WEBVTT 00:11.280 --> 00:13.040 Hello everyone. Hope you're having a 00:13.040 --> 00:15.599 terrific Tuesday. I'm Natasha Chen in 00:15.599 --> 00:17.760 for Koiwire who is out on a very cool 00:17.760 --> 00:19.439 assignment today. You'll hear more about 00:19.439 --> 00:21.520 that later. I've got lots of important 00:21.520 --> 00:23.680 stories to tell you about on this May 00:23.680 --> 00:28.080 5th, 2026 or Cinco deio. Today marks the 00:28.080 --> 00:31.119 hugely popular and often misunderstood 00:31.119 --> 00:33.360 Mexican holiday. While the 5th of May is 00:33.360 --> 00:35.760 widely confused for Mexican independence 00:35.760 --> 00:38.480 day, Cinco deio actually celebrates a 00:38.480 --> 00:41.040 Mexican victory over France at the 00:41.040 --> 00:44.000 Battle of Pueba back in 1862. 00:44.000 --> 00:45.760 A small force under the command of 00:45.760 --> 00:48.800 Ignasio Zaragoza defeated a much larger 00:48.800 --> 00:51.440 French contingent. And the rest, as they 00:51.440 --> 00:53.600 say, is history. And if you're still 00:53.600 --> 00:55.840 wondering, Mexican Independence Day is 00:55.840 --> 00:59.039 actually celebrated on September 16th, 00:59.039 --> 01:00.800 commemorating the Mexican War of 01:00.800 --> 01:03.359 Independence from Spain. While Cinco de 01:03.359 --> 01:05.680 Mayo is still celebrated across Mexico 01:05.680 --> 01:08.240 to this day, it's also become a wildly 01:08.240 --> 01:10.560 popular springtime celebration in the US 01:10.560 --> 01:12.479 over the years. So, if you're planning 01:12.479 --> 01:14.320 on grabbing some tacos and guac after 01:14.320 --> 01:16.560 school to celebrate, now you know why. 01:16.560 --> 01:18.240 Now to a major development that's 01:18.240 --> 01:20.400 upending the world of air travel. The 01:20.400 --> 01:22.720 collapse of Spirit Airlines. The 01:22.720 --> 01:24.799 pioneering budget airline abruptly 01:24.799 --> 01:26.799 ceased global operations this weekend 01:26.799 --> 01:29.119 following years of financial struggles. 01:29.119 --> 01:31.280 The sudden shutdown left thousands of 01:31.280 --> 01:33.200 passengers stranded and many more 01:33.200 --> 01:35.600 scrambling to change travel plans. Our 01:35.600 --> 01:38.000 Raphael Romo has more on how the impact 01:38.000 --> 01:40.159 is being felt at the world's busiest 01:40.159 --> 01:41.520 airport. 01:41.520 --> 01:43.600 Passengers attitudes about what's 01:43.600 --> 01:45.119 happening with the shuttering of Spirit 01:45.119 --> 01:47.280 Airlines can be described with one word, 01:47.280 --> 01:49.600 confusion. When we got to the Spirit 01:49.600 --> 01:53.040 Airlines in Atlanta earlier today, the 01:53.040 --> 01:55.040 area was cordoned off. Signs that 01:55.040 --> 01:56.960 normally direct passenger traffic were 01:56.960 --> 01:58.960 set up as barriers and screens. Had a 01:58.960 --> 02:00.719 message for passengers saying the 02:00.719 --> 02:03.119 following. And here I quote, "We regret 02:03.119 --> 02:05.119 to inform you that Spirit Airlines has 02:05.119 --> 02:07.439 ceased global operations. All Spirit 02:07.439 --> 02:09.679 flights have been cancelled and customer 02:09.679 --> 02:11.840 service is no longer available. It has 02:11.840 --> 02:14.000 been our honor, it says, to bring 02:14.000 --> 02:17.200 friends and families closer together for 02:17.200 --> 02:20.879 34 years. This decision will put 17,000 02:20.879 --> 02:24.000 workers out of a job, including 14,000 02:24.000 --> 02:26.160 Spirit employees and thousands of 02:26.160 --> 02:28.080 contractors and other people whose jobs 02:28.080 --> 02:31.200 depend on Spirit and its operations at 02:31.200 --> 02:33.920 multiple airports around the country. 02:33.920 --> 02:36.480 Spirit Airlines demise has stranded 02:36.480 --> 02:38.560 thousands of passengers who have to 02:38.560 --> 02:41.519 adjust plans and perhaps millions who 02:41.519 --> 02:44.080 have tickets for future dates. Customers 02:44.080 --> 02:46.160 have been instructed not to come to the 02:46.160 --> 02:48.560 airport. Those who book directly through 02:48.560 --> 02:50.400 the airline with a credit or debit card 02:50.400 --> 02:52.080 will be issued refunds and have been 02:52.080 --> 02:54.560 instructed to rebook travel on other 02:54.560 --> 02:57.519 carriers including JetBlue, Southwest, 02:57.519 --> 02:59.920 Delta, and United Airlines. All of which 02:59.920 --> 03:02.080 have announced they are offering lower 03:02.080 --> 03:04.560 cost rescue fairs so that Spirit 03:04.560 --> 03:07.360 customers can rebook flights. US 03:07.360 --> 03:09.519 Transportation Secretary Shan Duffy said 03:09.519 --> 03:11.599 some lastminute efforts intended to save 03:11.599 --> 03:13.360 the airline were ultimately 03:13.360 --> 03:14.480 unsuccessful. 03:14.480 --> 03:17.200 >> The president was like a dog on a bone 03:17.200 --> 03:19.599 uh trying to figure out a way uh to keep 03:19.599 --> 03:22.239 Spirit afloat. Uh he was concerned about 03:22.239 --> 03:24.319 the employees of of Spirit. I was in the 03:24.319 --> 03:26.000 Oval many times hearing him talk about 03:26.000 --> 03:28.640 the employees and the customers. uh in 03:28.640 --> 03:30.720 the end this was a creditor issue. 03:30.720 --> 03:32.560 Again, they have the final say of 03:32.560 --> 03:34.159 whether they want to do a deal with the 03:34.159 --> 03:35.519 government, but also from the 03:35.519 --> 03:37.440 government's perspective, um we 03:37.440 --> 03:39.040 oftentimes don't have a half a billion 03:39.040 --> 03:40.640 dollars laying around in a spare account 03:40.640 --> 03:43.360 that we can uh put into a bailout of a 03:43.360 --> 03:45.519 of an airline. And let's remember, 03:45.519 --> 03:47.920 Spirit filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy 03:47.920 --> 03:50.080 protection in November 2024, but then 03:50.080 --> 03:52.239 emerged from it in March of the 03:52.239 --> 03:56.080 following year, 2025, only to file again 03:56.080 --> 03:58.239 5 months later in February. The airline 03:58.239 --> 03:59.760 was able to reach a deal with its 03:59.760 --> 04:02.080 creditors to move forward, but then fuel 04:02.080 --> 04:04.640 prices surged and ultimately contributed 04:04.640 --> 04:06.480 to its demise. Spirit is the first 04:06.480 --> 04:09.760 significant US airline in nearly 25 04:09.760 --> 04:12.239 years to go out of business because of 04:12.239 --> 04:14.239 financial problems. 04:14.239 --> 04:16.400 Three people are dead and at least three 04:16.400 --> 04:18.320 others are sick following a suspected 04:18.320 --> 04:20.639 outbreak of haunt virus aboard a cruise 04:20.639 --> 04:23.280 ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Hont virus 04:23.280 --> 04:25.840 is a rare but deadly disease carried by 04:25.840 --> 04:28.080 rodents. It can pass to humans through 04:28.080 --> 04:30.400 contact with their saliva, urine or 04:30.400 --> 04:32.800 droppings, causing severe and often 04:32.800 --> 04:35.120 deadly respiratory issues. According to 04:35.120 --> 04:36.479 the Centers for Disease Control and 04:36.479 --> 04:38.880 Prevention, nearly 40% of people who 04:38.880 --> 04:41.520 develop symptoms may die. The ship in 04:41.520 --> 04:43.520 question, the MV Hondias, is currently 04:43.520 --> 04:45.520 anchored near Cape Verde, an island 04:45.520 --> 04:48.560 nation off Africa's western coast. About 04:48.560 --> 04:51.040 150 passengers and 70 crew members are 04:51.040 --> 04:53.040 believed to be on board. The company 04:53.040 --> 04:55.040 that owns the ship says health officials 04:55.040 --> 04:56.880 have visited the boat, but passengers 04:56.880 --> 04:58.960 are not allowed to disembark yet. 04:58.960 --> 05:01.040 >> And what's happening right now is very 05:01.040 --> 05:03.759 real for all of us here. 05:03.759 --> 05:06.960 We're not just a story. We're not just 05:06.960 --> 05:10.720 headlines. We're people. people with 05:10.720 --> 05:13.759 families, with lives, with people 05:13.759 --> 05:16.320 waiting for us at home. 05:16.320 --> 05:18.320 >> Health officials say a 70-year-old man 05:18.320 --> 05:20.240 and his wife are among those who died 05:20.240 --> 05:22.720 and another person is in intensive care. 05:22.720 --> 05:24.479 Two symptomatic crew members have 05:24.479 --> 05:26.560 required urgent medical care as well. 05:26.560 --> 05:28.400 The World Health Organization is working 05:28.400 --> 05:29.919 to provide medical care to the 05:29.919 --> 05:31.759 passengers and crew. The team is 05:31.759 --> 05:33.360 conducting a full assessment of the 05:33.360 --> 05:35.680 situation and says there's no current 05:35.680 --> 05:38.080 public health threat. Now to an update 05:38.080 --> 05:40.320 on an animal welfare story that's gained 05:40.320 --> 05:43.360 national attention. 1,500 beagles at a 05:43.360 --> 05:45.360 Wisconsin medical testing facility are 05:45.360 --> 05:48.000 getting a new leash on life thanks to a 05:48.000 --> 05:49.680 deal the company struck with animal 05:49.680 --> 05:51.759 advocacy groups. The dogs made headlines 05:51.759 --> 05:53.919 earlier this year after activists broke 05:53.919 --> 05:55.919 into the property in a bid to recover 05:55.919 --> 05:58.720 them. Now they're finally being freed. 05:58.720 --> 06:01.039 The first batch of dogs arrived at local 06:01.039 --> 06:03.199 volunteers farms over the weekend where 06:03.199 --> 06:04.400 they were checked by teams of 06:04.400 --> 06:06.560 veterinarians. The dogs will now head to 06:06.560 --> 06:09.280 shelters across the country to embark on 06:09.280 --> 06:11.360 their new lives. But the volunteers who 06:11.360 --> 06:13.120 helped make it all happen hope this 06:13.120 --> 06:15.600 batch of beagles sends a bigger message. 06:15.600 --> 06:18.160 >> Let's all come together and and as a 06:18.160 --> 06:20.400 nation put pressure on our politicians 06:20.400 --> 06:23.280 to do the right thing for animals. 06:23.280 --> 06:25.039 >> All right, it's time for 10 second 06:25.039 --> 06:27.840 trivia. Which country has the highest 06:27.840 --> 06:31.120 robottoworker ratio in its economy? Is 06:31.120 --> 06:34.319 it the United States, China, Japan, or 06:34.319 --> 06:37.199 Russia? 06:37.199 --> 06:39.840 The answer here is Japan. According to 06:39.840 --> 06:41.199 the International Federation of 06:41.199 --> 06:43.840 Robotics, Japan had more than 400 06:43.840 --> 06:46.479 industrial robots per 10,000 06:46.479 --> 06:49.199 manufacturing workers in 2025, including 06:49.199 --> 06:50.800 receptionists, servers, and factory 06:50.800 --> 06:52.960 workers. While robots are being 06:52.960 --> 06:54.720 developed to help make life easier 06:54.720 --> 06:56.560 across the globe, the most important 06:56.560 --> 06:58.639 part of their training is how to be more 06:58.639 --> 07:01.440 human. And how they do that is by 07:01.440 --> 07:03.360 identifying patterns and copying 07:03.360 --> 07:05.759 examples from real workers. It's a 07:05.759 --> 07:07.599 training so specific that coders are 07:07.599 --> 07:09.120 having trouble finding enough people to 07:09.120 --> 07:11.680 do it. So one company has a unique 07:11.680 --> 07:14.720 solution. Our Stephanie Yang has more. 07:14.720 --> 07:16.479 Looking for a side gig? You've seen 07:16.479 --> 07:18.400 humanoid robots do back flips, 07:18.400 --> 07:20.800 cartwheels, and kung fu. Now their next 07:20.800 --> 07:22.800 big mission is cleaning. But first, 07:22.800 --> 07:24.880 they'll have to learn how using videos 07:24.880 --> 07:27.199 of humans doing it first. That's created 07:27.199 --> 07:28.880 a new kind of gig economy where people 07:28.880 --> 07:30.319 are paid by the hour to record 07:30.319 --> 07:31.919 themselves doing odd jobs around the 07:31.919 --> 07:34.080 house. All around the world, thousands 07:34.080 --> 07:35.919 of workers are strapping cameras to 07:35.919 --> 07:38.080 their heads before starting on a list of 07:38.080 --> 07:40.800 basic tasks like cutting fruit, cleaning 07:40.800 --> 07:43.199 countertops, and watering plants. Then 07:43.199 --> 07:45.199 the footage is marked up so that robots 07:45.199 --> 07:47.360 can translate the visual cues into 07:47.360 --> 07:50.080 physical responses. This type of human 07:50.080 --> 07:52.160 data is turning into a multi-billion 07:52.160 --> 07:54.319 dollar industry since companies say it's 07:54.319 --> 07:55.759 going to take billions of hours of 07:55.759 --> 07:57.919 training before robots can be deployed 07:57.919 --> 08:00.080 into people's homes. Analysts say that 08:00.080 --> 08:02.080 the data from these videos isn't as 08:02.080 --> 08:04.319 effective as having humans guide robots 08:04.319 --> 08:07.120 through the tasks themselves, but it's a 08:07.120 --> 08:10.000 lot cheaper and faster to collect. As AI 08:10.000 --> 08:12.479 advances, developers are combining human 08:12.479 --> 08:14.960 and virtual training methods, all in the 08:14.960 --> 08:16.720 name of building the world's most 08:16.720 --> 08:20.319 advanced Android. Now to a tiny new fur 08:20.319 --> 08:22.800 baby, giving conservationists big 08:22.800 --> 08:25.680 optimism. A zoo in Belgium just welcomed 08:25.680 --> 08:28.319 a golden snub-nosed monkey, the first 08:28.319 --> 08:31.120 ever born outside of Asia. The Nature 08:31.120 --> 08:32.959 Conservancy estimates there are only 08:32.959 --> 08:35.599 about 3,000 of these monkeys native to 08:35.599 --> 08:38.080 China remaining in the wild. Living in 08:38.080 --> 08:40.719 massive troops up to 300 strong, they 08:40.719 --> 08:42.959 hunt for tree lyken. But that's getting 08:42.959 --> 08:45.040 harder to find due to habitat loss. 08:45.040 --> 08:46.560 Another contributing factor to 08:46.560 --> 08:48.800 endangerment, illegal hunters. 08:48.800 --> 08:51.120 Conservationists say mom Lulu and her 08:51.120 --> 08:53.600 newborn are a major win in the fight to 08:53.600 --> 08:56.000 protect the species. Sometimes saving 08:56.000 --> 09:01.160 the planet starts with one tiny life. 09:04.080 --> 09:06.480 Today's story getting a 10 out of 10. 09:06.480 --> 09:08.240 Hundreds of South Koreans gathered in 09:08.240 --> 09:11.920 Seoul to catch Z's and maybe a W. By the 09:11.920 --> 09:13.680 Han River, the city of Seoul hosted 09:13.680 --> 09:16.399 their third annual powernap contest, 09:16.399 --> 09:17.920 which is aimed to address the nation's 09:17.920 --> 09:19.920 sleep deprivation issue caused by stress 09:19.920 --> 09:22.240 and long working hours. The competition 09:22.240 --> 09:23.600 requirements looked a little different 09:23.600 --> 09:26.000 than most. Winner hopefuls came in 09:26.000 --> 09:27.839 costumes with full bellies and then 09:27.839 --> 09:30.480 finally slept on the job. Participants 09:30.480 --> 09:32.720 were judged based on how fast they fell 09:32.720 --> 09:34.880 asleep. They wore heart monitors and a 09:34.880 --> 09:36.480 stable reading from the Sleeping Beauty 09:36.480 --> 09:39.040 indicated a deep, peaceful slumber. All 09:39.040 --> 09:41.120 right, superstars. I've got time for two 09:41.120 --> 09:42.959 shout outs for you today. The first one 09:42.959 --> 09:45.040 goes to Mr. Samayoa's middle school 09:45.040 --> 09:47.279 engineering class at Irving Steam Magnet 09:47.279 --> 09:49.760 here in Los Angeles, California. And the 09:49.760 --> 09:52.399 next one goes to Mr. McNeel at Windham 09:52.399 --> 09:54.800 High School in Windham, Maine. Thank you 09:54.800 --> 09:56.959 all for making us a part of your day. 09:56.959 --> 09:58.640 And thanks to all of you for watching. 09:58.640 --> 10:00.640 Koi will be back tomorrow. I'm Natasha 10:00.640 --> 10:05.959 Chen and this is CNN 10.