When you see a Donald Trump and a Bernie Sanders, very unconventional candidates, have considerable success, then obviously there's something there that's being tapped into; a suspicion on globalization, a desire to reign in it's excesses, a suspicion of elites and governing institutions that people feel may not be responsive to their immediate needs. And that sometimes gets wrapped up in issues of ethnic identify or religious identity or cultural identity, and that can be a volatile mix.

[Afghanistan and Iraq] are still countries that are fragile enough that we're gonna have to partner with them in some way.

Slowly, but surely, we are moving in the right direction. We're on the right track. The economy is getting stronger

That is the true genius of America-a faith in simple dreams, an insistence on small miracles.

We have to be successful at the cutting-edge industries of the future like Twitter. But we also have always been a country that makes stuff.

I thought Brittany Packnett, who was one of the Ferguson activists, really interesting, smart young lady, really impressive - you might want to talk with her. So she was one of the organizers of the Ferguson movement, ended up joining our task force. She came in here and she just knew her stuff.

It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, family leave, health insurance, Social Security, Medicare, retirement plans. The cornerstones of the middle-class security all bear the union label.