What's up, sunshine? Welcome to CNN 10,
where I tell you the what, letting you
decide what to think. We have a big show
today, and our lead story is a divisive
topic. The main goal of this show is to
be a conduit for the stories that are
happening around the world with no
opinion, no slant, just the facts. So,
we'll do our best to break down the
biggest news event out of the US this
week, a fatal shooting of a US citizen
by a federal agent in Minneapolis. It's
the second such shooting this month. We
won't show the entire video of the
events that occurred, but for any of you
who don't want to see any of it, I don't
blame you. You can just fast forward to
about the 4-minute mark of the show
where our other news stories begin. All
right, let's get you your news. On
Saturday, January 24th, 37year-old Alex
Prey, an American citizen and ICU nurse
at a local veterans hospital, was shot
and killed by a border patrol agent.
Those federal agents have been working
alongside Immigration and Customs
Enforcement Agents, or ICE. The
altercation happened just blocks away
from where US citizen Renee Good was
shot and killed during an altercation
with ICE agents on January 7th. Here's
part of the disturbing video before Prey
was shot. Some eyewitnesses say that
Prey was filming a group of ICE agents
and tried to help a woman who they'd
pushed to the ground. They said Prey
then appeared to be pepper-sprayed and
wrestled to the ground himself. Moments
later, a series of gunshots left Prey
dead. Officials say a handgun was found
on Prey. Local and state officials and
law enforcement condemned the Border
Patrol agents actions and again demanded
that the federal government withdraw ICE
agents from their state. As for the
federal government's account, White
House Deputy Chief of Staff Steven
Miller referred to Prey as quote an
assassin who quote tried to murder
federal agents. The Department of
Homeland Security said it quote looks
like Prey wanted to do maximum damage
and massacre law enforcement unquote.
This individual went and impeded their
law enforcement operations, attacked
those officers, had a weapon on him, and
multiple dozens of rounds of ammunition,
wishing to inflict harm on these
officers coming brandishing like that.
>> The federal government's account is
being widely disputed by leaders at the
local, state, and national level, citing
that nobody has shown any evidence that
Prey sought to kill anyone. The
Minneapolis police chief said Prey had a
permit to carry the gun and was allowed
to have it on him as he was protesting
in a public place. The Minneapolis mayor
is casting even more scrutiny on these
escalating incidents. How many more
residents, how many more Americans need
to die or get badly hurt for this
operation to end?
How many more lives need to be lost
before this administration realizes that
a political and partisan narrative is
not as important as American values.
Memorials to Alex Prey spread throughout
the city over the weekend. State
officials have sued the federal
government over access to investigate
the shooting. A judge has granted a
temporary restraining order blocking
federal agencies from destroying
evidence from the incident. President
Donald Trump and other administration
officials firmly defended the
immigration enforcement tactics in
Minneapolis, blaming the state and local
law enforcement for not working with
them. Gnome echoed that sentiment,
praising local officials in Memphis,
Tennessee, where there is a Democrat
mayor in place, saying, quote, "He
worked with us and our federal law
enforcement officers, and we saw murder
rates drop by 50% because of that
partnership." Unquote. Just before this
taping, a glimmer of bipartisanship.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walls and
President Trump held a phone call where
Walls requested they work together and
the president said, quote, "We actually
seem to be on a similar wavelength."
10-second trivia. What is the primary
purpose of cursive handwriting?
Formality, speed, easier reading for
children, or reducing ink usage?
If you said speed, quick thinking. In
the late 1800s, cursive became the main
form of handwriting taught in grammar
schools. The decline of cursive usage
today has led some young adults to adopt
signatures some of their friends can't
read. These days, a lot of people only
use cursive writing for one thing,
signing their name. But at one middle
school in Alexandria, Virginia, students
are learning how to use it for a whole
lot more. Not that long ago, cursive was
a regular part of the school day.
Students practiced loops and lines in
class, but as typing, texting, and
screens took over, cursive slowly
disappeared from a lot of classrooms. At
Holmes Middle School in Fairfax County
Public Schools, multilingual learner
specialist Shereice Kenderson says the
idea to bring it back started with a
moment she did not expect.
>> I was writing on the board in cursive
and the students who were rising sixth
graders looked at me like I had a
strange thing on my head and I'm like,
"What's going on?" They said, "We don't
know what you're writing." So she
started the cursive club, giving
students a chance to develop their
individuality and learn a skill a lot of
adults grew up with.
>> I mean, these students now can write in
cursive and some of their teachers can't
read it. I had a student say to me, um,
my teacher told me I can't practice
cursive in the classroom because they're
not familiar with how to read it. So,
you have that, hey, I can. That's my
superpower.
>> Here's what some of her students have to
say. I would say that it's really cool
to learn something new and like to be a
one of the few people who know it and
having a lot of good people with you
while you learn those things is really
cool. Um, I've been using it for all of
my assignments since it feels easier
than print. Planning to use it when I
write checks when I'm older. Read the
Declaration of Independence.
Usually I'm like on like the computer
24/7 cuz at like most of my classes they
want us to be like doing like like
typing stuff on the computer. So in like
cursive club no texting cuz like Mrs.
Kenderson said um like when you're
typing you're on like a one but then
like when you're doing like regular
writing you're on like a five and then
like when you're in doing cursive your
brain's like on a 10. It's just like
really hyped. Cursive may have faded as
screens took over the classroom, but
here it's making a comeback. One loop,
line, and very focused brain at a time.
For more about this story, you can check
out our CNN Friends podcast, Five Good
Things. Much of the country is currently
dealing with the frigid aftermath of
this weekend's sprawling winter storm.
18 different states saw more than a foot
of snow. As of this taping, more than
800,000 people were still without power
due to devastating amounts of ice. But
in Snowstricken, Oklahoma, a group of
off-road enthusiasts are turning their
4x4s into a force for good, becoming a
lifeline for essential employees. Check
it out.
>> We'd like to take care of our community.
This is where we live. This is where we
go to work at.
We got seven dispatchers. We've got up
to close to 30 jeeps running the last
couple of days. you know, people in
nursing homes that that they've got to
be staffed because no matter what the
weather does, people are going to need
help. You know, the medical staff is
constantly going. It doesn't matter
what's happening outside that that ball
keeps spinning. And we figured, hey, we
can just get together and help some
people out.
>> Everybody we picked up has been
extremely grateful. Uh they tell us left
and right like, you know, thank you. I
can't believe you guys do this. You
know, how are you doing it for free? Why
are you doing it for free? It's cuz we
like to help.
And we're not doing it for the thanks.
We're just doing it for make sure that
people are in place to help those in
need.
>> Today's story getting a 10 out of 10 is
straight fire. Getting jalapeno
business.
>> It's definitely one of the spiciest
things I've had.
>> That's 12-year-old Frankie Martinez
talking about his newest hot sauce with
a peppercul name, Blow Torch. He has his
own business named Frankie Spicy Farm.
and Blow Torch is made with ghost
peppers and Carolina Reapers, two of the
hottest peppers on the planet. His other
sauces were made with kids and non-spicy
lovers in mind. But Frankie says this
new sauce is for those who can take the
heat. Frankie started selling homemade
hot sauce at a local farmers market in
South Boston, Virginia when he was just
8 years old. His sauces are commercially
bottled, selling about 20 bottles a
month and winning awards along the way.
But the road wasn't always mild.
>> Department of Agriculture, they told us
you shouldn't be selling your hot sauce
because it needs to be FDA approved. So,
I was kind of like mad and sad. At the
same time,
>> Frankie was like, I have a narrow idea
what I'm going to do now. But he's not
your average entrepreneur. That didn't
extinguish his flame. He put his
fundraisers together. He created some
merch and got the sauce professionally
bottled. It is kind of hard going to
school, doing homework, and also
balancing a business, but I'm able to do
it with the help of my parents and
everyone in the spicy community.
>> And while his parents help behind the
scenes, his dad says the real fuel comes
from Frankie. Hey Frankie, what's your
advice for young entrepreneurs?
>> If you want to start your own business,
you got to make sure you're dedicated
and you want to keep going and even when
there's hard times, not to stop and keep
pushing.
>> I see you, Frankie. Dream big, work
hard, be prepared, and bring the heat.
All right, superstars, two shout outs
for you today. Mrs. McIntyre at West
Henderson High School in Hendersonville,
North Carolina. Thank you for making us
a part of your day. And this shout out
goes to all my waves at Oakrest Middle
School in Ensenus, California. I played
football with Mrs. Frederick's hubby
back in the day. Rise up everyone and
keep up the good work. Tomorrow is your
word Wednesday. So submit your
vocabulary word to my latest post on
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going to choose a winner to work into
tomorrow's show. Don't forget to put the
definition in there and your teacher's
name if you'd like a shout out. Have a
good one everyone. I'll see you
tomorrow. I'm Ky Wire and we are CNN 10.