What's up everybody? Happy Friday. I'm
Ryan Young in for Koi Wire. Hope you've
had a fantastic week. A lot of news to
tell you about today and not a lot of
time. So, let's get to it. We begin on
Capitol Hill where the longest federal
government shutdown in US history is
finally over. President Donald Trump
signed the agreement to reopen the
federal government into law Wednesday
evening, but the effects of the record
43-day shutdown could be felt for months
or even years. The flight delays and
cancellations that have plagued air
travel will likely linger as air traffic
and controllers return to fulltime
schedules and federal workers who
haven't received a paycheck during the
shutdown will still have to wait for
their back pay.
>> Put yourself in their shoes. is, you
know, what would it be like if you were
to show up for your job and do this for
7 weeks, but not getting that paycheck
that you usually do every 2 weeks? How
are you going to make your way through
that?
>> It also remains unclear when full
payments will be sent to the tens of
millions of Americans who rely on
government assistance programs like SNAP
to help feed their families. Plus,
there's a chance we may have to go
through all of this again in just a few
months. This deal only provides funding
to most federal agencies through the end
of January 2026. So stay tuned. They say
you shouldn't sweat the small stuff, but
that's exactly what the team in this
next story is doing. Researchers at
Arizona State University are studying
how and why the human body sweats. And
they're doing it in some cool new ways,
like a firstofits-kind sweating
mannequin and a temperature regulating
suit similar to those worn by
astronauts. The innovative approach has
helped them study sweat glands up close
to see how they turn on and off. And
this is the pursuit of prespiration has
yielded some surprising discoveries.
Turns out the salt from sweat actually
helps cool your skin more effectively as
your body temperature rises.
>> Second stage, it ends up spreading
farther along the skin and evaporating.
So, it kind of cools you quicker, faster
for the same amount of, you know, sweat
you or dehydration you have.
>> The team hopes this research will help
them better understand how sweating
safeguards the human body against
Arizona's extreme heat. Turning now from
scorching sunshine to a stunning night
sky. Take a look at this. A dazzling
display in the skies across the US this
week as the northern lights made their
way as far south as Florida. The amazing
auroras were caused by a pair of intense
solar storms. Those occur when bursts of
energy from the sun send solar winds
crashing into Earth's atmosphere at more
than 2 million miles per hour. The
geomagnetic activity can also disrupt
communication satellites and power
grids. It even delayed a Blue Origin
NASA mission bound for Mars. So, if you
had connection issues, I did, you can
blame that on the sun.
Time for your 10-second trivia. A group
of penguins is known as what? A waddle,
a raft, a colony, a huddle.
If you said any of these, you put the
wind in penguin. A group of penguins is
called a raft when they are in the
water, a waddle on land, a colony during
breeding season, and a huddle when they
cluster for warmth or try to score a
touchdown. An animal rights protests
over some prominent penguins in London
has now gotten the attention of
Parliament. More than 70 members of the
UK's highest legislative body have
joined calls for London's Sea Life
Aquarium to improve living conditions
for their 15 Gen 2 penguins. Animal
rights groups say the penguins are
confined to a windowless basement
enclosure with no daylight, fresh air,
or outdoor access. But the aquarium says
multiple teams are assigned to ensure
the penguins are happy and healthy every
day. Our Max Foster spoke with a penguin
expert to understand what's best for the
flightless feathered friends.
>> If we bring up the pictures of the
penguins that we've got, you know, to
the untrained eye, they look pretty
happy. I mean, they are in a basement,
aren't they? There is no natural light.
There isn't a huge amount of space. And
well, people can see for themselves what
it actually looks like. Uh, do you think
they're happy? Penguins need above all
uh they need other penguins to be happy,
but they also need enough water and they
need enough land and enough natural
conditions to be happy.
>> What about the the three main issues
that um the MPs have been talking about?
That is the space, the fresh air and
then lack of natural light. How
important are those three things to the
these penguins?
>> They're gen two penguins and and the
picture I have seen shows them sort of
on ice or something that looks like ice.
Um, and if they're southern gent
penguins, then they're the the sort of
ice obligates. They're they're birds
that need to spend a lot of time on ice,
and they live in a place with very
little bacterial load and very little
fungal spores. And and so actually, the
idea that you could take these birds and
just plunk them outside in the UK and
say they'd be happy um might give them
um severe problems. You actually can't
put it in normal fresh air without
subjecting it to fungal spores. And so
the air that goes into exhibits that
typically have things like emperors and
and chinstrap and nadelian genu penguins
from that part of the world um have to
have highly filtered air. Um so so you
can't actually take them and put them in
fresh air unless you're in Antarctica.
Um with respect to the space and the
daylight, well I don't know what light
regime they have. Um, good zoos, if
they've got birds in in housings like
that, have alter the light regime to
reflect the light regime they would have
um in the wild. So, obviously darker in
their winter and lighter in um their
summer. And then with regard to the
space, to be honest, I mean, I think the
husbandry requirements for penguins,
they say they need the water to be 4
foot deep or something. And you know,
for penguins, that's that is ridiculous.
I mean, gen two penguins dive to 400,
500, 600 feet. So, um, 4 feet is not
going to cut it. And I think the exhibit
we're talking about is 7 feet, and that
doesn't cut it either. But there's not a
penguin exhibit in the world that
actually does cut it. You need enough
space for them to swim properly. That
means paw poise and enough um, I guess,
water activity for them to be excited by
being in the water and also to bounce
around on land and do the stuff they
normally do.
Today's story getting a 10 out of 10. A
beloved school resource officer beating
cancer and coming out of retirement to
brighten students days. Deputy Mark
Hollywood whe
Anderson County High School.
>> Morning sir.
>> Good morning.
>> How are you, buddy?
>> I'm good.
>> Stay that way all day.
>> For years, he's worked to keep students
and faculty safe and done it all with a
smile. Every school wants Hollywood. You
know, if we had a fantasy draft for
SRO's, he would be the number one pick.
>> Everybody loves Hollywood. We all love
Hollywood.
>> But in 2023, a throat cancer diagnosis
forced the 42-year law enforcement vet
to step away from the job he loves.
>> I went to the doctor and she found that
it had some tumors in the back of my
throat.
>> But cancer couldn't keep him down. After
completing chemotherapy and radiation,
the Smiley SRO was declared cancer free.
Now, Hollywood is fresh out of
retirement and back on the job,
patrolling the halls and even cutting
the rug at a recent pep rally.
>> You know, when you get a chance to show
out, you need a show out.
>> Safe to say everyone seems happy to have
Hollywood back in the fold.
>> And we all love just having him around
24/7. He's the life of the party, but
he's also the same person to keep us
safe.
>> We say all the time, they don't care how
much you know till they know how much
you care. Uh, and I think our kids know
that he cares about them.
>> Now, that's what I call an A-list
celebrity. All right, superstars. Let's
get you ready for a Friday shout out.
This one's going to the senders of this
swagged out Letterman jacket. I stole it
from Koi. I will give it to back to him,
though. Mr. Flavahan and Miss Marabel at
Kickington High School in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. Ky, I promise I'll put
this back on your desk, but I I had to
do the shout out. All right, hope you
guys have a great weekend. Koi will be
back on Monday. I'm Ryan Young and we
are CNN 10.
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