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Familiar with the city of newark, some of the struggles that it's gone through? >> i would say two things. one, that civil servants, we often devalue them, make them faceless bureaucrats. you're going to see people on the front line who have sacrificed a tremendous amount trying to make a difference. we often overlook that. and on the other side, on the community side, on the streets and the schools, mentoring programs, again, community activists are also often devalued and made fun of and i think you watch the series, you're going to have a lot more respect for people in the grassroots level ...

To do to get to where i needed to be. >> let's look at some statistics here. when it comes to people in foster care, 500,000 in the system in 2006. 20,000 of them age out of the system every year. we covered one particular story not too long ago. only 54% achieve a high school diploma. 2% get a bachelor's degree or higher. 25% have been homeless at some point. quinton, how did the mentoring programs that you are involved in battle those statistics? >> i think it helps a lot when adults and parents and people other than the kids take on to what the kids are going through. you know? they go thro...

Hit me? where they at? >> don't you think somebody should be held accountable for dereon's death? >> no, not accountable for the whole thing because it was a mistake. ain't nobody even wanted him to die. nobody meant for him to die. we just -- it was a fight. fights get took out of hand. not intentionally. just because. >> so it is fascinating to go and talk to those young people. what we see on a cell phone video, how it is totally a different perspective from them being there. give you an update. i told 3u 1 kids were killed this past school year. compare that to the 49 that were killed last...

Long? >> for five months, until mid june. we end the campaign in new york city. >> reporter: but before the big apple finish, he says he will match contributions to local mentoring programs with up to $350,000 of his own money. >> i didn't see it as giving away money. i saw it as investing in our kids. and the term has always been used, be the example that you want to see in other people. i wanted to be an example by showing and not telling. hugs only, hugs only. >> reporter: at each stop he is greeted like a rock star. in augusta, georgia, so many people showed up there wasn't enough room. bu...

Make sure that our kids are ready for school. we're going to make sure they have the best opportunities to learn in mentoring programs, afterschool programs and showing them this is a community that cares and this is a unified place so again, i'm not as concerned with what 45 is doing. i'm more so concerned with us progressing as a community and that work i can assure you will get done. >> wes, quick question. why do you refer to the president as 45? he is the 45th president but is that intentional or is that just a quick term? >> well that's just what i call him. i believe that when he begins...