Long as theres a kid who writes me a letter and says i got 60,000 worth of debt and i dont know how to pay it back. And the American People arent satisfied. So i want to do everything i can to deliver for them. How about democrats . The fact that they kept you out of the battleground states . Listen, as i think some of you saw when i was out on the campaign trail, i love campaigning. I love talking to ortd peopdina people. I love listening to their stories. I love shaking hands and gettju seeing the process of democracy and citizenship. Manifest itself during an election. But im also a practical guy and ultimately, every candidate out there had to make their own decisions about what they thought would be most helpful for them. And you know, i wanted to make sure im respectful of their particular region, their particular state or Congressional District and if it was more helpful for them for me to be behind the scenes, im happy to do it. I dont have ill let other people analyze that. What i will emphasize is that one of the nice things about being in your sixth year of the presidency, youve seen ups and downs and youve gotten more than your fair share of attention. And you know, i had the limelight. There have been times where the request for my appearances were endless. There have been times where politically we were down and it all kind of evens out. Which is why whats most important, i think, is keeping your eye on the ball and that is actually getting some good numbers. Scott, last question. Thank you, mr. President. You mentioned that where your policies actually were on the ballot, they often did better than members of your party. Does that signal some shortcoming on your part or on the partys part in framing this election and communicating to the American People what it is that democrats stand for . You know, ic do think that e area where i know were constantly experimenting and trying to do better is just making sure that people know exactly what it is that were trying to accomplish and what we have accomplished. In clear ways that people can that understand how it affects them. I think the minimum wage, i talked about it a lot on the campaign trail, but im not sure it penetrated. Well enough to make a difference. Part of what i also think we have to look at is that twothirds of people who are eligible voting just didnt vote. You know, one of the things im very proud of in 2008 and 2012 western when i ran for office, we got people involved who hadnt been involved before. We got folks to vote who hadnt voted before, particularly young people. And that was part of the promise and the excitement was if you get involved, if you participate, if you embrace that sense of citizenship, then things change. And not just in abstract ways, they change in concrete ways. Somebody gets a job who didnt have it before. Somebody gets health care who didnt have it before or a student is able to go to college who couldnt afford it before. And sustaining that, especially in midterm elections, has proven difficult. Sustaining that sense of if you get involved, you know and if you vote, then theres going to be big change out there. Then partly, i think when they look at washington, they say nothings working, its not making a difference. Theres just a constant slew of bad news coming over the tv screen. Then you can understand how folks get discouraged. But its my job to figure this out. As best i can. And if the way we are talking about issues isnt working, im going to try some different things. If the ways that were approaching the republicans in congress isnt working, you know, im going to try different things, whether its having a drink with Mitch Mcconnell or letting john boehner beat me again at golf. Or weekly press conferences. I dont know if that would be effective. Whatever i think might make a difference in this, im going to be trying out, up until my last day in office. But ill close with what i said in my opening statement. I am really optimistic about america. I know thats counter to the current mood. But when you look at our economy is stronger than just about anybodys. Our Energy Production is better than just about anybodys. Weve slashed our deficit by more than half. More people have health insurance. c our businesses have the strongest Balance Sheets theyve had in decades. Our young people are just incredibly talented and gifted and more of them are graduating from high school. More of them are going on to college and more women are getting degrees and entering into the work force. You travel around the country, folks are just good. Theyre smart and theyre hard working. And they dont always pay a lot of attention to washington, in some cases theyve given up on washington, but their impulses are not sharply partisan and their impulses are not ideological. They are practical, good, generous people. And we continue to be a magnet for the best and brightest from all around the world. We have all the best cards, relative to every other country on earth. Armed forces, you talk to them, i had a chance this morning to just call some of the our Health Service that is operating in liberia and the amount of hope and professionalism that theyve brought has galvanized the entire country. They built a platform effectively for other countries suddenly to start coming in and were seeing Real Progress in fighting the disease in a country that just a month or a month and ahalf ago was desperate and had no hope. So all that makes we optimistic. And my job over the next couple years is to do practical, concrete things as much as possible with congress. If its not possible with congress, on my own, to show people why we should be confident and to give people a sense of progress and a sense of hope. That doesnt mean there arent going to be ongoing nagging problems that are stubborn and cant be solved overnight. The despite economic growth, wages and income have still not gone up. Thats a longterm trend weve seen for 10, 20, 30 years. It makes people worried about not just their own situation but whether their kids are going to be doing better, which is the essence of the american dream. I think there are concrete things we can do to make sure that wages and incomes do go up. Minimum wage in those five states was a good start. But i think, more than anything, what i would want to communicate over these next two years is the promise and possibility of america. This is just an extraordinary country. And our democracy is messy and were diverse and were big and theres times when youre a politician and youre disappointed with election results. Maybe im just getting older. I dont know. It dont make me mopey. It energizes me. Because it means that this democracy is working and people in america were restless and patient and we want to get things done. Even when things are going good, we want them to be better. Thats why were the greatest country on earth. Thats why im so privileged to have a chance to be president for the next couple years. All right . Thank you, everybody. Came in four minutes under the longest ever News Conference in the history of the one and a half term obama presidency. You heard right there at the enc a nonmopey president obama continuing the theme, that elections have consequences and democracy can be messy and america is a diverse place. We are joined by chuck todd and Andrea Mitchell here in the studio. Chuck, youre finding while he was talking as he was refusing to characterize the results of last night. Yes, he was not going to get the headline like he did before, shellacking or bush did something during his six years. He seemed determined not to do that. He didnt want to come across that he was going to be a chiassoned president. He didnt make pledges about backing off on what he might do with immigration. He drew some lines in the san on some things on health care. But he just seemed very determined not to look like he had been beaten down by an electorate which, frankly, he was. And he was conciliatory in that he talked about working with Mitch Mcconnell, john boehner and said that they could get things done on trade, on tax reform. And he said he would even enjoy kentucky bourbon, having a drink with Mitch Mcconnell which he once joked about at a white house correspondents dinner. Mocking why dont you have a drunk with Mitch Mcconnell. He said id be happy to have a kentucky bourbon with thats the pair, by the way. He basically said i trust Mitch Mcconnell. Its a subtle way of saying, i havent always been able to trust everything with boehner. He clearly feels john boehner has not been able to. Those are the stakes this day after a lot of the people in the press corps visibly struggling to stay awake after such a long night in america politics. No fault of the president s. Just the pace of politics and the late results last night. Well have a look at all of it, of course, tonight on nbc nightly news coming up in not too long from now. For my colleagues here in new york, im brian williams, nbc news. Nbc 10 breaking news. Nbc 10 live here over oxford circumstance until philadelphia. This is at 4900 penn street where theres been a house fire. Nbc 10s christine madella over the scene here. Christine, do they seem to have a grip on this . Reporter this is much better progress than when we first arrived. Take a look at the video when skyforce 10 got to the scene about 20 minutes ago, before the fire crews had even gotten there. There were flames coming out of the front of this house, on penn street between harrison and wakeling. We saw police crews arrive first and brush open the door of the adjacent home that looks like it is for sale. It doesnt appear anyone was home at either home when this fire was broken out. Right now, out here live, fire crews are making progress. A position of penn street is shut down to traffic. Reporting live in skyforce 10, christine madella, nbc 10 news. Thank you, christine. 20 minutes of nonstop news continues with this, nbc 10 analyzing new Surveillance Video released today of a person of interest in the abduction of 22yearold carlesha freelandgaither, the video from a philadelphia supermarket is from hours before the crime happened. Last night nbc 10 showed you this Surveillance Video, another angle of carleshas abductor approaching her in germantown sunday night. Earlier yesterday, investigators releasing this Surveillance Video of a person of interest using carleshas bank card. That was monday morning at an atm in maryland. And the first Surveillance Video we got in this ccase, th abduction on camera, its been three days since carlesha was taken from a germantown street. Her whereabouts are still unknown. The fbi is putting up this billboard in hopes of finding the abducted woman. Count on nbc 10 to chase down any new information about this still breaking news. Our newsroom is bayeszy makimak busy making calls and following up on the tips. We have reporters and photographers at two key places in this investigation. Lets begin with lu ann cahn. Lu ann, what have you learned . Its a piece of video from a Grocery Store in the northeast. I just finished talking to the captain for northwest detectives. He says, and he has confirmed, that the person of interest youre going to see in that video, they believe is the same person youre seeing in the other Surveillance Video, including the kidnapping video. Take a look. Reporter this is the acme on the 8200 block of roosevelt boulevard. This morning, store employees say the fbi came here to confiscate this Surveillance Video reported sunday afternoon at 1 50, almost eight hours before carlesha freelandgaither was violently grabbed and forced into a car on coulter street in germantown. Its about a half hour from the Grocery Store in the northeast. Police want you to take a close look at this mans walk. In the Grocery Store he has a slight limp, his right foot noticeably sticks outward. Take another look at the Surveillance Video from the kidnapping. Watch the man as he walks up to carlesha. Grocery store employees say they dont know why police came to get their Surveillance Video this morning. What clue brought the fbi here . Commissioner ramsey says right now the best leads are not here in philly but across the border in maryland. Were working with the fbi. We have been from the very beginning. Authorities from maryland as well as our own detectives, we got a task force of people we put together to work this case. Were doing everything we possibly can but we need help from the public. If someone sees anything at all, even if they dont think its significant, call us, let us determine whether or not its significant. Reporter i just asked again, i just asked the captain here, what clue brought you to that Grocery StoreSurveillance Video . He says frankly we do not want to tell you. We have information right now, tips, leads, we dont want to tell you about because it could ruin the investigation. But he did tell me this, he does not think that the person youre seeing in that Surveillance Video is from philadelphia. The reward money now for information leading to an arrest is up to 47,000. Live at northwest detectives, lu ann cahn, nbc 10 news. All right, lu ann, investigators have been interviewing carleshas family members in philadelphia. Weve been right there. Nbc 10s Rosemary Connors has been monitoring the fbi and their questions of the family. Rosemary . Reporter renee and jim, throughout the day weve seen a handful of investigators from fbi and police come and go from this neighborhood to meet with carleshas mother to talk about the new developments today and to find out if there is someone from carleshas past who could be involved in the abduction. Carleshas mom is holding out hope that the abductor left her daughter somewhere here in philadelphia. We feel that shes here. He took her here. Why would he be all the way in maryland . He took her here. The mother of carlesha freelandgaither spent much of the day talking to Philadelphia Police and federal investigators. While she tells us she does not recognize the images of this person of interest, she suspects her daughter was targeted. I believe she knows him. I dont believe this was justc random kidnapping. I dont know him. I cant identify him. I dont know if theres a connection with my grand daughter. Whoever he is, i hope hes caught. He has answers were look for. For carleshas relatives, the scene of the abduction seems to be the best place to continue reaching out for help. Her grandmother admits the investigation is wearing on her. Im standing here and talking to you but inside im broken. I just want answers. I just want to know something. Have a heart, let her go. Let her go. Reporter the family is now forced to play a waiting game, hoping the abductor has heard their pleas. We dont want you. We dont even want to know who you just let her go. Just let her go. She dont deserve this. She does not deserve this at all. Reporter the family tells me that later on tonight at 7 00, there will be a candle light vigil for carlesha at the scene of the crime. Reporting live in germantown, Rosemary Connors, nbc 10 news. And new at 4 30, nbc 10s tim furlong is in carleshas hometown in maryland. He just spoke to people who know her. Hear what theyre saying about her, all new this afternoon coming up in about ten minutes. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather. First alert Weather Technology tracking rain on the way, grab that umbrella, youre going to need it. Lets find out when the first rain drops will fall. Nbc 10 first alert chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz here. Tracking that for us. Whats the timing, glenn . I wouldnt expect the first significant rain until after midnight tonight. Weve had a lot of cloud cover during the day today. But it has been dry despite that. And look at the clouds now. The radar not really showing anything nearby but back to the west, it is pretty wet and this is all moving in our direction. Its not going to be affecting us during the evening hours, just the cloud, sky, relatively milder in the evening and even by 10 00, i expect it to stay dry. After midnight its a different story. The morning rush is a different story. All the timing and all that. And the cold blast to follow with the sevenday in a few minutes. Attraction the approaching rain with the nbc 10 weather app. Its a Free Download you can get on nbc10. Com. While many of you will be sleepi sleeping, the nbc 10 news team will be hard at work tracking the timing of the rain and the impact on the morning rush. Get the morning news and weather bright and early on nbc 10 news today. Thats tomorrow starting at 4 00 a. M. Hundreds of workers getting their walking papers. Nbc 10 with a local utility thats slashing jobs. Also, ready to cheer on dad. 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