THE CAMPAIGN IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

WE'VE GOT THE TWO CANDIDATES OUT THERE WHO HAVE THEIR OWN AGENDAS

AND THEIR SPOUSES HAVE TO SORT OF GO ALONG WITH WHATEVER THIS

PERSON IS DOING.

DO YOU HAVE ANY SYMPATHY FOR THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO GO THERE AND

STAND BY THE PERSON RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT?

>> UH, NO, NOT REALLY.

>> Stephen: NO?

>> NO, BECAUSE IF-- YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, IN IT.

IF YOU'RE IN IT, AND IF YOU DON'T AGREE, YOU SHOULD HAVE

AGREED BEFORE THEY RAN, YOU KNOW.

BOTTOM LINE IS, IF YOU DIDN'T AGREE WITH WHAT BARACK WAS

SAYING, I WOULD NOT SUPPORT HIS RUN.

SO I STAND THERE PROUDLY, AND I HOPE THEY ARE, TOO, STANDING

WITH THEIR SPOUSES PROUDLY.

SO NO SYMPATHY.

>> Stephen: BUT THE THINGS THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH.

FOR INSTANCE, MELANIA TRUMP WAS CRITICIZED FOR USING WHAT TURNED

OUT TO BE A PORTION OF YOUR SPEECH.

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY SYMPATHY,

BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE AROUND HER CREATING THINGS.

AND, YOU KNOW, I HAVE SOME SYMPATHY FOR HER.

COW UNDERSTAND HOW THAT MIGHT BE SYMPATHETIC FOR WHAT HAPPENED TO

HER?

YEAH, THAT WAS TOUGH.

( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )

>> Stephen: LET'S MOVE ON.

LET'S MOVE ON.

ALL RIGHT.

LET'S TALK ABOUT "LET GIRLS LEARN."

SO 62 MILLION YOUNG WOMEN AROUND THE WORLD DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO

QUALITY EDUCATION.

WHAT IS "LET GIRLS LEARN" DOING TO TRY TO IMPROVE THAT

SITUATION?

BECAUSE THAT'S A HUGE PROBLEM.

>> IT'S HUGE.

PART OF IT IS BRINGING AWARENESS TO THE ISSUE.

NOT JUST INTERNATIONALLY, BUT HERE AT HOME AS WELL.

AND WE'VE DONE A LOT IN A YEAR AND A HALF TO GALVANIZE

RESOURCES, EXPERTISE.

UNITED STATES HAS INVESTED MILLIONS OF ADDITIONAL RESOURCE.

WE'VE PARTNERED WITH JAPAN AND THE U.K. TO INCREASE INVESTMENTS

IN GIRLS' EDUCATION.

THE THE THE WORLD BANK GROUP IS INVESTING OVER $1 BILLION IN

GIRLS' EDUCATION.

( APPLAUSE ).

>> Stephen: SOME OF THESE-- SOME OF THE REASONS-- I ASSUME--

AND YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG-- I ASSUME SOME OF THE

REASONS ARE THERE ARE SORT OF CULTURAL OBSTACLES TO GIRLS

BEING VALUED AS EDUCATED MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

HOW DO YOU-- HOW DO YOU EFFECTIVELY CHANGE THOSE

CULTURAL OBSTACLES, RATHER THAN JUST PROVIDING OPPORTUNITY, HOW

DO YOU MAKE SURE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARE TAKEN

ADVANTAGE OF IN COUNTRIES THAT MAY NOT ORDINARILY OFFER THEM?

>> THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

AND WE KNOW WE HAVE TO BE ON THE GROUND.

BECAUSE YOU CAN'T CHANGE CULTURE IF YOU'RE NOT A PART OF THE

CULTURE.

AND THE PEACE CORPS HAS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE.

WE HAVE PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS WORKING ON "LET GIRLS LEARN"

INITIATIVES ON THE GROUND, IN A COMMUNITY, IN A VILLAGE, FOR UP

TO TO TO YEARS, REALLY UNDERSTANDING THE CULTURAL

ISSUES, DEVELOPING LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR NOT JUST

THE GIRLS BUT THEIR PARENTS.

SO YOU HAVE TO TAKE EACH COMMUNITY WHERE THEY ARE.

THERE'S NO ONE SOLUTION TO THAT.

THIS PROBLEM, WHICH IS WHAT MAKES IT SO COMPLICATED-- EVERY

COMMUNITY IS DIFFERENT.

SO AWARENESS AND ENGAGEMENT IS CRITICAL.

BUT WE'RE GRATEFUL TO THE PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS OUT THERE DOING

THE HARD WORK ON THE GROUND.

>> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND, RIGHT HERE IN THE AUDIENCE--

AND, JIM, IF WE COULD GET A SHOT OF THIS-- THERE ARE SOME YOUNG

LADIES IN THE FRONT ROW HERE.

>> YES.

>> Stephen: WHO ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN PART OF THIS PROGRAM FROM

MALAWI, JORDAN.

PAKISTAN.

( APPLAUSE ) ( CHEERS )

>> THEY-- THEY SPOKE SO ELOQUENTLY.

THEY TOLD THEIR STORIES AT AN EVENT THAT YOU HELPED TO HOST

YESTERDAY HERE.

>> Stephen: ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL EVENT HERE IN NEW YORK

CITY.

>> ON BROADWAY.

TO HELP RAISE AWARENESS.

WE HELD IT FOR THE SPOUSES OF THE WORLD LEADERS OF THE U.N.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

IT WAS A MIXTURE OF STORIES AND, YOU KNOW, INSPIRATION FROM THESE

GIRLS, AND EMPOWERING MUSIC FROM SOME OF THE TOP BROADWAY STARS.

AND WE HAD THIS HAND SUSPECT YOUNG MAN HERE HELPING US KEEP

IT ALL TOGETHER.

AND I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT, NOT JUST YESTERDAY, BUT

ON EVERYTHING YOU DO ON ISSUES THAT YOU DON'T JUST SPEAK OUT

ON.

YOU DON'T JUST MAKE US LAUGH.

BUT YOU KNOW ABOUT THESE ISSUES, AND YOU CARE ABOUT THEM.

AND THAT'S WHY I LIKE YOU.

>> Stephen: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IT WAS AN HONOR TO BE INVITED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THERE'S A DOCUMENTARY, THERE'S A DOCUMENTARY THAT CNN IS GOING TO

HAVE ON CALLED: "WE WILL RISE" A CNN FILM THAT FOLLOWED YOU ON

A TRIP TO LIBERIA.

>> MARAKESH AND MADRID.

>> Stephen: AND WE HAVE A CAN CLIP RIGHT HERE.

JIM.

>> YOU'RE IMPORTANT IN YOUR OWN RIGHT.

PEOPLE WANT AND NEED TO VALUE YOU BECAUSE OF WHO YOU ARE

BECAUSE OF YOUR STORY, BECAUSE OF YOUR CHALLENGES.

THAT'S WHAT MAKES YOU UNIQUE.

YOU KNOW?

YOU WANT TO BE DIFFERENT.

YOU WANT TO BE SPECIAL.

THE FACT THAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO OVERCOME CHALLENGES-- AND

THIS IS WHAT I ALWAYS THOUGHT-- THAT MADE ME SMARTER.

THAT MADE ME BETTER, RIGHT?

BECAUSE I COULD OVERCOME THINGS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WERE IN

THE THE SAME POSITION NEVER HAD TO OVERCOME.

>> YEAH.

( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WELL, THANK YOU SO

MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

IT'S ALWAYS AN HONOR TO TALK TO YOU.

AND I HOPE WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO HAVE YOU BACK AGAIN ONCE YOU

LEAVE THE WHITE HOUSE, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND

WILL NOT STOP TRYING TO MAKE A CHANGE IN THE WORLD.

>> NO, ABSOLUTELY.

>> Stephen: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU, STEPHEN.

>> Stephen: "WE WILL RISE: MICHELLE OBAMA'S MISSION TO

EDUCATE GIRLS AROUND THE WORLD" PREMIERES OCTOBER 11 ON CNN.

TO FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN HELP SUPPORT GIRLS' EDUCATION, GO TO

letgirlslearn.gov.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH AMERICA FERRERA.