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COY WIRE: Hello, lovely people.
We made it to the weekend.
Fridays rock, especially when they lead into
a nice, long holiday vacation.
I'm Coy.
This is "CNN 10," and we are pumped
to be right here with you to finish this week strong.
We're starting today by concluding
our months-long coverage of the midterm elections.
Let's reflect.
On November 8, Americans cast their votes for representatives
in Congress, which consists of the US House of Representatives
and the US Senate, and they also voted for candidates
for state and local offices.
The elections are called midterms
because they happen in the middle of a president's
four-year term.
After a close race and days of counting ballots,
Democrats retained the Senate, while Republicans won
the House of Representatives.
This means Republicans can stop a significant portion
of President Biden's Democratic agenda.
Remember, Congress makes nationwide laws.
The House decides which laws are voted on.
The Senate can approve or block them and confirm appointments
made by the president.
The candidates who won their positions
will take office this January, so we won't
see any changes until then.
Pretty soon, the next batch of candidates
will start campaigning for the elections
in 2024, where the big race will be for president
of the United States.
We'll be here through the whole process,
updating you on the latest, with no opinion
or slant, just the facts.
10-second trivia.
What country will host the 2022 World Cup?
Japan, France, Qatar, or Australia?
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The Middle Eastern nation of Qatar
will host the 2022 international soccer tournament,
which kicks off on Sunday.
The World Cup is one of the most popular
sporting events of all time.
Every four years, the best players from across the planet
represent their nations in an epic soccer tournament.
The World Cup kicking off this Sunday in Qatar
is the men's tournament.
The women's is next year.
And more than one million people are
expected to travel to Qatar.
That's more than a third of the nation's entire population.
This year's tourney has been described, though,
as the "World Cup of chaos."
For the first time ever, it's not
being played in the traditional summer months
because, for the first time ever,
it's in the Middle East, where the Qatari
desert would have been scorching hot during that time.
So players in top leagues across the world
are having to play this World Cup
in the middle of their club seasons,
meaning they'll be exhausted.
Also, the country of Qatar has been criticized
for its human rights record.
More now from CNN anchor and correspondent Isa Soares.
- The winner to organize the 2022 FIFA World Cup is Qatar.
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ISA SOARES: The sport world was stunned when FIFA
awarded the World Cup to Qatar.
- Qatar!
ISA SOARES: Controversy took center stage,
and football risked becoming a sideshow.
Why was Qatar, a tiny desert state
with no football pedigree, chosen
to host FIFA's showpiece event?
Even the disgraced former chief of football's governing body
has since described the decision as a mistake.
SEPP BLATTER: I was right at that certain time
to say it is-- we should not go there.
ISA SOARES: That move 12 years ago provoked
unprecedented anger, accusations of corruption,
and sportswashing.
Qatari officials strongly denied the allegation that bribery
was involved in their bid.
Before a ball is kicked at this year's tournament,
attention has focused on Qatar's human rights record, its stance
on same-sex relationship, and, most
damaging to its reputation, the treatment of overseas workers
drafted in to build essential infrastructure.
Amnesty International claims authorities failed to properly
investigate the deaths of thousands of migrant workers
despite evidence linking premature deaths
with unsafe working conditions in the searing heat.
Qatari officials say they investigate all reports
of abuse and exploitation and are
committed to holding unscrupulous employers
to account.
When the final whistle goes at Qatar 2022,
the legacy will be judged not only over 28 days of football,
but in the years that lie ahead.
COY WIRE: Next up, this is a sad and uncertain time
for many people across the tech industry.
Many workers are scrambling to seek new opportunities.
Fears of recession, rising interest rates,
and a shift to pre-pandemic lifestyles
have all dealt major blows to the tech industry.
More than 35,000 tech workers across 72 companies
have been laid off just this month for a total of 120,000
tech jobs lost this year.
We'll hear now from CNN business and politics correspondent
Vanessa Yurkevich, who has more on the future of the industry.
VANESSA YURKEVICH: In three weeks,
the tech industry lost tens of thousands of jobs.
A historic layoffs at Twitter, Meta, Lyft, and Amazon.
Layoffs.fyi, a crowdsourced layoff tracking site,
puts it at more than 35,000 layoffs so far this month.
ROGER LEE: That's the highest month since the pandemic.
So that beats April 2020, which was 17,000 employees laid off.
VANESSA YURKEVICH: Meta cut its workforce by 13%.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg saying he's taking accountability and
apologizing to those impacted.
New owner Elon Musk slashed half of Twitter's staff,
with founder Jack Dorsey tweeting,
"the company grew too quickly.
I apologize for that."
And Amazon is laying off 10,000 workers this week,
citing an unusual and uncertain macroeconomic environment.
NELA RICHARDSON: There were big investments
made during the pandemic time.
While the rest of the economy, for example, was plummeting
by 3.4%, tech grew by 4%.
VANESSA YURKEVICH: But in a post-pandemic high-inflation
world, consumer behaviors and spending habits
are changing, with the threat of recession on the horizon.
NELA RICHARDSON: I take this as a sign
that maybe companies got over their skis at some point,
right?
And they're trying to kind of sit upright again.
VANESSA YURKEVICH: Roger Lee founded layoffs.fyi
as the pandemic unfolded.
Recently, he's been digging deeper into the numbers.
ROGER LEE: There have been many companies who have been letting
go half or more of their recruiting HR teams
just because they're not hiring as many people anymore.
VANESSA YURKEVICH: Aaron Backman,
a recruiter at a tech company, was one of those layoffs.
What did that feel like for you?
AARON BACKMAN: It was a really awful feeling.
We were told really early in the morning.
An email saying layoffs are coming today,
and if you get a call, it's going to be you.
And I sat there for six hours on Slack
and watched my colleagues get laid off one by one.
VANESSA YURKEVICH: Then he got the call.
AARON BACKMAN: It's depressing.
VANESSA YURKEVICH: As American workers
watch tech Giants shed jobs at a rapid clip,
many in other industries are asking, am I next?
Should they be nervous?
NELA RICHARDSON: First of all, the tech economy are just 2%
of the labor market.
Tech is an important part of the economy,
but it is not the whole of the economy.
The rest of the labor market is looking pretty good.
The economy is adding jobs at a pretty healthy clip.
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COY WIRE: Today's 10 out of 10 is quite relevant to what
we do here at "CNN 10."
Alvin Kaunda does news in Kenya.
He's just trying to give his report on elevision when a baby
elephant steals the show.
Alvin does his best to stay on task and focused, until--
ALVIN KAUNDA: --save our wild species and provide a home--
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COY WIRE: The baby smellephant going trunk to trunk,
and the tickles led to giggles.
Alvin said it took him 10 takes before he
finally nailed this take.
Elephantastic.
Maybe that elephant just wanted to see if Alvin
was good at multitasking.
I want to give a special shout-out Now to Caravel
Middle School in Carmel, Maine.
Happy Friday, lovely people.
My team and I are off all next week for Thanksgiving holiday,
and I just want to say you all are one of the greatest things
to happen to me.
And I speak for my entire team in saying
we are so thankful for all of you,
so fortunate to be part of your journey.
We'll be back with you Monday, November 28.
In the meantime, keep in touch at Coy
Wire on Insta, Snapchat, and TikTok, or CNN 10 on YouTube.
Take care, and many blessings to you.
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