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hello sunshine let's get our energy up
it is Thursday December 12th happy
Friday Eve I'm KY wire we are CNN 10 and
we start with a big announcement in the
sporting world as Saudi Arabia is set to
host the 2034 men's World Cup this
announcement was no surprise going into
FIFA's meeting this week that's soccer's
Global governing body Saudi Arabia was
the only country bidding to host for
that year there was also only one bid
for the 2030 games with Spain Portugal
and Morocco together getting their
chance to host in six years now Saudi
Arabia for years has been investing in
sports as part of a project called Saudi
Vision 2030 spending billions on
changing the landscape of sports like
golf boxing Esports and Formula 1 in
recent years even buying the famous
English Premier League team Newcastle
United the project has been spearheaded
by Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin
Salman and he aims to diversify the
nation's economy to make Saudi Arabia
one of the world's leading countries but
the decision comes as a number of human
rights groups worn of issues in the Gulf
Nation including the abuse of Migrant
workers freedom of speech and the rights
of minority groups like The lgbtq Plus
commun Community CNN's Amanda Davis
gives us more background on what went
into FIFA's decision and shows us what
challenges May lie ahead of the 2034
games to FIFA to host the 2034 World Cup
Saudi Arabia Arab Saudi Arabia and prime
minister Muhammad bin Salman have made
no secret of their desire to become the
world's sporting destination of choice
now it's set to host the biggest prize
of them all the FIFA World Cup
Kat it's the most controversial awarding
of the tournament since that Infamous
day in December 2010 that saw Russia and
Qatar given the nod for 2018 and 2022
amidst corruption scandals and human
rights concerns do you think FIFA
learned any lessons Steve good or bad
from the Qatar experience my fear is
that the lesson they've learned from
Qatar is that they can write out the
criticism in Qatar there was
unprecedented levels of construction of
stadiums and infrastructure migrant
workers died in the
process Saudi Arabia meanwhile has
pledged to build 11 new purpose-built
venues it was seen as a landmark moment
in 2017 when FIFA became the first
Global Sports body to write human rights
commitments into the bidding process for
its major events but nearly 8 years on
actions are speaking louder than
words I think no organization human
rights organization has been consulted
and I will even add on that um Saud
Arabia has been forbidding human rights
organizations from entering the country
since Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman
came to power Lena alhl is a Saudi human
rights activist hers is one of 11
organized ations that recently raised
concerns about FIFA's approach to
saudi's World Cup
bid 10c trivia a rocki biophobia is the
fear of what food sticking to the roof
of your mouth cheese peanut butter bread
or
caramel answer is peanut butter the word
coming from the Greek word for araki for
ground nut and buter meaning butter and
of course phobia for fear now to a major
shakeup in the business world as grocery
chain Albertson's calls off its $25
billion merger with Kroger this comes
one day after a federal court in Oregon
all but halted the mega merger ruling
that the deal would limit competition
and harm consumers Kroger's proposed
deal with Albertson was announced in
2022 if approved it would have been the
largest merger in US Supermarket history
combining two of the largest chains in
the country this would include dozens of
other chains that the companies own like
Safeway Vons Harris Teeter and Fred
Meyer most of the workforce at Kroger
and Albertson's are unionized so a goal
of the merger was to be more competitive
against non-union giants like Walmart
Amazon and Costco but High grocery
prices played a big role here and the
judge ruled that the merger would
eliminate the competition between
Albertson's and Kroger that kept prices
down potentially raising prices for
consumers now Albertson's is suing
Kroger for breach of its contract
agreement saying that Kroger failed to
make its best efforts to secure
regulatory approval of the merger we
will let you know what Kroger has to say
if they comment on termination of the
deal or the suit now to Southern
California where a fast-moving fire gave
thousands of people little time to
evacuate as it barreled towards nearby
neighborhoods the Franklin fire caught
residents by surprise earlier this week
the fire's scorching growth was so
explosive at one point it tripled in
size in just one hour the Los Angeles
County Fire Department issued evacuation
orders or warnings for more than 8,000
homes and businesses with several
shelters open for displaced residents
all Malibu schools were closed earlier
this week due to the fire threat CNN's
Veronica Miracle gives us the latest and
then we'll turn to meteorologist Chad
Myers to explain the role the Santa Ana
winds Play When a wildfire is
Raging Malibu's Scenic Hills Ablaze
after a fast-moving Wildfire exploded
overnight from a 1 to 10 it was like a
15 like scary the Franklin fire tripling
in size in just 1 hour at one point
scorching the equivalent of five
football fields every minute since it
ignited late Monday evening Pro
evacuation orders everything all these
mountains were covered in Flames just
covered like you took a crayon and just
colored everything Linda Michelle is a
caretaker who lives on a property with
horses in the evacuation Zone she says
she awoke to a wall of flames
surrounding the area and had to scramble
to save the animals you can see the wind
down there The Inferno fueled by dry
conditions and Southern California's
Infamous Santa Ana winds creating what
fire officials call a quote particularly
dangerous situation some wind gusts
reaching 40 to 60 m per hour the Flames
destroying some homes and threatening
businesses even the iconic Malibu Pier
it has definitely been a stressful and
very tiring night hundreds at nearby
Pepperdine University had to shelter in
place for hours in the Campus Library
classes were cancelled on Tuesday I
called my friends found whatever friends
I had in in the same residential hall as
me and I just packed a bag we look out
the window and you know the sky is
red there's a lot of talk out there
about Santa Ana winds and what they are
where they come from and how they are
formed well really the word Santa Ana
wind has turned into a generic term just
meaning a Gusty wind in Southern
California but there truly is a basis to
this term if you get a West Wind you
have wind coming from the West
if you have a North Wind you have wind
coming from the north if you have a
Santa Ana wind you have wind that's
rolling down through the canyon the
Santa Ana Canyon which is between really
the Chino Hills Santa Ana mountains it
rolls down from the high desert and
rolls right through and heats up and
speeds up all the way to the ocean the
term Santa Ana winds is used for any
real Gusty wind typically warming going
downhill and many times associated with
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wildfires today's story getting a 10 out
of 10 a $28 million pair of shoes an
anonymous bidder spent the 28 million
bucks on the ruby slippers from the
legendary movie The Wizard of Oz these
iconic kicks were worn by the one and
only Judy Garland the price kept going
up and up but the bidder was like I'll
get you my pretties the bids set a new
record for the most money ever spent at
auction on a piece of movie memorabilia
the dazzling slippers are one of only
four surviving Pairs and these were
actually stolen from the Judy Garland
Museum in Minnesota in 2005 before they
finally found their way back in 2018 all
right let's click some heels together
and bring this show home but before I
give today's shout out I have to show
some love to a group that donerly
contributed to yesterday's show for your
word Wednesday see Mrs Lisa's class at
Ashfield Academy in leh in Pennsylvania
they too submitted the word donus which
means carrying or bearing gifts so they
deserve credit for that Mrs Lisa let me
know on Instagram and I told her we
would make it right so right on all
right today's shout out goes to Mrs
Sweeney's advisory class in Anapolis
Middle School in Anapolis Maryland we
see you dragons rise up everyone thank
you for joining us today see you right
back here tomorrow so we can finish this
week's strong I'm KY wire we are CNN 10