Rise up everyone. Welcome to Milan,
Italy. It has been a wild final weekend
at these winter games and there was no
shortage of jaw-dropping moments. Norway
became the first country ever to win at
least 18 gold medals at a single games.
Thanks in large part to the golden goat
Johannes Hoslat Claybo. He now has 11
career golds and is the first athlete
ever to win six gold medals at a single
winter games. He won every event he was
in. And in hockey, an incredible ending
for Team USA. Both the men's and women's
squads facing off against Canada in the
finals with the women coming through
from a thrilling come from behind
overtime finish. And the US men's team
striking gold as well. It's their first
gold medal in 46 years. the famed
Miracle on ice upset win against the
Soviet Union in 1980. But one of the
biggest moments of this year's games, a
gold medal for 20-year-old American
Alyssa Louu. Her electric freekate
propelled her to the top of the podium,
making her the first American woman
figure skater in two decades to win an
individual medal of any kind. I had the
chance to sit down with Miss Alyssa
following the positively stunning
performance to see how it's all sinking
in.
>> It didn't really change how I felt about
anything. Uh the moment I finished my
program, I was at like on such a high.
Um literally nothing could bring me
higher or lower.
>> When you stepped away from figure
skating, what did maybe the silence and
the absence of the crowds teach you that
the roaring arenas never could?
>> I mean, it showed me a different side,
that's for sure. And I got to experience
something new, and that's always
valuable. watching you out there. I
don't know what was stronger, your jumps
or your joy. It's just emanating from
you.
>> Who is Alyssa Lou now compared to the
13year-old kid who burst onto the scene?
>> Ooh. I mean, I would say I know myself a
lot better, but you know, I'd hope I do
at 20. Um, but yeah, I don't know. I I'm
a lot happier now.
>> As athletes, through all the highs and
the lows, the ups and the downs,
parents, family are there every step of
the way. How much has your family meant
to you in this journey?
>> Family is everything to me. Same with my
friends. Um they keep me grounded and uh
yeah, honestly like they're the reason
why I I feel like I am able to do so
much.
>> When young girls look at you now, what
what do you hope they see?
>> I hope they see that they have limitless
potential.
>> Limitless.
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah. What do you hope you being you
says to anyone out there kind of
struggle to find their place?
>> Oh my god. I hope they know that it's
good to break down I guess barriers and
um do do risky things and you know go
against some people sometimes.
Yeah, it's liberating.
>> Can you teach me a pose, a position?
>> I got to I got to show these to my
daughters. All right, what do we got for
you?
>> We'll do ending pose.
Point your toe.
>> Point your toe.
>> Hand on your hip.
>> Hand on my hip.
>> And then point up.
>> Point up.
>> And that's it.
>> I got that gold medal glow.
Congratulations.
Amazing.
>> Alyssa Lou's performance has captivated
the world. But nowhere has it resonated
more than her hometown rank in Oakland,
California.
>> Crazy that she lives in Oakland, like so
close to our home. I want to be that
good. Just the sound of her spinning and
jumping is like everyone's silence. And
we're against the boards just in awe.
>> Big smile. You see, she had that in
sixth grade.
>> She ice skates like right here. Feel
like one day I could pop in and just see
her.
>> Next up, NASA's first manned moon
mission in more than half a century
appears to have hit a snag. The agency
says they have identified an issue with
the Aremis 2 rocket that could prevent
it from taking off during next month's
planned launch window. The issue, which
concerns helium flow to the propulsion
system, will require them to roll the
towering rocket back to the vehicle
assembly building from its launchpad.
And that's no small feat. Teams of
engineers and scientists are actively
reviewing the data in hopes of
preserving an April launch window. The
Aremis 2 mission is slated to be the
deepest human space flight ever. Four
astronauts will travel around the moon
and back in preparation for the 2028
Artemis 3 mission when NASA plans to
return astronauts to the lunar surface
for the first time since 1972.
Pop quiz hot shot. Which species of sea
turtle is the largest in the world?
Loggerhead, green, hawk bill, or
leatherback?
If you said leatherback, you are
turtlely awesome. Leatherback turtles
can grow to nearly 1,000 lbs. They're
named for their soft, rubbery skin and
are the only turtle that lacks a shell
and scales. Shallow. If you've ever
visited a beach or live near one, you
may have seen the communal efforts to
protect sea turtles. Coastal communities
often keep street lamps off and porch
lights low during nesting season so that
baby turtles can find their way to the
ocean. Well, a new study out of the UK
suggests that turtles food sources may
be a more dire problem. Our Allison
Chinchar explains.
>> All over the world, conservationists
protect sea turtle eggs from predators
so the babies can survive and make their
way to the ocean. But a new long-term
study of loggerhead sea turtles found
that climate change is presenting new
challenges to their survival. For 17
years, researchers have been tracking
individual female loggerhead sea turtles
in Cape Verde, home to one of the
world's largest loggerhead nesting
populations. They found that the warming
oceans are causing the turtles to nest
earlier and produce fewer eggs. Fitra
Nugra of London's Queen Mary University
is part of that team.
>> So, climate change has influenced the
nesting timing of the populations and
also the inter nesting interfile within
a season. The increasing temperatures
may speed up egg development inside the
body, thus shortening the successive
clutches. A clutch is a nest of sea
turtle eggs, and a female turtle lays
multiple clutches throughout a typical
season with 10 or more days in between.
The earlier arrival of the Cape Verde
turtles and shorter time in between
clutches tells researchers they have
adapted to the warming ocean. But Nugra
says after a deeper look, a troubling
issue emerged. But when we follow
individual sos picture uh complex
picture emerge and that tells us that
something is happenings in the oceans
and it is beyond the temperature. It is
the ocean productivity that is matters
to all of this. The researchers started
looking at sea turtle feeding grounds
for answers and found a declining trend
of chlorophyll in plants and algae over
many years. They found that re- nesting
intervals lengthened from about 2 years
to four years over the course of their
study. When the turtles did return, they
laid fewer clutches and fewer eggs per
nest. Cape Verde hosts tens of thousands
of nesting female turtles each year. And
Nugra says the future of the species
depends on safeguarding their feeding
habitats rather than just beach
protection.
Today's story getting a 10 out of 10. A
Nevada woman helping honor veterans who
dropped out of school to serve their
country. Charm McKelery has spent 16
years with Operation Recognition, which
helps vets from World War II, Korea, and
Vietnam get their diplomas from their
original high schools if they hadn't
been sent to war.
>> I think it gives closure and dignity to
the veterans, and I didn't realize how
much it meant to them, but the more I do
and the more I give them, it it it
really makes me feel good. She's helped
secure more than 60 diplomas across 26
states, sometimes even postumously or
after the veterans have passed away.
>> This ceremony in South Dakota where this
gentleman uh graduated and uh this man
lives in Bellingham, Washington.
>> These veterans education may have been
interrupted, but thanks to Charm's
efforts, they will never be forgotten.
All right, superstars. I've got two
shoutouts for you before I hop back on
this flight to the US of A. First one's
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to Miss Tillman at John McCandless
Charter School in Stockton, California.
I hear you are putting on your own
Olympics this week. That is pure gold.
Thanks to all of you for making us a
part of your day. I'm so grateful to
share this incredible experience with
you. I've got some good friends filling
in the next few days as I get back into
action in Atlanta. But I'll see you
states side. I'm Koi Wire and we are CNN
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