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0:46 now. We begin in Flint, Michigan, where
0:48 the Environmental Protection Agency says
0:51 the water is now finally safe after more
0:53 than a decade since the city's historic
0:55 water crisis began. For their part,
0:57 though, residents disagree, saying
0:59 they're still dealing with contaminated
1:01 water and long-term health issues.
1:03 Imagine not being able to drink the
1:05 water from your faucet or take a shower
1:07 in your own home without being at a
1:10 health risk. Back in 2014, residents
1:13 noticed changes in their water's color,
1:14 smell, and taste after officials
1:16 switched the city's water supply to the
1:19 Flint River. Tests revealed the switch
1:21 was corroding the city's aging lead
1:23 pipes, exposing residents to dangerous
1:25 levels of lead. Lead exposure has been
1:28 linked to developmental delays in kids,
1:30 speech and behavioral issues, even brain
1:32 damage. The people who decided to stay
1:34 in Flint were left without clean water
1:37 for years, suffering from health issues
1:39 ranging from seizures to Legionnaire's
1:41 disease, a severe type of pneumonia
1:43 caused by drinking contaminated water.
1:45 We're American citizens and we should
1:47 not have to live like this. Our our kids
1:50 and our families have been poisoned.
1:51 They said the water you can you can
1:54 bathe and shower in tonight. That is a
1:56 lie. That is a lie. My eyes are burned.
1:58 I'm still infected by this stuff.
2:00 The EPA's announcement comes after years
2:02 of construction and renovation. Flint
2:04 was forced to replace thousands of pipes
2:07 as part of a landmark settlement. Now to
2:09 a story that might teach us how to think
2:11 like AI as opposed to just having AI
2:14 think for us. A big update for Chat GPT.
2:16 The parent company OpenAI wants to make
2:19 changes for students who choose to use
2:21 AI with a new feature called study mode.
2:23 This version, which launched this week,
2:25 won't just give you the answers. It's
2:27 designed to work with students, getting
2:29 them to use that brain power of their
2:31 own and discouraging and/or preventing
2:34 them from taking shortcuts. The bot
2:36 offers hints, prompts, and asks
2:38 open-ended questions to get students to
2:40 come to their own conclusions on any
2:42 given question. Think your new friendly
2:44 tutor with an expertise in pretty much
2:46 every topic under the sun. When a
2:48 student gets frustrated, which might be
2:50 inevitable, and wants chat GPT to just
2:52 spit out the correct answer, the AI will
2:54 try to deny. The company says it built
2:57 study mode as quote, "a first step in a
2:59 longer journey to improve learning in
3:01 chat GPT."
3:03 Pop quiz hot shot. What was the very
3:06 first toy to be advertised on TV?
3:08 Monopoly, Mr. Potato Head, Silly Putty,
3:17 Answer is Mr. Potato Head, which came
3:20 out in 1952. When it first launched, you
3:23 had to supply your own potato. In 1960,
3:25 Hasbro began including a plastic potato
3:28 for all those silly facial expressions.
3:30 It is hard to believe the holidays are
3:32 just 5 months away, but toy
3:34 manufacturers like Hasbro are already
3:36 sounding the alarm that their prices
3:40 could be much steeper by then. Why? CEOs
3:43 say 30% tariff or tax on China and 20%
3:46 tariff on Vietnam will impact their main
3:48 toy suppliers. The trickle down of those
3:51 rising expenses can hit small businesses
3:53 especially hard. CNN's Maya Blackstone
3:56 takes us inside one beloved toy shop in
3:58 New York City which is having to close
4:00 its doors this month.
4:04 It was utter chaos, frustration, fear,
4:06 and to be honest with you, real anger.
4:08 Jennifer Bergman is closing her toy
4:10 store, Westside Kids, in New York City,
4:13 after nearly 44 years in business. The
4:15 tariffs and the uncertainty around that
4:18 whole debacle really was the nail in the
4:20 coffin. It wore me out. And I looked at
4:22 my numbers in May and June. I was like,
4:24 I'm done. Can't do it. I cannot pay my bills.
4:26 bills.
4:28 When President Donald Trump took office,
4:30 he promised sweeping tariffs on items
4:32 shipped to the US. In April and July, he
4:34 rolled out specifics and many took
4:36 effect this summer. I think the tariffs
4:38 are going to be the greatest thing we've
4:40 ever done as a country. Uh it's going to
4:42 make our country rich again.
4:43 Could you talk about the impact that
4:45 tariffs have had on your store over the
4:47 last few months? It really freaked
4:49 people out. I was getting emails and
4:50 phone calls from vendors left and right
4:52 saying, "We're not bringing anything in
4:53 until this is over. We can't promise
4:55 that you're going to have stuff on your
4:56 shelves." My scooter vendor in April,
4:58 which is scooter season, called me up
5:00 and said, "We're rerouting two
5:02 containers to Canada until this blows
5:05 over." So, my scooters are literally $30
5:07 more than they were in February. And
5:08 that's a lot of money. Scooters are not
5:11 that expensive. I can't eat it. I have
5:12 to pass that on. I don't have those
5:14 kinds of margins. The uncertainty makes
5:16 it almost impossible to plan. You know,
5:18 a lot of vendors wanted you to place
5:19 orders before the tariffs went up. We
5:21 didn't have the money. None of us have
5:23 that money right now. Prices going up
5:25 means I can buy less. It doesn't mean
5:27 that I make more money. It's not the
5:29 manufacturer that pays for the tariff.
5:31 Tariffs are paid for by the American
5:33 people. The toy market is particularly
5:35 volatile because many toys are
5:38 manufactured overseas. What percent of
5:40 toys are Americanmade? They're very,
5:42 very few and far between. The toys from
5:44 Mars are well over 90% are made in
5:46 China. What do you say to somebody who
5:47 says, "Well, it's better to only buy
5:49 toys that are made in America." I have
5:51 some, but they just languish on the
5:52 shelf. I would love to have my store
5:55 full of these beautiful handmade toys
5:56 made in America, but first of all,
5:58 they're very expensive and it's not
6:00 really what my customers want and most
6:01 of them can't afford it. People want
6:03 Jenga, they want Connect 4, they want
6:05 Lego. I think that there's a fallacy
6:06 where people think that everything
6:08 that's made in China is junk. They don't
6:09 understand that some of the really good
6:11 quality, really beautiful toys that they
6:12 have on their shelves are made in China.
6:14 Also, the Trump administration believes
6:16 that tariffs will protect American
6:18 industries, reduce the trade deficit,
6:21 combat unfair trade practices, and
6:23 address national security concerns.
6:25 Yeah. Let's look at a game. This is
6:26 sequence. We sell a lot of them. It's
6:28 very popular. Made in China. Prices
6:30 don't go up that much in the toy
6:31 industry. I have toys that have been
6:33 sitting on my shelves for 20 years that
6:35 have maybe gone up two bucks. Did you
6:36 ever think that you were going to become
6:39 an economist thinking about all these tariffs?
6:39 tariffs?
6:41 No. I don't think anyone I know thinks I
6:43 feel that I would ever be an economist.
6:47 For CNN 10, Maya Blackstone, New York.
6:49 If you get queasy easily, you might want
6:51 to turn your head. Scientists are
6:52 bugging out over a stunning new
6:54 discovery down under. A team of
6:56 scientists in Australia say they have
6:59 discovered a giant new species of giant
7:01 stick insect and it could be the
7:03 heaviest bug ever recorded in the
7:06 country. The massive creepy crawler
7:09 dubbed Acrfila Alta was discovered in
7:10 the mountainous rainforest of
7:12 northeastern Australia. Scientists say
7:15 its distinct eggs helped it stick out
7:17 and allowed them to identify it as a new
7:20 species. It clocks in at more than 15 in
7:22 long and weighs about as much as a golf
7:25 ball. That's a whole lot of bug. The
7:26 massive earthquake that rocked the
7:28 Pacific last week may also be
7:30 responsible for an explosive encore.
7:32 That quake, the sixth strongest ever
7:34 recorded, struck Russia's remote Far
7:36 East region, triggering tsunami warmings
7:39 from Japan to San Francisco. And
7:41 scientists say it's also likely
7:43 responsible for this. A massive volcano
7:46 in the same region, erupting for the
7:48 first time in 600 years. The surreal
7:50 scene looks like something out of a
7:53 movie. An ash plume nearly 4 miles tall,
7:55 rising into the sky from the 6,000 ft
7:58 peak. Officials say that cloud is now
8:00 headed out to sea. And luckily, there
8:03 are no populated areas in its path. [Applause]
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8:10 Today's story getting a 10 out of 10. A
8:12 12-year-old swimmer competing against
8:14 Olympians. Chinese phenom UZD made
8:16 history last week, becoming the youngest
8:18 ever medalist at the World Aquatics
8:21 Championships in Singapore. At just 12
8:24 years old, she was part of China's 4x200
8:26 meter freestyle relay team, which took
8:28 bronze. youngest person to medal at a
8:30 major international competition since
8:34 1936. Her times have been so fast they
8:35 allowed her to compete at the
8:36 championships. Even though the minimum
8:39 age requirement had been 14, she started
8:41 swimming at just 6 years old just as a
8:44 way to beat the heat back in her home of
8:46 Hab Province. But she decided to give
8:48 competitive swimming a shot when a coach
8:50 brought it up to her. Swim sensational.
8:52 Time now for our best part of the show,
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9:26 it an awesome weekend, everyone. I'm Koi
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