Good morning and welcome to Kid News. I'm Kim.

Today is Wednesday, September 22nd, 2021.

And we begin with, boy band BTS bringing a whole lot of attention to the rarely-watched

YouTube channel of the United Nations. The Korean pop stars took the podium before the

General Assembly Monday to make the case for vaccines, the planet, and gender equality.

Despite routinely performing for tens of thousands of people at a time,

nerves still got the best of them as they addressed the most powerful politicians on the planet.

Band member Cheeman stumbled over his words and, according to NBC News,

needed to collect himself before powering through. The group then debuted its new music video

called Permission to Dance, which was shot at the UN and features the line,

don't need to talk the talk, just walk the walk. The BTS Army helped swell the views.

Eight million people tuned in for the speech, 12 million for the music.

President Biden followed BTS to the podium with a speech promising relentless diplomacy

to help end the global pandemic and solve the world's climate crisis.

We've all heard about cool things people build out of Legos, but this one might take the cake.

David Aguilar, who also goes by the name Hand Solo, was born with one arm.

When he was nine years old, he began building prosthetic arms out of his favorite interlocking toy.

He hasn't stopped since. Hand Solo earned the Guinness title for creating the first

functional Lego arm in 2017 and has gone on to build Lego limbs for others as part of his mission

to make prosthetics both affordable and accessible. Traditionally, the cost can be in the thousands,

but Hand Solo can craft a limb for just $18. A recent recipient is 8-year-old banker,

who now has two arms and can easily pick up objects with one and use a tablet with the other.

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