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It is October 28th, 140 years ago.
Today, America welcomed one of its most iconic symbols, the Statue of Liberty.
The landmark was a gift of friendship from the people of France.
It was officially dedicated on October 28th, 1886 by President Grover Cleveland.
Nearly 150 years later, Lady Liberty still stands tall in New York Harbor as an enduring symbol of America's storied past.
But her origin is no overnight success story.
It took more than two decades to design, build, and transport the Green Goddess across the Atlantic Ocean.
Though technically copper than oxidized goddess, our Richard Quest takes us behind the scenes for more on Lady Liberty's past and the ingenious engineering making her possible.
>> The Statue of Liberty is a universal symbol.
So I think the [music] thing that fascinates me the most is that it means so many things to so many different people.
>> The aura was not immediately recognized when [music] the statue arrived here from France in 1885.
The French sculptor Frederick Ugust Batldi [music] designed the statue and sent it to the United States as a gift from his country.
Oh, the pedestal, by the way, that wasn't included.
It had to be built and paying for it was a typical American problem.
>> Many Americans were like, "Wait, France wants to give us what?" So, there was this idea that we need to get Americans excited about the project.
And there's a newspaperman, Joseph Pulitzer, who owns a number of papers, including here in New York City.
And he said, "This is kind of a disgrace.
Our the only thing we were supposed to do was build a pedestal for her." And when all of the copper pieces arrive here on this island, the pedestal was not ready.
So he starts a crowdfunding campaign to get people to donate money so that we can raise funds and put the pedestal up.
Over time, Lady Liberty, of course, was embraced by New York.
As more and more immigrants arrived on their way to Ellis Island, seeing its neocclassical design, it was a sign they'd made it to the new world.
The elegance of its engineering evident as I made my way to the crown.
>> Oh, look at this.
You can see the folds of the cloaks now from the inside.
This is where the technical majesty really becomes apparent that that really is that thin of copper.
And it's really all just being held together by these iron support systems that reach this big central iron pylon.
Almost like a dress maker's dummy.
>> And the co the copper is the dress.
>> Oh wow.
When they said it was narrow.
Off we go.
Continuing up.
>> Oh my goodness.
Oh.
Oh my goodness.
This isn't what I expected at all.
This is very interesting.
I did not expect it to be like this.
As I look out at New York Harbor as the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, the vision of Lady Liberty is very clear.
Previously, we've reported on the ongoing protests in France.
initial reports stating that students and some teachers were using their voices to demand renovation of unsanitary school buildings, guaranteed hour and a half lunch breaks in smaller classrooms.
Those protests have since turned into much, much more.
But it's the initial report that brings us to this.
In Serbia, a studentled protest movement has just pulled off a stunning political upset.
Serbian President Alexander Vusk conceded defeat to the group known as the student list in the nation's parliamentary election, marking the end of a 14-year reign.
Projections indicate that the studentled group won between 135 and 140 seats in the 250 member parliament.
The movement has deliberately avoided having a clear leader.
So, what happens next?
Our Sebastian Shukla walks us through.
We've been all looking and seeing the protest coming in other parts of Europe, in Italy, in particular in France.
What has happened in Serbia is really the showing of what a group and united voice behind a political idea and movement can really achieve.
They have managed to remove the long-standing 14 years uh as president Vuchic in Serbia and have replaced him with this group that is known as the students list.
and they have won an overwhelming majority.
And it all began for something that was a a a roof collapsing at a central train station that then elicited these months of protests which were calling for an end to corruption within the government and for them to be able to listen to what the people of Serbia really wanted.
And those images that we're seeing coming from Belgrade and other parts of Serbia are really the culmination of this monthslong effort.
Take a listen to some of the euphoria that was simply uh un in you could not miss it.
>> This is amazing feeling.
>> The feeling is surreal.
Um I laughed, I cried, I screamed, I jumped.
It's just unbelievable.
After so many years of this tyranny and dictatorship, we are finally free.
I think that this is really a seminal moment for Serbia.
For a long time, it has been slipping towards a more authoritarian regime under President Vuchic, who's slowly been clawing the powers closer to the central government, including clipping the freedom of the press and freedom of expression.
Pop quiz hot shot.
What painting style is Vincent Van Gogh famous for?
Expressionism, cubism, surrealism, or postimpressionism?
If you said postimpressionism, you van go girl.
The Dutch artist became famous for intense color, emotional expression, and thick swirling brush strokes known as impasto.
He practically let him jump off the canvas.
Science may be helping solve a 137year-old mystery hidden inside of one of Van Go's most famous paintings.
Was the starry night mostly imagination or was Van Go painting something he actually had seen?
Researchers combined astronomical simulations, historic weather records, geography, and Van Go's own handwritten letters and found that the sky above St.
Remy, France around July 22nd of 1889 closely matches key features in the painting.
The iconic painting has historically been dated from a letter the artist wrote to his brother Theo around June of that same year.
pretty close.
But these researchers now say the waning gibbus moon of that date can account for the slender crescent in starry night.
So it raises a fascinating possibility one of art history's dreamiest skies may have been more real than we ever realized.
Apparently even starry night might have receipts.
We now officially know who's headlining Super Bowl 61.
It is Jay-Z, the 25 time Grammy winner who appeared in an ad with goats.
He'll go on to brush his shoulders off for the first time at a Super Bowl in Los Angeles Sofi Stadium.
The hip-hop legend who's risen above hard knock life is bringing an empire state of mind, holding an advisory role with the NFL since 2019.
His company Rock Nation has helped produce all of the halftime performers since.
Talk about a career encore.
No guests announced yet, but with the game happening on Valentine's Day and his bay, Beyonce having already appeared in two Super Bowls, you know, speculation is gonna run this town.
And here's your halftime knowledge bomb.
Super Bowl performers don't receive a superersized check from the NFL.
They collect a modest unionmandated fee of around $1,000 a day.
The NFL and its sponsors typically cover the cost of the show itself.
Some artists themselves help cover the exorbitant production costs.
But with more than a hundred million eyeballs, a surge in music streams and sales afterwards, Jay-Z may have 99 problems, but uh exposure ain't one.
Today's story getting a 10 out of 10.
A community in Minnesota branching out to make a fall tradition stick.
Last year on a hike, siblings Satona and Saurin Mahoney found an unusually straight stick.
Thus, the straight stick competition was born.
Folks in Marine on St.
Croy have been seeking the straightest stick ever since.
>> It's our first uh straight stick competition.
We're excited to be here.
>> It's pretty straight and it tastes good.
He says, >> "So, how do you win?" Well, tall, short, skinny, and painted sticks are all welcomed.
Extra points for showing nature's touch, like those with worm trails or lyken.
But please, no twigs or butter sticks.
That is an automatic disqualification.
Last year, somebody submitted a yard stick, which got vehemently disqualified, so I figured I'd be that guy this year.
[laughter] >> This year's winners, preschooler Pepper won most interesting stick award for the skeletal remains of a cactus.
Third grader Lucy won first place in a big bag of parade candy.
Way to stick the landing, y'all.
That story is going to stick with me.
Congratulations to our Your Word Wednesday winners, Mr.
Babroski at Osley County High School in Booneville, Kentucky, who submitted parliament, a noun which more commonly means a supreme lawmaking body of a state made up of elected or appointed representatives.
But Mr.
B submitted as the collective noun for a group of owls, his school's mascot.
So to my parliament of owls, rise up and congrats on winning that golf tournament.
Make [snorts] something good today, a memory, a friendship, a difference, and make it a wonderful Wednesday.
I'm Ky Wire.
We are CNN 10.
This is CNN 10, where I simply tell you the what, letting you decide what to think.
Today is your word Wednesday, so listen close.
One of you helped us write today's show.
Let's get smarter and rise up.
It is October 28th, 140 years ago.
Today, America welcomed one of its most iconic symbols, the Statue of Liberty.
The landmark was a gift of friendship from the people of France.
It was officially dedicated on October 28th, 1886 by President Grover Cleveland.
Nearly 150 years later, Lady Liberty still stands tall in New York Harbor as an enduring symbol of America's storied past.
But her origin is no overnight success story.
It took more than two decades to design, build, and transport the Green Goddess across the Atlantic Ocean.
Though technically copper than oxidized goddess, our Richard Quest takes us behind the scenes for more on Lady Liberty's past and the ingenious engineering making her possible.
>> The Statue of Liberty is a universal symbol.
So I think the [music] thing that fascinates me the most is that it means so many things to so many different people.
>> The aura was not immediately recognized when [music] the statue arrived here from France in 1885.
The French sculptor Frederick Ugust Batldi [music] designed the statue and sent it to the United States as a gift from his country.
Oh, the pedestal, by the way, that wasn't included.
It had to be built and paying for it was a typical American problem.
>> Many Americans were like, "Wait, France wants to give us what?" So, there was this idea that we need to get Americans excited about the project.
And there's a newspaperman, Joseph Pulitzer, who owns a number of papers, including here in New York City.
And he said, "This is kind of a disgrace.
Our the only thing we were supposed to do was build a pedestal for her." And when all of the copper pieces arrive here on this island, the pedestal was not ready.
So he starts a crowdfunding campaign to get people to donate money so that we can raise funds and put the pedestal up.
Over time, Lady Liberty, of course, was embraced by New York.
As more and more immigrants arrived on their way to Ellis Island, seeing its neocclassical design, it was a sign they'd made it to the new world.
The elegance of its engineering evident as I made my way to the crown.
>> Oh, look at this.
You can see the folds of the cloaks now from the inside.
This is where the technical majesty really becomes apparent that that really is that thin of copper.
And it's really all just being held together by these iron support systems that reach this big central iron pylon.
Almost like a dress maker's dummy.
>> And the co the copper is the dress.
>> Oh wow.
When they said it was narrow.
Off we go.
Continuing up.
>> Oh my goodness.
Oh.
Oh my goodness.
This isn't what I expected at all.
This is very interesting.
I did not expect it to be like this.
As I look out at New York Harbor as the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary, the vision of Lady Liberty is very clear.
Previously, we've reported on the ongoing protests in France.
initial reports stating that students and some teachers were using their voices to demand renovation of unsanitary school buildings, guaranteed hour and a half lunch breaks in smaller classrooms.
Those protests have since turned into much, much more.
But it's the initial report that brings us to this.
In Serbia, a studentled protest movement has just pulled off a stunning political upset.
Serbian President Alexander Vusk conceded defeat to the group known as the student list in the nation's parliamentary election, marking the end of a 14-year reign.
Projections indicate that the studentled group won between 135 and 140 seats in the 250 member parliament.
The movement has deliberately avoided having a clear leader.
So, what happens next?
Our Sebastian Shukla walks us through.
We've been all looking and seeing the protest coming in other parts of Europe, in Italy, in particular in France.
What has happened in Serbia is really the showing of what a group and united voice behind a political idea and movement can really achieve.
They have managed to remove the long-standing 14 years uh as president Vuchic in Serbia and have replaced him with this group that is known as the students list.
and they have won an overwhelming majority.
And it all began for something that was a a a roof collapsing at a central train station that then elicited these months of protests which were calling for an end to corruption within the government and for them to be able to listen to what the people of Serbia really wanted.
And those images that we're seeing coming from Belgrade and other parts of Serbia are really the culmination of this monthslong effort.
Take a listen to some of the euphoria that was simply uh un in you could not miss it.
>> This is amazing feeling.
>> The feeling is surreal.
Um I laughed, I cried, I screamed, I jumped.
It's just unbelievable.
After so many years of this tyranny and dictatorship, we are finally free.
I think that this is really a seminal moment for Serbia.
For a long time, it has been slipping towards a more authoritarian regime under President Vuchic, who's slowly been clawing the powers closer to the central government, including clipping the freedom of the press and freedom of expression.
Pop quiz hot shot.
What painting style is Vincent Van Gogh famous for?
Expressionism, cubism, surrealism, or postimpressionism?
If you said postimpressionism, you van go girl.
The Dutch artist became famous for intense color, emotional expression, and thick swirling brush strokes known as impasto.
He practically let him jump off the canvas.
Science may be helping solve a 137year-old mystery hidden inside of one of Van Go's most famous paintings.
Was the starry night mostly imagination or was Van Go painting something he actually had seen?
Researchers combined astronomical simulations, historic weather records, geography, and Van Go's own handwritten letters and found that the sky above St.
Remy, France around July 22nd of 1889 closely matches key features in the painting.
The iconic painting has historically been dated from a letter the artist wrote to his brother Theo around June of that same year.
pretty close.
But these researchers now say the waning gibbus moon of that date can account for the slender crescent in starry night.
So it raises a fascinating possibility one of art history's dreamiest skies may have been more real than we ever realized.
Apparently even starry night might have receipts.
We now officially know who's headlining Super Bowl 61.
It is Jay-Z, the 25 time Grammy winner who appeared in an ad with goats.
He'll go on to brush his shoulders off for the first time at a Super Bowl in Los Angeles Sofi Stadium.
The hip-hop legend who's risen above hard knock life is bringing an empire state of mind, holding an advisory role with the NFL since 2019.
His company Rock Nation has helped produce all of the halftime performers since.
Talk about a career encore.
No guests announced yet, but with the game happening on Valentine's Day and his bay, Beyonce having already appeared in two Super Bowls, you know, speculation is gonna run this town.
And here's your halftime knowledge bomb.
Super Bowl performers don't receive a superersized check from the NFL.
They collect a modest unionmandated fee of around $1,000 a day.
The NFL and its sponsors typically cover the cost of the show itself.
Some artists themselves help cover the exorbitant production costs.
But with more than a hundred million eyeballs, a surge in music streams and sales afterwards, Jay-Z may have 99 problems, but uh exposure ain't one.
Today's story getting a 10 out of 10.
A community in Minnesota branching out to make a fall tradition stick.
Last year on a hike, siblings Satona and Saurin Mahoney found an unusually straight stick.
Thus, the straight stick competition was born.
Folks in Marine on St.
Croy have been seeking the straightest stick ever since.
>> It's our first uh straight stick competition.
We're excited to be here.
>> It's pretty straight and it tastes good.
He says, >> "So, how do you win?" Well, tall, short, skinny, and painted sticks are all welcomed.
Extra points for showing nature's touch, like those with worm trails or lyken.
But please, no twigs or butter sticks.
That is an automatic disqualification.
Last year, somebody submitted a yard stick, which got vehemently disqualified, so I figured I'd be that guy this year.
[laughter] >> This year's winners, preschooler Pepper won most interesting stick award for the skeletal remains of a cactus.
Third grader Lucy won first place in a big bag of parade candy.
Way to stick the landing, y'all.
That story is going to stick with me.
Congratulations to our Your Word Wednesday winners, Mr.
Babroski at Osley County High School in Booneville, Kentucky, who submitted parliament, a noun which more commonly means a supreme lawmaking body of a state made up of elected or appointed representatives.
But Mr.
B submitted as the collective noun for a group of owls, his school's mascot.
So to my parliament of owls, rise up and congrats on winning that golf tournament.
Make [snorts] something good today, a memory, a friendship, a difference, and make it a wonderful Wednesday.
I'm Ky Wire.
We are CNN 10.