surrounding the Black Sea. This body of water is bordered by Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, Romania,

Bulgaria and Turkey. Those last three countries are members of NATO, and the head of

the North Atlantic Treaty Organization says stability around the Black Sea is important to the security

of the whole region. NATO is concerned about several challenges. One, Russia's involvement

in the war in Ukraine. Two, terrorism like ISIS is bringing to countries South of the Black Sea. And three,

the massive influx of migrants and refugees to countries in the region. NATO was created in 1949 to balance out

Soviet dominance of Eastern Europe. The US is a NATO member, and America's working to support NATO

countries by sending fighters to the Black Sea region.

These airforce pilots are preparing for a unique mission. They will be accompanying two US fighter jets to

Romania, a NATO ally on the Black Sea. It will be the first time America's fearsome F- 22 Raptor has landed

there. An opportunity for the US to show it is bolstering NATO defenses on Russia's doorstep.

Flying one of the two is squadron commander lieutenant colonel Daniel Wkowsky.

He explained what makes the F- 22 special.

A combination of stealth, super- cruise, increased situational awareness that the aircraft provides us,

which all that adds up to a unique asymmetric advantage on the battlefield.

So basically you're saying this is the best fighter jet in the world.

The aircraft is truly incredible, and it is indeed the best fighter jet in the world.

The technology is so advanced that Congress has banned their sale overseas. On route to Romania,

the jets must regularly be refueled. A delicate balancing act we got to see close up.

A nasal called a boom is lowered from the tanker,

the jet then moves into place directly below it and the gas starts pumping.

Officially this is a training exercise to US fighter jets from a fixed base to a forward operating base,

but it's the symbolism that is important here.

This is intended as a show of force to an increasingly assertive Russia.

If you're getting ready to fly somewhere, officials at Atlanta Hearts Field the worlds busiest airport say

you should probably get there as many as three hours earlier. At Chicago O'Hare workers from

one airline brought out cots for people to sleep on, because hundreds recently missed their flights

after getting stuck in TSA security lines. Airport and airline officials have been warning this could happen.

Security bottlenecks. The problem: the transportation security administration doesn't have enough screeners

to check travelers. It says it's limited in what it can do by US government funding, but it's trying to make changes.

Well, TSA heard the call from passengers, airlines, and airports. They must do better. This summer,

air travel is expected to rise to the highest level ever, with 222 million people expected to fly.

Now, we're not even at that peak travel season yet, and for months flyers have been dealing with

long security lines and missed flights because of it.

We were just in security for almost two hours, and ran to our gate, and it was three minutes shy of

the door closing. So we got a hotel and are back and hopefully I make this one.

I got here about 2. 5 hours early and it still wasn't enough time.

And I had to go back to my friend's place and try it again this morning.

TSA immediately increased overtime for its officers last week.

And they are speeding up the hiring process for 768 officers to get them on the job by June 15th,

but the union representing TSA officers say that won't be enough. 6, 000 new hires are needed.

They're also deploying bomb sniffing dogs as a part of a way to cut the wait times.

And now things will not get better overnight, but the goal is to start getting passengers through

those security checkpoints faster at least by June. In the meantime, some airports like San Diego International

have hired entertainment to de- stress passengers while they wait, including stilt walkers, jugglers and clowns.

I guess they figure if you're going to be waiting in line for an hour or more, why not be entertained? Back to you.

Of course you don't have worry about security checks if you're a mosquito but you should

probably worry about Fort Myers, Florida. A group of entomologists and biologists is there

to study what mosquitos do. And an arsenal of 26 trucks, 11 helicopters and 4 airplanes is there

to kill them. Warmer summer temperatures bring more mosquitos. Some mosquitos carry Zika,

a virus that can cause birth defects in the unborn children of pregnant women. So communities like Fort Meyers

are aiming to keep mosquito populations down. But not all cities have the budgets to fight on that scale,

so the approach is different from place to place, and the effectiveness of pesticides is too.

They are very much alive.

The weather is about to warm up. The mosquitoes are gonna be swarming.

How do we know what to spray them with?

At the moment we don't have a good way of knowing what the resistance profile is in the continental US.

In one state, you can have different pockets of resistance in different places.

Absolutely, that's a big challenge.

All right, how good is your geography? Think about the capitol of Slovenia and see

if you got it right for our third school today. We'll start in the US state of Michigan. Hello to the Cardinals.

Legg middle school, in the city of Coldwater, kicks off our roll call. In the Southeast, we've got the Panthers

watching today, from Lanett, Alabama. Welcome to Lanett junior high school.

In the capital of Slovenia, is Ljubljana,

and that's where the British international school of Ljubljana is watching. Great to see you. It's not hard to

find well documented tips on how to fall asleep faster. Turn off your electronics. Cool down your room.

Try a warm bath of shower before bed. For many people, it's waking up that's the hard part. Especially

if your alarm clock, or more likely your phone, interrupts your sleep cycle. Still, with or without a snooze button,

the infamous alarm is something millions have been living with for 140 years.

Steam engines, factories, and spinning jennies get most of the attention. But, there was actually something

much more mundane that helped shift the world's economy from agrarian towards industrial.

And, if you're like 68 % of Americans, it's probably the first thing you interact with in the morning.

I'm talking about the alarm clock. For thousands of years, people took their temporal cues from the sun.

Sure, it might have made scheduling a meeting a little bit difficult, but then again, there weren't

many meetings back then. People tended to fend for themselves and their immediate community.

But then, the industrial revolution changed everything. Workers had to be punctual. Time became money,

so to speak. So we became slaves of the ticking clock. None of this sunrise sunset scheduling

that worked for the predictable rhythms of farm life.

Plus, there weren't any roosters to wake you. So how did the workforce adjust to the new world order?

At first, factories installed whistles or bells that sounded throughout the area to alert its employees

that the work day was set to begin. Some companies even hired knocker- uppers to bang on windows

and rouse their employees at their homes. Then, in 1876, an American company received the first patent

for a mechanical alarm. Even though the concept in the crude models dated back to Plato,

these were the first mass produced alarm clocks, and they paved the way for a huge improvement

in personal and business efficiency. And they're also why I'm so groggy all the time.

New Hampshire's Mount Washington has observed record wind gusts in its day, so this isn't really unusual,

but it is fun to look at. A pair of weather researchers recently brave gust of 109 miles per hour and

a wind chill of 20 degrees below 0 to show us how wind is stronger than people. Getting blown over.

Literally sitting into the wind. All part of the fun. The guy on your screen described playing like this as exhausting,

so you could say he got winded. But if you've got wind of a wind with its wind up that could take

your breath away, wouldn't you want to play windefinitely? You'd be winding all day.

I'm Carl Jesus with your ten minute window of current events wishing you a winderful day.