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what's up sunshine happy friday yay the
weekend is upon us spring has sprung
march madness tipped off my goodness
let's fuel our minds one more time
before we kick this weekend off right
i'm koi wire welcome to cnn 10 your 10
minutes of news and we begin today in
peru where a landmark court case is
testing the global limits of climate
justice the lawsuit brought by a
peruvian farmer against a german energy
company may soon answer the question of
whether a corporation can be legally
held accountable for past emissions
contributing to climate change at the
center of the case are peru's high
altitude tropical glaciers which are
rapidly melting farmer saul luchiano
uluya lives in a town in the heart of
the peruvian andes his home lies below a
glacierfed high alitude lake that's
holding 35 times its normal water
capacity because of the melting glaciers
that's putting 50,000 people in the town
below at risk of avalanches landslides
and violent flash floods melting
glaciers are also causing the seasons to
change making farming more difficult and
exposing rocks full of heavy metals that
have turned local streams toxic with the
backing of a local nonprofit ulia is
using german property law to target the
german energy company rwe the company is
one of europe's largest emitters of
greenhouse gases from coal powered
energy plants which the suit says
accounts
for.5% of global carbon emissions the
company has never operated in peru and
denies legal responsibility arguing that
climate change has many contributing
factors and that climate issues should
be resolved by government policies
instead of lawsuits whatever the verdict
the case will set precedents for future
climate change related civil cases
around the world our nick valencia shows
us what's at stake in peru as the case
is heard in a german court
the world bank says peru is home to
almost 70% of the world's tropical
glaciers glaciers that are in freezing
high altitude mountain ranges despite
also being in the tropics but climate
change is causing those glaciers to melt
in the high andes of northern peru
glacier meltwater has caused lake
balakucha's volume to swell more than 30
times in recent decades according to
various studies down the hill from the
lake is the town of huaras farmers like
sao luciano lua worry about flooding in
the town which has more than 65,000
people louisa is also the center of a
landmark global case that will determine
if companies can be legally held
accountable for past emissions
contributing to climate
change i am here to attend the court ham
court because of the climate crisis in
haz the mountains the glaciers are
melting and that has caused risks risks
to life and i am here to ask for climate
justice lua is suing the german energy
firm rwe which his lawyers say is
responsible for.5% of global emissions
his lawyers are therefore demanding that
rwe pay.5% of the cost of flood
mitigation for the city rwe which has
never operated in peru says that a
single emitter cannot be held
responsible for global warming in a
statement rwe said quote "if such a
claim were to exist under german law it
would also be possible to hold every
motorist liable." the decadel long case
is based on a section of the german
civil law code about property
interference it was dismissed by a lower
court but is now being appealed to a
higher court in h germany the hearing
started monday and will let first
determine whether the melting glaciers
are raising the lakes's water levels and
whether this will pose a flood risk to
louisa's home in the next 30 years
we didn't start out with a lot of hope
but now it's caused a lot of attention
and yes it is a precedent we have high
hopes for this next hearing pop quiz hot
shot what nasa program plans to land the
first woman and next man on the moon in
the year 2027 artemis apollo quest or
juno answer is the aremis program it
will send astronauts back to explore
more of the lunar surface while
evaluating hazards astronauts will face
in true deep space ahead of planned
crude missions to mars welcome back
welcome back nasa astronauts butch
wilmore and sunny williams are finally
back home on earth the two astronauts
spent more than nine months in space
after what was supposed to be a
week-long mission went arry they
splashed down off the coast of florida
this week ending their extended stay on
the international space station with
them were two other crew 9 mission
members nasa's nick heg and cosminaut
alexander gorbongh of russia's roscosmos
space agency our lee waldman is here to
tell us about their first moments back
on earth and shows us a special group
that appeared to welcome them home lots
of cheers here at the johnson space
center when we saw that successful
splashdown of the space x dragon capsule
carrying four astronauts from the
international space station back to
earth just off the coast of florida the
long awaited return of astronauts sunny
williams and bush wilmore after more
than 9 months in space 286 days their
mission was originally supposed to last
only 8 days but that was extended after
issues with the boeing star liner deemed
it unsafe to carry those astronauts back
to space here now we saw after that
splashdown a pod of dolphins swimming
near the capsule as the spacex crew who
had met that capsule off of the coast of
florida in that body of water there they
got those astronauts successfully loaded
onto a ship and now they're undergoing
medical evaluations but as we saw those
astronauts for the first time it was all
smiles and waves once it's deemed that
they are medically safe to fly from that
ship to the ellington field they'll be
reunited with their families before
coming here to the johnson space center
to undergo further evaluations and
further debriefs it's all part of a
normal routine for astronauts that have
spent time in space and are now
returning back here to earth it is a
long journey for sunny and butch much
longer than anticipated but finally
coming to a successful end here in
houston i'm lee baldwin
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today's story getting a 10 out of 10 the
unicornlike sports star known as shohei
otani it was otani time in japan the los
angeles dodgers star got a hero's
welcome during a rare chance to play in
his home country this week thousands of
fans were there at the tokyo dome for
the mlb season opener otani burst onto
the scene and quickly became one of the
most unique players we've ever seen he
can hit and pitch with the best of them
like a modern-day babe ruth all the
hometown fans may have given some good
mojo because otani's dodgers swept the
cubs in the twoame series our haneko
montgomery was there amongst the fans
it's like a beatles first came to japan
like back in ' 65 or something it's like
the same fever baseball has been big in
japan for over a century but thanks to
show otani's stardom and his huge huge
fan base he's truly elevated the profile
of the sport here in the country people
are coming out in droves to enjoy
tonight enjoy show otani back on
japanese soil because of course this is
a very rare opportunity for fans who
don't get to see him play in major
league baseball who are you rooting for
today oh otani
yeah whoever show is playing for so the
dodgers i'm a yankees fan though otani
is very handsome isn't he but he got
married that was unfortunate oh my i'd
be delighted if otani ever sees me i'm
excited for us but i'm excited for the
japanese people national treasure yeah i
like that
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all right for more otani live march
madness updates and more you can head to
cnn.com/sports to zamas everyone before
we go shout out to harris hillman school
in nashville tennessee and one dragon
we're showing some extra love to miss
edgar nominated by the nashville
predators as a future goal's most
valuable teacher finalist the program
celebrates exceptional teachers
nominated by nhl teams who use the game
of hockey to teach and inspire well done
and good luck miss edgar cue that friday
music nod air get your minds right
everyone remember that our thoughts have
a major influence on the type of day
we'll have those days determine how our
weeks will go those weeks become the
months that become the years that make
up our lives so think good thoughts make
it a great day you are more powerful
than you know i'm coy i'll see you next
week right here on cnn 10
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