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what's up superstars it's about that
time it's Thursday November 9 and it's
time to shine hey that kind of rhymed
and I wasn't even trying I'm lying I was
happy Friday Eve I'm Coy wire this is
CNN 10 we start today with some
pandemonium these giant pandas at the
National Zoo in Washington are very
important pandas the pandas are native
to China with an estimated 1,800 left in
the wild that's according to the World
Wildlife Fund they're also China's
national animal giant pandas live off of
bamboo and they can eat more than 80
pounds of the plant every day and
they're not called giant pandas for
nothing a male can weigh up to 300
pounds that's an offensive lineman in
the NFL so what makes these three bears
so special well China loaned them to the
National Zoo as part of a program that
dates back more than 50 years but next
week this family mom and dad and their
Cub will return home and it's unclear
whether China will send new Bears CNN
correspondent David Culver explains why
this is significant in the big picture
of what's come to be known as Panda
diplomacy for weeks visitors at the
National Zoo in Washington have stopped
by to say
goodbye the zoo's three giant pandas now
headed to China
Zoo staff call this a Hiatus in their
five deade wildly popular Panda
program Chinese officials have yet to
say if it will continue you might wonder
why this even matters there are of
course far more pressing issues between
the US and China but as we look deeper
tracking where pandas are leaving and
where they're going you get a better
sense of the New World Order China's
hoping to craft these cuddly creatures
used for China's major political and
diplomatic needs especially in places
where it hopes to gain but China says
its focus is on conservation and
research President Nixon's visit to our
country beijing's panda diplomacy with
Washington as it's called kicked off in
1972 following President Nixon's
historic visit to China Chairman Mao
Zedong the founder of communist China
gifted two pandas to the US in a sign of
warming bilateral ties after Decades of
diplomatic deep
freeze first lady Pat Nixon welcomed the
pandas to Washington they will be
enjoyed by the millions of people who
come from across the country seeing
their popularity rise amongst Americans
China sent more pandas to other Jews
across the US eventually loaning instead
of gifting them the 2011 agreement
between China and the National Zoo
stipulates ownership of the pandas and
any Offspring belong to China the
contract also requires payment to China
of $500,000 each year for the
conservation of giant pandas in China at
its height there were 15 pandas in the
United States but in the last decade the
numbers have dropped coinciding with
worsening us China relations with the
Three Pandas now departing the National
Zoo that only leaves Zoo Atlanta with
pandas in the US for now the contracts
for Atlanta's final four expire next
year no word on any extension and that
could mean that by the end of 2024 the
only panda in zoos in all of the
Americas would be
shinshin right here in Mexico City
China's also loaned out new giant pandas
to other countries including EU Nations
like Denmark Finland and Germany and in
the Middle East Qatar are getting their
first Panda last year regions where
China is looking to bolster its
relations and increase its
influence staff at the national Zoo
hopeful China might one day send over
more giant pandas they're even planning
Renovations for the soon Tobe vacant
Panda exhibit 10-c trivia who gave the
Aurora Borealis its name Galileo Cassini
cernus or
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Kepler Galileo Galileo was the
astronomer who came up with the name in
the early 1600s
Aurora Borealis also known as Northern
Lights it's an atmospheric phenomenon
that creates enchanting dancing waves of
light associated with countries
surrounding the Arctic like Canada
Russia and Norway but last weekend you
didn't have to head for the North Pole
to catch these mesmerizing shining Skies
the Borealis were spotted in parts of
the UK Ukraine and Slovakia and
according to experts Southern sightings
could become more common with increased
solar activity so how does the sun
summon this nighttime spectacle we've
got your answer right here described as
one of earth's greatest light shows and
Aurora is one of the most fascinating
and beautiful naturally occurring
phenomena you might know it as the
northern lights but it's technically
called the Aurora Borealis in the
northern hemisphere in the Aurora
australias or Southern Lights in the
southern hemisphere this phenomenon
occurs above the magnetic poles in the
northern and southern hemispheres they
form when gases particles in the Earth's
atmosphere collide with charged
particles released from the Sun
electrons and protons from the Sun are
blown toward the Earth by the solar wind
as these are carried towards Earth most
of them are deflected by Earth's
magnetic field however the magnetic
field is weaker at the poles allowing
some of the particles to funnel into the
Earth's atmosphere the vibrant colors
produced are determined by the type of
gases that are colliding the result is a
brilliant display of the common green
green and yellow less common blue and
violet even rare Reds painting the
night's sky in ribbons arcs or shooting
Rays oxygen produces green and red light
while nitrogen gives off blue and purple
the best time of year to view the light
show is during the winter months when
the nights are longer under a cloud-free
sky away from light
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pollution today's story getting a 10 out
of 10 is a w L Crash Landing that helped
one buyer knock a couple bucks off a
deal CNN's Genie Mo has all the deer
Tails 13-year-old Troy
Westcott was outside his Maz Landing New
Jersey home shooting Hoops with his dog
Parker when he heard rustling in the
leaves the dog spotted the deer
first but just as spectacular as the
leap was this this coincidence the 2007
Chevy Silverado pickup was for sale and
at the exact same moment the prospective
buyer pulled up to cinch the deal the
deer slammed into the pickup what did he
say he was just shocked he's like oh wow
Troy's dad was likewise stunned but the
buyer wasted no time in asking how about
a little break on the price for the
damage to the truck the dent left by the
young B saved the buyer 1,000 bucks off
the asking price the sellers started
cracking jokes we think that the deer
was
trained I said man I know y'all brought
that deer with you as the video went
viral commenters had two questions
people are asking is the deer okay he
seems to be okay spotted on a neighbor's
trail camera people are asking if the
truck is still for sale nope sold but it
took a flying deer to make a pickup less
deer by a th000 bucks Genie MOS
CNN New
York oh dear that was staggering it
would have behooved them to keep that
truck in the garage heyyo Santa you see
that flying deer pick them up all right
we've got two shout outs in the YouTube
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Illinois it's your moment so own it
happy Friday Eve Superstars I'll see you
tomorrow I'm KY wire and we are CNN
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