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Death of a boy in a story. if there is a super human aspect to being black in america, it's perhaps a super human ability to deal with the pain, sadness and trauma tied to being black in america. me, i'm numb and all cried out and living in a country where studies show over and over and over that blacks and whites see the world entirely differently, such that we're living in separate universes. a world where we don't entirely agree on the humanity of black people. and i don't see the way forward. and the michael brown situation, we have lived through a major moment in american history and mass...

Claim to america that was not just shakespearean and biblical, it was woody guthrie. it was wonderful. it was a statement of americanism for the 20th century. i thought it was spectacular. i'll tell you one thing, nobody's perfect. but that speech went beyond, it went beyond human ability at some point there to something truly inspired. it was something else. we're not going to hear another one of those speeches again for a while. >> let me bring you in, eugene. earlier today, congressman john lewis reminded those and i don't know how you could forget the circumstances of the time that led the...

Clinton. who's on your wish list. >> i don't know where to start. this is great. let's do it. maya apg lingelou. i won't to go do the iditarod. i'm canadian. i want to go up there and see what it takes to do that. that, to me, seems the ultimate in pushing human ability and strength and intestinal fortitude to the edge. >> okay. michaela at the iditarod. you heard it here first, ladies and gentlemen. let's talk about this show, "new day." tell me what to expect. what do you have up your sleeve the first week? >> wow. okay, first off, you have not had a chance and i got to see it today, rehears...

For example, right? bank robbers who were idolized in so many ways. that was before facebook and twitter and before all that. is this really just a continuation of that, or is there something actually different in society today, or is this just sort of the way things are and we are reminded about it every once in a while when there is a big crime spree? >> we are tapping into the human ability to tell a story, and the human ability, for instance to be moved by acts of, well, you know, some kind of brazen violence, even if it's against the authorities. but bonnie and clyd had a long run and thi...

>> i'll make you a bet and i'm confident i'll win it. though i haven't met them. my bet is that they're completely different from each other. aren't they? >> yes. you win. >> exactly. the basic truth of the matter is that all children are different just in the way that all adults are different. human ability and aptitude and passions are tremendously diverse. >> despite that basic truth, america's education system approaches children as if they're all the same. it was originally designed to meet the needs of industrialism in the 19th century. and it hasn't really changed. if you think about it...