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Tribal dance, and plometrics. >> they're ready for it. >> thegrio.com, part of our nbc universal family is celebrating black history month with its grio 100. it's a list of black leaders in fields like health, education, pop culture and entrepreneurship who are making history. one of them is fashionable preteen mo bridges. he started making bow ties when he was 9 years old because he thought they made him look good. he turned that talent into a business, mo's bows. that's now generating thousands of dollars in revenue. nbc's lester holt has the story. >> talented, precocious, well dressed. >> ...

>> thegrio.com, part of our nbc universal family is celebrating black history month with its grio 100. a list of black leaders in fields like health, education, pop culture and entrepreneurship who are making history. one of them is fashionable preteen mo bridges. he started making bow ties when he was 9 years old because he thought they made him look good. he turned that talent into a business, mo's bows. that's now generating thousands of dollars in revenue. nbc's lester holt has the story. >> talented, precocious, well dressed. >> my fall collection. >> 11-year-old mow sigh yeah bridges is ...

Is it people like you getting the message snout. >> i think so. inevitably whether it's what we're doing at walker and company or start-up that is are great, interesting and successful, i think it goes a long way to kind of burgeoning some of that awareness over time. >> you ended up -- didn't end up by accident, you landed on and rightfully so the grio 100 list. congratulations for that. >> thank you. >> i'll see you down the road. bevel, we'll see you later, tristan walker. >> thank you. >> do you have a big idea that's making a difference? tell us about it by e-mailing us. you can also twee...

Be hot and we'll also undoubtedly be talking about these issue of women's bodies, contraception, personhood, all of that that we're seeing emerge over the course of this week. >> you've been chosen on the 100 list of influential leaders not just from the black community but as america as a whole. can you sort of talk about that honor and what it meant for you? >> well, you know, i got a really nice e-mail from reverend al a few weeks ago because i'd gotten the naacp image award nomination and the grio 100 nomination and he sent me an e-mail and said you are officially a black leader kind of lo...

First. a new study on breast cancer show many women may not need to have their lymph nodes removed. those who did had the same likelihood of survival of those who didn't five years after being diagnosed. that is a common practice in breast cancer patients. 200,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year in the united states. the cancer spreads to lymph nodes in a third of the cases. jill scott is recording her fourth studio album and empowering underprivileged students. shi is farther of the grio 100 and mara schiavocampo is here. >> jill scott sold millions of albums. she branche...