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Hey everybody, I'm Mina Derson back in

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the chair for Koi Wire and I'm excited

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to be with you for another fresh edition

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of CNN 10. It is Thursday, February 12th

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and we have some really important

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stories to tell you about today. So,

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let's do it. We begin in Italy where a

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helmet is turning heads and making

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headlines at the Winter Olympics. It

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belongs to Ukrainian flag bearer

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Vladislav Herskevich who is competing in

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skeleton, an event similar to luge where

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racers hurdle down an icy track head

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first. The helmet in question features

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portraits of Hereskovich's fellow

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Ukrainian Olympians who were killed

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during Russia's war in Ukraine. But he

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says he's now been barred from wearing

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it by the International Olympic

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Committee. Check this out. Why did this

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helmet get banned by Olympic officials?

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A Ukrainian athlete says it's because of

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the people who are pictured on it.

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Skeleton racer Vladis Lavarkevich wants

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to keep the world's focus on the war in

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Ukraine. His helmet is decorated with

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portraits of fellow athletes who were

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killed in the war.

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>> I feel that I fulfill someone dreams and

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uh

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uh yeah, this these people don't deserve

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to die so young. Harriskevich says he

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was prevented from wearing the helmet by

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the International Olympics Committee.

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>> Ukrainian President Vladimir Zilinski

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praised Tarskevich on X for quote

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reminding the world of the price of our

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struggle. Some things are more important

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than sport and uh it's no medal that

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worth the same as life of of of people

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and we lost many of them and uh yeah I

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believe that it's important to show that

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also

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>> Ukraine's national Olympic committee

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says they appealed the International

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Olympic Committee's decision earlier

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this week. The IOC for their part says

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the helmet was banned for violating

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their guidelines on athletes making

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quote political statements. They've

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instead encouraged Hersgavage to wear a

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black armband during competition to

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commemorate his teammates.

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>> What we've tried to do is to address uh

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his desires with compassion and

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understanding. He has expressed himself

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on social media and in the training. And

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as you know, we will not stop him

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expressing himself in press conferences

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in the in the um uh as he leaves

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competition in the mix zone and

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elsewhere. And um we feel that this is a

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a good compromise in the situation.

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>> But a defiant hersavic has told CNN that

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he doesn't think that's enough and he

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plans to wear the helmet anyway.

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>> Yes. Uh I wear this helmet two days ago,

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yesterday, today. I will wear it

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tomorrow and I will wear it for the race

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day. Uh these people sacrificed their

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lives. Uh and because of that I'm able

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to be here today. I'm able to be at the

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Olympics and I will not betray them.

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>> So, what do you think? Should Olympic

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athletes be allowed to make statements

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like this? Is the IOC right to try and

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keep things fair for all participants?

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How would you handle this situation if

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it was up to you? Teachers, feel free to

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pause and take a moment to discuss

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amongst yourselves.

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Now to some more breaking news,

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literally elsewhere at the Olympics. As

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some gold medal winners celebrate with

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their hard-earned bling, they're getting

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an unwelcome surprise. Their medals are

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falling off their ribbons. Our Samantha

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Lindell has a look at how the awkward

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moments are taking center stage at this

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year's games.

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>> So there's the metal and there's the

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ribbon. Here's the little piece that is

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supposed to go in the ribbon to hold it

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in the metal. And

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yeah, it came apart.

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>> Some Olympians are celebrating their

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wins with broken medals.

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>> It's real.

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I I broke it.

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>> After winning Team USA's first gold

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medal of the games in downhill skiing,

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Brie Johnson showcased her medal, which

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had separated from its ribbon.

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>> Do not jump in them.

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>> It broke.

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Meanwhile, Germany ski team were jumping

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in celebration when one member's medal

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slipped off its ribbon. And figure

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skater Alysa Lu said her gold medal

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doesn't even need a ribbon. These medals

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are the most expensive in Olympic

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history thanks to the price of gold and

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silver skyrocketing. Chief games

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operations officer Andrea Franchi says

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they're looking into the problem.

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Imagine

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Time for 10-second trivia. Manatees are

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most closely related to which animal? Is

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it walruses, elephants, hippos, or

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whales?

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If you said elephants, you are

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manitrific.

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Both animals share a common ancestor,

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and despite their different habitats,

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they have a lot in common. Manatee's

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snouts are actually shortened versions

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of elephant trunks, and they even have

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elephant-like toenails on their

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flippers.

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Speaking of manatees, one of these

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gentle giants is getting a second chance

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thanks to an amazing rescue in Florida

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after he became stuck in a storm drain.

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City workers stumbled upon the stranded

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sea cow while working on a baffle box,

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which prevents trash and debris from

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flowing back out into a nearby lagoon.

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Following a roundthe-clock rescue

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effort, the 400lb marine mammal was

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finally freed and taken to nearby

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SeaWorld to recover. That was really,

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really awesome that someone was able to

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spot him because if he was not being

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able to be found, he would not have a

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fortunate outcome like right now.

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>> It's unclear exactly how the manatee

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ended up stuck in the drain, but

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officials think he may have been seeking

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out warmer water. Manatees require warm

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water to survive, and they'll often

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migrate to many of Florida's natural

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springs to wait out the winter.

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Meanwhile, this lucky manatee is now on

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the mend, and he's enjoying a lettuce

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buffet while SeaWorld staffers work hard

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to get him ready for release.

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>> Once we can get his blood analyzed and

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we can get a treatment plan, then I'm

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hopeful for his recovery.

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>> China's AI competition is bubbling over,

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and this time it comes with tapioca

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pearls. CNN's Mike Valerio takes us to

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Beijing where a free bubble tea

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promotion brewed up massive chaos for

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delivery drivers.

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Okay, why does it look like in some of

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these videos, China is having a national

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Boba emergency? Tons of delivery drivers

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absolutely packing these stores. We'll

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call it China's AI bubble tea. One of

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China's biggest tech companies, Alibaba,

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gave out millions of vouchers for free

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boba, all to get people to download its

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AI chatbot, Quen. You ask it to find

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bubble tea. It suggests options. You

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choose how much sugar you want, put in

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your address, and then done. The result,

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in just nine hours, people placed more

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than 10 million free drink orders, the

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company said.

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>> Some bubble tea shops were out of cups.

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Other stores had to shut down for the

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day and the app temporarily crashed. But

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Quen shot to number one on app stores in

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China, beating offerings from Alibaba

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rivals like Tencent, Bite Dance, and BU.

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All these Chinese tech giants are

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pouring billions of dollars into AI

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labs. a key part of Beijing's push to

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challenge Silicon Valley's early lead as

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US China tensions continue to simmer.

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But in the increasingly heated domestic

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AI race, especially during the Lunar New

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Year holiday, when companies duke it out

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for attention and market share, Chinese

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tech firms are now enticing users not

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just with better benchmarks, but also

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with tastier freebies one bubble tea at

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a time.

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Today's story getting a 10 out of 10 is

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ready for takeoff. At 88 years old,

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Francis Dulkkey has reached plenty of

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milestones. But she'd never stepped foot

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on an airplane until now.

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>> And I says, "Well, I'll fly when Alex

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gets his pilot license."

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>> That was her one condition. If she was

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going to take to the skies, her

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grandson, Alex, had to be the one flying

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the plane. And after years of hard work,

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the moment finally arrived.

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>> As an airline employee, you do get um

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these flight benefits. I was able to

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throw her name on the list and then put

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her on the standby list.

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>> Francis and her family boarded the

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flight from Wisconsin's Lacrosse

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Regional Airport to Chicago with her

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grandson in the cockpit, making sure the

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trip was one to remember. It

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>> was very, very nice. I felt like a

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spoiled celebrity. I had I had the first

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seat in the uh

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>> first class.

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>> First class.

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>> A full circle moment years in the making

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and a memory this family will hold on to

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long after the flight touchdown.

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All right, superstars. I've got time for

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two shoutouts today. The first one is

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going to Miss Baron at Marley Middle

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School in Glenn Bernie, Maryland. Thank

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you for subscribing to our YouTube

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channel. And this next one is going all

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the way to Africa. Mr. King Fischer at

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Lusaka International Community School in

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Lusaka, Zambia. Wow. Thanks for

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watching. I hope you guys have an

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awesome day. It's almost Friday. We'll

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see you right back here tomorrow. I'm

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Mina Derson and this is CNN 10.