream.

616
00:27:50,830 --> 00:27:52,410
It wasn't like Nancy Reagan

617
00:27:52,410 --> 00:27:54,500
in her Oscar de la Renta all the time.

618
00:27:54,500 --> 00:27:56,720
She was mixing and
matching designer labels

619
00:27:56,720 --> 00:27:58,930
with high street mainstream brands,

620
00:27:58,930 --> 00:28:01,797
which is what, of course, most women do.

621
00:28:01,797 --> 00:28:04,510
We very famously saw
her supporting J. Crew

622
00:28:04,510 --> 00:28:06,010
from the very beginning, which is a very

623
00:28:06,010 --> 00:28:07,810
quintessentially American brand,

624
00:28:07,810 --> 00:28:09,830
and she wore a lot of sleeveless tops.

625
00:28:09,830 --> 00:28:11,740
Of course, the whole world took notice

626
00:28:11,740 --> 00:28:13,890
of the fact that she had such great arms.

627
00:28:13,890 --> 00:28:16,870
Michelle Obama's arms,
in fact, were requested

628
00:28:16,870 --> 00:28:19,082
of plastic surgeons around the land

629
00:28:19,082 --> 00:28:24,081
by women who wanted to
emulate their beauty, really.

630
00:28:24,081 --> 00:28:26,664
(upbeat music)

631
00:28:30,250 --> 00:28:32,260
Michelle Obama has a great wardrobe,

632
00:28:32,260 --> 00:28:36,040
and the fact that she's
5'11", has incredible height

633
00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:38,070
and stature in which to show it off.

634
00:28:38,070 --> 00:28:40,700
She took risks in terms of fashion.

635
00:28:40,700 --> 00:28:43,820
She wore outfits that were
a bit sexy and glamorous.

636
00:28:43,820 --> 00:28:45,447
She wore Versace very famously

637
00:28:45,447 --> 00:28:48,380
and looked very slinky
and straightened her hair.

638
00:28:48,380 --> 00:28:51,920
She was not afraid to
take risks with fashion,

639
00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:53,933
and she loves fashion, and it shows.

640
00:29:02,790 --> 00:29:05,170
- Ladies and gentlemen, the first lady

641
00:29:05,170 --> 00:29:07,803
of the United States, Michelle Obama.

642
00:29:07,803 --> 00:29:10,803
(audience cheering)

643
00:29:13,080 --> 00:29:14,850
- I think what a lot of people who know

644
00:29:14,850 --> 00:29:18,340
Michelle Obama say about
her is she's hilarious.

645
00:29:18,340 --> 00:29:19,910
She has a great sense of humor,

646
00:29:19,910 --> 00:29:21,690
and she's really funny.

647
00:29:21,690 --> 00:29:24,100
One of the great dynamics between Michelle

648
00:29:24,100 --> 00:29:28,420
and her husband is there's
a friendly competitiveness.

649
00:29:28,420 --> 00:29:31,940
They are famously
competitive with each other.

650
00:29:31,940 --> 00:29:33,480
A friend of mine who was actually

651
00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:37,850
at the 2004 convention when
Barack's keynote speech

652
00:29:37,850 --> 00:29:40,371
thrust him into the national spotlight,

653
00:29:40,371 --> 00:29:42,520
just before he went on stage,

654
00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:43,730
Michelle gave him a big hug

655
00:29:43,730 --> 00:29:45,850
and said, "Don't screw it up, buddy."

656
00:29:45,850 --> 00:29:49,730
So Michelle has a very
famously competitive,

657
00:29:49,730 --> 00:29:52,737
very funny competitive
relationship with her husband.

658
00:29:52,737 --> 00:29:56,340
In her book "Becoming,"
it's really remarkable

659
00:29:56,340 --> 00:29:58,780
how much shade she throws at her husband,

660
00:29:58,780 --> 00:30:02,560
where she talks about
his whiff of geekiness

661
00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:03,940
on their date and other things

662
00:30:03,940 --> 00:30:06,130
that make him seem very human.

663
00:30:06,130 --> 00:30:09,380
- I think for Barack
and Michelle's children,

664
00:30:09,380 --> 00:30:11,160
Sasha and Malia, growing
up in the White House

665
00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:12,620
probably wasn't easy.

666
00:30:12,620 --> 00:30:15,840
They had some advice from the previous

667
00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:19,357
first children, the Bush
twins, Jenna and Barbara Bush.

668
00:30:19,357 --> 00:30:21,490
They actually took them under their wing

669
00:30:21,490 --> 00:30:23,640
and gave them a lot of helpful advice.

670
00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:27,270
But one of the things that
made it easier for them

671
00:30:27,270 --> 00:30:31,140
was that they had such a strong family.

672
00:30:31,140 --> 00:30:33,210
They had their grandmother
living with them.

673
00:30:33,210 --> 00:30:36,650
They had their mother
ensuring that they're able

674
00:30:36,650 --> 00:30:39,390
to live as normally as possible.

675
00:30:39,390 --> 00:30:41,100
And something that is notable about those

676
00:30:41,100 --> 00:30:43,210
eight years for them was that there

677
00:30:43,210 --> 00:30:46,830
was never anything negatively
reported on them, ever.

678
00:30:46,830 --> 00:30:51,320
It could be the media was
exercising some caution there.

679
00:30:51,320 --> 00:30:53,030
But even since they have

680
00:30:53,030 --> 00:30:57,182
now become younger
adults and are no longer

681
00:30:57,182 --> 00:30:59,560
living in the White House,

682
00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:02,840
they have earned a
reputation for just being

683
00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:06,100
really solid, well-behaved girls

684
00:31:06,100 --> 00:31:08,400
that have been really raised well.

685
00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:11,470
And a lot of this has been attributed

686
00:31:11,470 --> 00:31:15,050
to the work that Michelle had done

687
00:31:15,050 --> 00:31:17,720
in the White House but
also Michelle and Barack

688
00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:19,810
as a family just ensuring that they

689
00:31:19,810 --> 00:31:22,611
had some level of stability and normalcy

690
00:31:22,611 --> 00:31:24,810
in spite of the fact that they were living

691
00:31:24,810 --> 00:31:26,565
in very abnormal conditions.

692
00:31:26,565 --> 00:31:29,148
(gentle music)

693
00:31:30,380 --> 00:31:32,650
- Earlier today, as you
heard, Malia and Sasha and I

694
00:31:32,650 --> 00:31:35,720
visited the Long Room at Trinity College.

695
00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:38,290
As you know, I don't know if
many of you have been there.

696
00:31:38,290 --> 00:31:40,051
It's like Hogwarts,

697
00:31:40,051 --> 00:31:41,520
(audience laughing)
as Sasha pointed out.

698
00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:45,210
It's a huge room with shelf
after shelf full of books,

699
00:31:45,210 --> 00:31:48,080
beautiful place, and
I hope that all of you

700
00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:51,900
aspire to go there, if not study there.

701
00:31:51,900 --> 00:31:54,010
But just to go and experience what it's

702
00:31:54,010 --> 00:31:56,950
like to be surrounded by so much history

703
00:31:56,950 --> 00:31:58,640
and so much power.

704
00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:00,550
And the girls had the chance to explore

705
00:32:00,550 --> 00:32:04,390
those shelves and trace
their Irish lineage,

706
00:32:04,390 --> 00:32:06,220
which was a very powerful thing

707
00:32:06,220 --> 00:32:08,540
to find out that these
girls that were born

708
00:32:08,540 --> 00:32:10,185
on the South Side of Chicago can trace

709
00:32:10,185 --> 00:32:12,871
their roots back here to Ireland,

710
00:32:12,871 --> 00:32:15,433
way back to the 1600s.

711
00:32:16,870 --> 00:32:19,250
That was very powerful
for me as their mother,

712
00:32:19,250 --> 00:32:21,800
and hopefully it will
be something that they

713
00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:23,970
cherish for the rest of their lives.

714
00:32:23,970 --> 00:32:25,010
- One of the things that Michelle

715
00:32:25,010 --> 00:32:26,420
is best known for is the fact

716
00:32:26,420 --> 00:32:28,280
that she's an incredible public speaker,

717
00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:30,470
and some say that she's even better

718
00:32:30,470 --> 00:32:33,800
or let's say as good as
her very famous husband.

719
00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:35,350
Michelle and Barack were actually quite

720
00:32:35,350 --> 00:32:37,490
competitive about their speeches.

721
00:32:37,490 --> 00:32:40,910
When Michelle was
prepping to give her 2016

722
00:32:40,910 --> 00:32:42,480
Democratic Convention speech,

723
00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:44,837
which is the very famous
one where she says,

724
00:32:44,837 --> 00:32:47,840
"When they go low, we go high."

725
00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:49,870
Barack heard her in one of the rehearsals

726
00:32:49,870 --> 00:32:51,790
and ended up going back to his notes

727
00:32:51,790 --> 00:32:53,700
to work a bit harder to make sure

728
00:32:53,700 --> 00:32:56,760
he was as good or better than his wife.

729
00:32:56,760 --> 00:33:00,080
Michelle is a famously
good public speaker.

730
00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:01,260
She has great presence,

731
00:33:01,260 --> 00:33:02,870
she has great authority,

732
00:33:02,870 --> 00:33:04,810
and at the same time, she manages to be

733
00:33:04,810 --> 00:33:06,310
interesting and relatable.

734
00:33:06,310 --> 00:33:09,165
It's one of her best skills.

735
00:33:09,165 --> 00:33:09,998
(crowd cheering)

736
00:33:09,998 --> 00:33:12,230
- You know, it's hard to believe

737
00:33:12,230 --> 00:33:15,610
that it as been eight years since I first

738
00:33:15,610 --> 00:33:18,650
came to this convention to talk with you

739
00:33:18,650 --> 00:33:22,406
about why I thought my
husband should be president.

740
00:33:22,406 --> 00:33:25,156
(crowd cheering)

741
00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:31,000
Remember how I told you about
his character and conviction,

742
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:33,960
his decency and his grace.

743
00:33:33,960 --> 00:33:36,610
The traits that we've seen every day

744
00:33:36,610 --> 00:33:39,189
that he served our country
in the White House.

745
00:33:39,189 --> 00:33:42,320
(crowd cheering)

746
00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:46,730
I also told you about our daughters,

747
00:33:46,730 --> 00:33:49,020
how they are the heart of our hearts,

748
00:33:49,020 --> 00:33:50,380
the center of our world.

749
00:33:50,380 --> 00:33:52,350
And during our time in the White House,

750
00:33:52,350 --> 00:33:54,570
we've had the joy of watching them grow

751
00:33:54,570 --> 00:33:58,870
from bubbly little girls
into poised young women,

752
00:33:58,870 --> 00:34:03,520
a journey that started soon
after we arrived in Washington

753
00:34:03,520 --> 00:34:05,490
when they set off for their first day

754
00:34:05,490 --> 00:34:07,370
at their new school.

755
00:34:07,370 --> 00:34:10,010
I will never forget that winter morning

756
00:34:10,010 --> 00:34:14,090
as I watched our girls,
just seven and 10 years old,

757
00:34:14,090 --> 00:34:17,070
pile into those black SUVs with all those

758
00:34:17,070 --> 00:34:18,596
big men with guns.

759
00:34:18,596 --> 00:34:21,082
(audience murmurs)

760
00:34:21,082 --> 00:34:22,800
And I saw their little faces pressed

761
00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:25,900
up against the window, and the only thing

762
00:34:25,900 --> 00:34:29,376
I could think was what have we done?

763
00:34:29,376 --> 00:34:31,530
(audience laughing)

764
00:34:31,530 --> 00:34:33,870
See, because at that moment, I realized

765
00:34:33,870 --> 00:34:35,900
that our time in the
White House would form

766
00:34:35,900 --> 00:34:38,720
the foundation for who they would become.

767
00:34:38,720 --> 00:34:41,270
And how well we managed this experience

768
00:34:41,270 --> 00:34:43,830
could truly make or break them.

769
00:34:43,830 --> 00:34:47,120
That is what Barack and
I think about every day

770
00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:50,040
as we try to guide and protect our girls

771
00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:51,530
through the challenges of this

772
00:34:51,530 --> 00:34:54,910
unusual life in the spotlight.

773
00:34:54,910 --> 00:34:57,250
- Barack and Michelle
Obama had an excellent

774
00:34:57,250 --> 00:34:59,373
relationship throughout the presidency.

775
00:35:00,550 --> 00:35:02,740
Any relationship is gonna be tested

776
00:35:02,740 --> 00:35:05,590
when you're dealing with
high levels of stress.

777
00:35:05,590 --> 00:35:07,530
And so it's not to say that their

778
00:35:07,530 --> 00:35:09,630
relationship didn't experience some bumps

779
00:35:09,630 --> 00:35:12,740
and some tense discussions along the way.

780
00:35:12,740 --> 00:35:14,070
And they've admitted that.

781
00:35:14,070 --> 00:35:15,670
But they see themselves as a team.

782
00:35:15,670 --> 00:35:20,249
They see themselves as
much stronger together

783
00:35:20,249 --> 00:35:23,810
than apart, and they
really respect each other.

784
00:35:23,810 --> 00:35:25,370
They see each other as equals.

785
00:35:25,370 --> 00:35:27,890
I think during the entire presidency,

786
00:35:27,890 --> 00:35:29,650
they were able to weather a lot of storms,

787
00:35:29,650 --> 00:35:32,660
difficult storms that he
faced just being president,

788
00:35:32,660 --> 00:35:33,993
all the attacks he faced.

789
00:35:34,890 --> 00:35:36,710
They were able to weather this together,

790
00:35:36,710 --> 00:35:40,610
and their relationship is
probably stronger as a result.

791
00:35:40,610 --> 00:35:41,590
But it's really one of the few

792
00:35:41,590 --> 00:35:46,390
political marriages that was
just completely scandal free,

793
00:35:46,390 --> 00:35:47,950
that was really about a deep love

794
00:35:47,950 --> 00:35:49,170
that they shared for one another

795
00:35:49,170 --> 00:35:50,930
that wasn't really about a marriage

796
00:35:50,930 --> 00:35:52,610
of political convenience.

797
00:35:52,610 --> 00:35:55,580
And both Republicans and Democrats alike

798
00:35:55,580 --> 00:35:57,850
would have to acknowledge that this

799
00:35:57,850 --> 00:35:59,350
was a very solid relationship.

800
00:35:59,350 --> 00:36:01,427
It was a model relationship

801
00:36:01,427 --> 00:36:04,027
and one that a lot of other
people could learn from.

802
00:36:14,690 --> 00:36:16,950
- Michelle Obama is famously tactile

803
00:36:16,950 --> 00:36:20,210
and warm, and we've seen
that over and over again.

804
00:36:20,210 --> 00:36:24,170
But in 2009 at the G2
Summit, there was a faux pas

805
00:36:24,170 --> 00:36:25,980
heard round the world
when Michelle actually

806
00:36:25,980 --> 00:36:28,735
put her arm around Queen Elizabeth.

807
00:36:28,735 --> 00:36:30,640
Everyone was shocked, because this is

808
00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:33,150
a firm break with royal protocol.

809
00:36:33,150 --> 00:36:34,790
Michelle and the Queen had actually been

810
00:36:34,790 --> 00:36:36,730
having a bit of a giggle because they were

811
00:36:36,730 --> 00:36:39,430
both talking about how
uncomfortable their shoes are.

812
00:36:39,430 --> 00:36:41,460
Queen Elizabeth apparently complimented

813
00:36:41,460 --> 00:36:43,230
Michelle on her Jimmy Choos,

814
00:36:43,230 --> 00:36:45,230
and Michelle confided that they were

815
00:36:45,230 --> 00:36:46,670
incredibly uncomfortable.

816
00:36:46,670 --> 00:36:49,110
And Queen Elizabeth said
apparently hers were as well.

817
00:36:49,110 --> 00:36:50,780
And they had a bit of a laugh,

818
00:36:50,780 --> 00:36:52,510
and Michelle put her arm around the Queen,

819
00:36:52,510 --> 00:36:55,423
which caused gasps which could
be heard around the world.

820
00:36:56,580 --> 00:37:01,580
- I love that the Queen put
her arm around Michelle.

821
00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:05,957
And I believe that she said,
"You know, I never thought

822
00:37:05,957 --> 00:37:10,070
"I would see this, so you know what, hey."

823
00:37:10,070 --> 00:37:11,250
I loved it.

824
00:37:11,250 --> 00:37:13,700
I know people got crazy.

825
00:37:13,700 --> 00:37:14,823
She touched the Queen!

826
00:37:16,470 --> 00:37:17,930
But she didn't melt.

827
00:37:17,930 --> 00:37:20,580
She didn't disappear, you know.

828
00:37:20,580 --> 00:37:22,520
Now, I'm sure she doesn't
want a whole bunch

829
00:37:22,520 --> 00:37:23,610
of people touching her,

830
00:37:23,610 --> 00:37:24,760
'cause I don't want a whole bunch

831
00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:26,300
of people touching me, okay?

832
00:37:26,300 --> 00:37:31,300
So I figure that the
protocol does not change,

833
00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:35,040
but every now and then,
I think something happens

834
00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:37,647
where she goes, "I'm
gonna mark this occasion.

835
00:37:37,647 --> 00:37:39,217
"I'm gonna mark this and no one

836
00:37:39,217 --> 00:37:41,040
"will ever forget this."

837
00:37:41,040 --> 00:37:43,950
I just wanted to tip my dread to her.

838
00:37:43,950 --> 00:37:46,650
I just thought it was the
most marvelous thing I'd seen.

839
00:37:46,650 --> 00:37:48,939
- The thing is, Queen
Elizabeth seemed to like it.

840
00:37:48,939 --> 00:37:51,040
There was this stage later on

841
00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:53,150
where Queen Elizabeth invited Michelle

842
00:37:53,150 --> 00:37:55,360
to sit in the back of
her Range Rover with her

843
00:37:55,360 --> 00:37:56,880
on the way somewhere.

844
00:37:56,880 --> 00:37:58,860
And when Michelle hesitated,

845
00:37:58,860 --> 00:37:59,777
the Queen said to Michelle,

846
00:37:59,777 --> 00:38:03,110
"Have they warned you
that you can't do this?"

847
00:38:03,110 --> 00:38:04,610
And when she said yes,

848
00:38:04,610 --> 00:38:07,140
the Queen said, "Rubbish, you
can sit wherever you want."

849
00:38:07,140 --> 00:38:09,220
So it seems like, despite the fact

850
00:38:09,220 --> 00:38:10,660
that everyone in the world freaked out

851
00:38:10,660 --> 00:38:12,740
that Michelle put her arm
around Queen Elizabeth,

852
00:38:12,740 --> 00:38:14,630
Queen Elizabeth was, in fact, charmed,

853
00:38:14,630 --> 00:38:16,991
very much so, by Michelle Obama.

854
00:38:16,991 --> 00:38:20,570
We saw the very famous
friendship that developed

855
00:38:20,570 --> 00:38:23,410
between Michelle Obama and George W. Bush,

856
00:38:23,410 --> 00:38:25,787
a very unlikely pairing.

857
00:38:25,787 --> 00:38:28,285
But what happened was,
Michelle was invariably

858
00:38:28,285 --> 00:38:31,230
seated by the former
President George W. Bush

859
00:38:31,230 --> 00:38:36,230
at funerals, public events, and
they got to become friendly.

860
00:38:36,723 --> 00:38:39,416
George Bush very famously
gave Michelle Obama

861
00:38:39,416 --> 00:38:43,770
a cough drop, which was
at John McCain's funeral,

862
00:38:43,770 --> 00:38:45,021
and everybody saw that.

863
00:38:45,021 --> 00:38:47,650
Actually, Michelle said
it was an old cough drop.

864
00:38:47,650 --> 00:38:48,730
It had been there a long time

865
00:38:48,730 --> 00:38:50,510
in the bottom of Laura's purse.

866
00:38:50,510 --> 00:38:54,530
But she took it, and they
became really firm friends.

867
00:38:54,530 --> 00:38:56,730
There's a lot of photographs
of them at events

868
00:38:56,730 --> 00:39:00,430
where she has her arms
around him, embracing him.

869
00:39:00,430 --> 00:39:03,477
And she has said, "I don't agree with him

870
00:39:03,477 --> 00:39:06,720
"on everything, but I have
so much love for this man."

871
00:39:06,720 --> 00:39:11,147
George W. Bush has said,
"She likes my sense of humor,

872
00:39:11,147 --> 00:39:12,767
"and anyone who likes my sense of humor,

873
00:39:12,767 --> 00:39:14,480
"I like them immediately."

874
00:39:14,480 --> 00:39:16,370
I think one of the
things Michelle has done

875
00:39:16,370 --> 00:39:19,650
so beautifully is to show that friendship

876
00:39:19,650 --> 00:39:22,460
and warmth does not have to stop

877
00:39:22,460 --> 00:39:25,040
when you come to
different political views.

878
00:39:25,040 --> 00:39:27,770
The red and blues, the
Republicans and the Democrats,

879
00:39:27,770 --> 00:39:29,360
it doesn't have to be a barrier

880
00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:32,390
to good conversation and
good will and good relations.

881
00:39:32,390 --> 00:39:34,470
And her friendship with George W. Bush

882
00:39:34,470 --> 00:39:36,270
has really embodied that.

883
00:39:36,270 --> 00:39:38,767
Michelle Obama has said
over and over again,

884
00:39:38,767 --> 00:39:40,967
"I can't ask something of our children,

885
00:39:40,967 --> 00:39:44,530
"of our future generation,
that I don't embody myself."

886
00:39:44,530 --> 00:39:47,170
This has fed into the way she acts

887
00:39:47,170 --> 00:39:50,040
all the time when it
comes to campaign tactics,

888
00:39:50,040 --> 00:39:51,950
when it comes to personal relationships,

889
00:39:51,950 --> 00:39:53,550
and when it comes to the way that she

890
00:39:53,550 --> 00:39:56,419
speaks about her political opponents.

891
00:39:56,419 --> 00:39:59,002
(gentle music)

892
00:40:06,750 --> 00:40:08,270
- [Narrator] It was clear to the world

893
00:40:08,270 --> 00:40:11,140
each and every day that
the Obama administration

894
00:40:11,140 --> 00:40:14,370
held office that the
Obamas, as the first family,

895
00:40:14,370 --> 00:40:17,053
shared an unparalleled love and closeness.

896
00:40:18,690 --> 00:40:21,770
- Michelle Obama's incredibly
close to her mother.

897
00:40:21,770 --> 00:40:23,160
She always admired her mother.

898
00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:24,809
Her mother was always there for her,

899
00:40:24,809 --> 00:40:27,350
at home cooking every meal.

900
00:40:27,350 --> 00:40:30,920
She had a really, really
idyllic upbringing.

901
00:40:30,920 --> 00:40:34,060
And this close-knit family, in some ways,

902
00:40:34,060 --> 00:40:37,195
it was something that Barack Obama lacked

903
00:40:37,195 --> 00:40:40,007
because his parents had split up

904
00:40:40,007 --> 00:40:42,088
and he moved around quite a bit.

905
00:40:42,088 --> 00:40:46,510
But I think that the
decision for Michelle's mom

906
00:40:46,510 --> 00:40:48,910
to move into the White
House with them illustrates

907
00:40:48,910 --> 00:40:50,510
how close they really are,

908
00:40:50,510 --> 00:40:52,531
how much Michelle relies on her mom

909
00:40:52,531 --> 00:40:54,700
to support her and to just be there

910
00:40:54,700 --> 00:40:57,110
for their daughters and to provide

911
00:40:57,110 --> 00:41:01,170
the family a foundation and some normalcy.

912
00:41:01,170 --> 00:41:04,023
The media even nicknamed
her the first grandmother.

913
00:41:04,920 --> 00:41:07,080
I think some families,
having your mother-in-law

914
00:41:07,080 --> 00:41:09,260
live with you wouldn't be ideal,

915
00:41:09,260 --> 00:41:13,500
but you really don't understand how close

916
00:41:13,500 --> 00:41:15,188
this family is and how supportive

917
00:41:15,188 --> 00:41:19,293
she is to their daughters but
also to Barack and Michelle.

918
00:41:20,650 --> 00:41:24,030
- And I've seen it again
and again and again

919
00:41:24,030 --> 00:41:27,727
that what our parents
told us really is true

920
00:41:27,727 --> 00:41:32,413
that if we get our education,
we can do anything.

921
00:41:33,270 --> 00:41:36,310
We can lift up ourselves to heights

922
00:41:36,310 --> 00:41:37,603
we could never imagine.

923
00:41:38,520 --> 00:41:41,130
We can pay forward all
of the love and support

924
00:41:41,130 --> 00:41:43,834
that our families have poured into us,

925
00:41:43,834 --> 00:41:47,853
and we can truly be builders of a new day.

926
00:41:49,100 --> 00:41:50,770
That is your work.

927
00:41:50,770 --> 00:41:52,770
- One of the things Michelle did,

928
00:41:52,770 --> 00:41:55,230
which was unusual, was that shortly

929
00:41:55,230 --> 00:41:56,730
after she moved into the White House

930
00:41:56,730 --> 00:41:59,520
with her girls, she moved her mother in.

931
00:41:59,520 --> 00:42:03,500
Marian Shields Robinson
became the first grandmother

932
00:42:03,500 --> 00:42:04,560
of the White House.

933
00:42:04,560 --> 00:42:07,000
For Michelle, she knew she was gonna be

934
00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:08,930
unavailable to her girls sometimes,

935
00:42:08,930 --> 00:42:10,730
whether she was accompanying Barack

936
00:42:10,730 --> 00:42:12,990
on a trip overseas or she had meetings,

937
00:42:12,990 --> 00:42:16,290
and she wanted someone
she knew and trusted

938
00:42:16,290 --> 00:42:18,680
to help her raise her daughters.

939
00:42:18,680 --> 00:42:21,380
As busy as she got, she never took her eye

940
00:42:21,380 --> 00:42:24,469
off the ball when it came
to raising Malia and Sasha.

941
00:42:24,469 --> 00:42:26,310
I think moving her mother in

942
00:42:26,310 --> 00:42:28,910
was something that families do,

943
00:42:28,910 --> 00:42:30,320
but it's not typically something

944
00:42:30,320 --> 00:42:31,470
that first families do.

945
00:42:34,465 --> 00:42:35,498
- Michelle.

946
00:42:35,498 --> 00:42:38,248
(crowd cheering)

947
00:43:05,725 --> 00:43:09,975
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson,
girl of the South Side.

948
00:43:10,963 --> 00:43:13,713
(crowd cheering)

949
00:43:17,832 --> 00:43:22,178
For the past 25 years,
you have not only been

950
00:43:22,178 --> 00:43:24,263
my wife and mother of my children,

951
00:43:24,263 --> 00:43:25,749
you have been my best friend.

952
00:43:25,749 --> 00:43:28,916
(audience applauding)

953
00:43:35,111 --> 00:43:38,017
You took on a role you didn't ask for,

954
00:43:38,017 --> 00:43:40,887
and you made it your own with grace

955
00:43:41,723 --> 00:43:44,079
and with grit and with style

956
00:43:44,079 --> 00:43:49,079
and good humor.
(audience cheering)

957
00:44:06,520 --> 00:44:09,103
(gentle music)

958
00:44:16,754 --> 00:44:20,606
You made the White House a
place that belongs to everybody.

959
00:44:20,606 --> 00:44:22,909
And a new generation
sets its sights higher

960
00:44:22,909 --> 00:44:25,621
because it has you as a role model.

961
00:44:25,621 --> 00:44:28,348
(audience cheering)

962
00:44:28,348 --> 00:44:30,235
You have made me proud.

963
00:44:30,235 --> 00:44:33,235
And you have made the country proud.

964
00:44:37,200 --> 00:44:40,367
(audience applauding)

965
00:44:45,753 --> 00:44:48,350
- Hello, everyone, and may I say

966
00:44:48,350 --> 00:44:49,830
for the last time officially,

967
00:44:49,830 --> 00:44:51,743
welcome to the White House.

968
00:44:53,780 --> 00:44:57,540
Our glorious diversity, our diversity

969
00:44:57,540 --> 00:45:00,230
of faiths and colors and creeds,

970
00:45:00,230 --> 00:45:02,830
that is not a threat to who we are.

971
00:45:02,830 --> 00:45:04,543
It makes us who we are.

972
00:45:09,930 --> 00:45:11,213
So don't be afraid.

973
00:45:12,390 --> 00:45:13,223
You hear me?

974
00:45:13,223 --> 00:45:14,530
Young people, don't be afraid.

975
00:45:14,530 --> 00:45:16,033
Be focused.

976
00:45:17,040 --> 00:45:18,740
Be determined.

977
00:45:18,740 --> 00:45:20,350
Be hopeful.

978
00:45:20,350 --> 00:45:22,320
Be empowered.

979
00:45:22,320 --> 00:45:25,260
Empower yourselves with a good education.

980
00:45:25,260 --> 00:45:27,560
Then get out there and use that education

981
00:45:27,560 --> 00:45:31,330
to build a country worthy
of your boundless promise.

982
00:45:31,330 --> 00:45:35,103
Lead by example with hope, never fear.

983
00:45:38,890 --> 00:45:40,360
- [Interviewer] If
Michelle Obama came to you

984
00:45:40,360 --> 00:45:41,880
in four, eight year's time

985
00:45:41,880 --> 00:45:46,210
or whatever and said
ambassador, well, Mr. Barzun,

986
00:45:46,210 --> 00:45:47,070
do you think I should?

987
00:45:47,070 --> 00:45:48,220
- I hope she would say Matthew.

988
00:45:48,220 --> 00:45:50,550
- [Interviewer] Matthew
(laughs) as friends.

989
00:45:50,550 --> 00:45:52,470
Maybe I should run now.

990
00:45:52,470 --> 00:45:54,372
The Democratic party needs me.

991
00:45:54,372 --> 00:45:56,060
Could you see that happening?

992
00:45:56,060 --> 00:45:59,060
- Well, two part, in that hypothetical,

993
00:45:59,060 --> 00:46:00,870
I guess I'm not supposed to
really answer hypotheticals.

994
00:46:00,870 --> 00:46:02,460
It's such a happy and fun one,

995
00:46:02,460 --> 00:46:03,360
I would be thrilled.

996
00:46:03,360 --> 00:46:05,990
Although, my boss, her husband,

997
00:46:05,990 --> 00:46:08,670
went on the record a few weeks back

998
00:46:08,670 --> 00:46:10,859
sort of categorically ruling out

999
00:46:10,859 --> 00:46:13,090
her desire to run for public office.

1000
00:46:13,090 --> 00:46:14,513
So I don't want you--
- We had that from Hillary

1001
00:46:14,513 --> 00:46:15,760
Clinton a few years back.

1002
00:46:15,760 --> 00:46:17,840
- Well, okay, I don't
wanna preempt my boss,

1003
00:46:17,840 --> 00:46:21,640
but I am a huge fan, and I
think that is not unique to me.

1004
00:46:21,640 --> 00:46:23,410
Many Americans from both parties,

1005
00:46:23,410 --> 00:46:24,350
people around the world.

1006
00:46:24,350 --> 00:46:26,490
Certainly I hear it a
lot in the United Kingdom

1007
00:46:26,490 --> 00:46:28,004
and when she came here for that visit

1008
00:46:28,004 --> 00:46:29,730
with the Mulberry School for Girls.

1009
00:46:29,730 --> 00:46:33,060
She is an incredible, powerful leader,

1010
00:46:33,060 --> 00:46:34,363
and I'm a big fan.

1011
00:46:34,363 --> 00:46:37,710
(gentle music)

1012
00:46:37,710 --> 00:46:40,357
- I wanna close today by
simply saying thank you.

1013
00:46:41,500 --> 00:46:44,130
Thank you for everything
you do for our kids

1014
00:46:44,130 --> 00:46:45,233
and for our country.

1015
00:46:46,450 --> 00:46:48,410
Being your first lady
has been the greatest

1016
00:46:48,410 --> 00:46:51,990
honor of my life, and I
hope I've made you proud.

1017
00:46:51,990 --> 00:46:53,368
- Thank you.
- Yes.

1018
00:46:53,368 --> 00:46:56,577
(audience applauding)

1019
00:46:56,577 --> 00:46:57,410
- [Narrator] The political
landscape of the United States

1020
00:46:57,410 --> 00:46:58,517
has shifted dramatically since the days

1021
00:47:02,900 --> 00:47:04,600
of the Obama administration.

1022
00:47:04,600 --> 00:47:07,680
But nonetheless, the
impact of the work achieved

1023
00:47:07,680 --> 00:47:10,190
by first lady Michelle Obama has remained

1024
00:47:10,190 --> 00:47:12,380
alive in the many hearts and minds

1025
00:47:12,380 --> 00:47:14,363
she worked so hard to inspire.

1026
00:47:15,410 --> 00:47:18,220
- There's tremendous
nostalgia for the Obamas.

1027
00:47:18,220 --> 00:47:20,510
Look what the U.S. is
dealing with at the moment.

1028
00:47:20,510 --> 00:47:23,750
It's just complete government disarray,

1029
00:47:23,750 --> 00:47:28,510
investigations, disunity, polarization.

1030
00:47:28,510 --> 00:47:30,970
It's very stressful for
most Americans today

1031
00:47:30,970 --> 00:47:34,690
in dealing with the
current administration.

1032
00:47:34,690 --> 00:47:36,470
This is even though the U.S. economy

1033
00:47:36,470 --> 00:47:38,513
is actually doing fairly well.

1034
00:47:39,381 --> 00:47:43,640
As a result, a lot of Americans are really

1035
00:47:43,640 --> 00:47:45,510
nostalgic about the Obamas.

1036
00:47:45,510 --> 00:47:47,859
Those that were probably
a little bit too critical

1037
00:47:47,859 --> 00:47:51,670
of the Obamas, either on
the left or on the right,

1038
00:47:51,670 --> 00:47:54,383
at least recognize that it was a period

1039
00:47:54,383 --> 00:47:58,790
of direction, calm, prudency,

1040
00:47:58,790 --> 00:48:01,550
where the U.S. could say that they

1041
00:48:01,550 --> 00:48:03,424
were a world leader, that they held

1042
00:48:03,424 --> 00:48:05,710
some moral high ground.

1043
00:48:05,710 --> 00:48:08,228
I think as we move on into this new era,

1044
00:48:08,228 --> 00:48:11,500
a period of politics
that is more polarized

1045
00:48:11,500 --> 00:48:13,850
than ever, you're seeing the need

1046
00:48:13,850 --> 00:48:18,810
for a type of chief executive who can

1047
00:48:18,810 --> 00:48:21,240
comfort people, who can unite people,

1048
00:48:21,240 --> 00:48:24,450
who's articulate, who's educated,

1049
00:48:24,450 --> 00:48:26,270
who knows how to say the right things

1050
00:48:26,270 --> 00:48:30,484
in the right moments and
doesn't try to divide us.

1051
00:48:30,484 --> 00:48:33,651
(gentle guitar music)

1052
00:48:43,860 --> 00:48:47,010
You have someone who is
incredibly ambitious,

1053
00:48:47,010 --> 00:48:50,320
successful, hardworking, she balances

1054
00:48:50,320 --> 00:48:53,180
with also being very maternal, very warm,

1055
00:48:53,180 --> 00:48:55,650
very caring, very real.

1056
00:48:55,650 --> 00:49:00,650
She was very civic minded
but hated politics.

1057
00:49:00,740 --> 00:49:05,740
She was very authentic,
very frank and honest,

1058
00:49:06,453 --> 00:49:09,410
had a very strong strength of character,

1059
00:49:09,410 --> 00:49:11,103
very strong moral character.

1060
00:49:12,110 --> 00:49:15,570
She was assertive when she needed to be,

1061
00:49:15,570 --> 00:49:18,800
but she's also savvy to
know when she needed to

1062
00:49:18,800 --> 00:49:20,740
take a supporting role.

1063
00:49:20,740 --> 00:49:22,380
She had a very wholesome upbringing,

1064
00:49:22,380 --> 00:49:24,270
and she carried that on
into the White House,

1065
00:49:24,270 --> 00:49:25,840
ensuring that her kids had the same

1066
00:49:25,840 --> 00:49:28,210
type of upbringing, albeit how strange

1067
00:49:28,210 --> 00:49:30,840
it must've been to be growing
up in the White House.

1068
00:49:30,840 --> 00:49:33,240
She was a rock for Barack.

1069
00:49:33,240 --> 00:49:34,930
She was one of the most popular

1070
00:49:34,930 --> 00:49:37,400
first ladies in U.S. history.

1071
00:49:37,400 --> 00:49:40,760
(gentle music)

1072
00:49:40,760 --> 00:49:42,520
- The most important thing for you to do

1073
00:49:42,520 --> 00:49:46,180
is to be able to pick
yourself up when you fall

1074
00:49:46,180 --> 00:49:48,143
because most of life is falling.

1075
00:49:49,327 --> 00:49:51,777
And the real challenge is
how do you get back up.

1076
00:49:54,150 --> 00:49:57,070
- [Narrator] First lady was
never a role she expected,

1077
00:49:57,070 --> 00:49:58,730
but no one can say it wasn't a role

1078
00:49:58,730 --> 00:50:00,730
she made wholly her own.

1079
00:50:00,730 --> 00:50:02,990
Her continued popularity is evidenced

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by the international
success of her autobiography

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"Becoming Michelle Obama."

1082
00:50:10,780 --> 00:50:14,080
She is testament to
her ethos of self love,

1083
00:50:14,080 --> 00:50:15,970
hard work and family

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that an African American
girl from a working class

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00:50:19,880 --> 00:50:23,160
background on the South Side of Chicago

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00:50:23,160 --> 00:50:25,377
can become one of the most important

1087
00:50:25,377 --> 00:50:30,020
and magnetic voices of the 21st century.

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00:50:30,020 --> 00:50:32,390
- Part of the way we understood people

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00:50:32,390 --> 00:50:36,040
and developed empathy was
really because our parents

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had a keen sense of people and
context and human behavior.

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- [Man] I don't know if
she wrote this in there,

1092
00:50:43,907 --> 00:50:46,363
but she didn't have a
whole lotta boyfriends.

1093
00:50:47,280 --> 00:50:52,240
- I did too.
(audience laughing)

1094
00:50:52,240 --> 00:50:55,510
- He knew, and so I was like

1095
00:50:55,510 --> 00:50:56,970
I can't take him to play with me.

1096
00:50:56,970 --> 00:50:58,778
I play with real dudes.

1097
00:50:58,778 --> 00:50:59,795
(audience laughing)

1098
00:50:59,795 --> 00:51:01,430
(drowned out by laughing)

1099
00:51:01,430 --> 00:51:04,023
And she said, "Come on, please, can't you?

1100
00:51:04,023 --> 00:51:06,357
"Don't you have some guys
you could take him with?"

1101
00:51:06,357 --> 00:51:08,200
I was like all right.

1102
00:51:08,200 --> 00:51:10,060
So I take him to play,

1103
00:51:10,060 --> 00:51:13,813
and to make a long story
short, this is what he did.

1104
00:51:14,840 --> 00:51:17,570
He shot the ball when he shoulda shot it.

1105
00:51:17,570 --> 00:51:20,050
He passed when he should pass.

1106
00:51:20,050 --> 00:51:22,900
He didn't call fouls all the time

1107
00:51:22,900 --> 00:51:24,707
like some of you guys do out there

1108
00:51:24,707 --> 00:51:25,739
(audience laughing)

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who I hate playin' with.

1110
00:51:27,587 --> 00:51:31,800
But most of all, he didn't
just pass me the ball

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'cause I was Michelle's brother,

1112
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and that told me a lot.

1113
00:51:37,370 --> 00:51:39,710
That told me a lot about him as a person,

1114
00:51:39,710 --> 00:51:41,974
so I reported that back to Dad

1115
00:51:41,974 --> 00:51:43,620
(audience laughing)

1116
00:51:43,620 --> 00:51:45,800
before I told her.

1117
00:51:45,800 --> 00:51:47,880
And that helped sort of grease the skids

1118
00:51:47,880 --> 00:51:49,373
for him to come on in.

1119
00:51:49,373 --> 00:51:51,837
(audience laughing)

1120
00:51:51,837 --> 00:51:54,050
(gentle music)

1121
00:51:54,050 --> 00:51:56,220
- Those kids would be drinking kegs.

1122
00:51:56,220 --> 00:51:59,260
I hadn't heard about a keg
until I got to Princeton,

1123
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and then you'd smell it every weekend,

1124
00:52:01,090 --> 00:52:04,150
all up and down the
hallway, beer everywhere.

1125
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We weren't really drinkin' beer.

1126
00:52:05,610 --> 00:52:06,620
Black kids just wanted to dance.

1127
00:52:06,620 --> 00:52:08,660
They wanted to party.

1128
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Maybe do a little somethin' somethin'.

1129
00:52:10,118 --> 00:52:10,951
(drowned out by laughter)

1130
00:52:10,951 --> 00:52:12,662
(audience laughing)

1131
00:52:12,662 --> 00:52:15,539
Everybody went oh because he
didn't know what that was.

1132
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- [Woman] Yes he does.

1133
00:52:16,825 --> 00:52:18,337
Yes he does, Michelle.

1134
00:52:18,337 --> 00:52:21,207
(audience laughing)

1135
00:52:21,207 --> 00:52:24,207
(drowned out by laughing)

1136
00:52:24,207 --> 00:52:25,146
- I'm the good kid.

1137
00:52:25,146 --> 00:52:27,816
(audience laughing)

1138
00:52:27,816 --> 00:52:29,857
- We're gonna go to the next slide.

1139
00:52:29,857 --> 00:52:31,809
(audience laughing)

1140
00:52:31,809 --> 00:52:34,392
(upbeat music)