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All right. our mission possible today. you know what? sometimes we don't bring enough good news. we've got some new. look at that, honored and humbled. i don't know about the humbled part. i've been talking to this man for a few minutes here. but that's dionte bridges, a high school student out of atlanta. comes from one of the tougher neighborhoods here in the atlanta area. booker t. washington high school. he is now the first black male valedictorian at booker t. in some ten years, at least. this is a school that is predominantly black. his internet -- he became an internet sensation, becaus...

I know what the research says, the research says if you have better teachers and better quality of teachers the kids will succeed and i'm not going to argue with the numbers, but if that child goes home and education is a priority in that home, the kid is going to feel empowered, the children are going to feel empowered and they're going to want to work harder. i understand the political and the ideological arguments that occur between teachers and politicians but we have got to get back to the parents because it's about what's happening at home and what's important at home. that's what you sa...