New Video: Our Kevin Frazier sat down with "CSI: NY" star Hill Harper to talk about Harper's longtime pal -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama!

Harper, who's known Obama since their days as classmates at Harvard Law School, weighed in on the recent controversy involving Jesse Jackson making rude comments about Obama. He was diplomatic, saying, "First of all, the comments were very unfortunate." He went on to say, "Barack accepted his apology and we all make mistakes."

"Worrying about what every person says about him is something that I think any candidate, whether it's Barack [or his competitor John McCain], has to shield themselves from," Harper said.

Harper called Obama "an amazing leader" and went on to proclaim, "If those of us do our work and he gets elected … he will go down eight years from now as one of the greatest presidents of all time."

Harper created the MANifest Your Destiny Foundation, which mentors underserved young men and women, and has branched out into a writing career -- he recently followed up his best-selling book, Letters to a Young Brother: MANifest Your Destiny, with Letters to a Young Sister: DeFINE Your Destiny, which includes essays by Michelle Obama, actresses Gabrielle Union and Sanaa Lathan, and singers Ciara and Eve. For more information visit www.manifestyourdestiny.org.