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happy Friday Eve it's Thursday September
7th and we have a jam-packed show but
only 10 minutes to do it so let's get
right to it keeping you on your toes
today so Pop Quiz hot shot
one of the richest countries in Africa
what nation's capital is libreville
Ghana Gabon Senegal or Tanzania
home to over 2 million people the mostly
french-speaking country of Gabon is the
answer here
let's learn a little bit about what's
going on in Gabon now the leader of
gabon's military General Bruce naguema
was sworn in as interim president during
a televised ceremony Monday last week
the general led a coup or military
takeover that ousted president Ali Bongo
this takeover ended the previous
family's power over many decades of rule
over Gabon the previous leader was in
power for 14 years and was recently
declared the winner of a disputed
presidential election there were voting
delays internet cuts and the
administration did not allow coverage of
the vote by Foreign Press after Bongo
the previous ruler was ousted he was
placed on house arrest and the new group
in power voided the election results and
shut the country's borders and this has
since triggered Global condemnation of
the coup celebrations also breaking out
across the tiny nation and thousands of
supporters expressed solidarity with the
military there was even a military
parade for General nagoimas inauguration
no one knows how long nigwema will have
power he said the country will not rush
into any new election so as to avoid a
quote repeat of past mistakes CNN senior
International correspondent David
McKenzie has more
I'm Ali Bongo on gimba president of
Gabon an extraordinary plea for
International Help the asset president
of Gabon alibongo and the house arrest
to tell them to make noise to make noise
for the people here have arrested me the
noise was not enough on Monday the new
military leader sworn in
I solemnly undertake on my honor to do
my utmost to achieve National Unity says
gabons Hunter leader National is there a
fear that there is Contagion Happening
Here well I don't think it's a fear of
contagion there is Contagion it's just
the latest Domino to fall in just three
years a Cascade of military takeovers
spreading across West and now central
Africa
most of them former French colonies but
each with a specific cocktail of
grievances over security corruption and
a lack of opportunity this is a wave who
has whose time has not yet crested I
think we're going to see several more of
these in the coming months and years
before we see a kind of return to what
we thought was a normal state in the
kind of post-cold War era
the condemnations have been Universal
the impact minimal
African and Western Powers face a
dilemma in Niger there is apparent
popular support for the coup and deep
anger towards France
plans for a regional military
intervention have stalled French
counter-terror forces have withdrawn
from two of the countries
a position in Niger is tenuous at best
let's take in Niger for the U.S
multi-million dollar drone bases
critical in fighting extremist groups
the state department is treading
carefully we continue to advocate for a
diplomatic solution that respects the
Constitutional order in Niger in Gabon
State media showed off bags of cash they
say they were found at the sun of the
president's home and at the home of
another official CNN couldn't
independently verify these images for
more than 50 years Omar Bongo and his
son Ali Bongo randus oil Rich Nation
much of their wealth was kept in France
most companies young and old had only
known the rule of The Bongo family and
its cronies
so for them the military coup in the
short term looks much better than
anything that they've been living
through and one can understand that
boost of immediate support and what the
military and various missionary groups
bring to the continent is less
opportunities for freedom for democracy
than more
McKenzie CNN Johannesburg
and now let's talk about Venice aka the
floating city which has so much Rich
history art architecture and charm that
it can bring a sort of ebullience to
many who visit if anyone you know is
thinking about making a day trip to the
floating city listening to this starting
in the spring of 2024 if you're not
spending the night you'll have to Fork
over five euros that's about five
dollars and forty cents to get into the
city on super busy days the city is
making history as the first in the world
to charge folks an entry fee this isn't
a permanent thing it's like a 30-day
test run and instead of doing it all in
one month they're picking days when they
expect tons of visitors like holidays in
the peak Carnival season the goal to
discourage day tourists during those
crazy times so here's the deal Venice
can get seriously crowded on some days
there are way more tourists than actual
residents they're still working out the
official dates when the fee will apply
but here's the scoop for those who live
there commute mute own a second home or
are staying overnight you're off the
hook you'll just have to register online
for your visit the money they collect
from these entry fees in part will help
cover the cost of this booking system
and you know what other European cities
dealing with hordes of day Trippers or
keeping a close eye on this test run in
Venice they're wondering if they too can
pull off something similar to deal with
the whole over tourism thing
coming up have you ever thought about
how clean your place really is I mean
even though it might look clean what
about those sneaky germs hiding where
you can't really see them well up next
CNN's Claire Duffy decided to roll up
her sleeves and get down and dirty
testing the germs in her home and one
more thing I've always wondered do we
ever truly get rid of dirt and dust like
if we wipe it up and toss it in the
garbage or broom it away it kind of just
gets moved around doesn't it anyways
let's see what nasties might be lurking
beneath the surface of our spaces I want
to know was I the dirtiest it was a code
so we don't know who was who but
whoever's a was at least contaminated
we set out on an experiment Guided by
food scientist Paul Dawson to collect
samples from the homes of our colleagues
family and friends to find out which
spot in our homes has the most germs
across five homes we tested the same
spots four days after they were cleaned
the kitchen sink drain the kitchen
countertop the bathroom toilet seat the
bathroom faucet handles and the front
door entryway the lab isolated bacterial
cells and documented them as they
multiplied growing into colonies that we
can see this is really really gross
I mean the front door one especially it
just looks I mean it's covered right I
was really worried about when you walk
in the front door that ground because we
live in New York City and the ground is
sturdy if you're really concerned about
that maybe having a doormat that you can
clean periodically our non-scientific
experiment confirmed Decades of research
microbes including bacteria live all
around us we're familiar with the
Dangerous Ones like salmonella listeria
and E coli plus viruses that we didn't
test for but not all germs are bad in
fact most are just fine for us and some
help our bodies function the thing that
surprises people most about the germs in
their homes is that the toilet seat is
probably the cleanest place in their
house so the places where we prepare our
food those were dirtier than the toilet
seat I would say yes definitely the
National Sanitation Foundation
recommends using a weak bleach solution
to sanitize kitchen drains and disposals
once a month for your sponge try to
replace it often
across the board the sponge is fairly
highly contaminated with bacteria and
mold and that sponge I replace my sponge
every week so that sponge was only
three days old yeah it's impossible to
remove all the bacteria they're going to
be there no matter what the point is
most bacteria are harmless or are
positive there's a few that aren't
that's where the sanitation would come
in
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the Danish chamber orchestra had some
pretty unique performers at their recent
gig
putting on a rare Show featuring The
Hunting Symphony a piece composed by
Leopold Mozart who happens to be
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's dad did you
know so here's the Scoop 10 dogs try it
out for this gig but only three made the
cut cookie sofas and zika these furry
rock stars got picked because their
barks sounded just about right and they
could handle the loud music and the loud
crowd
all right we have a shout out to Mr
Mason history teacher at Mayo in mayo
Michigan your Miley submitted the winner
of hashtag your word Wednesday
ebullience a noun meaning the quality of
being cheerful and full of energy well
done I'm koi wire and we'll see you
tomorrow
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