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Hello everyone. I'm Claire Duffy in for

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Koiwire and welcome to a fresh episode

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of CNN 10 on this Thursday, November

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5th. Today, we will time travel to

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ancient Greece, show you a one-of-a-kind

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study abroad program, and highlight an

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enormous effort to keep one community

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from going hungry. But first, our top

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story. This year's US midterm election

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results, which featured a wave of

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historic firsts. It was a big night for

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Democrats who won back the majority in

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both the Senate and House of

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Representatives, which means in January,

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Democrats will have full control of

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Congress for the second half of

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President Donald Trump's term. While

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some races are still too close to call,

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history has already been made on both

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sides of the ballot. New York

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Congressman Hakee Jeff is now on track

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to become the first black speaker of the

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House in our nation's history. He would

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be second only to Vice President JD

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Vance in the line of presidential

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succession. In the Senate, Michigan's

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Abdul Alaied is projected to become the

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nation's first Muslim senator, and

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Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Peggy

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Flanigan is expected to become the first

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female Native American senator. South

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Carolina's Annie Andrews will become the

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Palmetto State's first ever elected

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woman senator. Iowa State Representative

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Josh Turk, who was born with spinoipida

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and has used a wheelchair his entire

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life, will become the Hawkeye State's

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first senator with a permanent

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disability. And history wasn't just made

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on Capitol Hill, but in governor races

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across the country. Former Atlanta Mayor

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Kesha Lance Bottoms is projected to

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become the first female black governor

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in US history. Florida Republican

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Congressman Byron Donald will become the

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Sunshine State's first black governor.

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Texas State Representative Gina Enahosa

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will become the state's first Hispanic

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governor. Ohio, California, New Mexico,

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Tennessee, Nevada, and Wisconsin all

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made history as well, electing black,

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Latino, Native American, or women

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governors for the first time. So, you

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may have heard of a mail-in ballot, but

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did you know astronauts can cast their

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ballots from the stars? NASA astronaut

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Anneil Manan showed us how he voted in

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this year's midterm elections at the

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International Space Station.

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>> Welcome to Space Station where today we

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have the privilege of being able to

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vote. Here as well, just like you on the

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ground, this is my room that doubles as

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a voting booth for me. Inside of it is

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my computer where I was able to fill out

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an electronic form and send it to Harris

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County so I could vote today. According

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to NASA, once an astronaut fills out

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their electronic ballot, the document

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quote flows through NASA's tracking and

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data relay satellite system to a ground

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antenna. From there, the votes are then

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sent to mission control, then on to the

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county clerk.

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It's time for 10-second trivia. The

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ancient city of Troy was located in what

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modern-day country? Is it Greece,

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Cyprus, Turkey, or Syria?

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If you said Turkey, you are not horsing

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around. Archaeologists agree that Troy,

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best known as the setting of the Greek

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myth of the Trojan War, is located in

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present-day Turkey near the straight of

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Dardinels.

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You may have seen the ancient city of

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Torey on the big screen this summer as

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the Odyssey dominated box offices. But

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the city at the center of Homer's epic

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poems is more than a myth. In fact, you

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can visit it for yourself. Our Leroy

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Auben explored the ancient ruins where

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archaeologists meet mythology, complete

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with not one but two Trojan horses.

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You've probably heard the story. Helen

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of Troy, Achilles, a 10-year long war,

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and a certain giant wooden horse. But

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Troy is more than just a legend.

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I'm here on an archaeological site just

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outside of Chinaklay in northwestern

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Turkey. And I'm here to find out exactly

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what's left. And here's where things get

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a little complicated. There really was

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an ancient city here. But did things

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happen just as Homer described? Well,

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that's where the line between history

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and legend gets a little blurry.

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And if the ruins require a bit of

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imagination, this place helps fill in

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the gaps. The Troy Museum brings

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together thousands of years of

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archaeological finds from Troy and the

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surrounding region. And suddenly the

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ancient stones from outside seem a

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little bit more human. There are in fact

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two models of the Trojan horse in

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Chinol. One outside the museum, the

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other in the middle of the city which

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was a setpiece from the 2004 movie. So,

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we don't know whether the Trojan horse

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was real, but when you get a chance to

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climb inside a giant wooden horse, you

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climb in.

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Okay, looks like a lot of stairs. Here

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we go.

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Exactly how many soldiers do you think

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they could actually fit in here?

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Wow,

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look at the view. How the Trojans

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managed to get this inside the city

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walls, I have no idea.

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>> So, Troy, definitely real. Giant horse?

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I'll let you decide.

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Imagine trading your snow boots for a

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surfboard or your cowboy hat for a

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subway map. That's exactly what some US

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teens are doing through a free exchange

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program that doesn't require a passport.

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All it takes is a willingness to live

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life in an entirely different community

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for one week. CNN's Nicholas Blat showed

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how one nonprofit is changing the way

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some teens see America.

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This is the first time I've been away

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from home. The first time I went on an

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airplane.

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>> I'm Ron is from Wilmer, Minnesota.

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>> And I look up and it's like a mountain.

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>> Ivy from Haramman, Utah.

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>> Crazy. Everybody tells you, "Oh, this is

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the time in your life. You need to meet

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new people, go see new things." But I

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don't know how. And so really doing this

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right now has been incredible.

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>> They just graduated high school.

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>> You remind me of my best friend.

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>> Oh, bro. She's so She looks so cool.

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>> And they've been thrown together with

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eight other teenagers from around the

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country to have a heck of a lot of fun

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>> and return home having learned something

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special.

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>> I'm also the first person to come out

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this far from my family. I know that

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they're proud of me for doing it. This

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week-long trip is free and part of the

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American Exchange Project started six

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years ago by David Mcola III who got the

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idea after his own life-changing trip

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across the United States.

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>> We're going to miss you.

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>> Goodbye.

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>> Which gave him a front row seat into how

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this country became so divided and

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offered one potential solution.

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>> There's an antidote to prejudice. It's

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connection. Connecting with people under

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the right circumstances. The exchange

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now happens in 55 locations across the

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country.

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>> I am going TO ARKANSAS

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>> AND is paid for by grants and individual

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donors.

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>> Going to Maine.

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>> Nearly 600 kids participated this year.

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>> We send them for free to an American

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hometown that is culturally and

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politically and socioeconomically very

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different from the one that they're

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growing up in.

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Carly Hardman traveled from her home in

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Lake Charles, Louisiana to Anchorage,

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Alaska last year.

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>> My experience in Anchorage, Alaska was

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absolutely mindblowing. It was

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definitely something that altered my

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brain chemistry. Never in my life would

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I have thought I would be able to hike a

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glacier and like stick my arm into the

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glacier water.

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>> Every time I look back on my trip to

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Alaska, Hi, baby. I'm always wondering

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what ways can I push myself out of the

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box like I did while I was in Alaska.

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>> I think that a week in another town

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ought to be as common to the high school

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experience as the prom. I think what

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we're working on should be America's

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next civic coming of age ritual.

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>> Everyone I met was very unique. Putting

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that all together, it feels like

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>> a mixing pot of wonder. meeting new

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people and hearing about their life

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experiences. And it just made me realize

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how little I actually know about the

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people who I share America with.

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Today's story getting a 10 out of 10. A

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New Jersey high school creating a field

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of dreams and a feast for those in need.

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Howell High School in Farmingdale, New

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Jersey, just won the 100yard food

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challenge, an initiative started by a

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nonprofit called Durmer Dreams.

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Together, the community of Howell filled

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up 45,000 bags of groceries, collecting

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over a million pounds of food, or enough

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to fill their entire football field.

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According to Feeding America, about 1 in

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eight people experience food insecurity

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across the state. And these yellow bags

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will be donated to food pantries and

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neighborhood delivery markets this week.

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When young people come together to make

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a difference in their community, that is

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a recipe for a touchdown. All right,

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superstars. I've got time for two

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shoutouts today. The first one is going

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to St. Patrick's School in Wadsworth,

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Illinois. I got a really kind note from

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a listener of my podcast. It sounds like

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we've got a family of terms of service

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and CNN 10 fans at St. Patrick's. We

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appreciate you. And this next shout out

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is going to Dr. Miller at Wound Middle

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School in St. Louis, Missouri. Happy

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belated birthday and thanks for

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including CNN 10 in your classroom. And

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thank you for spending part of your day

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with us. My friend Koi will be back

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tomorrow. I'm Claire Duffy and this is

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CNN 10.