CNN 10｜Philippines typhoon, gladiator experience, stadiums

COY WIRE, CNN 10 ANCHOR: What's up everyone. Terrific Tuesday to you. I'm Coy Wire, bringing you 10 minutes of news right here on CNN 10.  

We're going to start with some headlines. Since Russia's war with Ukraine in 2022 began, Ukraine has been getting weapons and support from the United States to defend itself. Well, recently, President Biden made a decision.

He's letting Ukraine use powerful American missiles called ATACMS inside Russia, something that was not allowed before.

This is happening as Russia has brought in about 10,000 soldiers from North Korea to help them fight in an area called Kursk, where Ukraine had previously gained footing. This decision is getting attention as former President Donald Trump will soon become president again, and he suggested that his administration might not support Ukraine in the same sort of ways.

Now, some see Biden's move as trying to make sure Ukraine has enough weapons through 2025, even if Trump changes U.S. policy. Meanwhile, Russia's leader Vladimir Putin has warned that if Russia gets hit by these missiles, they might respond with nuclear weapons, which would, of course, make the conflict in that region much more intense.

Next, the Philippines got hit by their fourth major typhoon in just two weeks' time, Super Typhoon Man-yi, locally called Pepito. The storm was massive, winds up to 160 miles per hour when it first hit Saturday night. That's as strong as a Category 5 hurricane. Over half a million people had to evacuate to emergency shelters. The storm dumped tons of rain. One town got almost eight inches of rain, and it caused huge waves over three meters high that damaged coastal areas.

All right, let's use our imagination for a minute. Imagine what it would be like to take 16 of your friends to the Roman Colosseum, and you get the whole thing to yourselves for three hours after the sun goes down.

Well, in honor of the new Gladiator II movie, Airbnb and Paramount Pictures are making daydreams a reality. While some are calling this the chance of a lifetime, some wonder if the promotion demeans the cultural importance of the iconic landmark. What say you?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The greatest temple Rome ever built, the Colosseum.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (voice-over): Airbnb has partnered with Paramount Pictures to give lucky guests a Gladiator II experience inside one of Italy's most popular and normally crowded attractions. And it's completely free.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Still, the deal ignited some negative publicity and an immediate backlash from locals and city officials who say the promotion demeans the cultural importance of the landmark. Some have asked Airbnb to cancel the plans and Rome's Councilor for Culture Massimiliano Smeriglio said in a statement to CNN, "The issue is not the public-private relationship or the desire of big brands to support the protection and conservation. But to avoid a demeaning use of our historical-artistic heritage."

WIRE: Professional sports are transforming skylines across the nation as cities invest millions of dollars in state-of-the-art venues that promise to bring more than just games to town. This building boom is changing the game, but what about the soaring price tag that comes with keeping these teams in town? Who pays? Who benefits? CNN's Michael Yoshida has more.

MICHAEL YOSHIDA, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): 650 million in Charlotte, 775 million in Jacksonville, 850 million in Buffalo and a whopping 1.2 billion in Nashville. Across the country cities are shelling out taxpayer money to help pay for professional sports stadiums.

PROFESSOR J.C. BRADBURY, KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY: We're looking at basically another 40 billion dollars in spending over the next 20 years.

YOSHIDA: Economists who study sports stadiums say across the four major U.S. sports leagues, dozens of teams are set to see their leases expire in the next decade. While every stadium project is different, they all have at least one thing in common, soaring price tags.

BRADBURY: Stadiums that were once costing a few hundred million dollars now costing well over a billion dollars and the public contribution has increased to around an average of 500 million dollars in the past decade.



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