With the new US president Donald Trump what is going to happen between the US and North Korea. North Korea has been looking into nuclear programs and how to make nuclear bombs. They have made a bomb that will be able to go from North Korea to US. They have thought of using diplomacy to get N.Korea to stop with their nuclear programs but if that happens then the country will fall apart. I think Trump will address this a few months after he's in his presidency.

   In Turkey their president is trying to take more power. This would mean they will have a dictatorship. There has been a terroist  attack. In this attack 44 people were killed and 230 were injured. I think that with this any people disagreeing with the president they should hold an election/ choose a new leader. If there is a new leader what would that mean for turkey or other nations around it.

   Today 2/3 of the US have seen snow and record breaking low temperatures. Meteorologists call these long cold period of times polar vertex. All a polar vertex is, is a air mass. This weekend it is predicted to snow. I think its just going to be really cold and there may just be a wintery mix. If anything happens with school there most likely just going to be a early release if the wintery mix gets bad during the weekend.

   The US has accused Russia for hacking into our systems during the election. The problem is what would Russia's motive be. Some believe they put the poles in Donald trumps hands. My question is why are we just dealing with this now the election was in November. I think the US shouldn't do anything yet. They should watch the servers and watch out for hackers into their systems but if Russia tries to hack into systems again we should take action. we right now have no proof but if they wait until they try again we will.

    Sworm engineers are trying to work with robots. The study of nature and how animals fly in groups or make likes like ants. These are good for helping people get in tight spaces for search and rescue missions. They also could be good to get to natural disasters faster. They could even be used to check water supply levels. No ones ever done this so it'll be interesting to see how the use theses robots. It'd also be interesting to see if you could use it for military services.

   There's this new machine to help soccer players practice. The machine shoots a ball from one of 4 different slots and has grids on the "walls". Each grid box represents a goal which lights up to say shoot in it after the ball is released. You can choose the number of balls and the speed which the ball is released. The problem with this is each machine costs 2.4 million dollars. I think that someone will come up with a similar idea but it being much cheaper. I think the machine is a good idea because it allows players to play without having to have another person.

   Bioaluminecent lights are wanting to be used to light up the streets of Paris. The take a bacteria gene that produces light in an animal such as a lightning bug or squid. In my opinion this isn't going to work there are way to many problems. The light needs to be intensified the bacteria will only last 3 days and to start it you have toad the liquid solution that will react and produce the light. Also the cost of putting all the equipment in to hold the liquid will be a ton. Not only the equipment, but it will be really difficult to mass produce that many bacteria molecules for the city. I think this type of light should only be used in a house hold for a nightlight or for display.

   Everything now of days run off of the internet. The internet could be attacked anytime. There are many people trying to hack into security systems, social networks, and many other things. If were not careful and if we aren't watching out what we do on the internet and what other people are doing trying to spot hackers then the possibilities of what these hackers can do are endless. They could find out secret information. They could mess with the stock market which could lead to loses of hundreds of millions of dollars. The US needs to make sure they have the best and most secure devices they possibly can.

   The government has halted the Dakota pipeline project to look at alternatives. People have been camping on land near but not on the pathway of the pipe line. The group said their focus is not to stand in the way but raise awareness that if this pipeline is ran under the river it could pollute the water that 18 million people drink out of if it busts. I agree with the people on that point but the governments already spent the money. It would be ridiculous to have spent all of that money on nothing. someone should've thought about the pros and cons before the money was spent.

   North Korea is still continuing a nuclear program. North Korea's leader is still isn't listening to the UN, which says its illegal. China is on the UN's side. they are going to not give them coal to continue with their plan. If this happens North Korea will either stop or put more money into the program and if they do that where will they get that money. I don't really know what will happen because NK's leader is stubborn but he also doesn't want his country hurting.

   There is 108 billion dollars in student loan debts. Tax payers are going to have to pay for these student loan debt. These programs to help with the cost wasn't suppose to incline all this debt. These programs help students but is bad for the economy where tax payers money is being used for this and not schools, roads, or other things the US needs. If we keep on using their dollars for this people aren't going to like it. These programs will most likely be reconsidered and if not thrown out revised.

   Minimum wage workers are on a strike. They want minimum wage to be $15. If that happens the wage will be doubled. They're reasoning is people with low wages can barely feed their families with 7.50 an hour. I don't think this will effect the governments choice. If it does go up it won't double. I think the people with low pay jobs should've made better choices or go find a better job. the business's especially small ones will be hurt economically which would cut more jobs making instead of getting $7.50 an hour you'll get $0 an hour. People need to step back and realize what this will do to the economy.