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hi i'm carl azuz what's being described
as a
serious crisis for europe is our first
topic today
the dispute directly involves spain and
morocco
spain is part of the european union
morocco is not
and many africans have tried to enter
europe by going from morocco to spain
a little more than five years ago a
migrant crisis began in europe
hundreds of thousands of people from the
middle east southern asia and northern
africa either entered or
tried to get into europe some of them
took tremendous risks to do it
many were running from terrorism and war
in their home countries
many were looking for a better life the
north african nation of morocco and the
southwestern european nation of
spain are separated by a waterway called
the strait of gibraltar
but there are cities on the moroccan
side of that strait that border morocco
but are officially part of spain and on
monday and tuesday more than 8 000
people tried to illegally cross from
morocco
into these spanish cities many by
swimming
this isn't the first time this has
happened it is the first that so many
crossed in such a short period of time
why we don't know exactly but tensions
between spain and morocco
did increase recently a rebel leader who
has fought morocco's government
has been treated at a spanish hospital
that made morocco angry
and though moroccan officials have said
the surge of migrants had nothing to do
with thatsome experts have suggested maybe it did
spanish officials meanwhile are under
pressure to deal with the illegal border
crossings and prevent new ones
exhausted and cold thousands of moroccan
migrants swam their way to the spanish
enclave of celta in northern africa
some wading to shore others breaching a
border fence
many of them miners and in need of
medical attention
some entered southern celta at tara hall
beach but most came through northern
deltaat benzu beach it was just a short swim
around breakwaters which marked the
border up one side
and then down the other to reach celta a
spanish government spokesman said
risking their lives many came under the
cover of darkness
some aided by flotation devices but the
light at the end
turned out to be spanish authorities
police in force
as the migrants arrived many out of
breath one moroccan man drowned the
government
said some were jubilant as they ran into
sota town
but it would be a short visit for many
of them the spanish interior minister
saying
thousands had already been sent back
we will be strong in defending our
borders
spain's prime minister announced a visit
to celta and spain's other enclave malia
on morocco's north coast
and thank the european union for its
support
we will restore order with the greatest
speed we will be firm to guarantee the
security of our citizens
against any challenge at under any
circumstance
troops were deployed to back up police
and keep the situation contained
while increasing border security
officials said
the president of celta home to 84
thousand spaniards called the situation
unprecedented demanding help
slow moving storms have soaked parts of
texas and louisiana this week and
millions of people in the region are
under flash flood watches into thursday
relentless rain in some areas more than
a foot of it is only part of the story
strong winds have also blown over trees
and damaged some buildings
the power was out for a hundred thousand
texan homes and businesses on wednesday
morningbut by the afternoon that number had
been reduced to twenty nine
thousand in neighboring louisiana at
least four deaths have been blamed on
the weather this week
and with more rain in the forecast
through friday some areas of oklahoma
and arkansas
are also on the lookout for possible
flash floods
in the u.s flash floods kill more people
than tornadoes hurricanes
or lightning a flash flood creates a
rush of moving water
that can sweep a grown man off his feet
the car
off the road and even your entire home
off its foundation
when the ground becomes so saturated
that water can no longer seep into the
soil
it begins to run off quickly into rivers
and streams and this causes a rise
in water and a flash densely populated
areas have an extremely high risk of
flash flooding with the additional
concrete and less grassy areas
for the water to soak into the soil and
they can see
flash flooding very quickly in
mountainous terrain the combination of
gravity plus the easy runoff can lead to
catastrophic flooding
when all of that water is funneled into
rivers creeks
and even the valleys remember flash
flooding can happen in the blink of an
eyethat's why it's important to stay alert
and pay attention
in case a flash flood watch or warning
is issued for your area
10 second trivia which of these u.s
events occurred in 1920
president wilson was re-elected the
great gatsby was published inflation hit
a record high or babe ruth made his
debut
in 1920 inflation in june was almost 24
higher than it had been the previous
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year
inflation is the textbook term for
prices rising over time
and purchasing power falling think of a
trip to the grocery store
it sets you back 100 a year from now
you buy all the same items but they now
cost a hundred and three dollars
that's inflation three percent to be
exact
so what causes inflation a rise in
production costs is one scenario
for example booming energy prices can
drive up the cost of transportation or
manufacturing
rising wages can also contribute to
inflation if business owners have to pay
workers more
they might also raise prices to cover
those higher labor costs
inflation can also happen when the
demand for goods exceeds supply
then businesses selling those items can
increase prices
prices going up slowly is generally
considered a good thing
especially if wages rise too it helps
keep the economy dynamic and growing
the u.s central bank has even a target
inflation rate
two percent but inflation can quickly
get out of control when governments
print too much money to pay for spending
when not enough real value underlies
that paper prices
surge that's called hyperinflation
it happened in germany in zimbabwe in
the 2000s
and most recently in venezuela and it's
the fed's job to make sure the united
states keeps the inflation rate on track
so those groceries rachel crane
mentioned if you'd bought them for a
hundred bucks
last april you would have paid more than
a hundred and four dollars for them
this april the u.s government says
consumer prices are up 4.2 percent
from last year that's their biggest
increase since 2008.
just about everything's getting more
expensive one reason is that the
american economy continues its rebound
from the drop it took after the covid
pandemic set in
but stocks in the u.s and around the
world have been dropping over the past
couple days
because investors are worried about
continuing inflation
the big question in all of this isn't
whether inflation is taking place
it is what's unknown is how long it will
lastand how high it will go some prominent
economists believe that quickly rising
prices will be a temporary thing
one argues that when supplies of hard to
find goods like computer chips and
lumber drop back down to their normal
levels
prices will too so the inflation would
be temporary
others are concerned that if the flow of
goods doesn't get back to normal soon
americans might stop shopping because
things are too expensive
that could really hurt the us economy
because it runs on consumer spending
from rising prices to falling arches
these are before and after shots of what
was known as darwin's arch in the
galapagos islands
it's one of the most famous landmarks in
the archipelago which is located about
700 miles west of the south american
nation of ecuador
the country's ministry of the
environment says natural erosion
caused the arch to fall its collapse was
reported on monday
and a tour boat happened to be nearby
when the top of the 140-foot structure
came crashing down
the company says it'll miss this iconic
site in the galapagos
of course the two pillars are still
standing so they may be
renamed
things you won't find on the menu at
wendy's alligator
but some people recently found a 7-foot
gator in the parking lot of a wendy's in
florida
experts say the animal was probably
trying to move from one body of water to
anotherwhen he arrived at the fast food
restaurant and some pedestrians had to
hurry out of its way to avoid becoming
fast food
police joked that the gator might have
been hangry for a cheeseburger
they and wildlife officials removed the
reptile
they had to get there on the double
thankfully the gator was just a single
but it wasn't
a junior and it was giving passersby a
frosty reception
the combo of police and wildlife
officials was anything but chicken they
knew where the beef was
and their efforts were all in a dave's
work it's just too bad wendy's missed
the chance to offer the bacon gator
who's hungry for puns y'all we hope the
students of rock ridge high school are
want to give a shout out to our viewers
in ashburn virginia for watching or
should i say consuming our show
for cnn 10 i m carl azuz