that remains entirely up to us. thank you, illinois. good bless you. god bless america. it's good to see all of you. >> thank you for joining us here. we have been watching the president of the united states in his old stomping ground. this is the illinois state capital. this is springfield, illinois. this is the place he chose. he just invoked abraham lincoln as he has many times before. that is the place where abraham lincoln gave his famous house divided speech on the steps of the state capitol. that is precisely where then senator barack obama chose nine years ago to tell the people he would be running for president. he has chosen this day nine years later really to give an address on the state of politics, the state of the presidency, invoking a lot of humor and candor, but also criticism of both parties here, talking specifically about how he says the democracy in this country seems stuck. and said one of the things he