Hello, sunshine. Rise up!
Welcome to CNN 10 for Tuesday, March 13th.
I'm Coy Wire, here to help you fuel your mind with the latest news from around the world.
Heat pressure and time.
The three things that make a waffle also make diamonds.
So let's crank up the heat, push through the pressure, and shine bright.
Your 10 minutes of news starts now.
We begin today with a breakthrough in trade talks between the United States and China.
The two countries are cooling down a trade war by agreeing to a big rollback in tariffs on each other's products for an initial 90 -day period.
Tariffs are a tax placed on items that are imported or exported from one country to another.
When President Donald Trump raised tariffs earlier this year, the two countries went back and forth imposing higher rates on each other's goods.
US tariffs went to a whopping 145 % on Chinese goods, but now the US agreed to temporarily lower them to 30%.
China agreed to cut its tariffs on American imports from 125 % to 10%.
The announcement comes after a marathon weekend of negotiations in Switzerland with officials from the two largest economies in the world quickly reaching a deal.
Officials have been at a stalemate since the trade war escalated.
The deal, even if temporary, is a major relief to American businesses who would have seen their profits decrease.
It could also mean major relief to consumers who would have seen the high costs of tariffs passed onto them impacting their wallets.
It's the U .S. businesses importing the goods, not the foreign companies who have to pay the taxes to the federal government for the products they import.
Now to a major presidential gift that's raising some eyebrows.
Over the weekend, President Donald Trump said the Defense Department plans to accept a $400 million jet from the government of Qatar.
The luxury Boeing jet would replace Air Force One while Trump is in office, the plan is to then donate it to Trump's Presidential Library when his term is over, it had essentially become a very expensive Presidential relic of sorts.
The President said he would not fly it for personal use, the gift would be the most valuable gift ever given to the US government from a foreign power and is raising legal national security and ethical questions, nonetheless.
Normally gifts to US presidents from foreign governments require approval by Congress and are subject to specific rules.
Qatari officials have confirmed that the gift is a government -to -government transaction, not a personal one.
Attorney General Pam Bondi said the gift was, quote, legally permissible.
The Defense Department will still need to spend millions to retrofit the plane with security features and modifications so it can be used as Air Force One.
The CIA and National Security Agency will also have to diligently search the plane for any kind of tracking or surveillance devices.
But upgrading the Air Force One aircraft has been a longtime priority for President Trump.
Our Tom Foreman takes us through that history.
He's hardly the first to oversee changes.
President Eisenhower returns to Washington.
The president's plane, called Air Force One since the 1950s has experienced many upgrades and modifications and once featured a gaudy orange front, but when John and Jackie Kennedy proposed a new design in the early 60s, it stuck.
Air Force One has looked like this ever since.
The flying White House in times of conflict, confusion and more.
A worldwide symbol of presidential stability and power, in fact and fiction.
Get off my plane. For all that, an official close to the project tells CNN Trump has been deeply involved in the new design.
There was a 22 -hour flight, you think that's fun?
That's not even fun in Air Force One.
Nothing appears set in stone yet but while ten other presidents have left Air Force One largely as they found it, this one seems intent on leaving his mark.
Did you know the US president used to crews around in a yacht.
Before Air Force One, the U .S. government owned the USS Sequoyah, which hosted nine presidents — from Herbert Hoover to Jimmy Carter.
From 1931 to 1977, the floating White House, so to speak, was a venue for official events and social events too.
It hosted gatherings for some major moments in history, like discussions over the atomic bomb, civil rights and the Vietnam War.
It hosted John F. Kennedy's last birthday celebration before his assassination in 1963.
but in 1977 President Jimmy Carter decided to sell the yacht to reduce government spending and have a less extravagant presidency.
Ten years later the vessel was designated a National Historic Landmark.
The more you know. Pop quiz!
Hot Shot. The largest hailstone ever measured was roughly the size of what?
Tea cup, softball, kickball, or grapefruit.
if you said kickball put a foot up!
in 2015 a hailstorm in south dakota produced a two pound hailstone measuring eight inches in diameter hail forms when raindrops are whisked back up to the extremely cold higher altitudes by a thunderstorm's rising air currents that's where they freeze and eventually become heavy enough to fall back to earth hopefully not in your dome large hailstorms have swept across the southern us including tennessee north carolina and arizona over the past two weeks.
Despite summer being just a month away, some residents reported their shock to seeing frozen ice falling from the sky, including into their pool like this one in Arizona.
Flow visibility and damage from the chunks of hail were reported in several states.
Well, an icy storm so close to summer may seem odd.
Weather data shows that May is actually the most common month for hail storms, according to the National Weather Service.
Now to a potential breakthrough in how to brew coffee.
Actually more specifically, how to pour coffee in a way that saves money.
With the price of coffee beans spiking because of trade taxes and a shorter supply of beans due to climate issues, a new way to save some beans is making some folks perk up.
The ubiquitous breakfast brew was recently the focus of a scientific study at the University of Pennsylvania where researchers used physics to figure out a way to pour a quality cup using fewer beans.
Turns out it's all about fluid dynamics.
What happens when boiling water meets coffee grounds at the perfect speed from the perfect height?
My CNN team wanted me to put it to the test, so I did.
The need for coffee is real, but with increasing prices and the climate crisis threatening the trees and shrubs, there's got to be a better way to create a strong cup of coffee using fewer beans.
There is. Ow! What's up, Jackie?
Business and fluid mechanics experts at the University of Pennsylvania did a study on exactly this.
Now their research focused on pour over coffee so you're going to need a pour over coffee kit.
That includes a coffee dripper, a filter, a coffee grinder and a gooseneck kettle.
Good luck! Appreciate ya.
Well alright, let's get to it.
Boil the water, check.
Alright, pro coffee maker tips so I'm told, you put the dry filter in and you wet the filter first to get that paper taste off of the paper.
Dump that water out, filter back in.
Next up, load the grinds in the filter and we're gonna use a little bit less grinds than we typically would.
Now to the technical part.
I'm supposed to pour this hot water from 30 centimeters high, aka 11 .8 inches.
And producer Tiffany, always producing, has a tape measure for us, so here we go.
Researchers say that pouring from this height creates an avalanche of sorts within the ground as you're pouring.
I can't pour too fast, cause I am not gonna slurp coffee off of this counter.
Maybe I would. but not too slowly.
Otherwise you might break the stream and it won't be able to mix correctly.
Noted. All right, looks ready, smells ready.
Now for the moment of truth.
Here we go. She deserves it.
Not sure what that look was.
I guess I'm gonna have to pour myself another cup here and let's see.
That is a strong cup of coffee, using fewer beans.
Researchers say you have to practice at home so you don't make a mess and you perfect that perfect pour, but that's a small price to pay for making the world a better place.
time. Today's story getting a 10 out of 10.
A young man who reminds us that you can find strength through your struggles.
Virginia Union University Student Jaden Pikeit thought he might never walk again.
After a tragic traffic incident.
Let alone the graduation stage a month later.
But Jaden never gave up hope.
And in that hope he found the inspiration and determination to find a way here's part of his incredible story.
I'm thrilled. I'm excited for myself.
After just 2 weeks at the Sheltering Arms Institute at VCU, he was introduced to the exoskeleton, a wearable robotic device.
I really got motivated and determined to just keep getting up, use the XO every day I can and just getting comfortable being in it.
He saw a video of another grad crossing the stage with one and was determined to make that his reality in the span of just a few months.
Graduating college is not easy and going through rehabilitation after a spinal cord injury is not easy.
Doing both at the same time is impressive and it's a testament to how hard he works and his overall work ethic.
Rise up no matter who you are or what you're going through.
Remember that You are more powerful than you know, and you just may be the inspiration others need All right tomorrow is hashtag your word Wednesday So follow me at koi wire in the socials put your unique vocabulary word in the comment section on my most recent post with the definition Put your school your teachers name mascot if you like And we're gonna choose one winner to work into tomorrow show today's shout -out is going to The Eden wall school in Pleasantville, New York.
We see all their hard work.
We see you Eden walt eagles keep soaring high, baby That's all we have time for for now.
Let's focus on the details today Dominate the details.
Remember how you do the little things is that determines how well be prepared you'll be for the biggest moments in life I'm koi wire and we are CNN 10
