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What's up everyone? Rise up. Happy
Monday. Hope you had an awesome weekend.
I was in Phoenix, Arizona. I got to meet
some of you, even some folks in the
student section for those Arizona State
Sunsvils. Yeah, Sparky was lit. I am so
happy to be back with you for the best
10 minutes of news. We have a lot to get
to, not a lot of time to do it. So,
let's get to it. We begin with the
fallout from the government shutdown,
which is now over, and some seriously
selfless acts helping those in need. The
record 43day shutdown may have ended
last week, but much of the country is
still working to get back on track. That
includes the nearly 1 in eight Americans
who rely on SNAP benefits, the
government food assistance program that
helps 42 million people afford
groceries. Agricultural Secretary Brooke
Rollins says that a majority of enroles
should receive their full benefits by
today, but weeks of uncertainty have
left some of the country's most
vulnerable populations relying on free
food pantries to get by.
>> We've seen an increased need. We've seen
seniors coming that need assistance.
We've seen families of of course they
had their SNAP benefits cut or changed
or altered and it's caused such a ripple
effect. We've seen federal employees
absolutely coming needing food because
they were stretching their dollars to
try to pay their bills.
>> The trying times have also yielded some
unlikely heroes like Pittsburgh dad AJ
Owen who set up a free food pantry in
his front yard with his sons. The
family's selfless act took Tik Tok by
storm and even got the attention of the
Pittsburgh Steelers. An anonymous donor
even left thousands of dollars in their
mailbox to help buy more food. I just
looked at my mailbox.
Are you kidding me?
There's no name.
It just says, "May God prosper and bless
your food pantry."
>> CNN spoke with AJ during the shutdown
earlier this month. And while he's been
overwhelmed by the support, he says
anyone can make a difference with even a
small gesture.
>> You don't need to build a shed. You
don't need to, you know, just you just
need a tote and you're helping people.
Uh it's just been incredible to see the
outpouring quite literally from all over
the world as well. It's it's uh just
amazing. Everyday is new. As long as
people need this, as long as people are
willing to help, it's going to be out
there.
>> Now to some groundbreaking findings
about our planet's ocean temperatures.
Warmer climates around the globe are
threatening to collapse a vital but
delicate system of currents. Researchers
say Arctic ice melt is disrupting the
Atlantic's flow of warm and cool water
which circulates between the northern
and southern hemispheres. Our Allison
Chinchar explains how the nation of
Iceland is stepping up to sound the
alarm.
An ocean current system critical to
Earth's climate is at risk of collapse
and Iceland has just declared it a
national security concern. The Atlantic
meridian overturning circulation or AOCH
is an ocean current that helps keep
Europe's winters mild by carrying warm
water from the tropics northward toward
the Arctic. As warming temperatures
accelerate the thaw of Arctic ice, melt
water from Greenland's ice sheet is
pouring into the ocean. And scientists
warned that cold freshwater could
disrupt the current's flow. Now,
Icelandic leaders say the consequences
of a potential collapse could be
catastrophic
>> and it will mean that it will be very
cold and it will be it will have a
existential threat to Iceland.
Basically, it's it's a big word to say,
but this is this is a reality that we
are we are trying to get our head around
now. If the AOCH collapses completely,
the effects could extend far beyond
Iceland, potentially triggering a
modern-day ice age in northern Europe
and disrupting rainfall patterns across
India, Africa, and South America, areas
where subsistence farmers depend on the
predictable seasons. At the same time,
as Iceland will get colder and the
Nordic parts of the world, the heat will
still rise in other parts of the world.
And when we get more heat and more cold,
there will be more uh dramatic weather
conditions. We will have more bad
weather and stormy weather, which will
means we cannot travel to and from our
country. Uh the we could have ice around
Iceland. So the ships will not be able
to sail to the country. Uh it is a real
existential threat.
>> Experts warn that unless carbon
emissions are reduced. This critical
system could collapse, altering life in
Iceland and beyond for generations to
come.
>> Now to a major moment for Blue Origin,
the rocket company founded by Amazon CEO
Jeff Bezos as it launched its New Glenn
rocket for its first big test.
lift up detected motion.
>> It was carrying a pair of NASA
satellites on a long winding trip to
Mars. But the even bigger milestone came
minutes later. The company also
successfully landed the first stage
booster for the very first time after
months of tweaks aimed at guaranteeing
the moment.
You can see the ground crew went wild
with excitement. Landing the booster was
a monumental step toward making New
Glenn reusable, putting it on the same
playing field with SpaceX as the two
companies compete in the new space race.
Pop quiz hot shot. Mount Puvius erupted
in 79 AD. When did archaeologists begin
the excavation of the city of Pompei?
200 AD, 1500s, 1700s, or 1800s.
If you said 1700s, ding ding, you're
correct. Pompei was so well preserved
because it was buried quickly and
completely in ash, which created an
airtight protective layer that kept the
city almost unchanged for nearly 1,700
years. If you have ever wanted to
experience one of history's most famous
natural disasters up close, you could
now have the chance. A new immersive
experience takes you inside the Roman
city of Pompei, which was famously
destroyed by an erupting Mount Vuvius
nearly 2,000 years ago. Our Ben Hunt has
a closer look.
>> Step back in time to witness the last
days of Pompei, re-imagined in a new
immersive exhibition in London. The city
was famously frozen in place after Mount
Vuvius erupted nearly 2,000 years ago,
burying its surroundings in volcanic
ash. The volcano is one of the iconic
things of the last days of Pompei
exhibition, and we build it in the
latest cuttingedge 3D technology. So you
will be inside our immersive room, being
in the moment where the volcano exploded
and living like in first person what the
people of Pompei should have lived at
that time.
>> And while visitors may be familiar with
the city's catastrophic end, the exhibit
also shows what life might have looked
like before the eruption. People can
tour a suburban villa with frescoed
walls and gardens recreated by
large-scale projection screens and
virtual reality for a glimpse of life in
the once frithing city. But some of the
most haunting images from Pompei are the
plaster casts of bodies recovered from
the archaeological site. The exhibition
created replicas of them to put on
display.
But given the challenges of taking, for
example, the recovered bodies for all
the security that these objects had, we
opted to display objects from a private
collection that would illustrate daily
life in the city and at the same time to
create 3D printed replicas of the
corpses to understand the history and
everything related to Pompei.
>> With the help of technology, Pompei is
resurrected from its ashen shadows. The
exhibition runs in London for 16 weeks.
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Today's story getting a 10 out of 10.
One girl's seriously impressive work
ethic taking us from rise up to giddy
up. 14-year-old Emily Williams has been
wild about horses as long as her family
can remember.
>> And I thought, "Oh, maybe this will be a
passing phase." It was not a passing
phase. Emily has spent years
volunteering at a local horse rescue in
Virginia, impressing the staff and
learning to care for the animals.
>> She was incredibly dedicated. She was
very calm around the animals. She
learned all of their names.
>> And this summer, that dedication paid
off. A local nonprofit made Emily's
lifelong dream of taking part in the
Chicatig Pony Auction a reality. The
century old Virginia tradition auctions
off fos each year to control the wild
chicatig herd size. This year, Emily was
lucky enough to bring home Laney, a wild
foe who now calls the Williams family
farm home.
>> Every day I would wake up and like, is
this a dream?
>> Now Emily spends every day before and
after school caring for Laney, and the
two are inseparable. She hopes that one
day they can compete together, but for
now, seems like they're just happy
horsing around. All right, everyone.
Time for a very special shout out. This
one goes to Mrs. Schroeder at Woodburn
Lutheran School in Woodburn, Indiana.
Your students tell us that you are
retiring at the end of this school year.
So, we want to say congratulations and
thank you for all the years of molding
young minds. Impressive stuff. Thanks to
you and all the teachers out there who
make us part of your day. We'll do it
again tomorrow, shall we? I'm Koi Wire
and we are CNN 10.
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