that's robert f. smith. you see him right there on your screen.e paid off student loans of the morehouse class of 2017. so what are his words of wisdom as we face a crisis, van jones? >>> we're bringing you words of hope, as we promised you. mario lopez has a shout-out for the latino community and common wants to tell us stay positive in these troubling times. >> hey, mario lopez here. i just want to send a special thank you to all our essential workers in our community because you guys are on the front lines and you are pushing through and are, quite frankly, the real heros. so -- [ speaking spanish ] >> no matter where you're from and what you may be experiencing that your ability to -- to focus on the things that are positive, to actually be active towards things that are positive, to live in a way of love and wellness and just, like, the capacity to be a human being and be present and to do the things that you were meant to do on this planet in purpose. we have that. no one can take that away. that has nothing to do with money. it has nothing

government's paycheck approximation program, while enter billionaire businessman and philanthropist robert f. smith who is making sure minority-owned businesses get their share of the funds in phase two of the ppp program. robert f. smith joins me this morning. mr. smith, thank you for coming on. >> good morning, chuck. >> let me start with this observation and get your big picture take. when you look at what this pandemic has done, in some ways it has been an mri on inequality, whether it's on health outcomes for communities of color and now we're seeing the economic impact. it's communities of colors getting hit first. knowing that going forward, what is our rescue plan need to look like as far as you're concerned? >> sure. chuck, thank you for having me on the program this morning. you know, as a good friend of mine said, this is a pandemic on top of a series of epidemics. and i think the important thing that we have to do is continue to rally as americans to come with real, lasting, scalable solutions to able the communities getting hit first hardest and probably will take the longest to recove

enter billionaire businessman and philanthropist robert f. smithho is taking steps to make sure minority-owned businesses get their fair share of funds in phase two of the ppp program. robert f. smith joins me this morning. mr. smith, thank you for coming on. >> good morning, chuck. >> let me start with this observation and get your big-picture take. when you look at what this pandemic has done, in some ways it has been an mri on inequality, whether it's on health outcomes for communities of color and now we're seeing the economic impact. it's communities of color getting hit first. knowing that going forward, what does our rescue plan need to look like, as far as you're concerned? >> sure, and chuck, thank you for having me on the program this morning. you know, as a good friend of mine said, this is a pandemic on top of a series of epidemics. and i think the important thing that we have to do is continue to rally as americans to come with real, lasting, scalable solutions to able the communities getting hit first, hardest, and probably will take