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what's up lovely people and happy hump
day Wednesday is hashtag your word
Wednesday so be on the lookout to see if
your vocab word made it into Today's
Show let's go to the Middle East where
US Secretary of State Anthony blinkin is
back in Israel for critical talks with
top Israeli government officials blink
and the Biden Administration are looking
to keep their steady Balancing Act of
keeping pressure on prime minister
Benjamin netanyahu's government to curb
its offensive and reduce harm to
civilians in Gaza while also giving
support for Israel's decision to
continue its military operation on the
Hamas terrorist blinkin has now made
five visits to Israel since the October
7th Hamas attack another us concern in
the Middle East is the escalating
tension with Iran as proxy groups Target
US troops in Iraq and Syria and inter
International ships in the Red Sea CNN's
Becky Anderson has more on blinken's
latest trip as he looks to deescalate a
possible wider war in the Middle East US
Secretary of State Anthony blinkin
shuttling around the region on his
fourth trip as Israel's war in Gaza
escalates tension around the Middle East
Jordan's King Abdullah warning on Sunday
of catastrophic consequences of the
continuing war in
Gaza from Jordan blink went to Kata
which has been instrumental in
negotiating for the release of hostages
held in Gaza kata's prime minister
saying the recent killing of the senior
Hamas official by Israel could impact
hostage negotiations of course uh having
uh one of of the the senior leader of
Hamas uh being killed as something that
can affect uh such a complicated process
yet we are not giving up we are uh
moving forward well that killing of a
senior Hamas official inside Beirut in
Lebanon just one of the flash points
escalating tensions since blinken's last
visit the Americans also killing an Iran
back militia leader in Iraq after an
attack on a US airbase and the Iranian
back houthis continue to interrupt
international shipping in the Red Sea
last month the US Ann ing an
international effort to deter houy
attacks but in this region where I am
very few countries willing to join that
coalition to counter those
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threats from Kata blinkin came here to
Abu Dhabi meeting with the UAE president
Muhammad bin
Zed the trip also includes Saudi Arabia
Egypt Israel and the West Bank where
officials say there will be tough
conversations but if blink past visits
are any indication and with no sign of
an end to Israel's assault on Gaza his
presence may not be enough to calm the
region let's go now to the powerful
winter storm that moves fast across the
Central and Eastern United States this
week the Storm Prediction Center said
more than 40 million people were under
severe storm watch Tuesday with warnings
spanning nearly every type of winter
weather let's go to Mandy Gaither to
hear a few tips on how to stay healthy
and safe during all this wild winter
weather from frigid air to ice and snow
cold temperatures can take a toll on our
bodies we shunt blood flow to the to the
central kind of core of our body in an
attempt to stay warm Dr Christopher boli
is an Emergency Physician at Cleveland
Clinic he says this time of year doctors
not only see rises in ER visits for
Respiratory viruses as more people seek
Refuge inside from the cold but also
frostbite and hypo ymia bazoli says what
you wear can help keep you safe protect
the parts of your body most vulnerable
to frostbite like toes fingers nose and
ears by dressing in warm dry clothing
lots of layers um and especially the
layers close to your skin um you want to
have uh breathable Fabrics if possible
um especially if you're you're um
engaging in activity boli says a sudden
change in temperature and humidity can
also irritate certain medical conditions
like asthma he says to make sure you
have enough medicine on hand and if you
use an electric medical device make sure
you have a way to back it up if the
power goes out he says to also be aware
of how you heat your home we don't want
to run any um engine operated equipment
uh or or gas or propane powered uh
heating devices indoors because of the
risk of carbon
monoxide 10 seconds in trivia how many
Earth years does it take for Neptune the
eighth planet in our solar system to
complete one full orbit around the sun
15 years 29 84 or
165 NASA says it takes 165 Earth years
for Neptune to complete a circuit around
the Sun that's a long time to wait
between birthdays man all right because
we feel this show can be a bit much at
times we like to give you some space
space news and we're GNA rock it out not
two weeks into the new year and we have
already some Stellar news including the
discovery of a paddle about the color of
Neptune our Jeremy Roth has
more a Neptune why so blue new evidence
has revealed a colorful controversy
involving a pair of comparable planets
and that's not all this is a look at the
planets Uranus and Neptune looking
strikingly different as captured in 1989
by the Voyager 2 spacecraft but a recent
study by Oxford University found that
those original images had actually been
stretched and enhanced resulting in a
quote two artificially blue Neptune now
newly reprocessed the images show the
planet's true colors and that they
actually look quite similar talk about a
color correction but that's not all the
study also used images of Uranus
gathered over the years to figure out
why the planet appears to change colors
with the seasons the study says as the
planet spins toward and away from the
Sun a combo of varying gas and cloud
coverage give way to a seemingly
shifting Hue now you know in other
Interstellar news we now have the most
detailed look ever at Jupiter's moon IO
courtesy of the closest ever flyby by
the spacecraft Juno scientists say IO is
the most volcanic body in the solar
system and the new highres images give
an unprecedented look at the Moon
dappled with craggy volcanic features by
the way am I the only one that thinks IO
looks like the lightsaber training orb
thingy from Star Wars I am Okie doie
well that's 10 seconds we'll never get
back finally we leave you spaced out
with a day in the life of Mars okay
technically it's half a day 12 hours on
the red planet crammed into a Trippy
10-second time lapse it comes courtesy
of curiosity the Rover that's been there
for more than 4,000 days that look just
like
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this today's story getting a 10 out of
10 a perfect Rescue by a ferocious fine
that saves a pup from a coyote attack
CNN's Genie MOS has
more six-year-old Oakley has a lovable
face she can do spins in exchange for a
treat but when she went out to do her
business in the backyard of her Edmund
Oklahoma home no amount of spinning
would have saved her from the coyote
that pounced if the family cat hadn't
jumped in is she a tough cat like is she
like a street cat I mean is she yeah
she's she's a she's a
gangster Lane Dyer says Binks is a stray
that he and his family take care of her
and Oakley hit it off pretty good from
the beginning so when the first of two
coyotes grabbed Oakley it was Binks to
the rescue taking on The Intruders
scaring them away though not before
Oakley suffered wounds that had blood
spouting out of her her chest
unfortunately but with stitches in a
splint Oakley recovered a little over a
month later and so she yawns over the
story of Binks saving her coyotes have
become such a danger to small dogs that
one owner created the coyote
vest done with spikes protruding from a
Kevlar vest and even a set of coyote
whiskers nylon bristles that at least
look
intimidating but who needs a coyote vest
I think she's shown that she's not
afraid of much when the cat has your
back all right thanks to Miss Smith at
Dearing Middle School in West Warwick
Rhode Island for making us smarter today
our hashy word Wednesday winner with
terod diddle a noun meaning a fib or
Petty lie well done now unfortunately
our visit to NASA Space Center here in
Houston was pushed back due to weather
delays for some of our crews so I'm
headed back to Studio but before I go
shout out time this shout out goes to
the judges and Mrs choice class at
Benjamin n cordozo High School in
Bayside neighborhood Queens New York
class dismissed and this shout out goes
to Mr Webster's class at Summit View
Middle School in Caldwell Idaho thank
you for spending part of your day with
us see you tomorrow lovely people I'm
Coy wire and we are CNN
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