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We start in this place where about a mile down river on a beautiful summer day, a big bridge collapsed into this river. i said on that day that a bridge just shouldn't fall down in the middle of america. not one of the busiest bridges in our state, not a bridge just a few blocks from our home where john and abigail and i drove over nearly every day. but it happened. and suddenly the eyes of the nation were on our state. and that day america saw, in a very visceral way, that everyone matters. everyone. they saw it in that off-duty firefighter who dove into the murky water over and over again, l...

[cheers and applause] >> we start in this place where about a mile down river on beautiful summer day a big bridge collapsed. i said on that day that a bridge just shouldn't fall down in the middle of america, one of the busiest bridges in our state, bridges a few blocks from our home where john and abigail drove nearly every day but it happened and suddenly the eyes of the nation were on our state and that day america saw in a very visceral way that everyone matters, everyone, they saw it in the off-duty firefighter who dove into the mirky water over and over again looking through the cars an...

The world's beacon of democracy. one in which everyone matters. we start in this place where about a mile down river on a beautiful summer day a big bridge collapsed into this river. i said on that day that a bridge just shouldn't fall down in the middle of america. not one of the busiest bridges in our state, not a bridge just a few blocks from our home where john and abigail and i drive over nearly every day, but it happened, and suddenly the eyes of the nation were on our state, and that day america saw in a very visceral way that everyone matters, everyone. they saw it in that off-duty fir...

Example, let's not forget, it was a new story, in january a dangerous byproduct of coal production leaked into the west virginia river. the leak sparked a tap water ban for 300,000 west virginia residents who were saying, what the heck is this all about? the spill was so bad president obama declared a state of emergency for nine west virginia counties. >> the source of the problem that's closed restaurants and schools is for this meth yechlt nol. it leaked from a 48 thooirks gl lon tank as a storage facility on the elk river i. about a mile down river is the west virginia american water compan...