Hi. I`m Carl Azuz for CNN 10.
On Friday night, the United States, the United Kingdom and France worked together to launch
military strikes on the Middle Eastern country of Syria.
Today`s show starts with an explanation of what happened and how people have reacted
to it in Syria and beyond.
The airstrikes were carried out from allied ships, fighter jets and bombers. They were
in response to an apparent chemical weapons attack
earlier this month. It killed dozens of people in the rebel held Syrian town of Douma. Britain,
France and the U.S. blamed the Syrian government
for the attacks. Syria and its ally Russia denied it.
The missiles launched on Friday were aimed at three specific sites, a scientific research
center in the Syrian capital of Damascus and two
chemical weapons facilities near the western Syrian city of Homs. The U.S. military called
the sites the heart of the Syrian chemical weapons program.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: The purpose of our actions tonight is to establish
a strong deterrent against the production, spread
and use of chemical weapons.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
AZUZ: And President Trump and the U.S. military say Friday`s mission was accomplished.
Russia says the strikes were against international law and that they`ll upset the, quote, political
settlement in the crisis in Syria. Iran,
another ally of Syria, called the strikes a major crime. Israel, an ally of the U.S.,
said it supported the airstrikes and that they enforced U.S.
policy not to allow chemical weapons attacks.
And the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says American remains locked and loaded to
strike if more chemical attacks are carried out.
There`s been some argument over how effective the strikes. The Syrian government says some
of the targeted sites weren`t damaged at all.
Satellite images provided by the U.S. military showed the opposite.
The Pentagon says every target was hit successfully. Russia, an ally of Syria, says most of the
missiles fired were intercepted by Syrian defense
system.
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NICK PATON WALSH, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: The Syrian regime keeps pumping
out the same propaganda message of effectively
resisting any moves against it. Certainly, during a meeting with Russian lawmakers, Bashar
al-Assad, suggested that in fact it was so Soviet era
legacy almost, Russian supplied anti-aircraft systems that defeated over a hundred state
of the art precision missiles launched by the U.S., U.K. and
France. Obviously, that might be hard to believe. Frankly, it was hard to believe that 70 of
the 100 or so, as Russia claimed, were taken out by
anti-aircraft missiles on the way.
The Pentagon has said none of their missiles were intercepted and in fact shown before
and after satellite imagery, on a commercial basis, showing
the damage done to the pre-selected facilities they chose to target.
But still, regardless of the truth of the matter here, this is about Damascus saying
they`ve really picked themselves up, dusted themselves down
and life is carrying on as normal. Another message Bashar al-Assad gave to those Russian
lawmakers was that we needed $14 billion to rebuild the
country, the parts of the country that have been destroyed by the Syrian civil war, the
Syrian civil war, much of the destruction of which his
military and backers have been behind.
So, Damascus really I think perhaps thinking they`ve dodged a bit of a blow here. It`s
unclear whether they`ve actually taken on board the message
that the use of chemical weapons will or leads to a Western response like this. It was comparatively
small amount of their infrastructure, but was
indeed targeted. But I`m showing Moscow and Tehran, they`re asking themselves whether
or not the last week frankly was worth it, and whether
that`s pressuring Bashar al Assad to again not use weapons of this sort.
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AZUZ (voice-over): Ten-second trivia:
Where would you find Grimaldi, Copernicus and the Sea of Clouds?
The Sistine Chapel, the Circuit de Monaco, the Orion Nebula or the moon?
These are all features of the moon, the Earth`s natural satellite.
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AZUZ: And that is our next stop today on CNN 10. To the moon!
Now, this here is what that satellite looks like in 4K, or ultra high definition resolution.
It comes to us courtesy of a NASA mission launched
in 2009 called the lunar reconnaissance orbiter mission. Its cost is an estimated $583 million.
Its goal is to make detailed maps of the moon.
So, this is a virtual tour. If you`ll kindly return your tray tables to their full upright
position and direct your attention through the window.
You`ll see what the terrain looks like on the moon, and you`ll get a pleasant glimpse
of the Orientale Basin which stretches about 580 miles
wide.
Our next point of interest is the Moon`s South Pole, which is believed to be significantly
colder than the Earth`s South Pole. In the years since
this mission was launched, it sent back some highly detailed views and led to what scientists
call some groundbreaking discoveries.
For instance, they believe the coldest spot in our solar system isn`t on the planetoid
formally known as the planet Pluto, but instead on the moon,
where temperatures can plunge to negative 415 degrees Fahrenheit. So, if humans set
off on the moon again, they won`t be able to grill out.
OK, back on earth. A CNN hero is helping others like her do something that their doctors never
thought would be possible. She`s helping them walk
again.
Amanda Boxtel says a bionic exoskeleton suit can cost $90,000. But the non-profit she started
has brought more than 60 people in her community the
ability to walk without the cost of the suit.
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AMANDA BOXTEL, CNN HERO: When I dream, I fly, and I have freedom I can`t get enough. And
if I wake from those flying magical places, there`s always
just this harsh reality of oh, you`re paralyzed.
Twenty-six years ago, I went out skiing and I remember I somersaulted and landed on my
back. And I knew in that instant that I was paralyzed. I was
so young, I felt like the mountain had robbed me the use of my legs. But I was determined
to show that I wasn`t going to give up so easily.
I had imagined myself being encased in an outer shell and walking upright, and then
I received a phone call that changed my life. I was invited to
test a prototype exoskeleton. I stood up and I walked for the first time in 18 years and
it was as if all of my dreams were burgeoning to life in
one upright powerful moment.
Right now, I have no pain, the exoskeleton takes away my pain.
This type of technology, it`s not easily accessible, it`s not affordable and I thought, we could
get a whole community up and walking with this
unit. Why not?
Bridging Bionics literally bridges mobility with bionic technology. We are truly giving
the gift of mobility for free or next to nothing, to help our
community get upright and walking gain.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Push back.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes.
BOXTEL: We have physical therapists that work one on one with our clients to customize program
geared to each neurological condition.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You don`t know how bad my legs needed this.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Before workout with Bridging Bionics, making a step by myself wasn`t a
possibility. But then after my muscle started working
together, in ways that they weren`t before, to the point where I set my goal to across
the stage for my graduation.
It helped to gain stuff back and be able to say this is my moment.
I race you to that door.
BOXTEL: This is the power of technology that everybody should have access to.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: That`s all you right there.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Good job.
BOXTEL: Life is not over when someone sustained a traumatic injury. Life goes on. It`s just
a little different. And that`s OK.
(END VIDOETAPE0
AZUZ: For 10 out of 10, some of the older turtles may have a look at this and think
this kid is a punk, but why judge the merry river turtle just
because he has green hair and spikes on his chin. He likes water and algae just like the
rest of them. In fact, it`s algae that builds up on the
heads of these reptiles to give them that mohawk.
Unfortunately, they`re endangered. Biologists say an exotic pet craze in the 1960s and `70s
greatly reduced their numbers. You can`t hear the
turtles remoaning (ph) about it, but the clash between them and people had a rants (ph) and
effect, creating more than a minor threat to them, but
they`re getting paramour attention now, thanks to the social distortion caused by their endangered
classification, giving their dissidents a better
change.
I`m Carl Azuz for CNN 10.
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