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thank you
hello lovely people terrific Tuesday to
you I hope you had a wonderful weekend
and a marvelous Martin Luther King Jr
day yesterday I am back my voice mostly
back thanks for all the love and well
wishes on my Instagram Snapchat and Tick
Tock and special thanks to the army
JROTC program at Klein Kane High School
in Klein Texas the hurricane Battalion
sent this lovely letter and they also
sent their school colors and their pride
in the form of this tie I'm koi wire
this is CNN 10 and we start with the
Dilemma over the rapidly approaching
debt ceiling for the United States
government what's the debt ceiling it's
the limit the total amount of money that
the U.S government has authorized to
borrow to meet its existing legal
obligations which include Social
Security Medicare benefits military
salaries interest on national debt and
tax refunds that credit limit currently
sits at about
31.3 trillion dollars now the debt
ceiling can be raised and it has been
for decades hits the massive current
debt it was last raised in December of
2021 and is expected to last until at
least July of this year well this has
set up a major battle on Capitol Hill
between the Republican and Democratic
parties can the two sides agree to terms
on which the debt ceiling could be
raised again here's CNN anchor and chief
business correspondent Christine Romans
with more we'd like to get a debt
ceiling done in this work period so when
it comes to the debt ceiling it should
not it should not be used or or never be
a matter of political brinksmanship it's
really if the Congress to raise the debt
ceiling ah the debt ceiling the Eternal
Washington food fight so what is it and
why is it so contentious the debt
ceiling is the legal limit set by
Congress on how much money America can
borrow because the U.S spends more than
it takes in it borrows to make up the
difference the debt ceiling caps how
much the problem is it's not enough so
every once in a while Congress needs to
raise it if it doesn't the treasury
Department won't be able to pay all the
country's bills in full and on time now
the treasury does have a little wiggle
room before it gets to that point what
it calls Extraordinary Measures to move
money around but eventually the
accounting tricks run out and there's no
more avoiding the debt ceiling that's
when the fireworks usually break out our
debt is out of control I mean we're
talking about over 30 trillion dollars
me I get rid of the debt ceiling
altogether right it serves no function
except to create leverage look they're
difficult political times uh nobody
likes them but they are necessary evils
in a sense because it's the only time
that you can actually negotiate ways to
get our budget under control now many
say raising the debt ceiling is just a
license to spend more money and grow the
debt but it's not really raising the
debt ceiling just lets treasury pay the
bills America already owes there's
nothing to do with any new spending if
Congress really wants to clamp down on
debt it has to do it a lot earlier like
before passing spending bills or tax
cuts both of which can add to deficits
failing to raise the debt ceiling won't
keep a lid on debt it just risks the U.S
defaulting on its obligations something
that could forever stain America's
Global reputation
10 second trivia in 2005 a British
travel company used an unscientific
formula to determine what kind of day of
the year best for shopping the most
depressing the shortest or the worst for
traffic
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Blue Monday as they called it was
supposed to indicate the most depressing
day of the year and it typically fell on
the third Monday in January
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well yesterday was the third Monday in
January and While Blue Monday is a myth
some still use the marker to predict
when travel purchases May Peak as people
are looking to escape the cold
temperatures for a sunny vacation
destination the winter Blues though
those can be very real ever hear of
seasonal affective disorder our Dr
Sanjay Gupta tells us all about it and
gives us some tips on how to make the
most of the winter months and to help us
find our happy place amid the wintertime
grind
even if you love the cold and winter
sports you've got to admit this has felt
like a long winter at least 12 million
Americans suffer from something known as
seasonal affective disorder or sad
numbers probably even higher than that
longer nights shorter days all of that
leads to a chemical imbalance in the
brain what happens is your serotonin
levels are down and melatonin which
makes you sleepy that's up to make sense
symptoms can be mild or severe you can
get fatigue lack of energy over sleeping
difficulty concentrating and also
cravings for food that cause weight gain
that probably sounds familiar as well
diet and exercise can always help also
get outside as much as you can you can
also get a specialty designed light box
you just sit there and stare at it for a
while each day or at least put it on
your desk the point is you can get a
boost of more natural light another
tidbit find things that bring you Joy
open up the blinds in your house play
some of your favorite music and be with
your family laughter and togetherness
are always great therapy for the winter
Blues
up next Jakarta the capital city of
Indonesia is sinking into the ocean so
the government of Indonesia has decided
to build a completely new capital city
in a completely different location but
at what cost aside from the estimated 30
billion dollar price tag for the
futuristic smart city that the
government officials are calling the
world's most sustainable critics say
that the impact on the wildlife
ecosystem and Indigenous people could be
devastating more now from CNN
International correspondent Christy Lou
Stout
Jakarta is a sinking City scientists say
the sprawling capital of Indonesia home
to more than 10 million people is
dropping below sea level at alarming
rates mainly due to excessive
groundwater extraction the government of
Indonesia has a plan to carve a new
capital city called nusuntara out of the
dense jungles of Eastern Borneo at an
estimated cost of more than 30 billion
dollars it's being designed as a
futuristic smart city and touted by
government officials as the world's most
sustainable
the development of the new capital has
to become a move towards building cities
that are healthy efficient and
productive that are designed to be a
place where the people are close from
any destination where they can bike and
walk everywhere because there are zero
emissions
officials describe the new capital as a
sort of Garden of Eden built along the
Contours of the natural landscape new
centaura is expected to be completed in
2045 and the government says it will be
more than three and a half times the
size of Singapore and home to nearly 2
million people officials and developers
claim it will have minimal impact on
surrounding rainforests that are some of
the oldest in the world we have in our
um
in our guidelines is all the building
especially key buildings or government
building needs to be green green
building it needs to be sensitive to the
environment it's also futuristic it's a
future
uh Smart City smart government smart
Society smart infrastructure but some
environmentalists disagree warning of a
potential habitat destruction
the area is unique with its natural
habitats and Native species and if it's
Mangrove forests are destroyed all the
native species will be gone too
and the next Generations can only hear
the stories about the species because
they don't exist anymore there is
another concern about the project the
potential displacement of indigenous
tribes
the land and the Farms are inherited
from our ancestors the land is the
biggest asset of our tribe for us the
farm is the source of life if our land
is taken away how could we Farm how
could we live to that the government has
said it will compensate landowners and
there are also some critics who say
Indonesia should concentrate on fixing
the problems in Jakarta arguing millions
of residents will remain in the current
capital struggling to cope with
pollution traffic and worsening floods
will it relieve congestion in Jakarta
will it make whoever is Left Behind in
Jakarta get to live a bit better well I
don't think so as construction ramps up
this year many questions remain but one
thing is clear the road to creating new
centaura Indonesia's shining City on a
Hill will likely be an uphill climb
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all right today's 10 out of 10 is
pandastic some baby pandas were having a
tough time getting their bearings out of
giant Panda Research and breeding
habitat in Southwest China these cute
cubs were tumbling stumbling and
rumbling for all you teachers out there
with toddlers or any of you with baby
brothers or sisters you know exactly the
type of stress these researchers were
feeling my goodness pandemonium all
right now shout out time this one goes
out to Washington Middle School in Miles
City Montana rise up I leave you with
words of motivation today one of my
favorite Dr Martin Luther King Jr quotes
in honor of yesterday's national holiday
if you can't fly then run if you can't
run then walk if you can't walk then
crawl but whatever you do you have to
keep moving forward keep moving forward
y'all no matter what you're going
through you'll come out through on the
other side A Little Bit Stronger I'm koi
wire this is CNN 10.
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