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delivering your monday march 8th edition
of CNN 10
I'm Carl Azuz. It's great to see you
we've talked about how there hasn't been
a one-size-fits-all approach when it
comes to dealing with coronavirus cases
different countries have had different
levels of restrictions and this has
played out the same way in different
american states nationwide the u.s has
seen a decrease in new daily infections
since mid-january
at that time experts said there were
more than 270 000
positive tests recorded each day the
latest estimate is that roughly
64 000 positive tests are now recorded
daily
but some health officials are concerned
that number has plateaued
meaning the improvement might have
stalled according to johns hopkins
university
some states are holding steady in their
numbers of new cases
some are seeing decreases continue
others are seeing new cases increase
and what their state governments are
requiring varies as well
in mississippi for instance governor
tate reeves is allowing businesses to
operate at full capacity this week
and he's eliminating mississippi's
requirement that people wear masks in
publicbut in california where a mask mandate
remains governor gavin newsom is
encouraging people to wear
two face coverings at the same time the
numbers in mississippi
simply no longer justify government
overreach mississippians can make their
own decisions
please continue to wear a mask what some
other states are doing is reckless
it is now time to open texas
100 percent you can't safely reopen your
economy until we get this disease behind
usdespite that divide several states
regardless of whether they're led by
republicans or democrats are taking some
steps to ease their restrictions
health officials say variants new
mutations of coronavirus may
increasingly threaten the us as they
have other countries
the infectious diseases society of
america says people should continue to
wear masks
keep their distance from one another
avoid large gatherings
and frequently wash their hands 10
second trivia
who is the longest serving pope in the
history of the catholic church
saint peter pius ix john paul ii or leo
the 13th
st peter the apostle who's regarded by
catholics as the first pope
served at least 34 years
pope francis the current pontiff is
considered the 266th leader of the
catholic church
but on friday he became the first pope
ever to visit the middle eastern nation
of iraq
several locations in this ancient part
of the world are mentioned in the
bible's old testament
today iraq is officially a muslim
country with significance to the world's
jewschristians and muslims the three
abrahamic religions
as part of his trip pope francis visited
what's believed to be the birthplace of
abraham in addition to a number of
christian sites
and he met with christian leaders muslim
leaders and political leaders
for decades iraq has struggled with war
instability and terrorism
standing in the rubble of mosul a city
destroyed during the defeat of the isis
terrorist group
pope francis said on saturday that hope
is more powerful than hatred
and peace is more powerful than war the
pontiff is scheduled to return home to
the vatican on monday
we are 17 days away from the start of
the olympic torch relay a tradition of
the modern olympics that dates back 85
years
in 1936 a group of runners carried a
burning torch from olympia greece to
berlinwhere the summer games were hosted that
year by nazi germany
the nation used the relay and the
olympics themselves as a propaganda tool
what's fascinating is that the woman
you're about to meet who's set to carry
the torch for this year's games in japan
was in her 30s when the 1936 games took
place
the olympic torch relay starts march
25th and over the course of 121 days
about 10 000 torch bears will carry the
olympic flame
across japan including one very special
woman
konichiwa tanaka-san how are you feeling
meet 118-year-old kane tanaka
she's asleep hey at 118 years old you
got to take your naps where you can get
them
sure she might have been a bit tired
while talking with me
but that's probably because she's
conserving energy
after all in just a couple months this
super centenarian will become the oldest
person ever
to carry the olympic flame as a
torchbearer
we thought it was a great thing it's
great that people of all generations can
take part in the torch relay
tanaka is almost as old as the modern
olympics itself
first held in athens greece 1896 just
seven years before she was born she was
61 years old when tokyo held its first
olympics in 1964
and has already lived through 49 summer
and winter games
but this is the first where she'll
participate
we think she'll be in her wheelchair for
the designated relay distance whether
that's 100 meters or so
born in 1903 tanaka has lived nearly her
entire life in what's now
known as fukuoka married at 19 she and
her husband had five kids
she survived cancer twice endured two
pandemics
ran a rice cake shop until she was 103
years old
is currently listed by guinness world
records as the oldest living person on
the planet
and she has her very own twitter account
despite her advanced
age family says the 118 year old has the
heart and mind of a woman
at least half her age the avid board
game aficionado still practices math
and studies the writing form kanji
focused on activities that keep her mind
sharp she tells people it's her secret
to longevity
for more than a year as a result of the
pandemic
this is as close as tanaka's family is
able to get to her
but they say covet 19 concerns won't
stop tanaka from participating as a
torchbearerinstead her family says her involvement
depends on how she's feeling
on the day of the relay and if all goes
to plan she might even have a little
something special planned
if she can walk for the last few meters
because she can still walk
it would be great she could walk over
and hand the torch to the next relay
runner
and we could be by her side as she does
that
a historic opportunity in an already
extraordinary life
one which proves monumental memories can
be made at any age
as it stands now tanaka will carry the
torch on may 11th
in fukuoka and she's currently listed by
guinness
as the third oldest person to ever live
but her family says she has her sights
set
on breaking that world record which
currently stands
at 122 years and 164 days old
blake essig cnn tokyo
fleets of six wheeled robots are
appearing in some communities and
carrying food with them they can cost an
estimated 5 500
each and somebody has to run them so
they require some upfront investment
they could take delivery drivers jobs
and there have been instances when
they've been kicked over by passersby
but when everything goes right
a friday afternoon at bridgewater state
university
and it's not just students roaming
through campus
at the lunchtime hour
more than a dozen robots are hard at
work we are doing about
750 deliveries a week
sodexo teamed up with starship
technologies at more than a dozen
collegesto bring robots onto campus that operate
almost entirely autonomously
a contact list delivery that starts with
ordering off the app a delivery fee
includedthe food is then loaded and locked
one robot per customer with tracking
capability you can get that
accuracy down to a couple centimeters
around the bar as opposed to gps which
could sometimes be a few meters
here's your delivery the order unlocked
through the push of a button on the app
oh thanks from starbucks to a slew of
lunch options
i usually order from bears den it's like
probably a 15-minute walk from my dorm
room
so having it delivered especially when
it's cold like this is just super
convenient
the robots have ten cameras are water
resistantand can make their way through six
inches of snow at certain crossings and
areas where the robot may need a little
help which is designated beforehand
you know if we notice that there's a
certain busy intersection we can have
some intervention by
someone who's remote on a computer at
one of these campuses
anyone on campus not just students can
order looking to expand even more as
time goes on to bring them to other
campusesten more robots will be added this fall
the delivery options could extend well
beyond food
i could see yeah textbooks for sure
convenience like c store items
at four miles per hour it's not exactly
fast food but it would be fun to order
to go and then watch it go as long as no
one takes out your takeout
if it can keep rolling while you get
your steps in you'll be eating on the
run and it serves up a perfect example
of meals on wheels all right. I'm Carl Azuz.
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