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Obama calls for optimism in Democratic convention speech

In a primetime convention speech that looked back and ahead, President Obama came to Philadelphia to put his popularity behind Hillary Clinton. The latest CBS News-New York Times poll shows 53 percent of Americans approve of the job the president is doing. Mr. Obama laid out his accomplishments, yet emphasized there's "more work to do." Julianna Goldman reports.
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