i`m carl azuz. thank you for taking 10 forcnn 10. we`re starting with the sweeping executiveorder by u.s. president donald trump. it reflects a very different governmental approach concerningthe environment than the one by former presidentbarack obama. he addressed what he characterized as a bipartisan challenge in 2013.
cnn stock market , and this is my plan to meet it -- a plan thatcut carbon pollution, a plan to protect our country from the impacts of climate change and a plan to leadthe world in a coordinated assault on a changing climate.
but the rules he put in place in order todo that are seen as a threat to the economy by president trump. the order he signed yesterday did away with many of those rules. with today`s executive action, i am takinghistoric steps to lift the restrictions on american energy, to reverse government intrusion andto cancel job-killing regulations. the white house says climate change is anissue that deserves attention, but that it can both protect the environment and providemore jobs. president trump says his order willbring back jobs in the fossil fuel industry.
but some environmental advocates say the newrules will endanger the environment and americans healthand that the order will harm clean energy jobs at the expense of allowing pollutersto profit. some of the new rules like allowing leasesfor coal-mining on government land will take effect right away. others open the door formore changes down the road. at least $87 million have been set aside forthe city of flint, michigan. it will go toward replacing flint`s water pipes. the old onesare made of iron and lead and that contributed to a majorproblem that started in 2014 when to save
money, the state of michigan switched flint`swater supply from lake huron to the flint river. the riverwater was more corrosive and it wasn`t treated properly, so it ate into the old pipes andbrought lead to the city`s residents, some of whom sufferedhealth problems after this happened. the water supply has since been switched backto lake huron and the $87 million settlement resolves just one of the civil lawsuits thathave been filed against state and city officials. somesee it as a victory for the residents. others say it`s not enough and they`re moving out,if they haven`t already.
because i wanted to serve my country and -- dominique absell is only 18, but his life-longdream for his future is dead. that was my dream to get to the army and nowi can`t -- the city he loves is now a source of anxiety,partly because of the water crisis and what has happened to his body since. i start like getting headaches and passingout, seizures. his family says doctors can`t point exactlywhy he began blacking out, sometimes several times a week. it means medically he can`tqualify for the army. he isn`t even allowed to drive.his blood tests show very low levels of lead,
convincing his mother the contaminants inflint`s water are to blame, but there`s no medical proof. you said you don`t know if it`s the water.what do you think it is? it has to be the water. he just stopped passingout because i just stopped cooking with the water. absell is one of the children who will inheritthe city of flint, a city that is now a shell of its former self. realtytrac estimates one in 14 homes has been abandoned.for three consecutive years ending in 2013, flint has had the most violent crimes percapita and about
40 percent of the residents live beneath thepoverty line. then came the decision by government officialsto save money by switching the water supply. it end up creating a major health hazard.the biggest potential harm -- hitting flint`s future generations,like 8-year-olds julian (ph) and nadia who play like children but speak in extremes about the water. what`s wrong with the water? they have lead in it and they have poisonin it because the pipes are dirty. do you know what lead does to people who drinklead?
kill people. at eight, they notice everything, like thenumber of times they`ve had to practice sheltering in place in case there`s a shooter, and the number of boarded up houses in their neighborhood.if it was up to them, their future won`t be in flint. and what about you? why would you leave flint? because this water is poisonous and if i drinkit, i go die. and i don`t want to die. nobody want to die. from eight to 18, many of flint`s childrenand their families worry the town is dying.
the burly, soft hearted young man beside himself because he truly believes he has nofuture at all. yesterday, the dow jones industrial average,an index of 30 significant u.s. stocks rose 151 points and broke an eight-day losing streak. it`s been six years since it had oneof those. the market did not lose a lot of value. it dropped a little relatively speakingeach day. but when a republican plan to replace obamacarefell through last week, investors got worried that president trump could have a hard timegetting his economic plans through congress.
you have to have perspective when you lookat stock prices. so, these eight days of losses have been the longest since 2011, but look at how far the markethas come since the election. you`ve seen about 2,300 points on the dow jones industrial averagesince election day. the nasdaq has done very, verywell. the s&p 500 up about 9 percent. so, all of this, again, the only story inthe markets is washington, trump`s legislative agenda, a pro-growth legislative agenda, manyon wall street are hoping for, and if that doesn`tlook like it`s going to start rolling out quickly, then i think you have a stall herein the markets.
that`s what we`ve seen over the last weekor so. ten-second trivia: a fluid that changes its behavior when it`sstressed is described as what? laminar, newtonian, non-newtonian or transonic. if a fluid is non-newtonian, it behaves differentlyunder stress than it does under normal circumstances. two examples of non-newtonian fluids, accordingto science learning hub, include cream, when you whip it, it gets thicker, and tomato sauce, when you shake or stir it, it gets runnier. there`s a gel called d3o that also behavesin a non-newtonian way. handle it slowly and
it stretches out like taffy but hit it witha hammers and it seems to harden and absorb shock. it`s beenaround since 1999. sprinter usain bolt has worn it in his shoes and its developers hopeit can be used to protect military troops and football players. but this orange good could change that. it`s quite widely known as the goo. it`s quite a (inaudible) experimentation. messy, sticky. it behaves in a different way.
so, this is a non-newtonian material. so,that means that when you knead it slowly, it`s very fluid and can flow very slowly,like a liquid. but when a stress is applied to it, so somethinglike an impact, the material instantly more viscous. so, yes, it`s more like a solid. obviously, you could just use this insideof protection by (inaudible). that`s the clever part, is incorporating this into somethingthat can be used as a product. in sports, one example is helmet for americanfootball, as to try to reduce the risk of concussions.
we have developed this particular material.it`s extremely softer. it has to be very comfortable when the athletes that put the helmet on.it has to work very well in decelerating the back whenbump against each other. we can definitely contribute toward protectingpeople, so they experience less injuries. it`s good to think that we could be doingour part to help. to two truths about cats. one, most of themcan swim if they`re feline like it. two, most don`t like water. and again, ferrill (ph) isn`t your typicalcat. this unusual animal apparently loves the water so much his family takes him tothe beach. and
it`s not just the way he seems to enjoy. ferrillis at home on the sand, in the sun, he even seems willing to help when his companionscome out of the water and get to work on construction.
see? he likes building sand cat-stles. i bethe`d like to go catboarding, maybe catoboarding (ph), play catoball (ph). you can take himfishing. for a cat who loves the beach, there are endlessforms of ameowsment. i`m carl azuz for cnn 10.
