color overcome the odds because so many boys in this country need that mentor to help them become a man and good father. president obama at the national prayer breakfast yesterday raising the issue of mentoring for young men of color. an issue that challenges all us of to do more in our communities and schools. the grio is honoring african-americans for doing just that. joining us now, colin powell, thank you very much. i wanted to talk about education and your role in the community. let s talk about ccny and what you ve created in new york at ccny, a school my dad went to, it was a school that you went to. it was the place of choice for young men and women in that day who didn t have a lot of other options as a public university. a public university formed in
which we sort of interfere with his principle objectives, just as we should be free to tell him when we disagree about human rights policies of the russian federation and other things they are doing in trying to draw people into their economic union rather than the european union. and so we all ought to be big boys about this and not petty. i don t know how miss nuland s words got on russian television. i don t know who put it on youtube, that s where it came from. but this little episode will pass and don t think too much will be made of it in the long run because we have to work with them. we have to have them work with us. i think both sides should take a little more care in the way in which we share points of view with each other. colin powell, as always, thank you, general. thank you, andrea. and the red dress has become a symbol of the battle against heart disease. today on national wear red day, we re shining a spotlight on the fight against heart disease.
it isn t about colin powell and the colin powell school as it is named, it s about the kids. it s about the youngsters who come here seeking a better life, seeking to make their parents proud, seeking to be good citizens, seeking to do what they can for their fellow citizens. that s what it s all about. so many barriers have changed from those days in 1954 when i think you once told me when you were courting alma, your wife and driving down to birmingham, you couldn t stop at a public rest station or diner. couldn t stop. they were only a few places along that way that you could stop from here down south. those things have changed. what hasn t changed as we think about black history? let s start with the reality that a lot has changed. my goodness, at the look at the african-american leaders we have in corporate america and political america, that we have in military america, we should