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hello everyone I'm Coy wire this is cnn1
I just want to give a big old what's up
to Alex and everyone at Mr Crow's class
here at the Howard school in Atlanta
Georgia always love bumping into our CNN
teners when I am out and about thank you
Mr Crow for making us part of your day
all right we've got an awesome and
Omnibus show today and we're starting
with a massive strike against three
major hotel chains more than 10,000
union workers at nine US cities went on
strike Sunday at Hilton Hyatt and
Marriott Hotels about 200 Hotel
employees in Baltimore joined the walk
out yesterday so why are these workers
going on strike well they say they want
higher pay better conditions and more
people hired to help take the load off
the union says the hotel business has
recovered from the hit it took during
the pandemic but employees salaries
haven't gone back up now spokespeople
for Hilton and hayatt say they are
committed to reaching deals with the
union and negotiating Fair contracts the
25 affected hotels are reportedly still
open but guests are dealing with a
skeleton staff these strikes are set to
end after 3 days and some employees have
already gone back to work but the union
is threatening to expand the strike to
as many as 65 hotels in 12 different
cities next we head to America's largest
military base overseas Camp Humphrey in
South Korea it's just 60 Mi away from
the demilitarized zone that separates
the nation from North Korea and the
importance of the base has grown in
recent years as North Korea becomes more
of a military Threat by building up its
nuclear Arsenal CNN's Mike Valerio takes
us there
now it's where rock concerts
Roar and where families find new homes
in Korea like the Cook family trading
their lives in Cincinnati Ohio for Camp
Humphrey's South
Korea it's the Army's busiest Airfield
in Asia and the biggest US military base
overseas Camp Humphrey is about 60 M
away from North Korea driving distance
from the heavily fortified demilitarized
zone the DMZ which divides the Korean
Peninsula more than 40,000 people call
Camp Humphrey's home including the cooks
they have not one but two sets of twins
the Young
just 8 months old and when you set this
you won't have they came here because of
Sergeant Terry cook an army IT
specialist here to support the critical
Us South Korea military Alliance we met
in Cincinnati Ohio but in dad mode with
his wife R he says it's all about
supporting his parental platoon I just
really like to you know spend as much
time Maxim out time with with this whole
unit like I just like how you look right
now you are literally Super Dad Camp
humph hosts the only us US Army division
which is partially made up of South
Korean soldiers but the goal for
families here is to immerse in Korean
culture which is especially important
for re since she lived in Germany as a
kid when her dad was a sergeant in the
Army being able to provide my children
with the same cultural experiences that
I was given as a child is just extremely
important to me as a mother but for
those looking for a slice of America
there's plenty Texas Roadhouse the on
based golf course and one of the biggest
Fourth of July celebrations on this side
of the world I there's also the feeling
of
belonging Jubilation after years in the
Army finally becoming American citizens
non-commissioned officer NCO Sergeant
Vanessa Ramo was born in the Philippines
supported here at her naturalization
ceremony by her platoon I didn't expect
it to be here honestly um it's it's
great to do it overseas somewhere
especially in Korea I love Korea a slice
of America inextricably part of the
Korean tapestry and for its newest
residents hardly far from home Mike
Valerio CNN Camp Humphrey South
Korea Pop Quiz Hot Shot what color shirt
collar is most often associated with
jobs that involve manual or skilled
trade purple pink blue or
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white if you said blue Put Your Hands Up
Blue Collar jobs is a term dating back
to the
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1920s did you know that there is a
shortage of plumbers electricians and
other skilled workers in America as the
current generation retires there aren't
enough new workers going into the trades
now social media influencers that work
in these industries are hoping to
inspire people to consider their crafts
when choosing a career
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path oh
with hashtags like trade jobs and blue
collar mechanics welders plumbers and
electricians are using social media to
connect and inspire you hear that like
an electrician does electrical work but
you don't necessarily like know what
that entails and now that it's like
coming into social media people are
seeing these jobs and actually figuring
out that they're like attainable one
time I was visiting a school and one of
the kids was like Hey I really wanted to
introduce myself to you like you're the
reason I'm
I want to do construction I think the
culture that we're in um I think it's
shifting I don't think the trades are as
frowned upon as maybe they would have
been I don't know 20 30 40 years ago
social media influencers are making
trade jobs cool demonstrating another
path to financial security at a time
when College costs are soaring all right
this customer has no AC in the house a
4-year degree is not does not mean
success it doesn't mean happiness it
doesn't mean Financial you know security
I think that social media is showing
people that you can not have to go to
school and you can like join a trade and
there's no like debt we were able to buy
a house at my age at 22 years old and I
feel like that is a very easy example to
people that maybe don't think is a
viable career option and more women are
working in the trades than ever
before I think that it's not only for
men but especi like I think it's really
important to also understand like your
characteristics and what you can handle
because it does take like a lot of grit
but it is rewarding and you're learning
like a life skill that you'll have
forever too a shortage of skilled
workers looms as older Generations
retire if we don't have young people on
the trades the trades are going to die
out and we're not going to have people
building infrastructure social media is
definitely putting a new lens on the
stigma behind construction because it's
no longer being seen through someone
else's perspective I think it's just
showing the cool side of
construction holy
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moly today's story getting a 10 out of
10 is proof that age really is just a
number at 65 Nora Langdon was struggling
just to climb stairs 16 years later at
the age of 81 she became a world
record-breaking powerlifter you've got
to see this inspiring story
so we went out to the first state meet
and I said all these young girls there's
no way I'm going to win we put down what
our starting weights are going to be and
I heard on loudspeaker with nor Lan is
coach please come to the to the table my
run there I said yeah I'm I'm a her
coach what's the problem well her number
is kind of high for woman her age he
said no it's not a mistake uh just watch
her and I did it real easy
she set all the national records and
world records for agan great classic she
broke the squat bench deadlift and total
records for her age a first
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Mee I knew she can compete but never
thought she was going to be a world
class lifter they said I was the best in
the world at that
point I love what I do it's just
amazing some of my family some of my
family said you should
quit but I never quit you heard it all
your life when you retire sit down do
nothing watch TV that's the worst thing
you can do if you don't want to power
fine walk if you like a roller Escape
roll Escape do something but keep that
body moving until the Lord call you home
she is awesome a power lifter lifting
our souls all right big congrats to our
#y word Wednesday winner Mrs Downs class
from Central Columbia in Bloomsburg PA
for submitting Omnibus an adjective
meaning containing or including many
items thanks for boosting our vocabulary
today you all really brought it so many
great words to choose from we're going
to do it again next week our shout out
today goes to Valley View Middle School
in Idina Minnesota go Hornets see you
right back here tomorrow lovely people
I'm KY wire and we are CNN 10
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