What's up everyone? I'm Koi Wire. This
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Today you helped us write this show. So
listen up for your words as we travel
from a history-making boat to history
making football to robots that are now
running faster than humans. Let's get
you your news for August 26th. And on
this day in history, 1920, American
women officially gained the
constitutional right to vote. The 19th
Amendment was formally certified 106
years ago today. The amendment prohibits
the federal government or any state from
denying a citizen the right to vote
based on sex. It capped more than 70
years of activism by the women's
suffrage movement, led by figures like
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Katie
Stanton. An estimated 26 million women
became eligible to vote in that 1920 US
election. But the amendment didn't make
voting equal overnight. Pole taxes,
discriminatory local laws, and other
barriers continued preventing many women
of color from exercising that right for
decades. Now to Iran, where ceasefire
negotiations have gone arry and amid the
fallout from war, women are once again
facing increased scrutiny over something
deeply personal, what they wear. Social
media video delineates women being
shamed on the streets even more so if
they don't have the mandated hijab. A
headscarf associated with the religious
tradition of covering the hair, ears,
and neck. Our Joanna Karacha has more on
why the crackdown is intensifying now.
This woman is being publicly shamed by
another woman for showing her bare legs
in Iran.
Eventually, officers arrive and make her
put on pants. This scene is being played
out in cities across the country. The
focus seems to be turning back to how
women are allowed to dress. At the
height of the war, women without
headscarfs were even seen at
progovernment gatherings. The regime
seemed to have bigger priorities, but
now hardliners are pushing the hijab
back on the agenda. Cafes, restaurants,
and shops are being shut down for
failing to enforce mandatory dress
codes. Hardline clerics are demanding
tougher enforcement. This cleric
speaking directly to President Massud
Peskan.
But there's a problem for the regime.
Iranian women are not backing down. Four
years ago, the death of Masa Amini in
custody after being detained by the
so-called morality police ignited the
woman life freedom protest. The uprising
was brutally suppressed, but widespread
acts of defiance survived. Today, women
walk through Iranian cities without
headscarfs and ride motorcycles through
Tehran, Shiraz, and Esvahan. As the war
with the US seems to stall, an old
confrontation is bubbling up.
Tick tick tick 10 second trivia. Which
of these traits is unique to the big
cats that make up the genus pantherra?
Retractable claws, roaring, night
vision, or patterned coats?
If you said roaring, you were born to be
heard. Like lions, tigers, leopards, and
jaguars. The only cats that can roar.
And get this, the same bone that allows
them to roar also prevents them from
purring. And I'm not lying. to Argentina
now where dozens of lions and tigers
have just been rescued from an abandoned
zoo which had become a dangerous tourist
attraction. The animals were removed
from their overcrowded enclosures and
are now being transferred to animal
sanctuaries around the globe. Our
Isabelle Rosales has more.
>> A chance at a new life. That's what
these big cats now have after being
moved to new sanctuaries across the
world. At first we try also not to make
radical change but the quality of life
will change. They will have hundreds of
square meters. They will have a proper
food, a proper medical care. They were
forgotten for many years and I think now
it will be a new life for them.
>> The lions and tigers were rescued from a
former zoo near Buenocidis shut down by
Argentine officials in 2020 over safety
concerns. The zoo was known for letting
visitors handle the animals. In 2025,
global animal welfare organization
Forpaws took on responsibility for the
animals. Veterinarians brought in to
treat the big cats said they found many
injuries like deformed paws from
declawing, kidney disease, and open
wounds.
>> So, we found um various um um injuries
on the skin, on the tail, on the ears.
So we have some broken canines which is
very common in big cats and when they
are do this barbiting.
>> Now fourpaws sent 30 of them to
sanctuaries in the US and South Africa
to start their new lives.
>> When we started with a complete medical
examination of all these animals here in
Lhan Zoo. Based on this examination, we
evaluated that uh there are several
animals that need urgent attention and
uh they they need to be moved to
sanctuaries and places where this is
possible to be uh uh um insured.
>> This week 15 of these tigers and lions
were taken to Lions Rock big cat
sanctuary in South Africa which is owned
by four paws while the other 15 were
transferred to the wild animal sanctuary
in Colorado. I feel well when I reach to
my destination with the animal and when
I see them I feel how it is valuable to
save a life
>> whether they're in Colorado or South
Africa. Forpaw says these big cats will
get to experience life as close to their
natural habitat as possible tailored to
their specific needs and that family
groups and lifelong companions will
remain together in their new sanctuary
homes. But most importantly, they'll
finally be able to get the care they
need.
>> Now to an NFL moment that's bigger than
football. History has been made. Shiaz
Pete has become the first member of the
Navajo Nation to play in the NFL. The
6'9 Dallas Cowboys rookie offensive
lineman took the field against the
Arizona Cardinals in Glendale. Shiaz was
shocked to see thousands of Navajo
Nation members in the stands. When he
entered the game in the fourth quarter
helping Dallas score a touchdown, the
crowd erupted. His teammates stood to
the side to let him have his moment.
When asked what he saw, he said, "Hope
and courage." Afterwards, he was
celebrated in the locker room by his
teammates and his coach.
>> But I saw something I've never seen
before. 25 years in the NFL. An entire
section cheering for one man.
>> This game fate
brought us here as strangers. But this
game, this star, this team will make us
brothers.
Chinese robots are now beating the apex
of human athletic achievements at this
year's World Humanoid Robot Games. It's
the second year China has hosted the
competition as it aggressively invests
in the robotics industry. But there is
far more at stake here than seeing which
droid will cross the finish line. Our
Mike Valerio reports.
>> Some astonishing and not so astonishing
feats in one of the Olympic stadiums
here in Beijing. A humanoid robot named
Lightning ran the 100 meter race faster
than Usain Bolt's world record. But you
know these competitors, they don't need
protein drinks. They need batteries.
Here at the World Humanoid Robot Games,
Robo athletes are being tested like
never before. More than 2,000 robots
from 16 countries are registered for
this year's games.
And we have kickboxing,
football, table tennis, and some of
these events are getting much harder.
The 400 meter race, for example, is now
totally autonomous. It's reading, "These
robots need to see the track, navigate
it, and cross the finish line without
anybody guiding them by remote control."
And this is actually part of the point.
When a robot falls, gets confused, or
manages to recover on its own, engineers
get a real world test of technology they
ultimately want working outside the
arena. China's made embodied AI, which
is essentially AI in a physical body, a
national priority. And the government
has backed research, training centers,
and real world testing. As so many
Chinese universities and companies have
raced to build better robot bodies and
even smarter robot brains. So the real
competition here isn't just robot versus
robot. It's how quickly China can move
these machines from spectacle to
something a little bit more useful. And
judging by what we're seeing here, there
are both some amazing achievements and a
little bit more training to do.
Today's story getting a 10 out of 10. A
real life example of teamwork that makes
the dream work. In Japan, about a
thousand people chosen by lottery were
recruited to help move this 400 ton
castle back to its original place. Their
method, grit, muscle, and a bit of
tugofwar. The Hiroaki Castle was
originally moved in 2015 so workers
could repair the stone wall beneath it,
which supported the structure. This
month's big move traveled a grand total
of one meter, around three feet. But
those biceps and triceps will be getting
quite a few more reps. While the repairs
are done, it's expected to take the rest
of the year to move this whimsical
heavyweight back to its original
footprint. That's a monumental move,
literally. All right, we have an extra
special your word Wednesday today
because our friends at the Stratton
School in Maine sent us this vocabulary
adventure book. First up, delineate. Did
you hear that word in the show? A verb
that means to precisely describe,
portray, or outline something in detail.
I see you, Jasper. Kind of like that
purple jacket. We also worked in arai,
an adjective or adverb that means not
going according to plan. Emma, great
word. Absolutely love it. Finally,
autumn gave us one of my favorite words,
whimsical, which means playful,
imaginative, or fanciful in an unusual
way. You all made us smarter today by
delineating each of these words. May
your imaginations be full of whimsy and
your plans never go ary. Stay curious,
my friends. I'm Koi Wire and we are CNN
10.