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happy Monday and happy May to you I'm so
grateful to be back coming to you from
CNN Center reporting from the NFL draft
last week really was special though in
large part because to meet so many of
you Liberty High School you rock what's
up Wilbert I'm Coy wire this is CNN 10
and we start with a story we brought you
last week an update on Yaya the panda
sent to a Memphis Zoo two decades ago
from China the moment encapsulated a
high point in U.S China relations
remember pandas are used as diplomatic
gifts in China but pandemonium surface
when many people in China and some
Animal Advocates accuse the zoo of
mistreatment after a video came out
showing the once furry cuddly Panda
looking skinny with scraggly fur however
American and Chinese scientists
concluded after a joint investigation
that Yaya has a genetic fur and skin
condition and that pandas at this Zoo
quote receive excellent care unquote but
reputational damage had already been
done anti-American Panda propaganda
flooded feeds on Chinese social media
causing Outreach the plan all along was
for Yaya to stay at the Memphis Zoo for
20 years and return this spring and Yaya
is now back in China it was a highly
anticipated homecoming our will Ripley
has more about this Panda that was once
a sign of friendship but has now become
a symbol of growing tension between the
U.S and China
in China a hero's welcome for Yaya the
panda at the end of a 16-hour flight
from Memphis to Shanghai
crowds gathered outside the airport
trying to catch just a glimpse of Yaya's
crate her first moments back on Chinese
soil she'll spend the next month in
quarantine at the Shanghai Zoo where a
media Feeding Frenzy is in full swing
and many Chinese have been working
closely and looking forward to Yaya's
return this geriatric giant panda is a
household name in China for all the
wrong reasons when Yaya's Panda Playmate
died of heart disease in February
pictures of Yaya with scraggly fur and
sagging skin sparked online pandemonium
a Chinese social media frenzy fueled by
false claims rampant rumors denied by
the zoo of panda abuse and neglect in
the U.S outrage Amplified by
anti-American sentiment yeah yeah come
back home bring Yaya home became a
rallying cry for millions of Chinese the
Panda's picture plastered on billboards
from Bay Beijing to the Big Apple it's
true Yaya was young and fluffy when she
arrived at the Memphis Zoo 20 years ago
on a long-term multi-million dollar
lease from China U.S and Chinese
scientists say she has a genetic
condition affecting her skin and fur a
condition that worsens with old age no
impact on her quality of life just her
looks they even issued a joint statement
saying the fact is Yaya had excellent
care
but facts don't always matter in a world
full of fake news
anti-American Panda propaganda is
filling the feeds of Chinese social
media users no mention of the healthy
pandas at two other American zoos but
plenty of pictures of an active and
playful panda in Russia a Panda Chinese
State media Praises for improving
bilateral ties Yaya's Saga will end
where it began the Beijing Zoo where
she'll live out her final years she just
might be the world's most politicized
panda a beloved bear that brought the
U.S and China closer now being used to
divide
China has been using pandas as a
political tool for decades they are
National Treasures and China is very
selective about which countries get
these million dollar a year Panda loans
the U.S hadn't gotten one in two decades
Yaya was the last one but they also
heavily censor social media and allowed
this online backlash to grow to the
point that people were calling for all
pandas to be pulled out of the U.S and
Panda diplomacy to end all together and
only on Wednesday did the foreign
Ministry of China say that in fact the
pandas at the Memphis Zoo were well
taken care of and actually loved by the
American people uh half-hearted attempt
perhaps to dial back some of this
controversy all right you all learned
studying some very important staple
subjects in your schools every day right
social studies history math science the
Arts on and on but in today's world
there are some other important topics
that might not always be easy to talk
about one school in the San Diego area
is having their fifth graders tackle
issues like racism bullying pollution
even gun violence through animations are
Camila Bernal explains more
the day begins for these fifth graders
with the usual subjects math science
reading and even PE
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those may appear easy in comparison to
talking about gun violence global
warming bullying racism I chose racism
because for me racism is something
really
something that that I see often and
something that happens and I feel like
all people should be treated the same
way not just because they're different
because inside we're all the same
Christian Lopez is just one of the more
than 500 fifth grade students tackling
these issues at the National School
District just outside of San Diego the
students choose a topic I did like world
hunger I feel bad I really feel bad
about because they don't have the life I
have we can donate to help them get food
and fresh water and then use animation
do you think guns should be allowed or I
don't to explain their thoughts
immigration is a problem for everyone
they separate individuals from one
another that's a form of Injustice if
these are the issues these are the
components that these young people will
face as they become adult then I believe
that it is our responsibility to support
them in learning how to maneuver some of
the nuance says but maneuvering wasn't
always easy according to animator David
eredia who created this five-week
program you know it makes people
uncomfortable when you put them in a
situation to talk about something that
is not their lived experience and
because of that I think it's unfair to
put a muzzle on a child who wants to
express what they're feeling so instead
you allow them to talk through their art
just because they're different rates
doesn't mean that you have to be rude or
too like
not not to be nice to them because it's
really hurtful for those people they
found ways to help solve or highlight
the issues no matter what color we are
we all are humans and then they got to
feel like celebrities as they share
their animations with the world it
allows us to actually stop and listen to
what's going on in the world of a child
and have them offer a potential solution
to that problem when you're kind to
someone they're going to be kind to
someone else or you you should always be
kind the students feel heard and say
they will continue to explore these
social justice issues we can still keep
working on and progress to make it
better
10 second trivia in 1817 the aerial walk
considered to be the world's first
modern roller coaster opened in what
city Paris France Brooklyn New York
London England or Anaheim California
the Promenade Ariane or the aerial walk
debuted in Paris passengers walked up a
set of stairs rode a bench down at 40
miles per hour
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now the folks in Paris from the 19th
century would have said ooh la la to the
roller coasters nowadays they've evolved
so much and they're so fast today's
story getting a 10 out of 10 is an
amusement park that you could call the
roller coaster capital of the world Six
Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia
California is home to a whopping 20
roller coasters more than any other
theme park on the planet some coasters
given chills and thrills are called
Wonder Woman flight of Courage Twisted
Colossus and how about the X2 with its
360 degree rotating seats and head first
face down drops that's enough to send
you on an emotional roller coaster
you know the most difficult part of a
roller coaster is the anticipation of
climbing that first big incline
the rest is mostly downhill
now it's time for my favorite part of
this show special shout out today is
going to North Kingstown Rhode Island
Davisville Middle School rise up thanks
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motivation Monday everyone remember life
presents choices we make decisions those
decisions become our destiny I'm koi
wire and we are CNN 10.