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hello everyone welcome to CNN 10 one of
the best days of the year October 31st
happy Halloween hope you all are ready
to get geared up get some candy and make
some great memories with your friends
and family we're just 5 days away from
the presidential election which will
determine the 47th president of the
United States so we'll start with the
latest on one of the issues upon which
the candidates are being judged how they
would handle the war in Ukraine a new
player has entered the ongoing conflict
in Ukraine which began in 2022 when
Russia launched its fullscale invasion
of the region recently North Korea sent
soldiers to Ukraine according to South
Korean intelligence they estimate the
number of North Korean troops inside
Russia is
13,000 the initial us estimate earlier
this month was just 3,000 Western
intelligence officials say some of these
troops are already in combat zones with
more expected to join soon and many
receiving a crash course in basic
Russian military commands North Korea is
often called a Hermit Kingdom the
country's leadership keeps its citizens
isolated from the rest of the world with
strict control on all information and
basic necessities the Russia North Korea
friendship goes way back to the Cold War
days when the Soviet Union helped
establish North Korea now with both
countries facing International sanctions
and isolation since Russia's invasion of
Ukraine theyve become even closer allies
it appears Russia gets military supplies
and soldiers while North Korea gets
technology food and other Goods North
Korea's military hasn't fought in an
active War since the 1950s so why would
Russia want their help well experts say
it shows Russia is facing serious
challenges in maintaining its military
strength soldiers are being sent to the
KK region where Ukrainian troops have
held territory since August but it's not
just about sending soldiers North Korea
has already shipped about 2 million
artillery rounds to Russia since last
year and the whole operation is being
kept Under Wraps even the families of
North Korean soldiers back home were
told they're just participating in
military exercises the US and its allies
aren't taking this lightly they are
watching closely and have even
encouraged China to intervene more on
this now
well South Korea spy agency just
revealed some striking details about
North Korean troops in Russia they are
training to fight in the war against
Ukraine and that is according to Nato
the United States and South Korea but
lawmakers who were briefed by South
Korea's national intelligence service
here in Soul say that North Korea may be
trying to hide from its own people that
these deployments to Russia are actually
happening so let's take you through what
we know we have two lawmakers brief by
South Korea spy agency the the NIS and
the NIS says that North Korean families
of these soldiers are being told the
troops went to a quote military exercise
not to Russia not to Ukraine the
lawmakers add news of these troops going
to Russia has spread within North Korea
despite the regime's effort to contain
the truth and they say there is some
quote unrest among North Korean
residents and soldiers about why they're
making this sacrifice for another
country that certainly would be
remarkable consider ing North Korea
tolerates virtually no dissent against
the regime of Kim Jong-un we also heard
from South Korea's president on this
subject today listen to what he
said this illegal military cooperation
between Russia and North Korea is a
significant security threat to the
International Community and could pose a
serious risk to our national security so
what he means by that North Korean
troops potentially threatening South
Korean security analysts tell us that
North Korean troops could potentially
come back home with more knowledge about
Modern Warfare than ever before the
Secretary General of NATO has also said
that North Korean troops are already in
Russia's kers region that is where
Ukraine has had a foothold in Russian
territory since August the Pentagon is
also saying that it assesses there are
about 10,000 North Korean troops who
have been deployed to train in Russia
Pyongyang and Moscow have neither
explicitly confirmed nor denied these
Troop deployments
Pop Quiz hot shop what was the most
popular Halloween candy in 2024
according to candystore.com Hershey
Kisses M&M's Reese's peanut butter cups
or candy
corn if you said M&M's you are correct
did you know that M&M's were exclusively
sold to the military enabling the heat
resistant and easy to transport
chocolate to be included in American
soldiers rations during World War II
let's take a look at hallowe by the
Numbers first spending about 72% of
Americans plan to celebrate Halloween
today and from pumpkins to candy
costumes decorations and parties folks
are set to spend a jaw dropping 11.6
billion that's nearly the entire
estimated value of the Yankees and
Dodgers the teams in this year's World
Series combined here's how that 11.6
billion in Halloween spending breaks
down 3.8 billion on costumes and on
decorations 3.5 billion on candy and
half a billion dollars on greeting cards
on average these numbers break down to a
little more than $13 per person in
Halloween spending this year 37% of the
spending happens at discount stores 33%
at Halloween specialty stores and
another 33% comes from online orders and
that 11.6 billion dollar in Halloween
spending this year is actually down
slightly from the 12.2 billion in 2023
how about this year's most popular
costumes for kids it's ghosts witches
princesses and superheroes the adults
well they're go on with witches as this
year's most popular costume along with
vampires cats Pirates and Batman hit me
up at kyare on social let me know what
you're rolling with this year and on
social that is where you will see what I
was told to be by my daughters this year
today CNN will introduce its five
finalists for CNN hero of the year which
celebrates everyday people making
extraordinary impacts in their
communities introduce them to you on
tomorrow's show now last year's winner
was veterinarian Dr Quan Stewart who
founded project Street pet an Innovative
program providing free pet food and
Veterinary Care to animals belonging to
people experiencing homelessness Dr
Stewart's initiative has created a
ripple effect of positive change for
pets and their human companions in
need the dog food pantry which I
launched here in Los Angeles in skid
road is taken off it's been getting low
fairly quickly so it tells me there's a
lot of pets that are getting what they
need anyone who lives in this area can
come through when they want and take as
much dog food as they need to care for
their pet for now we keep cat food down
here too they've given somewhere in the
neighborhood of 800 900 bags of
food I wish I could be out of business
out of work as our homeless crisis gets
worse and it is getting worse we know
that more people are on the streets have
a pet he's a nice dog dog huh how old
are you when I'm able to care for these
pets keep them healthy and keep them
with their owner their owner stands a
better chance of themselves getting off
the streets their Pet Companion is
instrumental in that Hector how you
doing man the stories in the streets and
the people I meet the dogs I help we
will see months later a year later and
the change the reform it's pretty
magical hey baby like rain rain was a
little tiny run with crooked legs well
we noticed her she had muscle atrophy we
didn't know how big she was going to
grow and what kind of deformities if any
she would have I had to keep her warm so
that she wouldn't lose more muscle from
shaking and then her bone started
growing faster than her muscles Genesis
she took rain she's so big and very
smart all the physical therapy we did on
her worked out just great
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oh good boy oh you do have a little
thing here it's estimated that we've
seen upwards 2,000 animals and last year
was our biggest year to date so we're
just going to improve on that she also
has some flea issu but she's healthy she
looks good really the sky a limit I'm
just taking one week one month at a time
I'll see you man all
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right today's store getting a 10 out of
10 a bear with a sne sneaky plan for a
trash can let's go to Sarah land Alabama
where a man named Bryce hovind could
barely believe his eyes when he saw a
ninja likee black bear sneaking and
sniffing its way into his garage to make
an esoteric getaway with his trash can
the bear stands up grabs the can by its
handles starts gingerly walking it back
out of the garage oh honey check it out
kind of peeking around seemingly trying
not to bump into anything or maybe
making sure no one's around Mr oven said
the bear dragged the can right out of
the carport dumped it over picked out
what it wanted to eat then made its
Escape pulling off the entire Heist
while Barefoot all right it's time for
me to make my getaway now but before I
do I want to give a big old Halloween
shout out to some of our viewers in Las
Vegas Nevada Mojave High School we see
you thank you for making us part of your
day right here on CNN 10 have an awesome
time trick or treating tonight please
stay safe be smart have a whole bunch of
fun and candy