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Mrs. Obama: How are
you guys doing today?
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Child: Great!
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Mrs. Obama: Great!
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Was that a --
that was great.
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It's been great?
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Why has it
been so great?
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Child: It's fun.
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Mrs. Obama: It's fun.
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Child: Because we're
at the White House.
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Mrs. Obama: You're
at the White House!
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It's pretty cool.
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How many people -- how many
of you have been here before?
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Oh, see --
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(laughter)
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-- I knew I recognized
some of you.
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Is it living up
to the hype?
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Children: Yeah.
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Mrs. Obama: Yeah?
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Well, since you -- many of
you have been here before,
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you know that this
is really your time.
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You can ask me
anything you want.
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But before we get
started with questions,
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I just wanted to make sure
that you guys understood
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why it's important for me
to spend time with you.
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Because, look, for the
kids who have parents
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who work here, you know
what I always tell you?
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That I know that it's hard,
having parents who work
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all the time; that sometimes
they miss out on your
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activities because
they're busy working.
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Sometimes it's a
little irritating.
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I know my kids get a
little irritated when
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we can't make everything.
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But what your parents are
doing -- are really important.
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It's really important
work for the President
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and for the country.
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And they couldn't do it
without your support.
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And that's one of the
reasons why we wanted
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to make sure that this day
here was special for you
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guys, so that you get a
sense of what it is your
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parents do when they
come to work here.
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You don't get a sense
of everything they do,
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but you get kind of a
sense of what it feels
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like working
here, right?
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So that you know when they
go off and they're working
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long hours, you kind of
have a clue about why
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they do what they do.
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But they couldn't
do it without you.
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So we're proud
of you guys.
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We really are
proud of you.
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I know the President and I,
what makes us the happiest
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in the world is that our
kids are doing well,
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that they're happy, and
that makes us happy.
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And I know that's true
for your parents, as well.
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So as Amoni said, I want
you guys to keep working
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hard in school.
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Keep being good.
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Listen to your
parents, okay?
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Behave yourselves.
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And read a lot.
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And eat your vegetables.
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(laughter)
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Okay?
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So that's all I have
to say right now,
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but I know we've got
questions and I know
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we've got somebody who's
already going to ask
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the first question.
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Is that Dylan?
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It's Phillip?
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Okay.
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All right, Phillip.
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You've got the
first question.
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Q Who's the most
interesting person
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you've met since you
were First Lady?
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Mrs. Obama: Wow, that's
really -- that's a good one.
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Well, let's see.
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I've met a lot of cool people
-- met the Queen of England.
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I've met the Pope.
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I've met George Clooney.
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I've met other
kings and queens,
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if you can imagine that.
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I met Nelson Mandela
before he passed,
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and that was a
real honor.
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Yeah, that was
pretty special.
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So I've had the opportunity
to meet a lot of really
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important people who've
impacted the world --
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Bishop Desmond Tutu.
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I've met Toni Morrison.
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I've met poets and authors,
and actors and actresses,
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and scientists.
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It's just too many
people to name.
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I've met one of my
heroines, Maya Angelou,
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before she passed.
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So I've got -- I've had
a wonderful opportunity.
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But you know who I enjoy
spending time with the most?
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Kids like you.
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I don't spend this kind of
time talking to anybody
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else in the world except
for kids like you.
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You guys bring me
the greatest joy.
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You really do.
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You guys have hope and
optimism, and I love spending
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time with you.
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So even though I've met some
of the most famous people
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on the planet, I really
enjoy my time with you guys.
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So thank you.
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Thanks for the
question, Phillip.
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All right, I'm going to try
to go section by section.
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And I'm going to try to
do some in the front
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and some in the back, and
I'm going to try to switch
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between boys and
girls, all right?
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So since Phillip was a boy
-- the young lady way
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in the back with the
pretty head -- what's that
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on your head?
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That's so pretty.
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Female Speaker: It's a halo.
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Mrs. Obama: It's a halo!
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All right.
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Tell me your
name, stand up.
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Female Speaker: I'm Noel.
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And when you were
little, did you ever
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want to be the
First Lady?
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Mrs. Obama: No, I didn't.
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I didn't know I could
be the First Lady.
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I mean, like Amoni said,
I grew up -- my parents
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didn't go to college.
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I grew up in a
working-class neighborhood.
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Sometimes you can only
be what you know exists
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in the world, and no
one like me was ever
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the First Lady of
the United States.
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Nobody like my husband
was ever the President.
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So it was never something I
knew I could aspire to be.
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So instead, I wanted
to be a pediatrician.
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And then after I decided
I didn't like science
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that much, I decided
maybe I'd be a lawyer.
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So I worked hard and
I went to law school,
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and I practiced law.
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And then I decided I
didn't want to be a lawyer,
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so -- that's what
you do in life.
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You kind of explore things.
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I decided I wanted to
work for city government,
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so I worked in Chicago.
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Then I started a nonprofit
organization that worked
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with young people that
wanted to pursue careers
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in public service.
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Then I worked at
a university.
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So I've done all kinds of
things, and along that path,
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First Lady never even
came across my mind.
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But here I am.
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And it's a pretty cool job.
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So just know that -- why
education is important
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is that all that stuff I did
leading up to now prepared
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me to be the First Lady,
even though I didn't even
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know I wanted to be
the First Lady.
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Does that make sense?
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All right.
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We're going to go
to this section.
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It's a boy's turn.
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Young man in the back in the
white shirt -- collared shirt.
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No, you turned around.
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You, yes.
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No, in front of you, yes.
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Male Speaker: So I know
that your brother
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coaches college
basketball.
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So I was wondering who
is better at basketball,
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your brother or
your husband.
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Mrs. Obama: Oh!
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(laughter)
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My brother.
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He knows that.
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If the President were
here, he'd say that.
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My brother was --
played for Princeton.
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He was all Ivy.
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He was one of the top
players in the Ivy League
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when he played.
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He played in Europe.
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I mean, my brother
really played basketball.
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My husband dabbles
in basketball.
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He enjoys basketball.
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So I don't think
there's any contest.
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That's pretty clear cut.
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My brother is better than
my husband in basketball.
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All right.
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That was an easy one.
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We're coming over here.
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It's a girl's turn.
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Right here in the
pretty -- yeah.
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What's your name?
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Female Speaker: My
name's Jasmine.
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Mrs. Obama: Hey, Jasmine.
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Female Speaker: Hi.
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And who is your
inspiration?
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Mrs. Obama: You know, my
biggest inspiration is my mom.
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And like I said, I've had
wonderful mentors all my life.
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I've had teachers
in grammar school.
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I've had colleagues at
work who mentored me.
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I had professors in
my college and in my
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law school,
wonderful mentors.
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But when it's all said and
done, when I think about
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the voice in my head who tells
me what to do every day,
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it's my mom's voice.
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How many of you are like
that, you hear your parent's
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voice in your head?
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You know what your parents
expect of you, right?
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You know when you're doing
something right or wrong,
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or when you're not
sitting up straight,
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or when you're not
talking clearly.
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Everybody's sitting
up straighter right?
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Because you hear your
parents in your head.
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My mom is my
greatest mentor.
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My father, who passed,
still is my mentor.
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I do what I do because I
want to make them proud,
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and I know what their values
are -- that they would
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expect me to do my best.
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They would expect
me to help others.
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They would expect me to
do well in anything I did.
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And even though they
didn't have an education,
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they are the people who
influence me every single day.
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All right.
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Coming over here.
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It's a boy's turn, right?
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All right, young man
in the blue jacket.
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Yes, you.
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No, you.
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No, him.
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No, the other.
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The other one.
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Stand up, tell
me your name.
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Male Speaker: Derrell.
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Mrs. Obama: Hi, Derrell.
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Male Speaker: How was
it like in your life?
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Mrs. Obama: What
do you mean?
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Be specific.
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Like, just growing up?
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Or what's it like
being First Lady?
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Male Speaker: (affirmative)
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Mrs. Obama: What
do you mean?
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What is it like
every day?
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Male Speaker: When
you were a kid.
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Mrs. Obama: When
I was a kid?
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You know, I had a
normal childhood.
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I grew up in Chicago.
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You can sit down,
babe, if you want to.
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I liked -- I was kind of a
tomboy when I was little,
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because I had a big brother
and I used to box with him.
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My father used to
box, so he bought
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us both boxing gloves.
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My brother had big
ones, I had little ones.
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And I used to beat up my
brother and my cousins.
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I loved baseball
and softball.
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And like special times were
we'd go to the drive-in
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and we'd be able to eat in
the car -- simple things.
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Like, we played outside
until it got dark,
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and we liked to play
Tag and It and Chase.
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And I always worked
hard in school.
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School was always
important.
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So I always wanted to
do my best in school,
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so I made sure that I got good
grades and I did my homework,
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because I was listening
to my parents because
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I knew that would
make them proud.
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But otherwise, I was just
a regular little girl.
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I liked jumping
Double-Dutch.
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I was a good
Double-Dutch jumper.
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I took dance when I
was in fifth grade.
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I took piano lessons
starting at four.
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I went to a magnet high
school where they
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selected kids from
all over the city.
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It was called Whitney Young,
and it was a great school.
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And I was senior
class treasurer,
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so I was my class
treasurer in high school.
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And then I went to college.
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So it's kind of
like a regular life.
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And I talk to kids about my
life because people look
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at the First Lady and
the President and they
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think, well, somehow you
must be different from
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me when I was a
kid, right?
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Because we live in
this house, and a lot
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of people see us on TV.
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But it's important for
you guys to know we were
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just like you -- just
regular kids, just trying
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to figure it out,
trying to have fun,
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listening to our parents.
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So the reason I say that is
because you can be here.
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If you want to be
President, if you want
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to be the First Lady of the
United States, you have
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the ability if you work hard
and get your education.
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There is nothing
magical about sitting
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here other than a lot
of hard work, okay?
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You don't have to be born in
a special place or come
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from a family that has a lot
of money and connections.
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You can just be a regular
little girl who works
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hard and tries hard at
what she does, okay?
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Does that help
you, Derrell?
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Was that the
question, Derrell?
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Was that what you
wanted to hear?
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All right, we're
back over here.
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It's a girl's turn.
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I see a pink arm in the air
with a little pink thing
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on your head.
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What's your name?
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Female Speaker: Tori.
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Mrs. Obama: Hi, Tori.
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Tori with a "T"?
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Female Speaker: (affirmative)
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Mrs. Obama: Hi, Tori.
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Female Speaker: Do you
feel special or different
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from anyone else?
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Mrs. Obama: Sometimes I do,
and that's not necessarily
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good all the time.
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(laughter)
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But yeah, there are
times where I feel different
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because we are
treated differently.
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Like, I can't go anywhere
without security.
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I can't walk outside
the front door without
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a whole lot of people
talking in their wrist
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about where I'm going
and when and how.
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So there's a lot of
fuss that comes with --
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this is a big house, and
there are a lot of people,
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and there's stuff
and there are cars,
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and there's security
and there's movements.
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Do you know when the
President move --
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his motorcade includes
about 20 cars?
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Every time he has
to go somewhere,
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there are about 20 cars of
people who follow him around,
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including the press.
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See, these people make you
feel a little different.
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You got the press here.
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Like, before I lived here,
the press didn't care
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what I did.
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So there are times when
you feel different.
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There are times when
you feel special,
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when you get an opportunity
to do things that nobody
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else would get to do.
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But most of the time I
feel like me, I feel
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like Michelle, and I
don't feel very special.
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I feel like I'm Michelle
and I live in this house,
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and I have my kids
and my husband,
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and I want to make sure that
they're healthy and happy.
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And I want to make sure
that I do things that help
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other people so that my
time here isn't wasted.
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That's how I feel
most of the time.
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All right, we're
here -- a boy.
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We're going to work on and
we're going to get everybody.
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All right, blue shirt, you're
so -- yes, with the -- yes.
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You're just so earnest.
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There was a lot of earnestness
behind that hand-raise.
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What's your name?
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Male Speaker: Joshua.
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Mrs. Obama: Hey, Joshua.
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Male Speaker: When you first
moved here, did you have to,
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like, move in anything, or
was everything already here?
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Mrs. Obama: Yeah,
we had help moving.
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I didn't have to
lift a finger.
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(laughter)
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But you know what
happens, you know how
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quickly they have
to turn the house around?
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I don't know if you
guys have ever seen
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the President
being inaugurated.
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It's at the Capitol and
there are all these people,
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and they take the oath.
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Well, you know what happens
while that's going on?
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They're moving
everything around.
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They're moving the family
who currently lives here
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out, and they're moving
the new family in.
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And they only have a few
hours to get that done.
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Can you imagine that?
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Because a new family can't
live in this house until
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that family -- until they
are sworn in as President.
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You don't have access
to any of this.
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So until they take that oath
of office, we can't live here.
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Officially we can't.
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So it takes hundreds of people
-- they're rushing around
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upstairs, they're rolling up
carpets, they're cleaning,
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they're painting, they're
taking furniture out.
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I don't know what it looks
like because I wasn't
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here when they were doing
it, but it sounds like
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it's a pretty
complicated process.
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But we didn't have
to do anything,
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because we were
busy at a parade.
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So we had a lot of help.
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We have a lot of help
to do what we do.
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There's very little that I
have to do here as First Lady
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in terms of, like, regular
housekeeping and cleaning
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and stuff like that.
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Because they want the
President to be free
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to run the country.
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They don't want him to
have to worry about
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packing his shirts.
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Coming over here.
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It's a girl's turn.
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Okay, way in the
back -- yes!
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Way in the back,
blue sweater.
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Yes, you.
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Yes!
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(laughter)
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What's your name?
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Female Speaker: Ella.
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Mrs. Obama: Ella,
how are you?
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What's going on?
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What do you want to know?
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Female Speaker: If you
could have any animal, like
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any kind, what would you
choose, like, as your pet?
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Mrs. Obama: I
have two dogs.
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Besides the dogs?
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If there was another pet?
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Female Speaker: Yeah.
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Mrs. Obama: It
would be a cat.
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I like cats.
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I'm just a little
allergic to cats,
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so that's the only reason
we don't have a cat.
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Me and Malia, we're a
little allergic to --
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and if I had more time and
money I'd love a horse.
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But they're
really expensive,
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and I'm kind of
allergic to them, too.
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(laughter)
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But I like
Sunny and Bo, my dogs.
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I've wanted a dog since I
was little but my mother
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never let me have one.
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She feels really
guilty about it now.
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(laughter)
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But I begged and
begged and begged for
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a dog and I never got
one, so now I've got two.
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(laughter)
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It's payback.
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All right, we're
over here.
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It's a boy's turn.
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What?
430
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Has it been a boy's
turn a lot on this side?
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All right, we're going to
flip it to a girl's turn.
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And you in the front
with the blue who was
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so disappointed that
it was a boy's turn.
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We're going to
flip back around.
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We're going to do girl
over there -- I mean
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boy over there.
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What's your name?
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Female Speaker: Josie.
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Mrs. Obama: Hey, Josie.
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Female Speaker: What's
your favorite trip
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that you've made as
a First Lady?
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Mrs. Obama: Wow,
that's a tough one.
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The time we got to sleep
in Buckingham Palace,
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because we had a
state visit there.
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So there was a big state
dinner and it was very grand.
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And when you're invited as the
guest for the state dinner,
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you actually are allowed to
sleep in Buckingham Palace.
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That was very cool.
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And we got to dine with
the king and the queen,
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and it was very grand.
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And it was everything that
you would imagine that
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a state dinner would
be like at the Palace.
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That was one of
my favorite trips.
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But I like all of them.
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But that was pretty cool.
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All right, who did
I say was over here?
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You're right,
you remembered.
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You remembered.
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All right, you're
way out in the aisle.
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You're about to fall.
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What's your name?
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Male Speaker: I'm
Gabriel Brinzo.
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What's your favorite President
other than your husband?
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(laughter)
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Mrs. Obama: Right
now, I'm loving FDR.
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He's one of my favorites.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
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Do you agree?
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Okay.
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(laughter)
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All right.
472
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Right here, oh,
we've got a girl.
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Right there in the
little pink sash.
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Yes, you!
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Female Speaker:
How old are you?
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Mrs. Obama: How
old are you?
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(laughter)
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I'm 51.
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What does that mean?
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What's that look?
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Say that again.
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Give her the mic.
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Female Speaker: You're too
young for a 51-year-old.
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Mrs. Obama: What
was that, babe?
485
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I didn't hear you.
486
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Female Speaker: You're too
young for a 51-year-old.
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00:19:49,454 --> 00:19:52,054
(laughter)
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Mrs. Obama: Thank you!
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You should come up
and give me a hug.
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Come on up here.
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Come give me a hug
for that one!
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(applause)
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What's your name?
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Female Speaker: Anaiyah.
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Mrs. Obama: Thank
you, sweetie.
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All right, we're over
here and it's a boy.
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It's a boy, it's a boy.
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All right, curly
hair, plaid shirt.
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You, yeah.
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What's your name?
501
00:20:26,458 --> 00:20:27,288
Male Speaker: Patrick.
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Mrs. Obama: Hey, Patrick.
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Male Speaker: How many rooms
are there in the White House?
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Mrs. Obama: Oh, gosh.
505
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Daniel, how many
rooms are here?
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One hundred thirty-two.
507
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That's a lot of rooms.
508
00:20:40,539 --> 00:20:41,369
Really?
509
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Is that all the
little rooms?
510
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Is that every
single room?
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00:20:44,309 --> 00:20:47,309
That's including
upstairs?
512
00:20:47,312 --> 00:20:49,952
East Wing, West Wing?
513
00:20:49,948 --> 00:20:51,548
So that's just the
residence, right?
514
00:20:51,550 --> 00:20:56,020
So this building were in
is the main residence,
515
00:20:56,021 --> 00:20:57,591
and we live upstairs.
516
00:20:57,589 --> 00:21:00,729
And there are two floor
upstairs that we live in.
517
00:21:00,726 --> 00:21:03,866
But there is also the East
Wing, where my offices
518
00:21:03,862 --> 00:21:06,402
are and the mil aides'
offices are, and then
519
00:21:06,398 --> 00:21:09,098
there's the West Wing,
where the Oval Office is.
520
00:21:09,101 --> 00:21:12,401
So if we included
those, do you ever --
521
00:21:12,404 --> 00:21:15,244
you don't ever -- it's
like, no, we don't know.
522
00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:16,580
There are more
rooms than that.
523
00:21:16,575 --> 00:21:18,215
It's a big house.
524
00:21:18,210 --> 00:21:19,610
It's really big.
525
00:21:19,611 --> 00:21:20,241
All right.
526
00:21:20,245 --> 00:21:21,315
We're over here.
527
00:21:21,313 --> 00:21:23,813
It's a girl.
528
00:21:23,815 --> 00:21:26,355
Aqua top in the middle.
529
00:21:26,351 --> 00:21:29,221
Yes, you.
530
00:21:30,255 --> 00:21:32,025
Female Speaker: Which dog is
your favorite, Bo or Sunny?
531
00:21:32,024 --> 00:21:35,894
Mrs. Obama: Oh, I love
them both equally.
532
00:21:35,894 --> 00:21:37,234
(laughter)
533
00:21:37,229 --> 00:21:41,199
They're different dogs with
different personalities.
534
00:21:41,199 --> 00:21:43,839
Bo is kind of -- he's
the old -- he's getting
535
00:21:43,835 --> 00:21:45,835
to be the older
senior citizen.
536
00:21:45,837 --> 00:21:49,507
So he's a little slow,
doesn't excite too much.
537
00:21:49,508 --> 00:21:52,208
You call him over, it takes
him a minute to figure
538
00:21:52,210 --> 00:21:54,180
out whether he really
wants to come.
539
00:21:54,179 --> 00:21:55,549
(laughter)
540
00:21:55,547 --> 00:21:57,617
He kind
of ambles over.
541
00:21:57,616 --> 00:22:00,916
He breathes hard.
542
00:22:00,919 --> 00:22:02,489
Sunny is still a puppy.
543
00:22:02,487 --> 00:22:03,687
She's two.
544
00:22:03,689 --> 00:22:07,129
So she's like, "love me,
love me, I'm here, I'm here,
545
00:22:07,125 --> 00:22:09,695
I need you, what do you
want, I'll sit on your lap,
546
00:22:09,695 --> 00:22:12,535
tell me what to do!"
547
00:22:12,531 --> 00:22:13,831
Those are the differences.
548
00:22:13,832 --> 00:22:15,002
(laughter)
549
00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:16,700
But I love them both.
550
00:22:16,702 --> 00:22:21,472
They add something
different to the family.
551
00:22:21,473 --> 00:22:24,413
All right, we're over here.
552
00:22:24,409 --> 00:22:28,009
Last question -- we'll
do a couple more.
553
00:22:28,013 --> 00:22:29,753
All right.
554
00:22:29,748 --> 00:22:32,118
Vest, yes.
555
00:22:32,117 --> 00:22:33,047
What's your name?
556
00:22:33,051 --> 00:22:34,591
Male Speaker: Andrew.
557
00:22:34,586 --> 00:22:36,226
And do you get lost a lot?
558
00:22:36,221 --> 00:22:37,821
Mrs. Obama: Not anymore.
559
00:22:37,823 --> 00:22:38,993
Not anymore.
560
00:22:38,990 --> 00:22:41,760
But there were times
when I got lost.
561
00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:43,860
There are a lot of doors
and if they're closed,
562
00:22:43,862 --> 00:22:45,332
sometimes you don't know.
563
00:22:45,330 --> 00:22:48,270
There are secret doors.
564
00:22:48,266 --> 00:22:50,236
But after you live here
a while you pretty
565
00:22:50,235 --> 00:22:51,905
much know where
you're going.
566
00:22:51,903 --> 00:22:53,043
And it makes sense.
567
00:22:53,038 --> 00:22:56,408
You kind of understand
the logic of the building,
568
00:22:56,408 --> 00:22:58,278
if that makes any sense.
569
00:22:58,276 --> 00:22:58,906
All right, over here.
570
00:22:58,910 --> 00:23:00,950
It's a girl, it's a girl.
571
00:23:00,946 --> 00:23:02,546
All right, young lady.
572
00:23:02,547 --> 00:23:03,717
Yes, you.
573
00:23:03,715 --> 00:23:06,515
You knew it was you, right?
574
00:23:09,888 --> 00:23:11,828
But you've got to
have a question.
575
00:23:11,823 --> 00:23:12,893
(laughter)
576
00:23:12,891 --> 00:23:14,491
Take your
time, take your time.
577
00:23:14,493 --> 00:23:16,863
We're going to do
rapid-fire questions, okay?
578
00:23:16,862 --> 00:23:18,262
Have your questions ready.
579
00:23:18,263 --> 00:23:19,863
Short, fast questions.
580
00:23:19,865 --> 00:23:22,205
We're going to try to get as
many in starting with you.
581
00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:23,540
What's your question?
582
00:23:23,535 --> 00:23:27,775
Female Speaker: How long have
you been with Barack Obama?
583
00:23:27,773 --> 00:23:30,243
Mrs. Obama: Have
we been married?
584
00:23:30,242 --> 00:23:31,572
Twenty-something years.
585
00:23:31,576 --> 00:23:33,546
(laughter)
586
00:23:33,545 --> 00:23:34,315
Wait, somebody.
587
00:23:34,312 --> 00:23:35,382
You guys know the date.
588
00:23:35,380 --> 00:23:36,410
When was it?
589
00:23:36,414 --> 00:23:37,954
It's been over a decade.
590
00:23:37,949 --> 00:23:39,389
It's been a while.
591
00:23:39,384 --> 00:23:40,214
All right, we're here.
592
00:23:40,218 --> 00:23:40,948
It's a boy.
593
00:23:40,952 --> 00:23:43,222
You, quick, quick.
594
00:23:43,221 --> 00:23:45,421
You've got to be
fast with the mic.
595
00:23:45,423 --> 00:23:48,323
Male Speaker: What advice do
you have -- what advice will
596
00:23:48,326 --> 00:23:52,836
you give me if one day I was
to be the future President?
597
00:23:52,831 --> 00:23:56,671
Mrs. Obama: The advice that
I would give you is that
598
00:23:56,668 --> 00:24:00,038
being President is a very
hard job, and it requires
599
00:24:00,038 --> 00:24:02,708
a lot of work and a
lot of sacrifice.
600
00:24:02,707 --> 00:24:06,307
So you have to be able
to work hard for long
601
00:24:06,311 --> 00:24:07,441
periods of time.
602
00:24:07,445 --> 00:24:10,145
You have to know a
lot of information.
603
00:24:10,148 --> 00:24:12,248
You've got to read
everything you can.
604
00:24:12,250 --> 00:24:13,990
You've got to know
about history.
605
00:24:13,985 --> 00:24:17,155
You've got to know
about world politics.
606
00:24:17,155 --> 00:24:19,555
You've got to know
about the economy.
607
00:24:19,558 --> 00:24:21,698
You've got to know about
what's going on around
608
00:24:21,693 --> 00:24:23,093
the world.
609
00:24:23,094 --> 00:24:25,534
And I would suggest
that you start now.
610
00:24:25,530 --> 00:24:27,570
Make sure you read the
paper, and read many
611
00:24:27,566 --> 00:24:28,766
different papers.
612
00:24:28,767 --> 00:24:31,167
And understand what
the issues are and see
613
00:24:31,169 --> 00:24:34,309
if those are things that
are interesting to you.
614
00:24:34,306 --> 00:24:36,406
And you've got to make
sure to go to college,
615
00:24:36,408 --> 00:24:38,508
right, and study
hard in college.
616
00:24:38,510 --> 00:24:41,950
Maybe even go to
graduate school.
617
00:24:41,947 --> 00:24:45,687
Get a lot of experience
and get used to people.
618
00:24:45,684 --> 00:24:47,624
You have to like people.
619
00:24:47,619 --> 00:24:51,359
So you should volunteer,
maybe even work at the --
620
00:24:51,356 --> 00:24:54,156
join the Peace Corps and
work abroad, and work
621
00:24:54,159 --> 00:24:55,659
in another country.
622
00:24:55,660 --> 00:24:58,230
And learn what it feels
like to live in other parts
623
00:24:58,230 --> 00:25:00,930
of the world so that when
you have to work with world
624
00:25:00,932 --> 00:25:04,402
leaders you'll know
something about the world.
625
00:25:04,402 --> 00:25:09,372
You can't just know
what's right around you,
626
00:25:09,374 --> 00:25:11,914
you've got to be willing
to explore the world.
627
00:25:11,910 --> 00:25:13,080
Okay?
628
00:25:13,078 --> 00:25:14,148
All right, over here.
629
00:25:14,145 --> 00:25:14,915
Rapid fire.
630
00:25:14,913 --> 00:25:15,543
We've got a girl!
631
00:25:15,547 --> 00:25:16,747
We've got a girl,
right here.
632
00:25:16,748 --> 00:25:18,518
Yellow.
633
00:25:18,516 --> 00:25:20,216
Quick, quick, quick.
634
00:25:20,218 --> 00:25:22,318
Female Speaker: So have you
ever been to Illinois,
635
00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:23,520
Downers Grove?
636
00:25:23,521 --> 00:25:25,961
Mrs. Obama: Yes, I have been
to Downers Grove in Illinois.
637
00:25:25,957 --> 00:25:27,297
Female Speaker: Because that's
where my grandma lives.
638
00:25:27,292 --> 00:25:28,892
Mrs. Obama: You tell your
grandma, hey, grandma!
639
00:25:28,894 --> 00:25:29,894
(laughter)
640
00:25:29,895 --> 00:25:31,265
Female Speaker:
And, can I have a hug?
641
00:25:31,263 --> 00:25:34,663
Mrs. Obama: Yes!
642
00:25:39,337 --> 00:25:40,437
All right, rapid fire.
643
00:25:40,438 --> 00:25:40,968
Over here.
644
00:25:40,972 --> 00:25:43,272
It's a boy.
645
00:25:43,275 --> 00:25:45,975
Right here, in front row.
646
00:25:45,977 --> 00:25:47,477
Male Speaker: What's
your favorite room?
647
00:25:47,479 --> 00:25:50,549
Mrs. Obama: My favorite
room is the Red Room.
648
00:25:50,548 --> 00:25:51,918
Did you guys go to
the Red Room?
649
00:25:51,917 --> 00:25:52,617
Children: Yeah!
650
00:25:52,617 --> 00:25:53,117
Mrs. Obama: It's all red.
651
00:25:53,118 --> 00:25:54,188
Isn't it pretty?
652
00:25:54,185 --> 00:25:55,255
It's so pretty.
653
00:25:55,253 --> 00:25:56,753
Rapid fire.
654
00:25:56,755 --> 00:25:58,425
Right here, girl
in the front row.
655
00:25:58,423 --> 00:26:00,563
You right here.
656
00:26:00,558 --> 00:26:01,458
What's your name?
657
00:26:01,459 --> 00:26:02,399
Female Speaker: My
name is Sydney.
658
00:26:02,394 --> 00:26:04,234
If you could add anything
to the White House,
659
00:26:04,229 --> 00:26:05,459
what would it be?
660
00:26:05,463 --> 00:26:06,403
Mrs. Obama: If
I could what?
661
00:26:06,398 --> 00:26:07,668
Female Speaker: Add
anything to the White House.
662
00:26:07,666 --> 00:26:08,066
Mrs. Obama: Add.
663
00:26:08,066 --> 00:26:09,506
Oh, wow.
664
00:26:09,501 --> 00:26:12,341
That's a good question.
665
00:26:12,337 --> 00:26:13,737
Wow.
666
00:26:13,738 --> 00:26:17,008
I would add
anything -- what?
667
00:26:17,008 --> 00:26:19,778
Any suggestions?
668
00:26:19,778 --> 00:26:21,248
Less rooms, a pool?
669
00:26:21,246 --> 00:26:22,376
There is a pool.
670
00:26:22,380 --> 00:26:25,420
There is a pool here.
671
00:26:32,157 --> 00:26:35,497
You guys have a
lot of suggestions.
672
00:26:35,493 --> 00:26:37,063
Adopt children, you said?
673
00:26:37,062 --> 00:26:39,132
That sounds good.
674
00:26:39,130 --> 00:26:40,100
Children: (inaudible)
675
00:26:40,098 --> 00:26:41,028
Mrs. Obama: I don't know.
676
00:26:41,032 --> 00:26:44,232
You stumped me on that one.
677
00:26:44,235 --> 00:26:46,605
An animal shelter?
678
00:26:49,507 --> 00:26:51,677
A zoo?
679
00:26:53,111 --> 00:26:53,981
What else?
680
00:26:53,979 --> 00:26:54,779
Child: Arcade!
681
00:26:54,779 --> 00:26:57,049
Mrs. Obama: A what?
682
00:26:57,048 --> 00:26:58,418
An arcade?
683
00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:04,120
You know what, I'm sure
the press is taking down
684
00:27:04,122 --> 00:27:05,222
these suggestions.
685
00:27:05,223 --> 00:27:06,793
We'll put them out
there, we'll propose
686
00:27:06,791 --> 00:27:08,291
it to the President,
we see if we come
687
00:27:08,293 --> 00:27:09,363
up with something.
688
00:27:09,361 --> 00:27:12,731
We had zoo, we had an
arcade, we had a heliport,
689
00:27:12,731 --> 00:27:17,271
we had -- we have
an exercise room.
690
00:27:17,268 --> 00:27:17,938
All right.
691
00:27:17,936 --> 00:27:18,806
Rapid fire.
692
00:27:18,803 --> 00:27:19,703
Over here.
693
00:27:19,704 --> 00:27:23,504
It's a boy,
it's a boy.
694
00:27:23,508 --> 00:27:25,778
In the glasses in
the middle row.
695
00:27:25,777 --> 00:27:26,547
Yes, you.
696
00:27:26,544 --> 00:27:28,684
Quick, quick, quick.
697
00:27:30,982 --> 00:27:31,852
No, no, right in front.
698
00:27:31,850 --> 00:27:33,250
Give him the mic,
right in front of you.
699
00:27:33,251 --> 00:27:34,821
There you go.
700
00:27:34,819 --> 00:27:35,859
Male Speaker: My
name is Justin.
701
00:27:35,854 --> 00:27:38,694
Mrs. Obama: Yes.
702
00:27:38,690 --> 00:27:40,330
Male Speaker: Do you like
living in the White House?
703
00:27:40,325 --> 00:27:42,325
Mrs. Obama: It's great.
704
00:27:42,327 --> 00:27:43,327
I do.
705
00:27:43,328 --> 00:27:44,298
Rapid fire.
706
00:27:44,295 --> 00:27:47,795
It's a girl --right
here in the front.
707
00:27:47,799 --> 00:27:49,399
Male Speaker: Can I
take a picture with you?
708
00:27:49,401 --> 00:27:50,201
Mrs. Obama: You want to
take a picture with me?
709
00:27:50,201 --> 00:27:50,801
Male Speaker: Yeah.
710
00:27:50,802 --> 00:27:52,202
Mrs. Obama: You know what,
I would love to but I --
711
00:27:52,203 --> 00:27:54,173
everybody wants a
picture, right?
712
00:27:54,172 --> 00:27:56,172
Children: Yes!
713
00:27:56,174 --> 00:27:58,614
Mrs. Obama: That's why I
can't, because I can't
714
00:27:58,610 --> 00:28:00,680
take one with -- you
can give me a hug.
715
00:28:00,678 --> 00:28:03,278
Come on, babe.
716
00:28:03,281 --> 00:28:07,791
I wish I could stay and take
a hug with all of you guys.
717
00:28:07,786 --> 00:28:09,626
They're taking the pictures
so you find one of them,
718
00:28:09,621 --> 00:28:10,921
get that picture!
719
00:28:10,922 --> 00:28:12,362
(laughter)
720
00:28:12,357 --> 00:28:14,097
All right, we're
going to do one more
721
00:28:14,092 --> 00:28:17,062
round around, okay?
722
00:28:17,062 --> 00:28:18,162
And then that's
going to be it.
723
00:28:18,163 --> 00:28:21,263
So we did a girl, we're
going to do a boy.
724
00:28:21,266 --> 00:28:24,506
In the suit in the back
with the tie, the blazer.
725
00:28:24,502 --> 00:28:25,072
Right here.
726
00:28:25,070 --> 00:28:27,110
Yes, that young man.
727
00:28:27,105 --> 00:28:29,845
Male Speaker: Do you
always have to dress nice?
728
00:28:29,841 --> 00:28:31,641
(laughter)
729
00:28:31,643 --> 00:28:33,083
Mrs. Obama: Yeah, I do.
730
00:28:33,078 --> 00:28:36,778
Unless nobody sees me, and
then I dress like a bum.
731
00:28:36,781 --> 00:28:38,781
(laughter)
732
00:28:38,783 --> 00:28:40,223
Over here, rapid fire.
733
00:28:40,218 --> 00:28:44,688
It's a girl, it's a girl
-- way in the back with
734
00:28:44,689 --> 00:28:48,229
the white sweater
on, on the end.
735
00:28:48,226 --> 00:28:50,596
Right next to her
-- yes, that's it.
736
00:28:50,595 --> 00:28:51,665
What's your name?
737
00:28:51,663 --> 00:28:52,593
Female Speaker: Rosa.
738
00:28:52,597 --> 00:28:53,727
Mrs. Obama: Hi!
739
00:28:53,731 --> 00:28:54,801
Female Speaker:
Can I have a hug?
740
00:28:54,799 --> 00:28:57,669
Mrs. Obama: Oh, you guys!
741
00:29:01,406 --> 00:29:03,176
I can't hug you all!
742
00:29:03,174 --> 00:29:04,544
I can't hug everybody.
743
00:29:04,542 --> 00:29:05,512
Question, though.
744
00:29:05,510 --> 00:29:06,440
Do you have question?
745
00:29:06,444 --> 00:29:07,044
Female Speaker: Yeah.
746
00:29:07,045 --> 00:29:08,715
Mrs. Obama: What?
747
00:29:08,713 --> 00:29:09,883
Female Speaker: If you
could go anywhere
748
00:29:09,881 --> 00:29:11,421
in the world, where
would you go?
749
00:29:11,416 --> 00:29:13,556
Mrs. Obama: In the world?
750
00:29:13,551 --> 00:29:17,391
I want to go to
Bali, Indonesia.
751
00:29:17,388 --> 00:29:18,928
I'd love to go to Australia.
752
00:29:18,923 --> 00:29:22,993
I haven't been to
that continent before.
753
00:29:22,994 --> 00:29:27,394
I'd love to go anywhere
in South America,
754
00:29:27,398 --> 00:29:31,568
and the Antarctic.
755
00:29:31,569 --> 00:29:33,469
That'd be cool.
756
00:29:33,471 --> 00:29:35,441
It'd be cold.
757
00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:37,040
It'd be really cold.
758
00:29:37,041 --> 00:29:38,381
All right, over here.
759
00:29:38,376 --> 00:29:40,016
It's a boy.
760
00:29:40,011 --> 00:29:44,921
Okay, on the end, that
young man right there.
761
00:29:44,916 --> 00:29:46,356
What's your name?
762
00:29:46,351 --> 00:29:47,251
Male Speaker: Sean.
763
00:29:47,252 --> 00:29:49,722
Mrs. Obama: Sean.
764
00:29:50,788 --> 00:29:53,088
Male Speaker: Does
Joe Biden live here?
765
00:29:53,091 --> 00:29:54,891
Mrs. Obama: Joe Biden
doesn't live here.
766
00:29:54,893 --> 00:29:55,993
He works here.
767
00:29:55,994 --> 00:29:58,394
His office is over
in the West Wing.
768
00:29:58,396 --> 00:30:00,536
But the Vice
President's residence
769
00:30:00,532 --> 00:30:03,672
is at the Naval Academy,
which isn't far --
770
00:30:03,668 --> 00:30:07,508
it's the Naval Observatory,
which is not far from here.
771
00:30:07,505 --> 00:30:10,345
But he has a
separate residence.
772
00:30:10,341 --> 00:30:12,081
All right,
last question.
773
00:30:12,076 --> 00:30:15,116
It's got to be a
question not a hug.
774
00:30:15,113 --> 00:30:16,243
And it's a girl.
775
00:30:16,247 --> 00:30:19,247
Oh, there's a little -- in
the middle, white shirt.
776
00:30:19,250 --> 00:30:20,650
Yes, it's you!
777
00:30:20,652 --> 00:30:21,752
What's your name?
778
00:30:21,753 --> 00:30:22,653
Female Speaker: Margo.
779
00:30:22,654 --> 00:30:25,054
Mrs. Obama: Margo,
what's going on?
780
00:30:25,056 --> 00:30:27,026
Female Speaker: Since
you like the Cubs
781
00:30:27,025 --> 00:30:29,125
and your husband likes
the White Sox --
782
00:30:29,127 --> 00:30:30,297
Mrs. Obama:
You did your research.
783
00:30:30,295 --> 00:30:31,295
Female Speaker: What
do your kids like?
784
00:30:31,296 --> 00:30:32,126
No, my brother
told me that.
785
00:30:32,130 --> 00:30:34,530
(laughter)
786
00:30:34,532 --> 00:30:35,702
Mrs. Obama: What's
the question?
787
00:30:35,700 --> 00:30:39,140
Female Speaker: What
are your kids fans of?
788
00:30:39,137 --> 00:30:41,477
Mrs. Obama: They don't --
they're not into baseball,
789
00:30:41,472 --> 00:30:43,442
I just have to be
honest with you.
790
00:30:43,441 --> 00:30:44,881
I know, I know.
791
00:30:44,876 --> 00:30:46,576
They're girls,
I don't know.
792
00:30:46,578 --> 00:30:50,978
Not to say that girls don't
-- they're more into --
793
00:30:50,982 --> 00:30:54,722
Malia likes tennis, Sasha
is into basketball,
794
00:30:54,719 --> 00:30:57,619
but I don't know if they
have favorite teams.
795
00:30:57,622 --> 00:31:00,162
You guys, this has
been so much fun.
796
00:31:00,158 --> 00:31:01,088
It really has.
797
00:31:01,092 --> 00:31:03,432
I wish I could take
pictures and hug all
798
00:31:03,428 --> 00:31:04,968
of you, I really do.
799
00:31:04,963 --> 00:31:07,303
I would stay here and do
it, but then you guys
800
00:31:07,298 --> 00:31:10,168
would miss your lunch
and everything else,
801
00:31:10,168 --> 00:31:13,408
and we'd be here all
day and your parents
802
00:31:13,404 --> 00:31:17,614
would get mad
and it would be bad.
803
00:31:17,609 --> 00:31:18,909
You think -- what
did you say?
804
00:31:18,910 --> 00:31:20,410
Child: (inaudible)
805
00:31:20,411 --> 00:31:22,251
Mrs. Obama: A
royal dinner?
806
00:31:22,247 --> 00:31:23,077
You think?
807
00:31:23,081 --> 00:31:25,581
Well, that's for the
planners of next year.
808
00:31:25,583 --> 00:31:30,153
For next year we should do
a royal dinner or lunch.
809
00:31:30,154 --> 00:31:32,424
But you guys are awesome.
810
00:31:32,423 --> 00:31:33,923
You really are.
811
00:31:33,925 --> 00:31:35,425
You're very bright.
812
00:31:35,426 --> 00:31:38,566
And just remember, you can
do anything that you put
813
00:31:38,563 --> 00:31:40,633
your mind to, okay?
814
00:31:40,632 --> 00:31:41,902
I'm very proud of you.
815
00:31:41,899 --> 00:31:43,499
Thanks for all the
great questions.
816
00:31:43,501 --> 00:31:47,571
And for those of you, maybe
we'll see you next year, okay?
817
00:31:47,572 --> 00:31:51,442
Be good while I'm gone.
818
00:31:51,442 --> 00:31:54,182
I'm going to -- I
don't want any reports.
819
00:31:54,178 --> 00:31:56,078
All right?
820
00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:57,380
Bye, guys.
821
00:31:57,382 --> 00:31:59,982
(applause)
