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no matter what
a japanese official says the tokyo 2020
olympics will go on
and that's our first story this
Wednesday. I'm Carl Azuz for CNN 10.
the games are still officially called
the 2020 tokyo olympics even though they
were postponed last summer because of
the coronavirus pandemic
they're now set to begin on july 23rd of
this yearbut we've told you how there's been some
doubt about that because the disease is
still spreadingand olympic organizers have said if the
2020 games don't happen this summer
they'll be canceled altogether well
here's what's new japan's prime minister
says he's determined to hold the summer
games in tokyo this year
and the president of the nation's
olympic organizing committee says
that'll happen
no matter what's going on with kovin
this is significant because there have
been reports that japanese government
officials have privately discussed
cancelling the games
that government has publicly called
those reports categorically
untrue if concerns about this persist
though the chief financial officer of
the u.s state of florida says the games
could be held there instead
he's reportedly sent a letter saying
that to the ioc
he highlighted the fact that florida has
successfully held several major sports
events during the pandemic
including the ncaa college football
championship the nba final
the upcoming super bowl and he mentioned
that disney world is open and operating
safely
there are questions about that proposal
as well though in terms of how the games
could be movedhow much it would cost who would pay for
it for its part the international
olympic committee which is based in
switzerland
has said it's committed to holding the
olympics and paralympics in tokyo this
summer
i'm blake essig in tokyo the summer
olympic games are pressing forward with
no plan b
japan's prime minister has extended the
state of emergency
for tokyo in nine other prefectures
through march
7th that's 18 days before the torch
relay is set to begin
all in the effort to prevent the spread
of covet 19.
now olympic officials have said that
vaccinations will not be a prerequisite
for athletes hoping to compete in these
games but there will be rules that they
have to follow
and those rules will be laid out in a
series of playbooks expected to be
released as early as tomorrow explaining
how japan
plans to protect the health of athletes
coaches and others
i'm stephen jung in beijing a team of
world health organization experts are
continuing their closely watched
investigation
into the origins of the cova virus in
the city of wuhan
visiting an animal disease control
center on tuesday indicating they're
looking into the possibility the virus
made the jump from animals to humans
although they say the chinese
authorities have been transparent and
helpful so far
critics remain unconvinced with the u.s
secretary of state tony blinken saying
over the weekend
that the chinese government had been
falling far short of the mark
in terms of allowing access to the sites
the experts needed to visit
ten-second trivia which of these
astronauts participated in nasa's
longest space walk
peggy whitson susan helms scott kelly or
buzz aldrin
susan helms joined james boss in a 2001
space odyssey lasting 8 hours and 56
minutes
astronauts helms and voss were
installing new equipment on the
international space station
theirs was one of 234 spacewalks
conducted on the most expensive man-made
object
nasa calls these missions evas extra
vehicular activities
and two of them were completed within
the past week nasa astronauts mike
hopkins and victor glover jr upgraded
some batteries and installed some high
definition cameras on monday
they were assisted by nasa's kate rubins
and japan's soichi noguchi who were
operating a robotic arm from inside the
space station
the latest spacewalk took five hours and
20 minutes but the astronauts
experienced seven cycles of day and
night during that time alone
because the space station is orbiting
the earth at 17
500 miles per hour so lots of quick
brightsunlight and quick cold darkness nasa
says the astronauts outside the space
station don't feel the extreme cold and
heatbut they do have heated gloves to keep
their hands from getting too cold
two more spacewalks are planned for the
weeks ahead one is related to the
station's power supply
and the other will include more upgrades
about 240 miles beneath the iss
an effort is underway in china to save
the golden snub-nosed monkey
this is one of the most endangered
primates on earth conservationists say
their numbers are dwindling because of
habitat loss and hunting
other animals like wolves and tigers try
to catch golden snub-nosed monkeys for
food
people have also sought these primates
for their fur and meat
but some chinese wildlife officials have
been able to breed the monkeys in
captivity
and community programs near their
natural habitat are helping as well
this chinese national treasure is more
endangered than the panda
it's like in covered forest home at risk
known as the wild men of the mountains
the yuen and golden monkeys or
black snub-nosed monkeys are fighting
for survival
in the high altitude woodlands of
southwest china's yunnan province
they're hanging on for dear life and
conservation groups say
only a few thousand are left in the wild
to me
that
almost 100 monkeys are killed by hunters
every year in the region according to
the nature conservancy
but as part of a forest monitoring
campaign shuhau
trains local villagers to patrol the
monkey's habitat
and look for old wire traps
his team has installed over 100 infrared
cameras in the forest to monitor the
monkeys
and some of their inquisitive neighbors
like the red panda
the asiatic black bear and the
yellow-throated martin
protecting the astonishing biodiversity
of this region
is the goal of the nature conservancy
which has been working with local
villagers for the past 20 years
alongside government agencies and other
partners
in 2019 this conservation coalition
established a protection network
for the monkeys stretching across nearly
2
700 square miles their work includes
supporting local communities to create
alternative livelihoods to hunting and
logging like selling handicrafts
and training them in forest monitoring
and
ensuring the monkey's survival for
future generations hangs in the balance
for all the residents of the region
we need to consider the development of
the local
area the community but at the meantime
we need to consider the
conservation of the monkeys and
hopefully we can make sure the
people and the monkey can strive at the
same time
proving the proverb it takes a village
golden monkey populations in the region
are finally increasing says lipong he
sayslaojinshan area now has around 300
golden monkeys
and the total number across yunnan and
tibet is around 3 000.
hopefully the number will grow even more
in the future
this monkey is like a flagship species
in the area
one of the only kind of animals living
in this high attitude
so the existence of this species is kind
of important and critical to the whole
world
the tallest chimney in europe is at a
power station in slovenia it stretches
more than 1180 feet into the sky
and after weeks of preparations with
holds fastened to the tower specifically
for them
two athletes decided to try to free
climb it last fall
speaking of fall there were some
thankfully they had ropes
and after seven hours and 32 minutes of
climbing they reached the top of the
world's
tallest artificial multi-pitch route
if the fear of heights is at the height
of fear it seems why not try to climb a
chimney just to let off some steam it
takespower to ascend a tower up in the clouds
you've got to vent your fear don't give
it rise just funnel it out
you've gotta take it one hold at a time
like climbing a ladder you've gotta make
up your mind to put your mind over the
matter and if the words don't look down
cloud up your head and start to pound it
remember it takes santa's chimney magic
just to come down
these pun wraps are a tall order you
know what's not shouting out schools
likebattle creek hi it is located in battle
creek nebraska
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