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Debate Night in America; Environmental Threat in the Red Sea That Officials Are Racing to Salvage; CNN Hero Bettering The Lives of People Who Share The Same Inherited Disease That She Has. Aired 4-4:10a ET
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COY WIRE, CNN 10 ANCHOR: Hello everyone, let`s get our energy up and start this day off right. I`m Coy Wire. This is CNN 10, where I tell you the
what, letting you decide what to think.
Tomorrow`s #YourWordWednesday. Your word can make it in the show and boost our vocabulary. Submit your word and definition in the comment section on
my most recent post @coywire on Instagram, TikTok, put your school, city, state, and teacher`s name in there too. Let`s rise up.
Now tonight is a huge night in the U.S. for politics. The first presidential debate between Democratic candidate Vice President Kamala
Harris and Republican candidate former President Donald Trump.
It`s a 90-minute debate taking place in Philadelphia, and it comes with some interesting rules, including no pre-written notes allowed on stage,
though they can have a pen to take notes during the debate. The candidate`s staff members are not allowed to interact with them during commercial
breaks, and there will be no interrupting the other candidate. When one candidate is speaking, the other`s microphone will be muted.
Former President Trump won a coin toss and chose to give the last closing statement. The debate will be hosted by CBS, but you can watch this special
event live on CNN tonight at 9 Eastern.
Now, this was supposed to be the second debate between former President Trump and President Joe Biden, but that all changed in July when President
Biden announced he was suspending his campaign and Vice President Harris became the Democratic Party`s presidential nominee.
Our Brian Todd takes a closer look at how it all came to be, and how debates like tonight`s can provide defining moments that can determine who
eventually becomes the next President of the United States.
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JOE BIDEN, (D) U.S. PRESIDENT: I`ve been proposing that everybody, they pay -- the millionaires pay 1%.
BRIAN TODD, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It was the debate performance that changed the dynamic of this race, ultimately ending President Biden`s
candidacy for re-election.
BIDEN: For what I`ve been able to do with the COVID, excuse me, with dealing with everything we have to do with, look, if we finally beat
Medicare.
TODD: Biden, after a disastrous debate, leaving top Democrats looking for a way to get him out of the race, or openly questioning his fitness for
office.
From Biden to Nixon, a period spanning more than 60 years, fraught moments in debates have often been decisive. September 1960, in the very first
televised presidential debate, Richard Nixon, who was ill, was visibly sweating, while his opponent, John F. Kennedy, looked youthful and
composed.
TIM NAFTALI, CNN PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN: When the two were viewed side-by- side, and you asked yourself, who would you -- whose finger would you like to be on the nuclear button? It became clear you didn`t want the sweaty guy
from California.
TODD: In the vice-presidential debate in 1988, Dan Quayle characterized himself as a Republican version of a young John Kennedy, which teed up his
opponent, Lloyd Benson, perfectly.
LLOYD BENSON (D), FORMER VICE-PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you`re no Jack Kennedy.
TODD: There were the wordless missteps, the body language gaffes. At a debate in 2000, Al Gore audibly sighs.
GEORGE W. BUSH, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: There`s differences --
(AL GORE SIGHS)
TODD (voice-over): And in another debate that year, Gore gets a little too close to George W. Bush onstage.
LAURA BARRON-LOPEZ, CNN POLITICAL ANALYST: Any little tick or habit that a candidate may have is something that voters could seize on, and it could
change the way they view the candidate.
TODD (on camera): Analyst Hans Nichols believes, if the September 10 event is the only debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, there will be
more pressure on both of them to perform well at that debate and to not mess up.
Of the two, Nichols believes there`s more overall pressure on Vice President Harris, because she`s had fewer unscripted moments recently.
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WIRE: Pop quiz, hot shot. The Red Sea is part of which ocean?
Pacific, Atlantic, Indian or Arctic?
Put your hands up if you said Red Sea, it`s an inlet of the Indian Ocean and sits between Africa and Asia.
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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Newly declassified video of a Greek tanker called the Sounion shows it burning after being attacked by Yemeni Houthi rebels. A
U.S. defense official tells CNN it is still burning in the Red Sea after being attacked on August 21st. The tanker is carrying one million barrels
of crude oil and Pentagon officials warn of an environmental catastrophe.
While the fires have not yet reached the barrels, U.S. officials say the vessel appears to be leaking either fuel or engine oil into the busy
waterway. The 25-person crew was rescued following the attack, but attempts to salvage the tanker have so far been unsuccessful.
The Houthis attack on the Sounion is part of a months-long campaign against commercial ships along this route. The Iran-backed militants say it`s in
response to the Israeli offensive in Gaza.
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WIRE: Next, it`s time to get you some newsworthy inspiration for the day. We`re taking a look at a CNN hero helping others affected by a disease she
has herself, sickle cell anemia. Sickle cell disease is an inherited disorder that affects hemoglobin, the major protein that carries oxygen in
red blood cells.
More than 100,000 people have it in the U.S. alone, millions worldwide. Since there`s no cure for sickle cell, this CNN hero is helping thousands
of other sickle cell patients get the medical care they need to lead fulfilling lives.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
LEA KILENGA, CNN HERO: I was diagnosed with sickle cell at six months of age. Sickle cell disease changes the shape of the round red blood cells
into sickle-shaped red cells, causing severe pain, limiting the oxygen circulation to your organs. It wreaks a lot of havoc in the body. The
disease has so much stigma.
In Kenya, health care is decentralized to the county governments. In 2017, I made a decision to go back to my home county, Taita-Taveta, to solve
sickle cell in Kenya.
Taita-Taveta has an alarming rate of sickle cell disease. Access to care for sickle cell is very far away, and the government has very little
resources.
We are solving sickle cell in a holistic way. We are looking at the basic access to care. We`re also looking at the individual.
(Through translation) how are you guys?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translation): Hi ma`am. We are good.
KILENGA: We have household visits where we assess their vulnerability status.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translation): Body pain and muscle pain.
KILENGA: If it`s good, if it`s water, if it`s mental health supports, or if it`s just education, we can plug those holes. And also, engage them in
social and economic activities that give them an income to sustain the nutritional levels in the home or support their lives in one way or
another.
(Through translation) In areas prone to malaria, this disease is also there. You understand?
It`s a very particular burden to live with sickle cell and to try and solve sickle cell for others in an environment where you have very little
resources and you`re making it up as you go.
I am happy to be here. I`m happy to be alive at this age to do this, where I was told that I will not live beyond my eighth birthday.
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WIRE: Our story getting a 10 out of 10 today. Do not be fooled. These tasty treats are so good, they might be better than the real thing.
Bakers at Camp Humphreys, a U.S. Army base in South Korea, say they have the legit recipe for Krispy Kreme doughnuts, and they are using it to give
troops a taste of home. They did a taste test, and folks found them to be a glazing. I`m not sugarcoating this.
They said the Krispy Kreme dupes were better than the local doughnuts, a whole lot sweeter. And listen to this. Everything they dough, they dough
for the troops.
Military officials said giving troops authentic American taste while they`re away gives them a joy, and that makes focusing on their work a lot
easier. So doughnuts at work or school are a good thing.
Our shout out today is going to Cashman Middle School, Las Vegas Valley, Nevada. Rise up, Cougars. Here`s to all you moving through the week with
good energy needed to make it great. Have some fun today.
Challenge someone to a tongue twister Tuesday. Red leather, yellow leather. Five times real fast.
Red leather, yellow leather, red leather, yellow leather, red leather, yellow leather. You get it. Give it a shot, y`all, and I`ll see you right
back here tomorrow on CNN 10.
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