in the first lady s box. cory remsburg, an army ranger, who served ten deployments. he was nearly killed by a roadside bomb a couple years ago. and right now he is still he is blind in one eye. he is still recovering the use of his left side. the president pointed to him as a symbol of inspiration. he said, cory doesn t quit, america doesn t quit. and ryan and marci, coincidentally, president obama met cory before that injury and then met him at a hospital outside of washington. this is somebody that he has known and built a relationship with and it seemed like he was very proud to highlight him last night in the house gallery. wonderful story, indeed. he s there with his father. karen, the president said he would go it alone. what does he do next? reporter: the president will take last night s message on the road today. he will make a stop in maryland and a later stop in pennsylvania where he ll be talking about raising the minimum wage as well as retirement accounts. those were