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Welcome everyone to CNN 10. I'm
Carl Azuz we're starting with a report
on a u.s presidential milestone a
measurement really
known as the first 100 days what has a
new u.s leader done
and not done in just over three months
after inauguration day
april 30th will mark 100 days in office
for president joe biden
by day seven the new leader had signed
dozens of executive orders new
directives from the executive branch
many of president biden's orders aimed
to unravel the policies of his
predecessor
former president donald trump and many
of his orders went against the policies
of his predecessor
former president barack obama so you can
see how these can swing back and forth
on his 51st day president biden signed a
new stimulus package
a 1.9 trillion dollar spending bill
intended to ease the financial problems
related to coronavirus
the law had passed in the
democratic-controlled congress on the
democratic president's 50th day
but it received no support from
congressional republicans
another goal the president had was for
100 million americans to get at least
one dose of coronavirus vaccine by his
100th day
critics said that goal wasn't ambitious
that the nation was on track to do that
anyway
and it happened on president biden's
58th day
but shortly before that the us leader
announced he'd increase his goal to 200
million doses by his 100th day
we don't know yet if that'll be reached
but this is just a sampling of this
particular president's actions
cnn 10 contributor rachel janfaza looks
at the history of the 100-day milestone
historically the first 100 days of a new
president's administration are
significant carl
the term the first 100 days dates back
to president franklin delano roosevelt
you might know him as fdr he signed 15
bills into law
during his first 100 days in office
since thenpresidents have been judged perhaps
unfairly by what they accomplished
during the same period
when fdr took office in 1933 he faced
the great depression
a time of major economic crisis
unemployment had reached an estimated
25 percent during his first 100 days in
office
fdr worked with congress to roll out the
new deal an aggressive policy agenda
that set out to get the country back on
track the newly elected democratic
majority in congress
was eager to help pass the new
president's legislation
fdr signed 15 major bills into law
during his first 100 days
including the emergency banking relief
act the public works administration
the civilian conservation corps the
tennessee valley authority
the national industrial recovery act and
the federal deposit insurance
corporation
since then the first few months of a new
administration
have provided a glimpse into the
president's governing style
and set the tone for what the
commander-in-chief hopes to accomplish
ronald reagan who was shot in the chest
on his 69th day in office
signed his first bill into law from the
george washington university hospital
and on the eve of his 100th day in
office he delivered an address
to a joint session of congress george w
bush marked the occasion
by inviting all 535 members of congress
to the white house for lunch
and on his 100th day in office barack
obama held a prime time news conference
in the east room of the white house but
despite the tradition carl
some presidents have said that judging
out on their first 100 days
is unreasonable as it doesn't give a new
presidentenough time to accomplish their goals
john f kennedy famously said that even
the first 1000 days
wouldn't be enough time either
another time related topic this tuesday
an anniversary
yesterday marked exactly 40 years since
the nasa's space shuttle program got off
the groundbefore the last flight landed in 2011
nasa estimated the total cost of the
program was
209 billion dollars and space history
experts say there's been an
endless debate over whether it was worth
it but it changed our view of space
there was a huge acceleration solid
rocket propellant burns very rough
you go from three g's to zero g
instantaneously
and then it's this overwhelming view of
the blackness of space
okay i'm in orbit i've got a lot of work
to do over 30 years they flew on 135
missions transporting 355 people and
over 3 million pounds of cargo
parts rocket part orbiter and part
airplane
nasa's space shuttle wasn't just the
next step after apollo
it was a giant leap in the way we
understood and used
space the success of the space shuttle
programreally goes back to that initial
foundation applying what you'd learned
from the apollo program from the
x-vehicle world
and really taking it to the next level
the shuttle program began in 1972
it promised routine access to space and
a delivery system capable of building a
space station
reusability was built into the space
shuttle system a lot of the key
design challenges were making that
happen making this system as light as
possiblegetting the orbiter just right the
thermal protection system
all of the propulsion systems that were
necessary really it was an incredible
marvel of human engineering the design
was perfected by 1981
and on april 12th the world tuned in to
watch columbia launch
it had the trademark shuttle look with
two solid rocket boosters and a giant
external fuel tank
to supply the orbiter's three main
engines
these propelled it to speeds of almost
18 000 miles per hour
fast enough to escape earth's gravity
and begin the shuttle era
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today we appreciate those comments
colombia was joined by challenger
discovery atlantis and endeavour
operating at the edge of possibility it
didn't all go to plan
challenger and later colombia suffered
tragic fatal accidents
but together the shuttle fleet redefined
our relationship with space
they served as orbiting science labs
launched repaired and upgraded
satellites
including groundbreaking instruments
like the hubble space telescope
when the hubble space telescope first
launched it had a mirror problem
but the space shuttle was there to fix
that it's an incredibly important
achievement
but the shuttle's most important
achievement was building the
international space station
it's just unbelievable that humans have
built this
incredible facility 250 miles up above
the earth
being part of the assembly it certainly
was an incredible highlight for all of
usthat participated in it it took a couple
hundred space walks
lots of vehicles lots of robotic
activity
to put it all together we can see the
international space station is a
wonderful accomplishment
and we'll never forget the role the
space shuttle played in its creation
in 2011 after a decade of work and over
30 shuttle launches
the iss was complete and what followed
was the final space shuttle re-entry we
hada nighttime entry so you can see the
plasma
that was pretty intense there was just
so many thousands of people that
had a hand in this vehicle one of the
greatest honors certainly of my
professional career if not my entire
life
there's a lot of emotion today but one
thing's indisputable america's not going
to stop exploring
it took close to a decade to
re-establish astronaut launch capacity
from u.s soil
but on may 30th 2020 spacex's crew
dragon demo 2
launched to the iss
i can't overstate how much work it was
to get us back to that point
it proved that private companies could
continue the shuttle's legacy
for nasa and space exploration it frees
up
funding to develop these vehicles that
will go beyond low earth orbit
nasa hopes its orion spacecraft will
make lunar travel routine
as part of the artemis program that will
eventually push on to mars
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shuttle heritage parts will be used
in the artemis program where we've been
and where we're going is
so incredibly intertwined i would like
the space shuttle to be remembered for
what it is
an incredibly important piece in this
largerevolutionary approach to humans in outer
spacecomplex powerful and breathtaking
three words to describe the shuttle
extremely
capable vehicle
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for 10 out of 10 it's a traffic light
for camels
green means go red means don't but we
wouldn't blame you if you were to ask
why carl why well this is stopping
traffic
camel traffic in northern china there's
a camel riding place there that's
popular with tourists
and that has led to confusion and camel
involved collisions
so officials have created what they say
is the first traffic signal for
you get it camels now you might be
wondering who can
help with the idea were camolysions
becoming too dangerous increasing the
threat of a hoof and run
were the animals spitting at others that
cut them off starting trouble right out
of the gate
of course it'll be the people leading
the camels who actually stop and go at
the signal
letting the animals do that themselves
will be too drama daring
I'm Carl Azuz for CNN 10. Henderson
county high school
we see you watching from henderson
kentucky we'll see y'all tomorrow