you have quite the seat, my friend, there at this ceremonial groundbreaking. shaqrewster live for us in the city of chicago. thank you very much. from chicago now back here to washingto and a ton of breaking news as we come on the air on this very busy afternoon behind me on capitol hill. you have the last-minute push by democrats to getoing on key parts of the biden agenda, running into new roadblocks with the senate showdown happening right now. and right around now, so are meetings between president biden an merates withrogressives fiting back, reiterati ty will not vote for the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, roads and brids, unless the s a vote on t bigge socia speing bill tied that. and e firerks a t sate ard sviceshearing. present biden eneral seemg to contrict their commandein chi and eac otr atimes and the joint chiefsefendi himlf after a new bo s revelion abo his
obama presidential center to change chicago for the better. this center will support thousands of jobs during and after construction. many of the right here on the south side. it will help spark economic owth in this community by bringing as many as 750,000 visitors to this area every single year. visitors who will eat, shop, explore and spend money, strengtheng the south side and making it an even mor attractive place for businesses to grow and to hire. the center will also preserve and enhance all of the things that make jackson park special. we ll reunify parkland, plant new trees, provide new habitat for birds and wildlife. but as michelle noted, we are also going to open this park up to the community, creating a
community rec center, another branch of the chicago public library, creating new spaces for folks from theouth side and all over the city to gather and to connect and to learn. i ll close by sing that it feels natural for michelle and me to want to give back to chicago and to the south side in particular. the pce where she grew up and i came into my own, where our children were born, where w made so many friends and where i launched my political career. we will always be grateful for that. and the obama presidential center is ouray of repaying some of what this amazing city has gen us. but we re also building the center because we believe it can speak toome of the central struggles of our time.
michelle and i cannot imagine a better legacy than that. we cannot imagine a better investment than that. for this next generation of leaders in chicago and around the world, we see ourselves. we didn t start out in washington. i didn t start off as president. i started o right down the street. and theessons i learned in these neighborhoods ended up shaping the rest of my life. the oba presidential center is our way of showing young people evywhere that they can do the same. and i could not be more excited to officially break ground and get us one step close to making
that vision a reality. thank you vy much. now we re going to go grab some shovels and break some ground. ank you, everybody. [ applause ] you have been watching,f course, forrresident back obama at the cemonial groundbreaki of his presential centern the cy of chicago. you can see t present, t first dy heang down to those shovels rht there for that photo-op. shaq brewster is in chicago for this. the former president has been talking more about this, he had the exclusive ierview on abc this morning in which he said he was confident that this place, this location wld be an asset to the cmunityn whic it ts. he tked i hispeech tre about wanting to see this as a forward-looking hub for