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What's up, sunshine? Welcome to the
show. I'm Koi Wire. This is CNN 10. We
have some of the top news stories from
around the world for you this Tuesday,
January 6th. Let's get to it. We begin
with an update on the situation in
Venezuela as details about the country's
future begin to emerge after its
president Nicholas Maduro was taken into
custody by US military forces. Vice
President Deli Rodriguez has officially
taken on the role of acting president.
After initially condemning the capture
and removal of Maduro, she has appeared
to soften her tone towards the US,
promoting a quote agenda of cooperation
during her first council of ministers
meeting. The shift comes as White House
officials are attempting to clarify
President Donald Trump's recent comment
that the US will quote run Venezuela
until a proper transition can take
place.
>> It's not running. It's running policy.
The policy with regards to this, we want
Venezuela to move in a certain direction
because not only do we think it's good
for the people of Venezuela, it's in our
national interest. Meanwhile, Venezuelan
opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez has
released a video referring to himself as
commander-in-chief and calling on the
military to uphold the results of the
2024 election. Most Western governments
acknowledged his victory over Maduro in
that contested election. As
commander-in-chief, I remind you that
your loyalty is to the Constitution, to
the people, and to the republic. This is
a historic moment and we are approaching
it with serenity, clarity, and
democratic commitment. His ally, Maria
Karina Machado, just won the Nobel Peace
Prize for her work as an opposition
leader. As questions remain over who
will indeed lead the country of more
than 30 million people. There is also
uncertainty hanging over the oil rich
nation's petroleum industry. Al Rafael
Romo has a look at exactly how much oil
Venezuela is sitting on and how it could
influence the country's future. How much
oil does Venezuela have? According to
the US Energy Information
Administration, the South American
country is sitting on a massive 303
billion barrels worth of crude oil. In
fact, Venezuela leads all countries,
even outnumbering Saudi Arabia and
representing almost 20% of global
reserves in 2023. In announcing the
capture of Nicolas Maduro, President
Donald Trump said that American oil
companies are going to invest billions
of dollars in Venezuela and fix the
badly broken infrastructure. Venezuela
is home to the largest proven oil
reserve on Earth, but its potential far
outweighs its actual output. Venezuela
produces only about 1 million barrels of
oil per day, which is about 0.8%
of global crude production. That's less
than half of what it produced when
Maduro took control of the country in
2013 and less than a third of the 3.5
million barrels it was pumping in 1998
just before Ugo Chavez and the socialist
regime took over. Most of Venezuela's
oil about 68% is bought by China
followed by the United States with 23%
in Spain and Cuba at 4% each. While
Venezuelan oil could be particularly
beneficial to the United States, it
could take years at an incredible
expense. As the kind of oil Venezuela is
sitting on requires special equipment
and a high level of technical prowess to
produce. Now to California, where a
series of powerful winter storms have
made for a soggy start to the new year
in parts of the Golden State. A
combination of torrential rain and
record-breaking king tides led to
flooding in multiple coastal and
northern counties, spurring mudslides,
flooding roadways, and leaving some
drivers stranded. King tides occur when
the moon is in its closest position to
Earth, creating a stronger gravitational
pool. The natural phenomenon left parts
of the Bay Area swamped with waters as
high as 3 or 4 feet. Officials also
forecast up to a foot of snow in the
mountains as California endures its
wetest winter in years after an
unusually dry autumn. I was out west for
the Rose Bowl parade last week and sunny
SoCal was soggy. It was only the second
time the parade had seen rain in 70
years.
Pop quiz hot shot. What is the world's
largest fish market? Billingsgate fish
market in London. Toyosu Market in
Tokyo. Lad Noea Viga in Mexico City or
Falton Fish Market in New York.
If you said Tiosu Yosu right. Formerly
known as Teosu handles thousands of tons
of seafood daily and its auctions set
the benchmark for global seafood prices.
We have a new world record for highest
price ever paid for a single fish. $3.2
million. A blue fin tuna sold at Tokyo's
famous Tyosu Fish Market. This monster
right here weighs in at 535 lbs. The
owner of a popular sushi chain won the
prize fish in Tyosu's first auction of
the year. He said he hoped to pay a bit
less, but the bidding escalated quickly.
The tuna was caught in the waters off of
northern Japan, which produced some of
the finest bluefin in the world. Once
threatened by over fishing, bluefin tuna
stocks are showing signs of recovery
thanks to significant conservation
efforts. music to sushi lovers ears. In
aviation news, our Alexandra Scores has
a report breaking down plane deicing,
the process of removing ice, snow, or
frost from an aircraft's wings, tail,
and control surfaces. She takes us
through the wise and hows, and explains
that this wasn't always a routine safety
procedure.
>> In 1982, a routine flight turned into a
national tragedy. Air Florida Flight 90
struggled to take off during a heavy
snowstorm in Washington DC and then it
crashed moments later. The tragedy
exposed a critical weakness in winter
operations. In the years that followed,
the FAA moved to standardize deicing and
anti-icing procedures across the
industry.
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Today, that responsibility falls to a
specialized crew of deicers. They brave
the cold to make winter travel possible.
At Chicago O'Hare alone, teams can de
ice more than 300 planes a day, most of
them right at the gate.
>> It's a a delicate balance and controlled
chaos.
>> Planes can accumulate thick layers of
ice overnight, which can reduce lift on
takeoff and increase drag. This can also
harm the plane's engines.
>> It's really cold. The ice might be
really stubborn. It might take a long
time to get the ice off. So, it all
depends on the conditions.
>> This orange liquid is a glycol mixture
called type one deicing fluid. It's a
hot liquid that melts snow and ice off
the plane.
>> When it's snowing, the whole airplane
gets type one to get the snow off and
then type four to keep the snow off.
>> Type four is a green solution to prevent
additional snow from accumulating. Once
it's applied, the clock starts ticking
before the plane must take off.
>> The conditions are are what dictates how
long the anti-icing fluid holds before
the fluid fails. And when the fluid
fails, the aircraft must be rediced and
reanticed.
>> I think I've deiced one airplane upwards
of six or seven times, the same
airplane, the same flight, just because
of the way the conditions were.
>> The pilots ultimately make the call on
whether their aircraft is safe to fly.
>> I just noticed here they'll have to get
this deiced.
Oh, well, see that's they will take that
off. That's just some rhyme ice. I just
noticed that
>> should take only a second to get in
there. If you're delayed this winter,
know that crews are working hard to get
you safely to your destination.
>> This next story puts a new spin on the
phrase taking a test under pressure. An
exam leading to a potential job
interview so large it takes place on an
airport runway. Drone footage from
Samapore in India shows thousands of
applicants sitting on an airirstrip for
the first round of a law enforcement
recruitment exam last month. With no
desks, no chairs, these candidates, they
take the exam right there on the tarmac.
The exam only requires basic
qualifications. And with unemployment
being a nationwide problem, huge crowds
turn out to take a crack at earning
these government jobs. Officials used
the airirstrip simply because it was one
of the only places large enough to host
everyone at once.
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Today's story getting a 10 out of 10.
The ice sculptures, ice slides, and icy
swims of Harbon's ice and snow world.
These scenes in northeastern China are
not AI. This year marks the 27th and
largest edition of the event with the
theme a fairy tale world. Aptly named,
as you can see, with the towering ice
castles, glowing sculptures, and slides
that visitors can actually play on.
>> I think it's so much fun to come here to
play. I don't think one day is enough.
It would probably take 3 days to get
through everything.
>> The location spans almost 1.4 million
square yards. Visitors from across China
say experiencing it in person is
completely different from watching it
online, especially once the lights come
on at night. And if scrolling through an
ice palace isn't chilly enough, some
locals take things to the extreme. As
part of the celebration, swimmers plunge
into the frozen Sua River, where
temperatures stay well below freezing.
Winter swimming makes us happy, joyful,
and healthy. It has become a part of our
lives.
>> There's no doubt about it. Harvin's
winter wonderland takes making cold cool
to another level. Now, speaking of cool,
we have a shout out ready for takeoff.
Mrs. Blackton's class and all of our
friends at Nap Elementary in Michigan
City, Indiana. Uh, thank you for this
awesome airplane. Even has the little
flaps so it can turn and everything.
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