what's up sunshine welcome to CNN 10 the best 10 minutes in news because of you I'm KY wire still in New Orleans for that Super Bowl coverage congrats to the Champs the Philadelphia Eagles getting Redemption for their loss to these Chiefs in the Super Bowl 2 Seasons Go Fly Eagles Fly all right let's get this show on the road we start today in Eastern Europe where Lithuania Estonia and lvia disconnected from their Russian operated electricity grid before successfully synchronizing their electricity systems to a grid operated within the European Union why did they do this energy
Independence until this weekend Russia was still in total control of the functioning of the grid and its electricity services to the Baltic countries the three countries have been preparing to cut the cord with Russia since they joined the European Union in 2004 which invested over a billion dollar in Grants for the project but Russia's invasion of Baltic Ally Ukraine in 2022 made it crucially important for these three countries to finally put an end to its energy dependence on Russia the three states renovated existing infrastructure and also built new power lines several undersea cables and a
crucial link to the mainland European grid now 6 months ago the Baltic countries officially notified Russia that they would desynchronize from the Soviet electric grid and lithuania's grid operator lit grid started the work of cutting old Soviet cables the agreement that governs the old shared grid expired and uh by Saturday all three countries had been disconnected briefly functioning as a power island with only the electricity they produced before synchronizing their newly independent grid with the Continental Europe synchronous area on Sunday but the threat from Russian interference hasn't disappeared with this new found energy Independence CNN's
Claire Sebastian explains the security concerns top of mind for officials across the region cutting one of the last ties to Moscow this is an old Soviet electrical cable that until recently linked Lithuania to a Russian run power grid dismantling it is one of the final stages in a yearslong project by the three Baltic states to Take Back Control here in this region we understand L well that the cheap Russian energy in whatever form it comes it always comes at a price that no Democratic European countries should be able to afford more than 30 years after
Soviet troops rumbled back over the border and two decades after joining nato in the EU Estonia lvia and Lithuania are once again looking nervously to the east the war in Ukraine revealing just how willing Moscow is to both weaponize electricity and as NATO warned again this week disrupt daily life in Europe through suspected acts of sabotage ranging from cyber attacks to Asen now the baltics have been preparing for this moment for many years building three new undersea cables to the Nordic countries and a critical link to Poland and that meant that they were actually able
to stop buying electricity from Russia more than 2 years ago but Moscow still controlled the shared grid and managed the frequency and so they were vulnerable ahead of the switch security has been stepped up around energy infrastructure we are increasing our surveillance suffers we increasing our additional security measures we are going to watch this with an eye of a Hulk and NATO now has a new mission to protect undersea cables in the Baltic after a string of incidents including one right here the sink 2 power cable badly damaged on Christmas Day this ship which was
on route from Russia suspected by Finnish police of dragging its anchor almost 100 kilm along the seabed Russia has denied any involvement Moscow calling it anti-russian hysteria to imagine that this uh this series of incidents are happening just before we disconnect from the Russian Network again one more coincidence really the Baltic power switch is a blow for Moscow experts say it's West most Outpost of kaliningrad home of its Baltic Fleet now even more isolated its power lines relics of a superpow past redrawn pop que's Hot Shot pizza originated in wi Italian city Venice Rome Naples
or Florence if you said Naples you are correct that's where Modern feed evolved from flatbreads in the 18th century it is no shocker probably to most of us that Super Bowl Sunday is one of the busiest days for pizza delivery in the US along with Halloween and New Year's Eve the convenient crowd pleaser of a meal gets major points for being affordable at a time when food costs have skyrocketed right but those pizza pie prices curiously haven't seemed to change that much for decades our Vanessa yur cavage looks into what's behind the affordability of a
pie to find out is it inflation proof a scene from home alone has cooked up an interesting and debatable economic question okay that's 12250 is pizza inflation proof social media has pointed out that the mallister family's order of 10 pizzas in 1990 is still comparable in price 35 years later H the pizza boy needs $122.50 plus tip for pizza 10 pizzas times 12 bucks how is a large pizza still $12 W10 or 12 per Pizza uh per Pi hasn't changed dramatically over the course of years especially if you're using coupons or deals or if you're
a member of of whichever Chain's app but if you're if you're ordering a specialty pizza it's not going to be that $12 yes artisanal or specialty pizzas are in a different ballpark even the iconic $1 slice of pizza in New York is a thing of the past but many pizza chains have been able to keep their prices somewhat steady While most fast food restaurants have raised their prices is pizza inflation proof it's not necessarily inflation proof um but it's inflation resistant pizza restaurant chains have taken steps to kind of mitigate some of the price increases
that they've faced in terms of ingredient costs labor costs backup house equipment costs a lot of the overhead is reduced for for pizza restaurants deals can help keep prices low prices may vary by region and don't include delivery but right now at Domino's and Papa John's you can get a large carry out pizza for around $12 and at Pizza Hut you can get two large pizzas for around $14 each Keen eyes have pointed out that the name little neros and mascot in Home Alone looks like a play on Little Caesars Little Caesars Pizza in 1990
was $4 and then in 2003 $5 and and now it's about $7 if you look at that over the span of decades that's not that dramatic of an increase probably for most consumers so how the heck have you been able to keep prices so low value is just a part of who we are and it has been for decades and decades even going back to kind of the 90s as you mentioned we always uh are considering both food costs as well as labor costs and all of the other Associated costs uh you know for running
the business deals coupons does that actually help attract more customers and then in turn help keep those prices so low for consumers back then it was a buy one get one deal when that was not a common uh kind of uh you know offering in the marketplace at all so it was really Innovative helps Propel our brand forward and that is one component of you know our value strategy overall while it may not be inflation proof Pizza can still serve up a good deal depending on how you slice it today we're giving a big old
10 out of 10 to the Fluffy and feathered furry friends who set out to predict the outcome of Super Bowl 59 lions tigers and bears oh my my favorite fald Eagles as well they all weighed in on the Chiefs Eagles Showdown Misha the tiger walked off with a choice Chief's box while two Montana bear Cubs gave us a tie as they each Chow Down on a cake for each team in a shocker Sida the eagle wasn't repping the Philadelphia Eagles she went for Kansas City it was only Vulcan the lion who smashed in his vote
for the Eagles in a 4 to1 Animal Kingdom upset all right now it is time to show some love to the best of chance you our shout out today goes to the Tigers and Mr Thorson's class at Groen Area High School in Groen South Dakota thank you for making us part of your day have an awesome one everyone shine bright and rise up I'll see you right back here tomorrow let's see you in n 10
