>> the idea is to create a place for them to safely and honestly share their struggles and successes, issues at home, in school or on the streets. president obama first joined a bam circle back in 2013. that's when he met high school students james adams, lazarus daniels and christian champagne. today in the same classroom they sat in eight years ago at the hyde park academy, a high school on the south side of chicago, mr. obama is catching up with them. james and lazarus are now 26. christian is 25. he says talking with the president back then was life-changing. >> it was so crazy. that first period that i went to the class, it was like, i'm going to meet the president. that was the most inconceivable thing that you could possibly think of. then my heart was like racing, like when we were just sitting down and he just walked in. it was just like i'm forever grateful, and it changed the