$100,000 IN KICKBACKS. >> DEVIN: ALL RIGHT, MARA.
WE’RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH THE
BEST POSSIBLE BREAKING NEWS FROM
CAMPUS MARTIUS.
CAMPUS MARTIUS. WHAT A MOMENT FOR THE DETROIT
YOUTH CHOIR JUST A FEW MINUTES
AGO.
AGO. >> ONE MILLION DOLLARS!
>> I HOPE YOU WERE WATCHING
THIS LIVE AS IT HAPPENED JUST A
SHORT TIME AGO ON LOCAL 4.
THE DETROIT YOUTH CHOIR GETTING
ITS OWN ONE MILLION DOLLARS
PRIZE THEY THOUGHT THEY MISSED
OUT ON ON AGT.
THEY WERE THE WINNERS IN OUR
HEARTS AND NOW THEY’VE GOT THE
MONEY TO MATCH.
>> KAREN: AN IMPRESSIVE STORY
AND A LOOK AT THE FACES AND
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING MOMENT.
LET’S GET RIGHT BACK OUT TO
CAMPUS MARTIUS PARK AND OUR
KIMBERLY GILL AND PAULA TUTMAN,
WHAT AN AFTERNOON, LADIES.
>> KIMBERLY: YEAH, HI KAREN AND
DENVER, GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU.
I WAS SO PROUD OF THE CITY.
>> PAULA: AMAZING.
>> KIMBERLY: AMAZING ISN’T THE
WORD FOR IT.
BEING OUT IN L.A. I WAS A LITTLE
BIT IN A COCOON.
>> PAULA: IN A COCOON, WE WERE
GOING NUTS.
GOING NUTS. >> KIMBERLY: TO SEE THE LOVE AND
THE PURPLE, IT’S JUST AMAZING.
>> PAULA: DID YOU GET A CHANCE
TO LOOK AT THE CROWD WHEN THEY
WERE DANCING AND SINGING AND
DOING THE STEPS?
IT WAS LIKE A RED WINGS
CELEBRATION, WASN’T IT.
>> KIMBERLY: A MAJOR SPORTS TEAM
CELEBRATION, YOU’RE RIGHT.
IT’S ELECTRIFYING.
IT’S ELECTRIFYING. >> PAULA: IT WAS INCREDIBLE.
YOU WERE ON STAGE, BUT I WAS AT
A FAN PAGE WHERE THEY MADE THE
ONE MILLION DOLLARS ENDOWMENT
FOR THE KIDS NOT MAKING THEM
SILVER, BUT GOLD.
>> KIMBERLY: THAT’S RIGHT.
>> PAULA: YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN
THEIR FOISTS, INCREDIBLE.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> UNDER THE BRIGHTEST OF LIGHTS
WITH THE EYES OF THE WORLD ON
YOU, YOU SHOWED EVERYONE THE
TALENT, THE INTELLIGENCE AND THE
DEDICATION OF THE YOUTH OF
DETROIT.
DETROIT. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE
DONE!
DONE! >> WE HAVE POOLED OUR RESOURCES
TO ESTABLISH A FUND THROUGH THE
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AND IN JUST
A MATTER OF DAYS WE PULLED
TOGETHER AN IMPRESSIVE AMOUNT
TOTALLING -- COULD I GET A DRUM
ROLL, PLEASE?
ROLL, PLEASE? WHERE IS THE BAND?
ONE MILLION DOLLARS!
(CHEERS)
(CHEERS) (CHEERS)
(CHEERS) >> THIS ORGANIZATION FOR MORE
THAN 20 YEARS, YOU MEAN SO MUCH
TO THESE STUDENTS.
>> HARD WORK, SACRIFICE.
>> WE GOT A MILLION DOLLARS.
>> IT’S SURREAL.
>> GOING THROUGH MY MIND, IT
CAN’T BE.
CAN’T BE. IT’S NOT POSSIBLE, NO WAY!
AND THEN SHE FINALLY SAID IT AND
THEN NOW THERE’S JUST A FEELING
LIKE, WOW, WE DID IT ANYWAY!
>> A MILLION DOLLARS FOREVER!
THIS IS AMAZING.
THIS MEANS SO MUCH TO ME, I LOVE
YOU, DETROIT.
YOU, DETROIT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
>> I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE IN
THAT TINY CHURCH IN THE BASEMENT
AND IT WAS SUCH A SMALL GROUP
LIKE 12 OF US AND NOW, IT’S 52
PLUS OF US AND WORKING SO HARD
WITH EVERYBODY BEHIND US AND I
JUST WANT TO THANK YOU.
>> WASN’T THAT INCREDIBLE?
>> INCREDIBLE.
>> INCREDIBLE. >> WASN’T THAT AMAZING?
WE DID IT ANYWAY AND OF COURSE
WE KNEW THEY DID IT.
>> WE KNEW IT.
EVEN WHEN THE MONUMENT WAS MADE,
AND I THINK THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE
KNEW THAT CODY LEE WAS GOING TO
GO AHEAD AND WIN BECAUSE HE HAD
SO MUCH OF AMERICA’S SUPPORT,
BUT DETROIT MOVED THE NEEDLE.
I MEAN, TO GET THEM THAT FAR AND
TO COME HOME, THEY ARE
CHAMPIONS.
CHAMPIONS. >> PAULA: ABSOLUTELY,
ABSOLUTELY.
ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT, SO, OBVIOUSLY A LOT
MORE TO COME.
ARE YOU CRYING.
>> KIMBERLY: I KNOW.
>> PAULA: IT’S HARD AND YOU’RE
EXHAUSTED.
EXHAUSTED. AND COMING UP AT 6:00.
WE WANT TO EXPLAIN WHAT THE
ENDOWMENT IS AND WHO MADE IT
POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE. IT WAS A YEOMAN’S DUTY TO PULL
TOGETHER ONE MILLION DOLLARS IN
A MATTER OF DAYS.
GREAT JOB IN CALIFORNIA.
>> KIMBERLY: THANK YOU.
>> PAULA: GREAT JOB ON THE
STAGE.
STAGE. >> KIMBERLY: DETROIT IS SO
PHILANTHROPIC, WE’LL SEND IT
BACK TO YOU.
>> DEVIN: I LOVE HEARING
SOMEBODY SO YOUNG TALKING ABOUT
HOW IT WAS IN THE OLD DAYS WHEN
WE WERE IN THE BASEMENT OF THAT
CHURCH.
CHURCH. [LAUGHTER]
[LAUGHTER] >> THAT WAS SO GREAT.
FANTASTIC!
FANTASTIC! ALL RIGHT, YOU GUYS, WE’LL BE
BACK TO YOU AGAIN, SOON.