CNN New Day February 28, 2014 11:24:00
Bolster and reenforce our young people. >> we've heard, athena, him speak of his childhood before. but we do not often hear the president open us so candidly and in personal terms to try to push this message. >> reporter: that's exactly right. it's not unusual to hear the president talk about race. he talked about race during the speech in the 2008 campaign. he got a lot of attention during the trayvon martin case. it is unusual to hear him speak so movingly about the problems facing young men of color and speak so personally about his own personal upbringing. he talked about how he would get ...