 It's Morning Edition from NPR News. I'm E. Martinez. And I'm Michelle Martin. Good morning. Let's consider a scenario in which Americans are deeply at odds with each other. There are sharp partisan divisions. There are tensions over social values, racial attitudes, crime, economic inequality, and America's involvement in a foreign war. The president endures a cascade of criticism and calls from within his own party to do something. And in a stunning development, he does. I shall not seek