WEBVTT 00:00:01.309 --> 00:00:08.505 [music] 00:00:11.519 --> 00:00:13.270 What's up, sunshine? I'm Koi Wire. This 00:00:13.280 --> 00:00:14.950 is CNN 10, where I simply tell you the 00:00:14.960 --> 00:00:16.710 what, letting you decide what to think. 00:00:16.720 --> 00:00:18.630 Today is your word Wednesday, so listen 00:00:18.640 --> 00:00:20.230 close. One of you helped us write 00:00:20.240 --> 00:00:22.070 today's show. Let's get smarter and rise 00:00:22.080 --> 00:00:24.710 up. It is October 28th, 00:00:24.720 --> 00:00:27.109 140 years ago. Today, America welcomed 00:00:27.119 --> 00:00:28.950 one of its most iconic symbols, the 00:00:28.960 --> 00:00:30.790 Statue of Liberty. The landmark was a 00:00:30.800 --> 00:00:32.229 gift of friendship from the people of 00:00:32.239 --> 00:00:33.990 France. It was officially dedicated on 00:00:34.000 --> 00:00:37.510 October 28th, 1886 by President Grover 00:00:37.520 --> 00:00:40.229 Cleveland. Nearly 150 years later, Lady 00:00:40.239 --> 00:00:42.150 Liberty still stands tall in New York 00:00:42.160 --> 00:00:43.750 Harbor as an enduring symbol of 00:00:43.760 --> 00:00:45.990 America's storied past. But her origin 00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:48.549 is no overnight success story. It took 00:00:48.559 --> 00:00:50.630 more than two decades to design, build, 00:00:50.640 --> 00:00:52.470 and transport the Green Goddess across 00:00:52.480 --> 00:00:54.549 the Atlantic Ocean. Though technically 00:00:54.559 --> 00:00:56.470 copper than oxidized goddess, our 00:00:56.480 --> 00:00:58.389 Richard Quest takes us behind the scenes 00:00:58.399 --> 00:01:01.189 for more on Lady Liberty's past and the 00:01:01.199 --> 00:01:02.790 ingenious engineering making her 00:01:02.800 --> 00:01:03.830 possible. 00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:06.230 >> The Statue of Liberty is a universal 00:01:06.240 --> 00:01:07.590 symbol. So I think the [music] thing 00:01:07.600 --> 00:01:09.590 that fascinates me the most is that it 00:01:09.600 --> 00:01:11.510 means so many things to so many 00:01:11.520 --> 00:01:13.510 different people. 00:01:13.520 --> 00:01:15.910 >> The aura was not immediately recognized 00:01:15.920 --> 00:01:17.590 when [music] the statue arrived here 00:01:17.600 --> 00:01:20.950 from France in 1885. 00:01:20.960 --> 00:01:24.310 The French sculptor Frederick Ugust 00:01:24.320 --> 00:01:26.870 Batldi [music] designed the statue and 00:01:26.880 --> 00:01:29.190 sent it to the United States as a gift 00:01:29.200 --> 00:01:32.469 from his country. Oh, the pedestal, by 00:01:32.479 --> 00:01:35.749 the way, that wasn't included. It had to 00:01:35.759 --> 00:01:39.030 be built and paying for it was a typical 00:01:39.040 --> 00:01:40.469 American problem. 00:01:40.479 --> 00:01:42.710 >> Many Americans were like, "Wait, France 00:01:42.720 --> 00:01:44.550 wants to give us what?" So, there was 00:01:44.560 --> 00:01:46.389 this idea that we need to get Americans 00:01:46.399 --> 00:01:48.230 excited about the project. And there's a 00:01:48.240 --> 00:01:50.069 newspaperman, Joseph Pulitzer, who owns 00:01:50.079 --> 00:01:51.749 a number of papers, including here in 00:01:51.759 --> 00:01:53.429 New York City. And he said, "This is 00:01:53.439 --> 00:01:55.190 kind of a disgrace. Our the only thing 00:01:55.200 --> 00:01:56.630 we were supposed to do was build a 00:01:56.640 --> 00:01:58.950 pedestal for her." And when all of the 00:01:58.960 --> 00:02:00.709 copper pieces arrive here on this 00:02:00.719 --> 00:02:03.109 island, the pedestal was not ready. So 00:02:03.119 --> 00:02:05.429 he starts a crowdfunding campaign to get 00:02:05.439 --> 00:02:07.749 people to donate money so that we can 00:02:07.759 --> 00:02:10.469 raise funds and put the pedestal up. 00:02:10.479 --> 00:02:13.990 Over time, Lady Liberty, of course, was 00:02:14.000 --> 00:02:17.510 embraced by New York. As more and more 00:02:17.520 --> 00:02:20.630 immigrants arrived on their way to Ellis 00:02:20.640 --> 00:02:23.990 Island, seeing its neocclassical design, 00:02:24.000 --> 00:02:26.390 it was a sign they'd made it to the new 00:02:26.400 --> 00:02:29.990 world. The elegance of its engineering 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:33.110 evident as I made my way to the crown. 00:02:33.120 --> 00:02:35.750 >> Oh, look at this. You can see the folds 00:02:35.760 --> 00:02:39.110 of the cloaks now from the inside. This 00:02:39.120 --> 00:02:42.309 is where the technical majesty really 00:02:42.319 --> 00:02:44.710 becomes apparent that that really is 00:02:44.720 --> 00:02:47.430 that thin of copper. And it's really all 00:02:47.440 --> 00:02:50.229 just being held together by these iron 00:02:50.239 --> 00:02:53.030 support systems that reach this big 00:02:53.040 --> 00:02:56.309 central iron pylon. Almost like a dress 00:02:56.319 --> 00:02:57.589 maker's dummy. 00:02:57.599 --> 00:02:59.910 >> And the co the copper is the dress. 00:02:59.920 --> 00:03:03.190 >> Oh wow. When they said it was narrow. 00:03:03.200 --> 00:03:05.270 Off we go. Continuing up. 00:03:05.280 --> 00:03:07.589 >> Oh my goodness. 00:03:07.599 --> 00:03:09.750 Oh. Oh my goodness. This isn't what I 00:03:09.760 --> 00:03:12.630 expected at all. This is very 00:03:12.640 --> 00:03:16.149 interesting. I did not expect it to be 00:03:16.159 --> 00:03:18.790 like this. As I look out at New York 00:03:18.800 --> 00:03:22.309 Harbor as the United States celebrates 00:03:22.319 --> 00:03:25.509 its 250th anniversary, 00:03:25.519 --> 00:03:29.350 the vision of Lady Liberty is very 00:03:29.360 --> 00:03:31.990 clear. Previously, we've reported on the 00:03:32.000 --> 00:03:33.990 ongoing protests in France. initial 00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:35.990 reports stating that students and some 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:37.589 teachers were using their voices to 00:03:37.599 --> 00:03:39.830 demand renovation of unsanitary school 00:03:39.840 --> 00:03:41.750 buildings, guaranteed hour and a half 00:03:41.760 --> 00:03:44.229 lunch breaks in smaller classrooms. 00:03:44.239 --> 00:03:46.070 Those protests have since turned into 00:03:46.080 --> 00:03:47.910 much, much more. But it's the initial 00:03:47.920 --> 00:03:49.910 report that brings us to this. In 00:03:49.920 --> 00:03:52.149 Serbia, a studentled protest movement 00:03:52.159 --> 00:03:54.149 has just pulled off a stunning political 00:03:54.159 --> 00:03:57.190 upset. Serbian President Alexander Vusk 00:03:57.200 --> 00:03:59.030 conceded defeat to the group known as 00:03:59.040 --> 00:04:00.789 the student list in the nation's 00:04:00.799 --> 00:04:03.270 parliamentary election, marking the end 00:04:03.280 --> 00:04:06.630 of a 14-year reign. Projections indicate 00:04:06.640 --> 00:04:09.030 that the studentled group won between 00:04:09.040 --> 00:04:12.789 135 and 140 seats in the 250 member 00:04:12.799 --> 00:04:14.630 parliament. The movement has 00:04:14.640 --> 00:04:16.710 deliberately avoided having a clear 00:04:16.720 --> 00:04:18.469 leader. So, what happens next? Our 00:04:18.479 --> 00:04:21.670 Sebastian Shukla walks us through. We've 00:04:21.680 --> 00:04:23.430 been all looking and seeing the protest 00:04:23.440 --> 00:04:25.189 coming in other parts of Europe, in 00:04:25.199 --> 00:04:27.510 Italy, in particular in France. What has 00:04:27.520 --> 00:04:29.830 happened in Serbia is really the showing 00:04:29.840 --> 00:04:33.189 of what a group and united voice behind 00:04:33.199 --> 00:04:35.830 a political idea and movement can really 00:04:35.840 --> 00:04:38.230 achieve. They have managed to remove the 00:04:38.240 --> 00:04:41.990 long-standing 14 years uh as president 00:04:42.000 --> 00:04:44.870 Vuchic in Serbia and have replaced him 00:04:44.880 --> 00:04:46.390 with this group that is known as the 00:04:46.400 --> 00:04:48.710 students list. and they have won an 00:04:48.720 --> 00:04:51.670 overwhelming majority. And it all began 00:04:51.680 --> 00:04:53.990 for something that was a a a roof 00:04:54.000 --> 00:04:56.629 collapsing at a central train station 00:04:56.639 --> 00:04:58.870 that then elicited these months of 00:04:58.880 --> 00:05:00.950 protests which were calling for an end 00:05:00.960 --> 00:05:03.030 to corruption within the government and 00:05:03.040 --> 00:05:05.110 for them to be able to listen to what 00:05:05.120 --> 00:05:07.670 the people of Serbia really wanted. And 00:05:07.680 --> 00:05:09.670 those images that we're seeing coming 00:05:09.680 --> 00:05:11.590 from Belgrade and other parts of Serbia 00:05:11.600 --> 00:05:13.749 are really the culmination of this 00:05:13.759 --> 00:05:15.670 monthslong effort. Take a listen to some 00:05:15.680 --> 00:05:18.550 of the euphoria that was simply uh un in 00:05:18.560 --> 00:05:19.830 you could not miss it. 00:05:19.840 --> 00:05:27.830 >> This is amazing feeling. 00:05:27.840 --> 00:05:31.510 >> The feeling is surreal. Um I laughed, I 00:05:31.520 --> 00:05:34.870 cried, I screamed, I jumped. It's just 00:05:34.880 --> 00:05:37.510 unbelievable. After so many years of 00:05:37.520 --> 00:05:40.870 this tyranny and dictatorship, we are 00:05:40.880 --> 00:05:42.710 finally free. I think that this is 00:05:42.720 --> 00:05:45.270 really a seminal moment for Serbia. For 00:05:45.280 --> 00:05:47.029 a long time, it has been slipping 00:05:47.039 --> 00:05:49.510 towards a more authoritarian regime 00:05:49.520 --> 00:05:52.310 under President Vuchic, who's slowly 00:05:52.320 --> 00:05:54.629 been clawing the powers closer to the 00:05:54.639 --> 00:05:57.189 central government, including clipping 00:05:57.199 --> 00:05:59.510 the freedom of the press and freedom of 00:05:59.520 --> 00:06:01.590 expression. 00:06:01.600 --> 00:06:03.590 Pop quiz hot shot. What painting style 00:06:03.600 --> 00:06:05.510 is Vincent Van Gogh famous for? 00:06:05.520 --> 00:06:07.909 Expressionism, cubism, surrealism, or 00:06:07.919 --> 00:06:15.110 postimpressionism? 00:06:15.120 --> 00:06:17.270 If you said postimpressionism, you van 00:06:17.280 --> 00:06:19.670 go girl. The Dutch artist became famous 00:06:19.680 --> 00:06:21.990 for intense color, emotional expression, 00:06:22.000 --> 00:06:23.830 and thick swirling brush strokes known 00:06:23.840 --> 00:06:26.309 as impasto. He practically let him jump 00:06:26.319 --> 00:06:29.029 off the canvas. Science may be helping 00:06:29.039 --> 00:06:31.749 solve a 137year-old mystery hidden 00:06:31.759 --> 00:06:33.590 inside of one of Van Go's most famous 00:06:33.600 --> 00:06:36.150 paintings. Was the starry night mostly 00:06:36.160 --> 00:06:38.150 imagination or was Van Go painting 00:06:38.160 --> 00:06:40.230 something he actually had seen? 00:06:40.240 --> 00:06:42.070 Researchers combined astronomical 00:06:42.080 --> 00:06:44.309 simulations, historic weather records, 00:06:44.319 --> 00:06:47.110 geography, and Van Go's own handwritten 00:06:47.120 --> 00:06:49.670 letters and found that the sky above St. 00:06:49.680 --> 00:06:53.510 Remy, France around July 22nd of 1889 00:06:53.520 --> 00:06:55.830 closely matches key features in the 00:06:55.840 --> 00:06:57.670 painting. The iconic painting has 00:06:57.680 --> 00:06:59.350 historically been dated from a letter 00:06:59.360 --> 00:07:01.510 the artist wrote to his brother Theo 00:07:01.520 --> 00:07:03.909 around June of that same year. pretty 00:07:03.919 --> 00:07:06.150 close. But these researchers now say the 00:07:06.160 --> 00:07:08.710 waning gibbus moon of that date can 00:07:08.720 --> 00:07:10.870 account for the slender crescent in 00:07:10.880 --> 00:07:13.350 starry night. So it raises a fascinating 00:07:13.360 --> 00:07:15.189 possibility one of art history's 00:07:15.199 --> 00:07:17.510 dreamiest skies may have been more real 00:07:17.520 --> 00:07:19.430 than we ever realized. Apparently even 00:07:19.440 --> 00:07:22.309 starry night might have receipts. We now 00:07:22.319 --> 00:07:23.990 officially know who's headlining Super 00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:27.510 Bowl 61. It is Jay-Z, the 25 time Grammy 00:07:27.520 --> 00:07:30.469 winner who appeared in an ad with goats. 00:07:30.479 --> 00:07:32.390 He'll go on to brush his shoulders off 00:07:32.400 --> 00:07:34.070 for the first time at a Super Bowl in 00:07:34.080 --> 00:07:36.950 Los Angeles Sofi Stadium. The hip-hop 00:07:36.960 --> 00:07:39.430 legend who's risen above hard knock life 00:07:39.440 --> 00:07:41.270 is bringing an empire state of mind, 00:07:41.280 --> 00:07:43.350 holding an advisory role with the NFL 00:07:43.360 --> 00:07:45.909 since 2019. His company Rock Nation has 00:07:45.919 --> 00:07:47.909 helped produce all of the halftime 00:07:47.919 --> 00:07:49.909 performers since. Talk about a career 00:07:49.919 --> 00:07:52.390 encore. No guests announced yet, but 00:07:52.400 --> 00:07:53.990 with the game happening on Valentine's 00:07:54.000 --> 00:07:55.909 Day and his bay, Beyonce having already 00:07:55.919 --> 00:07:57.990 appeared in two Super Bowls, you know, 00:07:58.000 --> 00:08:00.390 speculation is gonna run this town. And 00:08:00.400 --> 00:08:01.909 here's your halftime knowledge bomb. 00:08:01.919 --> 00:08:03.909 Super Bowl performers don't receive a 00:08:03.919 --> 00:08:06.070 superersized check from the NFL. They 00:08:06.080 --> 00:08:08.550 collect a modest unionmandated fee of 00:08:08.560 --> 00:08:11.430 around $1,000 a day. The NFL and its 00:08:11.440 --> 00:08:13.110 sponsors typically cover the cost of the 00:08:13.120 --> 00:08:15.670 show itself. Some artists themselves 00:08:15.680 --> 00:08:17.510 help cover the exorbitant production 00:08:17.520 --> 00:08:19.110 costs. But with more than a hundred 00:08:19.120 --> 00:08:20.950 million eyeballs, a surge in music 00:08:20.960 --> 00:08:23.189 streams and sales afterwards, Jay-Z may 00:08:23.199 --> 00:08:25.510 have 99 problems, but uh exposure ain't 00:08:25.520 --> 00:08:31.350 one. 00:08:31.360 --> 00:08:33.110 Today's story getting a 10 out of 10. A 00:08:33.120 --> 00:08:35.190 community in Minnesota branching out to 00:08:35.200 --> 00:08:37.509 make a fall tradition stick. Last year 00:08:37.519 --> 00:08:39.829 on a hike, siblings Satona and Saurin 00:08:39.839 --> 00:08:42.070 Mahoney found an unusually straight 00:08:42.080 --> 00:08:44.070 stick. Thus, the straight stick 00:08:44.080 --> 00:08:47.350 competition was born. Folks in Marine on 00:08:47.360 --> 00:08:49.190 St. Croy have been seeking the 00:08:49.200 --> 00:08:51.670 straightest stick ever since. 00:08:51.680 --> 00:08:53.190 >> It's our first uh straight stick 00:08:53.200 --> 00:08:54.870 competition. We're excited to be here. 00:08:54.880 --> 00:08:57.269 >> It's pretty straight and it tastes good. 00:08:57.279 --> 00:08:57.910 He says, 00:08:57.920 --> 00:09:00.630 >> "So, how do you win?" Well, tall, short, 00:09:00.640 --> 00:09:02.550 skinny, and painted sticks are all 00:09:02.560 --> 00:09:04.790 welcomed. Extra points for showing 00:09:04.800 --> 00:09:06.550 nature's touch, like those with worm 00:09:06.560 --> 00:09:08.790 trails or lyken. But please, no twigs or 00:09:08.800 --> 00:09:10.870 butter sticks. That is an automatic 00:09:10.880 --> 00:09:13.110 disqualification. Last year, somebody 00:09:13.120 --> 00:09:14.870 submitted a yard stick, which got 00:09:14.880 --> 00:09:16.630 vehemently disqualified, so I figured 00:09:16.640 --> 00:09:18.870 I'd be that guy this year. [laughter] 00:09:18.880 --> 00:09:21.190 >> This year's winners, preschooler Pepper 00:09:21.200 --> 00:09:23.350 won most interesting stick award for the 00:09:23.360 --> 00:09:25.269 skeletal remains of a cactus. Third 00:09:25.279 --> 00:09:27.829 grader Lucy won first place in a big bag 00:09:27.839 --> 00:09:29.509 of parade candy. Way to stick the 00:09:29.519 --> 00:09:31.750 landing, y'all. That story is going to 00:09:31.760 --> 00:09:33.509 stick with me. Congratulations to our 00:09:33.519 --> 00:09:35.269 Your Word Wednesday winners, Mr. 00:09:35.279 --> 00:09:37.509 Babroski at Osley County High School in 00:09:37.519 --> 00:09:39.350 Booneville, Kentucky, who submitted 00:09:39.360 --> 00:09:41.190 parliament, a noun which more commonly 00:09:41.200 --> 00:09:43.350 means a supreme lawmaking body of a 00:09:43.360 --> 00:09:45.509 state made up of elected or appointed 00:09:45.519 --> 00:09:48.070 representatives. But Mr. B submitted as 00:09:48.080 --> 00:09:49.990 the collective noun for a group of owls, 00:09:50.000 --> 00:09:52.150 his school's mascot. So to my parliament 00:09:52.160 --> 00:09:54.070 of owls, rise up and congrats on winning 00:09:54.080 --> 00:09:55.509 that golf tournament. Make [snorts] 00:09:55.519 --> 00:09:57.269 something good today, a memory, a 00:09:57.279 --> 00:09:59.190 friendship, a difference, and make it a 00:09:59.200 --> 00:10:00.949 wonderful Wednesday. I'm Ky Wire. 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