The return of space tourism

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[Music] [Applause] what's up everybody it's your boy Koy here time to fuel our minds this terrific Tuesday but man what a Bittersweet week summertime is almost upon us and that is awesome but it's also the last week of the show before summer break definitely have some things planned for us over the summer though some more on that to come all right let's get you your news in Iran the country's Army Chief is ordering an investigation into a deadly helicopter crash that has shaken the nation Iran's president Ibrahim RI and several other officials were killed after their helicopter crashed in a remote mountain region in north western part of the country there was Heavy fog in the area at the time of the crash risei was a political hardliner he was voted into power in 2021 easily beating his competition the former president Hassan Rohan who was more of a moderate RI earned 18 million of the nearly 29 million votes that were cast Iran is considered an Islamic Republic or a theocracy meaning that a religious figure runs the country in Iran's case that religious leader is supreme leader Ayatollah Ali kamini an Islamic fundamentalist RI as president was second in command his death comes at a tense moment for the entire Middle East it was only weeks ago that Iran launched a fullscale drone and missile attack on Israel that was retaliation they said for an Israeli strike on a diplomatic complex in Syria that killed several Iranian officials CNN's Ivan Watson shows us how the people of Iran are reacting and what's next for the country Iran in a state of mourning commemorating the shocking death of Iranian president Ibrahim rayi he was killed along with the foreign minister and seven other officials and crew members when their helicopter crashed in remote Mountain M Sunday in the northwest of the country during the Frantic hours when Rescuers searched for the missing president the most powerful figure in the Iranian political system supreme leader Ayatollah Kami declared the government stable and strong dear people whether you are sitting here or will hear my speech later do not worry there will be no disruption in the country's work inside Iran highly polarized reactions to the sudden death of a leader irim RI has been a face of repression um in Iran for very long time I'm not surprised that many will celebrate I see more continuity than change uh regardless of what happens next according to the Iranian Constitution the little known vice president Muhammad mohar has now become interm president Paving the way for elections to be held within 50 days this is a system that has managed this kind of turmoil uh in the past so in the short run it can certainly manage troppy Waters but in the longer run it's a system that is ideologically bankrupt messages of condolence are pouring in from longtime allies like Syria as well as Russia which launches Iranian Shahed drones against cities in Ukraine also publicly mourning risi's loss Iranian backed militant groups such as Yemen's houis Hamas and lebanon's Hezbollah meanwhile few tears likely to be shed by Iran's sworn enemy Israel the two countries long simmering Shadow War exploded into direct tit fortat long range strikes just last month I don't think you will shift anything in the region or in terms of Iran's relationship with its neighbors or or or neighboring Powers that's because most of the power in Iran lies with supreme leader Ali who is still in power and he's the one who is calling all the shots how the Islamic Republic deals with this deadly crash May set the stage for a much bigger future challenge the question of succession for Ayatollah Ki the country's 85-year-old supreme leader Ivan Watson CNN next we head to Maryland where the busy Port of Baltimore is a step closer to reopening almost two months ago the dolly cargo ship collided with the Francis Scott Key bridge causing it to collapse killing six construction workers on Monday the ship was finally dragged away from the crash site several tugboats pulled the massive 106,000 ton vessel traveling only one mile hour dolly is now docked at seagert marine terminal in Baltimore CNN's Amy Kylie has more about dol's removal and what will happen now to the crew of workers who have remained on board the ship ever since it crashed recent demolition work is what gave the dolly cargo ship a path to Freedom it's been stuck under the wreckage of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key bridge since it hit the structure and caused its collapse in March we're very lucky that the hull was never damaged at all during the event officials say transporting the dolly takes up to five tugboats I mean we have a ship that's the size of three football fields but freeing the ship doesn't mean freeing its crew members regulations have them stuck on board where they've been since the crash the law requires a ship like the dolly to have a crew at all times now the workers visas have expired the union representative says they're waiting for immigration officials to tell them when they can go home further complicating matters is the ongoing investigation without the propeller turning the rudder was less effective they were essentially drifting the union says the FBI confiscated crew members cell phones last month and they feel disconnected did from family the company that manages the dolly says it hopes authorities will let the workers disembark soon as for the channel the Army Corp of Engineers says soon we going to be able to bring anything through the Port of Baltimore anything that would have come through before I'm Amy kyy reporting next let's go to Arizona where a wildfire there is growing officials say the so-called Wildcat fire more than doubled in size over the weekend and is 0% contained so far it has scorched more than 12,000 Acres of the Tanto National Forest Tanto is Arizona's biggest National Forest at more than 2.9 Million total Acres as fire officials try to get the Wildfire under control they're pleading with drone operators to stop Flying near the fire they say the drones interfere with firefighting efforts and could cause midair collisions Pop Quiz Hot Shots which of these sea crits is the most expensive Seafood Lobster blue fin tuna puffer fish or caviar bet you said caviar didn't you don't go fishing for compliments if you did because blue fin tuna is your answer blue fin is so expensive because it's on the endangered list in 2019 a sushi restaurant tour paid more than 3 million bucks for a 612 lb blue fin tuna talk about expensive taste personally I'm on a seafood diet I eat whatever food I see but for those of us that actually like seafood there will be fewer Red Lobster restaurants to attack the world's largest seafood restaurant chain just filed for bankruptcy the company has more than one billion dollars in debt and less than $30 million in cash bankruptcy doesn't mean Red Lobster is going out of business completely instead it plans to sell the company to its lenders but it will definitely be closing many of its restaurants in the [Applause] meantime for today's story getting a 10 out of 10 we have have liftoff finally after a nearly 2-year Hiatus blue origin the tourism rocket company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos has once again launched passengers into the outer regions of our atmosphere to check out the incredible view from the edge of space among those folks torpedoing into the sky was Ed Dwight a 90 years young retired US Air Force Captain back in 1961 Mr Dwight was selected by then President John F Kennedy to be the first black astronaut candidate in US history despite receiving all the Astronaut training he needed and getting a recommendation from the air force Mr Dwight was not ultimately selected to actually become an astronaut so he never made it to space that is until blue origin came knocking I thought I really did need this in my life but now I need it in my life this is fabulous thank you so much congratulations to you Mr Ed Dwight we salute you and thank you for your service rise up now it's time to reach for Our Stars that's you this shout out goes to Mr E's and Mr T's class at Dr Martin Luther King Jor Public School in Patterson New Jersey kind of fitting to have mr's ET getting shouted out after our space story thank you for being you next we shout out Mrs bagley's class at Bayside High School in Virginia Beach Virginia we see you and thank you for being with us this year let's keep shining keep nurturing those dreams almost anything is possible if you believe we'll see you tomorrow everybody I'm Coy and we are CNN 10 [Music]

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