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Hello and rise up. Happy Friday, Friday,

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and happy Independence Eve. I am here on

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the campus of Stanford University at

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Stanford Stadium. This is my alma mater.

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Now, why am I here? I am in the Bay Area

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of Northern California covering the

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history making moments from the World

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Cup this week, including the USA winning

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its first World Cup knockout game since

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2002. They beat Bosnia and Herzgavina

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2-nil and it was a roller coaster of

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emotions. Their breakout star Falen

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Ballagan was given a red card in this

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game. So that means he will now be

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suspended for their round of 16 match

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against Belgium in Seattle on Monday.

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He's the USA's leading goal scorer. So,

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will this adversity make this team

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crumble, or will it galvanize them? The

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strongest steel is burned in the hottest

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coals, and the best of the best can be

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forged in moments just like this. All

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right, tomorrow marks the United States

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250th anniversary, and cities across the

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country are gearing up to go big for the

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semiquentennial birthday bash. National

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landmarks from Mount Rushmore to Niagara

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Falls will host epic fireworks shows.

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Some cities opting for synchronized

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drone light shows as a more ecological

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option. In New York, the US Coast Guard

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will host the International Parade of

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Sale. The largest ever flotilla of tall

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ships from around the world. And from LA

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to Boston, some of the country's biggest

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cities will transform into patriotic

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block parties. It's all part of a

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massive plan celebration organized by

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the nonpartisan Congressional America

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250 Commission. And if you're headed to

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our nation's capital, be sure to look

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up. Washington DC is going all out with

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a planned record-breaking fireworks

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display featuring more than 860,000

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pyrochnics among the city's historical

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landmarks and reflecting pool.

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Did you know one of America's most

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famous monuments here in Washington DC

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is packed with hidden secrets? One of

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the most visited landmarks in the United

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States, this memorial honors President

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Abraham Lincoln, who led the nation

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through the Civil War and helped end

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slavery in America. Construction began

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on February 12th, 1914 on what would

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have been Lincoln's 105th birthday. It

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took about 8 years to build.

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The Lincoln Memorial has 36 massive

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columns. Why? one for every state in the

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Union when Abraham Lincoln, the 16th US

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president, was assassinated in 1865.

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Now, the names of all 48 states existing

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when the memorial opened in 1922 were

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added around the top. Then, a plaque for

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Alaska and Hawaii were added later. The

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giant Lincoln statue weighs 350,000 lbs,

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about 35 fully grown African elephants.

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And if honest Abe were to stand up, he'd

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be nearly three stories tall. And get

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this, there's a typo inside to the right

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first panel. Workers accidentally carved

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an E instead of an F in the word future.

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Later corrected it, but if you know

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where to look, you can still see it

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today. Even national monuments need

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spellch check. And these steps, they

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became the stage when Martin Luther King

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Jr. gave his legendary I have a dream

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speech in 1963.

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A monument built for one president

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became a symbol for an entire nation.

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As we celebrate America's independence,

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it gives us an opportunity to salute and

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to honor the heroes that have made it

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so. The CNN 10 honor roll, where your

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submissions help us put the spotlight on

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some special service members and their

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impact on your lives. Our first salute

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today goes to Lieutenant Colonel Justin

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Kirk in the United States Marine Corps,

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who has served nearly 20 years in total,

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including wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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His daughter Charlotte nominated him and

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sent us this special moment from his

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Naval War College graduation earlier

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this month. Congratulations. Now, First

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Lieutenant Sarah Rule is currently

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serving in the Middle East as part of

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the 82nd Airborne Division in the US

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Army. Her aunt Judy says she's a

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courageous young woman who followed her

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convictions to protect her country. Way

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to go, Lieutenant. Your aunt wants you

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to know she is incredibly proud of you

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and loves you very much. And this salute

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goes to private first class Braden

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Hackne O'Brien in the US Army who is

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currently stationed in Hawaii. His

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mother Leslie writes, "His family is so

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proud of him and misses him every day."

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A big thank you to everyone who sent us

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nominations this month and keep them

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coming. Send us a photo and a few lines

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about the hero in your life to CNN10 at

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CNN.com.

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Pop quiz hot shot. In this 1893 ruling,

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the Supreme Court unanimously voted that

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a tomato is classified as hot fruit,

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legume, gourd, or vegetable.

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If you didn't say vegetable, you better

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catch up. Nicknamed the tomato case, the

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Supreme Court officially classified

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tomatoes as veggies after a farmer sued

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the collector of the port of New York

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for taxing them on vegetable imports,

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arguing the tomatoes were fruits.

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The US Supreme Court wrapped up a

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landmark term this week. The court

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issued several major decisions that will

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affect the laws of this country for

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decades, if not permanently. The

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justices rejected an effort to limit

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birthright citizenship, which is also

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enshrined in the 14th Amendment of the

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Constitution. This ruling reaffirmed

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that children born on US soil are

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citizens regardless of their parents'

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immigration status. The vote was 6 to3

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and analysts say the ruling means about

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250,000 babies per year will retain

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their birthright citizenship.

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Millions of student loan borrowers are

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now facing new changes that took effect

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Wednesday. This is a result of last

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year's tax and spending law. The federal

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changes mostly affect students or

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parents who plan to take out a loan in

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the near future. But some current

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borrowers will also need to take action.

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And CNN senior business writer Tammy

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Lubie has everything we need to know.

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>> Some borrowers, particularly lower

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income folks, will be hit with higher

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monthly payments. And new professional

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and graduate students won't be able to

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borrow as much. And neither will parents

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who are looking to help their kids pay

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for college. People searching may be

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wondering what the changes entail. The

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law created two new repayment plans. The

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standard tiered repayment plan and the

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repayment assistance plan known as RAP.

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But these options only apply to students

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taking out new loans. Most existing

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repayment plans will be around until

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July 2028, but at that time, borrowers

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will have to switch. Also, professional

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and graduate students will no longer be

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able to borrow up to the cost of

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attendance. Professional students, such

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as those going to medical school or law

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school, will be limited to $50,000 a

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year or $200,000 over their lifetime.

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Graduate students will be limited to

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$20,500

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a year or $100,000 over their lifetime,

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and the grad plus loan will be

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eliminated. Meanwhile, the parent plus

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loan will be limited to $20,000 a year

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or $65,000 total over the course of a

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student's study.

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>> To Venezuela now, where more than a week

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has passed since those devastating

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earthquakes, but emergency crews are not

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giving up hope of pulling more people

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from the rubble alive. Thursday morning,

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a 44 year old man was miraculously

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pulled from the wreckage of a ninestory

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building. He worked as a mall security

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guard and was trapped in the debris of

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what used to be the mall's parking

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garage. International rescue teams were

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able to get him food and fluids over the

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course of eight days, keeping him alive.

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Okay. Earlier this week, a search team

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from Jordan found a three-year-old boy

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trapped in the rubble for 6 days. They

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were able to get him out and immediately

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started medical care. The death toll in

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Venezuela is still rising now at almost

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2,300 people have died. There are

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thousands still missing and tens of

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thousands of people are living on the

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street and intense as so many people

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simply lost everything in an instant.

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Okay, this next story is the one getting

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today's 10 out of 10. A onewoman crew

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rowing her own boat and uh seizing the

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day. There is a woman named Kelsey

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Fendler who's absolutely crushing it

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right now. Racing to become the first

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American woman and youngest woman ever

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to row the Mid Pacific all alone. Her

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goal 2400 miles from Monterey,

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California to Oahu, Hawaii. She left on

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May 21st and if she keeps her current

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pace, she'll arrive between July 6th and

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10th sometime next week. And that would

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mean she'd be beating not only the the

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women's record for that trip, but also

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the men's. Again, all done solo, no

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support staff, no food drops.

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>> I won't say that this has zero risk

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involved because that that's just not

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true. But I think the context of that is

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anything that is worth doing has some

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risk involved. And I think that's the

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whole point.

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>> Kelsey's been a whitewater rafting guide

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on the Colorado River for more than a

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decade. She's now raising money for her

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journey for the Whale Foundation, which

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supports river guides in the Grand

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Canyon area. That ordeal is a stroke of

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genius. All right, sunshine. We have

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time for two shoutouts today. This first

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one goes to the PAVE program at Cedar

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Crest High School in Duval, Washington.

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Thank you for spending your summer

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Fridays with us. This next shout out

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goes to Miss Davis at Empowered

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Solutions Micro School in Oklahoma City.

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Thank you for subscribing and commenting

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make it an awesome Fourth of July

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weekend. Remember, be the spark of joy

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someone needs. Make someone smile. You

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never know when they might need you. I'm

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Koi Wire and we are CNN 10.