>> Braude: TONIGHT ON "GREATER BOSTON:" WE ALREADY KNOW THE NEXT MAYOR OF BOSTON WILL MAKE HISTORY, BUT WE'RE JUST HOURS AWAY FROM NARROWING THE FIELD DOWN TO TWO.

AND "BOSTON GLOBE" COLUMNIST ADRIAN WALKER JOIN ME AN HOUR BEFORE THE POLLS CLOSE ON TODAY'S PRELIMINARY ELECTION.

THEN, LATER, WE'LL HEAR FROM A FORMER AFGHAN INTERPRETER FOR THE U.S. MILITARY, NOW IN THE U.S., WHO WORRIES THE TALIBAN WILL KILL THE FAMILY HE'S LEFT BEHIND.

AND, FINALLY, BOSTON-BASED HIP-HOP VIOLINIST RHETT PRICE, OF INTERNET-SENSATION SUBWAY VIOLINIST FAME, ON HIS NEW COLLABORATION WITH BEN & JERRY'S TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE PINE STREET INN.

AND HE'LL PLAY.

♪♪ >> Braude: IT'S DECISION DAY IN SEVERAL COMMUNITIES ACROSS MASSACHUSETTS, WHERE THE POLLS WILL SOON BE CLOSING FOR PRELIMINARY ELECTIONS, INCLUDING A NUMBER OF MAYORAL RACES IN SOMERVILLE, EVERETT, AND, OF COURSE, BOSTON, WHERE AN HISTORIC FIELD OF DEMOCRATS WILL BE NARROWED DOWN TO TWO.

EARLIER TODAY, ALL FIVE MADE THEIR FINAL PITCHES TO VOTERS ON BOSTON PUBLIC RADIO.

>> I'M THE CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR THAT IS MOST READY TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AND MAKE THE CHANGES THAT BOSTONIANS WANT TO SEE IN OUR CITY.

WE CAN GET IT DONE TOGETHER.

>> I'M READY TO LEAD THE CITY.

I LOOK FORWARD TO LEADING THE CITY, AND I HOPE TO DO IT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON.

>> I'VE LIVED THE VERY INEQUITIES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

BUT I'M MORE THAN A LIVED-EXPERIENCE.

I COME WITH A SIGNIFICANT RECORD OF ACCOMPLISHMENT ON CREATING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IMPROVING OUR BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND DEALING WITH THE OPIOID CRISIS IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.

>> WE'VE DONE AMAZING WORK TOGETHER OVER THE LAST FIVE MONTHS.

IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT WE CANNOT GO BACK TO THE WAY THINGS WERE.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE WE ARE CREATING A STRONGER BOSTON TOGETHER.

>> I KNOW THE GAPS IN BOSTON, BUT I ALSO HAVE A DECADE OF EXPERIENCE IN CITY HALL, KNOWING HOW TO GET THINGS DONE AND KNOWING HOW MUCH IS POSSIBLE IF WE BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO CONFRONT OUR -- OUR DEEPEST CHALLENGES.

>> Braude: IT'S BEEN A TIGHT RACE FOR WEEKS, AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE WATCHING, NOT JUST IN BOSTON BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

JOINING ME TO DISCUSS ARE WE'RE ALSO JOINED BY ADRIAN WALKER, COLUMNIST FOR "THE BOSTON GLOBE."

AND GBH REPORTER ADAM REILLY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

ADRIAN, LET ME START WITH YOU, I ASSUME EVERYBODY KNOWS THE MAYORS OF BOSTON HAVE ALWAYS BEEN WHITE MEN, AND REGARDLESS OF THE TWO FINAL CANDIDATES, ULTIMATELY PEOPLE WILL HAVE ELECTED A PERSON OF COLOR FOR THE FIRST TIME.

WHAT DOES THAT FACT IN AND OF ITSELF MEAN FOR THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON?

>> I REMEMBER WORKING ON THE SPOTLIGHT SERIES IN 2017, AND AT THAT POINT, BOSTON WAS ONE OF THE FEW MAJOR CITIES IN THE AMERICA THAT ONLY HAD EVER ELECTED WHITE MEN AS MAYORS.

SO NIS THIS IS AN HISTORIC MOMENT, NO MATTER HOW IT PLAYS OUT.

I THINK IT IS A REALLY BIG DEAL.

>> Braude: I WANT TO GET BACK TO YOUR SPOTLIGHT WORK IN A MINUTE, BUT DOES IT MATTER WHO ARE THE FINALISTS ARE?

THERE ARE THREE BLACK CANDIDATES IN THIS RACE, ADRIAN.

NONE MAY NOT MAKE THE FINAL.

THAT WU AND ESSAIBI GEORGE COULD BE THE FINALISTS.

HOW WOULD THAT AFFECT THE CALCULUS?

>> IF THAT HAPPENS, THAT WILL BE AN NORM DISAPPOINTMENT, PARTICULARLY TO AN ENTIRE GENERATION OF BLACK ACTIVISTS.

REGARDLESS, I THINK WE'RE AT A MOMENT WHERE WE SEE THE POLITICS IN THE CITY HAVE CHANGED IN A WAY WE CAN NEVER GO BACK.

>> Braude: DO YOU AGREE, ADAM, THAT THINGS HAVE CHANGED DRAMATICALLY, EVEN IF NONE OF THE BLACK FINAL IT'SFINALISTS MAKE THE FINAL TWO?

>> I WOULD AGREE.

BUT I AM ALREADY BRACING MYSELF FOR WHAT THE NATIONAL MEDIA NARRATIVE IS GOING TO BE IF IT IS WU AND ESSAIBI GEORGE FINAL.

IF YOU HAD THREE BLACK CANDIDATES NOT MAKE IT THROUGH, INCLUDING THE ACTING MAYOR WHO RECEIVED A TON OF NATIONAL ATTENTION FOR BECOMING THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO LEAD THE CITY AT LENGTH.

I THINK THE FINER PEOPLE WILL GO, THERE YOU GO, BOSTON DID IT AGAIN.

THEY WOULDN'T ELECT A BLACK MAYOR.

IT MAY NOT BE A FAIR TAKE-AWAY, BUT I THINK THAT IS THE CLAIM A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL COME TO IF THAT IS THE OUTCOME.

>> Braude: IF WE CAN STAY ON THAT NOTE FOR A SECOND, ADRIAN, I WAS DYING TO TALK TO YOU MONTHS AND MONTHS AGO WHEN YOU WROTE A PIECE ABOUT THE EFFORT TO RALLY BEHIND ONE BLACK CANDIDATE.

YOU TALKED ABOUT IT AS "UGLY POLITICS," WERE YOUR WORDS.

I NODDED IN AGREEMENT, AND THEN I SAID TO MYSELF, EVERYBODY I KNOW THANKS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FINE IF IN THE RACE TO SUCCEED JOE KENNEDY THE PROGRESSIVES HAD ALL UNITED BEHIND ONE CANDIDATE, WITH THE NOTION THAT JAKE AUKENCLOS WAS -- WHY WERE PEOPLE SAYING THAT WAS OKAY, BUT THE EFFORT TO UNITE BEHIND ONE BLACK CANDIDATE WAS NOT?

>> LET'S REMEMBER THAT CAMPBELL WAS IN THIS RACE EVEN BEFORE MART MARTY WALSH.

I DON'T THINK SHE SHOULD HAVE TO GET OUT OF THIS RACE TO MAKE WAY FOR KIM JANEY, WHICH, TO BE CLEAR, IS WHAT PEOPLE WERE CALLING FOR.

I THINK SHE HAS RUN A GOOD RACE, AND IT PLAYS OUT THE WAY IT DOES.

>> Braude: BUT IF IT HAD NOT BEEN A PRO-JANEY EFFORT, ACCORDING TO YOU, BUT A UNITE AROUND ONE CANDIDATE EFFORT, WOULD YOU HAVE FELT DIFFERENTLY?

>> I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD HAVE FELT DIFFERENTLY, BUT MY FUNDAMENTAL FEELING IS EVERYBODY WHO WANTS TO RUN SHOULD RUN.

EVERYBODY IS QUALIFIED.

WHEN RACHAEL ROLLINS RAN FOR D.A.

A FEW YEARS AGO, THERE WAS THE SAME UNDERCURRENT THAT THE OTHER PROGRESSIVES SHOULD GET OUT AND RALLY BEHIND ROLLINS.

ROLLINS RAN A GREAT CAMPAIGN AND BEAT EVERYBODY.

>> Braude: SO, ADAM, ADRIAN THINKS MY ANALOGY STINKS.

DO YOU THINK THE SAME THING, OR NO?

>> NATURALLY AS A SUPPORTIVE COLLEAGUE, I'M MORE FAVORABLE WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR ANALOGY.

BUT I'M SAYING THIS AS A WHITE MAN: THERE IS SOMETHING PROBLEMATIC ABOUT THE ASSUMPTION BECAUSE YOU CHECK OFF A PARTICULAR DEMOGRAPHIC BOX, YOU THEREFORE CAN BE EXPECTED TO VOTE A CERTAIN WAY.

IT IS ALMOST DETERMINISTIC.

I WAS TALKING TO KELLY, AND SHE WAS SAYING THAT THE IMPOSED PREMISE TO GET PEOPLE TO UNITE BEHIND ONE BLACK CANDIDATE -- THE PREMISE IS THERE IS ONE BLACK VOTE COMPARED TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF BOSTON.

I THINK SHE IS RIGHT ABOUT THAT.

THAT BEING SAID, I'M TALKING OUT OF BOTH SIDES OF MY MOUTH BECAUSE I'M REALLY WORRIED NOT JUST WHAT THE NATIONAL TAKE-AWAY WILL BE IF NO BLACK CANDIDATE MAKES IT THROUGH, BUT WHAT THE LOCAL TAKE-AWAY WILL BE AS WELL.

>> Braude: I WANT TO DWELL ONE MORE TIME ON THE NATIONAL TAKE-AWAY, ADRIAN.

THAT PIECE YOU DID ABOUT RACISM IN BOSTON CURRENTLY AS OPPOSED TO HISTORICALLY, ALSO HAD A POLL THAT WAS DONE IN IT WHERE BLACK AMERICANS WERE ASKED ABOUT WHICH WAS THE LEAST WELCOMING OF, I BELIEVE, EIGHT MAJOR AMERICAN CITIES.

AND BOSTON TOPPED OR BOTTOMED THE LIST, AS THE LEAST WELCOMING.

HOW THAT CHANGES IS A FUNCTION OF WHO THE TWO FINALISTS ARE, IS IT NOT?

>> ABSOLUTELY, IT IS.

I THINK ADAM IS RIGHT ABOUT WHAT THE NATIONAL NARRATIVE WILL BE.

THIS IS WHY MSNBC WILL BE SAYING TOMORROW: BOSTON HAD A BLACK ACTING MAYOR AND SHE LASTED A FEW MONTHS AND VOTERS MOVED ON.

>> Braude: ADRIAN, TODAY MARGERY EAGAN AND I WERE TALKING ON THE RADIO, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS DISAPPOINTING TO ME IS BILL GALVIN WAS THE SECRETARY OF STATE, AND HE USUALLY IS PRETTY GOOD MAKING PREDICTIONS ABOUT TURNOUT, AND SUGGESTING THAT THE TURNOUT IN THIS ELECTION WOULD BE LOWER THAN THE 2013ELECTION THAT ULTIMATELY LED TO MARTY WALSH BECOMING MAYOR.

I HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO ANYBODY WHO DOESN'T THINK, TO DO A DOUBLE NEGATIVE, THAT THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY TALENTED FIELD OF FIVE PEOPLE.

WHY ARE VOTERS NOT RESPONDING IN GREATER NUMBERS?

>> I THINK THERE IS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF GENERAL POLITICAL FATIGUE.

I THINK WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC STILL.

I THINK IT IS COMPETING FOR ATTENTION WITH THINGS LIKE THE START OF SCHOOL, AND IT HAS NOT GALVANIZED VOTERS IN THE WAY ONE MIGHT HAVE HOPED.

>> Braude: ARE YOU BUYING THAT THESIS, ADAM REILLY?

>> I THINK THAT THE PANDEMIC FATIGUE PIECE IS VERY REAL.

BUT THERE IS THIS LONG-STANDING, DISHONORABLE TRADITION IN THE CITY OF BOSTON OF NOT THAT MANY PEOPLE CARING ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY GET TO THE POLLS.

THE TURNOUT IN THE PRELIMINARY ELECTION, IN 2013, WHERE IN THE END MARTY WALSH AND JOHN CONLEE GOT THE FINAL, THE TURNOUT WAS 30%.

GALVIN WAS SAYING IT WILL BE UNDER 30% CARING ENOUGH TO COME OUT TO VOTE.

I DO THINK IT IS KIND OF DISPIRITED.

BECAUSE WHILE THE POLITICAL FATIGUE THAT ADRIAN TALKS ABOUT IS VERY, VERY REAL, HERE THE RESIDENTS OF BOSTON GET TO PICK SOMEONE WHO HAS INCREDIBLE POWER, SHAPING THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCE AS BOSTON RESIDENTS, AND I WOULD WANT TO CAST THAT VOTE IF I HAD IT.

>> Braude: SO WHAT I. I WANT TO QUOTE YOU AGAIN TO YOU, IF I MAY, ADRIAN, ABOUT HOW PEOPLE ARE DECIDING THIS RACE.

RIGHT BEFORE THE TWO DEBATES, ONE OF WHICH, THE B.U.

R. GLOBE DEBATE, YOU WROTE: DEBATES ARE SELDOM DECISIVE, BUT THESE CLEARLY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE."

WERE THEY?

IS THIS A RACE ABOUT ISSUES OR MORE ABOUT PERSONAL CONNECTIONS, IDENTITY?

HOW ARE PEOPLE DECIDING WHO THEY'RE VOTING FOR HERE?

>> YOU KNOW, IT IS ALWAYS A LIT OF ALL OF THE ABOVE.

BUT THESE ARE REALLY SUBSTANTIVE CANDIDATES WITH A LOT TO SAY ON THE ISSUES.

WHICH IS NOT, BY THE WAY, ALWAYS THE CASE.

I THINK WHERE THEY ARE ON ISSUES LIKE WHO IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE CITY, HOUSING ISSUES, TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, AND OTHER THINGS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT IN A WAY THEY AREN'T ALWAYS.

>> Braude: BUT AS IMPORTANT AS THEY MAY BE, CAN THE AVERAGE VOTER, EVEN HE OR SHE WHO IS TAKING THE RESPONSIBILITY AS A VOTER SERIOUSLY, THAT SOMEWHERE NEAR 30%, CAN THAT AVERAGE VOTER TELL THE DIFFERENCES ON THE ISSUES THAT MATTER OF MOST?

>> YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A RACE WHERE TWO, THREE, AND FOUR COULD BE THREE -- COULD BE SEPARATED BY THREE OR FOUR POINTS IF THE POLLS ARE TO BE BELIEVED.

COULD IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN A RACE THAT TIGHT?

YES, I THINK IT COULD.

>> Braude: IS THIS AN ISSUES-DRIVEN RACE FOR MOST?

>> I THINK IT DEPENDS, TO AN EXTENT, ON THE CANDIDATE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

YOU CAN, I THINK, DRAW SOME CLEAR DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN THE CANDIDATES.

YOU CAN ANY ANDREA CAMPBELL IS THE MOST AGGRESSIVE WHEN IT COMES TO POLICE REFORM.

MICHELLE WU IS THE MOST AGGRESSIVE WHEN IT COMES TO ENVIRONMENT.

ANNISSA ESSAIBI GEORGE IS ONE TO CHANGE THE WAY THE POLICE OPERATE SIMILARLY.

BUT WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT ALL OF THESE CANDIDATES' BIOGRAPHIES.

THAT IS HAS BEEN A STAPLE FOR ALL OF THEM, MAYBE WU MARGINALLY LESS THAN THE OTHERS, BUT THEY SPENT PLENTY OF TIME TALKING ABOUT WHO THEY ARE, WHERE THEY CAME, AND ABOUT THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCES.

I WILL ARGUE IT IS A MIX.

>> Braude: ADRIAN, I READ A PIECE BY JAMES PINDEL, TALKING ABOUT THREE ISSUES OR THINGS OR PEOPLE WHO REALLY WEREN'T MAJOR PARTS OF THIS CAMPAIGN, PROVING ONCE AGAIN THAT MY POWERS OF PREDICTION ARE NON-EXISTENT.

I THOUGHT THIS DEBATE WOULD BE, IN GREAT PART, ABOUT THE LEGACY OF WALSH, WHO DOES WALSH SUPPORT?

WHICH OF THE CANDIDATES IS WITH WALSH, WHO IS NOT?

WALSH WAS VIRTUALLY A NON-PRESENCE IN THE DEBATES AND DISCUSSIONS OF THE CANDIDATES IN THIS RACE, WAS HE NOT?

AND WHY?

>> YEAH, AND IT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I FOUND TO BE REALLY INTERESTING.

IN A SENSE, ESSAIBI GEORGE IS THE INHERITED OF SORT OF THE COALITION AND THE WORKING CLASS WHITE VOTERS THAT ELECTED WALSH.

BUT WALSH HIMSELF, AS A PERSONALITY AND HIS LEGACY, HAS NOT BEEN MUCH OF A PRESENCE IN THIS RACE.

AND IT SEEMS TO SAY MUCH ABOUT THE SMALL FOOTPRINTS HE LEFT WHEN HE LEFT THE OFFICE.

>> Braude: ESSAIBI GEORGE WENT OUT OF HER WAY IN HER CAMPAIGN TO ANNOUNCE THAT WALSH'S MOTHER WAS NOT ONLY VOTING FOR HER, BUT I THINK SHE WAS TAKING HER TO THE POLLS TO VOTE FOR HER.

>> YES.

>> Braude: I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO DO THIS, BUT IT IS 7:00, THE POLLS ARE CLOSING IN 45 MINUTES.

STARTING WITH YOU, ADRIAN, WHO MAKES THE FINAL?

>> WU AND ESSAIBI GEORGE.

>> Braude: WU AND ESSAIBI GEORGE.

HOW ABOUT YOU, ADAM REILLY.

WHO DO YOU THINK WILL MAKE IT?

>> EVERYBODY IS WILL THINK I'M COPYING ADRIAN, BUT I'M GOING TO MAKE THE SAME PREDICTION.

THE TURNOUT NUMBERS HAVE SHOWN BIG NUMBERS COMING OUT IN THE CITY'S MOST CONSERVATIVE WARDS.

I'LL SECOND ADRIAN PREDICTION.

>> Braude: GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, JIM.

>> THANKS.

>> Braude: AND, AGAIN, TUNE IN THIS FRIDAY FOR THE FIRST INSTALLMENT OF "ELECTION 2021: BOSTON'S RACE INTO HISTORY," IN WHICH ADAM REILLY AND OUR POLITICAL TEAM WILL TAKE A DEEP DIVE INTO THE HISTORIC MAYORAL RACE, WHY THE NATION IS WATCHING, AND THE BIGGEST ISSUES THE FINAL CANDIDATES WILL FACE.

IT ALL STARTS THIS FRIDAY AT 7:00, HERE ON GBH 2.

>>> TWO WEEKS SINCE AMERICAN TROOPS FORMALLY LEFT AFGHANISTAN, ALL EVACUEE FLIGHTS INTO THE U.S. ARE ON HOLD BECAUSE OF MULTIPLE MEASLES CASES THAT WERE DETECTED.

IT'S JUST THE LATEST PROBLEM IN THE CHAOTIC EFFORT TO GET THOSE MOST AT RISK UNDER THE TALIBAN OUT OF THE COUNTRY.

LIZ NEISLOSS RECENTLY SPOKE WITH A FORMER COMBAT INTERPRETER WHO WORRIES FOR THE LIVES OF FAMILY MEMBERS HE LEFT BEHIND.

>> Reporter: ON A SWELTERING DAY, AMIN JAFARI AND HIS WIFE, MASOOMA, BROUGHT THEIR THREE YOUNG CHILDREN TO A PARK FOR RELIEF FROM THE HEAT.

THE FAMILY CAME TO THE U.S. LAST YEAR, AND AMIN HAS A JOB WORKING OVERNIGHT STOCKING SHELVES IN A SUPERMARKET.

BACK IN AFGHANISTAN, HE WAS A LOCAL COMBAT INTERPRETER FOR THE U.S. ARMY.

>> IT'S MOST DANGEROUS JOB IN -- I CAN SAY IN FIRE FIGHT, AS A TRANSLATOR, BECAUSE THOSE ENEMY KNOWS.

SO WE ARE THE EAR OF THOSE PEOPLE, THE SOLDIER -- THE EYES AND LANGUAGE.

SO IF THEY DON'T KNOW THE LANGUAGE, THEY CANNOT FIND THEIR WAY.

THEY CANNOT FIND WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR.

>> Reporter: INTERPRETERS WORK AT THE RISK OF BEING IDENTIFIED BY THE ENEMY.

AND BECAUSE THEY ARE CIVILIANS, THEY MOVE AROUND UNARMED.

IN 2011, JAFARI WAS EMBEDDED WITH ARMY SERGEANT MAJOR TIM LARRINGTON'S UNIT IN NORTHWEST AFGHANISTAN.

>> MY LIVELIHOOD AND MY CAPABILITY OF SURVIVAL REALLY RELIES ON THEIR INTERPRETATION.

AND IF -- IF SOMETHING IS LOST IN THE DIALECT, IT COULD TURN VERY BAD VERY QUICKLY.

>> Reporter: BUT THERE WERE LIGHTER MOMENTS, TOO.

HERE, LARRINGTON READS A DR. SEUSS BOOK TO AN AFGHAN BOY AS JAFARI INTERPRETS.

LARRINGTON SAW HIS INTERPRETERS LIKE FAMILY BUT CAUTIONED THEM FROM THE START TO READY THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES FOR A U.S. WITHDRAWAL.

>> AND I KEPT TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO THEM, LOOK, ONCE WE START PULLING OUT, YOU GOT TO UNDERSTAND THINGS WILL CHANGE DRASTICALLY.

>> Reporter: BEING AN INTERPRETER WAS STEADY WORK AND THE BEST WAY HE COULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE EFFORT TO RID HIS COUNTRY OF THE TALIBAN, JAFARI SAID.

BUT AFTER SEVERAL YEARS, HE STARTED TO GET THREATS.

HE SAID LOCAL MILITIAS LABELED HIM A TRAITOR.

>> MY FAMILY LIFE BECOME IN DANGER BECAUSE OF MY JOB.

AND THEY WERE LOOKING FOR US, TO KILL US, BECAUSE WE HELP, YOU KNOW, COALITION FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN.

SO THAT'S WHY I DECIDE TO GET OUT OF COUNTRY BEFORE THEY GOING TO KILL ME OR MY FAMILY.

>> Reporter: IN 2017, HE REACHED OUT TO LARRINGTON FOR HELP.

IT TOOK THREE YEARS TO ARRANGE THE VISA, AND, AS AMIN FEARED, HIS EXTENDED FAMILY HAD TO BE LEFT BEHIND.

>> Reporter: MASOOMA'S DEEPLY WORRIED ABOUT HER SISTERS, ONE ABOUT TO BECOME A DENTIST, THE OTHER HOPING TO START UNIVERSITY.

NOW THEIR LIVES ARE IN JEOPARDY.

>> I'M KNOCKING EVERY DOOR TO, YOU KNOW, MOVE THEM OUT BECAUSE -- >> Reporter: TO BRING THEM.

>> YEAH.

THERE'S NO WAY THEY CAN STAY IN -- IN AFGHANISTAN.

IT'S OVER.

LIZ NES GBH NEWS.

>> Braude: CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF BOSTON HELPED SETTLE AMIN AND HIS FAMILY.

THEY'VE PARTNERED WITH COMBINED JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES TO SET UP AN AFGHAN RESETTLEMENT FUND FOR DONATIONS FOR THE OTHER EXPECTED ARRIVALS.

YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION AT CCAB.org/Afghanistan AND CJP.org.

>>> NEXT UP, IF YOU'VE EVER SPENT ANY TIME ON YouTube, YOU'VE LIKELY HEARD OF THE SUBWAY VIOLINISTS, WHO FIRST WENT VIRAL ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO THANKS TO THIS VIDEO.

♪♪ >> NOW HALF OF THAT DUO, RHETT PRICE, IS LAUNCHING A NEW PROJECT AIMED AT RAISING MONEY FOR A WORTHY CAUSE.

♪♪ >> Braude: THE SONG IS CALLED "PARTY ANIMAL."

THAT'S THE ACOUSTIC VERSION, BUT THERE'S A HIP-HOP ONE AS WELL, WHICH HE'S RELEASED IN A PARTNERSHIP WITH ICE CREAM GIANT BEN & JERRY'S.

ALL REVENUE FROM THE SONG'S SALES, AND A PORTION OF THE SALES FROM THE NEW "PARTY ANIMAL" ICE CREAM SUNDAE THROUGH OCTOBER 31 WILL GO TO PINE STREET INN, THE LARGEST HOMELESS SHELTER AND SERVICE PROVIDER IN NEW ENGLAND.

IT'S A CAUSE NEAR TO PRICE'S HEART, AND HE'LL TELL YOU WHY.

RHETT PRICE JOINS ME NOW.

>> Braude: RHETT, IT IS GREAT TO SEE YOU.

IT HAS BEEN A WHILE.

>> IT HAS BEEN A WHILE.

IT IS SO NICE TO SEE YOU.

>> Braude: REMIND THE AUDIENCE HOW A VIOLINIST, AND OCCASIONALLY HOMELESS SUBWAY VIOLINIST, BECAME A GUY VIEWED TENS OF MILLIONS OF TIMES ON YouTube?

>> HARD WORK AND A LOT OF LUCK.

THAT'S HOW IT HAPPENED, MAN.

I PUT ALL OF MY MONEY THAT I HAD AT THE TIME, WHICH WASN'T MUCH, LIKE 300 BUCKS, INTO A VIDEO.

I PAID A FILM STUDENT AND SHE CAME DOWN AND FILMED IT.

IN A WEEK, I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH NEW YORK POST, HUFFINGTON POST, "THE BOSTON GLOBE," AND THEN I MET YOU.

>> Braude: AND IT WAS ALL UPHILL OR DOWNHILL FROM THERE.

YOU WERE HOMELESS AT TIMES WHEN YOU WERE BEGINNING YOUR CAREER, WERE YOU NOT?

>> I WAS, YEAH.

AFTER BERKELEY, WHICH I COULDN'T GO TO FOR VERY LONG BECAUSE OF A LACK OF FUNDS,, YEAH, -- YEAH, ONE THING LED TO ANOTHER.

I SLEPT ON A FEW FRIENDS' COUCHES, AND I THOUGHT THIS IS NO BIG DEAL, BUT THEN I RAN OUT OF FRIENDS' COUCHES.

AND I THOUGHT, I'M IN TROUBLE.

AND THANKS TO YouTube, I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT OUT OF THAT.

I HAVE A PLACE FOR THAT IN MY HEART, AND THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO NOT ONLY PARTNER WITH BEN & JERRY'S TO DO SOME SORT OF CHARITY, TO TRY TO GIVE BACK, BUT TO SPECIFICALLY HELP WITH PINE STREET INN.

>> Braude: WE GET TO THE BEN & JERRY'S COLLABORATION, TELL PEOPLE WHO ARE SOME OF THE ARTISTS FOR WHOM YOU'VE PERFORMED FOR IN THE INTERVENING YEARS.

>> OH, YEAH.

I FIRST PERFORMED SERVICES FOR SOME CRAZY PEOPLE.

WE DID SOME PARTIES FOR -- I PLAYED AT THE MONTAGE IN L.A. FOR MATT DAMON.

I RECORDED SOME STUFF FOR TOM BRADY FOR A SUPER BOWL VIDEO.

STUFF LIKE THAT.

>> Braude: FROM GREATER BOSTON, AS YOU SAY, TO TOM BRADY, WHAT CAN I SAY.

EXPLAIN THE BEN & JERRY'S COLLABORATION.

HOW DID IT COME ABOUT?

>> WELL, BEN & JERRY'S IS DELICIOUS, FIRST OFF.

BUT, ALSO, I REMEMBER BACK WHEN I WAS AT BERKELEY, I REMEMBER THEM BEING VERY SUPPORTIVE OF LOCAL ARTISTS.

SO I REACHED OUT AND I WAS LIKE, HEY, I HAVE THIS NEW SONG COMING OUT.

I HAD THE IDEA OF COMING UP WITH MY OWN SUNDAE NAMED AFTER THE SONG.

WE BOTH -- WE HAD A LONG TALK I THOUGHT WAS GOING TO BE A TEN MINUTE TALK, AND IT ENDED UP BEING AN HOUR TALK.

THEY'RE A GREAT COMPANY AND GREAT GUYS.

THEY LOVE THE IDEA OF GIVING BACK AND GIVING TO CHARITY.

IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR US TO FIGURE THAT OUT, AND PINE STREET INN CAME IMMEDIATELY TO MIND.

>> Braude: BY THE WAY, IT IS CALLED "PARTY ANIMAL SUNDAE," AND RHETT IS GOING TO PLAY "PART ANIMAL" FOR ALL OF US AT THE END OF THE SHOW.

COMPLETE THE TRIANGLE.

DID YOU HAVE A PRIOR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PINE STREET INN.

LINNY DOWNEY, IS A LEGENDARY FIGURE.

>> PEOPLE MENTIONED PINE STREET INN TO ME AND I REMEMBERED THAT NAME BECAUSE -- I ACTUALLY NEVER WENT, BUT WHEN THEY SAY PINE STREET INN, I DON'T KNOW, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS PLACE WAS.

AND I WAS, LIKE, AN INN?

I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED.

IT WAS 50% CONFUSION, AND 50% OUT OF PRIDE, NO, IT IS NOT THAT BAD, I DON'T NEED THAT, AND I DID NEED THAT.

BUT SHE SAYS THEY RUN INTO THAT A LOT.

A LOT OF PEOPLE, OUT OF PRIDE, DON'T GET THE HELP THEY REALLY NEED.

>> Braude: I DON'T KNOW THIS FOR A FACT, BU I BUT I WOULD ASSUME ONE OF THE REASONS THEY CALL IT AN INN IS BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY TREAT THEIR PEOPLE, RESPECTFUL, THE BEST IN NEW ENGLAND AND BEYOND OUR BORDERS.

FROM THE SUBLIME TO THE IMPORTANT, WHAT IS A PARTY ANIMAL SUNDAE?

WHAT IS IT IN?

>> NICE AND SIMPLE AND DELICIOUS.

IT IS FISH FOOD ICE CREAM, WHICH HAS LITTLE CHOCOLATE FISH IN IT AND CARMEL SAUCE, WHIPPED CREAM, GUMMY BEARS AND RAINBOW SPRINKLES.

>> Braude: I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU LEFT OUT THE GOOEY MARSHMELLOWS.

>> OH, YEAH (laughing).

>> Braude: EXPLAIN THE DEAL, THROUGH NOW AND WHEN BOTH THE SUNDAES AND THE SALE OF YOUR NEW SONG WILL BENEFIT PINE STREET INN.

>> ORIGINALLY THEY WERE GOING TO JUST DO IT THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30th, AND THEN THEY EXTENDED IT.

SO THROUGH THE END OF OCTOBER.

AND I'M ALSO GOING TO EXTEND WHEN I'M GIVING BACK 100% OF THE PROCEEDS OF MY SONG AS WELL THROUGH THE END OF OCTOBER.

>> Braude: I SAW A STORY ABOUT -- YOU'RE FROM TEXAS, RIGHT?

>> I AM ORIGINALLY FROM TEXAS.

>> Braude: IS MIDLAND WHERE YOU ARE FROM?

>> I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU REMEMBERED IT, BUT I'M FROM MIDLAND.

>> Braude: I WAS READING A LITTLE MORE ABOUT YOU TO UPDATE MYSELF FOR TODAY, AND I NEVER HEARD THE VIOLIN PLAYED LIKE YOU PLAYED IT, THE FIRST TIME I HEARD IT ON THE VIDEO.

I KNOW YOU'RE FAIRLY MODEST, BUT TRY TO BE IMMODEST, IF YOU CAN.

IS THE WAY YOU PLAY CHANGING THE WAY KIDS SEE PLAYING THE VIOLIN?

>> I PLAYED IN VIRGINIA AT A SCHOOL, AND THE TEACHER SAID SHE COULDN'T GET ANYBODY TO PLAY THE VIOLIN, AND THEN I CAME AND PLAYED, AND THEN THEY HAD OVER 100 KIDS WANTING TO PLAY.

VIOLIN IS REALLY COOL, AND I WANT KIDS TO REALIZE THAT.

>> Braude: YOU GO, "PARTY ANIMAL SUNDAE" AS BEN & JERRY'S.

A PORTION OF THOSE PROCEEDS GO TO THE PINE STREET INN, AND 100% OF THE PROCEEDS FROM THAT PERIOD FROM YOUR SONG GO TO THAT?

>> 100%.

>> Braude: RHETT PRICE PRICE, THANKS SO MUCH.

ONE MORE TIME, YOU CAN FIND THE PARTY ANIMAL SUNDAE, AND PROBABLY ME, AT BEN & JERRY'S ICE CREAM STORES ACROSS WATERTON THROUGH OCTOBER 31st, AND YOU CAN BUY THE SONG ON APLE MUSIC WHERE, ONCE AGAIN, 100% OF THOSE TRACK SALES WILL BENEFIT PINE STREET INN.

THAT'S IT FOR TONIGHT.

WE'LL BE BACK TOMORROW.

THANKS FOR WATCHING AND PLEASE STAY SAFE.

AND WE'LL LEAVE YOU NOW WITH MORE FROM RHETT PRICE.

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