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Today is Wednesday October 16, 2024.

And we begin with two new gentle giants arriving in the U.S.

capital. Pandas Bao Li and Chingbao left China on Monday and spent more than a day

aboard a FedEx plane dubbed the Panda Express

before landing at Washington DC's Dulles Airport yesterday morning. The National Zoo closed its

stores to visitors to prep for its new A-Listers,

which arrived about a year after the facility had to return two others.

For those hoping to put eyes on these beautiful black and white international diplomats, you'll have to be patient for at

least a month. They're now in quarantine to keep them from spreading germs to other animals.

Then they'll need time to adjust to their new surroundings.

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