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Too. >>chris: kids of the clubs do better at school. are less likely to do drugs and volunteer more. malachi started his own program to improve reading levels. >> we will do an hour of reading and then an hour of playing basketball. >>chris: denzel washington says, that's the real message here. >> we are bombarded so much with negative news that one can feel like, what's the use? listening to these young people saying, oh no, we're going to change it into something about it.that's inspiring. >>chris: i asked washington where he sees himself at this stage of his career. he says, he uses a stunt...

>>chris: kids of the clubs do better at school. are less likely to do drugs and volunteer more. malachi started his own program to improve reading levels. >> we will do an hour of reading and then an hour of playing basketball. >>chris: denzel washington says, that's the real message here. >> we are bombarded so much with negative news that one can feel like, what's the use? listening to these young people saying, oh no, we're going to change it into something about it.that's inspiring. >>chris: i asked washington where he sees himself at this stage of his career. he says, he uses a stuntman m...

Just deal with that by talking about good policing. we need tostopng discrimination >> absolutely. the thing the president did here that's really good, the thing we didn't have before and why you pointed to it, the lack of congress support. he went out to the public and private sector and said, you guys support me. they won't give me any money and so you support me. the ford foundation, mcarthur, kellogg put up $350 million to support this endeavor and looking at very specific solutions to these problems. third grade reading levels, juvenile justice reform, school suspensions and discipline. s...

So what president obama did today is not just pull yourself up and i'm going to create programs. we're going to tackle third grade reading levels and juvenile justice reform. we're going to tackle school discipline. we're going to look at the systematic problems that you have in your life and help you tackle those as well while you also have to pull yourself up and have responsibility. so the president says it's a combination of both. we are here as mentors, as teachers, coaches, professors to help you pull yourself up. it's not just you but a combination of both. >> guess what? in the year 20...

Reading skills. >> right. the host attacked that whistle blowerer's credibility over and over. she talked to cnn. he has been attacking her and repeatedly mischaracterized her findings on the reading levels with student athletes. bloomberg took them to task on the way unc has gone after her. saying it was shooting the messenger. she works firsthand with the athletes and her stories she shared with us, they were very, very compelling. >> tough to think of them reading on the level they have been according to you and your reporting. stay on it for us. thank you. coming up, hillary clinton openin...