races, from all faiths, from all places of worship indicates the degree to which those old vestiges of hatred can be overcome. >> we see all that together and we remember what we heard on tuesday from the president. what is your reaction initially? >> i lived through all of those moments not all of them as a journalist. in some cases i wasn't working and just sort of watched with everyone else. those were moments where you felt the whole nation was coming together for at least a common experience and to hear a statement of deep core values that the nation has agreed to believe in. you know, it's often said that we're not a nation that's built on ethnicity, not built on religion, but built on shared ideals, a shared idea and those are the moments when the president is the only person who