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it is time to rise up and fuel our minds
great to be back after what was
hopefully an awesome weekend what was
your favorite part message me at koi
wire mine was meeting so many of you who
came up to say hello like Ellie Lily and
Maddie representing Beacon Hill Middle
School in Decatur Georgia rise up since
Monday is mostly just a state of mind
let's get our minds right and start this
week off strong shall we let's brush up
on some history to start 60 years ago
today more than 250 000 people
congregated at the Lincoln Memorial for
the March on Washington for jobs and
freedom that's where civil rights leader
Martin Luther King Jr gave us famous I
Have a Dream speech the speech and the
movement from the 1960s pushed to
advocate for equal civil and economic
rights for African Americans it all also
called to end segregation ensure Fair
wages and economic Justice advocate for
equal voting rights and education among
other things it's one of the most famous
days in history and historically
credited with putting pressure on then
President John F Kennedy and his
administration to initiate a federal
civil rights Bill in Congress on Sunday
tens of thousands of people assembled at
the same location to spread the message
that the fight against racial inequality
is not yet over the event was a
testament to the enduring influence of
the original March on Washington and the
MLK's Legacy of pushing for civil rights
is still relevant today up next CNN
National correspondent Jason Carroll met
with two men who were at the March on
Washington 60 years ago today
call for economic and Racial equality a
call to action that brought more than
two hundred thousand people to the
National Mall in Washington DC on August
28th 60 years ago a day best remembered
for Martin Luther King Jr's historic I
Have a Dream speech now is the time
to make real the promises of democracy
among the hundreds of thousands two
young activists who were filled with
hope and was all the way in the town all
the way on the top over to the left yeah
over to the left Cortland Cox is now 82
but 60 years ago he was a 22 year old
working for the civil rights
organization Snick the student
non-violent Coordinating Committee and
what I remember
is the platform is there in the med
center Edward Flanagan was there too
where were you do you I was sitting on
the the wall up top there by the
entertainers Flanagan is 80 now but on
the day of the March he was a 20 year
old who had just finished his shift as a
waiter like scores of others he wanted
to take a stand for civil rights I was
very close to Joan Baez okay I was able
to notice he was barefoot
and I had on a new pair of shoes she was
barefoot she was barefoot
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a March six decades ago now seen Through
The Eyes of two different men who shared
the same goal many did that day it was
in fact a March for jobs and freedom our
thoughts as a day is that we succeeded
in changing this country as as a young
organizer Cox was responsible for
arranging Safe Transportation for people
making the Trek from the south to
Washington D.C he says there were
challenges from top to bottom much had
to be done in very little time The
Challenge from the bottom was the
logistics of getting people here over
eight period I'm trying to get Trailways
buses I'm trying to get Greyhound buses
and the drivers are saying look it's
dangerous bringing people of this out
here before you've never I've never been
here this week Flanagan brought his
daughters back to the place history was
made that's the fact where the
entertainers were Cox prefers to stay
away this time saying his marching days
are behind him both agree while much was
accomplished that day the work is not
over we are still quell in a much better
place than we were in 63 not in the
place where one would expect 60 years on
WE succeeded in doing a number of things
by what we did in the past but we also
know that we have to do much more for
the future
10 second trivia in what country would
you find the engineering Marvel
nicknamed the world's greatest shortcut
China Brazil Panama or South Africa
foreign
if you said Panama put your hands up the
Panama Canal saves about 8 000 nautical
miles when ships travel between the
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans to the east
and west coasts of the U.S
Panama a country in Central America is
having one of their driest seasons on
record in vessels traveling through the
Panama Canal are in a bit of a conundrum
the Panama Canal is a 50-mile waterway
that was completed in 1914 to connect
the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and to
decrease travel times for ships it's
very important for maritime trade and
allow ships to avoid traveling all the
way around South America but now use of
the canal is in Jeopardy because of
lower water levels that's being caused
by a lack of rainfall this year which is
impacting the freshwater lakes nearby
upon which the canal relies the system
uses at least 50 million gallons of
water for each vessel that floats
through in response Canal authorities
have imposed restrictions on things like
daily traffic and how much each vessel
can weigh just this week they extended
the restrictions for another 10 months
while the direct impact to U.S consumers
retailers and manufacturers seem to be
be minimal right now the potential for
more disruptions are growing will
continue to follow this story for you
right here on CNN 10.
summer beachgoers have found hundreds of
sea lions and dolphins washed up across
the shores of Southern California some
of the animals sick some dying and
marine life experts believe a harmful
algae bloom is to blame the algae is
called pseudo nichia and it produces a
neurotoxin which can be poisonous to sea
birds and fish and can then travel all
the way up to food chain making larger
animals like dolphins sea lions and even
humans sick CNN correspondent Stephanie
Elam visited a marine animal care center
to learn how they've been rescuing and
caring for a sea lion with the goal of
getting them back to the ocean
a joyous moment months in the making as
two sick sea lions now fully recovered
burst onto a Southern California beach
slide into the sea and swim off to
Freedom
the journey back into Open Water for
these two was long and uncertain
which made preparing for the release
all the more rewarding
sea lions were driven to nearby Cabrillo
Beach for their final release thanks to
the heroic efforts of animal rescuers at
The Marine Mammal Care Center I'm sorry
sweetheart who have been treating more
than 120 sea lions for domoic acid
poisoning in recent months some sea
lions didn't survive despite being
treated poisoned by an extended toxic
algal bloom along the southern
California coast that spread from Santa
Barbara to San Diego it was the worst
for many reasons the size the scale the
scope of it but also the toxicity of the
algae
CNN was there the day Rescuers found one
of the two sea lions released this week
she is having a small seizure what we'll
do is just be very gentle with her she's
now known as Sophie Sophie gained 35
pounds while in the sinner's care and
that adds up to a lot of fish the
extreme crisis stretched the center's
ability to care for so many six sea
lions algal blooms occur in nature but
this year the high levels of toxins led
to record poison Nick this one growing
stronger alongside his mother every day
is now able to participate in Puppy
Playtime
socializing with other baby sea lions
until the pups and their mothers are
able to be released as well and join the
first two ready willing and finally able
to return to the Sea
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and today's story getting a 10 out of 10
is really measuring up to be a good one
we're talking measuring all sorts of
Critters like penguins and parrots all
being weighed and measured by these
zookeepers at a London Zoo imagine
having that job where you have to figure
out how am I going to get this Critter
to stay on the scale now every year the
zoo measures and weighs thousands of
animals like this cute little monkey and
holy moly even spiders keep that thing
away from me they're going to record
these in important statistics that can
also help to measure their health and
well-being all right I have a Monday
motivation challenge for you try saying
the alphabet backwards as fast as you
can zyxw utsr qpo lkg ihv dcba like that
all right in today's special shout out
This Magnificent Monday goes to
Summit Virtual Academy in Salisbury
North Carolina shine bright y'all I'm
Coy wire we are CNN 10 and we'll see you
tomorrow
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