Hello and rise up. I'm Koi Wire here
with your 10 minutes of news. We have a
labor strike sending folks scrambling
figuring out how they're going to get to
work. We have the search for a bevy of
uncovered dinosaur fossils and a
marathon on top of one of the seven
wonders of the world. Big show. We start
though with a major tornado alerts
causing concern across the central US. A
destructive series of storms stretching
from Texas to the Great Lakes has
produced more than two dozen reports of
tornadoes, baseballsized hail, and wind
gusts over 70 mph in recent days. The
widespread outbreak of storms is being
fueled by a big surge of jetream energy
interacting with large amounts of
moisture in the Plains region. The
National Weather Service confirmed at
least one tornado touched down over the
weekend in the small town of St. Labori,
Nebraska. Drone footage has captured a
dramatic rescue there. Two people and a
dog pulled from the basement of a home
that had collapsed during the storm. And
the same system that is bringing
dangerous tornadoes and storms to the
central plains and Midwest is also the
culprit behind wildfire threats farther
west. Dry air and heavy winds have led
to critical wildfire warnings from parts
of Kansas to New Mexico. Meteorologists
say these severe weather threats could
continue through the first half of the
week with strong winds, hail, and
possible tornadoes keeping communities
on alert. In New York, a transit strike
has left more than a quarter of a
million commuters on Long Island
scrambling to figure out how they're
going to get to work. This week, workers
with the Long Island Railroad, North
America's busiest commuter rail system,
have been on strike since Saturday.
Negotiations between union leaders and
railroad management stretched late into
the night Sunday, but as of this taping,
no deal had been reached on wages,
health care contributions, and work
rules. Now, commuters are being forced
to pivot. Some car pooling, hopping
buses, or fairies. Officials say extra
trains will be on standby where possible
and shuttle buses will transport
residents from Long Island to subway
stations in Queens. But for many, this
week may feel less like a commute and
more like an obstacle course.
Pop quiz hot shot. What year did the
Korean War begin? 1960, 1948, 1972,
or 1950?
If you said 1950, you know your stuff.
History buff. The Korean War began on
June 25th, 1950. A 1953 armistice
agreement established a formal
ceasefire, but a peace treaty between
the two countries was never signed. A
rare breakthrough on the Korean
Peninsula is taking place this week. Not
in politics, but on the soccer pitch.
North Korea's women's soccer team has
arrived in South Korea for the first
time in more than seven years, preparing
for a high-stake semi-final against
South Korea's Suan FC in the Asian Club
Cup. The women are being hailed as
heroes by North Korean Supreme Leader
Kim Jong-un and remain under tight
supervision by their government. But
with relations between the two countries
practically frozen solid, this visit is
raising hopes that sports could help
thaw tensions even just a little. Our
Will Ripley has more.
On Wednesday, millions of Koreans in the
North and South may be watching the same
soccer game, but they'll be living in
two completely different realities. And
those worlds collided during the arrival
of Pyongyang's Nego Hyong women's soccer
team over the weekend, creating a
massive media frenzy at the airport in
Soul. Crowds turned out to cheer on the
North Korean delegation of more than
three dozen players and staff. The
athletes certainly stood out in their
matching dark blazers and skirts and
heels and lapel pins featuring the faces
of North Korea's late leaders. The
players carefully follow protocol,
avoiding interaction with cheering
crowds as they move quickly and quietly
past the cameras. The two Koreas are
technically still at war, so the team
had to fly through Beijing because
direct inter Korean flights remain
banned. Instead of a 1-hour flight, the
trip took closer to half a day. The bus
carrying the team left the airport under
police escort. South Korea approved a
special entry exemption for the
delegation while civic groups organized
so-called peace cheering events for both
sides. Officially, both governments
insist this is about sports, not
diplomacy. But sports on the Korean
Peninsula almost always never really is
just about sports. The last major thaw
in inter Korean sports diplomacy helped
pave the way for the historic 2018
summits involving Kim Jong-un, South
Korean leaders, and President Donald
Trump. Still, experts caution against
reading too much into this moment.
Relations between the North and South
remain deeply strained. Kim Jong-un has
abandoned decades of official policy
favoring peaceful reunification while
North Korea continues weapons testing
and increasingly close military ties
with Russia. Nego Hyang means my
hometown in Korean. And women's soccer
has become one of North Korea's biggest
sources of national pride. Kim Jong-un
reportedly treats these players like
national heroes. Running 26.2 miles is
already enough to make your legs file a
complaint. But if you really want to
level up the challenge, try doing it on
one of the seven wonders of the world,
the 2,000 plus year old Great Wall of
China.
Well, I'll be darned. More than 1400
runners from over 50 countries started
their run in the Hangya Guan section,
and things escalated quickly. Thousands
upon thousands of steep stone steps
where ancient battles once took place.
Some runners turned into crawlers on
their hands up the stairs. At one point
they went through the Chinese
countryside where locals cheered them on
with unbreelievable energy. The event
started in 1999 with just 350 runners.
More than two decades later, it's become
an international bucket list race for
athletes chasing greatness one painful
step at a time.
>> It was brutal and the last little bit on
the wall gnarly.
>> Yeah. Bit us a bit. But yeah, a lot of
fun. Wow. Unreal. Great to race out
here. Hey. Wow. Absolutely.
>> Absolutely amazing. Safe to say this
marathon really raises the bar and wres
havoc on the calves. Now to a dino
mighty discovery crew digging deep into
the prehistoric past. Utah is
Triceratops when it comes to dinosaur
fossils, but experts say countless
ancient bones are still buried
underground just waiting to be
uncovered. Here's a behind-the-scenes
look at the team piecing together
history one fossil at a time. Inside the
lab at the Natural History Museum of
Utah,
Tyler Berthael spends his days doing
something most people would never have
the patience for.
>> That's an interesting piece. I think
it's part of this part right here.
>> Taking this. Look at these tiny little
pieces.
>> Yeah.
>> And somehow recognizing a 75
millionyear-old dinosaur
>> that fits there and that creates the
little back of the skull there. After
fossils are pulled from the Utah desert,
>> this is the front end of one of our duck
bill dinosaurs. So, this is the neck.
So, these are all the neck vertebra.
>> They land here.
>> I'm blown away by being in here.
>> Yeah. This is where all the magic
happens.
>> Where Tyler and his team of volunteers,
>> chisel,
drill,
>> and we slowly chip the rock away from
the bone
>> and slowly puzzle them back together
piece by piece. This is my specialty is
the puzzles over here. I can just put on
a audio book or a podcast or my music
and sit here for hours slowly puzzling
chips together to turn them into
something more complete.
>> And the tool that helps hold prehistoric
history together may surprise you.
>> The last thing they have to do is pretty
much glue these two pieces together.
>> Yeah, regular old superglue. It's a
process that's slow and steady. is
typically a 5 to 10 year process,
>> but for Tyler
>> and it's always that Eureka moment like,
"Oh, I know what that fossil is now."
>> The patience is worth it. What's that
moment feel like for you when you see it
take shape?
>> For me, it's the most exciting. Like,
this has been in the ground for millions
of years, and I am the first thing to
see it fully exposed.
>> His childhood fascination with dinosaurs
never faded.
>> For me, it's like I never outgrew that
dinosaur phase as a kid. Many of these
discoveries are happening right here in
Utah.
>> Every year, uh, we go out, we find a
brand new animal no one's ever seen
before.
Today's story getting a 10 out of 10. A
Las Vegas teen soaring, flying into his
sweet 16. Now, most teens dream about
getting their driver's license, but
George Kingman V had his head in the
clouds, dreaming of soaring over the
traffic. After four years of training,
the 16-year-old's dream took flight,
literally.
>> Yay, buddy.
>> George says he originally hoped to join
the Navy, but after being diagnosed with
celiac disease, he had to change course
to commercial aviation. Thanks to the
Rancho High School Aviation Magnet
program and training through their West
Air Flight Academy, he's now living out
a dream he's had since the age of 12.
Talk about reaching new heights even
before reaching adulthood. In the world
of birthday celebrations, this one is up
there. All right, tomorrow is your word
Wednesday. So submit those unique
vocabulary words and the definitions to
the comment section of our latest posts
at CNN10, Koiwire on Instagram, and
we're going to choose one winner to work
into tomorrow's show. We have a shout
out today going to Miss Claire at the
Boys and Girls Club of Palm Springs in
California. Thank you for all the
drawings. You may just be seeing some of
those on our wall of friends very soon.
And shout out to Mrs. Rei at CCSD's
Transition Academy in Gillette, Wyoming.
During their visit to a local community
college, they made this souvenir at the
Science Center. Thank you so much for
thinking of the show and proving
learning is the coolest souvenir.
Remember, you're more powerful than you
know, and no matter what life throws at
you, just rise up. I'm Koi Wire and we
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