Hi there, everyone. It's 4 o'clock in the East. Today was a good day, a time capsule, if you will,

a reminder of the kind of dignity and excellence. And most of all hope that the American presidency

and the American president used to embody to the country and, frankly, the rest of the world.

As former President Barack Obama, former First Lady Michelle Obama, all living former presidents,

with one notable exception, and too many celebrities to count, look like the Oscars,

gathered to honor the opening of the Obama Presidential Center Museum in Chicago.

The center will act now as a museum, an education, and community center.

It's a reflection of former President Obama's start as a community organizer,

which, as one speaker said, is intended to serve as a quote,

Hotbed of Hope.

The event featured musical performances from Jennifer Hudson and Bono and

Bruce Springsteen and The Roots and Eddie Better and John Legend in Common.

Legend in Common performed the song Glory from the 2014 movie Selma,

a reference of course to President Obama's now legendary speech,

the one he delivered on the 50th anniversary of the March on Selma,

and a nod to the civil rights heroes who paved the way for the first black president in our country.

It's a milestone that former First Lady Michelle Obama referenced in her very powerful touching tribute to her husband.

Watch some of that.

To do it all as a first and the higher standard that comes with all that, the claims that a U.S.

Senator and constitutional law expert wasn't qualified for the job.

The lies about your birthright, your faith, your patriotism, the outrage when you stated the biological fact that if you'd had a son, that he too would be black.

Yet, you were unflappable at every turn,

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