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Grio.com announced its list of the top 100 history makers in the making. the next generation of leaders. david wilson, managing editor own founder of grio.com. let's talk about why the list. what are you trying to accomplish? i'm curious about the methodology in how you qualify. >> well, essentially, you know, this is black history month as you just said, and what we wanted to really show is, look, black history month is not just about the past. it's about the future. and so this list of 100 folks, you know, they all represent that. you know, they are continuing the legacy of the past by, you ...

>> if i'm going to get re-elected for tomorrow, i've got to get out here now. that does it for us for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." we'll be back tomorrow. on the show, latest with egypt, with the woep robin write and the grio.com david wilson. unveiling the list of historymakers in the making. follow the show online and on twitter at mitchell reports. tamron hall has a look at "news nation." >> in our next hour, we are watching, as the crisis in egypt intensifies, protesters gear up for the biggest demonstration yet. a million people strong, that is what they're calling for. and ...

About the many people and many stories that a lot of americans don't yet know, and they will know on tuesday because this is going to be something that's going to exist not just on thegrio.com. we're going to be telling all their stories, but all the platforms of nbc -- "today" show, "nightly news," msnbc -- >> hello, coming back here. >> cnbc. so, we're excited because this is not just the grio that's a part of this. it's an nbc news-wide initiative. >> and we welcome it. as always, you are welcome here, david wilson. thanks so much. >> thanks so much, alex. >> you can find out more about who...

Business and pop culture. according to grio.com's todd johnson, african-americans have made great progress in the last several decades, but not on all fronts. >> african-americans make up nearly 14% of the nation's population. there have been signs of positive change. black-owned businesses have increased more than 60%. in 1973, only about 33% of black high school graduates went on to college. in 2008, more than half went on to college. but huge disparities still exist. the national unemployment rate is nearly 9.5% compared to almost 16% for blacks. almost 11% of whites lack health insurance c...

Johnson. good morning to you, jeff. >> good morning. >> i'm wondering if you can do better than our pal david wilson did. i know you've had a chance to look at this list. can you tell us about anyone we might see and give us an exclusive here? >> i absolutely will not. it's essential that people logon to the grio.com on february 1st to see the entire list. the exciting thing about this is that there is a wide range of people. so this is not that typical list of those top people in every industry. as much as it is a look at people around the country who are national leaders, who are making impa...