A National Day of Remembrance | September 11, 2024

Summary

This edition of CNN 10 covers SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission, a civilian spacewalk beyond Earth's low orbit. It also addresses the Gulf Coast's preparation for Tropical Storm Francine, the ongoing wildfires in the western US, and commemorates the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks with reflections on the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. The segment concludes with a focus on National Literacy Month, featuring impactful books recommended by CNN staff and a vocabulary word, 'flummoxed', from a student submission.

Takeaways

• 🚀 SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission launched, marking a first-of-its-kind civilian space journey beyond Earth's low orbit.
• ⏱ The mission's life support is limited to five or six days due to the oxygen demands of conducting a spacewalk.
• 🌀 The Gulf Coast prepares for Tropical Storm Francine, which could escalate to a Category 2 hurricane, causing significant damage.
• 🔥 Over 60 large wildfires are active in the western US, with fires in California, Idaho, and Nevada being particularly concerning.
• 🏙️ It's the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, a day of remembrance and service across the United States.
• 🏛️ The 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York, built underground at the World Trade Center's footprint, commemorates the tragedy with exhibits and personal stories.
• 📚 September is National Literacy Month, emphasizing the importance of reading and writing in personal and societal development.
• 📖 CNN personalities share influential books from their lives, highlighting the power of literature in shaping perspectives and experiences.
• 🎈 The Great Reno Balloon Race featured up to 100 hot air balloons, attracting over 150,000 spectators to the event.
• 📚 The vocabulary word 'flabbergasted', meaning bewildered or perplexed, was submitted by a student, showcasing audience engagement with the program.

Q & A

What is the main focus of the 'Polaris Dawn' mission launched by SpaceX?

The 'Polaris Dawn' mission is focused on a bold and risky trek beyond Earth's low orbit and into outer space, with a four-person civilian crew. They aim to quickly pass the Van Allen radiation belts, which hasn't been done by humans since the Apollo space program in the 1970s, and conduct the first commercial spacewalk.

How long does the 'Polaris Dawn' mission have life support for in space?

The 'Polaris Dawn' mission has enough life support for five or six days in space due to the major drain on oxygen supplies that comes with conducting a spacewalk.

What is the status of Tropical Storm Francine mentioned in the script?

Tropical Storm Francine is quickly nearing hurricane status and could strengthen to a category 2 storm by landfall. It poses a threat of causing damage to homes and widespread power outages.

Which areas in the US are bracing for the impact of Tropical Storm Francine?

Communities in Louisiana and Texas are preparing for the storm's predicted flooding, powerful winds, and storm surge.

How many active large wildfires have been reported in the western US, and what are the consequences?

Over 60 active large wildfires have burned more than 2 million acres of land in the western US. The consequences include evacuations, destruction of homes and businesses, power outages, and closed schools.

What significant date does the script mention as being on September 11th?

September 11th marks the 23rd anniversary of the terrorist attacks on American soil, where nearly 3,000 people were killed in coordinated attacks by the al-Qaeda terrorist group.

What is the significance of the 9/11 Memorial and Museum located in New York?

The 9/11 Memorial and Museum is significant as it sits in the original location of the World Trade Center towers. It serves as a place of remembrance and reflection for those who lost their lives during the tragic events of September 11th.

What is the controversy surrounding the exhibit about the terrorists at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum?

The controversy revolves around a film in the exhibit that has been criticized for not making a clear enough distinction between Islam and Al-Qaeda, leading to concerns that it might wrongly indict an entire religion.

Why is September designated as National Literacy Month?

September is designated as National Literacy Month to recognize the importance of literacy, with the belief that knowledge and wisdom gained through reading and writing can empower individuals and society.

What books did the CNN colleagues mention that had a significant impact on their lives?

The CNN colleagues mentioned several books that had a significant impact on their lives, including 'Where the Sidewalk Ends' by Shel Silverstein, 'The Outcast' by Paola Cavalieri, 'Siddhartha' by Hermann Hesse, 'Where the Red Fern Grows' by Wilson Rawls, and 'The Sense of Where You Are' by John McPhee.

What is the Great Reno Balloon Race, as mentioned in the script?

The Great Reno Balloon Race is one of the biggest hot air balloon festivals in the country, featuring up to about 100 hot air balloons and attracting over 150,000 spectators.

Outlines

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🚀 Space Exploration and Earthly Challenges

The script begins with a news segment hosted by KY Wire on CNN 10, focusing on current events. The first story covers SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission, which launched despite delays, taking a civilian crew beyond Earth's low orbit. The mission aims to pass the Van Allen radiation belts, a feat not achieved since the Apollo program, and conduct the first commercial spacewalk. The mission's time-sensitive nature is emphasized due to the life support system's limited duration. The script then shifts to Earth, discussing the Gulf Coast's preparation for Tropical Storm Francine, which is nearing hurricane status. The impact of such a storm includes potential damage to homes and power outages. The segment also addresses the western U.S. wildfires, which have burned over 2 million acres, causing evacuations and destruction. A somber note is struck with the mention of the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, detailing the commemorative events and the 9/11 Memorial Museum's significance. The museum's exhibits, including the Survivor Stairs and the In Memoriam room, are described, along with the controversy surrounding the terrorists' exhibit. The paragraph concludes with a reflection on resilience and remembrance.

05:00

📚 National Literacy Month and 9/11 Remembrance

The second paragraph continues the news segment by highlighting National Literacy Month in September, emphasizing the importance of reading and writing. CNN colleagues share books that influenced their lives, such as 'Where the Sidewalk Ends' by Shel Silverstein, 'The Out List', 'Siddhartha' by Hermann Hesse, and 'Where the Red Fern Grows' by Wilson Rawls. Each book is tied to personal growth, wisdom, and emotional impact. The segment also touches on the Great Reno Balloon Race, a significant hot air balloon festival, and the vocabulary word 'flabbergasted', submitted by a student. The script concludes with a shout-out to the Environmental Charter School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and a teaser for the next day's CNN 10 broadcast.

Keywords

💡SpaceX

SpaceX is a private aerospace manufacturer and space transportation company founded by Elon Musk. It has been a pioneer in the field of commercial space exploration. In the video, SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission is highlighted, which is a significant event as it involves a civilian crew embarking on a journey beyond Earth's low orbit, showcasing the company's role in advancing space travel.

💡Van Allen radiation belts

The Van Allen radiation belts are zones of energetic charged particles, held in place by Earth's magnetic field. They pose a significant radiation risk to spacecraft and astronauts. The script mentions that the Polaris Dawn mission will quickly pass these belts, emphasizing the mission's boldness and the technological challenges faced by the crew.

💡Tropical storm Francine

Tropical storms are a type of cyclone that forms over warm ocean waters and can lead to severe weather conditions. In the script, Francine is highlighted as a looming threat to the Gulf Coast, illustrating the video's focus on current and pressing weather-related events that impact human life and infrastructure.

💡Wildfires

Wildfires are uncontrolled fires in wildland areas, often caused by natural events or human activities. The video discusses the ongoing wildfires in the western US, particularly in California, Idaho, and Nevada, which have caused significant destruction and evacuations, highlighting the video's coverage of natural disasters and their consequences.

💡September 11th attacks

The September 11th attacks refer to the series of coordinated terrorist attacks by the group Al-Qaeda against the United States on September 11, 2001. The video commemorates the anniversary of these attacks, discussing the impact on American soil and the memorial events that take place to honor the victims, reflecting the video's role in acknowledging historical tragedies.

💡National Day of Service and Remembrance

This is a day designated for volunteer service and remembrance in the United States, observed annually on September 11th. The video mentions this day in the context of commemorating the 9/11 attacks, showing how the nation comes together to remember and serve in honor of those who were lost.

💡9/11 Memorial Museum

The 9/11 Memorial Museum is a tribute to the victims of the September 11 attacks and is located at the World Trade Center site. The video describes the museum's exhibits and its significance, emphasizing the narrative of remembrance and the educational role it plays in preserving the history of the attacks.

💡National literacy month

National literacy month is observed in September to raise awareness about the importance of literacy and to encourage reading and writing. The video discusses this initiative, tying it to the broader theme of education and personal growth, and features recommendations of influential books from CNN colleagues.

💡Hot air balloons

Hot air balloons are aircraft that use heated air to rise and float. The video mentions the Great Reno Balloon Race, which is one of the largest hot air balloon festivals, to illustrate a lighter, more celebratory event that contrasts with the other serious topics covered in the video.

💡Vocabulary word of the day

This segment of the video introduces a new word to the audience, 'flx', which means bewildered or perplexed. It serves as an educational component of the video, aiming to enrich the viewers' vocabulary and understanding of the English language.

Highlights

SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission launches, marking a first-of-its-kind civilian crewed journey into outer space.

The crew will pass the Van Allen radiation belts, a feat not achieved since the Apollo program.

The mission plans the first commercial spacewalk, with critical timing due to life support limitations.

Tropical Storm Francine nears the Gulf Coast, potentially escalating to a category 2 hurricane.

Preparations in Louisiana and Texas include a statewide emergency declaration ahead of Francine's landfall.

Over 60 large wildfires in the western US have burned more than 2 million acres, prompting evacuations and causing destruction.

The 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks is marked with memorial ceremonies and volunteer events across the country.

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are scheduled to visit the sites of the 9/11 attacks.

The 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York features exhibits that recount the stories of survival and loss from the attacks.

A controversial exhibit in the museum focuses on the terrorists, aiming to distinguish between Islam and Al-Qaeda.

September is recognized as National Literacy Month, emphasizing the importance of reading and writing.

CNN colleagues share the books that had a significant impact on their lives, including 'Where the Sidewalk Ends' and 'Siddhartha'.

The Great Reno Balloon Race features up to 100 hot air balloons, attracting over 150,000 spectators.

Lola High School in Kansas submitted the vocabulary word 'flabbergasted', meaning bewildered or perplexed.

Today's shout out goes to Environmental Charter School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on the CNN 10 YouTube page.

Transcripts

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hello and welcome to your word Wednesday

I'm KY wire this is CNN 10 the best 10

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going to zip you through some of the top

news stories of the day there's not a

lot of time to do it so let's get to it

we start with your headlines starting

with a firstof its kind liftoff to outer

space spacex's latest mission Polaris

Dawn launched on Tuesday after a series

of delays the four-person civilian crew

is on a bold and risky Trek beyond

Earth's low orbit and into outer space

they'll have to quickly pass the Van

Allen radiation belts which hasn't been

done by humans since the Apollo space

program in the

1970s then they plan to one up that feat

by conducting the first commercial

spacewalk timing is absolutely critical

here the Polaris Dawn Mission only has

enough life support for five or six days

in space because of the major drain on

oxygen supplies that comes with carrying

out a spacewalk next back here on Earth

the Gulf Coast is bracing for tropical

storm Francine the storm is quickly

nearing hurricane status and could

strengthen to a category 2 storm by

landfall today a hurricane of that

strength can do a lot of damage to homes

and cause widespread power outages

earlier in the week communities in

Louisiana and Texas took preparations

for the storm's predicted flooding

powerful winds and storm surge

Louisiana's governor even issued a

Statewide emergency declaration ahead of

Francine's arrival and in the western us

officials say more than 60 active large

wildfires have burned more than 2

million acres of land there blazes in

California Idaho and Nevada are

especially alarming where flames and

record Heat have prompted evacuations

and caused the destruction of several

homes and businesses those who haven't

had to evacuate are dealing with power

outages and closed schools as

firefighters in the air and on the

ground work to contain the

blazes this Justin you were looking at

obviously a very disturbing live shot

there that is the World Trade Center and

we have unconfirmed reports this morning

that a plane has crashed into one of the

towers of the World Trade Center CNN

Center right now is just beginning to

work on this story obviously calling our

sources and trying to figure out exactly

what happened but clearly something

relatively devastating happening this

morning there on the south end of the

island of Manhattan that is once again a

picture of one of the towers of the

World Trade

Center today is Wednesday September 11th

and it marks the 23rd anniversary of the

attacks on American soil the day caused

chaos Terror and death when the alqaeda

terrorist group carried out coordinated

attacks against America nearly 3,000

people were killed when terrorists flew

commercial airplanes into the World

Trade Center in New York City the

Pentagon in Washington DC and a field in

Shanksville Pennsylvania now Wednesday

on the anniversary of the worst

terrorist attack on us soil President

Joe Biden and vice president kamla

Harris are scheduled to visit three

sites of those attacks now considered a

national day of service and Remembrance

September 11th Memorial ceremonies and

volunteer events will be held in

communities across the country as the

nation pauses to reflect and remember

those who lost their lives on that

tragic day in New York a 911 memorial

and Museum now sit in the original

location of the World Trade Center

towers CNN went inside that museum as it

was opening the museum is built almost

entirely underground some 70 ft down it

sits in the precise footprint of the

World Trade Center so this is exactly

where the south tower started and went

up 1350 ft a striking display of the

sheer scale of the destruction with

poignant reminders of the tragedy at

every turn visitors will also walk

alongside the Survivor stairs used by

hundreds of people as the buildings are

crumbling um running from the dust cloud

to escape to safety and uh it's for all

our visitors to understand the Story of

Survival and likely one of the most

emotional stops in the museum this art

installation mimics the blue sky on that

fateful morning behind it the still

unidentified remains of 9/11 victims the

move met with mixed emotion from their

families right next door a room

dedicated to the lives of those lost

exactly that room um is an area called

in memorium and it's a photographic

portrait of each and every one of the

2,983 victims you see pictures a a

father coaching his son's Little League

team a wedding you see the lives that

were that were lost that day and not

just about how they died it's who these

people were throughout the museum

chilling reminders of the day handmade

flyers for the missing a cross emerging

from the wreckage everyday items simply

left behind we help through these

artifacts and images tell that story of

just it was panic and while the museum

is vast one small exhibit has been the

biggest source of controversy its focus

the terrorists themselves including a

film criticized for not making a clear

enough distinction between Islam and

Al-Qaeda there's been a lot of criticism

why give any time to the terrorists you

know it's it's one way to look at it is

you don't build a holocaust museum and

not be very clear uh that the Nazis were

the ones who committed those atrocities

Al-Qaeda was an extremist terrorist

group um but no one will come through

this exhibit and in any way think that

we are indicting um an entire religion

which we in no way are it seems very

appropriate that you end here at the

last column and it's again goes right

back to resiliency seeing those messages

of Hope and Remembrance on this very

tall column that's still standing

strong that's powerful stuff now

September did you know is also National

literacy month there is power in

knowledge it's why we aim to learn so we

can be a little better each day than we

were the day before and the strength

behind that power starts with reading

and writing which is why September is

dedicated to recognizing the importance

of literacy to celebrate National

literacy month a few of my CNN

colleagues are sharing the books that

made a huge impact on their

lives well I had two favorite books one

was a collection of poetry Where the

Sidewalk Ends by shell Silverstein I had

a bit of a speech impediment when I grew

up and so it helped me to perfect my

addiction a lot and it was just fun

tales and gave you encouragement and I

loved it the other one was a book called

The out alist by Pao quo it translates

at every stage in your life looking for

meaning in your personal Journey well my

favorite book growing up uh is a pretty

obvious one for me it was sedara by

Herman Hessa the big takeaway was that

knowledge is something that can be

taught but wisdom is something that has

to be experienced I give this book to a

lot of high school students even today

when they're graduating from high school

or even earlier because it had such a

profound impact on me the first time I

ever cried in front of all my middle

school classmates uh was thanks to a

novel called Where the Red Fern Grows by

Wilson rolls and to be fair everybody

was crying it is a beautiful story of a

boy and his two redbone [ __ ] hounds

growing up in the Ozarks it shaped the

way I think about Wildlife our

relationship with nature and each other

this book really changed my life it's

called the sense of where you are by

John MC the best writer in my view

biased uh of all time and the writing in

this book was quite literally what made

me want to be a writer yes it was a

sports book about a famous basketball

player Hall of Famer Bill Bradley but

how John MC wrote and how he was able to

almost force a picture into your brain

it felt like you almost watching TV

while you were reading the book what is

my favorite ya

book Rick Riordan I mean come on you

cannot

read ya today without looking at Percy

Jackson and anything that Rick rordon do

so I really love the Chalice of the Gods

even though this is a story written for

the teens you know twins I found it to

be truly one of those books that even

adults can truly truly

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love our story today getting a 10 out of

10 is a ballon full site if you were

passing through or over Reno over the

weekend you may have been flumix by what

you saw if you didn't know what was

happening the great Reno balloon race

had up to about a 100 hot air balloons

rising to the occasion one of the

biggest hot air balloon festivals in the

country more than 150,000 Spectators

were on Cloud9 watching these durables

take off congrats to Lola High School in

Kansas for submitting our vocabulary

word of the day flx an adjective mean

bewildered or perplexed I see you

Madison thanks for all the submission

and thanks for all the shout out

requests on our cnn1 YouTube page

today's shout out goes to environmental

Charter School in Pittsburgh

Pennsylvania go Hawks rise up everyone

I'll see you right back here tomorrow on

CNN 10

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