k.j.ng the immense pressure as well. >> i think the kids liked me. i connected with them. >> reporter: k.j. started teaching at a charter school straight out of college, eventually moving into denver's public school system as a business teacher. >> i really wanted to have a positive impact on my community. because i didn't feel like, and i still don't feel like, you can change the world at large, but you can impact your local community. >> reporter: several family who were teachers themselves, - warned the 23-year-old to stay away from the profession, encouraging her to find another job that was more flexible with better pay. k.j. recently sat down with my colleague mireya villarreal. >> i think they're like, you can't keep what you like to do, living in colorado, on that salary. she was so exhausted all the time. she'd think, why would you go into a career like that? >> and you still did it? >> and i still did it. >> reporter: a year into her teaching career, the pandemic hit. educators w

quarterback k.j.e and the aggies go the rest of the way, 97 yards for the touchdown. fans thinking this is one of the wildest touchdowns we've ever seen. arkansas with a chance to one. the field goal attempt hit the top of the upright. are you kidding me? a&m holds on to win 23-21. >> mizzou quarterback looked desperate but auburn somehow recovers the bald in the end zone. as pete was reaching the ball out, it just slips out of his hand just before crossing the goal line. it capped off a wild 17-14 win for auburn. >> the mascot was the pancake. he gets absolutely steam rolled by a giant human powder. >> i hope you guys had a much better game than we did. >> soon we'll get some highlights on. i know you'll put them on. >> the next hour of "new day" starts now. >>> good morning. and welcome to your new day. i'm boris sanchez. >> and i'm amra walker. right now all eyes are on tropical storm ian as it pushes toward fliten it. >>> plus congresswoman liz cheney threatening t

no one lives in this america other then, i guess, k.j. emily: auntie kayleigh's point, brian, it doesn't matter what they want us to believe. because americans see their own reality and feel our own reality every day, and that looks like those horrifying videos on the screen we see every day of horrifying crime. >> brian: you can't lie and make stuff up on this one, because people like my life ride the subway, and she knows what it's like they are, and everybody across this country lives in places like chicago and l.a. and san francisco. so why they keep trying to lie and dissemble boggles my mind, except i just don't think they care that much about this one. this is an inconvenient issue for them, and they'd rather sweep it under the rug. and you can see it, and kjp's body language, he's not looking at peter, she's looking in the notes. "what do you mean by that?" translation: "i don't care." >> harris: every page, "lunch is near." [laughter] >> emily: and who clearly doesn't care, we have a poll that says, "which party do you trust to d