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Hello and happy Monday. Rise up. Clean
slate, fresh start, new week, new
opportunities. Let's seize every one of
them coming our way. Complacency is the
constant enemy. Let's learn one thing.
Do one thing that'll make us a little
better today than we were yesterday. I'm
Koi Wire. This is CNN 10. Lots of news
to tell you about today. So, let's get
to it. We begin with a surprise summit
that could have huge implications for
the war in Ukraine. President Donald
Trump has announced he will meet with
Russian President Vladimir Putin in
Alaska this Friday.
>> I'll be meeting u very shortly with
President Putin. It would have been
sooner, but I guess there's security
arrangements that unfortunately people
have to make.
>> It will be the first face-toface meeting
for the leader since Trump returned to
the White House. It will also be Putin's
first time on US soil in nearly a
decade. He met with then President
Barack Obama in 2015. This meeting
follows last week's deadline from
President Trump for Russia to end its
war in Ukraine or face more sanctions
from the US. That Friday deadline came
and went without a ceasefire deal with
Russia launching more than 100 drones in
a fresh wave of attacks across the
country. And as details emerge about
this crucial meeting, perhaps the
biggest question is whether Ukrainian
President Vladimir Zalinski will be
there. The White House says they have
not ruled that out. Zalinski says he's
ready to work with the US in hopes of
finally ending the war. Ukraine is ready
for real solutions that can bring peace.
Any decisions that are against us, any
decisions that are without Ukraine are
also decisions against peace. They will
not give anything. They are dead
solutions. They will never work. And we
all need a real living peace that people
will respect.
>> Zalinski has made it very clear he will
be rejecting any plan that would involve
his country giving up land. Something
President Trump has indicated may be
necessary to end the war. But one thing
is certain. All eyes will be on Alaska
this week with the future of Ukraine
potentially hanging in the balance.
Did you know Alaska was once part of
Russia? That's right. The United States
purchased the land that would become the
49th state from the Russian Empire
nearly 158 years ago for $7.2 million.
Alaska Day is celebrated every year to
commemorate its official transfer on
October 18th, 1867.
And Alaska isn't just the largest US
state, it's also the northernmost,
western most, and eastern most. Did you
know? That's right. The state's
Alleutian Islands extend so far west,
they're east. They crossed the 180th
meridian, putting them in the Eastern
Hemisphere.
Now to a trailblazer who made history
this weekend, becoming the first female
to umpire a Major League Baseball
regular season game. Jen Powell worked
first base of the first game of the
Marlins Braves double header. Third base
in the second, and she was behind home
plate calling balls and strikes in the
series finale. The Cap Powell War is
headed to the MLB Hall of Fame. She says
she was blown away by fans shouting her
name, holding up signs, some saying
things like, "Welcome to the show, Jen."
>> Just incredible. Like dream dream came
true. Like the dream actually came true
today. And I'm still living in it. And
um I'm just so grateful uh to my my
family, um to Major League Baseball for
just creating such a amazing work
environment. um to to all the umpires
that I work with who we have just
amazing camaraderie and we're having fun
out there. We're working hard but we're
having fun and um I I'm just so
thankful.
>> Powell grinded it out in the minor
leagues for about a decade climbing the
ranks. Her message MLB is ready for
women.
Pop quiz hot shot. How long does it take
a spacecraft to arrive at the
International Space Station after
takeoff? 4 days, 9 days, 4 hours, 23
hours.
I've waited in longer lines to get my
tires changed. A spacecraft can arrive
at the ISS as soon as 4 hours after
launching from Earth, up to eight
spaceships at once can be connected to
the station. A group of astronauts is
back on Earth after spending nearly 5
months aboard the International Space
Station. Dragon 400 me 400
brace for splash down.
>> They returned in a SpaceX Dragon capsule
on Saturday. This was the third manned
Pacific splashdown for SpaceX, a private
exploration company. But because the
company partnered with astronauts from
NASA, it was a major milestone for the
US. The first splashdown for NASA in 50
years. Two Americans returned on the
Dragon along with astronauts from Japan
and Russia. The last time NASA
astronauts landed in the Pacific was
during the 1975 Apollo Soya's mission.
Next up, some soccer playing robots
reportedly behind the widening gap
between China and the US in the
artificial intelligence race. A startup
in China is using soccer to train their
nextgen AI bots, which they say could be
used in everything from food delivery to
factories. Our Mark Stewart takes us for
a firstirhand look at their cutting edge
tech.
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This is where robots come to life. They
mimic mankind yet depend on these
Chinese engineers to function. We were
given rare access to this lab by tech
startup Booster Robotics on the
outskirts of Beijing. We saw how robots
can be built to play soccer. Look what
happens when we try to make a goal. See,
it sticks its leg out very much like a
real life goalie would. The robots can
also play on their own. Powered by AI,
as they did in a recent tournament live
streamed across China, the technology is
still a work in progress. The robots
often lose balance and fall scooped away
on stretchers. They look very much
humanlike in their movements.
>> Yeah. Yeah. This is a new technology
about imitation learning.
>> Technology the CEO thinks can be used in
everything from food delivery to
factories, even help kids learn new
languages.
This whole robotic push comes at a time
when the Chinese government is making
technology, including AI, a national
priority. Already, China's a proven
innovator, as we've seen with EVs. Now,
it's looking to dominate the field of AI
enabled robots. And the gap with the US
is widening. According to Morgan Stanley
Research on the turf, the focus is on
innovation and attention. We need to
push the technology development. So we
will need a real uh real scenario to
task our technology.
>> Scrimmages on the soccer field that may
help China to score further as a global
tech leader. Now to an unexpected
discovery after the devastating July 4th
floods in Texas. A volunteer who was
helping with the cleanup in his
community uncovered dinosaur footprints
110 million years old. Each footprint
roughly 18 to 20 inches long and at
least 15 of them in a crisscross
pattern. The county judge notified
paleontologists at the University of
Texas Austin. The scientists confirmed
that the tracks were left by meat eating
dinosaurs similar to Acroanthossaurus, a
35- foot long carnivore. Since the
discovery comes in the midst of this
massive disaster cleanup effort, the
paleontologists are now offering tips to
locals on how to best preserve any other
fossils that may be uncovered.
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Today's story getting a 10 out of 10, a
deep dive into the science behind some
cockatos getting crunk. Maybe you've
seen these birds bobbing their beaks to
the beat, shaking their tail feathers on
Tik Tok. Spectacular. Wish I could dance
like that. Usually looks like I'm just
winging it on the dance floor. My moves
are pretty flockward. Researchers at
Charles Stur University in Australia say
these unbelievable moves of the crunk
cockatus show signs of high
intelligence. Our Shannon Hajj has more.
>> They definitely don't have two left
feet.
Social media is filled with videos of
cockatos busting a move. New research
shows these clever birds actually have
dozens of dance moves, including several
newly identified ones. Researchers
studied 45 videos they found through
social media sites showing cockatos
cutting a rug. The results published in
the open access journal plus one show
cockatos have at least 30 distinct
moves, 17 of which had not previously
been described scientifically.
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This includes head banging,
side steps,
and body rolls. Some even come up with
their own unique ways to get down, often
combining several movements.
Dancing in time to music has only been
reported in humans and captive parrots,
but some birds in the wild have been
known to show off repeated movements
during courtship. Cockatus, which are
part of the parrot family, are known to
dance to music in captivity, but
researchers say their motivation remains
unclear.
>> All right, that's about all we have time
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