What's up, sunshine? I'm Koi Wire. This
is CNN 10. Happy Monday. Hope you had an
awesome weekend. I'm excited to start
another week with you covering the news
so we can stay informed on what's
happening around the world all in 10
minutes time. So, let's set the tone.
Let's set the tempo for the week. Dig on
deep and summon that Monday motivation.
All right, we begin today with an
historic funeral on Saturday for Pope
Francis, who was laid to rest in Vatican
City. Thousands of people from around
the world gathered in St. Peter's Square
to witness the ceremony, including
current US President Donald Trump and
former President Joe Biden. The
presidents of France, the Philippines,
India, and Finland, as well as Prince
William of Wales, attended the funeral
in place of his father, King Charles of
the United Kingdom. Our Claris award
takes us through the day's solemn
moments, followed by many of the more
than 1 billion Catholics worldwide and
others.
The Pope chose to be buried in a simple
wooden coffin, a testament to the humble
life Francis led. Papa Francesco.
Despite his ferity and suffering towards
the end, Pope Francis chose to follow
this path of self-giving until the last
day of his earthly life. Some remembered
his words, others how he made them feel.
He was not afraid to speak. And of
according to me in my opinion um he was
uh always uh ready to give a voice to
the
voiceless. All now feel the weight of
his
absence. Carried through the hallowed
halls of St. Peter's Basilica. Pope
Francis's coffin was prepared for its
last journey, a historic one. through
the city he served. And he left one
final surprise. His coffin transported
not in a hearse, but in his famous Pope
mobile. As the convoy crossed through
Rome, some 150,000 mourers lined the
streets, all hoping to catch a final
glimpse of a pope they revered.
In another break from centuries of
tradition, his coffin was laid to rest
in the Basilica of Santa Maria Majure.
Awaiting him on the steps, a group of
marginalized invited specifically by the
Pope to be among the last to say
goodbye. He was then buried in a private
ceremony. His papacy is now over, but it
has left behind a mark that will not
fade.
In an unexpected moment just before the
Pope's funeral, President Donald Trump
and Ukrainian President Vladimir
Zalinski met in the Vatican to discuss
the war with Russia. Ukraine released
photos of the one-on-one encounter
between the leaders, the first since a
tense meeting at the White House in
February, and President Zalinsky thanked
President Trump for what he called
afterwards a quote good meeting. The
White House says the talks were
productive. President Trump followed
that meeting with an unprecedented
rebuke of Russian President Vladimir
Putin, questioning Russia's attacks on
civilians and posting on social media,
quote, "It makes me think that maybe he
doesn't want to stop the war. He's just
tapping me along and has to be dealt
with differently through banking or
secondary sanctions. Too many people are
dying." Pop quiz hot shot. The team
huddle was invented in the early days of
what popular sport? Football, soccer,
basketball or
volleyball? Answer is football. In 1894,
a quarterback named Paul D. Huard, who
played for the Galidet University
football team, a university for the deaf
in Washington DC, invented the huddle to
prevent opposing teams from seeing his
play calls in sign language. The NFL
draft concluded over the weekend,
finishing with the seventh round on
Saturday. 257 college football players
from across the nation saw their NFL
dreams come true being selected to one
of the 32 NFL rosters. Some of you know
I played nine seasons in the NFL, was a
team captain for the Buffalo Bills and
Atlanta Falcons. Well, some of the TV
shows here at CNN asked me to help
viewers get an idea of what the
emotional roller coaster is like during
the NFL draft. Check it out. NFL draft
day. I was more nervous than a longtail
cat in a room full of rocking chairs. I
think that's the day I started losing
all my hair. You don't know when you're
going to get drafted. You don't know if
you're going to get drafted. And if you
do get drafted, you don't know what city
you're going to be moving to. But at the
end of the day, you don't care. You just
hope your NFL dreams come true. The day
I was drafted, I was at home on my couch
in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania with the
people who helped me get there. My mom,
my dad, my brother, my sister, my
family, some of my closest friends
trying to just eat some chips and dip.
Pretend like everything was fine. But my
heart was beating out of my chest with
every pick. And you see some of these
teams who told you they're considering
drafting you. They pick other people and
you start thinking, "Oh man, is this
going to happen?" And then it happened
in the third round. Phone rings, whole
house gets silent. My head starts
spinning. It was a friend calling
saying, "How you feeling?" I said, "I'll
call you. Don't call me." I hung up. My
phone rings again. 97th pick in the 2002
draft. It was the Buffalo Bills asking,
"How'd you like to move to Buffalo?" I
start crying like a baby. Uh then I see
my name pop up on the ticker. It was
real. What a better place to be drafted
playing for Buffalo in front of some of
the best fans on the planet. And I had
never seen an NFL game in person until I
stepped onto that field wearing a Bills
helmet with that NFL logo. dream come
true. One great goal in life is to
simply aim to be a little better today
than we were yesterday. But that's not
always easy, right? Especially when
tough times hit. Well, one of the best
ways to empower ourselves with knowledge
and information to help us navigate
tough times is to learn from those
who've been through them before. And
that's exactly what we're seeing in a
new Tik Tok trend. The younger
generation, which researchers have named
Generation Z, are asking the generation
that came before them, millennials, for
some wisdom, specifically about money.
When a country sees several months of
high price tags on everyday items, jobs
become harder to get and people start
spending less, we call that a recession.
And while economists are warning a
recession is possible at some point in
2025, millennials are telling teens,
"This ain't our first rodeo." and
they're sharing some of their tried
andrue tips for making it through.
Millennial here who graduated in 2009
during the Great Recession and I wanted
to weigh in on this conversation I've
been seeing going around on social media
about how we survived this time of great
poverty and stress in our lives.
Millennials who were young adults during
the Great Recession are sharing their
wisdom on Tik Tok. We don't panic during
recessions, we prepare for them. as Gen
Z anxiously prepares for a downturn that
economists warn could be triggered by
President Trump's trade war. So, I just
started seeing videos after video after
video of Gen Z just feeling downtrodded,
frustrated, very bleak and hopeless
about the future. When I was going
through the Great Recession in 2008, I
didn't feel as hopeless and bleak. I was
looking at my peer group, the people
around me, and we were doing okay. We
were all struggling, but we were in it
together. Number one, take whatever job
you can get. On Tik Tok, Sasha walked
Jenz through recession tips like living
below your means and deleting layaway
payment platforms. Her biggest piece of
advice, stop comparing yourself to
others on social media. Because of
social media, I feel like Jenzia are
living two vastly different experiences.
You see the Gen Z that are like
struggling and broke, and then you see
the Gen Z who are on yachts and on
planes, you know, Coachella. We're all
in this together. The reality of the
situation is the vast majority of us are
struggling. On a platform that
encourages keeping up with the latest
trends, many Tik Tockers are vowing to
do one thing, lower their spending. If
you were an adult during the 2008
recession, can you tell me if my plan is
good or not or if I need to? I am trying
my hardest to not spend a lot of money
on everything. My mindset is I want to
do it and build a practice of doing it
before I have to do it out of basic
necessity. I'm basically choosing to go
to local farmers markets and produce
markets instead of a big box grocery
store. I limit all subscriptions if I
can password share with my friends on
apps. Let's just share and not pay
double the cost. If you don't got it,
you don't got it. And that's okay. Spend
money. Focus on the essentials. save as
much as you can and really prioritize
and make sure you are living a life that
feels good to you, not that looks good
on social
media. Today's story getting a 10 out of
10. A pair of hero Tennessee teens, Andy
Goforth and Davin Hug, were at the right
place at the right time, heading home
from school when they smelled smoke and
found a fire had started at a nearby
retirement community. We pulled over
over here and I heard the people
screaming and I didn't even think about
it. I kind of just jumped out and like
ran upstairs. My first thought is I
remember my grandma lives in there. I
got to go get grandma. The teens called
911, but it turns out the fire
department was on another call in
another town. So, it was going to take
them longer to get to this fire. Well,
that's when the teams split up, each
taking one floor of the building,
braving thick smoke. They cleared out
the residents still inside. Two
residents were treated for burns, one
for smoke inhalation. But thanks to
these teens quick, brave actions,
everyone made it out of the building.
Huge shout out to Mr. Go forth and Mr.
hug. Well done. And we have some more
shoutouts today. First, let's head to
Belleview, Nebraska, and give a big old
shout out to Mr. Mercer and all the
scouts at Lewis and Clark Middle School.
Rise up. And this shout out goes to Mr.
Emery and all the Panthers at Usetin
Junior and Senior High School in Usetin,
Washington. You had a CNN 10 red and
black day. We love the photo on social
media and you all look really good in
those ties. Thank you for making us part
of your day. Let's have another great
one. And I'll see you right back here
tomorrow on CNN 10.