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What's up, sunshine? I'm Koi Wire. This
is CNN 10. Today, we are traveling from
the birth of movies to a telescope.
Looking back toward the birth of the
universe, history, mystery, and a whole
lot of curiosity. Let's get smarter.
Lights, camera, action. 129 years ago.
Today, one of history's most famous
inventors helped shape the future of
motion pictures. On August 31st, 1897,
Thomas Edison received a patent for his
motion picture camera, the kinetaph,
predecessor to modern projectors. It was
cutting edge technology for its time,
capturing a rapid sequence of images
onto strips of celluloid film. And when
those pictures were viewed rapidly, one
after another, bam, your brain perceived
motion. While Edison is credited with
the patent, here is your history
knowledge bomb. Edison didn't do it
alone. His assistant, William Kennedy
Lori Dixon, is credited with the bulk of
the experimentation and development.
Reminder that some of history's greatest
individual inventions were actually team
sports. The kinetagraph helped pave the
way for the development of movie
projectors, theaters, and the
entertainment experience we know and
love today. Somewhere Edison's probably
like, "I should have patented popcorn,
too." A new eye in the sky has just
launched into the cosmos to help us
better understand the mysteries of
space. The Nancy Grace Roman Space
Telescope blasted off Sunday from
Kennedy Space Center aboard a SpaceX
Falcon Heavy rocket. Over the next 5
years, the busiz telescope will seek out
otherwise invisible and faint space
objects.
>> And liftoff. Go Falcon Heavy and go
Roman Space Telescope. and liftoff is
basically cosmic panorama mode. Roman is
able to survey the sky up to 1,000 times
faster than the famous Hubble telescope
across a field of view about a 100 times
larger and it's expected to help answer
some of science's biggest questions
about dark matter and dark energy. US
President Donald Trump has signed an
executive order beginning the process of
creating a new US space academy. Think
Naval Academy with a lot more rocket
science. The proposed academy would
recruit and train aspiring astronauts,
physicists, engineers, and aerospace
technicians among others. The president
announced the move in Houston, Texas,
while presenting the Aremis 2 crew with
the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
He said the US Space Academy would train
personnel for the Space Force and NASA
while also supporting the civilian space
industry like SpaceX and Blue Origin.
Important distinction. The executive
order creates a commission to figure out
how to make the academy happen. To Nepal
now where as of this taping more than
3,000 people are reported missing after
that catastrophic flooding and landslide
along the Chinese Nepali border. The
death toll has risen to at least 750
people. Rescue crews are running into
changing landscapes as another landslide
on Saturday created a new barrier lake
near the disaster zone. The rescuers
themselves had to be evacuated from the
area. Almost a thousand workers are also
missing across a slew of hydro power
projects in Nepal. In one of the
tunnels, rescuers are pumping air in and
dropping food, but haven't connected
with anyone inside yet. Among the
missing are foreign nationals from
around the world. CNN's Will Ripley
found one American couple who narrowly
escaped the flood while on a tour bus.
>> Violent. It was aggressive. Aggressive
with anger. That's how I saw the water
come. So I really asked him I mean why
is God so angry with us?
>> And Jonah Raja and Puchi Vincant son
came to Nepal from Northern California
for a spiritual journey but not one like
this.
>> Just seeing so many people die. I think
that's going to last for a while. It's
going to linger for a while. I don't
know if we will get over it anytime
soon. They were on a tour bus near the
China Nepal border about to cross into
Tibet when people outside started
running and screaming.
>> There was no time to think. Uh our
reflexes needed to be so fast. I saw
something coming really brown up there
going up like 60 to 70 ft. Something
coming brown our way. Um at that point I
didn't know whether it was water or
whether it was dust. So the way it came
just like a tsunami. just came going all
the way up and just like a tsunami that
how it sweeps going like a row. It just
took the buses, the the the the
houses, people, everything.
>> They shared this photo showing what's
left of their tour bus.
>> It's very hard to express in words,
>> a lot of turmoil inside. It was
nerve-wracking.
Uh especially when you see death just 5
seconds away from you. I thought about
everybody who lost their lives there.
>> Is a lifesaver.
>> Yeah.
My brother,
>> their tour guide, Dashi Tumang, guided
them up the mountain with just seconds
to spare.
>> How can running, you know,
>> just running, just running,
>> just running? 10 second is finished.
>> 10 seconds. Everything's underwater.
>> Yeah.
>> Oh my god. Oh my god. Man,
>> after running to higher ground, they
spent the night huddling in the woods
with a small group of survivors.
>> There were about 70 80 people in that
little area. We got to put our bags, sit
on the bag, and that's about it. You
know, you we had like 2 in wiggle room.
We couldn't move more than 2 in because
it was so full
water all night. Little or no food. We
had to share water. Whoever had water.
>> Finally, a helicopter came to rescue
them.
>> And here you are now. And you have your
temporary passport. You're going to go
home and see your your daughter and your
son.
>> I can't wait. Can't wait.
>> What do you want to say to them? What
are you going to do when you see them?
I'm I'm going to hug them and cry
because I am an emotional mama. I Yeah,
I am going to hug them and cry and I'm
just thankful to God that I'm alive and
there for them. I'm going to tell them
take life seriously and be ready for
whatever comes. This is a learning
things could happen to anyone. It could
happen to us again. So, be ready. I'm
going to tell them that.
>> 10sec trivia. What year was Little
League Baseball founded? 1924, 1939,
1953, or 1961. Tick, tick, tick, tick.
If you said 1939, play ball. Little
League was founded by Carl E. Stoots in
Williamsport, Pennsylvania. It's become
a global sensation played by
approximately 2 million 10 to 12 year
olds across 80 different countries.
This year's Little League Baseball World
Series is officially in the books.
Congrats to Curisowl capturing its
second Little League World Series
championship after defeating Nevada. The
Caribbean powerhouse punched its ticket
after shutting out Japan for nothing in
the International Championship. Curacas
is the only Caribbean nation ever to win
the Little League Baseball World Series.
Nevada reached the final after beating
Ohio 12-2 in Saturday's US Championship
game. That's where 12-year-old Carson
Meyer became the first girl ever to play
in the US Championship game. And she
drove in a run. How's that for seizing
your moment? The Little League World
Series is an annual reminder that we're
never too young to chase greatness. From
legendary names like Gary Sheffield,
Jason Veretch, and Todd Frasier to
present day allstars, some of baseball's
biggest names appeared in the tournament
long before reaching the biggest stage.
In 2007, future three-time all-star and
2019 NL MVP Cody Bellinger helped lead
his Chandler, Arizona team to the
semi-finals at just 11 years old. 13
years later, he hoisted the World Series
trophy as a Los Angeles Dodger. More
than 70 tournament alumni have reached
the majors. Pretty cool reminder, we
never know where the field we're playing
on right now might eventually lead. So,
keep dreaming big.
Today's story getting a 10 out of 10.
Two mechanics proving that sometimes the
most important thing you can fix is not
the car, it's somebody's day. At the
Junkie Garage in Glendale, Arizona,
17-year-old Matthew Cuba and his dad
Mike fix cars for veterans, single
parents, seniors, and others in need of
free or lowcost repairs. The idea
started after financial struggles forced
Mike to learn how to repair his own car.
Customers can bring their own parts and
the father-son team provides the labor.
Sometimes Matthew and Mike buy parts
themselves when a customer simply can't
afford them. Their Facebook supporters
can chip in a couple dollars a month
helping the Cubas help others.
>> For us, it's it's about helping people
who can never repay that favor. It makes
me feel like a superhero in a way. I
mean, I I'm I'm helping people that
otherwise wouldn't have had any
solution. They're fixing brakes,
engines, and maybe even restoring a
little faith in humanity. All right,
superstars. Two shoutouts for you today
on this last day of August. This first
one goes to Mrs. J. Rodriguez at Grizzly
Challenge Charter School in St. Louis,
Abyspo, California. Tough times can make
us tougher. We can learn strength from
our struggles. Rise up and thank you for
making us a part of your day. And this
shout out goes to Mr. Bennett at Most
Holy Redeemer School in Evergreen Park,
Illinois. And speaking of rise up,
thank you for my new favorite shirt.
Check it out. Shine on sunshine. Stay
curious. Stay kind. And wherever you go
today, bring some light with you. I'm
Koi Wire and we are CNN 10.
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