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hello sunshine it is Monday happy to
start the week with you I'm Coy wire
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kick this week off strong and get you
your news we start in the Middle East
four Israeli soldiers and hundreds of
Palestinians are returning home after a
second round of Hostage releases were
carried out this weekend all part of a
ceasefire deal signed this month the
four hostages freed Saturday had been
held in Gaza since the Hamas attacks of
October 7th
2023 that day was the impetus of 15
months of conflict in Gaza before their
release the four female soldiers were
brought by Hamas on a stage in Gaza City
where they waved with smiles to the
crowds it was an emotional scene for
Israelis watching a live feed from
hostages Square in Tel Aviv Israeli
officials say the Four soldiers are in
good health and have been reunited with
their families following their release
200 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli
detention centers were released in turn
most of the freed Palestinians were
transported to the occupied West Bank
but the Israeli prison service says 70
of the detainees are considered to be
dangerous by Israel and are being
deported outside of Israel and
Palestinian territories supporters
gathered in the streets in the West Bank
celebrating the prisoners release soon
after the releases Israel halted the
return of displaced Palestinians to
Northern Gaza as planned in the deal
saying Hamas failed to release an
Israeli female civilian the ceasefire
deal which took months of painstaking
negotiations continues ahead on Shaky
Ground between Israel and Hamas multiple
stages still lie ahead before a
permanent stop to fighting and
rebuilding in Gaza can take place after
weeks of dealing with the devastating
deadly wildfires people in Southern
California are now preparing for floods
and mudslides as heavy rain now hits the
fire scorched area at least five
wildfires are still burning including
the Palisades and etin fires our Julia
Vargas Jones went along with emergency
officials as they work to shore up areas
at risk for heavy rains and the threat
of
mudslides we're in Altadena California
um and we're entering the SI Madre Villa
debris Basin the National Guard deployed
to assist First Responders just hours
after the deadly fires in Pacific
Palisades in aladina began in the first
week of
January this unit part of the guard's
task force 49 is charged with digging
trenches at the base of the St Gabriel
mountains in Southern California a race
against the rain to protect
neighborhoods in and around the burn
Zone
the fire basically causes it to be a lot
more susceptible to
erosion oh wow oh I see this now so this
is where the water is going to flow yeah
so the water will come through there W
that is deep their aim to divert water
that could trigger dangerous mudslides
once rain begins to fall we have two uh
means of loading we have our excavators
and then behind us we have our loader
our front wheel loader Crews digging
pits into hillsides to create dams so
this portion will capture the sediment
rocks vegetation um and then where it
opens up the water would flow out the
were and Buzz of bulldozers excavators
and other heavy
machinery a welcome cacophony to a
community still reeling from Fatal
wildfires so this was a part of the burn
scar so the fire did come through here
Barn scars are among the most vulnerable
areas for potential mudslides and even
flash flooding
this has been the driest start to the
rainfall season in Southern California
in over 4 decades the ground is so dry
that if the rain falls too fast soil
won't be able to absorb
it Lieutenant Colonel James Smith is the
commander of this operation if we do get
significant rainfall you're going to see
a lot of that material behind us here
it's going to move down into this Basin
his mission he says is to do whatever is
necessary to avoid even further
Devastation you can't imagine the
tragedy they've all suffered through
we'll be here however long we need to be
in order to help this community
recover 10c trivia what city is home to
the oldest operating zoo in the world
Philadelphia Pennsylvania London England
Berlin Germany or Vienna
Austria your answer here is Vienna
Austria the Shon Brun Zoo there was
established in 1752
and is still running today now to
Washington's Smithsonian National Zoo
where pandamonium is in full effect on
Friday the zoo debuted two new giant
pandas from China officially welcoming
the fuzzy Duo to their new home for the
next decade Bowe and Ching ba arrived in
the US in October but have been in
quarantine adjusting to their new home
since then CNN's Brian Todd got to Bear
witness to the events this weekend as
the duo delighted the onlookers
a bamboo breakfast enjoyed by ba Lee a
giant panda frolicking in his new home
ba a three-year-old male and
three-year-old female Ching ba making
their public debut at Washington's
Smithsonian National
Zoo Ching ba is known for her tree
climbing exploits Zoo officials say and
we caught her doing her thing there she
is and we saw her male counterpart
pushing his oversized ball exciting and
heartwarming moments for Zoo goers
who've waited more than a year to see
pandas again it's so exciting that
they're back at the zoo um and I'm just
here to support them in November 2023
the national Zoo's previous set of
pandas Chen Chen and mang and their Cub
were sent back to China as a loan
agreement expired these new pandas will
be in Washington for 10 years with the
goal of getting them to breed they won't
start doing that for at least a couple
more years in the meantime B Lee and
Ching ba who are considered the
equivalent of teenagers now need to grow
that means a constant diet of bamboo
lots of it we offer over 100 lb of
bamboo to each Panda every day they're
bringing truck loads 5 600 lb three
times a week back to us the two pandas
are kept in separate areas have had
three months to acclimate to their
habitat here and Zoo officials say
they've developed distinct personalities
Ching ba she's our female and she is uh
I'll say a little more independent uh
she kind of likes to do her own thing
bow definitely loves people he loves his
keep he talks to them all the time
they're part of a diplomatic and
scientific cooperation with China that's
been around for more than 50 years since
the first pandas lingling and sing sing
arrived at the National Zoo in 1972 a
conservation pact that's brought the
pandas back from the endangered list
they are still in trouble but it is a
success story and a wildly popular story
Zoo officials tell us 95% of the 2
million visitors this Zoo gets every
year come to see the pandas like
3-month-old Aaron Mars Thompson dressed
for the occasion it's really great that
she's going to get to grow up with them
in her backyard another measure of the
sheer popularity of these animals zoo
officials tell us that since the last
set of pandas left here in late 2023
they had a 20% drop off in overall
visitors to the zoo with the arrival of
these pandas they say they expect to
make up that deficit and add another
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10% today's story getting a 10 out of 10
is aici situation cheered up by some
friends when a sunfish at an aquarium in
Japan began to display some strange
Behavior his caretakers thought it was
Ill but it turns out there was a much
simpler explanation the fish was lonely
aquarium officials knew they had to
grouper together to figure trout a
solution take a look at how they found a
way to keep the Sunfish
company when an aquarium in Japan
temporarily closed for renovations in
December this Sunfish stopped eating and
started rubbing it body against the tank
the staff thought the fish had developed
digestive issues or was infected by
parasites Japanese newspaper manichi
shim boom reported but it turns out the
answer was much simpler it was lonely
the aquarium noted the animal's curious
nature it would swim up to the front of
its tank whenever people came to visit
so the aquarium set up makeshift
Visitors by taping clothing and cutout
of faces to the tank the aquarium says
the Sunfish was back in good health the
very next day love a story with a
fantastic ending it is shout out time
now and this shout out goes to the
Tigers at Ashfield Middle School in
Brockton Massachusetts we see you keep
Rising keep shining Superstars go out
make this Monday magnificent and
marvelous even making just one person
smile today could be your superpower see
you tomorrow everyone I'm KY wire and we
are CNN 10
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