last night Little Caesars arena was
packed not for pistons game the lady the
hour who none other than former First
Lady Michelle Obama
yeah it was there for her book tour I
think it was much more packed than a
typical Pistons or Red Wings it was sold
out no it was so many people there was
amazing becoming is the name of her book
it has sold nearly 3 million copies this
year it is now a best-seller in fact the
best-selling book of 2018 and last
night's event was part of her stadium
tour where she is traveling across the
country and it's billed as an instrument
conversation with a former first lady
and it certainly is she's so relatable
and down-to-earth she discussed her
journey growing up in the south side of
Chicago and also told the younger
generations that it's okay to struggle I
want young kids to understand that
that's what makes them special it's that
struggle it's that climb it's the
journey to become it's not when you
arrive at something and that's the end
it's that whole journey and you should
own it with pride be proud of it put it
out there it's part of your story yeah
it certainly is and she talked about her
journey she's you know said that she was
just a typical ordinary young girl with
an extraordinary journey the book tour
has become so successful that last night
she announced she's adding more dates
she's traveling to 21 new places across
North America and making stops in Europe
as well very very busy but before the
show check she made a surprise stop yeah
at the Motown museum so let's send
things over to Jason Carr for more on or
turn out to be a very memorable day for
these Wayne State University students
can you imagine I mean the media knew
about it but the young men from Wayne
State certainly were not expecting it a
surprise visit from the former first
lady and just wait until you see their
reactions like actor and Detroiter
keegan-michael key and New York Knicks
VP Craig Robinson holding court at the
Motown museum you just have to train
yourself
to do it all the time and if you do it
one day you can do it the next do it the
next and eventually you get to that
thing right where you've done something
21 days in a row
and you're well on your way to forming
it happen it was a discussion with 15
male students from Wayne State about the
issues they faced as young men of color
being a first-generation college student
and there's so much pressure on me
you're not gonna be number one in the
class but she's not gonna be number one
thousand either just think about that
and then a guest showed up the boys were
not expecting the reaction of the young
man closest to the door Michelle Obama
former first lady and also Robinson's
sister stayed for the discussion like
the same way what were these
conversations like there's a bunch of
people in green
so just for funsies can we see the
students surprised reaction one more
time an important message that's really
nice she got so many nuggets last night
- at Little Caesars Arena it was just a
great experience and just a diverse
group of so many mostly women in the
audience but she's just as able to
relate with all walks of life and that's
part of her message - is like you know
there might be a lot of different things
that divide us but we have so much more
in common if we work together though all
those kids at Motown museum stayed
incredibly calm I would have fangirled
out of your chair you had to of you know
this is the former first lady you know
what a great experience