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Superstars rising in bright light
shining happy Friday let's finish this
week's strong and dominate before we
start dreaming and scheming for the
weekend two days of Endless
Possibilities those were just around the
corner but today we're going to take you
from Hawaii to Colorado then to the
Peruvian Wilds but first San Francisco
for a futuristic roadblock California
recently decided that some Robo taxi
companies can operate driverless cars
around the clock in San Francisco the
decision passed in a three to one vote
by Regulators before the vote the
approved companies Cruz and waymo could
only offer limited service to locals but
now you can hail a self-driving taxi in
the Golden City at any time but the
Venture already hit its first roadblock
literally over the weekend self-driving
cars owned by AI Cruz caused a traffic
jam downtown Witnesses say the cars
blocked intersections for about 15
minutes imagine if this happened and you
were going to be late getting somewhere
you can run but you can't ride some are
worried that these types of carnundrums
Might block emergency vehicles too local
police fire and Sheriff's associations
have all expressed similar concerns in
letters to the California Public
Utilities Commission and the San
Francisco Fire Department well they told
CNN it has recorded more than 50
incidents of driverless cars interfering
with emergency responses just this year
alone Crews addressed the traffic jam on
social media explaining that a nearby
Music Festival had affected Wireless
bandwidth delaying the connection to the
driverless cars the company has told CNN
though that it's 24 7 driverless service
is a major Milestone one that could make
Transportation safer and more accessible
what say you son giant is the world
ready for self-driving cars are
self-driving cars ready to be
self-driving cars or do you think we
should just park this idea for a bit I
know sorry car puns are exhausting
next up we have a new report from CNN's
Chief climate correspondent Bill Weir on
the Hawaiian island of Maui where deadly
fires continue to burn more than 100
people have lost their lives in the
disaster many more still missing in
Maui's up country Bill met volunteer
First Responders who are taking
Desperate Measures to put out the flames
and a family that's still holding on to
hope for a missing mother
with an up country fire not fully
contained Maui's fire department
stretched painfully thin and winds
kicking up once again some residents
around Kula are using Sprinklers and
hope to protect their homes well careful
careful and I met volunteer First
Responders trying to knock down hot
spots with bottled water
oh man you can feel the heat
so there's a smoldering pit over there
and all it needs is a good win to get it
going by the time we got there it was
already flaming really yeah it was it
started off with just a little smoke and
then we said okay let's get some water
haul it over there
and then by the time we got over there
it started it started flaming already so
you know we're gonna go back and we'll
put some more water on it
in this city Smoky brush one wrong step
into smoldering Ash means a burned foot
they stay at it until they're spotted by
a helicopter dropping water scooped from
swimming pools
and they finally get the help they need
10 second trivia located at the border
of Nevada and Arizona the Hoover Dam
controls the flow of what water
Yellowstone River Colorado River Rio
Grande or Missouri River
this National Historic Landmark is
located on the Colorado River
let's take a ride down the Colorado
River now it's an important waterway
that has been shrinking steadily over
the past Century for the first time in
years a strong snowpack has raised water
levels on the river and federal
officials are easing water restrictions
in response the decision could restore
billions of gallons of H2O to affected
States but as CNN correspondent Lucy
Kavanaugh found out some people think
it's too soon to celebrate hold on As We
join her in Utah on a raft ride down the
iconic River
this river is Iconic Sinjin Eberly has
spent much of his life on the Colorado
River it's a remarkable remarkable area
of the world as an avid Adventurer and
Colorado River Advocate his mission in
life is to protect it this is one of the
most important places in the nation and
it's one of the places that we need to
be really diligent about taking care of
because it does contribute so much to
all of us the Colorado River is the
lifeblood of this region powering cities
watering farms and punching The Thirst
of some 40 million people
it's a critical refuge for wildlife and
a playground that's under threat it's
being overused there's more Demand on
the river there's more water being taken
out of the river than the river can
handle if we continue to over extract
the bank account we are going to run dry
an unusually wet and snowy winter
brought some relief replenishing
snowpack and boosting water levels for
the first time in years but with the
rapidly changing climate experts are
warning it's not enough
it's been so hot and so dry in the
southwest that much of the benefit we
got out of the snowpack is literally
evaporated the one or two extra wet
Winters is not going to solve this
crisis my concern is that people will
assume that
the situation is getting much better and
that we can take our foot off the gas in
terms of conservation this system can
crash and it can crash fast over the
last century the river has shrunk by
roughly 20 percent those losses are more
apparent in the lower Basin States but
the impacts are being felt across the
entire Waterway rafting the Colorado is
a breathtaking experience it's a slow
and sometimes bumpy ride through ancient
time at a moment when it seems like the
Earth's clock is speeding up even here
the effect of climate change rapid
growth and water over consumption are
threatening the very existence of this
River
we boat through cataract Canyon it's the
best roller coaster in North America
class five Rapids all the way down when
it's high water and yet my most
dangerous part of my job is when I get
to this ramp it's extremely dangerous
the river has shrunk so much that it's
nearly impossible for Colorado River
guides like Davide ippolito to pull
boats out of the water it's kind of like
pyramid building you have guides putting
roller tubes underneath boats as that
boat is pulled up guides are running and
putting those tubes under until we get
to flat land on top like ancient
Egyptian technology literally it's such
a hassle that many tours now float an
extra 50 miles Downstream adding up to
two days not to mention cost to a trip
what worries a Polito more than the
business impact is the threat to Future
Generations if we want to live out west
and we want to protect our heritage out
here and we want to have enough water
for our kids and grandkids then we need
to solve these issues now it's it's no
longer a problem we can kick down the
line a sentiment echoed by Eberly it
would be heartbreaking to lose this
place Lucy calfanov CNN on the Colorado
River in Moab
for today's story getting a 10 out of 10
from otishi National Park in Peru a
group of researchers making history
discovering a brand new species of snake
they named the yellow brown serpent
after Action Hero Harrison Ford AKA
Indiana Jones and I'm reptilian that's
witty because Indiana Jones was famously
afraid of snakes takamanoidus Harrison
Fordy is the name now I don't know
Slither or not you're afraid of snakes
but if you are you just might have
ophidiophobia or an extreme fear of
snakes special shout out to home of the
Mustangs New Washington Middle and New
Washington High School in New Washington
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make this world a bit of a better place
today shall we even if it's just making
someone smile today remember you are
more powerful than you know I'm koi wire
it's been a blessing to spend this week
with you
thank you