WEBVTT 00:00.430 --> 00:11.360 [Music] 00:11.360 --> 00:13.200 Hello everyone and welcome to the show. 00:13.200 --> 00:15.519 I'm Koi Wire. This is CNN 10. We are 00:15.519 --> 00:17.760 coming to you from the Vessel in New 00:17.760 --> 00:19.439 York City, one of Manhattan's most 00:19.439 --> 00:21.600 striking modern landmarks close to the 00:21.600 --> 00:24.080 Highline and the Hudson River. I got the 00:24.080 --> 00:26.080 chance to spend the day with some of you 00:26.080 --> 00:27.760 while I was here. And I can't wait to 00:27.760 --> 00:29.279 tell you about that story and what I 00:29.279 --> 00:30.960 learned. First though, let's get you 00:30.960 --> 00:33.040 some other news. We begin today with an 00:33.040 --> 00:35.200 update on Hurricane Melissa, which has 00:35.200 --> 00:37.520 devastated parts of Jamaica and Cuba 00:37.520 --> 00:39.280 after becoming one of the strongest 00:39.280 --> 00:41.360 hurricanes in history. Melissa made 00:41.360 --> 00:43.680 landfall in Jamaica early Tuesday as a 00:43.680 --> 00:46.079 category 5 hurricane, the most powerful 00:46.079 --> 00:48.719 storm to ever hit the island. Torrential 00:48.719 --> 00:52.160 rain and winds of up to 185 miles per 00:52.160 --> 00:54.480 hour caused extensive damage to many 00:54.480 --> 00:56.960 homes, schools, and hospitals. The 00:56.960 --> 00:58.559 government has declared the entire 00:58.559 --> 01:00.879 island a disaster area, and the full 01:00.879 --> 01:03.199 scope of the damage is still emerging. 01:03.199 --> 01:05.600 Melissa then continued to Cuba, making 01:05.600 --> 01:08.080 landfall early Wednesday as a category 3 01:08.080 --> 01:10.479 storm with severe winds and torrential 01:10.479 --> 01:12.640 rain. The government there says flooding 01:12.640 --> 01:16.080 has cut off about 140,000 people and 01:16.080 --> 01:17.840 left many communities completely 01:17.840 --> 01:19.920 isolated. So far, the storm is 01:19.920 --> 01:22.479 responsible for at least 29 deaths 01:22.479 --> 01:24.960 across the Caribbean. As of this taping, 01:24.960 --> 01:26.960 Melissa is making its way back into the 01:26.960 --> 01:29.119 Western Atlantic after passing over 01:29.119 --> 01:32.640 parts of the Bahamas. 10sec trivia. 01:32.640 --> 01:34.479 Which one of these winter sports will 01:34.479 --> 01:36.479 make his debut at the 25th Winter 01:36.479 --> 01:38.799 Olympic Games? Ski mountaineering, broom 01:38.799 --> 01:41.360 hockey, synchronized snowboarding or ice 01:41.360 --> 01:44.360 climbing. 01:45.600 --> 01:47.600 If you said ski mountaineering, I can 01:47.600 --> 01:50.000 ski you know your stuff. The event, also 01:50.000 --> 01:52.479 known as skio, features athletes racing 01:52.479 --> 01:55.200 up and down mountains using specialized 01:55.200 --> 01:57.119 skis. I think I will stick to the 01:57.119 --> 02:00.240 gondola. Thank you. Ah, the Olympics. 02:00.240 --> 02:03.040 The 2026 Milan Cortina Games are right 02:03.040 --> 02:05.200 around the corner. In fewer than 100 02:05.200 --> 02:07.360 days, the games will kick off in venues 02:07.360 --> 02:09.679 across northern Italy. This week, I had 02:09.679 --> 02:11.520 the opportunity to go one-on-one with 02:11.520 --> 02:13.840 some of Team USA's brightest stars as 02:13.840 --> 02:16.000 they prep to go for the gold. That 02:16.000 --> 02:17.920 includes figure skater Amber Glenn, 02:17.920 --> 02:19.840 who's fresh off a second straight China 02:19.840 --> 02:22.000 Cup win and set to make her Olympic 02:22.000 --> 02:25.280 debut at 26 years old. But getting here 02:25.280 --> 02:27.280 was anything but easy. I talked to Amber 02:27.280 --> 02:28.959 about how she's overcome some major 02:28.959 --> 02:31.120 setbacks in her career and how she's 02:31.120 --> 02:33.680 using them to push forward. You were a 02:33.680 --> 02:35.840 skating prodigy coming up, young, and 02:35.840 --> 02:38.400 then you had to take some time away. You 02:38.400 --> 02:40.879 hit some really tough times. 02:40.879 --> 02:42.400 >> What are some of the things that were 02:42.400 --> 02:44.160 most challenging for you to get through? 02:44.160 --> 02:46.560 >> For me, I had a mental health crisis. I 02:46.560 --> 02:48.560 was diagnosed with depression, anxiety, 02:48.560 --> 02:50.720 and eventually ADHD. And it was just a 02:50.720 --> 02:52.879 lot to try and process while being on a 02:52.879 --> 02:57.280 national stage as a child. Uh so it took 02:57.280 --> 03:00.800 many, many years to try and find a good 03:00.800 --> 03:03.599 balance for me. How difficult was that 03:03.599 --> 03:05.599 to feel like superhuman and then all of 03:05.599 --> 03:07.519 a sudden not so much? 03:07.519 --> 03:10.640 >> Yeah, it was it was hard. Uh I remember 03:10.640 --> 03:13.280 being called a freak of nature as a kid 03:13.280 --> 03:16.319 and being so insulted by it and now I 03:16.319 --> 03:19.360 embrace it. I'm like hell yeah I am. I 03:19.360 --> 03:22.319 have worked so hard to get where I am. 03:22.319 --> 03:24.800 It's not just natural and I wasn't 03:24.800 --> 03:26.879 gifted in this sense. It's also because 03:26.879 --> 03:29.840 I've dedicated my life to this. And how 03:29.840 --> 03:32.560 have you turned any of these perceived 03:32.560 --> 03:34.400 challenges into now just like a 03:34.400 --> 03:36.560 superpower? I can feel it emanating from 03:36.560 --> 03:38.720 you. You are like ready to dominate out 03:38.720 --> 03:39.120 there. 03:39.120 --> 03:41.440 >> Thank you. It hasn't been without its 03:41.440 --> 03:44.000 challenges. I take every lesson that 03:44.000 --> 03:46.480 I've learned and try apply it to 03:46.480 --> 03:49.920 everyday things and try and help others 03:49.920 --> 03:51.680 around me avoid some of the mistakes 03:51.680 --> 03:53.519 that I might have made along the way. 03:53.519 --> 03:57.920 And I think that's what helped me be the 03:57.920 --> 04:00.560 best possible version of myself. 04:00.560 --> 04:02.319 >> All right. What is it like to go to high 04:02.319 --> 04:04.480 school in New York City, ride the subway 04:04.480 --> 04:06.400 to school, walk past Wall Street, maybe 04:06.400 --> 04:07.920 Fifth Avenue? Well, I got the 04:07.920 --> 04:10.319 opportunity to spend a day at one school 04:10.319 --> 04:12.239 that defies just about every New York 04:12.239 --> 04:14.239 City stereotype that you could think of. 04:14.239 --> 04:16.239 We would like you to meet the remarkable 04:16.239 --> 04:18.479 students at the Urban Assembly's Harbor 04:18.479 --> 04:20.000 School. 04:20.000 --> 04:23.120 We built a community around this island 04:23.120 --> 04:26.800 and I feel like our bonds are stronger. 04:26.800 --> 04:30.240 >> For 550 kids in New York City, this is 04:30.240 --> 04:32.400 high school where all of the typical 04:32.400 --> 04:34.720 stereotypes of a high school experience 04:34.720 --> 04:36.800 are met with career training courses 04:36.800 --> 04:39.360 that focus on the ocean that surrounds 04:39.360 --> 04:40.240 their home. 04:40.240 --> 04:42.400 >> I'll do some data. Zoe will do data for 04:42.400 --> 04:44.880 two different groups. All right, sound 04:44.880 --> 04:47.440 good. Okay, let's head down. The goal of 04:47.440 --> 04:49.520 this school, the founding of this school 04:49.520 --> 04:51.440 was to give opportunity to maritime 04:51.440 --> 04:53.040 education to those students who may have 04:53.040 --> 04:55.759 never been able to get that. 04:55.759 --> 04:57.680 Students get hands-on experience in a 04:57.680 --> 04:59.840 range of maritime skills to prepare them 04:59.840 --> 05:01.280 for careers in everything from 05:01.280 --> 05:04.240 aquaculture to ocean engineering. They 05:04.240 --> 05:06.160 get the chance to build and operate 05:06.160 --> 05:09.919 boats, design submersibles, even dive in 05:09.919 --> 05:12.080 and conduct real life research. 05:12.080 --> 05:13.919 >> What's up everybody? Today we're getting 05:13.919 --> 05:16.240 a look at the school's ongoing oyster 05:16.240 --> 05:18.160 restoration research program. 05:18.160 --> 05:19.919 >> Speedium. Extra speedium. Like I like 05:19.919 --> 05:23.199 it. The school works handinand with a 05:23.199 --> 05:25.600 nonprofit called the Billion Oyster 05:25.600 --> 05:28.720 Project. Its goal to restore New York's 05:28.720 --> 05:31.039 once thriving oyster population. 05:31.039 --> 05:34.080 >> They're just telling me how many oysters 05:34.080 --> 05:36.560 are on their their shell and then they 05:36.560 --> 05:38.240 tell me whether it's alive or dead and 05:38.240 --> 05:40.320 measure the shell height. It's like 05:40.320 --> 05:45.199 length from tip to tip. The goal is to 05:45.199 --> 05:46.560 monitor, 05:46.560 --> 05:47.840 >> study, 05:47.840 --> 05:50.240 >> analyze a billion oysters or get a 05:50.240 --> 05:52.479 billion oysters in the water. 05:52.479 --> 05:54.960 >> The billion oysters project of is to put 05:54.960 --> 05:56.800 a billion oysters back into New York 05:56.800 --> 05:57.360 Harbor. 05:57.360 --> 05:58.080 >> Wow. 05:58.080 --> 06:00.000 >> How do how do we know how close we are 06:00.000 --> 06:00.880 to this goal? 06:00.880 --> 06:03.840 >> Uh by doing monitors just like this. If 06:03.840 --> 06:05.520 a student wants to be involved in the 06:05.520 --> 06:07.360 maritime industry, then this school is 06:07.360 --> 06:09.440 able to provide the opportunities and 06:09.440 --> 06:11.199 the pathways for those students to get 06:11.199 --> 06:14.000 into those uh fields. It's sort of 06:14.000 --> 06:16.000 forming a oyster reef at this moment. 06:16.000 --> 06:17.440 >> Our goal is to get around a billion 06:17.440 --> 06:19.039 oysters in and that should bring back 06:19.039 --> 06:20.639 native oyster populations that were 06:20.639 --> 06:21.280 killed off. 06:21.280 --> 06:22.800 >> Just like a regular class, they receive 06:22.800 --> 06:24.720 grades on assignments. Uh the 06:24.720 --> 06:26.800 assignments are more hands-on, but they 06:26.800 --> 06:28.960 are indeed typical school assignments 06:28.960 --> 06:30.720 that are graded. They're called career 06:30.720 --> 06:32.560 and technical education classes and 06:32.560 --> 06:34.960 they're part of a pathway uh for each of 06:34.960 --> 06:37.039 our state approved programs. Last year, 06:37.039 --> 06:39.680 more than 90% of our students uh were 06:39.680 --> 06:42.720 accepted into 4-year college programs. 06:42.720 --> 06:44.720 >> All right. Can you pull that? 06:44.720 --> 06:45.840 >> Yeah, that's a little bit better. All 06:45.840 --> 06:46.319 right. 06:46.319 --> 06:49.520 >> Harbor alumni Shaina Rajun Donarin was 06:49.520 --> 06:51.919 so inspired by her aquaculture training 06:51.919 --> 06:54.160 that she went on to become a billion 06:54.160 --> 06:56.160 oyster project employee. 06:56.160 --> 06:57.680 >> Honestly, it's been one of the most 06:57.680 --> 07:01.440 beautiful blessings ever. I got to like 07:01.440 --> 07:03.520 do this a little bit in our like 07:03.520 --> 07:05.039 freshman field which is where we get to 07:05.039 --> 07:06.880 like experience a couple of all of the 07:06.880 --> 07:09.199 programs and once I did that in field I 07:09.199 --> 07:11.199 was like this is where I belong. I 07:11.199 --> 07:12.560 belong with all of the oysters in the 07:12.560 --> 07:14.479 muck and the heavy lifting and all the 07:14.479 --> 07:15.759 data. It's beautiful. 07:15.759 --> 07:17.520 >> You loved this so much that you come 07:17.520 --> 07:20.240 back now to help. What do you see when 07:20.240 --> 07:24.000 when you look at these youngsters? 07:24.000 --> 07:25.919 >> Honestly, it's really inspiring. It's so 07:25.919 --> 07:28.639 full circle for me to one go through the 07:28.639 --> 07:30.479 program, graduate from the program, come 07:30.479 --> 07:31.919 back to take care of the space, and then 07:31.919 --> 07:34.240 now also get to come back and work with 07:34.240 --> 07:35.759 the students and see them do the same 07:35.759 --> 07:37.759 thing. And also see that they're just as 07:37.759 --> 07:39.599 excited about it as I am. It's not often 07:39.599 --> 07:40.960 that you see kids come in and be excited 07:40.960 --> 07:42.880 for school. Not at all. 07:42.880 --> 07:44.400 >> And then here, they're like, "Oh, we 07:44.400 --> 07:45.919 have oysters today, or we're on the o 07:45.919 --> 07:47.919 eco do today, or this is what we get to 07:47.919 --> 07:49.280 do. Let's get in it." 07:49.280 --> 07:50.800 >> What do you love most about coming out 07:50.800 --> 07:55.199 here? Um I definitely like this is kind 07:55.199 --> 07:56.400 of what I want to do for the rest of my 07:56.400 --> 07:56.879 life. 07:56.879 --> 07:59.680 >> What's your hope for people u through 07:59.680 --> 08:02.000 the work that you all are doing here? um 08:02.000 --> 08:03.440 >> how it might impact. 08:03.440 --> 08:05.680 >> I hope that people like learn about 08:05.680 --> 08:08.800 these kind of how how there are like 08:08.800 --> 08:10.879 these kind of jobs and activities you 08:10.879 --> 08:13.840 can do in in New York like especially 08:13.840 --> 08:16.720 like just an urban place that you can 08:16.720 --> 08:19.199 you can still like save wildlife here 08:19.199 --> 08:22.080 like by interacting with like oysters. 08:22.080 --> 08:26.000 >> I'm having a 08:26.000 --> 08:28.639 time like the time of my life. The 08:28.639 --> 08:30.560 Harbor School is nestled on Governor's 08:30.560 --> 08:32.880 Island about 800 yardds south of 08:32.880 --> 08:35.200 Manhattan. This former military base is 08:35.200 --> 08:38.080 now part public park, part cultural and 08:38.080 --> 08:41.919 educational hub. And this 172 acre 08:41.919 --> 08:44.800 island, it's only accessible by ferry. 08:44.800 --> 08:46.880 Which means for these teens, their 08:46.880 --> 08:49.680 school bus looks like this. 08:49.680 --> 08:51.920 >> I feel like this school has a lot more 08:51.920 --> 08:53.920 diversity, especially because 08:53.920 --> 08:55.440 everybody's coming from all different 08:55.440 --> 08:57.519 areas. like you have people from Staten 08:57.519 --> 09:00.880 Island. Um I'm not I'm in Brooklyn so 09:00.880 --> 09:02.640 I'm used to Brooklyn and that's where I 09:02.640 --> 09:05.600 went to school and so the kids like have 09:05.600 --> 09:08.160 a lot more chances to talk to many 09:08.160 --> 09:09.839 different people, make new friends. 09:09.839 --> 09:12.480 >> What's your hope for the the program? 09:12.480 --> 09:13.360 >> The program. 09:13.360 --> 09:15.839 >> Yeah. You look 10 years from now, 20 09:15.839 --> 09:17.760 years from now, 09:17.760 --> 09:21.440 >> the impact it might have. Um, 09:21.440 --> 09:23.600 I hope that it continues to draw people 09:23.600 --> 09:26.720 in because that's the best best way to 09:26.720 --> 09:28.880 like genuinely get into this kind of 09:28.880 --> 09:32.000 thing is to like get dirty and fall in 09:32.000 --> 09:34.160 love with the earth that's around you. 09:34.160 --> 09:35.680 So, I hope that we just keep encouraging 09:35.680 --> 09:37.440 people to come out because that's that's 09:37.440 --> 09:38.880 a good way to start. 09:38.880 --> 09:42.320 >> Give me a dirty high five. 09:42.320 --> 09:43.930 Love it. 09:43.930 --> 09:48.640 [Applause] 09:48.640 --> 09:50.399 Today's story getting a 10 out of 10. 09:50.399 --> 09:52.880 One book, two book, a new Dr. Seuss 09:52.880 --> 09:55.040 book. A newly found manuscript from the 09:55.040 --> 09:56.640 beloved children's author will be 09:56.640 --> 09:58.959 published next year. It's called Sing 09:58.959 --> 10:01.279 the 50 United States and it prompts 10:01.279 --> 10:04.000 young readers to learn and name all of 10:04.000 --> 10:05.839 the states. It features The Cat in the 10:05.839 --> 10:08.320 Hat and Two Little Cat Helpers. The 10:08.320 --> 10:10.080 manuscript was found earlier this year 10:10.080 --> 10:13.120 at UC San Diego's Geel Library, named 10:13.120 --> 10:16.480 after Ted Geel, aka Dr. Seuss, his real 10:16.480 --> 10:18.880 name. There was full text and a cover 10:18.880 --> 10:21.040 sketch by the author, along with notes 10:21.040 --> 10:23.440 on the overall art direction. The book 10:23.440 --> 10:25.920 comes out next June, just in time for 10:25.920 --> 10:29.040 America's 250th birthday. All right, 10:29.040 --> 10:30.320 thank you to everyone who's been 10:30.320 --> 10:32.560 subscribing and commenting on our CNN 10 10:32.560 --> 10:33.760 YouTube channel for your shoutout 10:33.760 --> 10:36.240 requests. 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