What's up and welcome to the show. I'm
Coy Wire. This is CNN 10 and we are
kicking things off a little different
today. We're going to sneak in a shout
out from the jump because Mr. Husk at
Fiser Middle School in Aurora, Illinois
had themselves a sneaker design contest
sent us these custom kicks. We are
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best 10 minutes in news. We begin in
Venezuela where life after the fall of
former leader Nicolas Maduro remains
uncertain months after his capture by US
forces. Maduro and his wife Celia Flores
have been imprisoned in the United
States since January. Deli Rodriguez is
now leading the country. Many
Venezuelans say that very little has
changed. Some say political repression
has started to wayne. Issues like
political prisoners and economic woes
continue to weigh heavily on many people
living there. Our David Culver got a
rare firsthand look at what postmaduro
life is like in the capital city of
Caracus.
>> He says you can't go any closer because
the police have blocked it off. And you
can see they've got a big barricade up.
A public demonstration and we can't get
in. These Venezuelans are calling on
their government to raise wages and ease
repression. The police keep turning
folks back.
>> And he's trying to tell us that there's
another side to go to. We've driven all
the way around this area for about 30
minutes and we haven't found a way to
enter.
It looks like now we might have found
one possible entry here, but I mean it's
now towards the end of the march and
demonstration.
She she's saying elections have to come
for a radical change.
>> He says they they took meaning the US
Maduro but left the rest of the system
in place.
>> Dexi
>> Deli as an acting president Deli
Rodriguez who governs behind layers of
security. Several blocks of armed
guards.
>> Even got a mobile command force right
there. Not surprising given how her
predecessors rule ended on January 3rd
when US forces captured Nicolas Maduro
and his wife Celia Flores. Their names
and faces now plastered across Karakas.
Billboards, graffiti, homemade signs.
The government at least wants them back.
The reality is Maduro, the man who ran
this country for some 13 years, even
though his face is everywhere here in
Karakas while he's in custody locked up
in the US. the system he built that is
still standing and that's not lost on
the people here
>> especially the families of the more than
450 political prisoners still in
custody. We've driven about an hour
outside the capital. We're headed to El
Rodeo which is considered to be one of
the better known prisons where many of
these political prisoners are believed
to be held. At the prison gate, family
members live out of tents waiting for
weekly visits. And because they don't
have the money to make the trip multiple
times, they camp out. And on days like
today, they have visits with their loved
ones.
Though the repression has not totally
lifted, it has loosened a lot.
It's also worth noting that not everyone
feels like the United States should be
involved in Venezuela matters. At a
progovernment rally, we had folks coming
up to us to say Venezuela is not a
colony. That sovereignty here matters to
them.
But for most here, the deepest suffering
is economic. The official minimum income
just went up to $240 a month. Most
Venezuelans earn far less and food alone
costs nearly three times that amount.
There is a small bubble of wealth, nice
cars, weekend clubs, but most here live
like Maria Perez's family. Inside her
parents' home, the scarcity is hard to
miss.
>> Is your dad?
>> Yeah.
>> She said her dad is a diabetic. Her
mom's got severe arthritis. When it
comes to health care, it's it's really
bad.
>> Her home is a 20-minute walk uphill from
her parents. No real roads to get there.
>> Well, they only really have running
water, she said, every 45 days.
And so, sorry, I'm out of breath a
little bit, but the remainder of the
days, they rely on these big tanks.
Venezuela's leaders acknowledge how dire
the economic situation is and they often
blame US sanctions. Though the Trump
administration points to years of
corruption, mismanagement, and
authoritarian rule as the cause, most
everyone that we spoke with over the
past few days has given us some version
of the same sentiment, and that is that
they're grateful that the US captured
Maduro. They're glad that he's gone. But
as to what happens next when you ask
them that question, they stress that is
for Venezuelans to decide. Though they
also emphasize they need the rest of the
world to keep on watching.
Pop quiz hot shot. Alligators and
crocodiles only coexist one place. Where
is it? Brazil's Pentanol, Amazon River
Basin, Florida Everglades, or Oki Finoi
Swamp?
If you said the Florida Everglades,
crack on. The famed River of Grass is
the only place on Earth you can find
both American alligators and crocodiles.
Chomp on that. Now, to a very serious
situation in the state of Florida. At
the time of this taping, 58 wildfires
were burning nearly 29,000 acres across
the state, including parts of the
Everglades. One of the biggest, the Max
Road fire in Broward County, expanded to
4,800 acres, covering roads with smoke,
crushing visibility, and impacting air
quality. Firefighters from local and
state agencies along with the National
Guard have all joined the battle. The
good news, the fire was reported 60%
contained at the time of this taping.
But here's the wild part. The fire
actually created its own weather, a
microclimate with these towering uh fire
clouds, officially called pyrouumulus
clouds. They form when intense heat
sends humid air, smoke, and other
aerosolized particles rocketing high
into the atmosphere. And did you know if
these clouds grow large enough, they'd
be capable of creating thunderstorms?
From fire clouds to another stunning
moment in the sky, rainbow clouds seen
from Bogore in Indonesia. It's a rare
phenomenon, and our meteorologist Chris
Warren tells us all the things that need
to line up just right to see them. Video
out of Indonesia shows a massive cloud
with a rainbow-like halo glowing at the
top. And it doesn't even look real, but
it is. The science behind it is the same
thing you've seen in a soap bubble or an
oil slick. It's called iridescence.
Inside that cloud are tiny water
droplets or ice crystals. Sunlight hits
them and splits into a spectrum of
colors. Some colors turn vivid, others
fade. This is rare because everything
has to line up perfectly. A thin cloud,
uniform cloud particles, and you in
exactly the right place to catch it.
Miss any one of those, and this
disappears. It's the same physics you're
used to seeing scaled up to the sky.
Today's story getting a 10 out of 10. A
bus ride with no plans of going
anywhere. In the Swiss city of Boden,
artist brothers Frank and Patrick
Ricklin designed a conceptual piece of
art, a public bus called the Line Zero.
This party on wheels has one
destination, social connection.
>> It's just so unplanned and spontaneous.
We sang on the bus. We talked to
everyone. We turned on our phone
flashlights in the tunnel. It was just
amazing. We even had an ice cream party.
The goal is to help its passengers
escape their normal routine. With no set
route, Line Zero will be part of the
Swiss bus network for three weeks. After
that, the Bros are hoping to bring Line
Zero to other parts of Switzerland. In a
world where we're usually rushing from
one place to another, these artists are
telling us to just slow down, stop, and
roll with it.
>> Instead of efficiency, chance reigns.
Instead of goal orientation, there's
openness to what happens along the way.
And we see an incredible quality in
that, especially in a time, in a
digitized world where people spend 90%
of their free time glued to their
smartphones.
>> All right. All right. Congrats to our
Your Word Wednesday winners, Mr. Griema
and friends at Da Vinci High School in
Davis, California, for submitting
aerosolize, a verb meaning to convert a
substance to a fine mist or spray. And
one more spirited shout out today. You
ought to see this blanket. The Spartans,
Mr. Larson and crew at Watford City
Middle School in North Dakota blanketing
us in glory. It's incredible stuff. You
did a project about ancient Greece. That
is awesome. Go out, make it an awesome
Wednesday, everyone. I'm Koi Wire. This
is CNN 10 and I'll see you tomorrow.