and then they met a wonderful mentor, emmitt, they were always good students, they started to really excel at the top school in boston, when i discovered them, it was the beginning of what i would describe as the happy ending. i first read about them. many people, emmitt, a man named vin who's a mentor to them. >> when i read your tweets, it was like an outpouring of emotion, unusual for a reporter, they became very attached. let me start with you, you had been offered a place at yale, but brilliantly, you haven't made your mind up yet, because you still fancy harvard? >> yes. >> you're playing with them, the two most emnint colleges in america. >> i don't want to toy with them. >> what do you feel about what's happened to you and your brother? >> we've come a long way from poverty, single parent.