Hello and rise up. I'm Koi Wire. This is
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minutes of news, breaking down
complicated stories with easy to
understand explanations, representing
all sides equally. No opinion, no slant,
simply giving you the what, letting you
decide what to think. We start with an
atmospheric river that's drenching parts
of Washington and Oregon in the
northwestern United States. What's an
atmospheric river? So glad you asked. It
is a plume or elongated feathered out
band of moisture which transports
heavily saturated air from the tropics
either north or south away from the
equator. And while they're a key source
of rainfall in the western United
States, the relentless rainfall can on
occasion fuel catastrophic conditions
like those we're seeing this week. Parts
of Washington have been pounded by more
than 10 ines of rain in the span of just
days, leading the governor to officially
declare a state of emergency. Flooding
and debris have closed dozens of roads
across the state. Mudslides backed up
traffic and trapped drivers on a major
interstate. One woman who lives about 30
minutes east of Seattle shared this
video of water up to her calves inside
her home. And while more than 100,000
people have been asked to evacuate,
those who couldn't get out in time had
to be rescued by helicopter or boat.
>> We've never seen this to this extent
before. Swiftwater Rescue here helping
people get out cuz there was a couple
over there in the the far corner that
was elderly. They couldn't even get out.
They were stuck there. Nobody could
nobody could get to them.
>> Emergency officials say at least 26
rivers in the state are still at risk of
flooding in the coming days and some
have already risen more than 6 ft above
previous records.
Pop quiz shot. What causes quicksand to
form in an area? Earthquakes, sand mixed
with clay and water, lava cooling, or
heavy winds?
Answer is when sand mixes with clay and
water, it becomes what is called a
non-Newtonian fluid, where the fluid's
viscosity or thickness or resistance to
flow changes depending on the force
applied to it. I have a sinking feeling
about this next story. Officials at
Utah's Arches National Park conducted an
unusual search rescue operation earlier
this week after a hiker became stuck in
quicksand. Turns out it's not just
something from old cartoons and Indiana
Jones movies. Austin Dirks is an
experienced hiker, but he found himself
suddenly sinking and then stuck while
traversing one of the park's picturesque
canyons. It was my left leg that went
through first. I was able to pull it out
and then I shifted all my weight to my
right foot and I sunk up to the knee.
But it felt like I had stepped into
concrete and then it hardened around my
leg. I couldn't even move it a
millimeter.
>> Luckily, Mr. Dirks was able to activate
his emergency satellite beacon. Rescue
crews spotted him by drone and pulled
him out a few hours later. And while
quicksand rescues are extremely rare,
they're not unheard of. Back in 2014,
emergency responders rescued a woman who
was stranded in quicksand for 13 hours
on the same trail. No thank you. Pizza,
pasta, parmesan, and everything in
between. Italian cuisine has just been
designated as a prestigious global
phenomenon. It's the first ever
gastronomic style to be recognized by
UNESCO, the United Nations Cultural
Division. Our Issa Suarez went into an
Italian restaurant kitchen where some of
the magic happens to find out what the
honor means to the chef.
>> But as an Italian, what does this
recognition mean?
>> This recognition means a lot. We in
Italy, our culture is 90% is about food.
So to be recognized worldwide about the
passion and the love and the effort that
we put in the kitchen, it means a lot.
>> So that parmesan
>> parano paragano
>> a lot of basil.
>> Oh, smells so good.
So good. I love basil.
>> You can never have too much cheese.
That's just my opinion. Right. What do
you think? I think again balance is
important because you want to you don't
want to overpower
>> one ingredient to the other. So there's
a limit on
>> okay how about you know a bit of cheddar
you like no way
>> and you see his eyes your eyes actually
rolled. No cheddar none of that
>> on on a maze. I'm a purist.
>> Oh my goodness. Very protective.
>> No no pineapple. No chicken.
>> No but not on this one or any pizza. No
pineapple.
>> No on the Napoleon.
>> But all the others you're okay with that
because to experience.
>> Okay. All right.
>> I remember my mom asking me every day,
"Oh, what do you want to have for lunch?
What do you want to have for dinner?"
Constantly. Sometimes even um
obsession.
>> Yeah. I feel that that's what I ask my
kids every day, running out of ideas.
Was there a food when you were growing
up, Italian food, that you felt this is
Italian, this speaks to me in terms of
identity?
And you can't say pizza.
>> Pasta.
>> What kind of pasta?
>> Um,
say a pasta pad is a must in Napoli. Is
one of our most traditional dish. And
yeah, chef is
>> good. And I'm guessing not from a jar.
>> Not from a jar.
>> I'll let you do that.
>> How long does that normally take, Andre?
Uh 90 seconds to 2 minutes.
Um that's the way we like it.
>> Let's do this. The question then I'm
sure people will want to know is why do
you think Andrea that Italy deserves it?
Why not Spain? Why not even my home
country of Portugal? We've got good food
too. Why? Why?
>> Respectfully,
>> I I didn't say that. We I'm very
respectful of other kitchen. I'm just
saying that Italy really deserves it
because of the intensity and the effort
that
>> across the whole country we put into
food.
>> Look at that.
>> Mozanella is amazing.
>> Very.
Now to a storied annual tradition at one
of the world's most famous magazines.
Time magazine has officially unveiled
their person of the year for 2025. And
this year's winners, the architects of
artificial intelligence. The cover
features tech titans like Elon Musk and
Mark Zuckerberg alongside some of the
biggest names in AI like Open AI CEO Sam
Alman and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. The
photoshopped image pays homage to a very
famous photograph you may recognize.
Lunch a top a skyscraper taken during
the Great Depression. The photo depicts
11 iron workers sitting on a steel beam
850 ft above the ground during the
construction of Rockefeller Center in
New York City. A very different time
period for the US, but a formative
chapter of US history, no less. Despite
the honor's singular name, this is far
from the first time a group has shared
the title. Times editor-inchief says the
tradition, which will turn 100 next
year, still ranks as one of the
magazine's top annual moments.
>> We argue about it internally for months.
Um, and then the world stops and and it
they have a a feeling. Uh, either it
makes sense to them, it doesn't. Um, but
I think it's a really useful way to
think about the year.
Today's story getting 10 out of 10 has
me feline fine. In Hedinger, North
Dakota, 13-year-old Khloe Campbell is
helping cats find their forever home. In
a town of about 1,000 people, there were
nearly 90 stray cats wandering the
streets. That is until Khloe's Cat
Project came to the rescue. In just 7
weeks, she's rescued 87 cats, taking
them in, nursing them back to health,
and working to find them loving new
homes.
>> I seen a lot of cats on the streets, and
I felt really bad for them, so I wanted
to take them in so they all had a nice
warm home.
>> She's like, "Mom, don't be mad, but she
said there was three little kittens
across the street." The mama was telling
me I needed to rescue them.
>> This project is the first step towards
her dream of becoming a veterinarian and
helping more animals in the future. Talk
about a positive impact on the
community. That is cattastic and so are
you. Time for some shoutouts. Meow. This
one goes to Winston Campus Middle School
in Palatine, Illinois. We see you. Keep
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