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what's up sunshine go on and smell the
flowers and cool the soup it's Friday
we're going to finish this week's strong
kick our weekend off right I'm Koy wire
this is CNN 10 it's Friday November 17th
and we start with some travel news if
you're traveling for Thanksgiving have
some patience because next week is
expected to be the busiest in years the
American Automobile Association or AAA
predicts that more than 55 million
people will be traveling during the
5-day period from Wednesday to Sunday
now if you're traveling by plane the
Transportation Security Administration
expects a record high number of
Travelers at American airports on the
Sunday after Thanksgiving alone TSA is
preparing to screen nearly 3 million
people at airports Across the Nation so
bring a a good game bring a book
something to brace yourself for
potentially long lines there is a
positive here though demand for travel
has just continued to grow after the
pandemic and postco work Trends with
hybrid and remote schedules now let
people leave for the holidays at
different times that might be good news
for drivers say because the longer
travel period could make the usual Peak
traffic days a little less busy than
they used to be and can you guess what
those days are the Wednesday before
Thanksgiving and the Sun day after still
most Americans may be returning from the
holidays on Sunday that'll make it the
busiest air travel day of the year
that's according to the aviation firm
serium it expects Airlines to fly more
than 3 million seats on 22,000 flights
that day if you're traveling over the
Thanksgiving holiday pack your patience
it's expected to be a record setting
travel season in the skies and a busy
one on the roads the trend is that
people are still still traveling in very
large volumes triaa is forecasting 55.4
million people will be traveling to
their holiday destinations including
more than 49 million who will drive to
their destination between the Wednesday
before Thanksgiving and the Sunday after
the holiday if you're hitting the road
tripa a says that Wednesday afternoon is
still the worst time to hit the roads
with AAA recommending you leave on
actual Thanksgiving Day it shortens the
amount of time that you're at your
destination but it also shortens the
amount of time that you're in transit
the Sunday after Thanksgiving is also
brutal but not as busy as it could be
hybrid schedules and remote schedules
have changed everything because now
people can leave for holiday travel at
different
times if you're taking to thegu brace
yourself for packed airports and
possible delays and cancellations the
Transportation Security Administration
is bracing for an alltime record number
of passengers at airports Nationwide on
this Sunday after Thanksgiving so what
what can you do to minimize the chaos at
the airport one travel expert says avoid
checking a bag in case your flight gets
cancelled and you're moved to a
different one take public transit to the
airport or book your parking spot online
now and finally give yourself plenty of
time be flexible and very patient
there's always going to be some amount
of cancellations that happen as long as
we have bad
weather next up we're headed to the
South Asian country of Nepal Nepal's
government decided to ban Tik Tok they
say it was disrupting family and social
structures Nepal isn't the only country
where the popular app with one billion
monthly active users is now banned India
put a ban on Tik Tok three years ago and
the US Canada Australia and New Zealand
put restrictions on the app because of
security concerns Nepal however had a
different reason to ask internet
providers to cut access to Tik Tok
throughout the country citing local
media Reuters reported orted that more
than 1,600 Tik Tock related cyber crime
cases have been registered over the last
four years in Nepal Nepal's prime
minister said that the government had a
long discussion on how to control the
tendency to spread disharmony disorder
and Chaos in society and decided that a
ban on Tik Tok was needed now Pop Quiz
Hot Shot 10c trivia which state has the
lowest population density in the US
Hawaii Alaska Montana for
Wyoming Wyoming has the lowest
population overall but Alaska which is
by far the largest state has the lowest
population
density all right we're headed to Alaska
now where this weekend a town in the
very northern part of the us which is
located north of the Arctic Circle will
see the Sun for the last time in two
months our meteorologist Allison
chinchar is here to explain why
that's right Koy just before 2 p.m. on
Saturday the sun will go down in the
town of Uki agic Alaska formerly known
as Barrow and it will not come back
again for 66 more days that's right the
sun go down on Saturday and comes back
on January 23rd of next year now this
happens every single year it's called
polar night and it's a common occurrence
for a lot of these areas in what we call
the Arctic Circle so here you can see
exactly where the town is located at the
very northernmost point of Alaska
putting it inside the Arctic Circle that
means for several weeks during the
winter they go into a phase of complete
darkness the Sun never fully Rises now
on the flip side koi in the summer the
opposite happens where they will have 24
straight hours of daylight as the Sun
never truly sets for several weeks in
the
summer
today's story getting a 10 out of 10 and
unusual new use of Fall Foliage by the
way did you know that warm colors of
autumn leaves are always present they're
just hidden by the abundance of green
chlorophyll during the warmer months you
see in the fall leaves stop their food
making process and the chlorophyll
declines the green color Fades away to
reveal all the other colors hidden
beneath now check this out at The Point
Defiance Zoo in Tacoma Washington a baby
ax named Willow came up with a fun way
to enjoy the new Fall
Foliage you know how in the fall zoos
are always giving their animals squashes
to
squish pumpkins to spear with their
horns the zoos call it enrichment it
gives the animal something new to
do and a photo op for the press this is
her first time with a big leaf pile we
think you'll really fall from for this
fall ritual featuring Willow the baby
mus Willow is a little over two months
old she lives with her mother Charlotte
Willow was born here at The Point
Defiance Zoo in Tacoma
Washington a girl who loves to headbutt
her red ball and splash
around in puddles and now
this
Willow really seems to be into Fall
Foliage she loves it the leaves are one
of her favorite things raked into a pile
by the keepers and she just went wild
the name Willow totally suits her
because it's one of her favorite
foods but the pile consists of maple
leaves if it was all willow leaves she'd
probably eat that entire batch of
leaves eat it rather than Frolic in it
either one is a barrel of
fun what an awesome week we've had we
took you to Japan to Iceland we followed
the stories from the depths of the ocean
to the mountain tops we learned a lot
laughed a little and showed a whole
bunch of Love Shout Out Time cinnamon
Middle School in cinnamon New Jersey go
pirates and shout out to the mighty
Spartans at WT Chipman Middle School in
Harrington Delaware rise up have an
awesome weekend everyone I'll be here
with you Monday and Tuesday remember you
are more powerful than you know I'm Ki
wire this is cnn1 It's been a blessing
to spend this week with
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