and max miller, co-ceo of big brothers, big sisters of america. in addition to brian gallagher's announcement from united way this morning on the feeder schools, united way and big brothers, big sisters are taking their long standing partnership a step further to accelerate their progress on the civic marshall plan. and, finally, rounding out the beginning with extraordinary leadership from one of the most significant companies in america, at&t, we'll hear from beth shiroishi. please, first warmly welcome the ceo of the corporation for public broadcasting, pat harrison. >>> i want to thank bob for all he's doing to help america become a grad nation. it's great to be with so many people concerned with america's young people and putting that concern into action through america's promise alliance. as alma powell says in the grad nation report, we can't afford excuses. and america's promise alliance is one of the most effective and largest partnerships increasing champions for the nation's children and champions never make excuses. they do work toward

max and fred! [ recorded show playing in the background ] [ recorded show playing in the background ] ♪ >> announcer: stephanie miller- ♪ i want to be your lover ♪ ♪ i want to be your mother and your sister too ♪ ♪ i want to be your lover ♪ ♪ >> awe! awe! >> somebody got into the helium again. >> a little high pitched even for prince. >> die, bitch. hey, knock it off! >> oh, did i step on you again, oh, i'm sorry. >> he is like what 4'3" or something like that. >> yeah, like stepping on a teacup poodle. 1-800-steph-1-2. karen in illinois, hi karen. >> hi stephanie. i'm a little worried about this election, i really want obama to win, but the republicans did steal 2000 and 2004. >> yep. >> what are we going to do if romney gets elected? >> karen i think your fears are not misplaced in state after state -- the main thing they have been working on is trying to get less people able to vote, so i think all you try to do is combat that state to state. because if you are so confident in your candidate -- and who wouldn't be confident in a mittens. >> it's not who votes. it's who counts the votes. >> you can email us at step