donation this is not who we are. if you're in one of those small towns, you're finding a lot of comfort online in a place where we're used to seeing negatives like bullying and things like that. you're turning on the tv seeing millions of people showing we're much greater than that. pretty inspiring. >> i don't suppose you've heard back from the guy who said you didn't belong in this country. >> no, no. i think i'm instead focusing on the 12,000 amazing people who brought the pot up to $500,000. i like to focus on the positive. i think this is one of the lessons we learned from bar ram and michelle obama, when they go low, we go high. there's so much power and beauty in turning something hateful into love. that's what we're surrounded with. it's amazing. >> kal penn, thanks for joining us. "newsroom" with carol costello is going to begin right