. >> ambassador ciu tiankai, ambassador to the u.s. >> stay with us. ♪ >> i do not care about the surfacewhat i really care about is that infinity. they will tell us children, every minute is the minute to begin it. >> kate tempest is here. she is a british poet. she recently identified herself as a wrapper. she has performed in a show that is about violence and the trail. she writes in the new york times as tempest, gorgeous words flow out. the contrary story so vivid it's as if you had a state of the art blue ray player stuck into your brain, projecting image after image that sears itself into your consciousness. how do you like that? [laughter] that is what you said. you can catch her show in brooklyn through january 19. here is a look at the opening sequence. >> in the old days, the myths with the stories we use to explain ourselves. how can we explain the way we hate ourselves? the things we have made ourselves into? the way we break ourselves into the way we overcomplicate ourselves. we are still mystical. we are still permanently trapped somewhere between the heroic and the pitiful