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3 years since a day that forever changed Israel, Gaza, and much of the Middle East.
On October 7th, 2023, the terror group Hamas launched a massive attack inside Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages.
Israel responded with a military campaign in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza, where Hamas had governed since 2007.
3 years later, the human cost has been enormous.
Gaza health officials say more than 70,000 Palestinians have been killed, including many women and children.
The United Nations estimates more than 90% of Gaza's housing and infrastructure have been destroyed or damaged, and many people have died from malnutrition, with many more still facing severe hunger.
A ceasefire began in October of last year, leading to the release of hostages and Palestinian prisoners and allowing more humanitarian aid into Gaza, but it did not resolve the conflict.
Israeli forces still control nearly twothirds of Gaza.
Deadly strikes have continued.
Hamas has indicated it could give up weapons under certain conditions, but the two sides remain far apart.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently rejected the latest USbacked peace plan for the region.
3 years after October 7th, Israelis are still living in the trauma of the attack.
Palestinians are still living through an enormous humanitarian crisis and the path toward lasting peace remains uncertain.
Now to Chicago, where a river once famous for being well kind of gross has undergone a remarkable transformation.
For generations, the Chicago River collected sewage, chemical waste, even abandoned cars.
Not even wildlife would go near it.
But thanks to efforts from nonprofits and city officials, Chicagoans are feeling less paranoia about the river and more of a sense of the waterway is even clean enough now to host an annual open water swim.
Our Whitney Wild dives into how they did it.
>> Today, Chicago's iconic river is flourishing.
Wildlife has returned.
Just last year, the city hosted a public swim to show off its clean waters for the first time in nearly a century.
This year, though, the official swim was cancelled due to weather, an unofficial event brought swimmers to the now much cleaner waters.
It's a stark contrast from a century ago when the author Upton Sinclair called the river a [music] great open sewer and the filth stays there forever and a day.
>> When it comes to chemical poisons that have been dumped into the Chicago River, you name it, it has practically every one of them.
Arsenic, cyanide, PCB, just to mention a few.
>> Rapid expansion in the 19th century turned the city's most vital resource into its biggest eyesore.
People used to throw anything in the river.
And now they don't do that.
Yeah.
Cars.
It used to be shopping carts.
It used to be old cars.
>> At the turn of the 20th century, engineers reversed the river's flow to bring fresh Lake Michigan water into the city's veins.
The environmental movement of the 1960s and 70s ushered in more interest and investment.
[music] >> Species of fish were seven or eight species in the 70s and now nearly 80.
Nonprofits like Friends of the River funded advocacy and cleanups while the county broke ground on a massive reservoir system.
>> Basically, we were holding about 3.5 billion gallons of water right here.
>> How does this help keep the river clean?
Our reservoirs help keep the river clean because when we have these intense rain events and we have too much rainwater and waste water coming together at one time, we're able to store the water instead of it ending up in those unwanted places.
If we weren't able to capture 3.5 billion gallons right here, that would be in our streets, in our basement, in Lake Michigan, in the Chicago River, basically contaminating our waterways.
And with climate change, we're seeing more storms.
We're seeing stronger storms.
Do you feel like you're keeping up?
>> I definitely think we're keeping up.
Now, is this the one all solution?
Absolutely not.
>> Pop quiz shot.
Nobel prizes are named after Alfred Nobel.
Where was he born?
Switzerland, Canada, Sweden, or Germany?
If you said Sweden, your eye is on the prize.
Nobel was born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1883.
He became an inventor and businessman, and he bequathed his fortune to establish the iconic prizes.
Fun fact, Alfred Nobel invented dynamite.
Booyah!
Nobel Prize season is officially lighting up.
This year's prize in medicine is going to three scientists whose work gave researchers something once thought almost impossible.
the ability to control individual brain cells with light.
Stanford University professor Carl Daiseroth, German scientists Peter Hegamon and Gayorg Nagle share the prize for their work in optogenetics, which uses light to map the brain.
The technique takes light sensitive proteins originally discovered in algae and uses them like tiny onoff switches inside selected nerve cells.
Scientists can shine light on those cells, activate or silence them, and essentially test which brain circuits are involved in things like memory, movement, emotion, and behavior.
The Nobel Committee says they've unleashed a new era in neuroscience, and their work could advance research into neurological and psychiatric disorders.
Daiser says he was speechless when he got the news and had the chance to celebrate the surreal accomplishment with his family.
From one Stanford grad to another, I see you, Nerd Nation.
Four astronauts just made the fastest trip to the International Space Station ever.
NASA's [snorts] Crew 13 launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral, Florida last week.
At just under 8 hours, they pulled off the fastest launch to docking of a US spacecraft in the history of the International Space Station.
For perspective, that's like the same as a commercial flight from New York to London.
SpaceX says the faster trip wasn't because of any changes to the hardware.
The station was just in an opportune spot in space and the crew could start their approach almost as soon as they reached orbit.
The fiveperson crew will now spend about 6 months in orbit studying human health and performance in zero gravity.
Today's story getting a 10 out of 10.
A kid who got to ring one very special bell.
11-year-old Payton Stewart was diagnosed two years ago with a rare genetic mutation.
He spent six months in the hospital.
Payton underwent a life-saving bone marrow transplant.
Then on October 1st, Payton walked through that hospital surrounded by doctors, nurses, family, and friends, and rang that bell, celebrating a full recovery.
Local station WVU in New Orleans has more.
[cheering] >> Payton Stewart is a little boy with big dreams.
One of them is to play in the NBA.
A dream the staff at Manning Family Children's Hospital quickly learned about when [cheering] Payton arrived here in 2024.
Suffering from a rare mutation called stat one gain of function.
>> So at that time we didn't know what was the cause of it.
We knew his red blood cells were getting destroyed but we didn't know why.
>> Payton's doctor says the condition caused his immune system to attack his own red blood cells and his only hope for a cure was a bone marrow transplant.
His older brother AC was a match and they underwent the procedure.
Their mom worried.
>> It touched my heart to see the siblings, you know, pull together like that.
And uh I was nervous during the process cuz both I had two children going through something at the same time.
During the six months Payton spent at the hospital, the 11-year-old from Gulfport, Mississippi, seemingly won over everybody, including its CEO, who found himself going one-on-one with the aspiring Hooper.
>> Somewhere along the way, uh, you stopped just being a kiddo that I visited in the hospital, and you became my buddy.
Uh, we played basketball.
Uh, me not very well.
[laughter] >> Exactly one year after that life-changing transplant, [applause and cheering] Payton rang this bell celebrating his so-called rebirth.
There weren't many dry eyes among the people who took care of him.
>> Thank you for helping me through the hard days and giving me reasons to smile.
You held my mom, too, and made us feel like family.
>> Payton's doctor says his immune system is now healthy, and there's not much holding him back.
>> Payton says he's ready to take a shot at this new life.
Today, ringing this bell means I get to look forward to being home, playing basketball, and following my dreams, [snorts] including becoming the future CEO of Manning Family Children's Hospital, >> only after my NBA career, of course.
>> And that is our 10.
But before we go, did you catch our your word Wednesday?
Congrats to Mr.
MC at the High Road School in Wallingford, Connecticut, who submitted, "You knowa, a feeling of goodwill, cooperation, or beautiful thinking.
We love any reminder to stay positive.
Thanks for making us a little smarter today." And our shout out today goes to Mrs.
Reeb at Ridge Park Charter Academy in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
She sent us these photos.
One of her students, Sunpair, made this awesome rise up ceiling tile.
And Mrs.
Reed writes so the class can always look up and remember to rise up to any challenge.
That is so humbling.
Gives me and my whole team a sense of you knowya.
Go out make someone smile today.
I'm Koi Wire.
This is CNN 10.
You are more powerful than you know.
You're watching CNN 10, the best 10 minutes in news because of you.
It is your word Wednesday.
One of you helped us write today's show with a vocabulary word you submitted.
So, listen up to see if your word makes the cut.
10 minutes, big word.
Let's rise up.
Now, we start today.
3 years since a day that forever changed Israel, Gaza, and much of the Middle East.
On October 7th, 2023, the terror group Hamas launched a massive attack inside Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages.
Israel responded with a military campaign in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza, where Hamas had governed since 2007.
3 years later, the human cost has been enormous.
Gaza health officials say more than 70,000 Palestinians have been killed, including many women and children.
The United Nations estimates more than 90% of Gaza's housing and infrastructure have been destroyed or damaged, and many people have died from malnutrition, with many more still facing severe hunger.
A ceasefire began in October of last year, leading to the release of hostages and Palestinian prisoners and allowing more humanitarian aid into Gaza, but it did not resolve the conflict.
Israeli forces still control nearly twothirds of Gaza.
Deadly strikes have continued.
Hamas has indicated it could give up weapons under certain conditions, but the two sides remain far apart.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently rejected the latest USbacked peace plan for the region.
3 years after October 7th, Israelis are still living in the trauma of the attack.
Palestinians are still living through an enormous humanitarian crisis and the path toward lasting peace remains uncertain.
Now to Chicago, where a river once famous for being well kind of gross has undergone a remarkable transformation.
For generations, the Chicago River collected sewage, chemical waste, even abandoned cars.
Not even wildlife would go near it.
But thanks to efforts from nonprofits and city officials, Chicagoans are feeling less paranoia about the river and more of a sense of the waterway is even clean enough now to host an annual open water swim.
Our Whitney Wild dives into how they did it.
>> Today, Chicago's iconic river is flourishing.
Wildlife has returned.
Just last year, the city hosted a public swim to show off its clean waters for the first time in nearly a century.
This year, though, the official swim was cancelled due to weather, an unofficial event brought swimmers to the now much cleaner waters.
It's a stark contrast from a century ago when the author Upton Sinclair called the river a [music] great open sewer and the filth stays there forever and a day.
>> When it comes to chemical poisons that have been dumped into the Chicago River, you name it, it has practically every one of them.
Arsenic, cyanide, PCB, just to mention a few.
>> Rapid expansion in the 19th century turned the city's most vital resource into its biggest eyesore.
People used to throw anything in the river.
And now they don't do that.
Yeah.
Cars.
It used to be shopping carts.
It used to be old cars.
>> At the turn of the 20th century, engineers reversed the river's flow to bring fresh Lake Michigan water into the city's veins.
The environmental movement of the 1960s and 70s ushered in more interest and investment.
[music] >> Species of fish were seven or eight species in the 70s and now nearly 80.
Nonprofits like Friends of the River funded advocacy and cleanups while the county broke ground on a massive reservoir system.
>> Basically, we were holding about 3.5 billion gallons of water right here.
>> How does this help keep the river clean?
Our reservoirs help keep the river clean because when we have these intense rain events and we have too much rainwater and waste water coming together at one time, we're able to store the water instead of it ending up in those unwanted places.
If we weren't able to capture 3.5 billion gallons right here, that would be in our streets, in our basement, in Lake Michigan, in the Chicago River, basically contaminating our waterways.
And with climate change, we're seeing more storms.
We're seeing stronger storms.
Do you feel like you're keeping up?
>> I definitely think we're keeping up.
Now, is this the one all solution?
Absolutely not.
>> Pop quiz shot.
Nobel prizes are named after Alfred Nobel.
Where was he born?
Switzerland, Canada, Sweden, or Germany?
If you said Sweden, your eye is on the prize.
Nobel was born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1883.
He became an inventor and businessman, and he bequathed his fortune to establish the iconic prizes.
Fun fact, Alfred Nobel invented dynamite.
Booyah!
Nobel Prize season is officially lighting up.
This year's prize in medicine is going to three scientists whose work gave researchers something once thought almost impossible.
the ability to control individual brain cells with light.
Stanford University professor Carl Daiseroth, German scientists Peter Hegamon and Gayorg Nagle share the prize for their work in optogenetics, which uses light to map the brain.
The technique takes light sensitive proteins originally discovered in algae and uses them like tiny onoff switches inside selected nerve cells.
Scientists can shine light on those cells, activate or silence them, and essentially test which brain circuits are involved in things like memory, movement, emotion, and behavior.
The Nobel Committee says they've unleashed a new era in neuroscience, and their work could advance research into neurological and psychiatric disorders.
Daiser says he was speechless when he got the news and had the chance to celebrate the surreal accomplishment with his family.
From one Stanford grad to another, I see you, Nerd Nation.
Four astronauts just made the fastest trip to the International Space Station ever.
NASA's [snorts] Crew 13 launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral, Florida last week.
At just under 8 hours, they pulled off the fastest launch to docking of a US spacecraft in the history of the International Space Station.
For perspective, that's like the same as a commercial flight from New York to London.
SpaceX says the faster trip wasn't because of any changes to the hardware.
The station was just in an opportune spot in space and the crew could start their approach almost as soon as they reached orbit.
The fiveperson crew will now spend about 6 months in orbit studying human health and performance in zero gravity.
Today's story getting a 10 out of 10.
A kid who got to ring one very special bell.
11-year-old Payton Stewart was diagnosed two years ago with a rare genetic mutation.
He spent six months in the hospital.
Payton underwent a life-saving bone marrow transplant.
Then on October 1st, Payton walked through that hospital surrounded by doctors, nurses, family, and friends, and rang that bell, celebrating a full recovery.
Local station WVU in New Orleans has more.
[cheering] >> Payton Stewart is a little boy with big dreams.
One of them is to play in the NBA.
A dream the staff at Manning Family Children's Hospital quickly learned about when [cheering] Payton arrived here in 2024.
Suffering from a rare mutation called stat one gain of function.
>> So at that time we didn't know what was the cause of it.
We knew his red blood cells were getting destroyed but we didn't know why.
>> Payton's doctor says the condition caused his immune system to attack his own red blood cells and his only hope for a cure was a bone marrow transplant.
His older brother AC was a match and they underwent the procedure.
Their mom worried.
>> It touched my heart to see the siblings, you know, pull together like that.
And uh I was nervous during the process cuz both I had two children going through something at the same time.
During the six months Payton spent at the hospital, the 11-year-old from Gulfport, Mississippi, seemingly won over everybody, including its CEO, who found himself going one-on-one with the aspiring Hooper.
>> Somewhere along the way, uh, you stopped just being a kiddo that I visited in the hospital, and you became my buddy.
Uh, we played basketball.
Uh, me not very well.
[laughter] >> Exactly one year after that life-changing transplant, [applause and cheering] Payton rang this bell celebrating his so-called rebirth.
There weren't many dry eyes among the people who took care of him.
>> Thank you for helping me through the hard days and giving me reasons to smile.
You held my mom, too, and made us feel like family.
>> Payton's doctor says his immune system is now healthy, and there's not much holding him back.
>> Payton says he's ready to take a shot at this new life.
Today, ringing this bell means I get to look forward to being home, playing basketball, and following my dreams, [snorts] including becoming the future CEO of Manning Family Children's Hospital, >> only after my NBA career, of course.
>> And that is our 10.
But before we go, did you catch our your word Wednesday?
Congrats to Mr.
MC at the High Road School in Wallingford, Connecticut, who submitted, "You knowa, a feeling of goodwill, cooperation, or beautiful thinking.
We love any reminder to stay positive.
Thanks for making us a little smarter today." And our shout out today goes to Mrs.
Reeb at Ridge Park Charter Academy in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
She sent us these photos.
One of her students, Sunpair, made this awesome rise up ceiling tile.
And Mrs.
Reed writes so the class can always look up and remember to rise up to any challenge.
That is so humbling.
Gives me and my whole team a sense of you knowya.
Go out make someone smile today.
I'm Koi Wire.
This is CNN 10.
You are more powerful than you know.