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What's up sunshine and happy Wednesday

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from New York City. I am at the Javit

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Center in Hell's Kitchen where some of

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the world's most accomplished athletes

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are gathering for the Team USA Olympic

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Summit as they prepared for the upcoming

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2026 Winter Olympic Games. I'm going to

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be talking to some of the greats. We're

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talking Lindsey Vaughn, Alyssa Lou, Red

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Gerard, and more. And we're going to

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bring their stories to you. So, be on

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the lookout for those conversations

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later in the week. Now, if you see lines

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on my head, it's because I was wearing a

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beanie. I probably shouldn't have done

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that. We'll just pretend they're not

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there. Listen, we have a ton of

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important stories to get to. Uh, so

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let's get you your news. We start today

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with an update on Hurricane Melissa,

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which is wreaking havoc in the

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Caribbean. The storm has torn across

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parts of Cuba, Jamaica, and much of the

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surrounding region after becoming the

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strongest storm on the planet so far

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this year.

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Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as the

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second strongest storm in Atlantic

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history with sustained winds of 185 mph.

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To put that into perspective, that's

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nearly as fast as most bullet trains or

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a Formula 1 race car. And it's actually

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faster than the cruising speed of some

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small planes. Melissa is the worst storm

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to hit Jamaica this century and the

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first time the island nation has ever

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been hit by a category 5 storm. The

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results are expected to be catastrophic,

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potentially impacting more than half of

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the island's population. We prepared

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significantly to save as many lives as

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possible and that's why over 800

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shelters were opened across Jamaica.

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Approximately 6,000 people, I'm hearing

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based on the latest indication from the

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officials, have made their way into

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shelters.

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>> Ahead of landfall, Melissa maintained

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category 5 status for more than twice as

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long as any other Atlantic hurricane so

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far this year. Unusually hot ocean

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temperatures supercharged the storm,

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intensifying Melissa's wind speed from

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70 mph to 175 in just 2 days time.

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Previous storms this season underwent

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similar bouts of rapid intensification.

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Scientists say it's becoming more common

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as ocean temperatures continue to rise.

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Next up, we have an update on that

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brazen robbery at Paris's famed Lou

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Museum. Police say they have arrested

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suspects in connection with the theft of

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France's crown jewels worth an estimated

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$120 million. But more than a week after

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the historic heist, officials are still

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on the hunt for the stolen jewels. Our

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Melissa Bell has more.

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>> Caught on camera as they fled the Louvre

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with more than hund00 million worth of

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jewels. A heist carried out by four men

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in just 7 minutes, but with many clues

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left behind. Not just the equipment the

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men used to get in, like this angle

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grinder and the truck they tried but

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failed to burn as they fled. But also a

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glove, a helmet, and one of the scooters

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they used to make their escape. Sources

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say that the BRB, the specialized unit

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of the French police that have been in

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charge of this investigation, had been

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watching the four suspects for several

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days. They had to act quicker though

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when it came to the two now in custody

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because one was planning to flee Tamali.

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We understand the other they caught

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trying to board a plane to Algeria. The

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two men now in custody were already

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known to police. The other two remain at

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large.

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>> It's not like you wake up on a Sunday

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morning thinking I become a thief. Let's

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start with the Lou. So, they have done

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burglaries before and most likely their

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DNA was in the systems.

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>> With more than 150 DNA traces left at

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the scene of the crime, a match was soon

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established. But whilst investigators

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now believe they know more about the

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thieves who were known for targeting

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jewelry stores, questions remain about

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who might have masterminded the

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operation.

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>> This operation was very well conceived,

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but very badly executed. The beginning

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was good and fast, but then they lost a

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lot of pieces, evidence everywhere,

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helmet, gloves, grinder. It was very

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surprising. They didn't achieve the

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burning of the truck. So, the last part

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was kind of surprisingly amateurish.

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>> Still at large, the jewels that were

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stolen, the tiaras, necklaces, earrings,

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and brooches of 19th century French

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queens. Authorities are unhappy that the

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detentions were made public. In a

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statement, the Paris prosecutor's office

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said they strongly repudiate the release

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of the information, explaining that it

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can hinder the investigative efforts of

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the 100 or so investigators mobilized in

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search of both the stolen jewelry and

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the perpetrators.

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>> I think they're going to try to persuade

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these two guys in custody to tell where

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the where the jewels are. In the

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meantime, they will raid their houses,

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family members, you know, they will do

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everything possible in this case.

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>> As for the crown jewels that were not

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stolen, French press reports suggest

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that some have now been moved out of the

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Louv altogether and to the Bong de

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France, the country's central bank for

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safekeeping.

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>> Pop quiz hot shot. Which ancient

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civilization was the first to use cacao

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beans as currency? Incas, Mayans, Omech

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or Aztecs.

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If you said Aztecs, you sweet. Unlike

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the solid chocolate eaten today, though,

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the Aztecs also drank cacao mixed with

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water. It was thought to give strength

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and vitality, especially useful before

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battles or rituals. Our next story is

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about a price hike on something that is

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ubiquitous this time of year, Halloween

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candy. Uh the numbers show it's more

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expensive and less chocolatey. Those

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little fun-size handouts are costing

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Americans nearly 11% more this Halloween

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season than last year. That's nearly

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quadruple the overall rate of inflation.

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The high cocoa prices have some shoppers

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picking gummy candies or pumpkin spice

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offerings over chocolate bars. CNN's

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Matt Eaggan has more.

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I don't think my kids are going to love

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this segment because if there's any kind

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of inflation that they don't like, it is

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candy inflation. Now, unfortunately,

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there's been this powerful one-two

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combination of high cocoa prices

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globally and high tariffs in the United

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States. They've combined to drive up

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prices. So, how much more expensive is

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candy? Look at this. 11% more expensive

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than last Halloween. That's nearly

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quadruple the overall rate of inflation.

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and it's five times the price increases

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of last Halloween. Now, this is based on

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a new analysis that was shared first

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with CNN by the uh this is coming from

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the Groundwork Collaborative, which is a

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progressive think tank. They went

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through all of the different candy

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prices and they saw some significant

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increase. Look at this 8% increase in

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price for Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.

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That is noteworthy cuz that's one of my

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favorite candies. Also looking at 9%

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increase for some of the G gummy candy

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variety packs from Manderly, 12%

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increase in some of the variety packs

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from Mars. That's the company uh behind

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uh M&M's and Snickers and a whole bunch

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of other popular candies. 22% increase

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for Hershey's and 34% increase for

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Tootsie Roll lollipops. So, uh, yes,

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unfortunately, inflation is the

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uninvited guest this Halloween. When

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companies are facing higher costs, they

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have a few different options, right? So,

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one thing they could do is raise prices.

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We already discussed how they're doing

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that. Another thing that they can do is

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they can actually cut down how much

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cocoa content is in some of the

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chocolate candy. Some of the companies

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are adding more sugar and they're having

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less cocoa. So that does mean less

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chocolatey chocolate which as a parent

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of two boys I I don't see how that could

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possibly go wrong adding more sugar. Uh

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and then of course there's also

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shrinkflation where they have less

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content in some of these packages so

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people don't feel like they're spending

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more and they're paying more even though

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they are. Uh and again this is happening

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in part because of tariffs and also

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because cocoa prices have gone

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significantly higher over the last few

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years.

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[Applause]

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Today's story getting a 10 out of 10. An

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epic haunted house for an epically good

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cause. Check out this terrifying tunnel

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of doom in Royal Oak, Michigan. It's the

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vision of 13-year-old Jackson Amik, who

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has already survived the battle with

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leukemia at his young age and decided to

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turn his passion for Halloween into a

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fundraiser for kids just like him. All

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of the proceeds from this haunted house

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help buy chemo shirts for children

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getting cancer treatment.

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>> Chemo shirt pretty much unzips from here

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and here and you can pull the flap down

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and that way you don't have to disrobe

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for them to access your port to get

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chemo treatment. This will be the third

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year since Jackson got his haunted

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masterpiece up and running and they've

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already raised thousands of dollars and

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this year a new addition to the design a

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monster designed by Jackson and his

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friends and created for him by the

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Makea-Wish Foundation. Guys, go check it

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out. Run.

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>> This is yours only, right?

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>> Yeah. Yeah. This is Nobody else has

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this.

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>> All right, superstars. That's going to

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do it for today's show. But before I go,

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I do owe congratulations to Mrs. Zulling

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at Fowlerville Junior High in

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Fowlerville, Michigan. Thank you for

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submitting today's Your Word Wednesday

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winner, ubiquitous, an adjective meaning

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present, appearing, or found everywhere.

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Well done, and thanks for making us

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smarter today. Our shout out of the day

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goes to Miss Snider at Basalt Middle

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School in Basalt, Colorado. Go

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Longhorns. Do you say hook them? Got to

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get my move on now. Going to go

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interview some of these Olympians for

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the show. Rise up. Go make it an awesome

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day. I'll see you right back here

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tomorrow. I'm Ky Wire and we are CNN 10.

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