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hello sunshine terrific Tuesday to you
I'm koi wire thank you for spending part
of your day with us right here on CNN 10
the best 10 minutes in news today we're
going to be covering a bunch of topics
from the situation in Israel and Gaza to
the Korean War we'll also learn about a
girl who gets paid more than 4,000 bucks
a week to play the card game Uno that
and more right here on today's show we
start with the latest on the war between
Israel and Hamas in Gaza residents have
been leaving their homes and evacuating
South experts say conditions there have
deteriorated dangerously with serious
shortages of clean water and food that's
as tens of thousands of Palestinians
attempt to flee crippling air strikes
and an impending Israeli ground
offensive and the world is not just
watching and waiting but reacting while
many are coming out in solidarity for
Israel others around the world are
showing support for the Palestinians in
Gaza these protests are happening in US
cities including Washington DC Chicago
New York and in Europe including London
and Frankfurt that stretches all the way
to Sydney Istanbul and South Africa now
it's difficult for me to report on and
watch something of this magnitude and
maybe it is for you too so on Thursday's
episode we're going to give you behind
the scenes look at how we here at CNN
report on what we're seeing and we're
even going to offer you some tools uh
for managing this type of distressing
news to help us out we'll have a very
special guest and we cannot wait for you
to see just for you here on CNN 10 where
we tell you the what letting you decide
what to think next up do you ever wonder
about the past lives of your parents or
maybe even your grandparents well my
friend and CNN anchor Amar Walker
decided to find out she tells us how she
got her father to share his childhood
experiences during the Korean War she
says it changed her perception of her
entire family history and her Heritage
History lesson of the day the Korean War
Began on June 25th 1950 the North Korean
People's Army wanted to militarily
conquer South Korea and therefore unify
Korea under their Communist Regime it
was also the first war that the United
Nations played a part in in fact when
asked to send military aid to South
Korea 16 countries sent troops and 41
sent equipment or Aid and Americans who
participated in the action actually
accounted for 90% of those troops it was
a three-year bloody and brutal struggle
that left Millions from both countries
dead and created a refugee crisis that
swept up Amar Walker's family here's
more during the Korean War it was from
1950 to
1953 the Communists were abducting young
boys
into the Communist
Army my father remembers the
conversation that his mother had with
his brothers and she told them to go
escape into the local mountains and to
hide there until the war was over no one
knew if they were going to see their
loved ones
again there's so much more to learn
about his history we all want to know
where we come from right technically I
can say I'm North
Korean I grew up in Southern California
and I really knew nothing about my roots
my childhood I guess was pretty normal
uh for an immigrant family my father
owned a gardening business he moved to
America in
1974 and he never had a chance to ever
go on vacation I said hey what's your
bucket list vacation and he's like well
I've been on YouTube a lot and I've been
looking a lot at
Alaska oh then let's do it we were on
this beautiful train ride through Denali
National Forest it was a glass car this
is a horrible photo but this was inside
the train and I just randomly asked hey
Dad so tell me about the
war he kind of was taken a back I
obviously don't think he was expecting
that question from
me he just started telling me he was
eight or 9 years old it was pure chaos
he said amra I was running for my safety
for my life
in the middle of this war while bombs
were flying and I was barefooted I
didn't even have
shoes my dad escaped down towards Soul
um that's a long journey from what is
now North
Korea his most vivid memory was being
hungry as a child at night like the
noise his tummy would make I don't think
I had ever seen my father cry until that
moment you know he was probably holding
in all that pain um that he never talked
about with anyone else until
Alaska that was really a a pivotal
moment in my life I understand my father
so much more now you know we I used to
always be like Dad you don't ever talk
you're you always look so Stern you're
always working working working you
always have a goal and now I know why he
was able to leave come to America and
build a life for themselves and set up
his children to succeed he's a Survivor
I will tell my children when they're of
age their Roots so if you want to learn
more about
yourself ask
questions 10c trivia what board game was
patented on December 31st 1935 Monopoly
Scrabble Candy Lane or Shoots and
Ladders if you said Monopoly you are
correct although the rules had been
created much earlier in 1903 by a woman
woman named Elizabeth Maggie that's a
story that had been lost for decades
until recently now ever since games and
puzzles have been big business and for
one lucky player the game Uno has also
meant a big paycheck for her she's
earning thousands of dollars each month
to play the game she loves that will be
game oh
okay this is 22-year-old litzy Santana
she just graduated from college a few
months ago and now Mattel is paying her
to play its new game Uno Quattro with
strangers on the streets of New York
just Uno quatro y her salary
$4,440 a week for only 4 hours per day
that's almost
$278 an hour my job responsibilities as
Chief Uno player include one having fun
I don't think you guys are going to beat
me that's game number two explaining the
games the rules of Uno quatro and then
playing some Uno quatro and hopefully
winning a lot so Chief Uno player as a
campaign is quite fascinating everyone
says wow that is so much money it's
irrational to pay an individual that
much to play this game on the flip side
not only will they have the firm
generated content they'll also have
multitudes of of consumer generated
content all for the low price of about
$118,000 litzy isn't an influencer or a
household name she doesn't have
thousands of followers but she landed
the job anyways thanks to an open call
Edition on you guessed it Tik Tok do you
like playing Uno do you like making
money it's a tactic on the part of
companies like Mattel to draw younger
customers on social media oh and you
should probably be friendly and have
really good vibes because you're going
to be challenging rattles who play you a
Quadro when we think about an influencer
traditionally we think about someone who
has an organic following and why should
I be the first Chief Uno player let me
show you my collection real quick the
chief Uno play they were not selected
due to their role as an
influencer given that they were given a
title from this company they're given
credibility here to tell you and give
you the ultimate scoop on how to win Uno
quro every single consumers are
increasingly skeptical of brands in the
marketplace but having this intermediary
whether it's an influencer a Creator
consumers develop what are called
parasocial relationships they treat it
like a real relationship they say this
person won't lie to me I trust this
person 1 2 3 4 awesome love it thank you
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guys finally we're traveling to the New
York Comic-Con known for its detailed
and extensive costumes it's not uncommon
to see fans cosplaying all around New
York City the New York ComiCon is an
annual New York City fan convention
dedicated to all things Comics that
includes everything from graphic novels
to anime popular media and even video
games the convention was first held in
2006 and it's North America's most
attended fan
convention today's special shout out is
going to Mr Hawks class at William Cook
in Richmond BC Canada we hear you watch
us every day as part of your morning
routine and then write in journals about
the core values of caring for yourselves
caring for each other and your community
that is incredible and I want to give a
shout out to all the Educators out there
with some teacher time Tuesday thank you
for inspiring uplifting and caring for
all of us students give your teacher a
handshake high five or fist bump today
and let them know we see you I'm Coy
wire and we are CNN
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