levar burton is here with us this morning. >> good morning.hank you so much for the invitation to be here. >> i love the reaction when you hit the million dollars in a single day. how surprised with ed were you? >> we had no idea. we set our campaign for 35 days hoping if we needed the extra time towards the end of the campaign we could really push it over the top. we never in our wildest dreams could ever have thought we'd reach our goal in 11 hours on the first day. >> this is a kickstarter campaign. >> a kickstarter campaign we raised to have every child everywhere have access to "reading rainbow." the ipad app came out two years ago. and our goal for raising the money was to have a larger footprint. to put it on the web and then create a specific product for teachers. "reading rainbow" is loved by teachers. we wanted to put our app in their hands in the classroom so that they could have access to the library of books and video field trips that we are. >> can i just say, by the way, you haven't aged since the '80s? you look like the exact s

we're joined by the man himself, levar burton.zarre and wonderful. talk to me, i know reading rainbow matters. make the claim for me in this environment where kids are reading on iphones. >> all the more reason. because we have this very powerful technology, that's where we need to go to reach kids. if you want to reach kids today, you need to be in the digital realm. and if kids are going to -- if we're going to focus on teaching kids to read, we also in a healthy society have to invest the time, effort and energy in teaching them how to love the written word. >> this is kind of the fight, right? >> yes. >> the no child left behind. do i need to teach you the mechanics of how to spell out "blo "block" or teach you how to read and write block. >> and any word that sits next to block. if you put enough blocks together, you have a mountain of knowledge. you see what i'm saying? i believe if you are literal in one language, at least one language, then you have an opportunity to be a life-long learner. the most powerful person on the

levar burton, thank you so much and all the best. >> thank you very much. >>> all right.is outrage in arizona over a detention center for undocumented children. we'll show you where the federal government is holding them and why. the arizona governor says it's inhumane. [ female announcer ] there's a gap out there. that's keeping you from the healthcare you deserve. at humana, we believe if healthcare changes, if it becomes simpler... if frustration and paperwork decrease... if grandparents get to live at home instead of in a home... the gap begins to close. so let's simplify things. let's close the gap between people and care. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ how much money do you think you'll need when you retire? then we gave each person a ribbon to show how many years that amount might last. i was trying to, like, pull it a little further. [ woman ] got me to 70 years old. i'm going to have to rethink this thing. it's hard to imagine how much we'll need for a retirement that could last 30 years or more. so maybe we need to approach things differently, if we want to be ready for a longer retir

tomorrow night, levar burton will be rebooting "reading rain be"thanks to support online. >>> commandball." good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with a new startling video of sergeant bergdahl being handed over by the taliban. since saturday, we've watched a deteriorating picture of the deal that led to his release. in rolling out the news, the white house painted a happy picture of american victory, something of a celebration.

tomorrow night, levar burton will be rebooting "reading rain be"thanks to support online. >>> command decision. let's play "hardball." good evening, i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with a new startling video of sergeant bergdahl being handed over by the taliban. since saturday, we've watched a deteriorating picture of the deal that led to his release. in rolling out the news, the white house painted a happy picture of american victory, something of a celebration. our soldier basking in the glory of honorable and distinctive service was coming home to what looked to be a justified price, a national hero, one republican member of congress called him. in exchange we were told five taliban prisoners were being sent to what was described as a house arrest in qatar. they would have no communication with their fellow warriors in the afghan war front. they'd be out of action, completely out of the fighting for at least a year. today, wednesday, the deal is less joyous, of course, there are huge questions about the soldier we are getting home. was he loyal to the country

tomorrow night, levar burton will be rainbow. he'll tell us about that project thanks to online.ris hayes is next. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. today we saw for the first time the dramatic video of the moment that bowe bergdahl, who had been the last american prisoner of war in afghanistan, was returned to american custody. the video provided to nbc news by the taliban shows the taliban fighters surrounding bergdahl, who sits in a pickup truck, wearing traditional afghan robes, and minutes later, an american helicopter descending to pick up the prisoner of war. this is the moment the exchange takes place. after a quick handshake with bergdahl's taliban captors, the americans return quickly to ei

tomorrow night, levar burton will be rainbow. he'll tell us about that project thanks to online. "all in" with chris hayes is next. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. today we saw for the first time the dramatic video of the moment that bowe bergdahl, who had been the last american prisoner of war in afghanistan, was returned to american custody. the video provided to nbc news by the taliban shows the taliban fighters surrounding bergdahl, who sits in a pickup truck, wearing traditional afghan robes, and minutes later, an american helicopter descending to pick up the prisoner of war. this is the moment the exchange takes place. after a quick handshake with bergdahl's taliban captors, the americans return quickly to their helicopter, one walking backwards, so they can keep an eye on the taliban fighters. earlier in the video, one of those taliban fighters can be heard telling bergdahl not to come back to afghanistan, because he, quote, won't make it out alive next time. before bowe bergdahl is taken aboard the american helicopter, a man can be seen patting him down.