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veterans day. >> that is the summation of what's wrong. >> colin powell for the hour. this is piers morgan tonight. >> for many americans colin powell is still the face of the modern military, retired four-star general, the only african american to serve on the joint chiefs of staff and the secretary of state to george w. bush. he's here to talk about a cause close to his heart, the state of america's military veterans. general colin powell joins me now. thank you for welcoming me to this extraordinary building. >> thank you. >> we're in the national war college. you were here 35 yea...

Partnerships how can we invest communities into the work that is needed in schools. >> you just heard from michael powell, i think the big thing is mentoring. i think somebody that has a pretty good education and has some opportunities in life to take off five hours a week and work with a teenage kid. his parents love him in a way you can't, but maybe you can introduce him into a world that he doesn't have access to. but also seeing a job, businesses step forward and say ifç you graduate even with a c average, we've got a job for you. that's what the drug trade's offering him. he's got a job...

Entrepreneur for 29 years, and now that i'm into politics, i even believe in the municipal area, people have to bring value to the table. you cannot just create jobs and give people employment when they are not bringing value. >> absolutely. i just would like to add on to that, the whole objective for all of us is to have meaningful work. not just a job. >> the divide between the kid who comes out of high schools the kid with a b average or c average. real smart kids are going to find their way to michigan state and then get jobs. what do we do for the young man who is 18 coming out of school ...

>> the divide between the kid who comes out of high schools the kid with a b average or c average. what do we do for the young man who is 18 coming out of school with a b or c average, got through all right, not a troublemaker, was for him today. >> there's lots of things. one of the strategies and my daughter is pretty well -- pretty strong academically. she considered the community college road for her first two years as an easy way to kind of mainstream herself into the college environment and then to go university. it looks like it will be different for her but i think that's a pathway. th...

That, the whole objective for all of us is to have meaningful work. not just a job. >> the divide between the kid who comes out of high schools the kid with a b average or c average. what do we do for the young man who is 18 coming out of school with a b or c average, got through all right, not a troublemaker, was for him today. >> there's lots of things. one of the strategies and my daughter is pretty well -- pretty strong academically. she considered the community college road for her first two years as an easy way to kind of mainstream herself into the college environment and then to go uni...