campaign process. it kind of froze it in place for a couple of days. and arguably, you can make the case that didn t help governor romney. because he seemed to be on a roll at that point. momentum but it s really hard to know until we start to get the results, and hear what people say about how it affected their voting pattern, and it affected their behavior, quite honestly. i do think that president obama, arm in arm with governor christie, with the kind of picture that the campaign must have said thank you, god, because what that did was say to the country, republicans and democrats can work together, because that s what the country wants to see. i think the united states is more fractured than i can remember. and that s fed, in part, by the ability of people with special interests to, if you will, fan the flames on the internet. which they try to do. division is good for them. they want to pit one interest against another.
audience. accused by republicans of glibly downplaying the unrest in the muslim world, the president demanded an end to the violence. there is no speech that justifies mindless violence. there are no words that excuse the killing of innocents. reporter: and while only days ago the white house was asking youtube to review whether the anti-muslim film violated the terms of use, the president offered a full-throated defense of freedom of speech. like me, the majority of americans are christian, yet we do not ban blaspheme against our sacred beliefs. that was a cal to stop those who fan the flames against the wealth and the allies. it is time to marginalize those who use hatred of america or the west or israel as the central organizing principal of politics. reporter: a smaller part of this speech was iran s nuclear program. a continued source of frustration and tension despite efforts at outreach and tough sanctions, that country has more
muslim world, the president demanded an end to the violence. there is no speech that justifies mindless violence. there are no words that excuse the killing of innocents. reporter: and while only days ago the white house was asking youtube to review whether the anti-muslim film violated the terms of use, the president offered a full-throated defense of freedom of speech. like me, the majority of americans are christian, and yet we do not ban blasphemy against our most sacred beliefs. that was a call to stop those who fan the flames against the wealth and the allies. it is time to marginalize those who use hatred of america or the west or israel as the central organizing principal of politics. reporter: a smaller part of this speech was iran s nuclear program. a continued source of frustration and tension despite efforts at outreach and tough sanctions, that country has more than doubled its production rate of enriched uranium since obama took office. the united states wil