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let's go we're going to start with the
latest news on politics yesterday U.S
President Joe Biden formally announced
that he's running for re-election in
2024. the announcement came on the
four-year anniversary of when he
declared his current Run for the White
House in 2019 while seeking re-election
is expected for most first-term
presidents that hasn't always been the
case for President Biden and both
Republicans and Democrats have expressed
concern over Biden's age he would be 86
years old by the end of his second term
should he be re-elected that would make
him the oldest president to ever
complete a term by more than a decade in
the months ahead President Biden will be
looking to promote his record from his
first term seek to highlight the strong
results Democrats had in the midterm
elections and showcases more than 50
years of experience serving in politics
and while President Biden should face a
smooth path to winning the Democratic
nomination with no major Rivals the path
to president will be a fierce battle
we'll hear now from CNN's chief White
House correspondent Phil Mattingly with
more
there's no question over the course of
the last 10 days his closest advisors
and outside allies have been laying the
groundwork and accelerating efforts for
a re-election announcement to come on
Tuesday morning that announcement will
come four years to the day after the
anniversary of his first presidential
announcement in 2020. we are in the
battle for the soul of this nation now
during that campaign he took on and
defeated incoming president Donald Trump
Donald Trump who is now the front runner
for the Republican nomination once again
and therein lies some significant
challenges for both but in particular
President Biden who is 80 years old and
would be 86 at the time of his second
term coming to an end according to an
NBC poll only 26 percent of Americans
actually want to see Biden run again if
you look deep into the crosstabs of
these polls Democrats by a majority
don't want Biden to run again and those
are some of the headwinds that the
president will face their head ones
however his team is confident he can
overcome overcome in part due to the
sweeping legislative agenda he was able
to get past Congress in his first two
years an agenda he will spend much of
the next year selling and able to
overcome because of who he will be
facing whether it's Trump or some other
Republican where advisors are very clear
they believe they will have a crystal
clear contrast message that will
resonate with the American people
10 second trivia in what U.S state would
you find the tallest living tree on
earth California Texas Maine or South
Carolina
at more than 380 feet tall or one and a
quarter football fields a tree named
Hyperion is located in California's
Redwood National forest but its exact
location well that's a secret close to
visitors to protect the 800 year old
giant
some redwoods the tallest trees on earth
have lived for thousands of years they
breathe in the moist humid air along the
California coast and they can actually
help keep the air clean a man from
Michigan believes that cloning these
enormous trees is key to fighting
climate change David malark co-founded
the Archangel ancient tree archive and
he's on a tremendous mission to save the
Earth with big trees and some tiny
helpers CNN's Chief climate
correspondent Bill Weir has more
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since they are an all too rare tourist
attraction today it can be hard to
believe that giant redwoods used to line
hundreds of miles of Northern California
coast living for more than 2 000 years
as the tallest organisms on Earth
now David malark and his Archangel
ancient tree archive is trying to plant
a new generation of giants
he takes clippings from the tops of the
oldest and largest some 400 feet tall
back to his lab in capemesh Michigan
there Specialists use a technique called
micro propagation to grow them into
saplings and he says that from a single
sample a team of scientists can grow an
unlimited number of clones
problem how to get them all in the
ground it would probably take an army
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that is where these little soldiers come
in they are tree schoolers at the Cow
Hollow School in San Francisco you heard
right not pre but tree schoolers who
attend outdoor classes to learn about
ecology and sustainability at an early
age by getting their little hands dirty
today is particularly important because
we're planting some very special trees
which is why we have some special
helpers with us today
keeping their focus is sometimes tough
Sequoias you plant them the same way you
got to make a hole in the ground you're
going to learn how to do that and do it
good all right we need the holes in the
ground
but when it's finally time to get down
to it these budding Foresters couldn't
wait to dig in
on this day about a dozen redwood trees
made it into the soil
and for malark these tree plantings are
just to start he hopes someday to
replant millions of redwoods all over
the world using our littlest citizens to
help sow the seeds for the biggest forms
of life and a healthier Planet as the
old proverb goes the best time to plant
a tree was 20 years ago the second best
time is now the meaning may not dawn on
these tree schoolers quite yet but they
are proof that you're never too young or
too old to have an impact and even the
tiniest of hands can make a huge
difference
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and for today's story getting a 10 out
of 10 it's about the age-old question
that's plagued scientists and Cat lovers
throughout time why do cats love boxes
as soon as there's an empty box anywhere
in the house a cat's gonna jump in that
thing quicker than a hiccup other
animals don't do that I consider myself
a cat person so I'm really looking
forward to this report
you've probably seen a video like this
one where the millions like it the
internet is overrun by cats in boxes
but why so few videos of dogs in boxes
well we sat down with possibly one of
the most qualified cat experts on the
planet
on you it's CNN to find out why cats
like boxes and dogs don't I think one of
the things that we have to remember is
that cats are species that are both
predator and prey so for cats cardboard
boxes can be a spot of Safety and
Security nice place to hide and cozy up
and take a nap
it's also a great Ambush Point cancer
Ambush predators and would much rather
just sit under a shrub and slowly wait
for their prey to just Meander by so
that they can successfully catch it a
cardboard box inside can serve a similar
purpose and provide a place for them too
having a safe space for a cat like a
cardboard box is essential for their
well-being it's been proven that cats
are far less stressed and also less
likely to break with illness in its
shelter setting if they're provided with
a box because they need a place to feel
safe and to be able to hide
one of the reasons cats like cardboard
boxes so much is because cardboard is
insulating and helps cats not need to
expel any additional energy to maintain
their body temperature and sometimes
there's just a simpler Reason cats like
boxes they love to squeeze themselves
into a tiny box and why
it's cozy it's fun they like it the big
cats like boxes too
probably not much of a box left when
they're done with it
a lot of people do not meet their cat's
environmental needs
they need nooks and crannies they need
places to hide you know every time
Amazon delivers why not give something
to your cat for enrichment
now back to the question how come our
dogs just don't love boxes as much as
cats do they don't have the same hunting
strategies they don't have the same need
for the preservation in a place to hide
some dogs dig them but mostly I think
they enjoy tearing them up it's just not
a dog thing
so cats hiding boxes so they can pounce
on us sneaky cats huge difference
between cats and dogs right that report
it reminds me of one of my favorite
quotes about cats and dogs dogs will
give you unconditional love until the
day they die cats will make you pay for
every mistake you've ever made since the
day you were born all righty meow time
for my favorite part of the day I want
to give a special shout out to Decatur
Middle School in Indianapolis Indiana
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