Obama says drift towards extremism 'not inevitable'

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFormer President Barack Obama told a crowd of more than twelve thousand that the drift toward extremism is not inevitable.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSkip is outside the venue this morning.

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   Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentHank, I'm standing outside the arena where more than twelve thousand people packed in to hear that message, and I'm told the doors closed about an hour ago.

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   Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentBehind me you can see the cleanup crew, a lot of folded chairs, and one man carrying a single shoe.

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   Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentI did not ask him about the shoe.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorYou were not inside.

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   Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentI was not, but I am very close to the building, and a seat on the anchor desk is also not inevitable, if anyone is listening.

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   Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentLet me grab someone who got in.

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   Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentSir, you were inside. What did you take away from the evening?

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    Tobias NgWell, I'm Tobias Ng, I drive a school bus, and mostly I took away that parking was a nightmare.

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    Tobias NgForty minutes circling, and I had a folding stool in my trunk the whole time.

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    Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentA stool? Why the stool?

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    Tobias NgMy seat was in the last row. The stool was a seat upgrade.

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    Tobias NgI sat on it in the aisle, and an usher let it go.

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    Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentSo the message was that nothing is inevitable, and your answer was a stool. That's the kind of thinking the desk could use, Hank.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThank you, Skip. Nothing is inevitable, and that includes this segment ending.