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Hey everyone, how you doing? Welcome to
the show. I'm Koi Wire. Hope you had an
awesome weekend. I was in Dallas calling
the Cowboys Falcons preseason game. So
nice to meet some of you. Let's remember
that whatever this week throws at us, we
got this. Time now for our 10 minutes of
news to get us caught up on what's going
on in the world this Monday, August
25th. We begin in North Korea, where
we're getting new images of Supreme
Leader Kim Jong-un's latest test of the
country's new air defense missiles. That
test is just the latest in the isolated
nation's longunning quest to bolster its
military capabilities. North Korea has
spent decades modernizing its armed
forces, developing new weapons,
including long range missile testing.
And now a new report reveals they have
also built a secret missile base near
their border with China. One that could
potentially pose a nuclear threat. Our
Will Ripley has more on that story. And
the middle schooler who's seemingly
being positioned to soon become the
potential new leader of North Korea.
Buried deep in the mountains of North
Korea, hidden in a secret location near
the Chinese border, an arsenal of
nuclearcapable long range missiles
potentially capable of striking any
American city. This new report from the
Center for Strategic and International
Studies in Washington, analyzing these
satellite images, also obtained by CNN.
The report says construction began two
decades ago. Today, the Shinpun Dong
base spraws larger than JFK airport
tucked into a mountain valley. Many of
its entrances and facilities camouflaged
under trees.
Experts say during a crisis, launchers
could roll out, fire, and disappear. An
elusive nuclear threat extremely
difficult to effectively counter even
with advanced warning, experts say.
And while Kim Jong-un is busy building
an arsenal, the North Korean leader is
also building something else, his
succession plan. This is the first time
the world saw the young girl believed to
be Kim Ju. Her father introducing her
beside a weapon meant to strike fear in
his enemies.
Within a year, North Korea's top brass
were kneeling before her. The kind of
difference reserved for the Supreme
Leader himself. Now at middle school
age, she's no longer the shy child,
appearing in tailored suits, styled like
a head of state, seated ahead of her own
mother and even her powerful aunt, Kim
Yo Jong.
It's a striking reversal. For years,
Kim's younger sister was seen as his
likely heir.
Now, it's his daughter taking her place
at the table and perhaps someday holding
the keys to a growing nuclear arsenal.
Hidden power that defines North Korea's
future.
>> Pop Quiz Hot Shot. A Native American
tribe is currently the owner of a team
in which professional sports league? The
NBA, WNBA, MLB, or NHL?
If you said the dub, you get a dub.
Answer is WNBA. The Moheaggan tribe was
the first to own a pro sports team in
2003 when they purchased the Orlando
Miracle, which has since become the
Connecticut Sun.
Next, a symbol of excellence, hard work,
sacrifice, and discipline in a ceremony
before the WNBA game between the Storm
and Mercury in Seattle last week, there
was a statuesque salute to the stellar
Sue Bird.
>> This statue goes well beyond just
myself. Um, like I said, it's not just
an honor, it's history. I'm the first
player to ever have a statue built. And
that fact both humbles me and fills me
with pride. Not just for me, but for
what this represents. For women's
basketball, for every young girl who
will walk past this statue and think
that maybe it could be her someday and
every young boy who's going to do the
same thing. That means a lot. Subird
spent her entire two decade career with
the Seattle Storm, retiring as the
league's all-time leader in games and
minutes played and assists. She's now
the first WNBA player ever to be honored
by her franchise with a statue. Bird
once said, "The one thing you learn is
when you can step out of your comfort
zone and be uncomfortable, you see what
you're made of and who you are." As
electric cars are gaining popularity,
the next advancement for environmentally
friendly vehicles is being shown off by
innovators within the industry. The
Bridgestone World Solar Challenge got
underway over the weekend and cutting
edge solar powered cars raced across the
Australian outback. These cars are
literally driving on sunshine. The
racing teams, usually college and grad
school students, design, engineer, and
build these energy efficient cars by
hand with solar panels adorning as much
of the surface area as possible. They
will travel a total of roughly 1,800
miles to Australia's southern coast,
stopping at 5:00 p.m. each day for both
car and driver to recharge. Event
organizers are hoping the competition
keeps inspiring energy solutions in the
automobile industry. Now to a stunning
deep sea expedition where scientists
have found what they believe to be a
slew of new species, including the star
of the show with a nickname that became
the butt of discoverers jokes. We showed
you the aptly named Big Butt starfish a
few weeks ago. Scientists off the coast
of Argentina found the cheeky critter
while live streaming their findings at
the bottom of the sea. Deep sea areas
classified as more than 200 meters below
the surface cover more than 60% of the
planet. And the Patrick Star lookalike
is just one of the many surreal species
they encountered, including many that
look like some sort of alien species.
Our Ashley Strickland spoke with the
scientists behind these incredible
discoveries.
Scientists on an expedition to the deep
sea earlier this month filmed this
footage of rare sea creatures in
Argentina's Mardell Plata Canyon. The
first to actually live stream what their
cameras were seeing with a remotely
operated underwater vehicle called the
ROV Sebastian. This is amazing uh for
us. We are learning a lot about the
organism behavior where where they live,
how they interact.
>> A few astonishing organisms that the
researchers believe to be new to science
include a sea cucumber dubbed bata or
sweet potato and
>> which is a sea spider. I had never seen
anything like that.
>> But it isn't just the scientists who are
excited. The ROV Sebastian's live stream
attracted millions of viewers who
watched for a combined 6.7 million
hours.
>> The thing that I would probably say it
might be the closest to is the moon
landing and how it really captivated
people's engagement, awareness, just
learning, um, and being able to see the
deep oceans. Classrooms, dance clubs
were showing the live stream to the
public during the 20-day excursion,
which was a collaboration among the
Schmidt Ocean Institute and US and
Argentinian scientific institutions. One
of the species that became a viral star
was the Hippastia Friiana or Trojan
star, which found fame on social media
for its formations that look like a
butt. Some people on social media said
it looked like Patrick Star, the
starfish character in the animated TV
show Spongebob Squarepants. We were not
expecting this kind of reaction of the
of the public.
>> Before this technology, scientists were
only able to study these species by
using dead specimens. But now, cameras
are giving scientists a new glimpse into
what these animals look like in real
life, including their bright colors. The
deep ocean, which includes areas that
are deeper than 200 m, covers more than
60% of the planet. It's also the least
understood ecosystem on Earth, making
expeditions like this one crucial.
>> I think that what I'm getting is that
people do care and they just want to see
it. Our deep ocean is for all of us and
science is for all of us.
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Today's story getting a 10 out of 10 has
me pumped. A man in Scottsdale, Arizona
bench pressing the notion that age has
to slow us down. Meet Chuck Go, who now
officially holds the Guinness World
Record for oldest active certified
fitness trainer. He's 86 years old.
>> I've heard a Guinness Book of World
Records all my life, and I've looked at
the book throughout the years. Never
even dreamed of being in the in the
book.
>> Fitness training is just the latest
chapter in his storyried journey that
reminds us to live life to the fullest.
Chuck's been a horseman, a TV stunt man,
even a fashion model. Now he's using his
talents to help others his age lead
healthy lifestyles.
>> I thought it'd be great to have somebody
who's my age teaching me how to do it. I
could say this is elder abuse except
he's older than I am.
>> The iron pumping oxygenarian credits the
feet to healthy eating, an active
lifestyle, and a positive mindset with a
little bit of luck. He hopes to inspire
others to put the dent in sedentary and
to keep on moving to help turn back the
clock. Thanks for the inspiration, Mr.
Goat. way to raise the bar instead of
not doing squat today. Maybe I
definitely will do squats and get my
swoll on after work. Before I go, shout
out time. This one goes to Miss Bri and
all the dedicated student athletes at
the Pathway School in Atlanta. You are
getting us pumped today. Keep shining,
my fellow ATLians. And from our YouTube
channel, Mrs. Shrank at Century
Intermediate School and all of our
friends in Grafton, North Dakota,
spoilers, rise up. Thank you for
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YouTube channel for your shoutout
requests. August is almost over, so
let's finish this week and this month
strong, y'all. I'm Koi Wire. I'll see
you right back here tomorrow on CNN 10.
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