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What's up, sunshine? Rise up. It is the

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most wonderful time of the year. Hope

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those of you who had a Thanksgiving

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break came away with lots of love, hugs,

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and grub. I'm Koi Wire. Happy to be back

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with you. Feels good. And today marks my

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favorite time of the year. It is Monday,

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December 1st, and on this day in

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history, December 1st, 1959, 12

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countries signed the Antarctic Treaty,

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one of the most important international

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agreements ever created. It set aside

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the entire continent for peaceful

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purposes and scientific cooperation.

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After several countries had been

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actively exploring the Arctic region,

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dozens of research stations were

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established. But in order to mend

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relations after the Cold War, heads of

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state determined a treaty would stop any

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territorial disputes and prevent any

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militarization of Antarctica. To this

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day, the treaty has mandated no military

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bases, no weapons testing, and a ban on

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nuclear experiments. Now that 50 nations

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have signed on to the treaty, it also

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promotes scientific cooperation, making

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Antarctica a natural laboratory with no

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national borders. Speaking of

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Antarctica, a new satellite is giving

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scientists an allnew look at the icy

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continent. It's part of a program that's

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capturing amazing photos from some of

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the planet's most remote regions. Our

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Patrick Cornell has more on how it all

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came together. Starting from up above,

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rapidly returned images of Earth,

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courtesy of the European Space Ay's new

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eye in the sky, the Capernacus Sentinel

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1D satellite, such as this stunning view

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of the Tiara del Fuego, South America's

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southern tip, contrasted using multiple

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types of radar waves to showcase the

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land in yellow and snowy mountain peaks

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in blue. About 600 m south, the

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Antarctic Peninsula in black and white

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contrast the ocean and the continent's

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icy landscape. The satellite launched in

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early November and started returning

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these stunning images within 50 hours.

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Something the space agency says is

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likely a record launch to data delivery

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time for such a satellite. The

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Capernicus program is intended to supply

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night and day imagery of Earth's surface

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and all weather conditions for

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scientific observation as well as aiding

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in emergency response and humanitarian

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crisis. In economic news, today is Cyber

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Monday which means the holiday shopping

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season is in full swing. The National

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Retail Federation estimates a record 187

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million shoppers flocked to stores or

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bought something online between Black

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Friday and today. That makes it the

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busiest retail weekend of the year.

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According to Adobe Analytics, online

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shoppers spent nearly 12 billion dollar

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on Black Friday alone. But another key

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shopping day, Small Business Saturday,

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was especially important this year for

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communities like Altadena, California,

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which was devastated by wildfires

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earlier this year. Our Julia Vargas

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Jones got a look at how small businesses

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are helping the community continue to

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recover.

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>> A lot of these businesses are opening

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for the first time since the fires. I

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want to show you just behind me. This is

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one of the buildings that has not yet

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recovered from that fire. But along this

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strip, so many small businesses coming

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together, getting their community out to

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support them and help them get back on

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their feet. So far, we've heard for some

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of from some of these business owners.

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They're saying they're overwhelmed with

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the amount of people that have come out.

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Some of them saying they've actually

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sold out of items and we spoke to one of

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them specifically. Take a listen to what

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she said. It's awesome to see people

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walking in the door, just seeing cars on

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the street. I intentionally wanted to

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reopen for this season to

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give people a reason to come up here. I

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think everyone needs to see and and see

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the rebuild and or just be patient with

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all the businesses here who are trying

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to make it small businesses. Supporting

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small businesses is like, you know, our

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it's our true passion to be a little um

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small mom paw shop. So, we love it.

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>> No, I have to say it is striking to see

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such warmth and positivity in this very

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intersection. 11 months ago, this

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intersection was being ravaged by fire.

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We were here reporting on that fire and

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now to see it full of people, families,

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uh literally a holiday choir singing

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behind us, it is truly heartwarming. And

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some of these vendors are saying that

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this can really make a difference for

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their business until the end of the

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year.

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>> Pop quiz hot shot. How do elephants

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communicate across long distances?

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Whistling, ground vibrations,

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trumpeting, or ear flapping.

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It's just a good vibration. If you said

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ground vibrations, stomp your feet.

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Elephants create low frequency

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vibrations that travel through the

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ground. Specialized pads in their feet

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and trunk pick up these signals lets

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them sense danger or find other

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elephants even when they are far away.

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Congratulations are in order to two

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Asian elephants at the Smithsonian

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National Zoo in Washington DC. The zoo

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just shared this video of 12-year-old

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mama Niin getting an ultrasound of her

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calf. Staff are carefully monitoring the

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calf's fetal development, heartbeat, and

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movement. If all goes as planned, this

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would be the first Asian elephant calf

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born at the zoo in 25 years. But every

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birth is a celebration for this

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endangered species. Because fewer than

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50,000 Asian elephants remain in the

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world. The average pregnancy of an

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elephant lasts 22 months, the longest of

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any land mammal. Staff say they are

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cautiously optimistic they will see a

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new baby elephant in 2026. Now to an

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inspiring story that turns tragedy into

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heroism multiple times over. More than

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100,000 people in the US are currently

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waiting for a life-saving organ

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donation. A new person is added to this

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weight list every 8 minutes. But just

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one person who becomes an organ donor

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can help many people. Our Stephanie Elum

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has an incredible example of how the

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death of one Sacramento police officer

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started a movement.

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>> 25 years ago, the Cherez family was

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waiting for their youngest son, Joe, to

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get home from work and celebrate a late

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Thanksgiving.

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>> We know you get off at 5:00. I said,

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"We'll have a turkey at 5:00."

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>> Joe, just 24 years old, had been

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training to become a Sacramento police

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officer.

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>> He wanted to help everybody.

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>> But that Thanksgiving day, Jess and

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Teresa Chz got a call from the chief of

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police. While making an arrest, Joe

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collapsed from an aneurysm.

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The family rushed to UC Davis Hospital.

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>> I told myself, "All of this doesn't look

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good." Joe was on life support and

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doctors said he wasn't going to survive.

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>> My spirit is already telling me Joe is

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not here. He's gone.

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>> But Joe's father recalled a conversation

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he'd had with his son months before.

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>> He goes, "If anything ever happened to

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me out on the street, I want to donate

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my organs."

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>> Faced with that decision, Jess was

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initially torn.

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>> I said, "God, what do I do?" and he told

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me if I honored my son,

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I'd be honoring him.

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>> Joe Chirez, badge 238, was taken off

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life support, and his heart, lungs,

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liver, kidneys, and pancreas were all

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donated, saving four lives. But Joe's

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legacy doesn't end there. Devastated by

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the loss, his father, Jess, struggled

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for years until finding inspiration. I

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just says, "You know what? I'm going to

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do what my son envisioned. Let me see

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what I can do and try to help other

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people."

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>> Jess became an advocate for organ

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donation. For the last two decades, he

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has given speeches, interviews, attended

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events, all to generate as much

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attention on the cause as possible.

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>> He will never say no to a speaking

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engagement. If he's available, he's

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there.

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>> No more speaking I did, the better I

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felt inside. Jess has carried on his

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son's legacy by connecting with hundreds

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of thousands of people.

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>> His son's death gave him new purpose.

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Joe by donating his organs, he helped

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save four lives and it actually saved

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me.

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Today's story getting a 10 out of 10 or

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maybe an 11. One Stranger Things

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superfan giving his family's home an

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epic holiday makeover. Colorado teen

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Jared Meisner is celebrating the hit

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Netflix show's final season by trading

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traditional holiday decor for something

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straight out of the upside down.

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>> Probably 10 out of 10 on Stranger Things

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fan.

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>> The unique display makes you feel like

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you've stepped into Hawkins, Indiana.

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And Jared and his family made it all

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from scratch.

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>> So all the arms here are PVC pipe. These

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teeth are made out of modeling clay. Max

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is hung by a 100 lb fishing line coming

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from the roof.

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>> The project took more than 2 months and

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while mom and dad still aren't sure if

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it counts as Halloween or Christmas

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decor, they say it has been a huge hit.

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>> I mean, we usually get at least 40 cars

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a night that come by. We found out

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there's a lot more fans around and they

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love coming out.

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>> That's all for today. Thanks for joining

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us. Our first shoutouts of December go

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to Mr. Morgan at Robert Blue Middle

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School in Eagle Grove, Iowa. Thank you

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for checking out our bonus content on

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YouTube over the break. And this shout

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out goes to Mrs. Calberg, who is

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watching us all the way from the island

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nation of Teeour at the QSI

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International School. Thank you for all

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the love from afar and soak up those

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final moments before retirement.

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Congratulations and thanks to all of you

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for tuning in today. I will see you

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right back here tomorrow. I'm Koi Wire

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and we are CNN 10.