what's up sunshine time for your news
this Friday April 25th I'm Ky Wire This
is CNN 10 Fun fact Friday for you Did
you know hummingbirds can fly backwards
dolphins have names for each other and
cows have best friends A group of people
is called a flamboyance and the Eiffel
Tower can grow taller in the summer the
more you know Now that we've got some
conversation starters for you for the
weekend We've got one more round of news
for you to finish this week strong Let's
go We begin today with a battle over
what role the government should have on
college campuses especially when it
comes to protests and free speech This
is most prominently playing out between
the White House and Harvard University
The Ivy League school is now suing the
Trump administration after it froze $2.2
2 billion that was set aside for the
university Private universities in the
US receive federal funding through
grants loans and funds for research
purposes Without those funds many
academic projects on things like
tuberculosis uh cancer research and
space travel hit pause So why is the
White House refusing to give Harvard
that money the administration framed the
conflict as a fight against religious
discrimination but it is demanding a lot
of changes from colleges and
universities across the United States
including Harvard Among them ending
diversity equity and inclusion programs
banning masks at campus protests and
giving full cooperation to immigration
officials And while some universities
have complied at least to some extent
Harvard said no way Here's the president
of Harvard speaking out for the first
time We don't know how much we can
actually absorb But what we do know is
that we cannot compromise on basic
principles like defense of our first
amendment rights Is this bigger than
Harvard at this point
of course it's bigger than Harvard
because we look at what's at risk here
And what's a risk is the excellence of
higher education in the United States
Lawyers for Harvard and the White House
are scheduled to face off in court on
Monday Pop quiz shot Which of the
following was an Olympic event during
the early 20th century chess painting
mathematics or
robotics If you said painting you're so
Monae baby From 1921 to 1948 artists
participated in Olympic events like
architecture literature music sculpture
and painting They competed for medals by
creating works of art that celebrated
the Olympic sports happening during the
games Could the GOAT go for one more
gold at the 2028 Olympic Games superstar
gymnast Simone Biles just told reporters
she will definitely be at the 2028 games
in LA But whether that means she will be
in the stands as a fan or in a
broadcasting role or flying through the
air in competition she won't say After
just racking up gold medals in team
allaround and vault plus a silver in the
floor exercise at the Paris Olympics
last year Biles is also opening up about
her friendship with Brazilian gymnast
Rebecca Andrade and how she feels their
rivalry has improved gymnastics as a
sport We've pushed the sport forward in
in difficulty so much and I think our
friendship our camaraderie out there and
our difficulty has been super exciting
to see because we're doing things that
the gymnastics community never thought
they'd ever see So to go out there from
two different countries um two black
girls is really incredible and an honor
Pope Francis will be laid to rest at the
Vatican tomorrow Since Wednesday
thousands of people have lined up
waiting hours to pay respects to the
Pope as he lay in state at St Peter's
Basilica On Saturday Francis's funeral
will be at 1000 a.m local time in St
Peter's Square Dignitaries from across
the world are expected to attend He was
the first pope from Latin America Our
David Culver takes us to his hometown in
Argentina and speaks to those who knew
him by his birth name Jorge Mario
Burggolio before he was chosen as leader
of the Catholic Church Even before he
passed away Pope Francis was
memorialized here in his hometown
specifically in Flores the neighborhood
in Buenosares that he was raised You can
see tributes once again We see this all
over Flowers left outside his childhood
home And they've even got the
plaque Vivio Papa Francisco This is the
house where Pope Francis lived
This is where Pope Francis went to
elementary school and it's still a
school You got students who are leaving
for the day Pope Francis's friendships
from even secondary school onward some
75 plus years ago lasted for decades And
today we actually met up with one of his
friends Oscar Creso
I'm like he says he remembers a moment
where they were in religion class and
the instructor said "Those who have not
had your first communion please stand."
And there were two people who stood up
It was Oscar and another individual And
it was offered up that one of the other
classmates would take them to have their
first communion And that person was
Jorge Verolio
Pope Francis's legacy it stretches
across this community and even imprinted
on the
ground And just a few blocks from his
childhood home the church he went to as
a kid and a
teenager this is the Basilica the San
Jose de Flores But it's what happened
inside that really stands out
It says inside this confessional on
September 21st 1953 Jorge Mario
Bergio had the call from God to become a
priest And now that confessional has
become a pilgrimage site of sorts
throughout the day People coming in to
leave flowers candles to offer
prayers just to remember
But it's not just Catholics or even
Christians mourning the loss To start
with this Omar Abur a Muslim worked
alongside then Cardinal Begolio and a
Jewish counterpart to create the
interreligious dialogue institute For
more than 25 years they built a deep
friendship When was the last time you
spoke with him uh this
year January 23 What did you talk about
anytime AI
AI Yeah You artificial intelligence Yeah
Omar has been reluctant to do interviews
since the Pope's passing Omar it's not
it's not lost on me that the world has
lost a pope but but you lost a friend
Words are not enough Okay Words are not
enough Uh uh If you want I prefer to
stop here please
Today's story getting a 10 out of 10 A
baby elephant bringing trunkloads of
cuteness An adorable 5-month-old baby
elephant named Jet made his public debut
this week at the St Louis Zoo in
Missouri Jet had tons of fun exploring
the public-f facing habitat for the
first time running around digging in the
sand with his trunk He's this zoo's
first ever Asian elephant calf not born
the old-fashioned way Zookeepers use
scientific fertilization methods to
begin the pregnancy all in an attempt to
hopefully help to boost the population
of the endangered Asian elephant He was
born in November growing to more than
500 lb since then And uh safe to say the
little guy has plenty more growing left
to do All right lovely people It is time
for the best part of the show On the
best day of the week we are showing some
love and sending a shout out to the
Mariners of Dana Middle School in
Arcadia California Rise up Thank you for
making us part of your day Cue that
Friday music not air Wherever you are
wherever you go this weekend make sure
you remember that you are more powerful
than you know You never know when or how
but you just might be the spark of joy
someone needs Have an awesome weekend
everyone And I'm Cy Wire and we are CNN
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