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Polarized, a president who wants to divide it even further. so the answer to this cannot be more division, more polarization, more undermining of our democracy. it has to be bringing people together and ensuring everyone can stand to be counted a the this defining moment of truth. that's what i'm seeing as i travel the country. yeah i'm excited about what we're doing and the way in which we're doing it. >> you talked about people moving you. what are the stories that are moving you the most? i don't think that breaks through in the national conversation. the national conversation frankly is wh...

The country in voter turnout not by accident but by design. now you have somebody in the white house on who seeks to undermine it at each and every turn. a country already polarized. a president who wants to divide it further. the answer to this cannot be more division, polarization, under mining our democracy, it has to be bringing everyone together and make sure everyone can stand and be counted. that's what i'm seeing. i'm excited about what we're doing and the way we're doing it. >> you talked about people moving you. what are the stories moving you the most because i don't think that brea...

>> the corn husker state has never seen such widespread devastation with swollen rivers, failed dams and levees, so many farms are flooded that 70% of the state are now under the umbrella of a disaster declaration, the american farm bureau farm bureau says bankruptcy among farmers went up 19% last year and now nebraska where damage has reached almost a billion dollars, farmers can plant in flooded fields. >> i won't be able to farm at this year, there will be no farming. >> iowa also hit hard with 41 counties subject to emergency declaration, the loss of life minimal, the damaged farms stagger...

Her flooded home in nebraska. they say they couldn't reach her in time. we have aerial views of front -- fremont, nebraska. vice president mike pence is headed there now to tour the damage. i want to show you before and after images. these satellite images of an air force base in omaha. this is a before picture. that picture from august 10 of last year. this is the after. look at the end of this runway. this entire area here and the neighborhoods above, all under water. the bottom picture taken yesterday. the omaha world herald reports 60 buildings including two large aircraft hangers are floo...