Astronauts To Get A New Ride Home | August 26, 2024

[Music] hello and welcome hope you had an awesome weekend I'm KY wire grateful to be here with you for another awesome week of CNN 10 we've got a solid 10 minutes of news for you to start off your week we do go first though to unbelievable scenes out of Bangladesh where flood waters have been chin High impacting millions of people in the northeastern part of the country homes businesses and farmland are underwater after torrential rains hit the region emergency crews are scrambling to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people from flooded communities and rescue residents stranded on rooftops Army and Navy personnel with the help of volunteers are using boats to navigate flooded towns and cities bringing people to government buildings and schools that have been converted into shelters sadly dozens of people have lost their lives now many in Bangladesh are pointing blame at neighboring India where some areas are also flooded Bangladesh has many Deltas from rivers that flow through it from India and toward the sea students in Bangladesh have recently been protesting the release of water from a dam just across the border Indian officials denied that the flooding was due to the forced opening of that Dam saying that any release of water was automatic because of high water levels caused by the heavy rains but they did acknowledge that there was a power outage near the dam that led to communication issues more wet weather is still to come across the region with forecasts calling for 2 to 6 in of rain over the next 3 days we are in fenny the epicenter of the floods here in Bangladesh we've boarded a boat uh which is attempting to get to areas that uh are completely cut off here we have the Army and they've obviously rescued we're from CNN they've rescued these families these women and children are aboard the boat there is such an acute shortage of boats on the way up on the highway it was truck after truck carrying boats as far as the bangladeshis are concerned they are they are livid they are Furious their homes have been flooded their livelihoods their their shops everything is underwater and Bangladesh is no stranger to floods it in fact has one of the the best early Warning Systems in South Asia but there was no warning in this case all right next up many of us know how frustrating it can be when our flight at an airport is delayed but imagine not being able to catch your flight for eight months that's what's happening for two astronauts Sunni Williams and Butch Wilmore currently aboard the International Space Station they had technical issues on the Boeing Starliner spacecraft that launched them into space back in June NASA has been working with Boeing on solutions to the helium leaks in the spacecrafts Thruster and now has a plan to get them home in the safest way possible a village in India is seeking some help from above to bring us astronaut Sunny Williams back to Earth Williams father was from the village so locals feel a special kinship to her and are praying for her safe return after an Extended Stay in [Music] space but NASA has finally given a more downto Earth solution to just how and when Williams and fellow Boeing Starliner astronaut Butch Wilmore will return to Earth after spending nearly 3 months aboard the International Space Station on a mission that was only supposed to last a little more than a week NASA has decided that Butch and sunny will return with crew nine next February and that Starliner will return uncrewed going it was Star liner's first time carrying astronauts to the ISS but technical issues with thrust ERS made NASA reconsider the ride home opting instead to return the crew on a SpaceX spacecraft that sheduled For an upcoming Mission it's a setback for Boeing which has struggled to keep up with SpaceX in NASA's commercial crew program but Nelson says hard lessons from the past including the losses of two space shuttles weighed heavily on the decision our core value is safety and it is are North Star FAL SPX NASA says it's reconfiguring the upcoming SpaceX crew 9 mission to send only two crew members to the ISS instead of four Williams and Wilmore are both Veterans of two long duration stays on the space station and NASA says they're not only prepared to fill out the crew n team but they're already hard at work since they've been up there they've been a welcome set of Helping Hands they've already done about a 100 hours of work 42 different experiments and they've helped us with some of the critical station maintenance that we've had on board Wilm Mo's family said that they were aware there could be a delay which means more months of FaceTiming to keep in touch all right it is so cool he gives us a lot of Earth views I especially like um seeing the sunset and there'll be plenty more of those in space for Williams and Wilmore which at least in NASA's view is a safer option Pop Quiz Hot Shot which of these is listed as one of the new Seven Wonders of the World Great Pyramid of Giza Hanging Gardens of Babylon Light House of Alexandria or Great Wall of China not to be confused with the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World The Great Wall of China is the only one to appear on the list of new world wonders built over two Millennia is considered to be one of the largest building construction projects in the world tourists hiking on the Great Wall of China can now get food delivered from the [Music] air the drones can also deliver medicine and heat relief items to tourists in China's sweltering Summers the drone delivery fee is 4 un or 56 with customers placing orders via [Applause] app all right we've been getting a lot of love for olympion series last week we spent some time with us athletes making the Summer Olympics shine but there was so much Excellence on and off the track field court or pool that we're wrapping up all of our favorite moments and personalities that made us smile here are some of our highlights from Paris what would you say your spirit anim was or your spirit character that switch that flips uh when you have to go out there and dominate and that thing has allowed you to win 11 Olympic medals okay so I think mine would actually be a honey badger like honey badger in the gym sloth outside oh I've always wanted to be Superman can I get the special can you like at like you're nighing me right now oh my God tell them how blind I am it's not that bad right it isad but you told me I don't need to see exactly feel it just feel I just feel are there any sort of uh Foods or things that you miss from home that it's difficult to get here oh that's difficult to get here I think iced coffee iced coffee yes very interesting because uh producing we have an ice coffee or a frappuccino something orever no wayes we got a little macaron is type of dessert for you and we want to wish you a very happy birthday at these Parisian Olympics today's the opening day of breaking the breaking competition oh yeah come on what you got give us the oh oh oh you're out there on the sports biggest stage any sort of nervousness or anxiety creeping in um definitely before yeah but uh I think all of my nervousness and anxiety came from the Uber driver not dropping me off in the right spot what I know right before the competition I wanted to go to the Olympic Village to take the bus and the Uber driver was going all around Paris not to the Olympic Village and so I think all play nervousness came out then well this right here is one of the most powerful right arms on the planet and I just want to do a little um uh arm wrestling ready or Mark set no never mind never mind I like my arm cut all right it's about time for us to cut here too our shout out today goes to Paduka Middle School home of the tornadoes in Paduka Kentucky let's go it's awesome to be kicking off another week of learning with you let's have a fantastic week as Theodore Roosevelt once said believe you can and you're halfway there I'm KY wire and I'll see you right back here 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