from his family at days at the time. rebecca realized she needed to think about how her career would unfold. she took out student loans and enrolled in saint paul s college and retrained for a new career as an accountant. they had to sacrifice for their kids and one another. last year they were able to buy their first home. they have a second son. they love where they work and ben s new job lets him to be home for dinner each night. [ applause ] president obama there in minneapolis, minnesota. talking about the economy and a couple named rebecca and ben he spent some time with. the president is going to specifically talk about some ideas to help the middle class in this country. specifically raising the minimum wage. we should let you know we re streaming the speech on our website. we ll stream the entire thing on