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Teach him how to fish and he can feed himself for lifetime. that age-old message endures to this day in life and in politics. now one man is evading that lesson to help americans in politics. it's detailed in his new book "the memo." five rules for your economic liberation. joining me is john hope bryant, the chairman, founder and ceo of operation hope. thank you, reverend, for being with us this morning. >> no, you're the reverend. and happy birthday to you and to reverend jackson. >> thank you. >> we're all of us standing on tall shoulders. and we have a lot to thank for you and reverend jac...

Were the mentors to me that were in the generation ahead of me, reverend jackson and reverend walker, bill jones, shirley chisholm and others that invested in me, i thought about what is it that i really want to say. and that is that the key to life is two dates. the day you were born and the day you find out why you were born. there's an old quote, but it's true. purpose must drive your life. and from when i was a boy preacher to when at 13 i became an official in operation bread basket, i found my purpose, fighting for justice in my ministry being around to fight for justice. find your purpo...

Taking a lot of those resources and putting it into the vietnam war. i became director of operation bread basket the year dr. king was killed, i was a kid, and they had a tent city dr. king proposed, we were down and ralph abernathy who succeeded dr. king that i was being mentored by, were fighting then because they were saying the money shouldn't go to vietnam, it should stay on the war on poverty. then nixon became president and began killing those programs. after him, you had a brief four years of jimmy carter, reagan, bush, this has not been a 50-year war against poverty, republicans were ...

I became director of operation bread basket the year dr. king was killed, i was a kid, and they had a tent city dr. king proposed, we were down and ralph abernathy who succeeded dr. king that i was being mentored by, were fighting then because they were saying the money shouldn't go to vietnam, it should stay on the war on poverty. then nixon became president and began killing those programs. after him, you had a brief four years of jimmy carter, reagan, bush, this has not been a 50-year war against poverty, republicans were in charge most of the last 50 years. >> mlk in 1967 says, it seems as...

Get wrong on the war of poverty? >> it was not successful, it did bring a lot of relief to millions of americans all over the country of all races, when you look at today those that claim -- i'm talking about employers when i say those, that the problem is skills set, you have things on the war on poverty like manpower training development that train people for employment and move them toward employment, the other misconception that was outright wrong is the 50 years, he acted like this was one 50-year stretch on poverty. lyndon johnson made his speech in '64, by '67 they had begun taking a lo...