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hello and happy Tuesday everyone I want
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I'm Coy wire this is cnn1 and we're
going to start today with news out of
Japan the island country in East Asia
located in the Pacific Ocean is worried
about a once in a century megaquake but
does it need to be on August 8th parts
of the western Japan area felt the
ground shake from a 7.1 magnitude
earthquake prompting both local and
national government agencies to react
meteorologists quickly issued a firstof
His Kind Nationwide warning that a major
earthquake could hit within the next
week the concern was that the smaller
Quake could trigger a much larger one
from Japan nanai trough which is
considered the nation's most dangerous
fault the alert caused officials to
close beaches cancel events slow down
trains and even stockpile supplies in
the end most advisories were lifted and
thankfully there was no major damage
from the 7.1 magnitude Quake still the
country remains on high alert prepping
for any potential emergencies one week
after the advisory Japan lifted the
warning about a potential Mega Quake the
event has experts questioning whether an
alert system like this is accurate or
even necessary and it has some
scientists wondering when they should
step in if they see clues that an
earthquake may be on the horizon as one
seismologist in the US put it you don't
want a mass evacuation Panic that's not
warranted but you want people not to go
on their merry ways Japan is no stranger
to strong earthquakes it's located in
the ring of fire an area known for
intense seismic and volcanic activity
around the Pacific Ocean the most
devastating quake in recent Japanese
history was the 9.1 magnitude tohoku
earthquake in 2011 which caused a
tsunami and killed some 20,000 people
CNN's Hano Montgomery has more why is
Japan concerned about a mega Quake Japan
is an earthquake prone country and it's
been dreading the big one for years but
in early August it issued its first ever
Mega Quake advisory meaning there's now
an increased risk of it happening the
big one also known as the nungai truff
earthquake would hit somewhere along the
southern coast and could be massive
measuring eight or higher in magnitude
it could trigger huge tsunamis like what
we saw during the March 11th disaster
causing trillions in damage and
potentially killing hundreds of
thousands Japan advised people to stay
prepared but it didn't suggest any
evacuations and downplayed any immediate
danger still the Prime Minister canel
his trip abroad people are stock piling
food and some are cancelling their
summer plans it sounds alarming but how
worried should we really be government
experts estimate that within the next 30
Years there's a 70 to 80% chance of this
Mega Quake happening and even with a
risk increase right now the chances of
it happening are still under 1% this
30-year estimate is also based on just
one theory that uses past Quake data and
records of seabed changes in southern
Japan we don't yet have the science to
predict when
where or how big an earthquake will be
but those in Japan remain prepared
because an earthquake can happen anytime
anywhere Pop Quiz Hot Shot which one of
these nations is often referred to as a
Hermit Kingdom Switzerland Germany South
Korea or North
Korea with known secrecy and willful
isolation from the rest of the world
North Korea is the answer here
now imagine how interesting it would be
if you got a rare window into that
secretive hermit Kingdom of around 25
million people that sits across the
northern border of South Korea that's
what happened when one man in Canada
used his hobby of Surfing satellite
channels to stumble on the North Korean
State television and then shared what he
was seeing on
YouTube using his backyard satellite
dish Peter Fairley was just scanning for
sports
channels there we go
go we have a signal but the Canadian
engineer from outside Toronto stumbled
upon something he never expected and
that's when I saw the color bars the
test card and the Pyongyang written on
it that triggered my uh curiosity like
was this really coming from North
Korea sure enough it was a live
satellite feed of North Korean State
television from daily dancer size to
cooking programs to patriotic propaganda
it's very kind of 1980s too it's very
MTV their
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videos broadcasting mass
games military parades and
yes missile launches to some 26 million
people who call Kim jong-un's secret
State home the videos all of of Cam uh
how great he is and and everybody you
know crying and loving him Peter began
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recording do you feel like these
programs do have power to influence
people's minds absolutely after watching
uh one one full day of of the North
Korean content for two nights in a row I
just had a lot of very bizarre dreams as
if I was
there posting an edited version on his
YouTube
channel did you think this was going to
go viral no absolutely
not go viral he did Peter's videos
racking up almost 2 million views in
less than two months people were
basically giving comments that were all
over the Spectrum from they loved it to
they were terrified by it Peter's
pirated Pyongyang propaganda a window
into what the North Korean State wants
its people to see and
believe continuing with our CNN 10
Olympian Series this week I caught up
with Team USA swimmer Katie leeki whose
work ethic Zoom like focus and
discipline are the stuff books could be
written about with nine Olympic Golds
now 14 medals in all she's the most
dominant female swimmer we've ever seen
let's go inside the mind of Katie Lei
the most decorated female American olymp
of all time what are some of the things
that maybe you take for granted that you
do or have done over the years that
other people might find fascinating uh I
think I I just try really hard to be
consistent each year uh you know it's
not just every four years for me I'm
competing at World Championships in
between Olympics and a lot of other
meets as well so it's not just a few
races every four years it's a lot of a
lot of training a lot of races in
between these big moments what one of
the sacrifices your family made that was
either quirky or just something you're
going to look back and say wow they
really loved me well definitely a lot of
early mornings I think any swim parent
or swimmer would would say that um we
have early morning practices when I was
you know in middle school high school
some of those practices would start at
4:45 in the morning so my parents would
be up at 4:00 make me a quick breakfast
um drive me to the pool you know
definitely sacrificed some hours of
sleep and uh just were great Sports
about it all it was never a acfic to
them they were just supporting me and
and supporting my goals you must be so
proud now Simone biles told me she would
be a honey badger in the gym a sloth at
home though what would your spirit
animal be to describe the aura of Katie
lecki uh I think I would have to say a
porpus because my uh my summer league
some team we were the Palisades porpuses
so that's my go-to answer and obviously
I love the water so that's pretty good
picture me this the year is 202 you've
just finished your last Olympics oh come
on no no no no no coach Lei would you
like that I feel like you'd be good at
that I don't know I you know I love
swimming and I think no matter what I do
beyond my swimming career I think I'll
always stay in the sport in some
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capacity today's story getting a 10 out
of 10 is making some waves literally on
the coast of Rhode Island Anita and
Dwayne Ratchford are driving a
Rolls-Royce shaped boat on the water
they've been together for more than 20
years he's a car Enthusiast she's an
ocean lover and sooner than later they
decided to bring their passions together
how about that they said sometimes they
get some Stern looks but mostly just
smiles and waves I've never seen any
Rudder one like it that reminds me one
of my favorite tongue twisters say toy
booat as fast as you can five times
without messing up toy booat toy boo toy
boo toy boo toy booat all right remember
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