BERMAN: We're about to show you some live pictures from the White House where you see President Obama there holding a ceremony along with a different president, former President Bill Clinton, to commemorate 20 years of the founding of AmeriCorps.</s>PEREIRA: Yeah. President Bill Clinton was in office when AmeriCorps started. He's speaking now. Why don't we listen in?</s>BILL CLINTON, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: It's hard to find any program anywhere with those kind of numbers. Unbelievably enough, it may be the impact on people like our other speakers, not the president and me, that is most important. 66 percent of AmeriCorps volunteers, 66 percent chose public service as a career. And virtually three-quarters of them continue to be regular weekly volunteers. What a difference you have made. I know this is a difficult time. I know all Americans pray for our president and our men and women in uniform and the missions they are now undertaking. But this is no time to be pessimistic about America's future. Look at you. Look at the rainbow of diversity united to advance our common humanity. That is the secret of our future. It is more important than our energy resources. It is more important even than solar and wind resources. It is more important than anything else. It is what is in your heart and your ability to advance the common good. Until my last day on earth, I will be grateful that I had a chance to start AmeriCorps. Thank you and God bless you.</s>PEREIRA: An important statement about volunteerism. I was listening to the numbers we got earlier. 900,000 people spent more than 1.2 billion volunteer hours in AmeriCorps doing work in communities to build a strong environment and a strong world and a strong nation.</s>BERMAN: You've seen them around the country. It's a wonderful people. A lot of people have gone through that.</s>PEREIRA: A lot of them in the audience.</s>BERMAN: We are waiting on President Obama to speak. We'll take a short break and be right back.
Bill Clinton, Obama Celebrate AmeriCorps at White House