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Volunteers in Miami Preparing Aid for Colombia Earthquake Victims; Trump to Attend Finale of His Patriot Games in Ohio Tonight; Mark Zuckerberg Lays Out His Vision for the Future of AI; Solar Eclipse and Meteor Shower to Coincide this Week; Buffalo Bills Vow Changes After Fan Complaints About New Stadium. Aired 3:30-4p ET

Aired August 11, 2026 - 15:30   ET

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BRIANNA KEILAR, CNN HOST: Back to our breaking news. Search and rescue teams are working around the clock to find survivors after a devastating 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck Colombia yesterday. And you really have to see this dramatic video that we just received into CNN.

People in Cali, Colombia, saving a baby from the rubble. Look at these pictures. Unbelievable here.

This was right after an apartment building collapsed. We're told that first responders eventually showed up and were able to take care of that child.

And right now, people from all over the world are pitching in to help in various ways. CNN's Carolina Peguero is live for us in Miami. Carolina, you met with a group that's preparing to send aid.

How are they responding right now?

CAROLINA PEGUERO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Brianna, we've been here all day at the Global Empowerment Mission. You can see just your images for yourself, where we have volunteers that have continued to pack up all these boxes with those essential items, flashlights, batteries, tarps, tents, blankets, everything that can be sent to Colombia as soon as possible. And in this organization, where it's known to help during natural disasters, and that was known to help just less than two months ago during the Venezuela and after the earthquake struck that country, and now doubling up, doing the same for Colombia.

The volunteers here are helping, working against the clock to fill up these boxes and get them directly to Colombia as soon as possible.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We are in a position of privilege by having a house, food, you know, a roof over our heads, et cetera. So just trying to help out, you know, whoever might need it.

[15:35:00] UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It hits home for me because Colombia is a country neighbor, and we will always be there for them like they were here for us when the Venezuela earthquake happened. And like I said before, whatever they need, we are going to be there for them because they're like our brothers.

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PEGUERO: And as you mentioned, the search and rescue teams continue to try to find survivors. And while groups here in America are being ready to be activated and deployed to Colombia, the death toll numbers are expected to increase. As we know right now, hundreds are still missing, many injured, while here the support continues to pour in.

KEILAR: Carolina, how quickly can they get the aid there to Colombia?

PEGUERO: Now, we've heard from the organizers here, local and state officials, that they're expecting to have this aid as soon as this week, possibly tomorrow. We spoke with a legislator from Colombia that has been sent here directly to help with that transition and that cargo to get the first shipments out to Colombia as soon as possible. While here as well, this organization is asking for any cash donations to help buy products there in Colombia, as it would be easier to do than just send them over -- Brianna.

KEILAR: Yes, certainly would be. All right, Carolina Peguero, thank you so much.

And for more information about how you can help earthquake victims in Colombia, just go to cnn.com/impact, or you can text QUAKE to 707070 -- Boris.

BORIS SANCHEZ, CNN HOST: Happening now, President Trump is about to start making his way to Ohio for tonight's big finale of his Patriot Games. Sort of like youth sports meets politics meets the Hunger Games, but no gore, fortunately.

CNN's Betsy Klein is where it is all going down. So, Betsy, what exactly will be happening tonight?

BETSY KLEIN, CNN SENIOR WHITE HOUSE REPORTER: Well, Boris, tonight is the final round of the Patriot Games. This is that Trump-backed athletic competition for two boys and two girls from every state and territory and tribe that has drawn some comparisons to the Hunger Games. But unlike the Hunger Games, they have traveled here to this boarding school in Ohio to participate in a chance to win $125,000 in college scholarship money.

Now, they applied with both a video and an essay. And this entire thing has been organized by Freedom 250. That is that Trump-aligned group that was responsible for the UFC fight on the White House South Lawn, along with the July 4th fireworks spectacular on the National Mall and that great American State Fair.

This started on Sunday, and it has included a qualifying round of the presidential physical fitness test, as well as a military-inspired obstacle course. And then here in this space yesterday, there was what was called a varsity circuit.

Now, participants have been graded on a point system. That is a combination that has prioritized both leadership and teamwork, as well as raw athletic skills. It started with 120 students. We are now down to four boys and four girls.

President Trump set to arrive here a little later tonight for the final round.

SANCHEZ: Betsy, have you gotten a chance to try any of these events?

KLEIN: Boris, to be honest with you, I'm not entirely sure that I have what it takes. But we are going to take you through a little bit of what they experienced yesterday. That starts with kicking this soccer ball at a target.

Here we go. Did it onto some hurdles. And then I'm going to get an assist from CNN contributor Zolan Kanno-Youngs for The New York Times.

We did it. So President Trump is going to be here. He first talked about this back in 2023 in a campaign video.

Tonight's going to be a little bit more difficult than that. It is going to be inspired by that American Ninja Warrior game.

SANCHEZ: Yes, nailed it, Betsy. May the odds be ever in your favor. Betsy Klein from Ohio, thank you so much.

So Meta has unveiled Glimmer, a version of its most powerful AI model that can run on personal computers. What this means for the AI economy and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's own vision for the future?

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SANCHEZ: Mark Zuckerberg lays out his plans for the future of artificial intelligence, taking a stance on one of AI's biggest debates. Should AI models be open for anyone to tinker with or should their creators keep tight control and keep the models closed? In a lengthy manifesto, the Meta chief attempted to ease concerns over the technology's rapid advancement.

We're joined now by CNN AI correspondent Hadas Gold. Hadas, considering that Meta just released their open weight model, we can guess where Zuckerberg stands on this debate.

HADAS GOLD, CNN AI CORRESPONDENT: Yes, Mark Zuckerberg is trying to make the argument for more support for open weight models, but a really quick explainer on what we're talking about when we talk about open versus closed AI. Closed AI models are the kind that you're all familiar with. So that's ChatGPT, that's Anthropos Claw, that's Google Gemini.

Closed models are really considered the most advanced models and the creators, they keep all of the weights and all of the specifications to themselves. You can't change them. You can't really customize these models that much.

But they argue that that makes them safer. They can place guardrails on them. They can monitor the activity a lot better.

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An open weight model is one that you can download onto your own servers, your own devices. You can customize it to have it act the way you want it to. They tend to be cheaper.

And lately, a lot of the most advanced open weight models have been coming from China. And there's kind of a push to get more American Western-made open weight models so that we can be competitive in this race. Now, actually, Meta last year and a few years before was seen as one of the American leaders on open weight models.

They had a popular version called Llama. They kind of set that aside to focus on their new closed weight models called Muse Spark to be more competitive with Anthropic and OpenAI. But now, Meta is launching a new open weight model called Muse Glimmer.

There's also going to be another one that's actually based off of one of their most advanced models. They say that this model, Glimmer, is small enough that you could actually have it work on your own personal computer. So your regular old laptop would be able to run this open weight model.

That is very unusual because normally you need to have a lot of chips, a lot of data to be able to run an open weight model. And it's really Meta, I think, trying to set itself apart as sort of an AI provider for the masses. Take a listen to what Mark Zuckerberg had to say about it.

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MARK ZUCKERBERG, CEO, META: All right, hey. So I think that the key to building a positive future for everyone is to make sure that everyone has access to personal superintelligence. So today, I am proud to share that we are open sourcing a new class of on-device models that we are calling Muse Glimmer.

It's a 30 billion parameter dense model that runs on your laptop, and it's the highest performing model of its size. In the coming weeks, we are also going to open the weights for Muse Spark 1.2, our latest foundation model and one of the leading models in the world. And we've got even bigger models that are coming soon too.

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GOLD: And the idea for Muse Glimmer is that you'll be able to have this model on your computer and have AI agents, which are AI models that can make lots of decisions and lots of tasks on your behalf. They'll be able to download this for you. And this is part of Mark Zuckerberg's kind of latest foray into trying to become an AI optimist. He released this 14-page 6,500-word manifesto about how he believes that, you know, in this AI age, one of the most important questions is whether AI will be centralized and restrictive, so those closed models, or a tool that empowers everyone. He was trying to argue against kind of the doomers and gloomers, as some people call them, who are worried about all of this AI safety and AI models gone rogue -- one of Meta's models has done that as well. And trying to argue that this is a very exciting age and a lot of those concerns are just overblown and fail to account for all the positives that AI can achieve -- Boris.

SANCHEZ: Exciting, also existential in kind of a dreary way. Hadas Gold, thank you so much for that report -- Brianna.

KEILAR: Now to some of the other headlines that we're watching this hour. A judge has temporarily blocked the rollout of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani's pied-a-terre tax. Pied-a-terre crash pad if you're fancy.

You know, that's a setback for one of the mayor's signature campaign promises of taxing the rich. The order pauses the surcharge on high value second homes in the city, while a lawsuit brought by a group of homeowners moves forward. That group says the city wrongly flagged their primary residences as subject to the tax.

The next hearing is set for August 31st.

Plus, just a scary incident moments after takeoff. An American Airlines flight leaving Myrtle Beach hit a flock of birds and that caused these flames.

You can see them. They were visible to passengers spewing from the engine and forcing them to make an emergency landing. Onlookers from the beach below say they heard several loud popping noises, and they could see the orange flashes coming from the left wing.

You can see it there. That plane was able to land without further incident. No injuries were reported.

And the Powerball jackpot has risen to an estimated $975 million after no one won the grand prize in Monday night's drawing. This is the eighth largest prize in the game's history. While no one snagged Monday's jackpot, one ticket sold in Tennessee matched all five white balls and included the power play option to win $2 million, but only $2 million.

Two other tickets in California and Maryland each won $1 million. The next drawing is scheduled for tomorrow night. Perhaps I need to make a stop on my way home from work.

All right, so you may want to keep your eye on the sky this week, and that's because there will be a celestial show as a dazzling meteor shower and a solar eclipse will come into rare alignment. CNN's Derek Van Dam is joining us with when and how you can see them.

DEREK VAN DAM, CNN METEOROLOGIST: Ah, a total solar eclipse, one of the most spectacular celestial events that Mother Nature has to offer. And if you are one of the lucky few under the path of totality, you are in for quite a treat.

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I'm looking at you, Greenland, Iceland, and a large swathe of Spain. It's really demarcated by this black line here. That is where the moon's shadow will be cast across the planet, creating that 360 degree sunset and plunging you into darkness at a moment's notice.

But if you're outside of that line across Western Europe or perhaps into North America, you get to see a partial solar eclipse. And trust me, it's worth going outside, parking yourself and looking up safely with safe eclipse glasses, but out towards the West, looking up at the sun.

Of course, the weather plays a big role in the type of experience you will have. And unfortunately, across North America, particularly into the United States, we have quite a bit of weather moving through with cloud cover and the potential to obscure this partial solar eclipse. Let's give some specifics.

New York City, you'll have about 9 percent of the sun blocked out by the moon. And that begins just after 1 p.m., peaking at 1:54, but coming to a quick end at 2:38 in the afternoon. That's local time, so Eastern time.

But if you are in Reykjavik or Valencia, Spain, you have a picture- perfect forecast, at least in terms of totality. That's where you want to be. But what will the weather be doing?

Let's take a look at Spain, because for the most part, we have generally clear skies, a very stable air mass in place for this area. And that means that we're going to enjoy perfect conditions for much of Central and Northern Spain for this total solar eclipse. Unfortunately, we have lots of heat to contend with.

And conditions to the North, near Iceland, aren't looking as favorable. More of a cloud cover and rain chances that could obscure the view, but still worth being outdoors for this event. I mean, look at it from space.

This is August 2017. I was in Nashville for this one. And then fast forward to April of 2024.

Yes, I saw that on the top of Stone Mountain in Vermont. Quite a sight to see that whispering across the valley in front of me. Back to you.

KEILAR: That was a beautiful sight, Derek, that we saw when you were on Stone Mountain there. And you can see our special coverage of the eclipse right here tomorrow at 1 p.m. Eastern, only on CNN. You don't want to miss it because Boris and I, I mean, there's really nothing more than a total solar eclipse that we just completely love.

Are we going to wear inflatable costumes this time? I don't know. Tune in 1 p.m. tomorrow. Check it out and you'll find out. So ahead, you know, $2 billion. It doesn't buy what it used to,

apparently. The Buffalo Bills responding to complaints about flaws in their brand new stadium. We will discuss it with this fellow here, Buffalo Bills super fan, hard hat wearer, CNN's chief data analyst, Harry Enten. Stay with us.

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KEILAR: The Buffalo Bills have not even played a game yet in their brand new $2.2 billion stadium, but the team's already taking heat from fans.

SANCHEZ: Yes, members of the so-called Bills Mafia got a sneak peek at the new Highmark Stadium this past week. Some are complaining about obstructed views, small jumbotrons and steep stairways. A spokesperson for the team responded, quote, "We are currently addressing internal and external feedback regarding the facility's operation following the first event. We'll utilize the next six weeks to refine any details as we prepare for the home opener on Thursday, September 17th."

CNN Chief Data Analyst and Bills super fan, Harry Enten joins us now. Harry, do you think these fans have a point? Is this just an overblown media narrative?

Are we anticipating that folding tables are going to be destroyed in protest?

HARRY ENTEN, CNN CHIEF DATA ANALYST: I'm just curious, like what is refined? The stadium is built. I mean, what are we going to do?

We're going to build a whole new stadium next month? I mean, what's going on here? But look, I'm not Art Vandele, I'm not George Costanza.

I don't know what the heck they're going to do. But here's my whole thing, which is essentially that, look, it's less than 1 percent, right, of the folks who are actually complaining about this. I think most people are perfectly fine with what's going on in terms of the way the stadium was built.

I don't think there're going to be that many tables that we're going to be crashed through. But you know what the bottom line is? We're Buffalo Bills, we always crash through tables.

If anything, my chief complaint is how much the stadium costs and how much the tickets cost now, regardless of the obstructive views or not. What are the seats painted in gold?

KEILAR: Well, I don't -- I'm just looking here. I don't think so. I see red, I see blue.

Does it have wings? If it has wings and it has beers, sign me up, I'm there. OK, so, but what about the scoreboard, Harry?

Just because I hear your external feedback as the Bills say they're going to be taking. Yours is pretty like chill here, to be honest. Some fans, though, complained about the scoreboard size.

They even say that it looks like they put a TV screen up there.

ENTEN: I mean, look, here's my whole thing on this, which is if I'm going to the game, I'm watching the action on the field. That's what I'm all about, right? I'm putting on my hard hat, I'm going to the game, I'm watching it out there.

If we want a big screen, we can go down to Dallas, Texas, right, and watch the Cowboys, but you know what I prefer? I prefer a team that actually wins games for a change. And what, Dallas last won a Super Bowl.

I know the Bills have never won one, but Dallas hasn't won a Super Bowl in 30 years. We're now America's team. Dallas can have their big scoreboards and losing franchise.

SANCHEZ: I think the Cowboys last beat the Steelers in the Super Bowl, but before that, it was the Bills, wasn't it, Harry?

ENTEN: Twice, twice. But I don't even remember that. I wasn't even in pre-K yet.

I mean, if we're going all the way back then, why don't we talk, you know, we can talk about the fact that Buffalo won an AFL title in the 60s.

SANCHEZ: We can talk about the 72 Dolphins, baby, that's right.

KEILAR: Let's do it.

SANCHEZ: Harry, last question, and you sort of answered this, but I wanted you to expand on it.

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When they're talking about refining things, the Bills organization, do you think they'll make the Jumbotron bigger or are those seats with the obstructed views going to be cheaper? How are they going to fix this? Can they?

ENTEN: I don't think there's any way they can change it. Just a good team.

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KEILAR: Harry Enten --

SANCHEZ: Wow!

KEILAR: -- hitting his time mark. Unbelievable.

SANCHEZ: Bleeding red and blue.

KEILAR: All right, Harry, thank you so much. "THE ARENA" with Kasie Hunt starts right now. END