Vice President Al Gore and Retired General Colin Powell say Minnesota is at the forefront of an effort to improve the lives of at-risk young people. The two spoke to about fourteen-hundred Minnesota teens and adults at a statewide summit in Minneapolis yesterday. The event was part of the Minnesota Alliance With Youth - the state's follow-up to last year's presidents' summit in Philadelphia. Minnesota Public Radio's Laura McCallum reports... A high-energy crowd of volunteers got pumped up for the vice-presidential visit with a performance by "Hip Deep" - a group of summit participants and professional entertainers. A member of Moore by Four led a Gore tribute... (bring up music - "Not a second banana, he's usually chipper, the reason we're told - he's married to Tipper...")