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  • 10 concerns the largest island in the world, and despite its name, about 80% of it is covered with ice.

  • I'm Carla Zeus.

  • Thank you for taking 10 minutes for our show.

  • Less than two weeks before he was scheduled to visit the northern European nation of Denmark, U.

  • S.

  • President Donald Trump announced yesterday that he had postponed the trip.

  • The reason has to do with Greenland, the island we referred to a moment ago.

  • Despite its huge size, the C I A.

  • Says it's more than three times the size of Texas.

  • Greenland is not an independent country.

  • It officially became part of Denmark in 1953 though since then Greenland has been granted a lot of authority to govern itself, making its government autonomous.

  • Still, Denmark remains involved in Greenland security, financial policy and foreign affairs, and that's where the United States factors in.

  • For more than 150 years, American politicians have expressed interest in buying Greenland from Denmark.

  • President Trump is the latest American official to mention this, and he's brought it up several times in recent weeks.

  • The island is believed to be rich and resource is like gold, diamonds, uranium, oil, lead and iron.

  • Or but a lot of that is covered by the territories ice sheet.

  • It's not heavily populated.

  • Less than 60,000 people are estimated to live in Greenland, but many of them struggle with high unemployment, according to the British Broadcasting Corporation, and the island relies on Denmark for most of its government revenues.

  • On Sunday, President Trump told reporters that Greenland is hurting Denmark and confirmed that the U.

  • S was interested in buying the island.

  • But Danish Prime Minister Meta Frederickson said Greenland is not for sale and that she strongly hope the suggestions that the U.

  • S.

  • Might buy it weren't serious.

  • She called them an absurd discussion.

  • President Trump then rode that.

  • Based on those comments, he postponed their scheduled meeting For another time.

  • I looked forward to going, but I thought that the prime minister's statement that it was absurd, that was that it was an absurd idea was nasty.

  • I thought it was an inappropriate statement.

  • Well, she had to do is say no, we wouldn't be interested.

  • The Danish leader called the postponement regrettable in surprising, but said repeatedly that the cancellation does not change the good relations between America and Denmark.

  • Now we're visiting the island of Greenland itself.

  • How are some of the people they're reacting to?

  • All this news and what interests besides resource is might the U.

  • S.

  • Have in Greenland?

  • Folks in the very beautiful territory of Greenland don't seem that interested in President Trump's alleged idea to buy this place, the official government of the semi autonomous region said.

  • Quote.

  • Greenland is not for sale.

  • They did say that they were willing to conduct a cooperation between what they call equal countries now.

  • Local residents that we spoke to here in the small village of Cool Asuka said the Americans tried to acquire Greenland in 18 67 and in World War Two, and they failed, and one resident said, it will not happen.

  • There are some reasons why America might wanna have Greenland.

  • It certainly does seem to have a lot of natural resource is and the Chinese have been trying to get in on that business.

  • That's not really something that the U.

  • S really likes seeing with China trying to get a lot of that business here.

  • Also, the U.

  • S.

  • Of course, has a big military base here in Greenland as well the hula military base.

  • So there are some good reasons why the U.

  • S.

  • Might want Greenland.

  • However, if these natural resource has really become exploitable here in Greenland, certainly the folks here would probably want autonomy, full autonomy and independence rather than becoming part of the United States.

  • 10 seconds.

  • Trivia.

  • In what sport When you hear the terms faint Trial horse and end swell dress size boxing surfing for dog agility giveaway.

  • Here was the end swell, also known as an eye iron, which is used to reduce swelling on a boxer's face.

  • In the city of Chicago, Illinois, the sport of boxing is being used to open doors for young people.

  • A coed program called The Block has helped more than 300 students, and all of those who participated and applied to college have been accepted.

  • It was started by Jemayel Cannon, who was arrested for fighting when he was 12 years old.

  • As he grew up, he found an outlet for his anger through boxing, and he's using that today to improve lives.

  • Cannon is a CNN hero in a boxing ring.

  • It may be the only place where I could be completely in a moment box and forces you to confront all the things that hold you back in your life.

  • Growing up, I was upset about a lot of things growing up in poverty, your drug addiction in the household.

  • It didn't take much to make me angry.

  • Sport of boxing made me assess my relationship with anger.

  • I started to recognize things that triggered anger and re evaluate what I would do.

  • When I got angry.

  • I was a competitive boxing in college.

  • After I got injured, I became a teacher and then helped found a school on the West Side of Chicago.

  • We're gonna start off nice and simple.

  • Jamal's not always want to with me.

  • Well, I'm catching right in front of my face.

  • I realized there was so much potential.

  • I'm throwing back.

  • You coming right back to your face, These insights, things you need to drill into your mind.

  • You know how to think about it when the time comes.

  • All right, let's work.

  • There are young people who have experienced things that would break so many people, but they keep pushing towards our own success and just need a little support yet.

  • So I started a program that uses sport of boxing to hook kids in for economic support and mentoring relationships.

  • All right, listen up.

  • If you have a pen or pencil, take it with you.

  • I've gotta go plan and she pick it up.

  • You have homework.

  • That's what I want you working on.

  • Instead, we've got some kids who have been kicked out of schools come in with G P A.

  • That starts with a decimal point.

  • Hands up, pump it.

  • Just like that.

  • We have kids who are in trouble with the law.

  • The most important kids to reach.

  • The kids have been cast out because they are walking around looking for acceptance, and there are people in the streets who will give them that.

  • Acceptance is your homework for today.

  • Check you.

  • There's nothing cool about going to an after school program for homework help, but there is something really cool about going to a boxing program.

  • You want to tell anybody you did homework time?

  • It's a great place to save face coming here barely underneath it.

  • Yep, just like that.

  • Most kids have never boxed before in our lives.

  • Shoot your hips to 3 to 3.

  • Good, good.

  • They learned the very basics of the sport.

  • Step replace front foot moves first, Ready one from the 1st 1 There you go.

  • There is mandatory study.

  • Time Way.

  • Assigned a one on one tutoring.

  • Every single one of my kids graduated high school in the neighborhood, where often have the kids graduate, going down the wrong path of like violence and getting in trouble with my friends.

  • It could have bought me to death in jail.

  • If I didn't choose boxing, I wouldn't be here.

  • Jamal helped me see that I can actually be something in life.

  • You talking to believe in myself.

  • Don't say like, uh, orientation information.

  • Anything on here?

  • I just graduated from high school.

  • I would be the first to go to college.

  • In my family, I see a lot of myself and the kids.

  • They learned that they are capable.

  • They learn how to add courageously when it's difficult, and they learn how to keep working towards their goals, even when it's not comfortable when they think they're too tired to keep going.

  • All right, let's bring in tight.

  • We'll be back same time saying things tomorrow come ready to continue that work together because they understand that they could fight through anything.

  • Sometimes life is gonna punch you in the face, but you have to get your hands up and keep fighting.

  • After 50 years, the library director in Derry, New Hampshire, decided it was time to finally crack open.

  • A time capsule wouldn't contain film footage of what the town used to look like might have had memorabilia from astronaut Alan Shepard, who used to live here before he traveled into space.

  • But no one expected it would contain absolutely nothing.

  • Nada, zilch.

  • Well, maybe no one except the person who took it.

  • It's possible that's what happened.

  • It's also possible the capsule never contained a thing.

  • Give them a second or they might need a minute to spend an hour a day thinking what might begin it.

  • It's like breaking the bank on Lee to draw a blank and open and shut case.

  • Making an about face when in place of keepsakes is nothing but space.

  • How do you save face to you?

  • Save the safe when it's artifacts are hard to track, causing some part attacks Curie sq Raiders interest turning on a dime when their city's storied history is simply lost.

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