TO OUR WEB SITE IN PILSEN
JULIAN CREWS, WGN NEWS OKAY
JULIAN, THANK YOU SO YESTERDAY
WE INTRODUCE YOU TO THE
WINNERS OF THE MEGA MILLION
CONTEST THAT IS NO GAME OF
CHANCE THE SMARTEST PEOPLE
FROM AROUND THE WORLD
COMPETING FOR BIG MONEY IN
2017 SESAME STREET WORKSHOP ON
THIS FIRST OF ITS KIND CONTEST
ALLOWING THEM TO EXPAND THE
SESAME BRAND.
IN WAR TORN COUNTRIES,
OVERSEAS TEACHING KIDS, HOW TO
COPE AND HEAL THROUGH THE
MAGIC OF MUPPETS WGN'S JULIAN
RUIS HERE WITH THIS YEAR'S
FINAL IS PRETTY COOL IS BACK
AT IT AGAIN AND IT'S ALWAYS A
GREAT MIX OF CONTESTANTS.
THAT'S FOR SURE SOME ARE
TACKLING POLICY TO SOLVE A
MAJOR CRISIS SOMEWHERE IN OUR
WORLD.
OTHERS ARE USING SCIENCE
ALL OF THEM ARE USING THEIR
BRAINS TO NOT ONLY IDENTIFY A
PROBLEM BUT TO SOLVE IT SOUNDS
SIMPLE RIGHT. IT'S ANYTHING
BUT ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE
THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST
COMPETING FOR A 100 MILLION
BUCKS. IT LETS THEM.
IT IS SO CRUSHING SO LIFE
DESTROYING FOR PEOPLE, YOU
KNOW, ANYBODY WHO DRINKS THE
WATER.
WE SAID WE WANT TO HAVE
PASSED A WHOLE OR TELL US WHAT
YOU WOULD DO WITH A
100 MILLION NOT PROTECTING
MORE OF THE OCEAN IS LIKE AN
INSURANCE POLICY FOR HUMANS.
THIS IS THE JOHN D AND
CATHERINE T MACARTHUR
FOUNDATION'S SECOND
COMPETITION, THE GOAL IS TO
SOLVE THE CRITICAL PROBLEM OF
OUR TIME. 800 APPLICANTS
NARROWED DOWN TO JUST 6 HOPING
TO WIN THE PURSE THAT WILL
MAKE THEIR DREAM OF CURING
CLEANING ERADICATING SOLVING
SOMETHING MORE REAL THAN EVER.
IT'S CALLED 100 IN CHANGE.
ALMOST US ROBS THE MOST
VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF OUR
COMMUNITIES, A PANEL JUDGING
THESE FINALISTS ON 4 CRITERIA.
THERE HAS TO BE A REAL IMPACT
EVIDENCE-BASED IT HAS TO BE
FEASIBLE AND IT MUST BE ABLE
TO BE SUSTAINED OVER TIME.
LET'S START WITH BREATHING
NEW LIFE IT'S ADDRESSING AN
OXYGEN SHORTAGE IN LOW INCOME
COMMUNITIES IN TOTO. ONLY 10%
OF PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY NEED
ULTA'S ACTUALLY BEGINS.
TO CHILDREN IN A HEALTHCARE
SETTING ARE IN DIRE NEED OF
MORE OXYGEN IN NEGLECTED PARTS
OF OUR WORLD IF YOU'RE MOST
VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS ARE
FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS
WHAT ABOUT ENDING HOMELESSNESS
ONCE AND FOR ALL ON AUDACIOUS
GOAL MAY BE ESPECIALLY WHEN
YOU CONSIDER ONE 0.5 MILLION
MEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN
EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS EACH
YEAR.
COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS TAKES A
DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH OF
TRACKING INDIVIDUALS AND IT'S
WORKING ALREADY 13 COMMUNITIES
HAVE ENDED CHRONIC OR VETERAN
HOMELESSNESS AND MORE THAN 40
OTHERS ARE SEEING STEADY
REDUCTIONS IT HAS BEEN
ESTIMATED THAT MEDICAL
KNOWLEDGE IS DOUBLING EVERY 2
AND A HALF YEARS PROJECT ECHO
WE SHARING EVER CHANGING
HEALTHCARE INFORMATION THAT
COULD BE THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH IN
CERTAIN PARTS OF OUR WORLD.
BUT THIS IS CREATED IS A
YEAH THE LATTER. THERE ARE A
LOT OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES
NOT ONLY COMPUTERS BUT ALSO
MOBILE PHONES WHICH ARE REALLY
IT IS NOW IN THE WORLD.
TO HELP LOW TO HELP NECK.
LOCAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
WITH THE EXPERTISE TO ADDRESS
THE PROBLEMS THEY'RE FACING ON
THE GROUND TO IMPROVE THE
QUALITY OF MEDICAL CARE.
PROVIDING PEOPLE WITH
INFORMATION THAT THEY CAN USE
THERE'S EVEN A CONTESTANT
VYING FOR DOLLARS TO INSTITUTE
LOCAL NEWS WHERE THERE IS NONE
OF OUR SOLUTION IS.
TO HAVE A REPORTER IN EVERY
COUNTY IN THE UNITED STATES.
IMAGINE LIVING IN THE
COMMUNITY WHERE THERE'S NO ONE
TO TELL YOUR STORY WHERE THERE
IS NO RADIO STATION TELEVISION
STATION NO NEWSPAPER WHO DO
YOU ASK WHERE DO I GO TO GET A
COVID-19 TESTS HOW ARE THEY
HANDLING FUNERALS IS MY
DAYCARE CENTER PROPERLY
LICENSED.
REPORT FOR AMERICA BELIEVES
WHEN PEOPLE PAY ATTENTION TO
LOCAL ISSUES VOTER
REGISTRATION GOES UP. SO DOES
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY
AMONG OTHER THINGS.
WE HAVE BEEN OVER
EXPLOITING THE OCEAN FOR TOO
LONG.
PRISTINE SEAS IS HELPING
PROTECT OUR OCEANS THROUGH
POLICY THEY NEED MORE MONEY TO
DO IT BETTER AND DO IT FASTER.
WE WANT TO PREVENT MASSIVE
EXTINCTION OF SPECIES. AND THE
COLLAPSE OF OUR LIFE SUPPORT
SYSTEM. WE WANT THE OCEAN TO
CONTINUE HELPING US UP SHORT
MUCH OF OUR COVER ABORTION. WE
NEED TO PROTECT 30% OF THE
OCEAN BY 20 SEARCH RIGHT NOW
WE'RE ONLY PROTECTING 7% OF
THE OCEAN.
THIS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
INITIATIVE SAYS SCIENCE TELLS
US WE HAVE ONLY 10 YEARS TO
REVERSE THIS CATASTROPHIC
TREND.
SO THIS ONE MOSQUITO CALLED
AEDES AEGYPTI THAT TRANSMITS A
RANGE OF DIFFERENT VIRUSES TO
PEOPLE AND LASTLY AN APPLICANT
WHO IS TAKING A BITE OUT OF
THE MOSQUITO PROBLEM IN ORDER
TO SAVE LIVES THE WORLD
MOSQUITO PROGRAM COMPETED IN
THE MACARTHUR FOUNDATION'S
2017 COMPETITION.
AND IS BACK AGAIN AS A
FINALIST IN 2020 AND WHAT IT'S
FOCUSED ON IS WE DO SEE IS HE
ALL BORNE DISEASES, 40% OF THE
WORLD'S POPULATION THEY SAY IS
AT RISK OF GETTING A VIRAL
DISEASE THAT MOSQUITOES.
TRANSMIT LIKE YELLOW FEVER
DENGUE A FEVER OR THE ZIKA
VIRUS WHEN WE PUT THE
BACTERIUM INTO THE MOSQUITO
VIRUS COULD GROW AND LONGER IN
THE MOSQUITO. SO IS
POPULATIONS OF MOSQUITOES WITH
OUR OWN SKILLS THAT CAN TIME
WE'RE BACK AND WE'RE ABLE TO
SPREAD THE MOSQUITOES CAUSE
VERY LARGE AREAS VERY QUICKLY
ONCE MOSQUITOES HAVE BEEN
PROTECTED FROM BEING ABLE TO
TRANSMIT BY SINCE.
AND WHEN THEY'RE PROTECTED
THE HUMANS ARE PROTECTED AS
WELL ALL AMAZING IDEAS. EACH
ONE CLAIMING TO BE FEASIBLE
AND DURABLE.
BUT ONLY ONE CAN WIN.
AND THAT'S THE HARDEST
PART. THIS IS WITHOUT A DOUBT
AND INSPIRING AND MOTIVATING
COMPETITION. I SWEAR IF YOU'RE
HAVING A DOWN DAY NEED A PICK
ME UP TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT ALL
THESE INCREDIBLY SMART
INNOVATORS ARE DREAMING UP IN
THEIR BOARDROOMS AND THEIR
LABORATORIES YOU CAN HEAD TO
OUR WEBSITE FOR A LOOK AT
THESE FINALISTS AS WELL TO SEE
WHAT THEY ARE DREAMING UP AND
MAKING COME TRUE. THE AMAZING
PART ABOUT THIS TOO IS THAT
THERE IS ONE WINNER. BUT THERE
ARE A LOT OF PHILANTHROPISTS
WHO ARE WATCHING THIS CREW
THAT IS SO NOT EVERYBODY IS
OUT OF MOST PART THEY CAN JUST
COME BACK THE FOLLOWING YEAR
SOME YEARS LATER, I SHOULD
MENTION TO THE WINNER
