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what's up sunshine I'm Coy wire welcome
to CNN 10 it is Monday March 3rd our
first episode of the month women's
History Month I'm excited to be here
starting this week with you covering the
news so we can stay informed on what's
happening around the world in 10 minutes
or less let's get started today we start
in Ukraine we're a deal allowing the us
access to Ukraine's Rare Earth and
critical minerals is on hold after a
tense meeting unfolded in the Oval
Office at the White House on Friday the
meeting between US president Donald
Trump and Ukrainian President Vladimir
zalinski was meant to reset an already
strained relationship between the two
and there were high hopes that
strengthening the alliance between the
two countries would mean steps towards
strengthening Ukraine's chances of
ending their war with inv Russia instead
this meeting was cut short after a
heated conversation and a deal was left
unsigned the bilateral agreement between
the two countries would have been the
first of its kind it's set up to have
Ukraine and the United States jointly
investing in harnessing Ukraine's
critical minerals and other valuable
resources in part to help rebuild the
country after three years of Russia's
fullscale Invasion and War so what are
rare earth and critical minerals our
Anna Stewart quickly walks us through
what these minerals are and why they're
so important rths are a group of 17
elements which can be useful for
electronics Clean Energy Technologies
and some weapon systems but Ukraine
doesn't have globally significant
deposits of rare earth minerals what
Ukraine does have is a lot of other
critical minerals so what are some of
these good
for well the US lists 50 minerals that
are critical
this includes titanium and zonum which
is useful for Aviation and the space
industry including for defense graphite
is a key component for Ev batteries and
nuclear reactors and lithium is needed
for rechargeable batteries now beyond
all this being very useful the US also
wants more rare Earths and other
critical minerals as it's an area China
has been dominating for years according
to the Ukrainian government Ukraine has
deposits of 22 out of 50 minerals deemed
critical to the US it's unclear which of
these minerals and how much of them are
actually in this proposed deal many of
these resources are expensive to mine
and some are currently in Russian
occupied areas extracting processing and
refining these types of minerals can be
very expensive and timec consuming in
Ukraine the work is further Complicated
by the ongoing fighting that makes
mining even riskier and the amount of
mineral wealth in Ukraine is unclear
resource mapping hasn't been updated
there for decades with officials and
analysts relying on dated Soviet era
mapping the idea of leveraging Ukraine's
resources was originally part of
President zelinsky's Victory plan for
steps to end the war president Trump
initially wanted a $500 billion doll
share of Ukraine's minerals to recoup
military and humanitarian Aid the US
provided in the war effort it was
rejected by his Ukrainian councel part
while the new framework for the deal
leaves some details to be determined it
would set up a joint reconstruction
investment fund with us and Ukraine
ownership the fund would give the us
access to part of Ukraine's mineral
wealth while helping to boost
development in the country now it's
unclear now whether the two parties will
sign a deal and much hangs in the
balance for ukrainians still at war with
Russia CNN's Nick Payton Walsh visited a
titanium mine in Ukraine to show us how
the critical mineral is being Unearthed
there we very much need Rare Earth they
have great rare earth a moonshot for
Ukraine's survival talking peace
suddenly means talking about places like
here this lunar landscape a titanium
mine struggling under the Russian
bombardment of Ukraine's power grid
sometimes with only 3 hours power a day
half a trillion dollars that was the sum
that President Trump initially thought
Ukraine might be able to pay back to the
United States in his words and here you
get a sense the challenge really because
this place yeah potential it's certainly
there but they say they desperately need
investment these machines are so old and
yes so they say they would welcome
American money the pressure to get money
out of the ground is enormous as are the
questions as to whether the astronomical
sums Trump thinks are here can match the
money to be made under this sprawling
sea of unknown potential and who knows
what Rare Earth is worth you know but at
least it's something and who knows what
it's worth who knows if they even have
it it was at first Ukraine's idea
president zinski selling their mineral
wealth in November perhaps too
successfully as part of a victory plan
for more Aid showing reporters Maps
here they claim 7% Global Production of
titanium lithium isn't mined yet but
they say they've 3% Global reserves they
say they're in the top five of graphite
reserves and have some actual rare earth
metals the initial framework deal
doesn't specify what it covers
mentioning only relevant resource assets
that will be further described in
another agreement yet the White House
has been specific about some resources
there's a Foundry that processes
aluminum in Ukraine it's it's been
damaged it's not at its current capacity
if that is restored it would account for
America's entire Imports of aluminum for
an entire year the US perhaps a little
too eager to take Ukraine with no choice
but to give in a hugely complex deal
that may get Messier still when it runs
into the cold hard ground truth of where
Ukraine is at
today 10 second trivia who invented the
first gas- powerered car in 1886 Henry
Ford Carl Benz Ferdinand Porsche or gutl
Daimler your answer is Carl Benz the
German mechanical engineer who created
the first modern three- wheed automobile
that he dubbed the motor vagen for all
the Back to the Future fans out there do
you remember the scene where the car the
DeLorean backed out onto the street of
the neighborhood then lift it up and
took off flying through the air well
imagine if that was our very near future
because it may very well be an
automotive Aviation company is promising
a flying car that will transform
commuting as we know it Olive
Aeronautics is now sharing with the
world the first video of its flying car
called the model zero our Jeremy Roth
shows us how the company's CEO hopes to
eventually make these cars cheaper and
more accessible to Everyday
drivers look at this car taking off and
hopping over a
truck it's a prototype made by the
company Alf Aeronautics which hopes to
put this $300,000 flying car in the fast
lane to
reality right now for most people for
the en consumer it's prohibited
expensive because it's expensive for us
to produce one but it's because it's a
very low volume production and it's very
inefficient the end goal it should be
actually same level or less expensive
than Toyota Corolla 4 Focus or anything
like that because it's less complex this
CGI rendered video shows the automobile
flying through the mountains the FAA
said that a left Aeronautics vehicle is
not the first aircraft of its kind to
get a special airworthiness
certificate however the company notes
that its vehicle stands out because it
can drive on roads fly and be used in
search and rescue models from companies
like Sky Drive hover Surf volocopter and
others are yet to hit the market and
make flying cars a
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reality today's story getting a 10 out
of 10 is one superp of thousands of
dolphins a pod is the collective noun
for a group of dolphins and a torbo
captain captured this rare video of more
than 2,000 of the flippers off the coast
of Monteray Bay California the video
shows several species of dolphins
swimming and breaching as far as the eye
can see so what were they doing well
marine biologists say the massive pod
may have been clustering to fend off
Predators or maybe to hunt for food or
to socialize it was a party and they
definitely look like they were having
some fun all right time now for our
first shout out of the week heading to
the Buckeye state and the Warriors of
West Branch High School in Bello Ohio
rise up here's your Monday reminder that
this week is full of possibilities I'll
leave you with a quote from American
poet Walt Whitman who said Keep Your
Face always toward the sunshine and
shadows will fall behind you shine
bright y'all I'm KY wire and we are CNN
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