WEBVTT 00:00:00.654 --> 00:00:08.505 [music] 00:00:11.440 --> 00:00:13.350 What's up, sunshine? Happy your word 00:00:13.360 --> 00:00:14.950 Wednesday. One of you helped us write 00:00:14.960 --> 00:00:17.029 today's show. I'm Ky Wire with your CNN 00:00:17.039 --> 00:00:18.950 10 minutes of news. We tell you the what 00:00:18.960 --> 00:00:20.870 so you can decide what to think. We've 00:00:20.880 --> 00:00:23.189 got democracy, some glowing creatures, a 00:00:23.199 --> 00:00:25.830 trip to Australia, and so much love. 00:00:25.840 --> 00:00:28.550 Rise up. The midterm elections are over, 00:00:28.560 --> 00:00:31.029 but the counting, not necessarily. Ever 00:00:31.039 --> 00:00:33.190 watch a candidate lead on election night 00:00:33.200 --> 00:00:34.870 and then suddenly fall behind? Is 00:00:34.880 --> 00:00:37.270 something wrong? Not necessarily. Here's 00:00:37.280 --> 00:00:39.910 why. Different states count mailin, 00:00:39.920 --> 00:00:41.830 early, and election day ballots at 00:00:41.840 --> 00:00:43.750 different times. So, the numbers can 00:00:43.760 --> 00:00:45.910 shift as new batches are added. And 00:00:45.920 --> 00:00:47.590 here's your democracy knowledge bomb. 00:00:47.600 --> 00:00:49.750 When CNN projects a winner, that's a 00:00:49.760 --> 00:00:51.750 newsroom decision based on the votes 00:00:51.760 --> 00:00:54.389 counted and those still outstanding. But 00:00:54.399 --> 00:00:56.229 official results, those come from 00:00:56.239 --> 00:00:58.310 election officials after verification 00:00:58.320 --> 00:01:01.189 and certification, which can take days. 00:01:01.199 --> 00:01:02.950 Bottom line, in an election, the goal 00:01:02.960 --> 00:01:05.109 isn't to be the first to finish. It's to 00:01:05.119 --> 00:01:07.109 get the count right. Our Alex Michaelson 00:01:07.119 --> 00:01:09.109 has more on what goes into all of the 00:01:09.119 --> 00:01:11.750 counting, sorting, and predicting. 00:01:11.760 --> 00:01:13.990 Different states have different rules 00:01:14.000 --> 00:01:16.550 for voting by mail. And because of those 00:01:16.560 --> 00:01:18.950 rules in the different states, it could 00:01:18.960 --> 00:01:21.749 take a lot longer to actually count and 00:01:21.759 --> 00:01:23.670 figure out who won the election. For 00:01:23.680 --> 00:01:25.749 example, in Florida, where they count 00:01:25.759 --> 00:01:27.830 perhaps the fastest, you've got to 00:01:27.840 --> 00:01:30.550 request a mail-in ballot and you have to 00:01:30.560 --> 00:01:33.350 return it by the day of the election. In 00:01:33.360 --> 00:01:35.830 California, where I am, where it could 00:01:35.840 --> 00:01:38.550 be the slowest, everybody is sent a 00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:41.510 mail-in ballot, and you have to postmark 00:01:41.520 --> 00:01:44.230 it by election day, which means it can 00:01:44.240 --> 00:01:46.950 be received up to 7 days after the 00:01:46.960 --> 00:01:49.590 election. Other states have other rules. 00:01:49.600 --> 00:01:52.069 and sample in Pennsylvania, uh, they 00:01:52.079 --> 00:01:54.389 cannot open up the ballots and process 00:01:54.399 --> 00:01:56.870 them until the day of the election, 00:01:56.880 --> 00:01:58.789 where in Florida they can do it weeks 00:01:58.799 --> 00:02:00.950 before. That slows things down. In 00:02:00.960 --> 00:02:02.870 Alaska, they do rank choice voting, 00:02:02.880 --> 00:02:05.350 which means it takes longer to count uh 00:02:05.360 --> 00:02:08.309 than it would in other states. Bottom 00:02:08.319 --> 00:02:10.710 line here, different states, different 00:02:10.720 --> 00:02:13.910 rules, all of them legal uh but 00:02:13.920 --> 00:02:16.309 different potential timelines for when 00:02:16.319 --> 00:02:19.030 we'll know who won the election. 00:02:19.040 --> 00:02:20.949 Papua's hot shot. Mud puppies, 00:02:20.959 --> 00:02:22.869 hellbenders, and water dogs are all a 00:02:22.879 --> 00:02:25.350 type of what animal? Snake, toad, 00:02:25.360 --> 00:02:32.550 lizard, or salamander. 00:02:32.560 --> 00:02:34.630 If you said salamander, you stay on 00:02:34.640 --> 00:02:36.630 point even when I ask a lot of 00:02:36.640 --> 00:02:38.550 questions. Salamanders are the second 00:02:38.560 --> 00:02:40.229 largest group of amphibians with more 00:02:40.239 --> 00:02:42.309 than 800 known species. And they have 00:02:42.319 --> 00:02:44.150 some seriously surreal traits from 00:02:44.160 --> 00:02:45.830 breathing through their skin to even 00:02:45.840 --> 00:02:48.309 regenerating lost limbs. [music] 00:02:48.319 --> 00:02:50.229 Talk about a glow up. Scientists have 00:02:50.239 --> 00:02:52.070 discovered Europe's black and yellow 00:02:52.080 --> 00:02:54.470 fire salamander's new superpower. They 00:02:54.480 --> 00:02:56.869 can glow green and blue. The process is 00:02:56.879 --> 00:02:59.430 called biofllororesence, where organisms 00:02:59.440 --> 00:03:01.430 absorb light and release it as a 00:03:01.440 --> 00:03:03.750 different color, unlike bioluminescence, 00:03:03.760 --> 00:03:05.910 where organisms like fireflies produce 00:03:05.920 --> 00:03:07.670 their own light. The glow comes from 00:03:07.680 --> 00:03:09.509 their glands that can continue to glow 00:03:09.519 --> 00:03:12.070 for more than 24 hours after released. 00:03:12.080 --> 00:03:13.990 Although researchers don't know where it 00:03:14.000 --> 00:03:15.670 comes from, looks like these creatures 00:03:15.680 --> 00:03:18.149 are getting their chance to shine. Now 00:03:18.159 --> 00:03:21.030 to our penultimate story of the day in 00:03:21.040 --> 00:03:22.390 Australia, where scientists are 00:03:22.400 --> 00:03:23.910 searching for one of the world's cutest 00:03:23.920 --> 00:03:26.470 and most elusive tree dwelling animals, 00:03:26.480 --> 00:03:29.110 koalas. They can sleep around 18 to 24 00:03:29.120 --> 00:03:31.750 hours a day. High-end eucalyptus trees, 00:03:31.760 --> 00:03:33.750 making them really tough to spot. So 00:03:33.760 --> 00:03:35.670 researchers are turning to drones 00:03:35.680 --> 00:03:38.070 adapted from tools used to track sharks 00:03:38.080 --> 00:03:40.630 to find the nation's fragile endangered 00:03:40.640 --> 00:03:42.229 species. You can't protect what you 00:03:42.239 --> 00:03:44.070 can't find. More now from our Linda 00:03:44.080 --> 00:03:45.990 Concaid for CNN's Call to Earth 00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:48.229 supported by the Rolex Perpetual Planet 00:03:48.239 --> 00:03:52.869 Initiative. 00:03:52.879 --> 00:03:55.190 In Australia's Northeast on Magnetic 00:03:55.200 --> 00:03:57.270 Island, a team of drone pilots [music] 00:03:57.280 --> 00:03:59.509 take to the sky as part of a pioneering 00:03:59.519 --> 00:04:01.429 initiative. 00:04:01.439 --> 00:04:02.630 They're searching for one of the 00:04:02.640 --> 00:04:04.869 country's most iconic and elusive 00:04:04.879 --> 00:04:05.670 species. 00:04:05.680 --> 00:04:08.470 >> So, that didn't take long. Yeah. Wow. 00:04:08.480 --> 00:04:10.470 Using drones equipped with cuttingedge 00:04:10.480 --> 00:04:12.309 imaging technology, [music] the Great 00:04:12.319 --> 00:04:14.630 Magnetic Island Koala Count aims to 00:04:14.640 --> 00:04:16.949 complete the most comprehensive survey 00:04:16.959 --> 00:04:19.430 of the island's koala population ever 00:04:19.440 --> 00:04:20.390 undertaken. 00:04:20.400 --> 00:04:22.390 >> We've now completed phase one of that 00:04:22.400 --> 00:04:26.629 project uh and detected 46 koalas um in 00:04:26.639 --> 00:04:29.270 a specific area and a really um 00:04:29.280 --> 00:04:31.909 important area for the research. Ripper 00:04:31.919 --> 00:04:33.749 Corp originally designed their drones 00:04:33.759 --> 00:04:35.748 for identifying threats to swimmers 00:04:35.758 --> 00:04:37.430 [music] as well as for search and rescue 00:04:37.440 --> 00:04:39.830 efforts at sea. As their technology 00:04:39.840 --> 00:04:42.150 advanced, so too did their opportunity 00:04:42.160 --> 00:04:44.390 to aid conservation efforts. 00:04:44.400 --> 00:04:46.550 >> We started out in in looking for sharks 00:04:46.560 --> 00:04:48.870 and and crocodiles uh and use that 00:04:48.880 --> 00:04:51.350 technology to move into the bush. So 00:04:51.360 --> 00:04:53.189 looking for endangered species, 00:04:53.199 --> 00:04:55.110 especially koalas. 00:04:55.120 --> 00:04:56.790 >> In Queensland, the Australian government 00:04:56.800 --> 00:04:59.270 has listed koalas as endangered since 00:04:59.280 --> 00:05:00.870 2022. 00:05:00.880 --> 00:05:03.510 Oh wow, little Joey on its back. 00:05:03.520 --> 00:05:05.670 >> The koalas that roam these canopies were 00:05:05.680 --> 00:05:07.590 introduced to the island back in the 00:05:07.600 --> 00:05:10.070 early 20th century to protect them from 00:05:10.080 --> 00:05:11.830 threats on the mainland. But the 00:05:11.840 --> 00:05:13.510 island's terrain, combined with the 00:05:13.520 --> 00:05:15.270 difficulty in spotting individuals from 00:05:15.280 --> 00:05:17.510 the ground, can make population counts 00:05:17.520 --> 00:05:18.230 challenging [music] 00:05:18.240 --> 00:05:19.350 and expensive. 00:05:19.360 --> 00:05:20.710 >> People often say, "Oh, there's a couple 00:05:20.720 --> 00:05:23.270 of koalas up in the hill or there's a 00:05:23.280 --> 00:05:25.990 few koalas there." Uh but yeah, with our 00:05:26.000 --> 00:05:28.390 drones, we're able to really count how 00:05:28.400 --> 00:05:31.029 many are there, provide their exact GPS 00:05:31.039 --> 00:05:34.710 location, um and take some great imagery 00:05:34.720 --> 00:05:36.790 of the koalas without disturbing them in 00:05:36.800 --> 00:05:41.248 any way. 00:05:41.258 --> 00:05:46.390 [music] 00:05:46.400 --> 00:05:49.029 Dr. Ali B of the Magnetic Island Koala 00:05:49.039 --> 00:05:50.629 Hospital, which is a partner of the 00:05:50.639 --> 00:05:52.710 survey initiative, rescues sick or 00:05:52.720 --> 00:05:53.694 injured koalas. 00:05:53.704 --> 00:05:53.909 >> [music] 00:05:53.919 --> 00:05:56.150 >> This is Axel when he first started 00:05:56.160 --> 00:05:58.390 having difficulty breathing. 00:05:58.400 --> 00:06:00.070 >> She sees promise in the drone's 00:06:00.080 --> 00:06:02.469 capability to also monitor and track the 00:06:02.479 --> 00:06:04.309 population after treatment, [music] 00:06:04.319 --> 00:06:06.070 especially the joeies. 00:06:06.080 --> 00:06:08.629 >> For me, when we release the handraised 00:06:08.639 --> 00:06:11.270 babies or releasing any of them, it's 00:06:11.280 --> 00:06:13.510 good to track them where they go after 00:06:13.520 --> 00:06:15.670 that. Um, it's watching that they can 00:06:15.680 --> 00:06:18.790 also disperse properly um into safe 00:06:18.800 --> 00:06:21.350 areas. working alongside her daughter 00:06:21.360 --> 00:06:23.510 Izzy. They're also collecting genetic 00:06:23.520 --> 00:06:25.510 information to provide crucial insight 00:06:25.520 --> 00:06:27.830 about the island's koala population. And 00:06:27.840 --> 00:06:29.590 they believe the drone surveys will be 00:06:29.600 --> 00:06:31.270 critical to their research. 00:06:31.280 --> 00:06:33.430 >> To track the genetic health, we need to 00:06:33.440 --> 00:06:34.469 know the numbers. 00:06:34.479 --> 00:06:36.550 >> A previous ground survey taken more than 00:06:36.560 --> 00:06:38.629 10 years ago placed the population 00:06:38.639 --> 00:06:41.510 between 600 to 800. But after more than 00:06:41.520 --> 00:06:43.510 20 years working here, Alli believes the 00:06:43.520 --> 00:06:45.510 total today is much [music] higher. 00:06:45.520 --> 00:06:47.430 >> We've had an awful lot of them in. if 00:06:47.440 --> 00:06:49.909 that's the case. We've had nearly 500 in 00:06:49.919 --> 00:06:52.870 care and a lot of those aren't repeat 00:06:52.880 --> 00:06:57.110 offenders. So, um yeah, I I think 00:06:57.120 --> 00:06:58.870 there's a far more accurate way of doing 00:06:58.880 --> 00:07:01.029 it and I think the drone is the way to 00:07:01.039 --> 00:07:05.749 go. 00:07:05.759 --> 00:07:07.749 >> I think truly knowing how many are there 00:07:07.759 --> 00:07:10.629 to begin with um and then providing that 00:07:10.639 --> 00:07:13.670 information beyond uh universities and 00:07:13.680 --> 00:07:15.029 research groups and getting it [music] 00:07:15.039 --> 00:07:17.110 out uh to government agencies. so they 00:07:17.120 --> 00:07:19.110 can make better decisions certainly 00:07:19.120 --> 00:07:21.749 around development sites or adjustments 00:07:21.759 --> 00:07:24.629 to roads and again that research and the 00:07:24.639 --> 00:07:27.350 data around where the koalas or other 00:07:27.360 --> 00:07:31.110 animals are are feeding or or are living 00:07:31.120 --> 00:07:33.749 um can make better choices around the 00:07:33.759 --> 00:07:36.390 rehabilitation programs as well. And uh 00:07:36.400 --> 00:07:38.950 there's another koala just relaxing 00:07:38.960 --> 00:07:50.230 having [music] a sleep in the tree. 00:07:50.240 --> 00:07:52.150 Today's story getting a 10 out of 10. A 00:07:52.160 --> 00:07:53.909 community coming together to save a 00:07:53.919 --> 00:07:55.909 marching band's big season, one stitch 00:07:55.919 --> 00:07:58.070 at a time. The Lake View South High 00:07:58.080 --> 00:08:00.469 School marching band season was hanging 00:08:00.479 --> 00:08:02.710 by a thread after their custom uniform 00:08:02.720 --> 00:08:04.469 order fell through just days before 00:08:04.479 --> 00:08:07.110 their biggest competition. So, visual 00:08:07.120 --> 00:08:09.430 director Melissa Nielsen did what anyone 00:08:09.440 --> 00:08:11.990 would. She called her mom who happens to 00:08:12.000 --> 00:08:14.390 run Minnesota's largest charity quilting 00:08:14.400 --> 00:08:14.790 group. 00:08:14.800 --> 00:08:16.390 >> I said, I need the quilters. 00:08:16.400 --> 00:08:19.830 >> I was thinking, you know, 20 or 30. 00:08:19.840 --> 00:08:22.950 >> This is 110 band uniforms that we need 00:08:22.960 --> 00:08:23.749 to put together. 00:08:23.759 --> 00:08:25.749 >> And I went, 00:08:25.759 --> 00:08:27.430 okay. [laughter] 00:08:27.440 --> 00:08:29.909 >> But there was no quit in these quilters. 00:08:29.919 --> 00:08:32.070 Mom pulled together an assembly line of 00:08:32.080 --> 00:08:34.949 volunteers from expert seamstresses to 00:08:34.959 --> 00:08:37.589 any parent who knew how to sew a button. 00:08:37.599 --> 00:08:39.829 After two days of roundthe-clock work, 00:08:39.839 --> 00:08:42.550 they were able to finish all 110 00:08:42.560 --> 00:08:44.870 uniforms just in time for the big band 00:08:44.880 --> 00:08:47.430 show. They went on to place third at 00:08:47.440 --> 00:08:49.430 regionals and mom was even able to take 00:08:49.440 --> 00:08:51.670 in the band's last show and see their 00:08:51.680 --> 00:08:53.990 custom uniforms on full display. 00:08:54.000 --> 00:08:57.190 >> It brought tears and I'm not a crier. 00:08:57.200 --> 00:08:58.870 >> And get this, the theme for this year's 00:08:58.880 --> 00:09:01.509 show, rise. That's what I call banding 00:09:01.519 --> 00:09:03.910 together and rising to the challenge. 00:09:03.920 --> 00:09:06.150 Bravo. All right, sunshine. Congrats to 00:09:06.160 --> 00:09:08.150 our your word Wednesday winners, Mrs. 00:09:08.160 --> 00:09:10.070 Humphrey and friends at the Edward Stone 00:09:10.080 --> 00:09:12.230 Middle School in Burlington, Iowa for 00:09:12.240 --> 00:09:14.230 penultimate, an adjective that means 00:09:14.240 --> 00:09:16.310 second to last in a sequence or series. 00:09:16.320 --> 00:09:18.150 Actually, they submitted preeant 00:09:18.160 --> 00:09:19.910 penultimate, which means fourth to last, 00:09:19.920 --> 00:09:21.829 but that's tough to use in a sentence. 00:09:21.839 --> 00:09:23.829 Thank you for boosting our vocab today. 00:09:23.839 --> 00:09:25.990 We have another shout out today going to 00:09:26.000 --> 00:09:29.269 Mr. Fenton, Brooks, Keith Wolf Woods, 00:09:29.279 --> 00:09:31.110 and Mrs. Lehu at [clears throat] Castile 00:09:31.120 --> 00:09:33.590 Junior High School in Queen Creek, 00:09:33.600 --> 00:09:37.750 Arizona. and all 600 of you who signed 00:09:37.760 --> 00:09:40.389 this shirt. I see you, Aiden. Now, we're 00:09:40.399 --> 00:09:41.750 going to wear this shirt with pride. 00:09:41.760 --> 00:09:43.590 Thank you so much. Look at this shirt. 00:09:43.600 --> 00:09:45.430 Look at today's show. See what happens 00:09:45.440 --> 00:09:47.350 when people come together. One person 00:09:47.360 --> 00:09:49.670 brings an idea, another brings a skill, 00:09:49.680 --> 00:09:51.269 maybe a helping hand. Before you know 00:09:51.279 --> 00:09:53.590 it, we have magic. Be somebody's missing 00:09:53.600 --> 00:09:55.750 piece today. Help somebody rise up. I'm 00:09:55.760 --> 00:10:00.680 Koi Wire. We are CNN 10.