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hey you you made it to Friday and you
already know Friday's Rock I'm koi this
is CNN 10 and we've got an awesome show
for you today let's finish this week
strong I have some good news to start
your weekend many of you get an extra
hour of sleep on Sunday daylight saving
time but could this be the last year of
it every year on the first Sunday of
November at 2 A.M many of us turn our
clocks back an hour on the second Sunday
in March they spring back forward an
hour but where did this idea of Shifting
time come from and why is it so
polarizing let's take 10 to break it all
down while Benjamin Franklin gets credit
for the first mention of the idea
daylight saving time was first
implemented in the U.S with the Standard
Time Act of 1918 a wartime measure with
the purpose of adding more daylight
hours to conserve energy resources
currently not all states participate in
Daylight Saving including most of
Arizona and Hawaii over 70 countries
around the world use daylight saving
time with notable exceptions of China
and Japan can but earlier this year the
U.S Senate passed a bill called the
Sunshine protection act which would make
Daylight Saving Time permanent year
round beginning in the fall of 2023.
that bill is currently sitting in the
House of Representatives if passed there
and then signed by the president it
would mean no more changing clocks in
the U.S there are of course Arguments
for and against the practice we'll
travel to the United Kingdom now to meet
a small group of clockmakers who have a
big job of making sure everything is
working on time especially when it comes
to the time change
I love talking about clocks I could talk
about clocks all day
not everyone wants to hear about them
but everyone wants to hear about the
clocks at the palace of Westminster
whether it's Big Ben whether it's just
being interested in such a busy building
working on clocks doing the time change
maintaining it's something I take a lot
of pride in
Ian Westworth and Alex Jeffrey are part
of a small team of clockmakers at the
palace of Westminster in London twice a
year when the clocks spring forward or
fall back across the United Kingdom they
have the responsibility of adjusting 2
000 timepieces before lawmakers return
to work there's two thousand clocks on
the Parliamentary estate there's 500
Heritage clocks there's two days and
it's our task to perform the GMT time
change
and overnight we changed Big Ben the
great clock of Westminster and we put
that back an hour just to make sure
everybody who can now see the dials can
actually tell at the right time when
they wake up on Sunday morning
so this is one of our heritage clocks
there's around four or five hundred of
them
and they're just going to bring the
minute hand back to do the time change
being careful not to graze the dial
and it's um in one of the committee
rooms along committee Corridor where a
lot of important meetings happen
we have clocks here that pre-date this
Palace and some that were designed
specifically for this Palace we do
actually come across clocks that we've
never found before it only happened the
other week an MP contacted us saying
I've got a clock in my office it hasn't
run for some time
and I'm thinking I've been here 18 years
and I've never been into your office he
said that's probably why it hasn't
worked the time changes were put in
initially as a mechanism a practical
mechanism to take advantage of daylight
hours in the summer so it's important I
think to keep that tradition in the
United Kingdom Winston Churchill
championed the concept of daylight
saving during the first world war before
he became prime minister believing that
the country could save energy by
stretching the hours of evening sunlight
the practice has spread across the world
in the U.S Most states observe Daylight
Saving moving clocks forward in the
spring only Hawaii and most of Arizona
don't in 2022 the Senate passed the
sunshine protection act a law which
would make Daylight Saving Time
permanent across the United States from
November 5th 2023 if passed by the house
the clocks would not fall back again
in the UK a 2019 poll showed that a
small majority of britons want to keep
changing the clocks at the palace of
Westminster its resident clockmakers are
responsible for maintaining this
tradition even with this digital world
you know everybody's got a computer with
a clock at the bottom or they've got a
digital watch on but the MPS and the
Lords or the staff who've actually got a
ticking clock in their office one of the
first things they look at is the ticking
clock and not the one on the wrist our
job is to make sure that every day these
clocks are working for them
the last clock of the day before doing
great clock tonight
foreign
you know there's a lot of ground to
cover I left my step count on last year
and it was 55 000 steps it's very time
consuming but it's very rewarding you
know we can say to each other well done
guys it's a job well done and when
people turn up for work on Monday
they're right on time
and now it's time for some hero talk
we've been introducing you to CNN Heroes
since the start of the school year
together we met a woman upcycling old
computers to open new worlds for young
people in our home country of Kenya who
met a teacher in New Jersey on a mission
to hand out free books by the thousands
this week CNN announced the top 10
Heroes of the Year let's meet them and
hear how they are making this world a
better place
from California when elderly dog owners
can no longer care for their pets Carrie
broker helps them stay together or finds
these beloved family members new forever
homes
from Nashville Richard Casper uses art
to heal the wounds of War he's helping
fellow veterans share their stories
visually and vocally
Nelly chaboy is bringing technology to
young people in her native Kenya
recycling old computers she provides the
tools and education for brighter futures
North Carolina innovator Nora El Corey
Spencer is training women for
well-paying careers in construction
while also Helping Seniors age safely at
home
from South Philadelphia after spending
five years in prison on drug charges
Tyrique Glasgow is now providing his
neighborhood long challenged by poverty
and gun violence with safety and
opportunity
Alaskan nurse Teresa gray leads
volunteer Medics into Global hot spots
delivering vital care and support to
those in need
memuna Hussein Katan is helping refugees
and immigrants transition to lives in
the U.S with critical resources and
support while also sharing their culture
with the LA community
Aiden Riley brought together a
nationwide network of young volunteers
tackle food waste and insecurity they're
rescuing tons of excess produce from
farms to feed the hungry
from Chicago Deborah Vines struggled to
find support and resources when her son
Jason was diagnosed with autism now
she's providing services and education
to African-American families and First
Responders
and Atlanta's Bobby Wilson is feeding
and healing his urban community by
teaching thousands of people how to
plant grow and prepare their own healthy
food
foreign
second trivia American bridal veil and
Horseshoe are features that combine to
make what natural wonder Great Barrier
Reef Niagara Falls Grand Canyon or
Galapagos Islands
located on the U.S Canadian border these
are the names of the three waterfalls
that together make Niagara Falls
we're giving this next story an A plus a
gold star and a 10 out of 10. Niagara
Falls one of the natural wonders of the
world on the New York and Canadian
border draws visitors from every corner
of the planet who come to see its
Majestic cascading water well there's a
tunnel buried deep Beneath The Falls
that's been off limits until now it's
about seven football fields long it was
built more than a century ago on the
Canadian side as part of the former
Niagara Parks power station and visitors
can now Venture through the plant down
the corridor and onto a Waterside
platform for some of the most
breathtaking views in the world this has
been an awesome week happy Friday
everyone keep in touch over the weekend
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want to give a special shout out now to
Vista Middle School in Ferndale
Washington remember you are more
powerful than you know I'm koi this is
CNN 10 It's been a blessing to spend
this week with you