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Welcome to CNN 10 for Tuesday, March 13th.

I'm Coy Wire here to help you fuel your mind with the latest news from around the world.

Heat pressure and time, the three things that make a waffle also make diamonds.

So let's crank up the heat, push through the pressure and shine bright.

We begin today with a breakthrough in trade talks between the United States and China.

The two countries are cooling down a trade war by agreeing to a big rollback in tariffs on each other's products for an initial 90 day period.

Tariffs are a tax placed on items that are imported or exported from one country to another.

When President Donald Trump raised tariffs earlier this year, the two countries went back and forth, imposing higher rates on each other's goods.

U.S. tariffs went to a whopping 145 percent on Chinese goods, but now the U.S. agreed to temporarily lower them to 30 percent.

China agreed to cut its tariffs on American imports from 125 percent to 10.

The announcement comes after a marathon weekend of negotiations in Switzerland with officials from the two largest economies in the world quickly reaching a deal.

Officials have been at a stalemate since the trade war escalated.

The deal, even if temporary, is a major relief to American businesses who would have seen their profits decrease.

It could also mean a major relief to consumers who would have seen the high cost of tariffs passed on to them, impacting their wallets.

It's the U.S. businesses importing the goods, not the foreign companies who have to pay the taxes to the federal government for the products they import.

Now to a major presidential gift that's raising some eyebrows.

Over the weekend, President Donald Trump said that the Defense Department plans to accept a $400 million jet from the government of Qatar.

The luxury Boeing jet would replace Air Force One while Trump is in office.

The plan is to then donate it to Trump's presidential library when his term is over.

So it had essentially become a very expensive presidential relic of sorts.

The president said he would not fly it for personal use.

The gift would be the most valuable gift ever given to the U.S. government from a foreign power and is raising legal, national security and ethical questions nonetheless.

Normally gifts to U.S. presidents from foreign governments require approval by Congress and are subject to specific rules.

Qatari officials have confirmed that the gift is a government-to-government transaction, not a personal one.

Attorney General Pam Bondi said the gift was, quote, legally permissible.

The Defense Department will still need to spend millions to retrofit the plane with security features and modifications so it can be used as Air Force One.

The CIA and National Security Agency will also have to diligently search the plane for any kind of tracking or surveillance devices.

But upgrading the Air Force One aircraft has been a long-time priority for President Trump.

Our Tom Foreman takes us through that history.

He's hardly the first to oversee changes.

President Eisenhower returns to Washington.

The president's plane, called Air Force One since the 1950s, has experienced many upgrades and modifications and once featured a gaudy orange front.

But when John and Jackie Kennedy proposed a new design in the early 60s, it stuck.

Air Force One has looked like this ever since.

The flying White House in times of conflict, confusion and more.

A worldwide symbol of presidential stability and power.

For all that, an official close to the project tells CNN Trump has been deeply involved in the new design.

But while 10 other presidents have left Air Force One largely as they found it, this one seems intent on leaving his mark.

Did you know the U.S. president used to cruise around in a yacht?

Before Air Force One, the U.S. government owned the USS Sequoia, which hosted nine presidents from Herbert Hoover to Jimmy Carter.

From 1931 to 1977, the floating White House, so to speak, was a venue for official events and social events, too.

It hosted gatherings for some major moments in history, like discussions over the atomic war.

Kennedy's last birthday celebration before his assassination in 1963.

But in 1977, President Jimmy Carter decided to sell the yacht to reduce government spending and have a less extravagant presidency.

Ten years later, the vessel was designated a National Historic Landmark.

The largest hailstone ever measured was roughly the size of what?

Teacup, softball, kickball, or grapefruit?

In 2015, a hailstorm in South Dakota produced a two-pound hailstone measuring eight inches in diameter.

Hail forms when raindrops are whisked back up to the extremely cold higher altitudes by a thunderstorm's rising air currents.

That's where they freeze and eventually become heavy enough to fall back to Earth.

Large hailstorms have swept across the southern U.S., including Tennessee, North Carolina, and Arizona over the past two weeks.

Despite summer being just a month away, some residents reported they're shocked to seeing frozen ice falling from the sky, including into their pool, like this one in Arizona.

Low visibility and damage from the chunks of hail were reported in several states.

While an icy storm so close to summer may seem odd, weather data shows that May is actually the most common month for hailstorms, according to the National Weather Service.

Now to a potential breakthrough in how to brew coffee.

Actually, more specifically, how to pour coffee in a way that saves money.

With the price of coffee beans spiking because of trade taxes and a shorter supply of beans due to climate issues, a new way to save some beans is making some folks perk up.

The ubiquitous breakfast brew was recently the focus of a scientific study at the University of Pennsylvania, where researchers used physics to figure out a way to pour a quality cup using fewer beans.

Turns out it's all about fluid dynamics, what happens when boiling water meets coffee grounds at the perfect speed from the perfect height.

My CNN team wanted me to put it to the test, so I did.

The need for coffee is real, but with increasing prices and the climate crisis threatening the trees and shrubs, there's got to be a better way to create a strong cup of coffee using fewer beans.

Physicists and fluid mechanics experts at the University of Pennsylvania did a study on exactly this.

Now, their research focused on pour-over coffee, so you're going to need a pour-over coffee kit.

That includes a coffee dripper, a filter, a coffee grinder, and a gooseneck kettle.

Alright, pro coffee maker tip, so I'm told.

You put the dry filter in and you wet the filter first to get that paper taste off of the paper.

Next up, load the grinds in the filter, and we're going to use a little bit less grinds than we typically would.

I'm supposed to pour this hot water from 30 centimeters high, aka 11.8 inches, and producer Tiffany, always producing, has a tape measure for us, so here we go.

Researchers say that pouring from this height creates an avalanche of sorts within the grounds as you're pouring.

I can't pour too fast because I am not going to slurp coffee off of this counter.

But not too slowly, otherwise you might break the stream and it won't be able to mix correctly.

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